Chapter 167: IAAF Grand Prix Melbourne
On the evening of February 20, 2008, Zhang Huasong, Pan Xiaowen, and Leng Guanglin arrived in Melbourne, Australia. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
As soon as you get off the plane, you feel that the weather in Australia is so warm, which is very different from that of China, where winter has just passed.
At this point in time, it was summer in Australia, which was in the southern hemisphere, not only warm, but also a little hot.
It's no wonder that Australia can now hold outdoor track and field events when the northern hemisphere can only hold indoor track and field events.
After getting off the plane, walking out of the airport, and at the exit of the airport, Zhang Huasong was intercepted by at least 20 media reporters.
Among them are Xinhua News Agency's correspondent station in Australia, CCTV, several major news agencies from other countries, and local media in Australia.
Although Zhang Huasong is only a third-tier star in the world, he is already a well-deserved superstar in the sports world, especially in the track and field world.
Although he has yet to win an Olympic gold medal, he is already one of the most watched superstars in the track and field world with his special status and global influence in the men's 100m, as well as his achievements in qualifying for seven Olympic events in track and field events.
Moreover, whether Zhang Huasong can break through the 400-meter 44-second mark and when he can break through it are all hot topics in the sports media and track and field circles recently.
Whether Zhang Huasong can become the first athlete in the history of the Blue Star to break the 100m 10 seconds, 200m 20 seconds, and 400m 44 seconds mark at the same time has attracted much attention.
In the last Huaguo Indoor Championships, Zhang Huasong's 400 meters had reached 44.23 seconds, less than 1/4 of a second away from the 44-second mark, which can be said to be close at hand.
For other athletes, improving their scores by 0.23 seconds can be difficult, if not a lifetime. But for Zhang Huasong, who has been creating miracles since entering the sports world, it seems that he may break through at any time.
Therefore, before Zhang Huasong got off the plane, the reporters had been waiting here for a long time.
As soon as Zhang Huasong appeared, reporters surrounded him and couldn't wait to ask Zhang Huasong if he could break the 400-meter 44-second mark in the IAAF Grand Prix in Melbourne, and whether the 100-meter could set a new record.
On the plane, Zhang Huasong has upgraded his 400-meter skills to 43.8 seconds.
Therefore, on the question of whether he can break through the 44-second mark in the 400m, although Zhang Huasong replied that it depends on the performance on the spot, he also revealed that he has approached 44 seconds in training, and he will try to break the 44-second mark in this official competition in Melbourne.
As for the new record of 100 meters, Zhang Huasong was much more cautious, saying that it would depend on the performance on the spot.
After getting the news that Zhang Huasong said that he was approaching the 44-second mark in training, the reporters were already quite excited, and now there is something to be reported.
In addition to reporters, there were dozens of overseas Chinese Australians in the airport hall, holding national flags or banners with Zhang Huasong's name written on them, and they also greeted Zhang Huasong at the airport exit.
Among them, there were even a few white teenagers in their teens, like those overseas Chinese, who excitedly shouted Zhang Huasong's name after seeing Zhang Huasong appear. In English, of course.
These teenagers should be from Australia, and they have all become fans of Zhang Huasong.
Zhang Huasong signed autographs for fans while being interviewed by reporters, and also talked a few words with the foreign teenagers, and only after more than half an hour did he leave the airport and stay at a hotel near the Melbourne Olympic Stadium.
That evening, the news that Zhang Huasong arrived in Australia and that the 400m could break the 44-second mark became one of the important media reports of various countries focusing on the IAAF Grand Prix in Melbourne.
"World flyer Zhang Huasong arrived in Melbourne and said he would strive to break the 400-meter 44-second mark."
Zhang Huasong said that the 400m and 44-second mark were approaching in training, and the Melbourne IAAF Grand Prix could become a blessed place for Zhang Huasong to break the 44-second mark.
"Zhang Huasong has the potential to create a miracle at the IAAF Grand Prix in Melbourne and become the first person in the history of the Blue Star to break through the three major sprint barriers!"
"The IAAF Grand Prix in Melbourne has the potential to be a place for us to witness history!"
Of course, there are many reports about Zhang Huasong, but it is only one of the relatively important reports in the news that night, and it is not the only one!
Because this is the first outdoor competition of the IAAF in 2008, the organizers have invited world-renowned athletes in various sports.
Zhang Huasong has not even won the Olympic championship, but he has taken advantage of the 100-meter sprint, a star event and the three major hurdles of sprinting, which has attracted more attention, and the attention can compete with those track and field celebrities who have won several Olympic gold medals and world championship gold medals and have been famous for many years.
For example, Zhang Huasong will participate in the 400-meter race, and there is the world's first recognized 400-meter person after Michael Johnson, and Jeremy Varina, the men's 400-meter star of the Stars and Stripes.
Zhang Huasong only broke the 44-second mark, and Jeremy Varina came for the championship.
Jeremy Varina was a double champion in the men's 400m and 4x400m relay at Athens 2004 and a men's 400m champion at the 2007 World Championships in the Big Board, with a best time of 43.45 seconds.
And, from the 2004 Athens Olympics to the 2007 World Championships, Jeremy Varina has never lost a single time in the 400m event in major international events, and all of them have run into 44 seconds, and his form is surprisingly consistent.
He does not have the skill stability given by Zhang Huasong's system, and he can stabilize his results within 44 seconds for up to three years, which shows that he is strong.
Moreover, Jeremy Varina's agent and coach, who is also the world record holder in the men's 400m 43.18 seconds, Michael Johnson, also came to Melbourne with Jeremy Varina.
Therefore, the first person in the world's 400 meters appeared together with two generations before and after, and the attention was higher than that of Zhang Huasong. The news about Michael Johnson and Jeremy Variner is more important than Zhang Huasong's in other foreign media except for the Chinese media.
There is also the Russian pole vault queen Elena Isinbayeva, who has broken the world record repeatedly, is strong, beautiful, has many fans all over the world, and is currently ranked higher than Zhang Huasong on the international star popularity list.
Therefore, Zhang Huasong is not the biggest star of the Melbourne IAAF Grand Prix, but he may break the 400m 44-second mark and become the first person in sprint history to be more topical, so that he can be compared with other superstars who have been famous for many years.
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