Chapter 25: The Final (I)
Manila, Philippines.
Takano Jin trotted to Kobayashi Keiwazu, handed over a piece of paper full of English, and said: "Coach Kobayashi, this is just getting the test results, the pre-game urine test is normal, Zhang Guan did not use illegal drugs, this is the test report." β
"Sure enough." Kobayashi Keiwa didn't even look at the test report, but continued: "It's best to be able to find out the use of illegal drugs, and it's normal not to find out." When the athletes go to the field, they still fight for strength in the end, and I still hope that our Japanese players can defeat Zhang Guan! β
Takano Shin could hear that Kobayashi Keiwazu's tone was full of a hint of sadness, as if he was helpless about the bleak future, and at this moment Takano finally confirmed that Coach Kobayashi Keiwazu, who was full of confidence in front of people, was actually not optimistic about the future of the Japanese team.
Zhang Guan is only seventeen years old, and his short gun skills are also very bad, but it is certain that in the future, as he grows older and his technical level improves, Zhang Guan will definitely run faster and faster, and he will become the future of the Chinese track and field team, and where is the future of the Japanese team?
The Japanese team also emerged in the 90s of the last century, a group of excellent track and field sprinters, but there were no super-level athletes among the young athletes under the age of 20 in Japan, and Takano was able to predict that in the next four or five years, there would definitely be a talent gap in Japanese sprinting.
This is true not only in Japan, but also in the whole of Asia, when Jamaican flyer Powell continues to refresh the human limit, the sprint events of Asian track and field are gradually declining, and the original several track and field countries have all appeared in a situation of lack of success, and the level of 100 meters has been declining. Fortunately, there is a fig leaf of Liu Feiren in the 110-meter hurdles, otherwise the Asian track and field short event will eventually become the world of naturalized African athletes.
Today's media area was not as noisy as usual, with reporters all staring at the runway, looking forward to the next race. Especially the Filipino reporters are unusually quiet, but the reporters from other countries around can clearly feel the sense of depression before the outbreak, and this group of Filipino reporters are all holding back!
Previously, the Philippine media ridiculed and smeared Zhang Guan, but Zhang Guan immediately fought back with a score of 10 seconds. The media that originally ridiculed and smeared Zhang Guan all acted as ostriches and did not report that Zhang Guan ran for 10 seconds, but athletes and journalists from other Asian countries all watched a joke here, and the Philippine media was greatly embarrassed. Today, Filipino journalists are waiting in the hope that Zhang Guan will fail so that they can regain face.
Ramos, who lost 5,000 Philippine pesos, glared at Yang Zhongyi who was not far away viciously, but found that Yang Zhongyi slowly took out his mobile phone, and he had a call.
As a journalist who often goes abroad, Yang Zhongyi's mobile phone has already opened the function of global communication, and at this time, Yang Zhongyi's mobile phone shows a domestic number.
Yang Zhongyi answered immediately, and a long-lost voice came from the other side of the phone: "Is it Senior Brother, I'm Xiao Liu!" β
Yang Zhongyi heard that this voice was Xiao Liu, a junior in college. At that time, Yang Zhongyi and Xiao Liu were both members of the student union, often organized activities together, and were very familiar with each other, and after graduating from university, Xiao Liu entered an emerging online media job and often contacted Yang Zhongyi.
"Senior brother, I called your unit to look for you, and they said that you came to the Philippines to report on the Asian Athletics Championships. Are you on the field right now? Xiao Liu asked.
"Yes, I'm in the ring. Call me for international calls, there must be something urgent! Yang Zhongyi said.
"That's for sure, no one can help me in this matter except for you, senior brother. I wanted to ask you about an athlete who is supposed to compete in the Philippines right now, and his name is Zhang ......."
"Wait a minute. Don't hang up yet, wait for me for half a minute, and the game will start. Yang Zhongyi interrupted Xiao Liu's words, and he saw that on the starting line, the starter had already raised the starting gun.
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βOnyourmarksβ¦β¦ set......" the starter shouted.
Before the gunshots rang out, I saw Chaoyuan Xuanzhi rushing out. Habeibei, who was next to him, thought that he had already started, and rushed out, followed by Zhang Guan, who lacked competition experience, followed by Zhang Guan, who lacked competition experience, and even Chen Jian and Shen Bang also shook their bodies slightly, except for the other two athletes of the Japanese team, Shingo Sueji and Hirohiro Tsuchie, did not move.
The referee's whistle sounded, signaling that someone was running, and Asahara, who immediately raised his hand, admitted that he had committed a foul, and then slowly walked back to the starting line, ready for the next start.
The coaches of the countries watching the game from a distance all saw something. Although the level of Asian track and field sprinting is not very good, and the level of coaching is average, the most basic tactical sprint is still not hidden from everyone's eyes.
"The Japanese actually used a tactical rush, and it seems that it was aimed at the young player from China." Said a foreign coach.
"Yes, although the big Chinese man is a fast runner, he must not have enough experience in the game, and if I were the Japanese team, I would also choose to run tactically. And I feel that the naturalized players in Saudi Arabia have also been affected a bit. Another foreign coach said while looking at the coaches of China and Japan, only to see that Keikazu Kobayashi did not have the slightest joy of tactical success, and Coach Yu also had a solemn face.
