In the field management center, Director Ma was surrounded by a pile of documents, and at this time, the voice of the phone rang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Director Ma, I'm Lao Lu, I have something to report to you, it's about Zhang Guan." The voice of Secretary General Lu came from the receiver of the telephone.

"Oh, you've talked to Zhang Guan?" Director Ma asked expectantly.

"No, not yet." Secretary-General Lu spoke.

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

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

Director Ma was suddenly surprised, he knew Secretary General Lu's ability, if even Secretary General Lu, an old instructor, had encountered difficulties, it must be a real difficulty.

So Director Ma opened his mouth and asked, "What happened to you over there?" ”

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

"Won the championship, huh? That's 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 is unusual. Director Ma's tone was quite calm, and he continued: "But even if he wins the championship, we have to talk to him!" Let's say something unpleasant, a domestic champion in the long-distance running event is not even a fart in the Olympic Games! ”

"Well, in fact, Zhang Guan's results this time are quite good." Secretary-General Lu spoke.

"If he has a good result, he can't go to long-distance running! Zhang Guan is capable, maybe after a period of training, he can get a long-distance running world championship or something, but now there are less than four months before the opening of the Olympic Games. This far water can't quench the thirst of the near. Director Ma continued.

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

"27 minutes is a good result, but ......" Director Ma stopped suddenly, and then his voice rose a few points: "27 minutes? 10,000 meters? 27 minutes! How is this possible! Old Lu, you're not kidding, are you? ”

"This kind of thing, how can I be joking." Secretary-General Lu's tone was a little helpless.

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

"Isn't it! If I hadn't seen other runners get caught up in him for several laps, I wouldn't have believed it! 27 minutes, even at the Olympics, you should be able to win a gold medal. Now I'm in a dilemma, and the rhetoric I prepared is useless! So I'm looking for you to report back. Secretary-General Lu said.

Director Ma laughed helplessly.

"This Zhang Guan...... Ay! Forget it, Lao Lu, don't go to him, when he comes back, I'll talk to him personally! Director Ma said.

……

The next day, Zhang Guan participated in the men's 5000m race.

This time, Zhang Guan did not use the skill of "fixed-speed running" throughout the whole process, after all, in the 5000-meter race, even domestic runners, the time spent will be less than 15 minutes, and if Zhang Guan runs at two fixed speeds in a row, he will continue to circle the field for six or seven minutes after the race.

So Zhang Guan first took three minutes to follow the run, and then used a fixed speed run to complete the 5000-meter race, and his final time was 13 minutes 02 seconds.

The national record for the men's 5,000m is 13:25, which is not even up to the Olympic A standard of 13:20. Bekele's Olympic record for the 5,000m was 12:57, and at the current level of world-class athletes, 13:02 is enough to win a gold medal at the Olympics.

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

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

……

A week later, Zhang Guan appeared in Director Ma's office again.

"Director Ma, look at my performance in the long-distance running event, it's okay, right?" Zhang Guan looked at Director Ma with a smile.

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

10,000 meters run for 27 minutes, 5,000 meters for 13 minutes 02 seconds, these are all achievements that can win gold medals in the Olympic Games, since Zhang Guandu has shown the strength of the gold medal, Director Ma is really not good to make excuses to prevent Zhang Guan from participating in the long-distance running competition of the Olympic Games.

"What the hell do you think about giving up your best sprints and going to long-distance running?" Director Ma asked.

"Actually, it's also forced by the schedule. You know, I'm going to compete in a couple of other events, like tennis, boxing, and track cycling, and it's not just one game that can be decided by one, it's going back and forth several times, and if I do sprints, I'm afraid there will be a time conflict. So simply choose long-distance running, after all, there are no preliminaries, semi-finals and semi-finals in long-distance running, they are all a winner. So that on the agenda, there will be no conflicts. Zhang Guan said.

"I think you should think again, after all, you have never participated in an international competition in long-distance running, and in sprinting, you are a world record holder, so you must have an advantage psychologically." Director Ma spoke.

"The world record holder is not only a psychological advantage, but also a psychological pressure." Zhang Guan smiled and continued: "Actually, my participation in the Olympic long-distance running event is also a good thing for our field management center. Hasn't our country ever won a gold medal in Olympic long-distance running? I'm ready to fill in the gap! ”

Director Ma's brows tightened, obviously Zhang Guan's last sentence had moved him.

In the three small events of sprinting and the two small events of middle distance running, Zhang Guan has won gold medals for the national team, but there is no gold medal in the long-distance running event. And the Chinese team has never won an Olympic gold medal in the men's long-distance running event.

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 big breakthrough in track and field results!

Director Ma certainly understands this, Zhang Guan can win three consecutive Olympic championships in the 100 meters; Zhang Guan participates in other events in sprint and middle running, and can also win two consecutive Olympic championships. In comparison, the gold medal in long-distance running is much more valuable to the national team.

Whether it's two or three in a row, it's just the icing on the cake, and it's nothing unusual for the defending champions to win again.

However, the Olympic gold medal in long-distance running is "from nothing", which is fundamentally different. The words "fill in the gaps" and "historic breakthroughs", whether writing an annual summary or a report, can directly reflect political achievements.

"Zhang Guan's participation in this year's events is restricted, and the number of gold medals in track and field will definitely shrink by half. Whether it is the leaders or the people, they prefer the words 'fill the gap'. Besides, with Zhang Guan's results, 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 had already obtained the right to participate in the Olympic 5,000, meter and 10,000m events.

"In this way, all the qualifications for the 10 events this time have been completed!" Zhang Guan couldn't help but look at the West.

There are 100 days left until the opening of the London Olympics...... (To be continued.) )