Chapter 24: The Final Begins

Front-running in official matches is often used as a tactic.

Under the current rules, if an athlete rushes at the first start, the order will be restarted; However, if there are still runners running the second time, the runner will be judged to have committed a foul and will withdraw from the race. In the future, this rule will be changed to a "zero front-running" rule by the IAAF.

It is precisely this kind of regulation that many athletes will use the technique of pressing the gun to run for themselves in the first rush to buy themselves a few tenths of a second, while the second runner will use a more conservative starting method because he is afraid of being withdrawn.

Tactical run-ups can also disrupt the rhythm of the opponent's game, especially when there are multiple players in the same group. Because teammates in the same group know that the first shot is going to be rushed, they will focus on the second shot, while the opponent does not know and will concentrate on the first shot, especially young athletes who lack competition experience, it is easy to get hit and be disrupted by tactical rushing.

Now that the Japanese team has three players in the final, and Kobayashi Keikazu believes that Zhang Guan's youth lacks competition experience, so he chose to use a front-running tactic, which can undoubtedly maximize the effect of the front-running tactic.

And the reason why Kobayashi Keikazu arranged for Asahara's Xuanji to implement the front-running tactics was that in addition to Asahara's rich experience in competitions, it was more because of the fact that Shingo Suesu, who was in a good state of protection. Keikazu Kobayashi still hopes that Shingo Sueji can continue his performance at the World Championships and win a gold medal for the Japanese team.

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In the reception room of the General Administration of State Sports, Section Chief Yang of the Propaganda Department added tea to the reporters around him with a smile on his face.

Yesterday afternoon, Section Chief Yang received a call from some media to verify whether Zhang Guan was a national second-level athlete, and then Section Chief Yang personally inquired about the athlete's information and found that Zhang Guan in the information database was really only a national second-level athlete. Section Chief Yang was also taken aback at the time, and also thought that there was a shady scene inside, and he immediately asked the Athletics Association for verification, only to know that Zhang Guan had just broken the national record in the men's 100-meter race not long ago.

Since he is a national record holder, there must be no problem in entering the national team and representing the country in international competitions, so early this morning, Section Chief Yang brought in several reporters he was familiar with, hoping to clarify this matter.

I saw Section Chief Yang take out a thick pile of manuscript paper and said: "Regarding this matter, our sports federation has contacted the Athletics Association and verified that Zhang Guan won the championship in the domestic trials of the Asian Athletics Championships two months ago and broke the national record with a time of 10.16 seconds. Since Zhang Guan is the champion of the trials and the holder of the national record, it is natural for him to represent the country in the Asian Athletics Championships. ”

All the reporters present showed a look of sudden realization, but then one of them immediately asked: "Such an excellent athlete should be at the level of an international athlete, but what is the matter with the national second-level athlete?" Is it convenient for Section Chief Yang to reveal? ”

"Okay. This matter should start from our national athlete system, you know that the results of sports are constantly refreshed, and a large number of outstanding athletes will emerge in each competition, because the athlete information collection in various provinces and cities is not synchronized, so we stipulate that it will be summarized every six months, and the relevant information of the new athletes and the original athlete changes will be entered into the system. Zhang Guan broke the national record in July, and according to the regulations, the information of Zhang Guan's international athletes can only be entered into the system after being summarized at the end of the year, so if you query it now, Zhang Guan is still a national second-class athlete. ”

After Mr. Yang finished speaking, he showed a very sincere expression, and then said: "On behalf of the Federation, I am very grateful to the media friends for their supervision, and I can guarantee that the selection of athletes for our national team will follow the principles of fairness, justice and openness, and select the best of the best, please rest assured!" ”

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Section Chief Yang's clarification was quickly released through the media, but many media people and ordinary people did not buy it, but played a counterproductive role. When faced with certain rumors, some people will believe them at the beginning and some people will not believe them, but as long as the official refutes the rumors, those who did not believe it will also believe it.

The first thing that popped up was a well-known blogger who wrote:

According to the athlete database of the General Administration of Sports, Zhang Guan passed the national second-level athlete test in May this year, when his time was 11.30 seconds, and only two months later, his time reached 10.16 seconds, an improvement of 1.14 seconds, so what is the reason why he has improved his performance so much in just two months? We all know that every 0.01 second of improvement for high-level athletes is extremely difficult, and improving 1.14 seconds in two months is simply a fantasy, not to mention a national record. ”

"We don't know what happened to a young man who was only 17 years old and went from national second-class athlete to national record holder in the 100m in just two months. But one thing we can be sure of is that the name of a national record holder is enough for this young man to enter any university in the country without having to pass the brutal college entrance examination. I couldn't help but wonder about this result......"

Compared with this blogger, the comments of the majority of netizens are much more intense, even if the Internet was not as developed as it was later, and the number of netizens was not so huge, but the netizens were always indispensable.

