All-round Athlete

Chapter 861 Is the icing on the cake or fills in the gaps (make up the debt 4)

Chapter 861 Is the icing on the cake or fills in the gaps (make up the debt 4)

In the Field Management Center, Director Ma was surrounded by a pile of documents when the phone rang.

"Director Ma, I am Old Lu. I have something to report to you about Zhang Guan." The voice of Secretary-General Lu came from the receiver.

"Oh, have you talked with Zhang Guan?" Director Ma asked expectantly.

"No, we haven't talked yet." Secretary-General Lu said.

"We haven't talked about it yet!" Director Ma thought for a while, and then asked, "Did you encounter any difficulties?"

"It's not difficult. I originally planned to talk to Zhang Guan, but encountered some emergencies, so I don't know where to start." Secretary-General Lu said with a little embarrassment.

Director Ma suddenly looked surprised. He knew the ability of Secretary-General Lu. If even the old instructor, Secretary-General Lu, encountered difficulties, it must be really difficult.

So Director Ma asked, "What happened to your side?"

"Director Ma, our previous plan was to make Zhang Guan quit. But in the men's 10,000 competition that just ended, Zhang Guan won the championship!" Secretary-General Lu said.

"Won the championship? This is what I expected. After all, Zhang Guan is the highest-level athlete in the world. Even if he is not a long-distance runner, it is normal to win a national championship in long-distance running. Even if he reaches the Olympic A standard , I don't think it's strange." Director Ma's tone was quite calm, and he continued: "But even if he won the championship, we have to talk to him! Let's put it bluntly, a domestic champion of long-distance running, When it comes to the Olympic Games, it doesn't even count as a fart!"

"Uh, actually, Zhang Guan's performance this time is pretty good." Secretary-General Lu said.

"If he has good grades, he can't be allowed to participate in long-distance running! Zhang Guan is capable, and maybe after a period of training, he can win a long-distance running world champion or something, but now there are less than four months before the opening of the Olympic Games. At this time, there is no time to train for long-distance running! This distant water can't quench your thirst." Director Ma continued.

"Zhang Guan ran for 27 minutes." Secretary-General Lu said.

"27 minutes is a good score, but..." Director Ma stopped suddenly, and then his voice rose a little: "27 minutes? 10,000 meters? 27 minutes! How is this possible! Old Lu, are you kidding me?"

"How can I joke about this kind of thing." Secretary Lu's tone was a little helpless.

"27 minutes, faster than the Olympic record, Zhang Guan can run so fast!" Director Ma still felt unbelievable, he even pinched his palm secretly to make sure that he was not dreaming.

"Isn't that right! If I didn't see other players being trapped by him for several laps with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it! 27 minutes, even in the Olympics, should be able to win a gold medal. Now I am in a dilemma. The speeches I had prepared were useless! So I asked you to report." Secretary-General Lu said.

Director Ma laughed helplessly.

"This Zhang Guan... Hey! Forget it, Old Lu, don't go looking for him anymore. I'll talk to him in person when he comes back!" Director Ma said.

...

The next day, Zhang Guan participated in the men's 5,000-meter race.

This time, Zhang Guan did not use the "fixed speed running" skill throughout the whole process. After all, in the 5000-meter race, even domestic players will spend less than 15 minutes. If Zhang Guan uses two constant speed runs in a row, Will continue to circle the field for six or seven minutes after the game.

So Zhang Guan first used a three-minute follow-up run, and then used a fixed-speed run to complete the 5,000-meter race. His final score was 13 minutes and 02 seconds.

The national record for the men's 5,000 meters is 13 minutes and 25 seconds, which is not even the Olympic A standard of 13 minutes and 20 seconds. The 5,000-meter Olympic record set by Bekele back then was 12 minutes and 57 seconds, and at the current level of world-class athletes, 13 minutes and 02 seconds are enough to win a gold medal in the Olympics.

In comparison, 5,000 meters is not as popular as 10,000 meters. For long-distance runners, 10,000 meters is the main event, while 5,000 meters can only be regarded as a secondary event. There are very few full-time 5,000-meter athletes in the world, and most of them are run by runners in the 10,000-meter or 3,000-meter obstacle course.

In addition to the 5,000 meters, Zhang Guan also participated in the final of the long jump event that afternoon. After two trial jumps, Zhang Guan jumped out of a score of 8.33 meters and reached the Olympic A standard of 8.2 meters. He directly called it a day and gave up the next four trial jumps.

...

After a week, Zhang Guan appeared in Director Ma's office again.

"Director Ma, look at my performance in the long-distance running event, isn't it decent?" Zhang Guan looked at Director Ma with a smile.

Director Ma showed a helpless expression, but he didn't know how to answer.

27 minutes for 10,000 meters and 13 minutes and 02 seconds for 5,000 meters. These are the results that can win gold medals in the Olympics. Since Zhang Guan has shown the strength of gold medals, it is really difficult for Director Ma to find excuses to stop Zhang Guan. Participate in Olympic long-distance running.

"What on earth do you think, give up your best sprint, and go to participate in long-distance running instead?" Director Ma asked.

"Actually, it's also due to the schedule. You know, I have to participate in several other competitions, such as tennis, boxing, and track cycling competitions. Neither one game can determine the outcome. Come on. It takes several rounds to go back and forth. If I participate in sprints, I am afraid that there will be conflicts in time. So I simply choose long-distance running. After all, there are no preliminaries, semi-finals and semi-finals in long-distance running. There will be conflicts." Zhang Guan said.

"I think you should think about it again. After all, you have never participated in an international long-distance race. In the sprint event, you are the world record holder. You must have an advantage psychologically." Director Ma said.

"The world record holder is not only a psychological advantage, but also a psychological pressure." Zhang Guan smiled, and then said: "Actually, my participation in the Olympic long-distance running competition is also a good thing for our field management center. .Hasn’t our country never won an Olympic long-distance running gold medal? I’m going to fill this gap!”

Director Ma frowned, apparently Zhang Guan's last words had moved him.

In the three small events of sprint and the two small events of middle distance running, Zhang Guan has won gold medals for the national team, but not in long-distance running. And the Chinese team has never won an Olympic gold medal in men's long-distance running.

If Zhang Guan can win the gold medal in the long-distance running event for the Chinese team, it will be equivalent to filling a gap in Chinese track and field, and it will be a major breakthrough in track and field performance!

Of course, Director Ma understands this point. Zhang Guan can win three consecutive Olympic Games if he participates in the 100 meters; But in comparison, the long-distance running gold medal is much more valuable to the national team.

Whether it is two consecutive championships or three consecutive championships, it is just "icing on the cake". It is nothing unusual for the defending champion to win again.

But the Olympic gold medal in long-distance running is "from scratch", which is fundamentally different. The two words "filling in the gaps" and "historic breakthroughs" can directly reflect political achievements, whether it is writing a year summary or writing a report.

"This year Zhang Guan's participation in events is restricted, and the number of gold medals in track and field will definitely shrink by half. I was still thinking about how to explain to the above. If he can win the gold medal in the long-distance running event, the number of gold medals will shrink. It's easy to say. Both leaders and ordinary people prefer the words 'fill in the blank'. Besides, with Zhang Guan's performance, he should be able to win the Olympic gold medal in long-distance running!" Director Ma's mind suddenly became active.

...

When Zhang Guan left Director Ma's office, he got the right to participate in the Olympic 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters and 10,000 meters as he wished.

"Based on this, the qualifications for the 10 events are all settled!" Zhang Guan looked west involuntarily.

There are only 100 days left until the opening of the London Olympics...

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