Volume 3 The King of Athletics Chapter 49 Breaking the 20-second mark

The East Asian athletics competition officially began on November 1, with the women's high jump and women's shot put, followed by the men's decathlon event. In the sprint event, the first to start is the 100-meter sprint.

Due to the relatively small number of athletes in the track and field events of the East Asian Games, there was no preliminary round for the 100-meter event, and the final started directly at 14:40 on the afternoon of the 1st. Hu Kai, the runner-up of the 10th Games, defeated two Japanese athletes to win the event.

On November 2, there are two highlights, one is the final of the men's 110-meter hurdles, in which Liu Feiren will appear, and the other is the final of the men's 200-meter hurdles, which is Zhang Guan's 200-meter sprint debut.

In the final of the 110-meter hurdles, Liu Feiren's biggest opponent was not a foreign player, but his teammate Dashi.

At the beginning of the race, Liu Feiren was behind Da Shi, but Liu Feiren adjusted the pace in the race, and finally succeeded in overtaking, crossing the finish line first with a time of 13.21 seconds, which was much better predicted by the coaching staff before the race. And Liu Feiren can be regarded as completing the competition for the whole year of this year.

This was followed by races in other events, and within a few hours, it was time for the 200m, which was Zhang Guan's 200m debut.

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"Next is the men's 200-meter sprint competition, which is also Zhang Guan's 200-meter sprint debut!" The commentator of the organizer continued: "We have also specially invited Mr. Lin Guangyi, a famous sports commentator from Hong Kong, to this game. Mr. Lin, say hello to the audience! ”

"Hello everyone, audience!" Mr. Lin spoke.

"Mr. Lin, this is Zhang Guan's 200m debut, I don't know if you think Zhang Guan is likely to win the championship in this event?" The narrator asked very bluntly.

"I think Zhang Guan has a good chance of winning the 200-meter dash." Lin Sheng opened his mouth and said

"Is it because Zhang Guan is the 100-meter world record holder?" The narrator asked.

"Yes. We know that it is easy for a 200m athlete to switch to the 100m dash, and it is difficult for a 100m dash athlete to switch to the 200m, but considering that Zhang Guan is the 100m world record holder. Even if he is not yet comfortable with the 200m sprint, with his speed advantage, it will not be difficult to win the 200m in this field. Mr. Lin went on to explain.

"Mr. Lin thinks that Zhang Guan's biggest competitor is who?" The narrator asked.

"It's Shinshi Takahera and his teammate Yang Yao of the Japanese team. Both of them are very powerful 200m athletes, among which Shinshi Takahira is a very powerful rookie who has risen in Japan in recent years, and his skills are very comprehensive; As the first person in China's 200m, Yang Yao also participated in the Athens Olympics last year and entered the second round. However, in the 100-meter event, Zhang Guan is about 0.5 seconds faster than these two, and this gap is difficult to erase. So I'm still very optimistic about Zhang Guan. Mr. Lin spoke.

"Okay, thank you Mr. Lin for your comment, the next athlete is going to play, let's enter a commercial, and then enter the competition."

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"Gao Pingjun, Zhang Guan has never run a 200-meter sprint, which means that his 200-meter sprint experience is zero! And you already have a lot of experience in the 200m dash, so you have an advantage! Kobayashi Keiwa only needs to cheer for Takahira Shenshi: "So, believe in yourself!" Don't worry about Zhang Guan. You will be able to defeat him! ”

"Yes, Coach, I will definitely try!" After Gao Ping Shenshi finished speaking, he walked onto the field.

Kobayashi Jinghe looked at the back of Gao Ping Shenshi and sighed secretly. Although he really hoped that Gao Ping Shenshi could defeat Zhang Guan, in fact, he also knew that this was not very likely, and the difference of 0.5 seconds in the 100-meter dash was put into the 200-meter race. As long as Zhang Guan does not make mistakes, it is impossible for Gao Ping Shenshi to win.

"Takano Jin, you have to carefully observe Zhang Guan's cornering skills in a while." Kobayashi Keiwa commanded.

"Yes. Coach, I'll take a closer look. Takano said.

Meanwhile, on the track, Zhang Guanzheng was talking to Yang Yao.

"I didn't think we were on the same field again, but this time we were rivals. How's your 200m going? Yang Yao said.

"It's okay! The speed feels pretty good, after all, there is a base of 100 meters. Zhang Guan continued: "The day after tomorrow is another 4x100m relay race, I am still the fourth, and I will take over from you again......"

"yes, I'm still the third stick! This time the Japanese team is not as strong as last time, and I think we will definitely win the relay race! Yang Yao said.

"By the way, I basically don't know much about these opponents of ours, are they powerful?" Zhang Guan asked.

"You should have seen Shinshi Takahaira of the Japanese team, he also ran the 4x100m relay race in the Asian Athletics race the year before, and he also participated in the Athens Olympics last year, but it was only a round trip. The other is South Korea's Park Jin-hee, known as the first person in South Korea's 200-meter sprint, and he can be regarded as an athlete with some strength. Yang Yao thought for a while, and then said: "If you run according to the B standard result of the Athens Olympics, there will definitely be no problem in winning them." ”

Zhang Guan nodded, the A mark of the 200-meter dash at the Athens Olympics is 20.59 seconds, and the B mark is 20.75 seconds, which is not difficult for Zhang Guan.

