Chapter 152 The Track and Field King Wins Another 400m Championship
Chapter 152 The Track and Field King wins another 400m championship
The men's 400-meter sprint final was held on the last day of the World Indoor Athletics Championships, while the men's 4x400-meter final was held on the same day, with only an hour and a half between the two games.
For the US team, there are two options for this day's competition, one is to go all out to win the gold medal in the 400-meter dash, and the other is to strategically give up the 400-meter dash and sprint 4 times 400 meters sprint gold medal.
In the 400-meter race, apart from Zhang Guan, the strongest athlete in the 400-meter final should be the defending champion Irene Francisco.
Francisco is a Grenadian athlete who once entered the final of the 400-meter event in the Athens Olympic Games and achieved a good result of fourth place. At that time, his time in the final of the Athens Olympic Games was 44.66 seconds, which can also be regarded as the world's best Top athletes.
Of course, Francisco is aiming to defend the title. He thought that his biggest opponent was Campbell, but he didn't expect to win the championship halfway. Although the time of 45.63 seconds in the semi-finals is not very high, it is already possible in this competition. Won a medal in the level competition.
What made Francisco even more concerned was Zhang Guan's special running style. Francisco could feel that Zhang Guan did not do his best in the semi-finals, that is, there was still a lot of room for improvement. Thinking of Zhang Guan last year Francico still feels guilty about running 45.50 seconds abroad.
Francisco's 400-meter running method is quite special. He is an athlete who mainly runs in the early stage. He starts to run fast after the start. After that, the second 100-meter will still be a fast run, and the third His speed in the 100 meters is also very fast, and then leads into the last 100 meters, but in the last 100 meters, due to the high physical exertion in the early stage, the speed will slow down, and his last 100 meters will take more than 12 seconds. Not many top athletes use this style of running.
In the Athens Olympic final, Francisco was the first athlete to enter the last 100 meters. In the final 100 meters, Franceco was 0.2 seconds faster than the American Varina, but he only got the fourth place. , because Francico spent 0.86 seconds longer than Varina in the last 100 meters, and it was 0.66 seconds slower every time he went back and forth.
In terms of pertinence, Francisco’s running style can restrain those athletes with poor physical strength, because in the last 100 meters, everyone can’t run fast, so the advantage that Francisco gained in front is enough for him to win the championship ; But if you meet an athlete with very good physical strength, he will sprint for the last 100 meters, and Francisco will be overtaken.
Zhang Guan is obviously the best athlete in the world who is good at sprinting in the last 100 meters.
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At 9:30 p.m. Moscow time, the men's 400-meter sprint final officially began.
With a gunshot, the athletes started and started smoothly. After all, it is a 400-meter sprint race, and almost no athletes will rush to run. But the game has just begun, and many coaches have given a clue.
"The Americans gave up the 400-meter sprint!" Director Yu sighed.
On the field, the American players who participated in the final did not try their best, but seemed to be running a practice match, apparently giving up the gold medal. For the US team, they have to participate in the 4x400m final in an hour and a half. They are unwilling to consume their energy in the single event of the 400m sprint.
Zhang Guan still ran at his own pace tepidly, while Francisco followed his usual running method and ran very fast in the early stage.
Francisco took the lead in entering the straight. In this section, he was about 0.3 seconds faster than Zhang Guan.
"Entering the straight, I have to use this distance as much as possible to gain an advantage." Francisco's speed became even faster.
After all, straight roads are easier to run than curves. Even if Zhang Guan has not changed his rhythm, his speed is still slightly faster than curves, but compared to the accelerating Francisco, he is still a little slower. It's just that Francisco's explosive power is relatively average among 400-meter runners, which also affects his performance in the straight.
This section is the fastest section run by 400-meter athletes. The participating athletes can generally run to 11 seconds. However, due to the starting position, the athletes seem to have fronts and backs, which greatly affects the enjoyment of the game.
At the end of the 200 meters, Franceco slowed down a bit and began to adjust his rhythm. Although Francisco's explosive power is average, his cornering skills are still very good, and he is very good at accelerating in corners, especially in the third 100 meters. His speed is definitely the top athlete in the world.
Under normal circumstances, Francisco's third 100-meter time can also be kept at about 11 seconds, and his sprint point is about 230 meters later, which is also his last chance to widen the gap with his opponent.
"Francico ran so fast in front! According to this calculation, it took him more than one and a half seconds to pull down Zhang Guan in the first 300 meters! But fortunately, with his running style, he must not have the strength to sprint in the last 100 meters." Director Yu just frowned slightly, but he was very relieved of Zhang Guan, because he knew that Zhang Guan could completely overtake Francisco in the final 100-meter sprint.
