Chapter 21: The First Relay Race

Chen Jian said that Zhang Guan was very similar to black athletes, which made Zhang Guan laugh awkwardly, and Chen Jian continued: "When you compete with black athletes, you must control your own rhythm of the game. Because black athletes tend to move slightly faster than us, it's easy to disrupt our normal rhythm of movement, especially for a short person like Habebe, so you have to be more careful. ”

"Why?" Zhang Guan asked.

"The height of sprinters in our country is generally about 1.75 meters, to be honest, this height is a little short in the international arena, the taller the sprinter, the longer the legs, the bigger the steps, and the more power to kick the ground; But if it's too high, it will affect the coordination of the athlete's body. Therefore, it is generally accepted internationally that the best height of a sprinter is between 1.85 and 1.90 meters, and the leg length, explosiveness and coordination of this height athlete are perfect, and they are most suitable for sprinting. Chen Jian said and looked at Zhang Guan, and sighed lightly: "According to this standard, if your kid grows again, he will be super tall." At the age of seventeen, he grew so tall and ate what he ate. ”

"I'm just so tall, I guess I won't be able to grow long." Zhang Guan said with a smile.

"Also, don't practice sprinting when you grow taller, let's practice basketball instead!" Chen Jian continued: "This Habebe is not tall, the official says that he is 1.65 meters, but I think his actual height is definitely less than 1.65 meters. This small athlete lacks leg length, so he can only compensate for this with the frequency of his steps, so he must be stepping much faster than a big athlete like you. If you are influenced by him and try to catch up with his pace, it will not only affect your own rhythm, but also easily injure someone's muscles or ligaments. ”

Jian Chen paused, and then advised: "This time it is sixteen teams ranking, and the top eight in the total score will be promoted, so as long as we play normally, we will definitely be able to advance." After you take over the baton, don't care about the athletes on other tracks, just keep your eyes on the key points and rush forward, don't let Habebe affect your rhythm. ”

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Nigeria is a sports powerhouse among African countries, and it is also the country that exports the most athletes from Africa. Many Nigerian athletes have been naturalized to European countries to represent European countries in sporting events, and in recent years, some economically wealthy Middle Eastern countries have also begun to naturalize African athletes, such as Saudi Arabia and cartels. These naturalized athletes have indeed made some achievements in the future, such as the future naturalized athletes representing Qatar, Francis and Ogunod, both of whom have broken Asian records. And the small Habeibei referred to by Zhang Guan also won the men's 100-meter championship at the 2006 Asian Games.

And in this race, Haberbe, like Zhang Guan, was in charge of the fourth baseman, and the two were only separated by one track.

In the 4 x 100 meter relay race, the first runner generally chooses the runner with good starting reaction; The second runner can use the relay area to run less distance because the front and back are curves, and generally choose the weaker of the four to run this list; The third stick will basically choose athletes with more mature technical level, many of whom are athletes who mainly train in 200 meters; The fourth is the fastest athlete on the team, and arguably the ace of the four.

Originally, it should be Chen Jian who ran the fourth base, but Zhang Guan was a rookie, and he had just learned to take over the baton, so he couldn't run the first, second, and third sticks at all, so he could only let him run the fourth base.

As soon as the athletes are ready, the race starts immediately, only to hear the gunshots sound, and the first athlete immediately rushes out of the starting line.

Chen Jian was originally the runner of the fourth pole, and he was also the strongest player of the original national team, and now he is running the first pole, which is equivalent to the first-class horse against the middle horse in the Tianji horse race, so he has an obvious advantage among the athletes in the first pole, so after the end of the first 100 meters, Chen Jian has left the other players behind, and the only one with Chen Jian's speed is Saudi Arabia's Abdullah.

The second baton was more explosive, taking some lead in the first half of the baton, but when the baton was about to take over, he was caught up by the Saudi players and only maintained a slight lead.

The opponent of Yang Yao in the third is Mubarak of Saudi Arabia, Mubarak had run a time of 10.13 seconds last year, and his strength is very strong, but Yang Yao is a runner who mainly trains in the 200 meters, and finally still maintains a slight lead when he is about to take over the baton.

"Zhang Guan, run!" With Yang Yao shouting, Zhang Guan began to run.

"Reach out."

Seeing Zhang Guan stretch out his hand, Yang Yao handed the baton to Zhang Guan and shouted, "Take the baton." ”

Zhang Guan grabbed the baton fiercely, quickly began to sprint, and entered the final straight.

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"How can it be an upload baton!" Kobayashi Keiwazu, who was watching the battle from a distance, snorted softly.

Although the level of Asian track and field is very weak, they are all professional athletes, so naturally they will not use the baton to pass the baton. Therefore, the Chinese team's use of the upload baton at the last baton surprised Kobayashi Keiwazu.

