Maria, teach me how to play tennis!
44.50 seconds, a new Asian record for the 400-meter sprint.
Ordinary people may think that this is a remarkable result, but it may sound not as dazzling as the Asian record of the 100-meter sprint, but senior sportsmen know that the gold content of the 400-meter dash may be higher than 100. The gold content of the rice sprint.
The 400-meter sprint requires techniques, body, and speed. More importantly, there are too many uncertainties in the 400-meter sprint. The 44.56 seconds of Oman's Malki is already an insurmountable figure for Asians, and today Zhang Guan suddenly increased this number by 0.06 seconds.
The audience began to binge and even played as a crowd. It can be said that 100% of the audience on the scene came for Zhang Guan's 400-meter debut. They look forward to Zhang Guan's 400-meter debut. Now, that Zhang Guan has broken the Asian record, there is no doubt that the crowd will give a satisfactory answer.
In the end, Zhang Guan waved to the surrounding audience. At the same time, a prompt appeared in the system: "The first 100 meters ran within 10 seconds, 200 meters ran within 20 seconds, and 400 meters ran within 45 seconds. Athletes will be rewarded with three skill points!"
"This can also have rewards, and there are still three points!" Zhang Guan was very happy. Before he only knew that there were rewards for breaking records, rewards for winning championships, and rewards for winning all six Golden League stations, but he did not expect to obtain such a similar reward for this.
"It seems that achievement is also a kind of honor." Zhang Guan thought silently.
The honor awards of the East Asian Games have decayed. The champion has only one skill point reward, but the Asian record will not decay, so there are still two points, that is to say, Zhang Guan won a total of six skill points in these two games. In addition to the three points that he has just won from the honor of the achievement, Zhang Guan has already obtained nine skill points. Except for the six points used for learning flexibility and coordination, Zhang Guan earned three skill points, and tomorrow, for Zhang Guan there will also be a 4x100m relay race.
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"Break the Asian record twice in two days, and he became the world's first to run 100-meter within 10 seconds, 200-meter run within 20 seconds, and 400-meter run within 45 seconds." The news about Zhang Guan is still playing on the TV.
Looking at the playback of the game on the TV, Takano said, "Coach, I still can't figure out why the last sprint of Zhang Guan will be so fast. After experiencing the 300-meter fast run, the physical reserve should consume a lot of energy. But, the sprint speed shown by Zhang Guan does not seem to be like he had just finished running 300 meters instead it seems like he has just finished running 100 meters. This is not scientific!"
"But the fact is in front of us, Zhang Guan's final physical reserve is indeed very abundant! We can only think that Zhang Guan is very good at physical strength!" Kobayashi Jinghe said.
"And I still have a question. Since Zhang Guan's physical reserve is sufficient, why he didn't run faster before, he chooses to use the running method similar to Michael Johnson's running method, at 250 meters. Instead of a sprint; another example is the traditional two straits where they speed up." Takano continued.
"Yeah, if he has so many physical reserves, he must run like Varina. After all, Varina's running method is considered to be the most advanced running method in the world. But Zhang Guan did not do so, his running style looks like the retro running style of the last century, this running style has disappeared for more than half a century!" Kobayashi Jinghe said here, there was a strange look in his eyes, "So I think that Zhang Guan is not using the retro running style, but a brand new running style!"
"A new way of running?" Takano was surprised.
Kobayashi nodded seriously and nodded, "Yes, it must be a brand new running method! And it is probably a running method that is very suitable for the yellow physique. This running method can save physical strength in the early stage and can avoid disadvantages of insufficient explosive power. I think if we can learn this new running method, then our 400-meter sprint event in Japan will rise!"
"This..." Takano was a little hesitant. After all, he was a professional 400-meter sprinter, and he also ran out of high-level results within 45 seconds. According to Takano's professional judgment, Zhang Guan used nothing new. The way of running was just pure physical quality of evil spirits.
However, the Japanese tradition of respect and humility made Takano silent. After all, Kobayashi is the head coach, and Takano is a subordinate who cannot question the judgment of his boss.
"Takano, after returning to Japan, we have to carefully analyze every movement of Zhang Guan in the 400-meter sprint, including every step, and we have to collect as much information as possible about Zhang Guan's 400-meter run. Study Zhang Guan's new running method and learn! Even in the future, we can improve Zhang Guan's foundation!" Kobayashi Jinghe said in a more excited, and more outrageous tone.
Since then the 400-meter sprint even Japan has embarked on a road of no return...
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In the 4-by-100-meter relay project, the national team sent a four-man lineup of Hu Kai, Jin Ke, Yang Yao and Zhang Guan. As for the Japanese team, since neither Shenwu nor Asahara Xuanzhi participated in the finals, it is impossible to beat the Chinese team with a few young athletes, so in the end, the national team won another gold medal for the 4 by 100 meters.
