Chapter Ninety-Eight: The King of Sprints

"A new world record in the 400 meters? There really is someone in the world who can break the world record in the 400 meters! "The scene went completely crazy.

Michael Johnson, the legendary American sprinter, who has been undefeated in the 400m for seven consecutive years, set a new 400m world record in the 1999 World Athletics Championships held in Spain with a time of 43.18 seconds, which is also the most difficult world record to break in the sprint event, and is also known as the world record that belongs to the 21st century, and it is impossible for anyone to break it in 50 years.

Since Johnson's retirement, there have been many 400-meter strongmen in the world, but they have not challenged the 400-meter world record left by Johnson. Not because the athletes don't want to, but because they simply don't have that qualification. How can a group of athletes who can't even run in less than 44 seconds be qualified to challenge the world record of 43.18 seconds?

Until the appearance of Zhang Guan, he entered the 44-second mark with a time of 43.99 seconds in the Golden League Oslo station, and in the next Golden League, Zhang Guan also continued to refresh his best results. But even though Zhang Guan recently made the 400m that can be ranked 10th in history, no one still thinks that Zhang Guan will break the 400m world record.

The world record of 43.18 seconds is so difficult!

Zhang Guan stepped through this difficulty today, he improved the 400-meter world record by 0.02 seconds, this sudden 43.16 seconds of time, people felt a little caught off guard, without any warning, everyone has not been mentally prepared, Zhang Guan broke the world record.

In the eyes of professional sports professionals, Zhang Guan broke the world record in the 400-meter sprint. It makes more sense than when he runs the 9.70-second mark in the 100-meter dash. Zhang Guan was originally the world record holder in the 100 meters, and he has also broken the world record in the 100 meters many times, and it is a matter of course for the world record holder to break the world record he holds. In the 400m, Zhang Guan is not the world record holder, he broke the world record set by Michael Johnson. This means that he is also at the top of the world on another project.

IOC President Rogge is certainly one of the sports professionals, and he knows how difficult it is to break the 400m world record, and he also knows how much this new 400m world record is for a 100m world champion!

His Royal Highness Prince Wang seemed very excited, sprinting is indeed easy to arouse male hormones, only to hear him speak: "In one day, no, it should be said that in just a few hours. Zhang Guan broke the world record in two events, 9.68 seconds in the 100-meter dash and 43.16 seconds in the 400-meter dash, which is really a miracle! I believe that history will remember this day! Remember this Belgian miracle! ”

Behind Rogge, a Swiss assistant secretly glared at His Royal Highness Prince Wang, who broke two world records, but was forcibly given the title of "Miracle of Belgium" by His Royal Highness Prince Wang. Although it is true that the place to break the world record is in Belgium, the main reason for breaking the record is the strength of the athletes. It doesn't seem to matter where you're playing. When did you have to pick feng shui to break the world record?

But almost all of the VIP rooms were Belgians, and they listened to His Royal Highness Prince Wang's phrase "a belgic miracle". They all nodded in agreement, even Rogge.

Seeing this scene, the assistant sighed helplessly, and his boss nodded in agreement, so it can be regarded as a "Belgian miracle"!

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This stop is the Golden League. The broadcaster still invited Michael Johnson as a guest.

In the studio at this time, Michael Johnson looked confused, and his eyes revealed a trace of despair, obviously unable to accept the reality that the 400-meter world record was broken.

Michael Johnson, the former 400m world record holder. Of course, knowing how difficult the 400m world record can be, for Michael Johnson, the 400m record is the biggest achievement of his career and the most boastful of himself.

But today, Michael Johnson witnessed the world record he held was broken, and the feeling was as if the child he had raised for many years was suddenly taken away by someone else, and the sourness in his heart made Michael Johnson want to cry, but this is the studio, where there are not only a large number of staff, but also the entire European audience in front of the TV. So Michael-Johnson can only endure it, every minute and every second at this time is extremely torturous for this former flyer.

