Zhang Guan looked down at Powell's voice and saw a young black man taller than himself. He was thin, but sturdy, and looked very young. He was not as old as Powell but had a smile with white teeth that were the same.
"It's Bolt!" Zhang Guan said secretly in his heart. At the same time, he carefully looked at Bolt and found that Bolt had no change in appearance except that he was thinner.
"Unexpectedly, I met Bolt so soon! This is two years away from the next Olympics. Right now Bolt should be just an athlete who is focused on 200 meters, and has not started to practice the 100-meter sprint." Information about Bolt appeared in Zhang Guan's mind.
The opposite Powell waved at Bolt, motioned for Bolt to come over, and said to Zhang Guan at the same time, "His name is Usain Bolt, and he specializes in the 200-meter sprint. Everyone in the Jamaican team knows he is a big fan of yours, and even his dormitory is covered with your posters!"
"Bolt is my fan?" Zhang Guan suddenly felt dizzy. In the previous life, during the 2008 Olympics, Zhang Guan regarded Bolt as an idol. Unexpectedly, there was a position change now. Zhang Guan was now Bolt's idol.
Bolt saw Zhang Guan and Powell sitting together and thought of Powell's ugly face just now. He didn't dare to come over immediately, but when Powell waved at him, Bolt rushed over quickly.
"Usain, haven't you always wanted to meet Zhang Guan? Today I will introduce Zhang Guan to you." Powell said as he picked up the buffet plate. "You should eat slowly, I'll go back to rest first."
But after just two steps, Powell turned back and said, "I suddenly remembered that you signed up for the long jump competition! I suggest you take a look at the schedule of this competition, it seems quite unfavorable to you."
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Bolt seemed very excited. The kind of optimism and natural enthusiasm of Jamaicans was vividly played by Bolt, which made Zhang Guan very uncomfortable.
"At the Athens Olympics, I watched your game on the TV. I saw that you defeated Gatlin, defeated Greene, defeated Powell, and then won the championship and broke the world record! At that time, I dreamed of a day where I could compete with you in the same field! However, the coach does not allow me to practice the 100-meter sprint. Fortunately, in this track and field World Cup, you also participated in the 200-meter race, so I can finally compete with you!" He said.
"You don't practice 100 meters?" Zhang Guan confirmed.
Bolt immediately replied, "The coach said that if I can win a medal in this track and field World Cup, he will allow me to try 100 meters. However, my teammates said that I am not suitable for 100 meters, they think I am too tall and too thin. Unlike a 100-meter athlete, they think I would be more suitable to run 400 meters."
"If you don't try, how do you know if you aren't suitable?" Zhang Guan said.
"Yes, I think so too!" Bolt suddenly flickered, "I was thinking, your original special was a 100-meter sprint, but you can beat Varina on the 400-meter project and break Johnson's world record. As a 200-meter athlete, I should also try the 100-meter sprint event."
"Uh..." Zhang Guan suddenly smiled helplessly. He didn't expect that running the 400 meters would strengthen Bolt's confidence to practice 100 meters. This is equivalent to training himself a strong opponent. I don't know if it's good or bad.
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After dinner, Zhang Guan remembered that Powell said that his schedule was not good, so he immediately found the track and field World Cup schedule. Looking closely, it was indeed very bad for him.
The competition started on September 16th, Athens time. Among the 4 events Zhang Guan participated in, the first one was the long jump competition. The start time was 7:35. Then came the men's 100m finals, with a time of 7:40, and the two events differed only by 5 minutes. Counting athlete preparation time, warm-up time, playing time, etc., these two events can be said to overlap in time.
The next men's 400m final was held at 8:00. But at this time, the finals of the long jump is still in progress, that is to say, the 400-meter competition and the long jump competition will also overlap.
The other is that the 100m and 400m races are only 20 minutes apart, which means Zhang Guan needs to complete three races in half an hour.
"What the hell is this? It's so unfair to me! The 20 minutes between 100 meters and 400 meters is a little bit less, but it doesn't matter to me, but there is a long jump final in the middle, and I don't know how this is going to work out. This is a little troublesome." Zhang Guan said silently in his heart.
