Chapter 470: Entering the Triathlon
"The world's strongest competition, Zhang Guanko Klitschko Jr.!" 》
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Although this is just a competition with performance interest, after a lot of publicity in the early stage, it has already attracted the attention of the world. Klitschko Jr. has participated in the competition for the first time since he won the "Super Boxing Champion" in July last year, and many people thought that Klitschko Jr. would show the demeanor of the boxing champion, but what people didn't expect was that the "Super Boxing Champion" who had just ascended the throne should not be knocked out.
On television, sports news, talk shows, and talk shows all talk about Zhang's victory over Klitschko Jr., with different emphases, ranging from boxing experts to the attention it will bring, while others have their eyes on the sky-high $300 million prize money.
On the Internet, the discussion of netizens is also swiping the major forums, and the discussion of domestic netizens is more serious, while foreign netizens directly string on Chinese kung fu, and some people even take those world-famous skills in martial arts novels as examples, what is the great shift, Jiuyang divine skills, and sunflower treasures, all of which are exemplified.
This was Klitschko's first defeat since 2004, and Klitschko Jr. did not dodge Zhang Guan's flat uppercut, which was considered by many experts to be a very bizarre thing, and in the post-fight interview, Klitschko Jr. did not express any opinion on it. Because he himself can't remember how he got this punch.
Zhang Guan is also called "the strongest man in the world" by many media, and the victory over Klitschko Jr. is full of gold, Klitschko Jr.'s eight-year undefeated golden body was broken, but Zhang Guan still maintains an undefeated record.
The turmoil of the competition lasted for a long time before gradually dissipating, and Zhang Guan left Las Vegas to return to China after receiving the prize money, and the Spring Festival is approaching, and he is going home for the New Year.
After the year, Zhang Guan still has two important tasks, one is to train for long-distance running, and the other is to train for triathlon.
In comparison, triathlon training is more urgent, because the Olympic qualification system is completely different.
Athletics events need to meet a certain standard, with the men's 5,000m at 13 minutes 27 seconds and 13 minutes 20 seconds in the A standard at the London Olympics. The men's 10,000m is marked with an Olympic B mark of 28 minutes 05 seconds and an Olympic A standard of 27 minutes 45 seconds. If Zhang Guan wants to compete, he must at least meet the Olympic B standard.
In fact, in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters, Zhang Guan only needs to meet the B standard to participate. Because of the men's long-distance running event, the strength of the Chinese team is relatively weak, especially the 2012 Olympic Games compared with the 2008 Olympic Games The participation standard has been improved.
There are not many people in Asia who can meet the Olympic standards for long-distance running. In Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in West Asia, naturalized African athletes can meet the Olympic standards, while in East Asia, only Japan's Yuki Sato barely meets the Olympic B standard.
For Zhang Guan, this situation of qualifying for the standard is the easiest, he only needs to participate in a national competition, run a standard result, and be able to get the Olympic quota, he does not even have to worry about others competing with him.
Those events that rely on world rankings or qualifying competitions to get an Olympic quota are much more troublesome for Zhang Guan, such as triathlon, which is this type of event.
Triathlon is a popular sport in Europe and the United States. This sport originated in Hawaii, invented by the U.S. Navy in Hawaii, and gradually became popular throughout the United States, so the U.S. team has a strong strength in this sport. The United States holds thousands of Ironman events a year, with more than 150,000 competitors.
In addition to the United States, triathlon in the United Kingdom is also very developed, although the United Kingdom is only a small island, but it will also hold as many as 350 triathlon competitions every year, that is to say, there are competitions almost every day, and there are more than 200 triathlon clubs throughout the United Kingdom, including many professional clubs, which means that the triathlon in the United Kingdom has been professionalized and commercialized.
Among other countries in Europe, France, Germany, Spain and other traditional sports powers in Western Europe are also quite strong in triathlon, while landlocked European countries and Eastern Europe, Northern Europe and other countries are affected by climatic conditions, and triathlon is not so hot. After all, there is a 1.5-kilometer outdoor swim in the triathlon of the Olympics, and the climate of Eastern and Northern Europe is not very suitable for swimming outdoors.
In Oceania, there are also a lot of triathlon enthusiasts, especially in Australia, where the climate is a paradise for triathlons.
As for the triathlon in Asia, it is definitely the weakest. Asians are not strong in long-distance running and cycling, but in swimming, China, Japan and South Korea still have some talents, so Asian triathletes are mainly from China, Japan and South Korea. In many international triathlon competitions, in order to take care of Asia, the organizers will deliberately give Asia an extra qualification.
The triathlon competition at the London Olympics has 55 quota places for men and women. Among them, the top eight countries in the world in triathlon can send up to three runners, and the rest of the countries can send up to two players.
Of the 55 places, three are for the top three places in the World Triathlon Championships, 44 places are allocated according to the points of the International Triathlon Union, one place is for the host country's direct participation, two places are invited places by the third-party committee, that is, wild cards, and the last five places are for the continental championships on five continents.
The host country, the top three in the World Triathlon Championships and the 44 places in the world rankings certainly do not have a share of Zhang Guan, who has never competed in a triathlon, let alone ranked.
As for the invitation quota of the two tripartite committees, it has nothing to do with Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan previously agreed to a boxing exhibition match, and in exchange for getting an invitation to the Olympic Games for boxing from the boxing tripartite committee. But Zhang Guan and the tripartite committee of the triathlon have nothing to exchange, and it is unlikely that they will get a wild card spot.
Therefore, Zhang Guan's only hope of qualifying for the Triathlon Olympics is the continental championships on five continents.
There are only five places on the five continents, and there is actually only one place on one continent, which means that Zhang Guan must finish first in the Asian Triathlon Championships to qualify for the Olympics.
This year's Asian Triathlon Championships will be held on April 8 in Tateyama, Japan. So for Zhang Guan, there is only a little more than a month left. In more than a month, he still had to stand out from many domestic players and get a place in the Asian Championship before he could go to Japan smoothly.
So just after the Spring Festival, before the Lantern Festival, Zhang Guan rushed to Qiongzhou Island at the southern tip of the motherland and began triathlon training.
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