Chapter 131: No Training, No Winning (Five Watches)

The Saudi Arabian athletes did not live in the Asian Games Village, but in a five-star hotel in Doha with a beautiful environment and first-class service, which also fully demonstrated the identity of the local tyrant country.

Al-Bish is a Saudi Arabian 400-meter sprinter, as a naturalized African athlete, Al-Bish, with his strong physical talent, quickly established himself in Saudi Arabia, and also became the "first brother" in the 400-meter event in Saudi Arabia. Albiš once ran under 45 seconds in a race, which is one of the best in Asia.

"It's the 400m final tomorrow! I'm really looking forward to it, if I can defeat Zhang Guan tomorrow, my name will definitely spread all over the world! Al-Bish thought silently.

Although Al-Bish has been living in Saudi Arabia for some years, the optimistic nature of Africans cannot be changed. Even if the goal is sometimes completely out of reach, this does not affect the African brother's vision of a better future.

At this time, the athletes of the Saudi Arabian track and field team who had finished the competition returned to the hotel one after another. Albiš saw Coach Mike Powell in the crowd at a glance.

"I had a spa just now, I didn't go to the competition, I remember there was a long jump competition this afternoon, and I don't know how Al Shaba and Ben Mazouk jumped, did they beat Zhang Guan?" Al-Bish immediately greeted him. Of course, when he got closer and saw Coach Powell's expression, Al-Bish realized that the long jump champion had flown away.

"It seems that I didn't win the long jump. Remember that Coach Powell's contract is 3+2, and it is about to expire this year, this time he lost the long jump championship in the Asian Games, and Coach Powell is afraid that he will not be able to get his salary for the next two years. Al-Bish thought silently.

At this time, the two long jumpers of the Saudi team, Al Shaba and Ben Mazouk, also walked over. Bish looked up, Arshaba's expression was normal, but Ben Mazouk looked sluggish, looking like a mentally handicapped child.

"What's wrong with him?" Bish decided that he should step forward and care about Mazouk. Both of them are naturalized from Kenya to Saudi Arabia, and they are two events between each other, there is no competition, and the personal relationship is quite good.

I saw Albiš walk up and greet Ben Mazuk with a smile on his face: "Hi Ben, how was the game today?" ”

Ben Mazouk remained sluggish and didn't give Al-Bish any response.

"Ben!" Al-Bish slapped Ben Mazourk directly on the shoulder.

"Ahh Mazook suddenly screamed, as if frightened by something, and he jerked back. But he accidentally stepped on the foot of one of the players behind him, and then Mazuk suddenly lost his balance and fell directly to the ground.

"Ben! Be careful! Al-Bish immediately stepped forward to help Mazouk, and it was only then that Mazouk came to his senses.

"Al, it's you!" Mazouk let out a sigh of relief and stood up, but beads of sweat rolled out of his forehead.

"What's going on here?" Bish looked at Al Shaba next to him with a pleading gaze.

"Let's let Ben go back and rest first!" Arshaba said, gesturing Bish with his eyes to talk.

The two walked to the couch not far away, and Bish didn't have time to ask. Al Shaba took the lead and said: "In today's race, Ben was in the lead, but Zhang Guan jumped 8.7 meters and overtook him. I guess he was a little hard to accept for a while! ”

"What? 8.7 meters? I heard you right! Bish, a 400m sprinter, knows what the 8.7m means in the long jump.

Al Shaba told Bish about the long jump, and Bish immediately fell silent.

"8.7 meters. As far back as I can remember, no one in the current squad has ever been able to jump to 8.7 meters! Zhang Guan's condition is so good, so tomorrow's 400-meter race. Is it possible for me to defeat him? Zhang Guan and I had a difference of about 1.5 seconds, which would have been a difference of more than 10 meters before the finish line. originally thought that Zhang Guan would not be in good shape in every game, but now it seems that Zhang Guan's state is obviously very good. Finished! Tomorrow I'm going to lose! ”

Before the game even started, Albis's confidence was shattered.

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The athletics competition at the Doha Asian Games has entered its fourth day, on which Zhang Guan will compete in the men's 200m heats and semi-finals, the men's 400m final and the men's 1500m final.

The afternoon time is the prime time of the ratings, and the final is usually scheduled in the afternoon, so the 200m heats are scheduled for the morning.

