No Chinese athlete has ever been able to run under 3:36 in the 1500m, and the previous national record was held by Dou Zhaobo at 3:36.49.

Zhang Guan is aiming to surpass Dou Zhaobo today, and today Dou Zhaobo is also very cooperative, his condition is very good, although it did not reach the level when he set the national record, but it is still much faster than ordinary athletes, which also makes Zhang Guan's speed of running has improved, and finally broke the national record. If the leading athletes in front of him are not strong, maybe Zhang Guan will not have a chance to break the national record.

The national record he held was broken, and although Dou Zhaobo was a little disappointed, he still stepped forward and congratulated his little brother Zhang Guan on the same team. Then he slowly walked to the sidelines, and Coach Zhou happened to come over and handed him a towel.

"Don't be discouraged, you've run well, it's not your fault that you lost the game, but Zhang Guan's performance is really good." Coach Zhou stepped forward and comforted.

Dou Zhaobo nodded: "Coach, don't worry, I'm fine." In fact, when Zhang Guan ran 800 meters yesterday, I had already guessed that it might be this result, and I was mentally prepared, but it was still a little difficult to accept at this time. ”

"Don't think too much, the chances of you meeting Zhang Guan in the competition in the future can be said to be very few, this child is destined not to belong to the domestic arena, just like the 100-meter sprint back then, after taking out the Asian Athletics Trials, basically rarely play in the domestic competition. I believe that it will not be long before he will go to the international arena to compete with world-class athletes! Coach Zhou sighed, and then continued: "In fact, from another aspect, Zhang Guan won two championships in middle-distance running this time, and also broke the national record, which is definitely beneficial to the development of the entire middle-distance running career in China." ”

Dou Zhaobo was slightly stunned, he thought of some things in previous years from Coach Zhou's words. Many of them are his own experience, and he also sighed with emotion.

During a flight check a month before the opening of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Ma Jiajun was almost wiped out, with a positive urine test, excessive blood tests, and doping in six of the seven athletes tested. And that year, Ma Jiajun was rejected from the Olympics.

In fact, Ma Jiajun's collective doping was an open secret long before the Sydney Olympics, and the reporter made a corresponding investigation report at that time, but in the end, part of the content about doping was deleted, and the higher authorities were in some ways. has also acquiesced to Ma Jiajun's approach.

Until the Sydney Olympics, Ma Jiajun still did not relent, and was still using doping. At this time, the higher-level authorities realized that if Ma Jiajun was allowed to participate in the Olympic Games and was tested for doping in the Olympic Games, it would definitely be a world-class scandal, and it was better to let Ma Jiajun go abroad to be embarrassed, so they should be honestly stay in China, so they were deprived of Ma Jiajun's qualification to participate in the Olympic Games that year.

Ma Jiajun's retirement from the altar had a great impact on the domestic middle-distance running program, and the sports funds were relatively limited at that time. Therefore, the management level once considered the middle running and long-distance running, compared with the two, long-distance running must be more advantageous, and the sports federation was even discussing it at that time. Whether to eliminate the 800m and 1500m middle-distance runs at the National Games and devote limited resources to long-distance running.

The 800m and 1500m events are Olympic events, and the discussion of canceling an Olympic event in track and field can really be said to be a life-and-death juncture for this event.

Athlete development needs to have a cycle. In Japan, many athletes are trained from early childhood, and elementary and junior high schools are also spent in sports schools. After completing compulsory education, outstanding talents enter the professional team, and only begin to produce results when they become adults, and the whole process takes more than ten years. So once there is a fault line in athletes, it will probably take a generation to be able to retrain athletes in this sport.

It was just when the middle distance run was about to be canceled that Dou Zhaobo entered his peak, he first won the 1500-meter championship in the National Track and Field Championships in a row, and then won the 1500-meter gold medal in the Asian Games, and then broke the 1500-meter national record. However, in terms of resource tilt, middle-distance running is still at the end of the track and field event.

I only heard Coach Zhou speak: "In our middle-distance running event, we can't even compare with the 'three girls' in the track and field event, there is no attention, and the sports school students are not willing to practice, let alone produce results, and these years are getting bleaker and bleaker year by year." So Zhang Guan's entry into this field may be good news for the whole middle distance running. With Zhang Guan's fame, he will definitely be able to bring some attention to the middle running project, and will also drive some sports school students to participate in this project. At least in recent years, there is no need to worry about the middle running event being cut! ”

Then Coach Zhou's voice changed, and then said: "Let's not talk about these heavy things, it will be the award ceremony in a while, our team has won the top two, and we will be energetic when we go to receive the award!" Recently, you are quite tired in order to prepare for this national track and field championships, and you will be given a week's vacation when you go back, have a good rest, and go home to see your family. ”

……

On the rostrum, Director Ma was extremely average at this time, or he was numb now.

This National Track and Field Championships has become a one-man exhibition competition for Zhang Guan, breaking records, breaking records, breaking records, breaking records in a row, and after four days of competition, everyone seems to remember that only Zhang Guan is breaking records.

"Zhang Guan, this kid, it's okay to brush up on the record and play!" Director Ma couldn't help complaining in his heart, and then he asked Director Yu next to him: "Old Yu, do you think Zhang Guan can outrun those West Asian athletes if he participates in the Asian Games?" ”

"You mean the middle run?" After being stunned for a moment, Director Yu was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "I think it's quite difficult. In the middle running event, even the national record has only just run into the Olympic A standard, and the middle distance running level of those West Asian countries is the top in the world. In recent years, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar have naturalized a large number of Kenyan middle runners. It is not an exaggeration to rank first in the world. ”

Director Ma was about to continue talking, but his mobile phone rang.