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The athletes all stood on the starting line, and Gao Ping Shenshi looked at Zhang Guan, and his heart swelled with a strong fighting spirit.

Shinshi Takahira is more focused on the 200-meter dash, and he has no experience of directly fighting Zhang Guan, but he knows that if he can defeat Zhang Guan, even if it is only once, he will be remembered by everyone, and he will become a hero for the whole of Japan!

"The coach is right, even if Zhang Guan runs the 100 meters quickly? He is perfect and has no experience in the 200 meters. I'm beating him at this point, so I have a chance to beat him! I'm going to be a hero of Japan in a while! Come on! Gao Ping Shenshi silently cheered himself in his heart.

The starter raised his gun high, and the atmosphere of the game became more and more tense.

Not far away, Director Yu's face was a little solemn, although he knew that with Zhang Guan's 200-meter sprint level, he would definitely be able to defeat his opponent and win the championship, but this was Zhang Guan's 200-meter sprint debut after all.

"The game is about to start!" The narrator held his breath. Then only the crisp sound of gunfire was heard.

"The race is on! The start was good. It was Mr. Lin who spoke, Mr. Lin is a professional sports commentator in Hong Kong, and his experience in commenting is much richer than that of this commentator in Macau.

"Zhang Guan is accelerating, his speed is fast, and the advantage is very obvious!"

As Mr. Lin explained, Zhang Guan's advantage is indeed not only obvious, even if he can't see the order in the corners for the time being. But one can still tell that Zhang Guan is a little faster.

Director Yu, who was watching the game from afar, breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Zhang Guan played normally, so there was no suspense about the championship of the 200-meter sprint.

Kobayashi Keiwazu's face became more and more gloomy, he could see that Zhang Guan's cornering skills could only be decent, there were no obvious technical characteristics, to put it bluntly, the technique was relatively average, but the fact was as he expected, but with speed, Zhang Guan could suppress other athletes in the arena.

Zhang Guan was the first to enter the straight. The advantages are obvious! He began to sprint! The speed is amazing! Sprint! Come on! Come on! Mr. Lin's voice was significantly raised by several decibels.

There was no technique in this kind of speed suppression, and the moment Zhang Guan entered the straight first, the spectators had already guessed the outcome of the race and took advantage in the corners. When it comes to the 100-meter straight that Zhang Guan is good at, it is even more impossible for other athletes to surpass him, and the gap will only get bigger and bigger.

Zhang Guan on the field also slowed down appropriately in this event. The speed gap between him and the rest of Asia is so great that he doesn't have to give it his all. Then, I saw Zhang Guan cross the finish line very easily.

"Crossed the line. Zhang Guan won the championship! We congratulate Zhang Guan on winning the 200m sprint! It was the perfect debut for Zhang Guan! ”

The sound of cheers and applause resounded throughout the audience, but the applause was more than cheers, the audience at the scene came to see Zhang Guan's 200-meter debut, and everyone thought before the game that Zhang Guan won the 200-meter championship should be under no pressure.

At this moment, Zhang Guan's results and a subtitle were displayed on the big screen.

"19.98 seconds! Break the Asian record! ”

The next moment, cheers suddenly outweighed applause!

"A new Asian record, a new Asian record in the 200m sprint! We just predicted that Zhang Guan would win the championship before the race, but we didn't expect him to go further and break the Asian record of 200 meters short! And he ran into 20 seconds! He was the first Asian to run under 20 seconds in the 200m event! ”

The current Asian record for the 200-meter dash was set by Japan's Shingo Sueji in 2003 by 20.03 seconds, and Zhang Guan directly improved this time by 0.05 seconds, and more importantly, Zhang Guan ran under 20 seconds.

The 20-second mark in the 200m is as difficult for Asians as the 10-second mark in the 100m. In comparison, the 20-second mark in the 200m is even more difficult. The 200m record in Asia has been monopolized by the Japanese, first Koji Ito, the first Japanese to run the 100m to 10 seconds, himself a master of the 200m, has dominated the 200m sprint in Japan and Asia for the past few years, and then Shingo Sueji succeeded in becoming the heir of Koji Ito, carrying forward the dominance of the Japanese team in the 200m sprint.

But today, the pattern of the Asian 200m dash has clearly changed, and the 19.98 seconds is impossible for even Shingo Suesu.

Kobayashi Keiwa closed his eyes in frustration: "It seems that another sprint event is going to be handed over to the Chinese!" (To be continued.) )

PS: The first chapter is delivered, ask for a guaranteed monthly pass, and ask for a few recommended tickets. Thank you for feeding the sheep and mimi & feifei for the 10,000-point prize! Let's talk a few words, 200 meters and 100 meters are about the same, in fact, there was nothing to write about before Bolt appeared, so let's skip it. Compared with the 400 meters, there are options for running style, and there are also tactical options for middle-distance running, which is much more interesting to write.