Fourth record

The athletes on the field have completed the merger, and the eight athletes are crowded into a pile, looking as if they are crowded.

Li Xiangyu was in the first position after the end of this wave of grabs. The strength of the 10th National Games champion is indeed higher than other competitors. His best career score is 1 minute 46.45 seconds. He has entered the Olympic B-marking target line. In history, he also participated in the 2008 Olympic Games with the Olympic B-marking, so he has the strength to lead the way to the end.

The athlete entered the curve, and the next step will be a process of constant speedrunning. However, while everyone is trying to adjust the rhythm, Li Xiangyu, who is in the leading position, has started to speed up, and his speed is faster than the second.

The second-ranked athlete immediately understood that Li Xiangyu was deliberately speeding up. He wondered whether Li Xiangyu deliberately set a trap to disrupt the rhythm of other runners, so he began to hesitate to catch up.

That is, in the time when the second athlete hesitated, Li Xiangyu gradually stood out from the crowd, and continued to widen the gap. When he entered the straight again, he was already close to ten meters ahead of the big force.

However, Li Xiangyu was not satisfied because of this. When he reached the straight track, he continued to increase the distance between him and the second place by the speed increase just now.

Li Xiangyu's leading running method is also very common in competitions. Although running like this will consume a little more physical energy than running, it is far ahead of other opponents. He is alone in a group and can be free from interference from other people. He runs with his rhythm. In the 800-meter run, the athlete with the best strength runs like this, but it is easy to create a good result.

At this time, the athlete in second place suddenly felt the pressure increase. He was originally running, but Li Xiangyu's acceleration far removed him, making him the actual leader of the group, so his rhythm was a bit chaotic. He was still hesitant to pursue or continue to run at his own pace, so another athlete in the back took advantage of this opportunity to overtake him along the outer edge of the track.

Zhang Guan, who was in fifth place, had another idea in mind.

"Li Xiangyu's strength is the strongest of these athletes. He now chooses to speed up, at least he can lead to the final sprint. For me, I just need to follow the final sprint. I need to follow him to try to get as far forward as possible during the run. I seem to have found an opportunity to keep up and follow Li Xiangyu to run. If the gap is getting bigger and bigger by him, I may not be able to catch up in the end!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Guan moved to the outer runway and began to accelerate, taking advantage of the straight track to surpass other athletes, and then caught up with Li Xiangyu and began to run behind Li Xiangyu.

With Zhang Guan's speed level, it is not difficult to surpass other athletes under the condition of physical strength, so the whole process is clean and tidy, and he has rushed behind Li Xiangyu before the straight.

The audience immediately shouted with fierce cheers, and Li Xiangyu heard the cheers and immediately went to pay attention to the rear, just to see Zhang Guan chasing up.

"Why is Zhang Guan coming?" Li Xiangyu was shocked. Although Zhang Guan was only a rookie in the 800-meter project, he only ran out of the mid-range score of 1 minute 51.07 seconds in the last preliminaries, but there is an old saying called "Shadow of the Famous Tree of Man", Zhang Guan is after all the world's first flying man. This identity alone is enough to impose a lot of pressure on Li Xiangyu.

Li Xiangyu suddenly became focused. He kept good speed and rhythm, while constantly paying attention to the later Zhang Guan. He soon discovered that Zhang Guan seemed to have no intention to surpass him, but was just following the rhythm.

"Is Zhang Guan just running?" Li Xiangyu breathed a sigh of relief.

In the next two hundred meters, the positions of the top three have not changed. The front is Li Xiangyu and Zhang Guan, the back is a dozen meters behind. The other six athletes between four and seven are in the process. There is competition for each other, but there is no gap.

Less than 200 meters away from the finish line, Li Xiangyu in the leading position felt a little irritable.

Zhang Guan was close to the running heel. Although Zhang Guan never tried to surpass this way, Li Xiangyu knew that Zhang Guan was waiting for the opportunity. When the last 100 meters sprint, he suddenly felt a thundering blow.

