New York.

"You've been here for less than a week, and you're leaving so soon!" Sharapova snuggled up in Zhang Guan's arms, her face full of resentment.

Zhang Guan sighed helplessly: "The Track and Field World Cup is about to start, this is my first time participating in the Track and Field World Cup, and it is also my first time participating in the long jump event on the international stage!" The overall strength of Asian athletics is not as good as that of Europe and the Americas, and even Africa, and if I don't participate, the Asian team will be at the bottom again. ”

"Oh well! Anyway, this year's China Open Tennis Championships is about to start, and the Athletics World Cup should be over at that time! I'll go to you then. Sharapova spoke.

"The World Cup in Athletics only ended on September 17, and I won't be able to return home until the 19th. When does this year's China Open start? Zhang Guan asked.

"Started on September 18. The China Open is only a second-level event, so I wasn't going to participate in it, but since you're here, I'm definitely going to go. Sharapova spoke.

In tennis tournaments, the prize money and points of different levels of the tournament are different, and of course, there are different restrictions on the qualifications of players at each level of competition. Among them, the four major tournaments every year are naturally the highest level of events, and the requirements for players are also the highest; The prize money for the first-tier tournament under the four majors is generally $1.34 million, and this level of competition can often attract Grand Slam champion-level players due to its relatively high prize money and points.

Under the first-level tour is the second-level tour, and the points of the second-level tour have been reduced, and the prize money is generally 600,000 US dollars, of course, there are exceptions, such as the Dubai Open, the organizer is a local tycoon, so the prize money is more than one million US dollars. Occasionally, the second-tier tournament will attract two or three Grand Slam champion-level players, if the organizers are willing to pay for their appearances. It's also possible that there are more big-name players than on the Tier 1 tour. In 2006, the China Open was a second-tier tournament.

As for the prize money of the third-level tour, which is only 175,000 US dollars, the tournaments at this level are generally participated by players outside the world ranking of 20 points, and the big-name players will have to rely on the appearance fee to attract them, while the fourth-level tour can be regarded as the entry-level event of the professional league, and the strength of the players is relatively weak, and the players who are generally ranked around 30 in the world can win the championship in the fourth-level tour.

The China Open was only reinstated in 2004 and was added to the ATP and WTA Tier 2 tournaments in 2005. However, due to the strong support of the organizers and the strong support of the state, it can attract many top players to participate every year. It wasn't until 2009 that the China Open was successfully upgraded to a first-class event.

This year's China Open has Mauresmo, Davenport, Petrova, Jankovic, Kuznetsova and other players participating, and Sharapova, who has just won the US Open, was not prepared to participate. But in order to be able to get together with Zhang Guan. Sharapova decided to participate in this year's China Open.

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On September 14, Zhang Guan arrived in Athens, Greece, to join the rest of the national team to participate in the 10th Athletics World Cup.

In this Athletics World Cup, the national team sent a total of 12 athletes to participate, including five male and seven female athletes. In addition to Zhang Guan and Liu Feiren, the men's players of the national team also have to participate in three events: triple jump, high jump and triple jump.

The rules of the Athletics World Cup are different from those of other world-class events, which are based on points and are counted separately for the men's and women's categories. The participating teams are also different from the traditional ones. Registrations are not made on a national basis, but on a continental basis. Of course, track and field powers such as the United States and Russia often have their own team in track and field strength over one continent.

In this Athletics World Cup. The men's teams are European United, American United, African United, Asian United, American United, Russian United, French United, Oceania United and Greece; The women's teams include European United, USA United, African United, Asian United, American United, Russia, Poland, Oceania United and Greece. Among them, the United States and Russia, as the two countries with the strongest track and field level in the world, each have their own team, the Greek team as the host country also has its own team, and the French men's team and the Polish women's team form independent teams.

And the national team obviously does not have the level of an independent team. So to join the Asian team. According to the situation in previous years, the Asian team is at the bottom of the major leagues, and it is often inferior to those countries that form independent teams.

However, the strength of this year's Asian team is extraordinary. The first is the naturalized corps of the West Asian countries. Among them, there are many world-class athletes, such as Qatar's 3,000-meter steeplechase king Shahien, whose 5,000-meter run is also the world's top level; In East Asia, Liu Feiren and Japan's hammer thrower Hiroji Murofushi also have the strength to win gold. Of course, the biggest killer of the Asian team is undoubtedly Zhang Guan.