The host on the other side looked at Johnson helplessly, and thought to himself: "Maybe this world record came too suddenly, and Johnson couldn't accept it for a while!" After all, the 400m used to be his strongest event. ”

At this moment, the director's voice came from the host's headphones: "Michael seems to need some time to adjust himself, I'll cut the camera to you, and you speak for yourself first." ”

The host had to say to himself: "It's amazing, not long ago, it was also in this venue that Zhang Guan broke the world-class record of the men's 100-meter sprint, and he pushed the limit of the human 100-meter sprint into 9.70 seconds, the new world record of 9.68 seconds, it is still difficult for me to describe the shock in my heart in words!" However, what I didn't expect was that just two hours later, in the same field, Zhang Guan broke the world record of 400 meters! ”

"The 400-meter dash is the most difficult of all sprints and is also recognized as the most difficult world record to break! The previous world record for the 400m dash was held by Michael Johnson by 43.18 seconds, and Zhang Guan improved this time by 0.02 seconds, oh, another 0.02 seconds, and in the 100m dash, Zhang Guan also improved the world record by 0.02 seconds, what a wonderful coincidence! ”

"Truth be told, in all the world records in athletics. I always thought that the 400m world record was the least likely to be broken. If someone had told me that the world record in the 400 meters had been broken, I would have thought it was an April Fool's joke. Not long ago, when I saw Zhang Guan's score of 43.16, my first reaction was that someone could really break the world record in the 400m! Zhang Guan, he is a well-deserved king of world sprinting! I need we can say he's the greatest sprinter in history! ”

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The final award ceremony in Brussels was clearly another highlight of the media chase, before the race. The organizers specially approved a medal ceremony for athletes who were able to break the world record in Brussels, and since only one athlete broke the world record in Brussels, this special award ceremony became a stage for Zhang Guan alone.

According to the official process announced before the games, the president of the Belgian Olympic Committee will award a special prize of 100,000 euros to Zhang Guan, and the mayor of Brussels will also present Zhang Guan with a certificate of honorary citizenship and city keys, but when the award ceremony began, the situation changed, and the president of the Belgian Olympic Committee and the mayor of Brussels all stepped aside, because His Royal Highness the Prince of Belgium appeared in front of the podium in person. A special prize of 100,000 euros was awarded to Zhang Guan, as well as a certificate of honorary citizenship of the city of Brussels and a city key.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Belgium personally presented the award to Zhang Guan, and the meaning behind this is completely different. After two brutal world wars, there are few European royal families left. Although many of the royal families in Europe now have no real power, their main role is to represent the image of the country, but at the same time, the royal family is also the yearning of the people's spirit. The honor of being awarded by the prince of a country in person cannot be bought with money.

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Gao Jie, a hard-working editor, learned to be obedient this time, he knew that today was the IAAF Golden League Brussels competition, and Zhang Guan had to participate in two more events. So he simply waited in the office.

Sure enough, in the early hours of the morning, Gao Jie received the news. Zhang Guan won the men's 100-meter dash and broke the world record with a time of 9.68 seconds, becoming the first man to run the 9.70-second mark. This news is extremely newsworthy, and for a person in the news industry, this level of news must be given a full page.

After making a new edition. Gao Jie still didn't leave, he was waiting for the news of the 400-meter race, and sure enough, he waited for the news that Zhang Guan broke the world record and won the championship in the 400-meter race.

Relevant news content and pictures were quickly transmitted to Gao Jie's e-mail, and he continued to arrange shifts. While sighing at the two world records that Zhang Guan had just won.

Gao Jie is not an editor with a background in sports, and he does not know much about track and field, but when he saw the manuscript sent to him by the reporter, he realized that the 400-meter world record was so golden.

After all this, Gao Jie finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then he left the office and walked to the parking lot, ready to go home.

Gao Jie, who looked tired, opened the car door and turned into the car in a wave, and before he could start the car, his mobile phone rang.

