With the attention of the media and the athletics community, the 2008 IAAF Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia, officially kicked off at the Melbourne Olympic Stadium, which can accommodate 104,000 spectators, at 14 p.m. local time on February 21. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The stadium can accommodate too many spectators, and the IAAF Grand Prix is not as good as the Golden League, let alone the Olympics and the World Championships, so the final attendance is only 50%.

However, for this stadium with a capacity of 100,000 spectators, 50% of the attendance rate is also a full 50,000 people, which is no less than the year-end finals held in Stuttgart, Germany, last year.

Therefore, the atmosphere is still very lively.

The IAAF Grand Prix is a commercial competition that lasts only one day, and it is not possible to compete in all athletics events.

Therefore, the competition items of each station are not fixed, and there will be some fine-tuning every year. Except for the men's 100m and women's 100m, the other events will be rotated.

This year's Melbourne Grand Prix features a total of 14 events, 8 for men and 6 for women, with the women's 100m flyer being the first to start.

Then, the men's long jump, women's pole vault, men's 3000m, women's three-level long jump and other events are carried out in turn, and only one competition is held each time, and the champion is determined by 8 participating athletes at one time.

The men's 400m starts at 17:15.

Before the start of the race, in the athletes' lounge, Zhang Huasong met for the first time Michael Johnson, the world record holder who once asserted that he would definitely run the 400-meter 44-second mark.

Zhang Huasong took the initiative to greet Michael Johnson and thanked him for his praise of Zhang Huasong in an interview with reporters last year.

Michael Johnson, as a senior, has a good attitude towards Zhang Huasong, and also introduced Zhang Huasong and his disciple Jeremy Variner to each other.

Jeremy Varina was not very friendly to Zhang Huasong, but just shook hands with Zhang Huasong and didn't say a word.

After all, Zhang's results have skyrocketed so fast that he has become a potential direct competitor to Jeremy Varina.

After a few words, Michael Johnson asked Zhang Huasong how much he can run in the 400 meters now.

Michael Johnson saw the report that Zhang Huasong ran 400m in 44.23 seconds at the China Indoor Track and Field Championships last time. Now 20 days have passed, and I don't know if Zhang Huasong can run the 44-second mark in this Melbourne race.

If it were anyone else, Michael Johnson certainly wouldn't think so.

But Zhang Huasong's past performance was too demonic, even if only 20 days have passed, he is not sure whether Zhang Huasong will be able to break the 44-second mark.

In particular, Zhang Huasong arrived at Melbourne Airport yesterday and said that he had been close to 44 seconds in training, which is even more curious.

Regarding Michael Johnson's inquiry, Zhang Huasong still said the same as in an interview with reporters, saying that he had been close to 44 seconds in training.

I will try to break the 44-second mark in this competition, but whether I can succeed or not depends on the performance of the game.

This is also true, flying from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere, the temperature change is also quite drastic, and Zhang Huasong's state is inevitably affected.

Although the system skills are very strong, he is not 100% sure of running into 44 seconds, and he does not dare to talk too much.

Michael Johnson nodded and asked Zhang Huasong to cheer up, hoping that Zhang Huasong can surpass him and become the first person to break through the three major sprint barriers at the same time and make history.

At 5 p.m., the previous race ended, and the men's 400m runners began to enter.

It's 400 meters, not 100 meters. Therefore, Zhang Huasong is the third to enter, not the one who came out in the finale, and the person who came out in the finale was Jeremy Variner.

However, Zhang Huasong's reputation as a 100-meter world flyer is still very loud.

Therefore, when Zhang Huasong came out, he still received a higher applause than the other players, and was on par with Jeremy Varina, who was the last to appear.

There are also many overseas Chinese spectators holding five-star red flags or banners printed with Zhang Huasong's name to cheer for Zhang Huasong, at least two or three thousand people.

After all the athletes entered the stadium and interacted with the spectators, they began to warm up on their own tracks.

In addition to Zhang Huasong and Jeremy Varina, the 2007 IAAF Grand Prix in Melbourne also participated in the men's 400m champion Sean Merritt in the 2007 IAAF Year-end Finals, David Neville, the main member of the 4*400m main team of the Stars and Stripes National Team, Chris Brown, the bronze medalist in the 2004 Athens Olympics, and the fifth place in the World Championships in the big board Leslie Deqiong, etc., are all world celebrities with good strength.

Zhang Huasong's skill was only upgraded to 43.8 seconds, and his condition was not the best. Therefore, in this game, it is impossible to win the championship.

Zhang Huasong's goal is very clear, that is, to run into the 44-second mark and show the world his gradually improving performance trajectory.

It would be too abrupt to run 44.23 seconds at the China Indoor Championships last time and then suddenly win the gold medal at the Olympics.

Moreover, as long as he can run the 44-second mark and become the first person in the history of the Blue Star to break the three sprint barriers at the same time, even if he does not win the championship, he may receive much more attention than the championship.

In fact, Zhang Huasong was right.

In this game, Jeremy Varina's victory is not news, only Zhang Huasong ran into 44 seconds is big news.

Whether it is media reporters or ordinary spectators in the stands, they are full of expectations for whether Zhang Huasong can break the 44-second mark.

On the track, after several contestants were hot for a while, the referee signaled everyone to get on the starting line and prepare for the race.

Zhang Huasong walked to the second starting line on the corner assigned to him, squatted down, stepped on the runner, and prepared for the race.

Seeing that all the competitors were ready and no one fouled, the referee withdrew from the track and signaled the starter to give the order.

Then, under the gaze of more than 50,000 spectators, after the starter shouted the password and fired the starting gun, Zhang Huasong and other 8 contestants instantly started and rushed out.

Zhang Huasong was in lane 2, and except for lane 1, the starting positions of several other athletes were in front of him, and he was in the position of a chaser.

In the cheers of thousands of overseas Chinese, Zhang Huasong showed all his strength.

If you don't go all out, you only arrived in Melbourne yesterday evening, and the weather in the northern and southern hemispheres changed suddenly, Zhang Huasong did not reach the best state in this game.

So, to run the 44-second mark, you really have to go all out. Otherwise, even with a 43.8-second skill, you won't necessarily be able to run the 44-second mark.

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