Zhang, who broke the national record, was given a week's vacation, and after a brief reunion with his parents, he returned to the track and field team to start a new training.

On the track, Zhang Guan stepped on the starting gear.

Chen Lao raised his starting pistol and shouted loudly: "Everyone, prepare ......"

When the gunfire rang out, Zhang Guan rushed forward, but immediately unloaded his strength and stopped after a few steps.

Zhang Guan: This is a practice start.

Chen Lao frowned and muttered to himself, "How do I feel that your start is quite fast!" No, take a five-minute break and let's try again. ”

Zhang Guan nodded in agreement, but secretly laughed in his heart, the new passive skill "Quick Reaction" can indeed make his starting reaction time faster, and now his starting reaction time can be maintained between 0.15 seconds and 0.17 seconds, which is similar to other professional athletes.

In addition, the skill of "Quick Reflexes" not only improves the reaction time of the start, but also makes the reaction speed of other movements faster.

Throughout the morning, after more than a dozen consecutive starts, Chen Lao could obviously feel that Zhang Guan's starting reaction time was not inferior to that of professional athletes, and this kind of performance of the two made Chen Lao feel very strange.

"How did I go home and rest for a week, and the starting reaction time seems to have become faster." Chen Lao scratched his head in confusion, and then said, "Let's go, go find the equipment to test." ”

The athlete timing equipment used in the international competition is a very complex set of equipment, the starting pistol will be connected to the sensor of the starting time, and there is also a sensing device in the starting device used by the athlete, the time when the gun goes off to the athlete's foot leaving the starting device will be calculated at the first time, used to judge whether the athlete is running, and the sensor at the finish line is used to calculate the athlete's finish time, and is also equipped with a high-speed imaging system and a slow playback system, which is used to provide a basis when it is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. According to international standards, the time accuracy of this set of equipment is required to reach one thousandth of a second, which can be regarded as a precision instrument, so the price is also expensive, even the provincial team is only equipped with one set of such equipment.

It took an hour for the technician to debug the equipment, and then Zhang Guan stood on the starting block, while Chen Lao sat by the screen, staring at the data on it.

The starting pistol sounded, Zhang Guan started quickly, and the electronic screen immediately showed Zhang Guan's starting reaction time.

Chen Lao stared at the screen with wide eyes, and the numbers on it made him feel both surprised and unbelievable.

"0.159 seconds?"

Even in international competitions, the starting reaction time of less than 0.159 seconds is considered a qualified number, and those starting reaction times of about 0.13 seconds are simply unattainable.

"It's okay with this device!" Chen Lao asked the technician next to him.

The technician immediately replied: "Rest assured, Mr. Chen, this set of equipment is precious, we maintain it every day, and there will be no problem." ”

Chen Lao immediately turned his head and asked Zhang Guan: "Xiao Zhang, did you run away with a pressure gun?" ”

Zhang Guan immediately shook his head.

"Impossible, how can one be so fast in a week! It's not scientific. Chen Lao thought for a while, and then immediately said: "Rest for ten minutes, let's try again, this time I will personally give the order." ”

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The reason why Chen Lao was ready to give the order in person was to verify whether Zhang Guan had started using the method of pressing the gun to run.

The start of the sprinter is very crucial, and the normal start is called the gun run, that is, the athlete starts after hearing the starting referee fire the gun; The pressure gun run is also a conventional sprinting tactic in the start, the athlete according to the referee's habitual rhythm of the order, and strive to start when the starting gun sounds, if this starting method is successful, it can win at least 0.02 seconds or more.

Pressure gun running is often used by some experienced athletes, and many really powerful athletes rarely use the tactic of pressure gun running in order to seek stability in the competition; Or only when encountering a strong enemy who is evenly matched, will you use the pressure gun to run; Or if you know that you are not in good shape today, and you will lose or lose at a normal start, you can simply use the pressure gun to run and gamble.

As a coach, rookie athletes are not encouraged or even allowed to use the pressure gun to run, and the most important thing for new athletes is to practice the foundation and improve their level through solid training, rather than pinning their hopes to improve their performance on the blocking tactics of pressure gun running. Therefore, Chen Lao did not want Zhang Guan to be exposed to the technique of pressing the gun too early.

"Ready, ready to ......"

Chen Lao raised the starting gun, but he didn't give the order for a long time, he was ready to deliberately disrupt the rhythm of the usual starting order, if Zhang Guan used the tactic of pressing the gun to run, he would definitely make a move when the starting gun did not sound. It is important to know that this electronic starting point is very sensitive, and the athlete's feet can be sensed at least slightly away from the starting gear.

But Zhang Guanguan did not move, but waited for Chen Lao's order with peace of mind.

"Smack!"

The sound of the starting gun sounded, and Zhang Guan followed suit.

"It doesn't feel like it's a pressure gun run. His body apparently moved after the gunshots rang out. Chen Lao immediately turned around and asked the technician in front of the screen: "What is the starting reaction time?" ”

"0.161 seconds." The technician replied.