So far, the gold medals of the five short track and field events of 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 4 by 100 meters, and 110 meters hurdles have all been collected by the national team.
Next, Zhang Guan returned to the capital to participate in the East Asian Games commendation meeting, took a leave from the field management center, and immediately afterward he flew to Los Angeles, USA.
The WTA year-end finals were held in Los Angeles, the United States on November 7th. This is the last stop of the WTA year-round event, and the total prize money is also 3 million US dollars, of which the champion prize money reached 1 million US dollars.
Last year's WTA year-end final was Sharapova, so Sharapova is the defending champion here.
The right to participate in the WTA year-end finals is determined according to the WTA official ranking. Only the top eight players can enter the year-end finals. This year's Williams sisters missed a lot of games due to leg injuries and knee injuries, so the points are behind. Justine Henin was also absent due to injury. Dementieva, the world's ninth-ranked substitute, played for Hanin.
The other six contestants were Davenport from the United States, Petrova from Russia, Schneider from Switzerland, Christels from Belgium, Maurice Moore, and Pierce from France. Among them, Davenport from the United States and Christels from Belgium are the top two in the current WTA player rankings, and the gap between the two is not large. The third-place Sharapova is more than 600 points away from them. Bid farewell to the semi-annual ranking competition.
In the group single tour of the WTA year-end finals, eight players are divided into two groups. The top two teams advance to the semi-finals of the semi-finals and the winners compete for the championship. Sharapova is in the same group as Davenport, Schneider, and Petrova.
In the group stage, Sharapova defeated the Swiss player Schneider 2:1 and then defeated the American Davenport with the same overall score, but in the third leg, she lost to Petrova because of an old chest injury. In the next semifinal, Sharapova played against Maurice Moore, but she made 39 active mistakes throughout the game and ended up in the semifinals.
Since this event was held in Los Angeles and is the place that had the most American stars, it naturally attracts many American stars, and many Hollywood people with a well-known face came to watch the game. Zhang Guan with the two titles of "the world's first flying man" and "Sharapova boyfriend", even brought more attention to him than many Hollywood stars. Especially in Sharapova's game, there is a special lens that has been filming Zhang Guan, and in the television broadcast, Zhang Guan has become the person who has the most shots besides the two players.
After the WTA year-end finals, Zhang Guan and Sharapova rushed out together.
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California, Manhattan Beach City.
"How is this house? I just bought it." Sharapova continued, "More than 3600 square feet! And there is the sea over there. It's a great place to spend the holidays here!"
"The design is very novel and the view is very good." Zhang Guan looked around. This is a frameless LOFT structure house. Half of the front and side walls are all glass, and the lighting effect in the room is absolutely first-class. The almost transparent design of the whole floor makes the interior space very large.
"Originally, the decoration company said that it will be delivered next year, but I think because you came, the decoration company began to speed up the progress." Sharapova pulled Zhang Guan proudly toward the wide balcony.
There were two white recliners on the balcony, just to enjoy the sun. Zhang Guan stepped forward but saw a dozen thick magazines on the small table beside the recliners. They were all, track and field magazines!
"Maria, why are they all track and field magazines?" Zhang Guan picked up one at random and turned it up casually.
"Because I don't know anything about track and field!" Sharapova leaned on Zhang Guan's shoulder from behind and then continued, "We are lovers, but I don't know anything about track and field. I want to know more about you, so I bought these magazines."
Zhang Guan's body shuddered involuntarily. He didn't feel the slightest excitement, but a slight sourness and thick self-blame filled his heart.
"Yeah, she was right. We are lovers. The lovers should have known each other, but how much do I know her? If it wasn't for the fact that she had to tell me, I am afraid I wouldn't even know about her childhood experience. She is a tennis player, and I don't even play tennis..."
Suddenly Zhang Guan felt that he seemed to be a very unqualified boyfriend. Although the two have gathered together, Sharapova has always been trying to understand him, but he never thought of getting to know her.
Suddenly, Zhang Guan found that his feelings for Sharapova might not be love at all. It may be more of a kind of possessive satisfaction and pride. Sharapova is the first beauty in the tennis world because he was a man, dating her gave him a sense of pride!
But he is her boyfriend. What he needs to do is not to enjoy satisfaction and pride. What he needs to do is to stand behind her firmly, to understand her, to pamper her, to accompany her, and to support her…
However, in these respects, Zhang Guan is not qualified to be her boyfriend.
"Maria, teach me how to play tennis!" Zhang Guan said suddenly.