Director Ma picked up his mobile phone and looked at it, and found that it was a call from the staff of the field management center, and it was still an office phone, so he couldn't help but say: "It's already night, why is the center still calling, isn't something wrong?" ”

Director Ma picked up the phone and said, "It's me, what's the matter?" ”

I only heard the other end of the phone say: "Director Ma, there has just been a message from Switzerland." Athletes participating in the Golden League in Zurich are required to arrive at the venue three days in advance and take a uniform blood test. ”

"Blood tests? Why do you suddenly have to ask for a blood test? Last year's Golden League didn't have that. Director Ma said.

"That's right, we have also been in contact with the IAAF in the center, and according to the IAAF staff, we are preparing to introduce athletes' biometric passports in the near future, and now we are ready to try it out in the Golden League."

"Biospecialty passports? Is it the one that detects long-term blood traits in athletes? Director Ma then asked.

"yes, that's it." The other end of the phone continued: "The Golden League Zurich station also has a 110-meter hurdles event, so Zhang Guan and Liu Feiren have to take a blood test this time." ”

"Okay, I got it." Director Ma hung up the phone. "The IAAF has made a surprise attack, and the Zurich station will increase temporary blood tests, and it is ready to be used as a file for athletes' biological special passports. ”

Director Yu nodded suddenly: "I have read the information in this regard, and this biometric passport was proposed a few years ago. It is a test for long-term blood traits that seems to be able to systematically track down all athletes who show atypical results in a timely urine test of erythropoietin. ”

"That's right, it seems that after the doping scandal last year, some track and field athletes tried to evade inspections. He began to rely on frequent blood transfusions and micro-infusions of human erythropoietin to increase his red blood cell count and make his physical examination look more normal. It seems that the IAAF is also aware of this and is starting to get serious. Director Ma continued: "But we don't have to be afraid. Zhang Guan and Liu Fei are very innocent, and they are not afraid of their test. ”

"But those who have used doping, after hearing the news, I'm afraid they won't be able to sit still!" Director Yu said with a smile.

……

As early as the 80s, scientists have developed a way to extract the blood of the players, refrigerate them, and then infuse them into the players' bodies before the competition, which can enhance the oxygen delivery capacity of red blood cells and improve the performance of the competition to a certain extent.

However, in the beginning, no athletes used this method, and the blood drawing was already physically painful, and the cost of preserving the blood was not as easy as the direct use of doping.

However, with the outbreak of doping scandals in the United States, many athletes began to use similar methods, such as frequent blood transfusions and microscopic human erythropoietin transfusions to increase the red blood cell count. This is also a form of cheating, but routine urine tests and physical examinations do not detect any problems.

Therefore, the IAAF has introduced a special biological passport, which enters the athlete's body information into the biological passport, and compares the blood test results in the biological passport to determine whether the athlete has used cheating.

……

Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

The temperature in Riyadh in the midsummer afternoon can rise to more than 50 degrees Celsius, but as a country that is not bad for money, the electricity price is very cheap, and the Saudi government subsidizes 75% of the electricity price for residents, which means that Saudi residents only need to pay 25% of the electricity price of power generation, so in the midsummer season, every household is 24-hour air conditioning.

The temperature of more than 40 degrees on weekdays and the unique dry climate of the Middle East make people reluctant to stay outdoors at all, and many companies even require employees not to work in the hot noon, and even athletes who have to train every day will honestly stay in the indoor training ground at this time, while enjoying the central air conditioning, while training.

In the training ground, the athletes are sweating like rain.

A tall, black coach stood out from a distance, stopping at the sand pit of the long jump.

The black coach is Mike Powell, the world record holder in the long jump.

Today's Mike Powell is the long jump coach of Saudi Arabia, as a world record holder, Mike Powell's value is not low, and only Saudi Arabia is willing to spend a lot of money to poach Mike Powell from the United States.

Mike Powell is also worthy of his reputation as a world record holder, and in the years he has taught in Saudi Arabia, he has raised the level of long jump in Saudi Arabia to a big level, and has produced several of Asia's top long jumpers, including Al Shaba, Ben Mazouk and two-time Asian record breaker Alku Walidi.

Alku Walidi in 2005 was 8. The 44-meter broke the 8 held by the Chinese athletes. The 40-meter long jump Asian record, while last month, Alku Walidi finished with 8. The 48m mark broke the Asian record again.

Seeing Coach Powell coming over, several long jumpers who were practicing immediately stopped and waited for Powell's instructions.

I saw Powell clear his throat and speak: "Young men, I know that you are all working hard, and I am very satisfied with your efforts, but in the future, I am afraid that you will have to work harder!" Because the Asian long jump record was broken yesterday! ”

"I think you'll want to know who broke the Asian record in the long jump!" Powell subconsciously looked at Alku Walidi, and then said: "You should be familiar with this person, he is Zhang Guan!" The king of sprints! I've told you before that Zhang Guan is likely to get into the long jump, just like my old rival Carl Lewis did, and now he's finally in the long jump! And it broke the Asian record," Powell continued.

"Coach, what is Zhang Guan's score?" Alku Validi asked.

Powell looked at the information in his hand and said, "Zhang Guan jumped out of 8 on the fifth attempt of the competition. 49 meters! ”

Alku Validi breathed a sigh of relief as he broke the Asian record with a score of 8. At 48 meters, Zhang Guan was only 0 faster than him. 01 meter, that is, 1 centimeter, Alku Walidi feels that this 1 centimeter is not a gap.

However, Powell continued: "In the sixth attempt, Zhang Guan jumped out of 8. 52 meters, he jumped 8. The 5-meter mark! ”

"What! Skip 8. 5 meters! Alku Validi took a breath of cold air, and at this moment, he finally felt the pressure like never before. (To be continued.) )

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