Zhang Guan will participate in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and long jump in this track and field World Cup, which is unprecedented in the history of the Track and Field World Cup, and no athlete has done this in the entire history of track and field.

This time, however, no one sees Zhang Guan as a finisher, who broke two world records in Brussels, Belgium, and has already proven to the world that he can handle two events at once, and that Zhang Guan is undoubtedly the favourite to win the three sprint events.

As for Zhang Guan's sudden participation in the long jump event, many people were indeed surprised, but everyone will not be surprised if you think about it carefully. There are many examples of sprinters and long jumpers, especially in the 80s and 90s of the last century, sprinting and track and field were even very popular for a time. It's just that in recent years, with the continuous improvement of the strength of athletes, the requirements for the technical level of athletes are getting higher and higher.

As for Zhang's performance in the long jump, the best prediction given by professionals so far is a silver medal, because in the long jump, Panama's Saradino will compete. Saladino is currently the best long jumper in the world, he is said to have the ability to jump to a distance of 8.7 meters, and in the recently concluded IAAF Golden League, Saladeno also won all five fights, and tried his best to get a piece of the pie in the final million.

With the presence of Saladino, the best long jumper in the world, Zhang Guan will naturally not be seen as a player who can win the championship.

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In the hotel's restaurant. Powell sat alone in a corner, with an unapproachable expression. Occasionally, other athletes came up to him and wanted to have a chat with him, but they all chose to take a detour because of Powell's expression.

Suddenly, a figure appeared and sat directly opposite Powell, Powell said in his heart why that guy was so uninteresting, so he raised his head and just saw Zhang Guan looking at him.

"It's you!" Powell spoke.

Powell is a big-name athlete, and big-name athletes put on a stinky face. Of course, the average player does not dare to approach, but the crown of the bigger card does not have such scruples. And his relationship with Powell in private is quite good, when he saw Powell's expression, curiosity drove Zhang Guan to sit over.

"Asafa, it looks like you're in a bad mood!" Zhang Guan said.

Powell nodded: "I've decided to give up the 100m race at the Athletics World Cup." ”

"Give up? Why? Physical reasons, old injuries recur? Zhang Guan asked. He felt that apart from the injury, there was really no reason for Powell to retire.

Powell sighed and said, "I don't want to go to the World Cup as a team of Americas. I think with the level of athletics in Jamaica, it's enough to form a team on its own. Just like this year's French team! ”

People in China know that Jamaica is a place rich in flyers, but in fact, Jamaica is also very strong in other sports, just because Jamaica's sprinting is so dazzling, so people will only remember Jamaica rich in flyers.

Powell's mentality. Zhang Guan can understand, and if possible, Zhang Guan would also like to be able to set up a separate Chinese team like the American team and the Russian team. Instead of staying in the Asian team. Zhang Guan believes that every athlete hopes that their country can form an independent team and compete in the Athletics World Cup.

But if you go it alone. The first thing needed is strength, the overall strength of a country's athletics. For example, the United States or Russia, even if they participate in the Athletics World Cup as an independent team, they have a chance to win the first place.

"Asafa, I can understand your feelings, you see that I am also in the Asian team!" Zhang Guan continued: "In this way, you are much better than me, at least the strength of the American team is very strong, but the strength of our Asian team is very good." ”

"This year's Asian team is not weak, there are three world record holders, you, Liu Fei and Sha Xien. And you're also the holder of two world records. Powell paused, then said: "In the 100m event, the strength of the other athletes is very average, and the strongest ones are probably Obi Keviru and Tyson Gay!" As for the 400m event, Varina did not participate either. ”

"Didn't Varina come? So who is the American team? Zhang Guan asked curiously.

"LaSean Merritt. This young man seems to be in good form lately. Powell continued: "You're the world record holder in the 100m and 400m, and there's certainly no pressure to win the 200m. Obikviru will also compete in the 200m, as will Wallace Spearman, the 200m champion at last year's World Championships! By the way, we have a young man in Jamaica, and if you say that he is young, he is the same age as you, and his 200m level is not bad, but he has not participated in too many international competitions, and he still lacks competition experience. ”

After Powell finished speaking, he raised his head, looked behind Zhang Guan, and then said: "Just as he was talking, he was coming!" ”

Zhang Guan had already guessed in his heart who the person Powell was talking about, but he also wanted to confirm what he thought in his heart, so Zhang Guan immediately looked back and really saw a familiar face.

"Sure enough, it's Usain Bolt!"

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