Chapter 6 The semi-finals begin
"What? Break the national record once! Zhang Guan was taken aback by this task. In the past, Zhang Guan's best level was only a national second-level athlete, and the national record was so far away for Zhang Guan, it was simply an unclimbable peak.
"What kind of broken system is this, this task is impossible to complete! How can a national record be broken so easily, and what am I doing here if I can break it? I'm only running 10.38 seconds now, and the current national record is ...... By the way, what is the national record......"
Zhang Guan suddenly remembered that the national record at this time did not seem to be fast, and it was 10.10 seconds away.
"How many seconds is it?" Zhang Guan recalled carefully, and only remembered Su Feiren, who ran 9.99 seconds, but never remembered the current 100-meter record.
While thinking, Zhang Guan walked off the runway and came to Chen Lao.
"Old Chen, I've been promoted." Zhang Guan trotted all the way to Chen Lao's side.
"You just fell to the second place, you don't have to rush so hard in the preliminary round, you can guarantee the promotion, you don't have to do your best, after all, there will be a rematch in a while, you have to retain some physical strength." Old Chen spoke.
"I see." Zhang Guan replied.
Veteran Chen pulled Zhang Guan closer, pointed to Coach Yu beside him and introduced: "This is Coach Yu, the coach of the national team track and field team. ”
"Hello Yu Gui!" Zhang Guan immediately greeted Director Yu. He had already noticed Yu Gui, after all, a bald head was too conspicuous, and Yu Gui was wearing a sportswear, Zhang Guan naturally imagined Yu Gui as the coach of a certain team. But I didn't expect it to be the coach of the national team.
"Lao Chen is really discerning, and he has found a good seedling again." Thinking of this, Director Yu patted Zhang Guan's shoulder and said: "Young man, I remember you, run well in the next game, as long as the results are not worse than now, if the national team has training camps in the future, I will definitely count you as one!" ”
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After watching Director Yu leave, Zhang Guancai opened his mouth and asked, "Old Chen, what is the current national record of 100 meters?" ”
"10.17 seconds. In 98, Zhou Wei created it at the National Track and Field Grand Prix. Chen Lao turned his head to look at Zhang Guan and asked, "Why are you asking this?" ”
"It's fine. Just count how far I'm off. Zhang Guan thought to himself: "Come to think of it, the current national record is Zhou Wei's 10.17 seconds, and I am only 0.21 seconds away, which doesn't seem to be very difficult." I've just upgraded my sprint skills, and my effects and duration have increased, so I might be able to reach this level. ”
Chen Lao next to him smiled and said: "Don't look at a mountain high, to be honest, your current result is considered to have met my expectations." If you run like this, you might be lucky enough to get that medal. As for the national record, if you work hard in the future, you will have a chance. ”
When Chen Lao talked about the 100-meter record, he seemed a little regretful, this national record has been maintained for five years, and no athlete has broken it. In Zhang Guan's memory, this achievement was maintained for thirteen years, until the 2011 National Track and Field Championships was broken by Su Feiren.
Since 2004, with the retirement of a group of outstanding runners who rose in the late nineties, the domestic 100-meter sprint project has fallen into a low ebb, and from 2004 to 2010, no domestic runner has run within 10.20 seconds in the race.
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The progress of the 100-meter race was very fast, and the eighteen races were completed in a blink of an eye, and the coaches of each team quickly got the promotion list and the next grouping. At the same time, the name Zhang Guan spread quickly.
If the score of 10.38 seconds is placed in the previous year, it can already be regarded as the fourth fastest result in China that year, and this year's domestic athletes generally play well, and this result is currently ranked fifth in the year. The sudden appearance of a person who was able to run this result naturally attracted the attention of the coaches of each team.
In the training system of domestic athletes, athletes are trained from an early age, county-level sports teams select good seedlings from schools, county-level teams with good results will be selected by municipal teams, municipal teams with good results will be selected by provincial teams, and there are even sports school selections at all levels in the middle, etc., excellent athletes have long been known to everyone under this system of layer by layer selection, and at the level of provincial teams, they know each other well, which team and which athletes are in good shape, which team has outstanding talents in the reserve force, It's no secret, even if there is a so-called "dark horse" in the competition, it is an athlete that everyone already knows, but they don't usually pay attention to it.
But today Zhang Guan obviously broke this tradition, and the first place in the preliminary round with a time of 10.38 seconds made his name spread quickly, and then the coaches of each team realized that they knew nothing about this athlete, so the coaches of each team asked everywhere, hoping to know Zhang Guan's origin.
When everyone knew that Zhang Guan was a disciple personally selected by Chen Lao, he showed a natural meaning. Chen Lao is a champion in the track and field world, and it is natural that the disciples he personally selected are so good.
