Chapter 116: I'm the Lord
After completing the 200m heats and completing his daytime tasks on Race Day 3 on Sunday, he can rest and recuperate for the two heats in the evening.
In the evening, he had to participate in the preliminaries of the 800-meter and 1500-meter events one after another, which was a serious test of Zhou Tian's physical strength, even if Zhou Tian was very confident in himself, he did not dare to be careless.
Therefore, there are no plans to go out and have fun on Sunday.
Those who achieve great things must learn self-discipline, which is something that Zhou Tian repeatedly reminds himself to pay attention to.
Returning to the National Games Village, after a day's recuperation, at nightfall, Zhou Tian came to Sanlihe Stadium again to prepare for the preliminaries of the 800m and 1500m events.
The interval between the two events is less than an hour, with the 800m heats at 19.40 and the 1500m at 20.30.
On the live broadcast seat, Liu Dahong began to introduce Zhou Tian: "Tonight, Sunday will participate in the preliminaries of the 800m and 1500m events one after another, plus the previous 100m, 400m, 200m and other three events, and Zhou Tian will win all five events in the middle and short runs."
In addition, Sunday will also participate in the relay events of 4 x 100 meters and 4 x 400 meters, bringing the total number of events to 7 on Sunday.
It is a little regrettable that the East China Provincial Sports Delegation did not qualify for the 4 x 200 meters, otherwise, I believe that with Zhou Tian's strength, he will definitely participate in this event, which will make the number of events he participates in reach eight. ”
Speaking of the back, there was obviously some regret in Liu Dahong's tone.
"We've seen how strong Zhou Tian is in the sprints, so I'm looking forward to seeing how Zhou Tian will perform in the 800m and 1500m, two more endurance events. ”
In Liu Dahong's commentary, the preliminaries of the 800m began.
The 25 athletes participating in the preliminary round were divided into three groups, and Zhou Tian was divided into the second group, and the top two in each group advanced directly, in addition, in addition to the six places that directly qualified, the two with good results advanced to the finals.
Soon, the results of the first group came in, and the first place runner ran a time of 1 minute and 51 seconds.
Immediately after that, the second group began, and Sunday was in this group. From the start, Zhou Tian firmly occupied the first position.
Strategically speaking, it is not wise for Zhou Tian to choose to take the lead, after all, the 800-meter event takes a relatively long time, which is very physically exhausting for athletes, and the sensible running method is to use the tactics of following and running, and wait for the sprint to break out.
But Zhou Tian is different, he is very confident in his physical strength and endurance, the so-called tactics do not mean much to him, he is sure that even if he leads, the little more physical strength consumed will not have much impact on him.
In this case, because Zhou Tian kept up enough speed to move forward, and the other athletes were worried that they would be pulled away by Zhou Tian, the average speed of the second group was faster than that of the first group because of Zhou Tian, at least in the first half of the race.
Sunday's running style is undoubtedly more enjoyable for the audience, especially those who like him and support him, from the beginning of the game, they were driven by Zhou Tian's emotions, shouts, cheers, and resounded throughout the stadium from the beginning.
When the race completed 600 meters, the other competitors could no longer keep up with the rhythm of Sunday's race, Zhou Tian led alone, and the second runner was pulled away by Zhou Tian by more than 20 meters, and the gap continued to widen.
When Sunday crossed the finish line first, the second place in the group had already been pulled out by him by more than 30 meters.
On the electronic timer, the time of 1 minute and 44.88 seconds in the 800m event on Sunday is another time to break into the Olympic A standard.
"Audience friends, Zhou Tian in the just-concluded 800m preliminaries, ran beyond the Olympic A standard, broke the National Games record, and at the same time set a new record in Asia, congratulations to Zhou Tian, he once again created a great record, so, in the final, what kind of good results will Zhou Tian run? I am full of expectations, I believe that the same is true for the audience friends. ”
Originally, the infield was in the finals of other field events, and Liu Dahong should pay attention to it, after all, the 800-meter event was just a preliminary round, but Zhou Tian set a new national and Asian record, and, in a few days, Liu Dahong has developed a habit, but whenever Zhou Tian participates in the event, he will inevitably pay attention to it.
Therefore, as soon as Sunday's preliminaries ended, Liu Dahong gave a passionate commentary.
Easily advanced to the 800m final, and only had about half an hour's rest on Sunday before the preliminaries of the 1500m event began.
In the 1500m, a total of 34 people will compete in the final, divided into two groups, with the top four in each group advancing and the top four in the next four advancing to the final, meaning that a total of 12 people will advance to the final.
Zhou Tian was placed in Group 1 and his goal was clear, which was to win the group and ensure direct qualification to the final.
The starting gun sounded, and Zhou Tian began to exert his strength from the start, and like the 800-meter event, Zhou Tian was still in the leading position at the beginning.
"God, Zhou Tian's physical strength and endurance are so good, the average athlete is estimated to be tired and paralyzed after running 800 meters, but he can still compete in the 1500 meter event, to be honest, I really admire him so much. ”
Xiao Wang said with admiration.
"Zhou Tian's strength is really strong, his tactics are very clear, that is, to focus on me and push all opponents sideways, the only thing I am worried about is that he will have physical problems in the second half of the 1500 meters, after all, he has already used too much physical strength before. ”
Lin Hua said with some worry in admiration.
Coincidentally, in front of the TV, Mr. Zhou in the capital was also worried.
In the past two days, the old man's biggest hobby is watching the National Games, to be exact, watching the live broadcast of all the events he participated in on Sunday.
And Zhou Changhe, who is extremely busy with work, will also try to find time to rush to his father during the game to watch TV with the old man and the old lady.
"Xiao Tian has participated in too many competitions and the schedule is too intensive, his body is iron, and he can't bear it. ”
Looking at the TV, the eldest grandson, who had already run at the front, said with some distress.
"Dad, don't worry too much, Xiao Tian should be sure to deal with the intensive competition, so he chose to participate in so many events, he did not show physical exhaustion in the 800-meter event until the final sprint, which shows that his physical reserves are very rich. ”
Zhou Changhe stared at the sturdy and upright figure on the screen without blinking, and said his opinion.