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Almighty Athlete - Volume 1 - Chapter 8

Published at 12th of September 2016 10:13:06 PM


Chapter 8

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CHAPTER VIII: Olympic Tickets

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 / HTTP1447

100 m project has ended in the morning, held later in the afternoon than the men’s 100 meters semi-finals. Only two semi-finals, and then in accordance with the overall standings, the top eight will enter the finals the next morning.

Game to the point where the level of the weaker players no longer exist, and can come to this step are strong opponents, if the dark horse, it was only one person ZHANG Guan.

15 other athletes in order to calculate the strength of the case, it was only Chen Jian Shen violence and to ensure that the two finals, which both have run into the strength of 10.3 seconds or less, the other players will look at their own performance and spot play a.

Event organizers will Chen Jian Shen violence and the two strongest players in the different sub-groups, ZHANG Guan Shen yang coincided with a group, as well as the Ninth National Games men’s 100 meters champion Han Zhao Yin, Guangxi Province, one hundred meters in the same group records maintained GONG, the first person to one hundred meters northeast of Liu Peking special enrollment can be gold, and in the semi-finals contest over glasses Xia Hu opened.

From the strength, the storm is undoubtedly the strongest Shen, other Chinese Yin Zhao, Gong Wei, Liu Dapeng three are seasoned veteran, a chance to burst into the finals, as the young Kim and Hu can be opened, may burst into the finals sex is relatively slim.

Since the semi-final total score is selected to compete in the top eight, so eight athletes on the starting line and did not show too much gunpowder, but very harmonious.

When athletes stood on the starting blocks, the referee raised the starting gun.

Gunfire sounded, everyone rushed out immediately, with the exception of ZHANG Guan start slow by half a beat, the moment to start behind the last one.

“Stall or always bad. This is almost 0.4 second start reaction time! It seemed that this kid is starting really sucks, is not loaded!” To guide silently think stands.

On the track, ZHANG Guan also feel very helpless, he is still relatively general state of the afternoon, although slightly better than the second morning, but compared to the first morning starting reaction time of 0.3 seconds or less, or some difference.

But then, he entered the sprint ZHANG Guan conventional rhythm, sprint skills an effect, super explosive, rapid increase in speed to the limit, and then start over other players.

Glasses Xia Hu opened at the starting time can keep pace with gold, the two men is a special enrollment Tsinghua, Peking University is a special enrollment, both as a domestic two highest institution of the students, with those born between Tsinghua University Beijing kinds of sense of competition, now in the game is to each other, doing all competing with each other. And Hu opened state clearly better, after a brief rally, Hu has been leading the gold can be opened as a half.

This is the moment when a figure from Hu kicking open passing around, he is ZHANG Guan.

“I was super,familiar feeling, this scene seems to have experienced the morning, how is ZHANG Guan! ”

The same scene happened in a rematch of the morning, when the leading Panggui Bin Hu Kaigang just half a body, it was beyond ZHANG Guan, but Hu has never occurred in the afternoon semifinals, this scene are again again. On the same day in the same arena is the same person in the same way than twice, Hu opened suddenly feel very depressed, and yet there is no way, Hu opened their own pace simply could not catch ZHANG Guan.

Next, ZHANG Guan overtook northeast Flyers Liu Dapeng, he did not even give the opportunity to Liu Dapeng stalemate, the super in the past, and then they catch up with the Guangxi provincial records maintained GONG.

“Yes ZHANG Guan, he is really good fast!” GONG hearts of meditation, at noon when he once heard spoken teammate Panggui Bin, ZHANG Guan was just the moment was over, that is not one speed grade on the make Pang Guibin simply give up directly to catch up, and now Gong Wei also deeply understand this.

From the leading position is at found in second place Yoon Han Zhao Shen storm has been for some the gap distance, but Yin Hon-chiu always think they have a chance to catch up, because he knew that the second half of the race, the heavy storm that they will slow down.

Shen storm greatest strength is the indoor 60 meters, he got the indoor 60-meter runner-up in March in Vienna at the International Indoor Athletics Championships, so heavy storms indoor 60 meters is the world’s top level. Shen starting reaction is characterized by violent, explosive strength, flashpoint early, it is possible to achieve outstanding results in the indoor 60 meters project, but in the one hundred meters competition, Shen violence is not always possible to the extent that 60 meters of explosive game, It was such that he is always on the run, but one hundred meters project Chen Jian.

Han Zhao Yin facts as expected, after 50 meters, this is a lot of speed to the extreme athlete, when and as rapidly sink before the storm did not like.

“Opportunities come! Sink might be able to catch up before the end of the storm! Etc., someone behind to catch up!” Yin Hon Chiu now has noticed the approaching ZHANG Guan.

70 meters after leading violent Shen also found, behind the two are close.

80 meters after the completion of ZHANG Guan Yin Hon Chiu beyond.

