Vol 5 Chapter 470: Enter the triathlon

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"The strongest competition in the world, Zhang Guan KO Krinchenko! 》
This is the biggest sports news people pay attention to the next day.
Although this is just a competition with a show interest, but after a lot of publicity in the early stage, it has long attracted the attention of the world. This is the first time since Krinchenko won the "Super Boxer" in July last year. Many people thought that Kritchenko would show his boxing style, but it was unexpected. Yes, this "super boxing champion" who just ascended the throne, don't be KO.
On TV, sports news, talk shows, and talk shows are all talking about Zhang Guan’s victory over Klitschko Jr., and they have different points of focus. Some invited boxing experts to analyze this game, and some Concerned about the attention that this game has brought, some people have set their sights on the $300 million prize that day.
On the Internet, the discussion of netizens has also swept the major forums. The discussion of netizens in China is still serious, while foreign netizens directly connected to the Chinese kung fu, and even some people take the examples of martial arts novels as examples. What are the great movements of Qiankun, Jiuyang Divine Skills, and Sunflower Collection are all examples.
This is Krinchenko’s first defeat since 2004. Kritchenko did not evade Zhang Guan’s flat hook at all, and many experts considered it to be a very strange thing, and the interview after the game Among them, Krinchenko also did not express any views on this. Because he couldn't remember how he got the punch.
Zhang Guan is also called "the strongest man in the world" by many media. He defeated Klitschko's gold content, and his unbeaten gold body was broken for eight years, but Zhang Guan remained undefeated. Record.
The turmoil of the game lasted for a long time before gradually dispersing, and Zhang Guan left the Las Vegas to return to the country after harvesting the prize. The Spring Festival is coming, he will go home for the New Year.
After waiting for the year, Zhang Guan still has two important tasks, one is to train long-distance running, and the other is to train triathlon.
In comparison, triathlon training is more urgent because the Olympic qualification systems of the two are completely different.
Track and field events want to participate in the Olympic Games, relying on reaching a certain standard, the London Olympics men’s 5000 meters Olympic B standard is 13 minutes and 27 seconds, the Olympic A standard is 13 minutes and 20 seconds. The Olympic B standard for men's 10,000 meters is 28 minutes and 05 seconds, and the Olympic A standard is 27 minutes and 45 seconds. Zhang Guan wants to participate, at least to reach the Olympic B standard.
In fact, in the two projects of 5000 meters and 10000 meters, Zhang Guan only needs to reach the B mark to participate. Because of the men’s long-distance running, the strength of the Chinese team is relatively weak, especially the 2012 Olympic Games has improved the standard of participation compared to the 2008 Olympic Games. With the strength of Chinese athletes, even the Olympic B standard cannot be reached.
There are not many people in Asia that can meet the standards for long-distance Olympics. In Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in Western Asia, naturalized African players can meet the Olympic standards, while in East Asia, only Japan’s Yuki Sato barely reaches the Olympic B standard.
For Zhang Guan, this is the easiest way to obtain qualifications. He only needs to participate in a national competition and ran out of a standard score to get the Olympic quota. He doesn’t even have to worry about other places. People compete with themselves.
Those projects that rely on world rankings or qualifying for the Olympics will have a lot of trouble for Zhang Guan. For example, triathlon is just this type of event.
Triathlon is a mass-based sport in European and American countries. This sport originated in Hawaii and was invented by the U.S. Navy of Hawaii. Later, it was gradually popular throughout the United States. Therefore, the American team has strong strength in this sport. The United States will raise thousands of triathlon events a year, and the number of contestants will exceed 150,000.
In addition to the United States, the British triathlon is also very developed. Although the United Kingdom is only a small island, it also hosts up to 350 triathlons every year, which means that there are competitions almost every day, and the entire UK also has There are more than 200 triathlon clubs, including many professional clubs, which means that the triathlons in the UK have been professionalized and commercialized.
Among other European countries, France, Germany, Spain and other traditional European sports powers are also quite strong in triathlons, while landlocked European countries and countries in Eastern Europe and Northern Europe are affected by climatic conditions. Not so hot. After all, there is a 1.5-kilometer outdoor swimming in the triathlon of the Olympic Games. The climate in Eastern Europe and Northern Europe is not suitable for outdoor swimming.
In Oceania, there are also many triathlon enthusiasts, especially in Australia, the climate is simply paradise for triathlon.
As for triathlons in Asia, they are definitely the weakest. Asians have little strength in long-distance running and cycling. Only in swimming, China, Japan and South Korea still have talents. Therefore, triathletes in Asia mainly come from China, Japan and South Korea. In many triathlon international competitions, in order to take care of Asia, the organizers will give Asia a special qualification.
There are 55 places for men and women in the triathlon of the London Olympics. The top eight countries in the triathlon can send up to three contestants, and the remaining countries can send up to two contestants.
Of the 55 places, 3 places are the top three in the triathlon world championships, 44 places are allocated according to the points of the International Triathlon League, 1 place is the direct seats of the host, 2 places It is the invitation quota of the third-party committee, that is, the wild card. The last five quotas are generated by the intercontinental championships on five continents.
The host places, the top three in the triathlon world championships, and the 44 places in the world rankings certainly don't have the title of Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan has never participated in the triathlon competition, let alone ranked.
As for the invitations of the two tripartite committees, it does not have much to do with Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan agreed to the boxing exhibition match in exchange for the Olympic invitation for boxing from the boxing tripartite committee. There is nothing to exchange between the tripartite committees of Zhang Guan and Triathlon, and it is unlikely that they will get foreign card quotas.
Therefore, Zhang Guan's only hope for the triathlon Olympic qualification is the Intercontinental Championships on five continents.
There are only five places on the five continents. In fact, there is only one place on one continent. That is to say, Zhang Guan must win the first place in the Asian Triathlon Championship in order to qualify for the Olympic Games.
This year's Asian Triathlon Championships will be held on April 8th in Tateyama, Japan. So for Zhang Guan, there is only one month left. And in this more than a month, he had to stand out from many domestic players and get the place in the Asian Championships before he could go to Japan smoothly.
So just after the Spring Festival, and before the Lantern Festival, Zhang Guan rushed to Qiongzhou Island at the southern end of the motherland to start triathlon training. (To be continued.)