The camera's lens has been facing Zhang Guan the whole time, from the moment Zhang Guan got up from the rest area until Zhang Guan walked out of the athlete's passage, and the warmest applause and boiling cheers from the audience were greeted by Zhang Guan.
Zhang Guan also enjoyed a lot of cheers and applause when he played in Europe, but he never felt like this today. The cheers on the scene are different. Their not just to be excited about Zhang Guan's appearance. Not only the cheering and encouragement for the world record holder but also a sense of pride from the heart, a sense of honor, and empathy.
At this moment, Zhang Guan suddenly had an inexplicable touch in his heart. He knew that around him was the best audience in the world! In any case, as long as he stands on the track, they will fully support him, applaud him, shout for him, cheer for him!
Because they look forward to his victory!
Zhang Guan slowly closed his eyes, he realized everything around him quietly, and gradually felt the blood boiling, and accompanied by a trace of inexplicable tension, this is a feeling that can only be found in the land of his own country.
Zhang Guan opened his eyes and looked around. He couldn't see everyone's faces, but everyone's expression seemed so clear. At this moment, Zhang Guan knew what the audience around him was waiting for.
"The world record! You are the people in the world who expect me to break the world record the most, but I have never broken the world record in front of all of you. You are the best audience, you should enjoy a world record. Today, I will be sending the new world record to you, this is a gift I gave you, and it is also my thanks to you!"
Zhang Guan took a deep breath and then he was filling his strength and competitive state again.
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There are two more wild card players in the 100-meter sprint, so the nine athletes stood at the starting line, making the track look a bit more crowded. In addition to Zhang Guan, the other two Chinese athletes were placed on the most marginal track, but they have no complaints. Being able to participate in this level of competition is a rare experience for them.
The referee signaled that the game was ready to start, and the starter also gave instructions for preparation.
"Someone might rush away later!" Zhang Guan thought silently.
However, after the gunshot, no one ran away. The six foreign players on the scene all started very smoothly, which made Zhang Guan feel a little surprised.
"This group of guys has no one to rush! You can try it with the first shot. Anyway, the first shot will not be punished."
Zhang Guan's start was also quite satisfactory, neither very fast nor slow. No one made Zhang Guan surprised, but he didn't care about it anymore and started to accelerate.
"The runners are still quite stable, can it be that they are ready to run normally? Then you are not my opponents. Huh?"
After running for only ten meters, Zhang Guan suddenly found something very abnormal. The American veteran Capel beside him seemed to be not straight in the course of his movement, and some of them turned in his direction.
In the 100-meter sprint event, of course, athletes can't walk out of a straight line like a model, especially when the speed is fast, whoever can control the position will not run off course, don't rush out of the runway.
However, as an experienced veteran, Capel's technology is mature. Even if he will be out of tune, he will not be so powerful.
"He shouldn't want to hit me!" Zhang Guan immediately became alert.
Zhang Guan then looked towards the other side, only to realize that another American player, Scott, also started to lean towards him consciously or undoubtedly.
Zhang Guan was arranged in the best fourth, and the two players were arranged on both sides of Zhang Guan, which is also a manifestation of the strength of the track and field nation.
"Sure enough, they want to find physical contact. I didn't expect them to use such a dirty "method!" Zhang Guan sighed.
Each track is very wide for athletes, but if you deliberately find some physical contact, it is not impossible. For example, in the 110-meter hurdle project, the hurdle movement is already relatively large. You can use the hurdle movement to deliberately encounter the athletes next to you. Liu Feiren has encountered this situation in the future.
On the 100-meter project, of course, it is not as big as the hurdle movement, but it is still possible to use the swinging arms of different rhythms to seek physical contact. During high-speed running, athletes will also perform high-speed swinging arms. Touching makes it very easy to disrupt the rhythm, which affects the speed of play.
Athletes who take part in competitions are not as clean as everyone thinks. Friendship comes from the first competition and the second competition is just words. Even in top-level competitions, there are often tricks. When playing football, they occasionally come up with a "tan leg", when playing basketball, their elbow is "inadvertently" poked, the volleyball movement returns to the opponent's face, and the skater can be used to cut the opponent's body in short track... And for Zhang Guan, this may be the first time that he has encountered an opponent's negative move, but it is not the last time he will encounter such a situation.