Shen violent side head slightly, just to see beyond ZHANG Guan Yin Hon-chiu that scene.

“To be the new ZHANG Guan! He should be a lot of slow start, how will this catch up!” Shen violent mind flashed a rematch in the morning, ZHANG Guan from last to first place over that scene. Then he looked ahead and saw the end in sight.

“Soon end, and hold on! How can I lose to a rookie!” Shen violence critical teeth, doing all they could.

After 90 meters, ZHANG Guan Shen and violence go hand in hand already, at this time or whether ZHANG Guan Shen violence, have no reason to give up, this is not as cut and fighting, but as an athlete Rongyuzhizhan.

Shen storm at the moment, every forward one meter, are doing all that he does not want to lose, but he found despair, every forward one meter should own little behind. He watched helplessly from his side over, breaking through the finish line, and he’s doing all back, but it seemed so helpless.

Shen storm crossed the line to slow down until stopped, then look to the scoreboard, find their own achievements. 10.31 seconds in the final score and any opinion is a very satisfactory result, the results can be ranked in the last year in second place.

Then he looked at first, it is ZHANG Guan results.

“10 seconds 28!” Shen violence gasped, he can not think of the sudden appearance of the young man actually ran 10.3 seconds mark. This result is enough to make ZHANG Guan promotion to the ranks of the nation’s top players in.

……

10.28 seconds, is already on this year’s domestic one hundred meters the best results of the project.

On the podium, to guide suddenly realized what then excited clenched his fists.

“This ticket can be hands down. Waited all year, finally we have the athletes to go to this result ……”

Then in the domestic long-distance guidance toward the first person Chen Jian looked, murmured: “You have the force of it, but otherwise would be beyond this younger, maybe go to the Olympic Games next year does not become ! ”

At the same time, Chen Lao and other teammates were all spectators ran up, and even the other teams coach has come to congratulate a beaming look.

“How the? Are over? How big fuss?” But rather ZHANG Guan was taken aback this battle.

Chen Lao lead Chezhu ZHANG Guan, spoke and said: “!. ZHANG Guan Well done, this can be considered a win tickets to our country.”

“Tickets? What ticket?” ZHANG Guan strange question.

“! Of course, the Olympic Games tickets,” Old Chen then said: “You ran 10.28 seconds , reached the Olympic B standard!”

ZHANG Guan immediately come to understand.

Olympic Games as the world’s highest level of sports competition, in order to put an end to a lower level of athletes and thus affect the overall level of competition, the Olympic Organizing Committee set up a standard line. Standard Line track and field events in the past two years and above the level of the National Olympic Committee official race results as a basis for evaluation with Olympic A standard and the Olympic B standard.

According to the provisions of BOCOG, athletics single project, each project on each NOC can send a maximum of three athletes reach the Olympic A subject matter; if it reaches less than three athletes Olympic A subject, in accordance with the actual standard of athletes entered the competition; if no one reached the Olympic a standard but some reach the Olympic B standard, it can only send a B-standard contestants; even if you are lower than the Olympic B standard, then it is not allowed to participate in the project for the Olympics.

Under this rule, if a country only one player reached the A standard is clearly the case of most disadvantage, since the number of entrants and the only national standard B standard is the same, just one person participating. You can also say that there is only one A mark in the number of entrants, then equivalent to the B standard.

Also did not meet the athletes want to enroll in the competition field events, the IAAF will be determined according to the level of performance of athletes and the number of compliance-related projects. Registration athletes must meet certain international standards and proved their strength by participating in international competitions recognized by the IAAF. It means “back door” entry.

2004 Athens Olympic Games, the Olympic Games men’s 100 meters track and field project, the Olympic A standard is 10.21 seconds, while the Olympic B standard subject line is 10.28 seconds. 10.28 seconds, also the athletes participating in the Olympics minimum standards. Until the capital of the 2008 Olympic Games are still the reference standard, to the 2012 London Olympics, the standard has increased to A and B standard mark 10.18 seconds 10.24 seconds.

Track and Field Men’s short-track project has always been the national team’s weaknesses, Olympic athletes are basically relying on the Olympic B standard subject line of the race. Athens Olympic track and field achievements next year personal project approval time from 2002 to July 1 until July 2004 registration deadline (except marathon, race walking, the Almighty project), as long as this period of time or more national Olympic-level competition achievements are arithmetic, while domestic players in 2002 after July 1, ran the best performance is 10.32 seconds, which means that the current domestic nobody 10.28 seconds to reach the Olympic B standard.

Of course, the national team disdain “back door” entry, but more than a year but not one player reached the Olympic B standard, which is a loss of face thing, of course, the level of domestic players certainly will not be satisfied with standard B standard level. But today ZHANG Guan 10.28 seconds results, regarded as a national security at the end to buy a ticket.

From that moment on, ZHANG Guan’s real name into the domestic athletics circles.





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