Once the running athletes go beyond, the front runner will inevitably try to keep his position. This is like the offensive and defensive in the ball game, the attacker is more dominant. The attacker can choose the timing of the attack, while the defender can only passively wait and then respond. In middle and long-distance running, it takes time to adjust the pace of the pace. It is, of course, easier to actively change the rhythm than passively, so suddenly being forced to change your rhythm is something that every athlete does not want to see.

"I'm faster, it's better to increase the distance from Zhang Guan, so that even if Zhang Guan starts to surpass, I can have a buffer time to adjust my rhythm." Li Xiangyu thought of this, and his pace at his feet became faster too.

However, what Li Xiangyu did not expect was that he did not throw Zhang Guan off, and Zhang Guan still closely followed him.

Li Xiangyu was even more irritable, but at this time he was about to enter the final sprint.

Immediately after entering the final straight area, Zhang Guan swiftly moved to the second track and then launched the final sprint.

Li Xiangyu only felt that there was a figure on the right side and that in the corner of his eye told him that it was Zhang Guan.

Then, Zhang Guan surpassed Li Xiangyu and slowly opened the distance between the two.

Li Xiangyu is also sprinting, he rushes very hard, but even so, the gap between him and Zhang Guan is still growing.

"Zhang Guan's sprinting speed is so fast! Foreigners are not as fast as his sprinting speed." Li Xiangyu already knew in his heart that in the face of this abnormal sprinting speed, he could not overtake, but he was still unwilling to give up, he was still trying to catch up with the figure in front.

Zhang Guan also tried his best to sprint. In his mind, the time shown by the system is getting closer and closer to 1 minute 46 seconds.

"Hurry up, hurry up! We must strive to run within 1 minute and 46 seconds!" Zhang Guan couldn't help but encourage himself, but the pace he added seemed heavier and heavier.

"Cross-line! Zhang Guan won the championship!"

The scene was full of joy, and one of the most popular athletes in this field won the championship, which is what everyone wants to see. But Zhang Guan's face was slightly bitter because he still failed to run within 1 minute 46 seconds, his final score was 1 minute 46 seconds 11.

"It's still too slow for the leading athlete in the front. My follow-up skills can only follow others. If Li Xiangyu can run faster, I will be able to run within 1 minute 46 seconds." He silently sighed.

However, Zhang Guan did not know that at this time, the coaches and athletes of the provincial teams, as well as Director Ma and Yu Gui who were seated on the podium, were already in shock. This other Zhang Guan's very unsatisfactory result has already broken the national record of men's 800 meters race!

The 800-meter national record at this time was 1 minute 46.44 seconds created by Mu Weiguo in the 12th Asian Games in 1994. This result has been maintained for a full 12 years. Now Zhang Guan has finally improved this result by 0.33 seconds.

During the middle and long-distance running events, he breaks both the record and the luck component is more because it is impossible to determine whether the speed of the front runner is fast or slow. If the leader is too slow, even the strongest can't break the record. Today, although Li Xiangyu led the way, his speed is not very fast, the strength of other athletes is generally weak, so it seems that Li Xiangyu is faster.

Director Ma on the rostrum his forehead, he wiped it with his hand, and then said, "This is breaking the record? The national record that others can only break through hard work, but to Zhang Guan, it is as simple as eating a meal This is the fourth time today. He broke four records a day. If he continues to play like this, how can other athletes mix!"

"It's a huge gap in strength. Zhang Guan is a genius. This national track and field championship is now a place where Zhang Guan can record his records." Witnessing Zhang Guan break the world record with his own eyes is certainly not so exciting for the national record.

Director Ma turned his head suddenly,"Old Yu, what do you think I should do?"

"What should I do?" Yu Gui didn't understand.

"I mentioned to you before about the Asian Games. Don't forget that this is the trial of the Doha Asian Games." Director Ma continued, "Zhang Guan registered for the 800 meters of the National Athletics Championships, which is directed at the Asian Games, now he won the championship, he will ask to go to the Doha Asian Games to run 800 meters. But this time in the Doha Asian Games, for the 800 meters run, we are not ready to send people to participate! With Zhang Guan alone, his energy alone can't handle all the other events!"