"Simple! You want to use this trick for me, you made a wrong calculation!" Zhang Guan's eyes flashed coldly and then began to accelerate sharply.
At the same time, Capel turned to look in the direction of Scott, and Scott immediately realized that this was the secret code they had agreed.
"Zhang Guan, do you want to win the championship at your own home? It's not easy, at least you have to pass my level first!" Capel secretly said, at the same time preparing to actively look for physical contact.
Among the athletes on the scene, Capel is considered to be the most experienced athlete. The person who performs the physical contact is indeed more suitable than the young Scott.
Capel was also a former athlete. He had been caught in a doping scandal in 2001. In the pre-Olympic US team trials, he failed the medical examination again because of his use of doping. But, instead of pumping big hemp, he was kicked out of the US national team. Based on these bad experiences in Capel's past, it is not surprising that some tricks were used in the game.
However, what Capell did not expect was that Zhang Guan had already started to accelerate at full speed.
Originally at 20 meters, Zhang Guan still kept pace with Capel, but at 25 meters, Zhang Guan began to surpass slowly, and at 30 meters, Zhang Guan had already surpassed Capel.
The 100-meter sprint has always been changing rapidly. Capel issued a secret signal to Scott and then began to move, which took almost a second. In one second of the 100-meter sprint, the athletes ran out of 10 meters. It is precisely these ten meters that let Zhang Guan surpass Capel.
"Zhang Guan is leading? Why is he leading? I haven't had time to get close!" Capel's heart is like a galloping horse. If the two sides are parallel, you can also find physical contact; if you are ahead of the other side, you can also slow down to deliberately find physical contact; but if the opponent leads, there is no way to make physical contact, unless you directly reach out and pull!
Reach out? This is simply impossible. Slight physical contact can be regarded as an inadvertent behavior, at most it is just being warned, but it is a matter of sports ethics to pull by hand, and punishment of a lifetime ban is possible. Not only will he bet on the career of an athlete, but he will also lose his reputation.
"How come Zhang Guan's speed is so fast, I can't keep up with it at all, how can I touch him?" Capel looked at Scott, potentially meaning that Zhang Guan didn't play according to the script, their tactics failed.
Leonard Scott also noticed this. Compared with Capel, although Scott is not well-known and has not won the title of height achievement, he is younger than Capel, so his state is much stronger.
"The old guy Capel failed! It is only 30 meters, and he can't keep up with the rhythm of Zhang Guan. No wonder he will be kicked out of the national team. Capel was also the one who won the world championship. It seems that only two years have passed. I didn't expect the theory to fall to this level!" Scott thought secretly.
When Zhang Guan surpassed Capel, Scott knew that Capel had failed, and he began to consider whether to perform physical contact with Zhang Guan by himself. But it is a pity that Zhang Guan did not allow Scott to consider, almost in the blink of an eye, he rushed to the front, ahead of all other athletes in less than fifty meters!
"Zhang Guan leads!"
The audience watching the game on the sports ground, the audience watching the live big screen outside the sports ground, and the audience waiting in front of the TV, all made cheers. At this moment, the whole stadium became Zhang Guan's one-person stage. All the people's eyes were focused on him. All the camera lenses at all positions were aimed at him. He was the only king on this stage.
A ride to the dust!
As the coach looked at the timer, the atmosphere in the field caused his hands to tremble uncontrollably.
"There are still forty meters, thirty meters, and twenty meters .." Yu Gui silently muttered how far away he was from the endpoint. He had a hunch that Zhang Guan might break his world record.
In the stands, Director Luo stood up first, and then other officials who were higher or lower than him also stood up. Because of the image, they did not shout like the audience around them, but in their hearts, they are cheering for Zhang Guan.
The president of GSC, Jos Hermens, has been deeply shocked by this scene. Although he is the largest track management company in the world, he has hundreds of thousands of large-scale track and field competitions, but he has never been felt this suffocating atmosphere!
Zhang Guan crossed the finish line.
Then, the large timepiece next to the finish line showed the first place time.
9.72 seconds, another new world record!