In addition to Zhang Guan, the strongest athlete in the Asian 200m event is undoubtedly Japan's Shingo Suesu, who can run close to 20 seconds, followed by Yang Yao and Takahira Shinshi who can reach the Olympic A standard. Although there are some naturalized athletes in West Asian countries, they do not have an advantage in the 200m event.

The results of the preliminaries were not unexpected, and the players who should have advanced were all promoted, and there were no upsets.

After the lunch break, the Asian Games track and field competition continued, starting with the men's pole vault final, in which China won a bronze medal, followed by the women's 100m hurdles final, with the national team winning both gold and silver medals, and then the men's discus final and the women's 400m final, the national team did not have medals.

After the women's 400m race, the men's 400m final began.

Saudi Arabia had two runners in the 400m final, including Al-Bish, who had completely lost his confidence, as well as Japan's Yuzo Kanemaru, Bahrain's Simpson and Kuwait's Al Shamari.

Saudi Arabia's two athletes are both naturalized Africans, Bahrain's Simpson is also a naturalized African, Kuwait's Al-Shamali is also a naturalized African, and the cartel's athlete makes a total of five of the eight competitors naturalized from Africa. There are only three players born in true Asia.

In the 400m, black athletes do have a very strong advantage, and if it weren't for Zhang Guan, maybe black athletes would have won gold, silver and bronze medals at the same time. With Zhang Guan on the stage, the situation is completely different, the gold medal is definitely not in suspense, and the other players can only work hard to win the silver and bronze medals.

Except for Zhang Guan, no other runner has ever run under 44.50 seconds, and their best time is generally more than 1.5 seconds away from the world record held by Zhang Guan, which can be said to be several notches different in strength, so Zhang Guan easily won the championship with a time of less than 44 seconds, and the second place Saudi Arabia's Al Bish, and the third place Bahrain's Simpson were all outside 45.5 seconds.

The men's 400-meter final made many West Asian viewers feel bored, five West Asian athletes participated, and all the naturalized corps looked very imposing, but the fastest one was also dropped by Zhang Guan by a distance of nearly ten meters. However, the domestic audience watched it very well, Zhang Guan led all the way to win the gold medal, which was exactly what everyone expected.

In the next women's 400m hurdles competition, the Chinese player won another gold medal, and the runner-up was won by the Japanese player; In the men's 400m hurdles, China and Japan switched places, with Japan winning the championship and China winning a silver medal.

Soon, the time came at 7 p.m. Doha time, and the final gold medal battle in track and field of the day was about to begin, which was the final of the men's 1500m.

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The upcoming final of the men's 1500m is about to be held, and Director Ma's mood is very complicated at this time.

In the pre-race evaluation made by the Athletics Management Center, the shorter the event, the greater Zhang Guan's advantage, and as the distance becomes longer, Zhang Guan's advantage gradually decreases, so the most unlikely event for Zhang Guan to win the gold medal is the 1500-meter middle distance run.

Prior to this, in the result of the negotiation between Director Ma and Zhang Guan, if Zhang Guan could not win all the gold medals in the six individual events, he would not be allowed to participate in the middle-distance running event in the future, but practiced sprinting with peace of mind.

So at this time, Director Ma's heart was very conflicted, and he himself couldn't tell whether he hoped Zhang Guan would win or Zhang Guan would lose.

Director Yu seemed to have seen the hesitation in Director Ma's heart, he quietly walked over, pretended to sigh and said: "The 1500-meter level of West Asian players should be the top in the world, especially Ramz, but he is the double Liao champion of the World Championships!" And Zhang Guan doesn't seem to have done any mid-running training in the past few days. ”

"Huh?" Director Ma suddenly frowned, carefully pondering the words of the guide.

"Lao Yu seems to be quite right, the level of middle-distance running in West Asian countries is indeed the top in the world, and Zhang Guan has never practiced middle-distance running at all recently, and even the middle-distance running coach assigned to him let him push it. It's all about talent! It was not easy to get to the finals. However, if you want to win gold in this project, I am afraid it is unlikely. There are several opponents in the final who have won rankings in the World Championships, and they are Ramz, the double champion of the World Championships......" Director Ma was relieved when he thought of this, and then shook his head self-deprecatingly: "It seems that I am thinking too much, and my expectations for Zhang Guan are too high." Zhang Guan didn't have any training before the game, how could he win Ramz! (To be continued.) )

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