Gao Jie's heart suddenly tightened: "Do you want to revise it again?" Zhang Guan won the championship again? Impossible, Zhang Guan only participated in two events, the 100 meters and 400 meters have been completed, Zhang Guan won two championships, broke two world records, there should be no problem! ”

Gao Jie complained while picking up the phone helplessly: "I'm Gao Jie, yes, I haven't left yet, I just got in the car, and I'm in the parking lot!" Revisions again? Or Zhang Guan? Isn't he already finished, the two championships in the 100m and 400m, the two world records, the manuscript has been arranged, and there are two whole pages! Also focus on the awards ceremony? What is there to cover about an awards ceremony! What the? Belgium's Wang Chu personally presented the award to Zhang Guan! ”

Gao Jie hung up the phone, looked out of the car window with a dejected face, and muttered to himself: "Prince Wang, isn't that the crown prince?" The crown prince of Belgium personally presented Zhang Guan with an award, this treatment is probably the only one in the world! ”

For ordinary people in China, the word "Wang Chu" is extremely lethal. Even if many people don't know where Belgium is in Europe, since it is holding the title of "Wang Prince", everyone generally thinks that it is a very powerful and great thing.

Professional sports reporters will definitely report on Zhang Guan's breaking of two world records in one day, and cite various data to prove how great Zhang Guan's two world records are, but the official public opinion is more interested in reporting more about Wang Guan's awards. Two world records are just two numbers in the eyes of people who don't understand sports, but Wang Chu presenting awards is a very face-saving thing, so in this way, it is of course more important to win face for the country in Europe than to refresh two figures.

The family home where Zhang Guan lived was full of firecrackers in the early morning, and passers-by knew that Zhang Guan had won the championship again when they heard the sound of firecrackers. The owner of the small newsstand not far away is even more happy with a smile on his face, and whenever Zhang Guan wins the world championship, his newspaper sales are always several percent higher.

"Lao Wang, Zhang Guan won the championship again? To be honest, I find it boring to win championships all the time. A passer-by familiar to the boss asked.

"Not only the champion, but also the world record!" Boss Wang snorted and said: "400 meters of world record!" Even the crown prince of Belgium gave Zhang Guan an award! ”

"Oh! So powerful! O Prince of Belgium! Bring me a newspaper. Passers-by threw the money and reported it to the boss.

Central Electric once again showed a very high work efficiency, in the news at seven o'clock in the morning, has made a 400-meter sprint documentary, although the documentary is only ten minutes, but it introduces in detail the development of the 400-meter sprint in the past few decades, so that the people understand the project, but also let everyone know how difficult it is to break the 400-meter world record.

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Kia Automotive.

Minister Jin held the phone with a panicked face, because the person who was talking to him on the other side of the phone was the company's senior director Cui, who was the executive director of the company, and his position was far above that of the minister.

I only listened to Director Cui on the other end of the phone and said: "Minister Jin, I am personally very satisfied with the advertisement that Zhang Guan shot for us last time. However, I think the two versions you sent are a little inappropriate in terms of timing. One is a 15-second version and the other is a 30-second version, both too short. ”

"I see! I immediately contacted an advertising agency to make a 1-minute version. Minister Kim spoke.

"Plus a 45-second version and a longer 90-second version." Director Choi gave direct instructions.

"Yes. However, for a 90-second advertisement, we may spend more on advertising costs. Minister Kim continued, "The production cost is only one thing, the key is that the time we spend buying advertising from TV stations will increase, which will lead to an increase in the cost of publicity." ”

"You don't have to worry about money! Zhang Guan has just broken the world record in the 400m, and he is now in the spotlight of the world, and we need to take this opportunity to invest more in publicity. We signed Zhang Guan as a spokesperson, it has cost a lot of money, the company's finance has used the future publicity budget, it can be said that in the next five years, we are unlikely to have the budget to sign other big-name stars, so we must make good use of Zhang Guan's every achievement to promote our brand. Director Cui said.

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There are overwhelming reports in China, while in Belgium, Zhang Guan is staying in the embassy to receive professional foreign affairs training. (To be continued.) )

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