A rematch will be held shortly. There were five semi-finals, with the top three finishers in each group plus the best fourth place in the five groups reaching the semi-finals, a total of 16 players, and the competition was still very fierce.
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Chen Wenzhong is the sprint coach of the track and field team of the Guizhou Provincial Team, and he was also a famous sprinter in China when he was young, breaking the national record five times, including breaking the national men's 100-meter sprint record in 10.20 seconds in 96. After Chen Wenzhong retired last year, he stayed in his parent team and became a coach.
At this moment, Chen Wenzhong is holding the promotion list and the group list, and is studying it carefully.
"The fastest time in the preliminary round is 10.38 seconds? Who rushed so hard, didn't you know that there were two games this morning? His name is Zhang Guan? Out of nowhere, I haven't heard of this person. Chen Wenzhong frowned and thought.
With a time of 10.38 seconds, in the eyes of a coach at Chen Wenzhong's level, he can be the first brother of the 100-meter team in some provincial teams, and he can also play the absolute main position in the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, which are the strongest in sprinting.
When Coach Chen Wenzhong opened the semi-final grouping, he was surprised to find that Zhang Guan was in a group with Pang Guibin, the main player in his team.
Pang Guibin was one of the contributors to the provincial team's national championship in the 4x100m at the Ninth Games, and the athlete had a good time in training, but his best time in the official competition was 10.40 seconds. Obviously, it's a little slower than Zhang Guan.
Coach Chen then looked down and found two more names in the list of the same group, namely Wang Peng, a local player from Jinmen, and Hu Kai, a player from Shancheng.
"Wang Peng is a player who can run within 10.30 seconds, and he is a local player in Tianjin, this group must ensure that Wang Peng enters the semi-finals; Although he only started sprinting at the age of 18, Hu Kai has improved impressively in the past year, and his time should be around 10.40 seconds. Coach Chen thought as he wrote his estimated results after the athlete's name.
"Wang Peng in this group is definitely the first, and the next two promotion places should be Pang Guibin of our team and Hu Kai of Shancheng. However, this Zhang Guan who suddenly appeared is an unknown factor, if he is really so fast, one of Pang Guibin and Hu Kaizhong will definitely be eliminated. Coach Chen circled Zhang Guan's name and then put a question mark.
After a few minutes of thinking, Coach Chen called Pang Guibin closer and whispered: "You have to pay attention to Zhang Guan, who was the first in the preliminary round, for a while; It may be a coincidence that he can run 10.38 seconds, but it can't be ruled out that he really has this ability, so don't stay strong when you run, and take the rematch as the main goal! ”
At the same time, the coaches of the Jinmen team and the Shancheng team are also using the same words to tell Wang Peng and Hu Kai. These coaches may not have had good results in previous competitions, but their brains are better than one another. Originally, there was an unknown factor such as Zhang Guan in the eight into three middle schools in this group, so the coach was more inclined to be stable in his strategy choice.
Chen Lao also called Zhang Guan to the front and prepared to do pre-game guidance.
Chen Lao looked at the group list in his hand, and wanted to introduce to Zhang Guan what are the noteworthy characteristics of other athletes in the same group, but then Chen Lao felt that it was useless to talk to a beginner about the technical characteristics, and Zhang Guan might not be able to understand it, and it would take time to digest and understand it. So Chen Lao simply put down the group list and said, "Run hard for a while and strive to qualify!" ”
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The organisers of the tournament took into account the strength factor when grouping the group, with two or three strong athletes in each of the five groups, so there were no upsets in the rematch, and the strong players managed to advance to the semi-finals.
Zhang Guan's group is the last round of appearance, coupled with the existence of Wang Peng, the strongest local player, so there are a lot of spectators.
The moment Zhang Guan stood on his track, it instantly attracted most of the attention inside and outside the arena, both athletes and coaches wanted to know who the athlete who could run 10.38 seconds in the preliminary race, and even the referee couldn't help but look at Zhang Guan twice.
But the vast majority of people look at Zhang Guan's eyes full of suspicion, Zhang Guan looks like he is seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was even more unknown before, it is impossible to have too strong a competitive level, the preliminary round of 10.38 seconds may be a coincidence, and this rematch will also be the end of his competition.
Zhang Guan on the runway had a smile on his face, looking at the finish line ahead with a very expectant look.
"The expert-level sprint skills have improved a lot, and I don't know if I can break the national record with all my might. However, this is only a rematch, as long as you are guaranteed to qualify, there should be no need to give your best. Zhang Guan thought to himself.
At this moment, the starting gun sounded, and Zhang Guan rushed out as soon as possible, but immediately found that he was half a position ahead of him!
Zhang Guan started and fell behind again......
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