Chapter 16: Easy Promotion
If Chen Jian drew a sign before, then Zhang Guan definitely drew a lot.
In the sixth group, there are three Olympic B standard players, and among the other A standard players, there are three players whose best time is 10.10 seconds, and the remaining two are one Zhang Guan, and the other is Japan's Asahara, and Asahara's Xuanji is the strongest player in this group except for Zhang Guan. It can be said that there is no pressure on Zhang Guan to qualify.
Since there were no internationally renowned players participating, neither media reporters, live spectators nor event broadcasters paid much attention to the competition, and some TV stations even went directly into the advertising time.
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Olympic village. The non-competing athletes of the Jamaican track and field team are gathering to watch a televised broadcast of the 100-meter fly. Jamaica is a sprint powerhouse, and there have been many sprint world champions in history, so the 100-meter trapeze battle has naturally attracted everyone's attention, not to mention that Powell has not yet played.
"Isn't Gatlin the weakest of the American team. Now it looks like he's very strong! β
"I don't think Gatlin is as good as Crawford, but to my surprise is the Portuguese Obikviru, who definitely has the quality to win the championship."
"Our Jamaican athletes are in the seventh, eighth and tenth groups, and soon after the sixth group is over, it should be Powell who will play!"
"With Powell's quality, it's definitely the first place in the group."
Amid the discussion, a big young man sat up from the sofa.
"What are you doing, Eusain? The game is about to begin. One spoke.
"There are no great athletes in the next group, so I'll go to the bathroom first." Usain Bolt, who was still a rookie athlete at this time, walked into the bathroom as he spoke.
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Everyone knows that as long as Zhang Guan runs normally, he will definitely be able to enter the next round, and before that, the Chinese team has never entered the second round of the Olympic 100-meter sprint, so as long as it can enter the second round, it will be a breakthrough in the history of Chinese track and field.
"Don't be nervous, just run as usual, take it easy. You don't have a strong opponent in this group, and it is estimated that Asahara's Xuanji is the most powerful besides you. Japan's Nobuharu Asahara, your defeated man, so don't worry too much about your opponent and just be your own. If you are really nervous, close your eyes and think about the previous competitions in China, you will treat this place as a domestic arena ......" Yu Gui has been following Zhang Guan's side, constantly instructing.
And Zhang Guan kept nodding while looking at his own state in the system.
"The physical condition is 80, which is the best state in normal times; The competitive form has returned to 63, which means that it can play normally in the game. In the preliminary round, as long as you play normally, there will be no problem in entering the second round. No, it's also the Olympics, and I have to use this preliminary round to break an Asian record and earn at least two skill points. Zhang Guan thought to himself.
The referee motioned for the athletes to enter the stadium to prepare, and Zhang Guan immediately stepped onto the track.
"Hello Zhang Guan, it's an honor to compete with you again." An English voice with a rather impure pronunciation came, Zhang Guan looked back, and saw Chaoyuan Xuanzhi bowing to him, looking very polite.
The nature of the Japanese is like this, Zhang Guan's strength is stronger than that of Asahara, so Asahara's Xuanzhi is very polite to Zhang Guan, if it is a player whose strength is not as good as Asahara's Xuanzhi, Asahara's Xuanzhi will not have such a humble attitude.
"Good luck too." Although Zhang Guan doesn't like the Japanese, but at the age of 33, Nobuji Asahara, who can still run into the Olympic A standard and appear in the Olympic Games, can definitely be regarded as an example for athletes with this effort alone.
Except for Asahara, everyone else ignored Zhang Guan, they didn't know Zhang Guan, and Zhang Guan didn't know them. Although it is said to be the same competition, unless the athletes of this level are on the same continent, the athletes are afraid that they will never have the opportunity to meet each other again, so there is naturally no need to greet each other.
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At the same time, the major spinach companies in Europe are also watching this game.
The general audience may only focus on the big-name players, while the coaches pay attention to the athletes' performances, and the spinach company's attention is the overall strength and presence of the athletes. As soon as an athlete shows a very good competitive condition or a very strong overall strength, the spinach company immediately adjusts the odds.
A few days ago, as the media revealed that Zhang Guan had placed a heavy bet on himself, Spinach also knew where the more than 100 bets of 500 euros came from. Each of them took more or less a dozen bets, and each spinach company would have paid about 1 million euros if the odds were calculated at the time.
Although the European media depreciated Zhang Guan as worthless, the analysts of the spinach company did not think so, they believed that Zhang Guan dared to bet on himself, maybe there was something to rely on, if a crown is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, for the major spinach companies, the odds must be changed as soon as possible, otherwise they will be ready to lose money.
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Two of the eight athletes in Group 6 are white, one from Poland and Hungary, one from the Pacific island nation of Micronesia, and Trinidad and Tobago from Trinidad and Tobago are mixed-race, with the exception of CΓ΄te d'Ivoire and France, both black. It is worth mentioning that the black player from CΓ΄te d'Ivoire is a B player.
Blacks are inherently dominant in sprinting, so the Frenchman's Neseppi has a look of ambition.
Nisepi was in the fourth lane, and next to him were Zhang Guan in the third lane and Asahara, Xuanji in the fifth lane.
"Are there Orientals on the left and right?" Nisepi looked to both sides and saw that Zhang Guan was wearing a red tracksuit, while Asahara's Kenji was a white athlete, and the style of the tracksuit was different.
