All-round Athlete

Chapter 215 Blocking

For middle and long-distance runners, alternating leading is indeed the most practical tactic. Whether it is to seize the initiative, control the rhythm, or limit opponents, it can be done by alternating leading. The four present are all excellent mid-range runners, and they are no strangers to the tactics of alternating leading.

Savin thought for a while and said, "It's not a problem to lead alternately, but in the preliminary round, the top six in the group should advance to the final. There are only four of us. If Zhang Guan runs in the fifth or sixth place , can also enter the final."

"We were also discussing this issue just now, whether we should bring Mudila in." Carmel paused, and then said: "Actually, we don't care, I am afraid that the audience will not be happy if they find out."

Mudila is an Iranian player, and Iran and other Middle Eastern countries are at odds with each other due to historical beliefs and other reasons. Carmel and other four players are all African naturalized players, and they don't care about cooperating with Iranian players, but they are worried about unnecessary troubles.

"Forget it, let's not have too much contact with Mudila! I think the four of us are about the same. At worst, we need to change the rhythm." Qatar's Bashar Najem said, he is playing at home, so I don't want the audience to see him interacting with Iranian players.

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At this moment, Zhang Guan held the list of contestants in his hand. After looking at it for a long time, he only saw the name of Carmel.

"Carmel is the 800-meter champion of the Track and Field World Cup! I don't know anyone else." Zhang Guan looked at the names on the list with a confused look on his face.

At this time, Director Yu said: "There are four naturalized players from Africa in your group. You have seen Joseph Kamel of Bahrain. He is the 800-meter champion of the Track and Field World Cup, but 1500 meters is not his strong point. So not as good as the 800m. The other Bahraini is called Bela-Mansour-Ali."

"I found it, it's this." Zhang Guan pointed to Ali's name on the list, and said, "This Ali is so young, he's only eighteen years old this year!"

"Don't believe that, it's fake, Ali probably doesn't even know his true youth." Director Yu continued: "This Ali comes from a tribe in Kenya, and that tribe didn't have a number of more than ten years ago. , so when Ali participated in the competition for the first time, he filled in the age as ten years old. If he filled in the age according to his age, he might have participated in the World Series when he was eleven or twelve years old. Although the information in your hand shows that he is Eighteen years old, maybe twenty-eight years old."

Zhang Guan nodded and said yes, while Director Yu went on to say: "This Bashar Najim from Qatar is also a naturalized player from Africa. By the way, he is the same as the two people from Bahrain I mentioned earlier. He is from Kenya. When running for a while, be careful that the three of them unite to take the rhythm. In addition, Asa in Saudi Arabia is a naturalized athlete from Algeria."

"Okay, I understand. I will pay attention to these four people." Zhang Guan nodded.

"Don't hold on during the race, it doesn't matter if you can't run down, there are still two races waiting for you!" Director Yu kindly reminded.

"Don't worry, there will be no problem." After Zhang Guan finished speaking, he walked towards the track.

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"The men's 1,500-meter preliminaries are about to start next. It is worth mentioning that Zhang Guan, the king of sprints, will appear in the 1,500-meter preliminaries." With the shouts of the on-site commentator, the 1,500-meter race is about to begin.

Bahrain team coach Virgil frowned, staring at Zhang Guan who was preparing for the race on the track.

Coach Virgil is a man of the same era as Coach Hart. Coach Hart is good at coaching sprinters, while Coach Virgil is good at coaching middle-distance runners. It’s just that American middle-distance runners are far inferior to sprinters, so Coach Virgil doesn’t Being able to achieve such impressive achievements as Coach Hart does not affect Virgil's ability to become the world's top coach.

"Coach, are you still paying attention to Zhang Guan?" Rashid Ramzi, who was placed in the next group, walked to Coach Virgil and said, "Today's schedule is still very unfavorable to Zhang Guan! 1500 After the preliminaries of the meters, Zhang Guan still needs to participate in the 100-meter rematch and the 400-meter semi-finals. If the three games in the morning are added, Zhang Guan has played six games today, and there is also a 1500-meter race. Run in the middle distance."

Rashid Ramz is of Arab descent. Compared with Kamel, Ramz is better at the 1500-meter event. It can be said that he is the best hope for Bahrain to win gold in the 1500-meter event. In the 2008 Olympic Games, he won the gold medal in the men's 1,500 meters and made a zero breakthrough for Bahrain in the Olympic gold medal.

