The second A mark

"Audience friends, the upcoming men's 400m preliminaries, this is Zhang Guan's third appearance this morning!" The commentator continued, "There are also two international players in the same group as Zhang Guan, from Australia: Mark and Hiroshi Nakano from Japan. In the 400-meter sprint event, the Olympic A standard is 45.55 seconds, while the Olympic B standard is 45.95 seconds. This achievement is inferior to Zhang Guan's 400-meter world record of 43.16 seconds. Very far away, we also wish Zhang Guan a good performance in the competition and strive to achieve an Olympic standard."

The narrator no longer mentioned the matter of reaching the Olympic A standard, but only said "Olympic standard achievement", which is him not being optimistic about Zhang Guan.

At the starting line, Zhang Guan did not care too much about Mark and Nakano, two foreign athletes. Zhang Guan has never heard of the names of these two athletes, so it is certainly not a powerful big-name player, and Zhang Guan does not need to guard against them.

Compared with some European and American countries, Australia can not be considered a track and field power, and in sprinting, Australian whites have no advantage. Mark is an Australian second-tier player, even in Asia, he is not as strong as Japanese players.

As for Japan, the 400-meter run in Japan in the past two years has been in a semi-waste state. The running method used by Zhang Guan when he first participated in the 400-meter race was adopted by the Japanese team coach Kobayashi as an adaptation to Asia. The new running method of the physique, so Kobayashi has been training Japanese players in the past two years. However, Japanese athletes do not have Zhang Guan's "incomplete sprint" skill, so even if the athletes are working hard, they still can't reach Zhang Guan's level, but instead practice the 400-meter project of the Japanese track and field team.

As the starting gun sounded, the game officially started.

Australian player Mark took the lead, and now he is full of ideas to beat Zhang Guan in his head, and he is especially excited to run. The Japanese player Hiroshi Nakano did not run fast at the beginning. He was learning Zhang Guan's kind of uniform speed and finally sprinted violently.

Zhang Guan is still in the "incomplete sprint" state, so the speed is also not very fast. As for other domestic players, they also chose to run better.

After entering the straight, Mark started to accelerate, and when he reached the end of the straight, he looked at the distance from the other players and found that he was in a leading position. According to the distance run, the other seven including Zhang Guan Everyone was left behind by him.

"I'm ahead, just run like this. The first in the group is mine!" Mark was happy in his heart and then thought, "Zhang Guan is not enough to beat me, he bid farewell to the track and field for nearly a year and a half, how much can he still have? It's great to beat the 400m world record holder!"

At this time, Mark has been somewhat stunned by victory. He forgot that Zhang Guan's strongest point in the 400 meters is the final stage of the sprint.

In the surrounding stands, some spectators found Zhang Guan's position relatively backward, and also seemed very anxious. In the eyes of many people, Zhang Guan, a 400-meter world record holder, should lead the way in this level of competition. Yes, it is now clear that Australian player Mark is relatively advanced.

"What's wrong with Zhang Guan? He seems to be in a backward position!"

"I told you a long time ago, Zhang Guan's condition has not recovered at all, and he is also expected to win gold in the Olympic Games? Run into the Olympic A standard first and then say it!"

"What are you in a hurry, don't forget that the best place for Zhang Guan to run 400 meters is the last sprint!" someone reminded me, and this reminder also made many spectators rekindled hope.

At this point, the athletes on the field are about to turn into the final straight track, and several people have begun to accelerate, or have already begun to accelerate, preparing for the final stage of the sprint.

Mark was the first to enter the straight runway. He looked at the finish line ahead and felt that the first place in the preliminaries was already within reach.

"The finish line is right in front of you, rush to the end!" Mark raised the speed to the extreme and charged towards the finish line.

But in the next second, a figure suddenly flew over Mark.

"It's Zhang Guan!"

It was at this moment that the audience burst into shocking shouts.

"Zhang Guan's sprint is so fast! By the way, I remember. His sprint, the strongest place on the 400 meters is the last..." Mark suddenly found himself making a mistake, he only cared about Zhang Guan behind, but forgot Zhang Guan's final sprint ability.

Mark watched Zhang Guan run faster and faster, and the gap between the two sides became bigger and bigger. At this time, he realized how ridiculous he had just thought. Zhang Guan and himself are not uniform athletes at all. Even if people are in poor condition, they are still not within their reach.

"Zhang Guan went over and came to the first position, he is still accelerating, the end is about to arrive, cross the line! We congratulate Zhang Guan, won the group first!" The commentator growled and shouted.

In the cheers of the audience, Zhang Guan crossed the finish line.

"Zhang Guan first crossed the line, look at the time! Did you reach the Olympic A standard?"

"43.93 seconds! Zhang Guan's result is 43.93 seconds, which is within 44 seconds!"

"The 400-meter Olympic A standard is 45.55 seconds, Zhang Guan surpassed the Olympic A standard by so much!"

"Achievement within 44 seconds, this result is enough to win the world championship!"

"Did you see that Zhang Guan's condition is no problem, 400 meters easily ran into 44 seconds!"

The wind direction discussed by the audience instantly changed, and those who were still questioning Zhang Guan's state also shut up at this moment.

The results within 44 seconds, in addition to Zhang Guan, still only Jeremy Varina can do, this result is placed in any world-level competition, it is possible to win the championship.

And now it is only 400 meters in the preliminary round. The results of the preliminary round are not as good as the final. Zhang Guan was able to run within 44 seconds in the preliminary round, which is enough to prove that he is still the world's top in the 400 meters.

...

The game in the morning was over. Zhang Guan participated in three projects and won two Olympic A-marks. There was no competition for the entire afternoon. The next stage of the competition will start at 7:00 p.m.

In the evening game, Zhang Guan wanted to participate in the men's 100m preliminaries. Since Zhang Guan was famous for the 100-meter sprint race, this game was also scheduled for prime time at 7:30, and it will be live broadcast to the national audience through sports channels.

So for those viewers in front of the TV, this game is regarded as Zhang Guan's comeback battle.