Professionals who watched the game also understood that Francisco's early-biased running style must be very slow in the final 100-meter sprint, while Zhang Guan's final sprint was surprisingly fast, so the focus of this game became Franco How much advantage can Siko gain in the first 300 meters, and can his advantages make up for the disadvantages in the last 100 meters sprint.
The so-called experts watch the doorway, and laymen watch the excitement. Compared with professional sports coaches and athletes, the audience at the scene is obviously a group of laymen. They only saw that Franceco was running very fast in front of him. The last straight runway, and therefore, they gave the cheers to Francisco.
"Francico! Take the lead! Sprint...Francico!" The commentator on the scene shouted Francisco's name loudly, and at this time, Zhang Guan also entered the last 100 meters. There is a gap of more than 1.5 seconds between the two.
In the 400-meter sprint, the gap within 0.5 seconds is easy to make up in the final 100-meter sprint; if the gap is within 1 second, although it is a bit difficult, it is still possible to come back at the last moment; but The gap of 1.5 seconds is almost impossible to overtake.
Although Francisco's final 100-meter speed is relatively slow, he can run almost 12.5 seconds, which is much better than the last 100-meter 14-second performance of domestic athletes. If you want to close the gap of 1.5 seconds, Zhang Guan needs to run within 11 seconds for the last 100 meters.
In the 400-meter sprint competition, it is extremely difficult to run the last 100 meters under 11 seconds. In addition to requiring athletes to have extraordinary explosive power, they also need athletes to have relatively good physical reserves in the previous 300 meters.
Zhang Guan does not lack these two points, he has both. After all, his physical exertion in the first 300 meters was only half, so his last 100-meter sprint run in 11 seconds was almost a certainty.
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After entering the straight track, Francisco already felt a little powerless, he knew that he would slow down soon, and then, he could only rely on inertia and strong will to persist to the finish line.
"With such a big gap, Zhang Guan should not be able to overtake me!" This thought flashed through Francisco's mind, but at the same time, the commentator suddenly shouted Zhang Guan's name!
"Woo..." The audience in the arena first let out a sound of surprise, followed by strong shouts and cheers.
"What's wrong?" Francisco felt the change in the atmosphere, but he didn't look back, his eyes were fixed on the finish line, because he felt that there was not much energy left, so he had to concentrate , It is easier for people to be resilient when they are focused, so that they can continue to maintain a certain speed and rush to the end.
At this moment, Zhang Guan caught up from behind and kept pace with Franceco, and this neck-to-neck race did not last even for a second, Zhang Guan directly overtook Francesco.
"It's Zhang Guan! It seems to be faster than in the semi-finals! He really didn't try his best in the semi-finals!" Franceco was a little panicked. He was most afraid of meeting athletes with strong final sprint ability.
Francisco's physical strength has bottomed out. At this time, he can't maintain the original explosive power at all. His early running style is also destined to cause this result. For Francisco, every step forward now feels so difficult, every step forward is gritting his teeth, and every step forward is a struggle between willpower and physical strength.
In this physical state, if you are in the leading position, your willpower will be easier to gain the upper hand, but if you are surpassed, your willpower will definitely loosen, and the feeling of lack of physical strength will become more obvious.
Francisco still worked very hard, but his speed slowed down involuntarily, especially at the moment when Zhang Guan surpassed him, his original confidence in winning was hit hard, which was directly reflected in the speed.
"Zhang Guan! Overtook! He overtook at the last moment! Rush to the finish line! Cross the line!" The commentator breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Congratulations to Zhang Guan for winning the men's 400-meter sprint championship!"
At this time, everyone turned their attention to the results column. Zhang Guan won his first indoor 400-meter sprint championship with a time of 44.87 seconds, and ran within 45 seconds again. The crown was more than half a second slower, and the third was Brown from the Bahamas, with a final score of 45.78 seconds.
The champion of the 400-meter sprint at the World Indoor Athletics Championships and the result within 45 seconds, Zhang Guan can already enter the top 20 in the 400-meter sprint. He is already eligible to sign up for the 400-meter competition in the Golden League of Athletics.
The US team, which gave up the 400-meter sprint individual event, also won the championship in the subsequent 4x400-meter race as it wished.
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With the end of the last project, the women's 4x400m, this year's Indoor Track and Field World Championships also came to an end. The host Russia ranked first with 8 golds, 5 silvers and 5 bronzes, and the US team ranked second only to Russia with 7 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronzes. China, Ukraine and Ethiopia tied for third place, with scores of Two gold medals.
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