However, Kobayashi Keiwa didn't think much about it, and at this moment the athlete had entered the final straight.

In the 4x100m race, the inside runners start at the back and the outside runners stand in front of the start, so it is difficult for a person who is not very experienced to see who is the advantage and who is the disadvantage in the first three strokes. But by the fourth bat, after all the athletes have turned the corner, there is only the last 100 meters of sprint, so it is more obvious who is ahead and who is behind after turning the corner into the straight.

Heading into the straight, Saudi Arabia's fourth-star Habebe was almost neck-and-neck with Zhang Guan, but a closer look showed that Habebe was still slightly ahead.

"I'm on the straight, which I'm best at, and when I get up to speed, I'll get rid of the big Chinese guy next to me." Thinking of this, Habebe immediately began to speed up.

The explosiveness of the black man was perfectly displayed at this moment, and although Haberbe was not tall, he was obviously faster than other athletes in terms of pace, the rhythm of his strides and the rhythm of his arms swinging. Since there is a starting area and a baton receiving area in the 4 x 100 meters, Haberbe does not start from a standstill and accelerates a little more, so it doesn't take long for him to increase his speed to the limit shortly after entering the straight.

But the next moment, Habebe found that Zhang Guan, who was separated by a line, had caught up with him.

"What's going on? When I entered the straight, it was clear that I was ahead. And I've already increased my speed, why can he still catch up with me! Habebe thought in surprise.

Habebe didn't know that Zhang Guan had never run the 200-meter event, and even the 4-by-100-meter relay had only been practiced for a few days, and the baton was still passed by the pass, so Zhang Guankong had strong sprint skills, but he didn't have any skills to run corners.

In the 4 x 100 meters, because the pure straight of the standard track is only 80 meters, and the starting area and baton receiving area of the fourth lane are in the corner, Zhang Guan needs to run a short corner, which is also this short section of the corner that Zhang Guan is not good at, which not only buried Chen Jian's initial slight advantage, but also gave the Saudi Arabian team the lead.

Haberbe thought that his advantage was in the straight, but he didn't know that Zhang Guan's advantage was also in the straight, and when Zhang Guan entered the straight, the sprinting skills were perfectly played, and he soon caught up with Haberbe, and then overtook him.

"How is it possible, he can be faster! I don't believe he's been able to go so fast the whole time, and it's impossible for a yellow person to have this kind of explosiveness. Habebe was quickly overtaken by Zhang Guan, but he did not give up, but tried to catch up, and he hoped that Zhang Guan would slow down in the second half.

But until the end, Zhang Guan did not slow down his pace, and the Chinese team won the first place in the group without any suspense, and the final result of 39.02 seconds is very ideal, which is enough to ensure qualification.

But unfortunately, this result failed to break the national record, and Zhang Guan failed to gain skill points. The current national record for the men's 4 x 100m is 38.81 seconds set in 1995 by Li Xiaoping, Lin Wei, Huang Danwei and Chen Wenzhong in Gothenburg. And this achievement was maintained until 2010, when it was broken by Su Feiren and Lao Yi.

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Japan.

Ichiro Ezaguchi is a typical office worker, in his 40s, he is already a middle-level employee of the company, but because he has a son who is going to school to raise and a mortgage, he is reluctant to drive to and from work, and instead chooses to take a cheaper train as a means of daily transportation to and from work.

At this moment, he rarely got off work on time, and habitually walked to the newsstand at the station and bought a copy of the "Asahi Shimbun Evening News".

Ichiro Esaguchi walked to the waiting area, and was just about to open the newspaper, but he heard someone next to him say, "It's ridiculous! We Japanese can't run into 10 seconds, this Chinese is so ashamed to break the Asian record! ”

Ichiro Ezaguchi's son, who is also a sprinter in school, heard someone say sprinting, he turned his head to look and found that the person next to him was also reading the Asahi Shimbun Evening News.

Driven by curiosity, Ichiro Esaguchi skipped the front page directly, but went directly to the sports version.

"The Chinese really fantasize about breaking the Asian record of 100 meters! Asian Athletics Championships? I didn't seem to have been following this event before, but I remember that there was a sports channel in the preview that would broadcast the finals of the competition, and tomorrow was a rest day, so I could watch it at home. Ichiro Esato thought to himself.

Not only in the Asahi Evening News, but also in other newspapers such as the Yomiuri Shimbun Evening News, the Mainichi Shimbun Evening News, the Fuji Evening News, etc., have also reprinted the Philippine media reports as a major news hotspot in the Asian Athletics Race.

At this time, the Philippines, which is one time zone away from Japan, is about to start the last event of the day at the Asian Athletics Championships.

This is the semi-final of the men's 100m event.

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