Vol 5 Chapter 78: 400m preliminary

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Varina approached and gave Zhang Guan an American hug. .com
In the 2006 Golden League, the two played against each other six times in a few months, and they were naturally very familiar with each other. It can be said that both of them are friends and competitors.
"I haven't seen Zhang Guan for a long time. Congratulations and breaking the world record! I didn't expect humans to run so fast, 9.56 seconds, I think you have exceeded the limit of humans." Varina said.
"Thank you." Zhang Guan replied with a smile.
Varina pointed to the two behind him and said, "Merrit and Neville, you have seen each before."
Zhang Guan said hello to Merritt and Neville, and Varina continued: "I thought you had left the track and field for so long, you may not find the feeling of the game, now it seems that my worry is superfluous Yes, I think you have recovered to the best state now?"
"You guessed it, I should be in the best state now!" Zhang Guan said.
Varina showed such an expression, and at the same time his eyes flashed in his eyes. He just listened and said, "That's great! I have been looking forward to dealing with you for more than two years since you left the track and field, and now I am stronger than two years ago!"
"Then we'll see you in the final." Zhang Guan also smiled: "I won't be merciless at that time."
"That is, of course, it is meaningful to me to be able to compete with you in the peak state. I hope you can have the state of yesterday's 100-meter final." Varina said while looking at the time And then said: "The competition is about to start. See you in the final. Good luck!"
Looking at the back of Varina's departure, a feeling of excitement appeared in Zhang Guan's heart.
Zhang Guan is very happy to meet such an opponent as Varina. Varina is eager to win. He hopes to defeat stronger opponents through his own efforts. Such talents are real athletes.
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A few minutes later, the men’s 400-meter sprint preliminaries began. As with other sprint events, the level of contestants is uneven. There are many Olympic b-marked athletes who are purely for soy sauce, so for powerful players, the preliminaries are not difficult.
In the preliminaries, if you can run within 45 seconds, there is a considerable chance to lock the group first, and if you run within 45.50 seconds, there is a great chance to enter the next round of the game.
In the first group, the French player De Joan and the American David Neville obviously have an absolute advantage. Both of them did not use their energies. De Joan won the group first with 45.12 seconds and Neville with 45.22. Second won the group second, and the third place was won by a Cuban player. The fourth-placed Belgian ran 45.43 and had a chance to enter the next round. The scores of other people have been close to 46 seconds or even ran out of 46 seconds. Obviously, it is impossible to escape the fate of being eliminated.
The strongest player in the second group is Bahamian star Chris Brown. When Zhang Guan first participated in the 400-meter game of the Golden League, he once played against Brown. In the game, Brown's state is very good, his movement is very fast, and several other powerful players do not hesitate to compete for the top three. In the end, there are four players in this group who have reached 45. Within seconds. Although the fourth Congolese player did not advance immediately, the good result of 44.89 seconds will definitely be able to obtain an additional promotion quota.
Zhang Guan played in the third group, which also attracted the attention of almost all contestants. In the 400-meter sprint event, Zhang Guan did not appear in the international arena for two years. Although breaking the world record at 100 meters yesterday proved that Zhang Guan’s competitive state was very good and also eliminated a lot of doubts, but 400 After all, the meter sprint and the 100-meter sprint are two different projects. Good performance in the 100-meter sprint does not mean that it can perform well in the 400-meter sprint, so many people still have doubts about Zhang Guan.
With a gunshot from the starter, the game started, Zhang Guan was still the previous running method. After the start, the incomplete sprint activation was activated, and the first three hundred meters was run at a relatively constant speed.
From the perspective of a 400-meter sprinter, it is not fast to open the crown for incomplete sprint activation skills. After all, the speed after opening the skill is only 85% of the normal sprint, and the 15% speed loss is still very obvious in the world's top contest. But after all, this is just a preliminary match, and Zhang Guan's players in the same group are relatively low. Even if Zhang Guan is not fully sprinted and activated, it still seems to be faster than other players.
Athlete preparation area on the sidelines.
American player Neville said: "Zhang Guan's speed doesn't seem to be fast! Maybe he was just bluffing? He hasn't recovered his peak state in the 400-meter sprint."
"You're wrong, I think Zhang Guan has returned to his peak state now!" Varina shook his head, and then said: "Don't forget the special running method Zhang Guan uses, he is in front of the three Hundred meters runs at almost constant speed. At the back 100 meters, it sprints at a very fast speed. No one in the world can imitate his kind of running."
Among the players here, Varina is the one who has played against Zhang Guan the most, but he has never won a victory. Varina was surpassed by Zhang Guan in the last straight sprint every time, even several times. Just before the finish line, Varina was about to start preparing to celebrate the victory and was surpassed by Zhang Guan, so Varina remembered Zhang Guan's running style most vividly.
And the situation is just as Varina said. In the first three hundred meters, the running methods of other players have changed. Only Zhang Guan runs tepidly at a constant speed. However, the speed of other players in this group is not fast. Although Zhang Guan uses incomplete sprint activation, he is still the third to enter a straight run, and the gap between him and the first and second places is not big.
Next, Zhang Guan sprinted faster, surpassed the person in front after a second, rushed to the front, and then in the cheers of the audience, the team came out first.
Zhang Guan's final score is 44.66 seconds, which obviously retains a lot of strength. In addition to Zhang Guan, only two players in this group ran within 46 seconds, and the other players' scores were all within 46 seconds. This indeed shows that this group is the weakest group.
In the next few contests, the other two men of the US team, Varina and Merritt, also successfully advanced to the next round, in addition to the likes of the British star Ronnie and Steele, Trinidad and Duo Well-known players such as Kagol Kaur have also been promoted.
After about an hour, Zhang Guan will also participate in the men’s 200m sprint preliminary and triple jump qualifier, so instead of leaving, he is preparing to return to the locker room for a short break.
Just in front of the locker room, Zhang Guan met a familiar figure.
"It's Liu Feiren!" Zhang Guan suddenly remembered that after the men's 200-meter sprint preliminaries, the men's 110-meter hurdles competition will be held. Liu Feiren will debut in the final group! (To be continued.)