"Who believes this kind of explanation, when we are stupid!"

"The national record must be a fraud! Pay for it. ”

"It's not enough to be embarrassed at home, but this time I'm going to throw it abroad."

"XXX should resign, taxpayers don't spend money to raise this group of waste!"

The common people in China generally do not believe what the official says, so many times the more the explanation, there is a feeling of more and more black, coupled with the promotion of some unscrupulous media, even a very ordinary thing can rise to the moral standard, and occasionally a bad case will have disastrous consequences for the entire industry after media hype and public suspicion.

For a time, public opinion continued to ferment.

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In Japan, Ichiro Esaguchi lies on a tatami mat and enjoys the weekend.

His son, Masashi Eriguchi, came out of the room and said, "Dad, has the Asian Athletics Championships started?" ”

"Not yet, but it should be soon," Ichiro Esaguchi pointed to the TV.

The baseball league has just ended, and after a few commercials, it cut into the live broadcast of the Asian Athletics Championships, which is the men's 100-meter final of the Asian Athletics Championships.

Since Shingo Sueji won the bronze medal in the men's 100 meters at the World Championships a month ago, Japan has also set off a track and field fever, and this Asian Athletics Championships has the participation of Shingo Suesu, so the TV station naturally can't let go of this opportunity and decisively broadcast the final.

Speaking of which, the gold content of Shingo Suesu's bronze medal is not high, and several of the world's top sprinters did not participate in that World Athletics Championships, otherwise Shingo Suesue would not have won the bronze medal with a time of 10 seconds away.

Although Ichiro Ezato's son, Masashi Eriguchi, was only fifteen years old, he was already a sprinter in school. Because of his excellent sprinting ability, he has been valued by several well-known high school sports clubs, and he has been given the opportunity to enroll. And the sports coach of Waseda University, the most famous university in Japan, also came to Tsukahara's house to inspect the situation of Esago Masashi.

At this time, the TV was introducing the athletes.

The first is Chen Jian, Chen Jian's figure appears on the TV screen At the same time, his best results this year and the best results in history also appear below, both of which are 10.17 seconds, and the commentary of the TV station is just a simple introduction to the name.

"Is the best time only 10.17 seconds? This is much slower than Shingo Moji. Ichiro Esato said.

The second is Habebe, whose best score is about the same as Chen Jian; And the Shen Storm of the third path is not as good as the previous two people.

In the fourth lane, Japan's Nobuharu Asahara, with a historical best of 10.02 seconds and a year's best of 10.09 seconds, both within 10.1 seconds.

"This is Nobuji Asahara, a figure of the same era as Koji Ito, and he can be regarded as a predecessor in the Japanese short artillery industry." Ichiro Ezaguchi touched his beard, and the fifth one who appeared next was Shingo Suesu.

"This is Shingo Sue. This year's fastest time was 10.03 seconds! Naogui, come on, maybe you can surpass Shingo in the future!" Ichiro Esaguchi said to Masashi Eguchi, and cheers could be heard on the TV.

Shingo Sueji listened to the cheers around him, his face full of satisfaction, and then he looked at Zhang Guan in the eighth path on the right, and his eyes revealed a sense of provocation.

Next in the sixth lane is also Japan's Kanhiro Toe, which means that three Japanese players are lined up together. Professional sports people immediately realized that such an arrangement of the game would be tantamount to giving special care to the Japanese team, especially Shingo Sueji, who was protected in the middle by two teammates, and did not have to worry about the rhythm of the game being disrupted.

In seventh lane was Tsarist Mubarak, the fastest time in history was 10.13 seconds set last year, but this result still did not pose a threat to Shingo Suesu.

At this time, Ichiro Esato Kou's face next to the TV already showed a winner's smile, judging from the results, the runners from other countries were more than 0.1 seconds slower than Shingo Suesu, which was already a two-level competition in the 100-meter sprint, so Ichiro Esato thought that Shingo Sueji had won.

Finally, the camera pulled to the last Zhang Guan, and at the bottom of the screen, the fastest result in history and the widest score of the year in 10 seconds came into the eyes of Ichiro Eriguchi.

"What? 10 seconds! Faster than Shingo Sue and Shinji Asahara! Ichiro Esaguchi and Masashi Eriguchi exclaimed.

The voice of the sports commentary on the TV sounded: "Zhang's 10-second score was made under the condition of exceeding the wind speed......"

The narrator began to explain the meaning of super wind speed, as if super wind speed had a huge advantage.

Ichiro Ezaguchi let out a sigh: "It turned out to be an achievement made by exceeding the wind speed, but it is also very remarkable, maybe it will pose a certain threat to Shingo Suesu, and Shingo Suesue will still win." ”

Eliguchi Kuangshi frowned, and now he thought unhappily: "He is only two years older than me, but he can appear on the international stage......"

And the race for Asia's fastest man is about to begin.

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