"According to the rules of the game, if the athlete participates in other competitions at the same time or has a sudden situation that leads to lateness, with the permission of the referee, he can be the last one to appear. If it is not possible, he can apply to the referee for a final appearance. But if the last appearance is too late, this round of test jumps will be considered a failure for me. In this way, I may have to give up one or two or even three of the six test jumps in the game! And I must also be able to ensure a score that will advances to the top eight in the first three jumps!"
"In the jumping competition, the chance of each test jump is extremely precious. If there are fewer test jumps than other players, the disadvantages will be great, so I must make full use of each test jump. But the opponent's strength is not weak. The Panamanian Saladino, who can skip the 8.7m is a strongman, seems to have strengthened the strength of the long jump."
Zhang Guan took a deep breath, then entered the system's virtual mall, and then found the long jump shoes in the shoe column.
"10 skill points, buy a long jump shoe, after equipping with the long jump shoe in the system, the strength of the long jump will be further improved!" Zhang Guan thought silently.
In track and field projects, different projects use different shoes, such as running shoes and long jump shoes. Although they are nail shoes, there are still differences. In general, running shoes are lighter than long jump shoes, but long jump shoes are more shock-absorbing than running shoes, and the heels of long jump shoes will be thicker and will pay more attention to the protection of ankles.
At the same time, the nails on the soles are different. Running shoes have spikes on the forefoot, jumping shoes have spikes on the front and back, and running shoes generally use fine nails, while jumping shoes use round nails. In actual competitions, the number of nails in the sole is also different according to the athlete's jumping feet and technical characteristics.
Of course, the long jump shoes in the system are not complicated. After all, they are just a virtual item equipped in the system, not real objects. Therefore, under the judgment of the system, the equipped jump shoes will only strengthen the effect of the long jump.
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On September 16, the 10th Athletics World Cup officially started.
Surprisingly, the Asian team won the first gold medal in the Athletics World Cup. The gold medal was won by Japanese hammer player Hirohiro Muro, who won the men's hammer gold medal with a score of 82.01 meters. The World Championship Hammer Champion ranked second with a score of 80 meters.
Subsequently, the shot put, pole vault, high jump, 400m hurdles, 1500m competitions were carried out one after another, and the medals began to be dispersed to various teams such as the European team, the men's 1500 meters championship was won by the African team Alex.
In the studio, the host and guests were discussing the women's 100m race that just ended. In the women's 100m race, Jamaican female sprinter Simpson won the championship with an overwhelming advantage.
"Simpson's condition looks very good, this women's 100m champion has no suspense! Simpson also won four races in this year's Golden League, only one step away from the final gold prize. But her second loss was all thanks to Marion Jones. I think if it wasn't for the fact that Marion Jones had to retire, Simpson might not have won this gold medal so easily!" One commentator said.
Another guest on the side went on to say, "I didn't expect Marion Jones to come back for three months, and be caught again in a doping scandal. The punishment this time might be bad, she might be banned for life!"
"Okay, thanks for your comments about the game." The host apparently did not want to talk too much about the issue of doping but pulled the topic back to the game, and then said, "Now we will pay attention to the long jump field, next is the finals of the men's long jump event. A total of 14 athletes participated in this track and field World Cup long jump competition, which is two more than the number of participants in the track and field world championships or the Olympic Games, but the rules are still the same. After that, the top eight players can try to jump three more times! I think after two more players, the game should be more cruel and intense!"
In the World Championships of Track and Field or the Olympic Games, due to a large number of contestants, the long jump event will be prioritized for qualifying, eliminating most of the players first, leaving the twelve best athletes to enter the finals. In today's track and field World Cup long jump competition, only 14 athletes are participating, only two more than normal, and the conversion time is only five minutes longer. There is no need to hold a special qualifier.
As the host's voice fell, the player's appearance sequence appeared on the relay screen.
"What you see below is the player's playing order. I think there is one player in this player list that everyone did not expect, he is Zhang Guan! Our sprint king!" The host's voice was timely increased by a few points.
"It's unbelievable, Zhang Guan is going to participate in four events, 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, and long jump! To be honest, I look forward to Zhang Guan participating in the long jump competition, but maybe we will be in for a surprise today. I saw Zhang Guan's style in the long jump a while back," the guest said immediately.
"Why?" The host asked very cooperatively.
"Look at the schedule! The long jump competition happens to be in between the 100-meter sprint and the 400-meter sprint. The competition time is completely in conflict. I think Zhang Guan will give up the long jump competition!"