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In the reporter area, Yang Zhongyi raised the phone to his ear again. It is likely that it will take some time for the race to start again, and Yang Zhongyi has enough time to talk to Xiao Liu.
"Xiao Liu, the game started just now, but someone rushed to run, and it is estimated that it will take a while to prepare." Yang Zhongyi paused, and then asked, "What did you want to ask me about just now?" β
"Senior brother, I want to ask you about a person named Zhang Guan, I don't know if you've heard of it, senior brother?" Xiao Liu asked.
"Zhang Guan? Is it Zhang Guan in the men's 100-meter dash? Yang Zhongyi asked.
When Xiao Liu heard that Yang Zhongyi knew Zhang Guan, he immediately replied happily: "Yes, it's that Zhang Guan." β
"Are you going to give him an interview? I can help you ask, but I don't dare to pack a ticket. Yang Zhongyi opened his mouth and said that he felt that Zhang Guan's 10-second score must have caused a sensation in China, and this Xiao Liu wanted to find himself to interview Zhang Guan through the back door.
"Interview? What interview? It's not an interview! Xiao Liu on the other end of the phone was confused.
"It's not an interview with Zhang Guan...... Yang Zhongyi also realized that he would be wrong, and asked in a different voice: "What's the matter?" β
Xiao Liu didn't talk nonsense, and went directly to the topic and said: "Senior brother, I'm asking you something in private, did Zhang Guan enter the national team through the back door?" β
"Through the back door? Why? Yang Zhongyi felt a little inexplicable.
"Of course, the strength is not enough to go through the back door, senior brother, this kind of thing, you know......" Xiao Liu said softly.
"Not strong enough? Zhang Guan's strength is not enough? Hahaha...... "Yang Zhongyi laughed as if he had heard a joke.
"Senior brother, don't laugh, listen to me first, here's the thing......" Xiao Liu told Yang Zhongyi all the situation in China in the past two days, starting from the media digging out that Zhang Guan was just a national second-level athlete, to the clarification of Section Chief Yang later, and then to everyone's more questioning later, all of them told Yang Zhongyi.
Yang Zhongyi forcibly did not interrupt Xiao Liu's words, and let Xiao Liu finish all of them, before he spoke: "Xiao Liu, these unscrupulous media, I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic." Do you know how powerful this Zhang Guan is, even the Japanese runners are not as fast as him, yesterday's semi-finals, he ran for 10 seconds! Do you say that an athlete who can run 10 meters in 10 seconds is necessary to go through the back door? β
"10 seconds? You mean 10 seconds? Xiao Liu couldn't believe his ears, and he subconsciously retorted: "Maybe it's a ...... of grade fraud."
As soon as Xiao Liu's words came out, he realized that he had said the wrong thing. The Asian Athletics Championships is an international event, and it is possible to cheat in domestic results, but when it comes to international events, coaches and reporters from all over Asia gather here, and it is clear who runs fast and who runs slower at a glance, how can it be fake.
Xiao Liu immediately changed the topic: "Senior brother, being able to run for 10 seconds is a remarkable achievement, but why haven't I seen relevant reports in China." β
"Haven't you seen the newspaper yet? I sent the report to the Athletics Association last night, why hasn't it been released yet. Yang Zhongyi thought for a while, and suddenly said: "I know, yesterday was Saturday, and the people from the Athletics Association may not be working!" β
"So that's ......" Xiao Liu said secretly in his heart, the Athletics Association does not work on Saturdays, but the Propaganda Department of the General Sports Association has worked an extra day for this matter.
At this moment, the athletes on the field once again made preparations for the start.
Yang Zhongyi immediately said: "Xiao Liu, wait a little longer, wait for me for thirty seconds, and the game will start again!" β
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Eliguchi Kuangshi stared at the TV with his eyes firmly on the TV, and at this time, the commentary of the TV station also stopped talking, waiting for the gunshots to sound.
"Smack!" The crisp starting gun sounded, and Shingo Sue was the first to rush out, and several other players in the Games may have been affected by the first shot, and the start was slightly conservative, especially Zhang Guan, who had the slowest starting action.
At this moment, Zhang Guan's lack of competition experience finally appeared, such as Chen Jian and others, at most, the start would be more conservative, but it was similar to the normal start usual, while Zhang Guan was obviously slower.
"Shingo Suesue got off to a good start, he's ahead!" The TV announcer said right away.
At the same time, the starting reaction time of the eight people also appeared on the screen, and Shingo Sue's starting reaction time of 0.138 seconds was perfect; Chen Jian and Mubarak are both between 0.15 seconds and 0.16 seconds, which is relatively good; Shen Bang is 0.161 seconds, and Asahara's Xuanzhi is 0.162 seconds, and their starting reaction time is barely qualified; Habebe's starting reaction time of 0.173 seconds is already slow; and Zhang Guan is the slowest at 0.191 seconds, 0.053 seconds slower than the fastest Sueji Shingo.
In front of the TV, Ezoriguchi Kuashi clenched his fists excitedly, he just wanted to cheer for the last Shingo loudly, but the voice reached his throat and retracted.
Zhang Guan has already caught up with Shingo Sue.
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