All-round Athlete

Chapter 454 Awe (3rd)

The Olympic schedule has already passed halfway. Since the start of the competition, more than a dozen or dozens of gold medals have been produced every day, which has made many viewers feel numb. Everyone can't even remember the ownership of the latest gold medal.

As for the media, the news of the players winning the gold has become a running account. There are too many reports, and even the media itself is a bit boring. At this time, perhaps only the birth of a new world record will attract more attention.

The media has been waiting all day long for the birth of the world record, but a new world record will appear so easily. It was also at this time that the news of Zhang Guan winning the Golden Slam appeared.

The world's second men's singles Golden Slam, a Golden Slam that reappeared after 20 years, took advantage of the east wind of the Olympic Games, and instantly became the focus of media reports. This jump of news quickly replaced the news that Phelps won the eighth gold medal, occupying the headlines of the sports pages or the front pages of various countries. At the same time, people can't help but compare Zhang Guan with the previous Gold Slam winner Andre Agassi, and this week's Time Magazine published such an article:

"Zhang Guanjin's slam is comparable to Agassi's, but the advantage is beyond the reach of his predecessors"

"This day will surely go down in the annals of tennis history. The 22-year-old Chinese Zhang Guan wrote his own new record. In the final battle with the Spaniard Nadal, he defeated his opponent 3-0 as expected and achieved himself. The dream of the Golden Slam. The so-called "Golden Slam" is to require players to win four Grand Slam championship titles in their careers, and to win gold medals in the Olympic Games held every four years, so the difficulty can be imagined. In So far, strictly speaking, only the Agassis have won the Gold Slam."

"Now let us look back at the process of Zhang Guan's career golden slam. In 2007, Zhang Guan participated in the tennis professional competition for the first time and appeared in the Australian Open. The player who plays will dominate Melbourne Park, some even think he is not worthy of being a professional autumn harvest, but here, facing Federer, Zhang Guan snatched the Australian Open title from the Swiss, before he was in the first Grand Slam When he won the trophy, he was still shy when he was not yet 21 years old."

"However, Zhang Guan was out of control afterwards. At Roland-Garros, Zhang Guan won the French Open for the first time and stabilized the championship. Nadal, the king of clay, had no power to fight back in front of him; at Wimbledon, he and Federer's match That epic duel is destined to be recorded in the history books; when he appeared in New York, no one could stop him from moving forward. Sweeping the four Grand Slams in one year without losing, Zhang Guan's experience is legendary."

"Compared with Agassi's Golden Slam, Zhang Guan has a unique advantage in age. Agassi defeated Ivanisevic at Wimbledon in 1992 to win Wimbledon, won the US Open in 1994, and won the US Open in 1995. He participated in the Australian Open for the first time in 1996 and won the Olympic Men's Singles Championship in 1996. In the 1999 French Open final, he reversed Medvedev and achieved the "Golden Slam" dominance. At that time, Agassi was 29 years old. The Golden Slam "was only 22 years old."

"The hurdle of age is obvious. Almost every football king stepped down from the altar at the age of 30, and the 22-year-old Zhang Guan was seven years younger than Agassi when he achieved this feat. Great achievements will not be the end, but the road of continuing to pursue new dreams has just begun. There have been Borg and McEnroe in history, there have been Edberg, Becker, Sampras, Agassi, this series of names not only represent the honor of the champion, but also synonymous with classics and legends, and on this day, Zhang Guan is written into the legend just like them."

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After winning the Golden Slam, Zhang Guan did not celebrate. He had no time to celebrate, because in the evening he had to participate in a men's 1500m semi-final.

Two games a day is already a relatively easy schedule for Zhang Guan now. The match against Nadal did not consume much of Zhang Guan's physical strength. Today's Nadal was in no condition due to the atmosphere of the game, and Zhang Guan was able to retain more physical strength.

At the same time, the 1,500-meter semi-final was held at ten o'clock in the evening, and Zhang Guan also had three hours to recover his strength. He even enjoyed a hearty dinner and then slept in the lounge. Get up and get ready for the race.

A total of 24 players participated in the 1,500-meter semi-final, so the semi-final was divided into two groups, and Zhang Guan was divided into the second group. When Zhang Guan appeared on the field, the eyes of other contestants looking at him changed obviously.

In the 1500m preliminary race, the contestants only regarded Zhang Guan as a slightly famous contestant. Some people even thought that Zhang Guan had not participated in the competition for two years and was in poor condition, so they did not take Zhang Guan seriously. But now it was different. Everyone looked at Zhang Guan in awe, as if an ordinary monkey in the monkey group saw the Monkey King.

Classes have existed since the dawn of man. It's like the gathering of county magistrates in ancient times. Some counties may be a little richer and some counties are a little poorer. But since everyone is a county magistrate, the status of each other is equal, and no one is superior to others. But if a magistrate suddenly appeared in the gathering of the county magistrates, even magistrates from other prefectures would not be able to control this group of magistrates at all, but in the eyes of the magistrates, the magistrate was always superior to himself.

The current situation is like this. During the preliminary round, everyone was the magistrate of the county. At worst, Zhang Guan was more famous. After these two days, Zhang Guan first broke the record and won the men's 100-meter trapeze competition, and then won the morning tennis final and won the Golden Slam. The magistrate, of course, will make other "county grandpas" feel awed.

Competitive sports are like this, results are everything. Every achievement is like a stepping stone, allowing you to stand higher, when others can only see you by looking up. When a person stands tall, he naturally has majesty, and naturally makes people feel awe.

"Look, it's Zhang Guan, Zhang Guan is here!"

"Don't push me, I saw it!"

"Did you watch the game yesterday?"

"Which game?"

"Of course it's the 100-meter trapeze battle, the peak duel between Zhang Guan and Bolt!"

"Of course I saw it. Zhang Guan was 0.1 seconds faster! 0.1 seconds in the 100 meters represents two different levels of athletes."

"Is it that exaggerated? Isn't it just 0.1 seconds?"

"A 100-meter runner is 0.1 second faster than his opponent, which is equivalent to a 1500-meter athlete who is two seconds faster than his opponent! Just imagine, if one runs for 3 minutes and 35 seconds and the other runs for 3 minutes and 37 seconds on the 1500 meters, how big will it be? difference?"

"You don't know, just a few hours ago, in the tennis final that just ended, Zhang Guan won another gold medal, and also won the tennis Golden Slam!"

"So Zhang Guan has already won two gold medals? Do you think it is possible for Zhang Guan to also win a gold medal in the 1500-meter event?"

"It's really possible. Don't forget that he ran 3 minutes 32 seconds 87 in the preliminary round and qualified first in the group, faster than Ramzi. It seems that there should be no problem for Zhang Guan to enter the final. If Zhang Guan plays better, Maybe we can really win the championship!"

The discussion among the crowd inadvertently fell into Ramzi's ears, especially the topic of whether Zhang Guan could win the 1500-meter gold medal, which made Ramzi feel extremely harsh.

"The gold medal must be mine! No one can take the gold medal away from me!" Ramzi clenched his fists tightly. At this moment, a crazy idea sprouted in his heart.

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