Coach Yu nodded, "This is a problem. If other athletes are not allowed to go, then they will let it go. But Zhang Guan is very persistent. Now he even wins the championship, and he broke the 800-meter national record that prevents him from attending the Asian Games in Doha, and it will certainly be troublesome."

After finishing the instruction, Yu Gui continued,"I can't help you with this matter. I think you should report to Director Luo! Let Director Luo solve this."

Director Ma didn't speak, but instead, he kept talking, and Coach Yu felt that Director Ma seemed a little abnormal, so he asked,"What's wrong? Is there something else?"

Director Ma hesitated, lowered his voice, and whispered, "This news is not very accurate, but Director Luo has a chance to be promoted."

"Really? Didn't you say it was after the 2008 Olympics?" Yu Gui said.

"It seems that there has been a change. According to the original plan, Director Luo will lead the team to participate in the next Olympic Games, but the above is very satisfied with the performance of the field management center in recent years, especially for the management ability of Director Luo, so the organization will focus on training him." Director Ma thought for a while, and then said, "It may not be limited to the sports system."

"Oh? Well, this is good news for Director Luo. He is now in his forties. If he can take a step before the age of fifty, there will be a great future for him." Yu Gui continued, "If Director Luo is promoted, you have to fight for the position of the director of the field management center."

"I don't want to think about this. It is President Qu who is most likely to succeed Director Luo! President Qu is very well-connected, I can't compare to him!" Director Ma said sadly.

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After the 800-meter race, Zhang Guan has no competition today. In this session of the Chinese Track and Field Championships, Zhang Guan still has one final race to participate in, which is the final of the 1500-meter race held on the last day.

Dozens of reporters surrounded Zhang Guan for nearly an hour, still unwilling to let him go.

Zhang Guan does not participate in domestic competitions on weekdays, nor can domestic journalists all go to Europe, so this national track and field championship is a rare opportunity for domestic sports reporters. All the events listed, 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, Golden League, long jump, 800 meters, daily training, going abroad, and time with Sharapova. In short, continuous problems bombed, causing Zhang Guan to feel dizzy.

After all, Coach Zhou is only a coach of a provincial team. There is no good way to face journalists from all over the country. The organizer is hoping to increase the visibility of the game, so there are also some laissez-faire reporters. Coach Zhou has no choice but to ask Director Ma to appeal to him for help. Finally, Director Ma sent the staff of the field management center to pull Zhang Guan out of the crowd.

"Oh, I thought I couldn't go back tonight, so I had to spend the night here!" Zhang Guan complained to Director Ma and Coach Yu.

"Zhang Guan, I was shocked by the performance today! Three test jumps and three records. No one in the world except you can do it!" Director Ma said with a smile.

"Thank you, Director Ma, for praising! You can see that I have broken the Asian record for the long jump. It is also my first time in the long jump in Asia. How about helping me get a long-jump entry for this track and field World Cup?" Zhang Guan said immediately.

"I knew you were going to ask for this!" Director Ma pretended to be very helpless, and then said, "But you have to think about it, this track and field World Cup has a 200-meter project, so you not only want to participate 100 meters and 400 meters, but also the 200 meters race, plus a long jump but do also you have enough energy?"

"No problem! My physical strength ranks first in the world!" Zhang Guan raised his thumb.

"Don't brag about it first, then you can't keep up with your strength during the race, then you will lose the gold medal, and you will cry!" Director Ma continued, "The quota for a long jump should not be a problem. Anyway, one more person in the long jump event, won't change anything, so East Asia and West Asia have one extra long jump quota on each side, it's easy to allocate, but you can't get another quota for any other events!"

Of course, Zhang Guan knows that the other projects mentioned by Director Ma refer to the 800-meter run. Zhang Guan himself knows that although he has just broken the national record of 800 meters, this score beyond 1 minute 46 seconds is nothing in the world. In the first-class competition, even in the Asian competition, it cannot be regarded as the top level. It is still early to want to go to the track and field World Cup for this event.

Zhang Guan smiled embarrassedly and replied, "Four events is enough. Four events are four gold medals. Liu Feiren took another 110-meter hurdle, and the women's long-distance race will have more power. The Asian team in the sub-Athletics World Cup will not need to be at the bottom."