Chapter 165: Ghent
The city of Ghent is located in the northwest of Belgium and is an important port and railway hub in Belgium. Historically, the city of Ghent was the gateway to Brussels because of its excellent port.
Today, the city is also home to a large number of medieval buildings, which also attract tourists from all over the world. The city of Ghent is home to a large proportion of people who speak Dutch, French, German and English, so it can be considered a place with a mixed population.
After a day of adaptation training here, the athletes of the national team also rushed over from New York. Tomorrow we will have another day off, and the day after tomorrow will start with a new race.
Guo Zizhao also greeted his teammates and chatted about everyone's competition in New York. In the last leg of the competition, Chen Yanhao still played well. Although he did not break the 7.60-second mark again, he still finished third in the 60-meter hurdles in New York with a time of 7.61 seconds.
Chen Haijian's performance this time was slightly better than in Moscow. In the preliminaries, he entered the final with a time of 6.70 seconds. However, in the 60m final, the performance was average, with a time of 6.72 seconds ranking last among the competitors. However, it can be regarded as a certain progress.
After chatting with everyone for a while, Guo Zizhao also hurriedly said goodbye. Let's take a good rest today, it's quite tiring to catch a plane back and forth.
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On the 29th, the international indoor competition in Ghent, Belgium officially began.
In the morning competition, Guo Zizhao still easily won the first place in the group, and both entries entered the finals in the afternoon.
However, how to run in the final, Guo Zizhao began to think about it secretly.
Because of the fact that the reward is now halved, Guo Zizhao won two championships and broke two records in the Moscow competition, but in the end he lost 30 experience points. If you still do this at this station, you will become a big fool.
It seems that only one project can be guaranteed first.
Well, at least ensure that one project wins the championship and get a reward of 0.5 attribute points. The rest of the project can only be run naked without equipment.
In the final of the 60 meters in the afternoon, Guo Zizhao looked at the "physical strength value" of 82 and the "state value" of 83, it seems that the opponent is indeed not strong. Take a closer look, in addition to Chen Haijian, a teammate of the national team, there is also a buddy who is a little familiar. When I heard the radio introduction, I remembered that the British sprinter Jason. Gardner once played against Guo Zizhao in the final of the World Indoor Athletics Championships early last year.
In Guo Zizhao's impression, this buddy seemed to have won the 5th place at that time. However, due to injury, I participated in two or three Grand Prix races intermittently for most of last year, but the results were average. It seems that this year's injury has healed and is preparing for an official comeback.
Since the opponent's strength is average, he can even save the potion.
In the end, Guo Zizhao still won the championship with a time of 6.50 seconds when he was only equipped with "powerful intermediate high-frequency running shoes". Well, with that, 0.5 stat points and at least 75 experience points are in hand. Subtract the 30 points consumed in this game, and there are still 45 points to earn. Now I can rest assured......
The runner-up was Jason. Gardner, 6.53 seconds. Chen Haijian's performance this time was okay, ranking 7th in 6.70 seconds. For a newcomer, the performance is relatively stable.
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An hour later, in the 60-meter hurdles final, Guo Zizhao saw a few familiar faces. In addition to Chen Yanhao and Brother Chen, his old rivals last year, American athletes Trammell and Rose, also came.
But even so, Guo Zizhao still has a "physical strength" of 80 points and a "status value" of 82 points. It seems that after his "spiritual" attribute has improved, it is indeed very effective, hehe......
Trammell and Rose also came to say hello to Guo Zizhao, and everyone chatted briefly. After all, Guo Zizhao's current strength in hurdles has also been recognized by everyone. Especially in last year's Grand Prix Finals, he also defeated Alain with a time of 13.02 seconds. Johnson, this makes everyone admire it too.
Soon, the 60-meter hurdles were over. Guo Zizhao still relied on the blessing of "powerful intermediate high-frequency running shoes" to run a time of 7.49 seconds. Got this title in the bag again.
Trammell finished second with a time of 7.53 seconds; Rose was third with a time of 7.59 seconds; Chen Yanhao's time of 7.60 seconds ranked fourth. However, Brother Chen's results this year are not only a lot better than last year, but also a lot more stable. It seems that Brother Chen's winter training this year is still effective.
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After the end of the competition, Guo Zizhao's event arrangement before the year was completely over. However, the national team will have to continue to be busy this time. Tomorrow they will have to travel to Germany for the International Indoor Championships in Stuttgart on February 2. However, it is quite close to Germany, two or three hours away by train.
However, in this way, it is estimated that it is good that these players can rush back to China on the day of the Spring Festival. At that time, it will definitely be in the training center for the New Year. Tut-tut...... Unexpectedly, the national team is still quite strong this year. It seems that the pressure of the Olympics is not small......
After saying goodbye to everyone one by one, Guo Zizhao and his entourage also got on the plane that flew back to China.
The two races that came out this time were generally quite good. Although the reward was halved, it didn't achieve the expected effect, but it added up to 1 attribute point. Guo Zizhao also added this 1 attribute to "Endurance", making the "Endurance" attribute 81 points.
Alas...... Originally, I planned to participate in 4 indoor tournaments this year to get 4 attribute points, which just increased the "stamina" from 80 points to 84 points at the top level. Unexpectedly, the reward was halved. It seems that we will have to wait until the IAAF Grand Prix in May to think about this issue.
It's just the income of experience points, which makes Guo Zizhao scratch his head a little. 150 points were earned and 180 points were consumed at the Moscow station, and 100 points were earned and 60 points were consumed at the Ghent station. In this way, I earned 10 points by going out on my own.
His grandmother's, this is not enough for even a daily training "intermediate recovery potion". It seems that in the future competition, the use of equipment can be leisurely. Just like this race in Ghent, you can save it, you can save it, you can save it, you are embarrassed......
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When everyone returned to Banyan City, it was already February 1st. The Spring Festival is less than 3 days away. Guo Zizhao also immediately asked everyone to go back to their respective homes and find their mothers, and they should prepare for the upcoming New Year.
This year's Spring Festival is lively. This is the first Spring Festival after Guo Zizhao's family moved! At that time, not only the second sister-in-law, his cousin, and his cousin-in-law's family will come to Guo Zizhao's villa for the Spring Festival. Even Brother Dong and Sister-in-law Dong's family will celebrate the New Year here.
At present, Brother Dong and Sister-in-law Dong both live in Guo Zizhao's house, and there are many empty rooms on the first floor anyway, so it is convenient for everyone to live together. Brother Dong has a son who is almost 5 years old, but because of his retirement this year, he has been sent back to his hometown and asked the old people in the family to take him.
Guo Zizhao asked him to take it over after the year, just live at home. First, there are not many things at home, so let Sister-in-law Dong take it. Second, the child should go to primary school next year, but you can't delay the child's learning in your hometown.
Guo Zizhao's words made Brother Dong and Sister-in-law Dong also very grateful, patting their chests and promising that they must work hard at home, serve everyone well, and let everyone eat and drink well, live comfortably, and live comfortably......
The matter of Brother Dong's family is easy to solve, but Guo Zizhao feels that the atmosphere of the second family is a little wrong!
Especially between cousin Wang Jia and cousin-in-law Li Yi, the atmosphere is a little weird. I'll go, what's going on......
The plot of the last few chapters of this book will be more ordinary, please forgive me.