I saw Coach Virgil nodded and said: "Zhang Guan had three matches in one day before, and they were all finals, but today he only participated in the preliminaries. You don't need to try your best in the preliminaries. In the sprint event, Asian athletes are no threat to him at all, so his physical exertion will be much less. Moreover, in the long jump qualifiers in the morning, Zhang Guan only performed a trial jump, and the physical exertion is almost negligible. I think the real The current 1,500-meter race is the only one that consumes a lot of energy for him!"

"Coach, I remember that there seems to be no sprint champion in history who can achieve results in the 1500-meter event. Why do you pay so much attention to Zhang Guan?" Ramzi asked.

"I just have a very bad premonition, as if I was being stared at by a wild animal." Coach Virgil took a deep breath, and then said: "Maybe this is just my illusion! It's probably because I have been mentally overwhelmed recently. nervous."

"Coach, don't think so much, the game is about to start." Ramzi said.

At this time, at the starting line, the 12 participating athletes lined up in a half arc, and they were already in the starting posture. Then gunfire rang out and the athletes started to run.

Zhang Guan was in the middle and slightly outside, so when the starting gunshot sounded, Zhang Guan had to merge to the inner runway in addition to the normal start, but Zhang Guan found that his own merge did not seem to be very good. It went well, but he encountered difficulties when he just wanted to move two lanes to the left. The black player on the left seemed to be merging, but in fact he was using his body to prevent him from occupying a good position.

Zhang Guan glanced at the national flag printed on the opponent's sportswear: "This is a Bahraini. The Bahraini contestants include Carmel and Ali. I know Carmel. It seems that this person is Ali who doesn't know his real age." Now, there is no way for this Ali to keep blocking me like this."

Zhang Guan slowed down a bit, which was equivalent to letting Ali run to the front, and then merged to the inside. However, the positions of other players were also very close. followed the last one.

In terms of merging experience, Zhang Guan is indeed not as good as these professional middle-distance runners.

Carmel winked at Ali, indicating that Ali performed very well just now and successfully pushed Zhang Guan to the last place. Later, Carmel deliberately gave way to Ali, and Ali also ran to the front of Carmel. Together with the leader Bashar Najem and Savin, four people from three countries have formed formed a leading small group.

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"Starting!" Coach Virgil was still staring at Zhang Guan, and then watched him being stuck by Ali, and finally fell to the last place.

"It's the last one. Judging from the technique and timing of the incision, Zhang Guan seems to be a rookie." Coach Virgil let out a sigh of relief, and the heart that he had been hanging in the election finally settled down.

"Zhang Guan's position seems to be stuck. It seems that he can't run the middle distance, but according to the information I got in China, he ran 3:35.85 for the 1,500 meters. An Olympic A standard result, if a runner who can’t run the middle distance, it is definitely impossible to run the Olympic A standard result, could it be said that he achieved this result only by speed?” Coach Virgil decided to continue to observe Zhang Guan.

However, in the eyes of these ordinary spectators, Zhang Guan was in the last place at the start of the match, which was obviously a sign of a weak player.

"Look, Zhang Guan is the last! Although he is the world's sprint king, but when it comes to middle distance running, he is only the last!"

"I said a long time ago that I should not expect Zhang Guan's performance in the 1500-meter event. There is no athlete in the world who can span from 100 meters to 1500 meters."

"Middle-distance running is indeed the strength of our West Asian countries. Even if the East Asians send their strongest Zhang Guan, what can they do? They are still at the end!"

People in these West Asian countries are obviously very willing to see the scene of Zhang Guan lagging behind in the 1500-meter event. Middle-distance running in Asia has always been dominated by West Asian countries or the Gulf region, but there are also many countries in the Gulf region. 800 The two gold medals in the 1,500m and 1,500m are obviously not enough, but now that Zhang Guan wants to share this cake, it will naturally arouse the public outrage of the Gulf countries. So the audience was eager to see Zhang Guan suffer in the 1500m event.

At the same time, in the live broadcast room of the capital CCTV, there was a brief silence.

After the start, the commentator was still shouting excitedly to cheer for Zhang Guan, but he didn't expect that Zhang Guan, who had completed the merge, fell to the last place, and the commentary he had prepared was in vain. The commentator The member didn't know how to explain for a moment.

After two seconds of silence, Director Sun finally spoke as a guest: "Well, the competition has just started, and it is still in the stage of following. Although Zhang Guan is currently at the end of the team, Zhang Guan is strong Sprint ability, it is very possible to break into the top six in the late stage of the race. And considering that Zhang Guan has two more races to come, it is also a normal phenomenon to preserve his physical strength at the start stage!"

"So that's how it is!" The narrator glanced at Director Sun gratefully, and said in his heart that today's competition invited the right guests, Zhang Guan was ranked last, and Director Sun found an excuse to force Yuan back!

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