Although the reaction time for the start was 0.002 seconds slower than just now, the slight difference in the thousandths of a second is completely negligible, and the reaction time of the two starts can be regarded as the same level of performance.

"How is this possible!" Chen Lao has never encountered this situation in his decades-long career as an athlete-level coach.

The reason why the starting reaction time of sprinters is relatively short is mainly because after a lot of long-term training, it is impossible for normal people to achieve the starting reaction time of athletes within 0.2 seconds if they have not been trained. Human reaction speed is affected by the brain and nerves, which is a physiological indicator, following the laws of nature, and greatly increasing the starting reaction time in a short period of time is obviously a violation of the normal laws of nature, which is also what Chen Lao Bai is puzzled about.

"What have you been doing at home this week?" Old Chen asked.

"Eat, sleep, and beat beanie." Zhang Guan whispered: "'Doudou' is my dog." ”

Chen Lao obviously didn't believe it: "Then why did your starting reaction time improve so much!" ”

"Old Chen, didn't you say that I was a sprint genius. Geniuses naturally want to work some miracles! Zhang Guanshen said mysteriously.

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The scorching heat of August can hardly resist the passion of athletes' training, and sweat and tears are intertwined and sprinkled on this training ground, which is indeed a beautiful dream of athletes.

By the end of August, the results of the 9th World Athletics Championships had been transmitted back to China, with the national team finishing 37th with two bronze medals, and seven people finishing in the top eight in five events. Among them, the higher-level race walking events are ranked outside the top ten, both male and female athletes are ranked outside the top ten, women's hammer throw 4th, women's discus throws 7th, women's pole vault 9th, women's 5,000 meters 9th, women's javelin 11th, women's triple jump 13th, as for the men's track and field events, few have qualified, let alone ranked.

However, there are still some highlights in this competition, breaking a national record in the men's decathlon, Xing Huina set a world youth record in the women's 10,000-meter event, another female athlete Sun Yingjie won the bronze medal in the women's 10,000-meter event, and it is worth mentioning that Liu Feiren won the bronze medal in the men's 110-meter hurdles event, creating history for the national team.

The two bronze results are already the best results of the national team in the World Athletics Championships in recent years, and they have made great progress compared to the previous session, not to mention the breakthrough in the men's 110-meter hurdles event, so the national track and field team was warmly welcomed as soon as they returned to Beijing. Next, after a short break, the national track and field team will usher in the 15th Asian Athletics Championships.

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Early September.

The training ground of the provincial track and field team is much less crowded, and the rest are mainly young athletes, and even many coaches are not there.

The National Track and Field Championships Huangpu Station is in full swing, for the vast majority of domestic track and field athletes, they do not have the opportunity to stand on the world stage, the National Track and Field Championships this level of events has become a good platform for them to show themselves.

Because this event is a touring event, the qualification for the competition has been set at the beginning of the year, so Zhang Guan, a "monk who is halfway monk", is not eligible to participate in this event, and he will not have the opportunity to sign up until next year. So Zhang Guan continued to stay in the provincial capital and continued to train with Chen Lao.

This time was the time when the autumn tiger was in full swing, and Zhang Guan's training clothes had already been wet with sweat, so he simply took off his shirtless and trained.

Chen Lao looked at the tanned muscles on Zhang Guan's body, and felt that the volume and lines of these muscles did not want to be a seventeen-year-old young man at all, so he couldn't help but say, "Xiao Zhang, I think you are much stronger than before. ”

At this moment, Chen Lao's mobile phone rang, it was a call from Coach Zhou.

"Hey, Xiao Zhou, it's me. Aren't you supposed to be at the game right now, how do you have time to call me? How are our team's results? Old Chen asked.

On the other side of the microphone, Coach Zhou's words were very hurried, and Old Chen's expression suddenly became joyful.

After a while, Chen Lao put down the phone, took a deep breath to calm down, and then said to Zhang Guan: "There is good news, you will definitely be able to go to the Athens Olympics next year." ”

"Why?" Zhang Guan asked. He knows that this kind of matter involving local interests is probably not so easy to compromise.

Chen Lao replied: "Coach Zhou told me that Jian Chen ran 10.17 seconds in the race just now, creating a personal best and reaching the Olympic A standard!" ”

According to the Olympic rules, if both Chen Jian and Zhang Guan can meet the Olympic A standard, they can participate. The national team obviously won't give up this two-person opportunity to participate, even if it's to play soy sauce, it's good to send one more person to show his face.

Zhang Guan took a deep breath, the course of history still went in the original direction, and his butterfly wings did not fanflap the effect. Chen Jian still ran a time of 10.17 seconds at the National Track and Field Championships, and in the original historical process, Chen Jian fell in the first round of the Athens Olympics, and no Chinese athlete ran another 10.20 seconds in the next seven years.

"The Olympics! I couldn't have imagined that I could participate in the competition! A new hope rose in Zhang Guan's heart.

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