"It seems that these two people are not from the same country. But it doesn't matter, this is a 100-meter sprint, the yellow race is a sparring partner in this event, although the red dress on the left is very tall, but it looks too young, and the white dress on the right is not strong enough, I will definitely be able to get the first place in this group. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Nisepi's face.
At this moment, Niseppi suddenly felt that someone on the right track was watching him, and he turned his head to see that it was the white runner of the sixth lane, who was tall and muscular, and it was the Polish sprinter Lukas Zira.
"It should be people from Eastern European countries. This is probably my biggest opponent in the race for the top spot in this group! Nisepi thought to himself.
The opposite side of Lucas Zila thinks the same thing, and he sees Nisepi as his biggest rival for the title.
As for Zhang Guan and Asahara, the two were directly ignored, and the yellow race has never been taken seriously on the 100-meter track.
All eight athletes are ready to start.
After the gunshots rang out, the athletes rushed out of the starting line.
Perhaps because of the first Olympic race, Zhang Guan's start was relatively average, but the other runners also started similarly, and even the experienced Japanese veteran Nobuharu Asahara, did not play as well as he should in the start.
At the start, none of the eight athletes took advantage, but after accelerating, the difference between them was immediately apparent.
Thirty metres later, Nisspi found himself behind Poland's Lukas Zira, but that wasn't the point, as Shinji Asahara, to his right, was as fast as Lucas Zila and was basically on par with Zira.
"This yellow guy is running faster than me!" In Nisepi's thinking, it is normal for a white player to surpass him, but being surpassed by a yellow person completely subverts Nisepi's three views.
"How can I lose to a yellow man!" Nisepi's eyes widened in anger and he was ready to use all his strength, but at that moment, he found that Zhang Guan had left him far behind on the track on the left, and the gap between them was almost five meters.
"How is that possible! It's only halfway through the run, and he's so much ahead of me! The yellow man on the right is fast enough, why is the yellow man on the left even faster! What the hell is going on today, where did such a strong yellow man come from, and they all met me! Niseppi looked at Zhang Guan's back, and he clearly felt that the gap between him and Zhang Guan was constantly widening.
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In the stands, this scene caused an uproar among the audience.
According to common sense, it should be that after the gunshots rang out, the two black athletes took the lead, and the yellow race should be at the end. However, the current situation is that the yellow race is rushing to the front, and the gap with the second place is getting wider and wider.
Immediately afterwards, there was a huge cheer in the field, people were sympathetic to the weak, if it had always been the black running first, it was indeed a very boring thing, and now the yellow race is leading, and the black man is left behind, in the eyes of the audience, it has obviously become a performance of the weak counterattack, so the audience spontaneously began to cheer for the athletes.
France's Nisepi was in a state of irritation because the Ivorian athlete had overtaken him, and the Trinidad and Tobago athlete had already gone toe-to-toe with him.
"How so!" Nisepi was immediately devastated, and his rhythm was messy.
Ahead, Poland's Lucas Zila is battling for second place in the group with Nobuhara Asahara.
As for catching up with Zhang Guan, they don't have to think about it anymore, the gap is too big.
In fact, whether it is the second or third place in the group, they can enter the second round of the competition, and it doesn't matter if they fight for second place or not. With the strength of the two of them, it is impossible to enter the semi-finals, and the second round of the rematch will be the end of their Olympic Games. However, the Ivorian players behind were chasing very close, and they were gradually closing in on the two, which made the two have to fight for second place with all their might.
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At the beginning of the race, Zhang Guan chose to do his best, after all, his first Olympic race, from the attitude should be taken seriously, especially the two black runners, who looked strong. In Zhang Guan's subconscious, black people should be running fast.
But after that, Zhang Guan easily took the lead, and he realized that not every black player was a Scud, and the black French player looked good, but his speed was not as good as his own.
"There's a game in the afternoon, so let's save your stamina! It's just a matter of adjusting to the game and getting used to the rhythm of the game. Zhang Guan thought as he relaxed his rhythm slightly, and then crossed the finish line first.
In this group stage, Zhang Guan won without any suspense, just like the favorites in other groups.
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Off the court, Director Yu clenched his fists fiercely, Zhang Guan had already established a huge lead, continued to run, and undoubtedly entered the second round with the first result in this group.
"Crossing the line! In the second round, we finally made it to the second round! Director Yu closed his eyes excitedly and forcibly squeezed back the tears. Since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, Yu has been looking forward to leading the team to the second round of the Olympic Games, and now 20 years later, after five Olympic Games, his dream has finally come true!
What made Director Yu even more pleased was that Zhang Guan's performance looked normal and did not affect his performance because of nervousness.
"Can't be complacent yet, the game is not over yet, there is a second round of games in the afternoon, just with Zhang Guan's performance, maybe you can enter the semi-finals!" At this time, Director Yu felt that being able to enter the semi-finals was already very satisfying, and as for entering the Olympic finals, it was just a good wish.
Director Yu didn't care whether Zhang Guan could hear it or not, and began to shout: "Zhang Guan! Attaboy! β
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Usain Bolt, the Jamaican team's rookie, came out of the bathroom and happened to see the moment Zhang Guan crossed the line on the TV. In the lower right corner of the TV, the time is frozen at 9.96 seconds.
"I'm not mistaken, a yellow man, 100 meters run 9.96 seconds! This is the best result in the preliminary round! Now even a yellow person can run so fast! β
At this moment, a strange thought suddenly rose in Bolt's heart, yellow people can run 9.96 seconds, maybe he can also try the 100-meter dash while taking care of the 200 meters.
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