All-round Athlete

Chapter 846 Entering the Triathlon

The World's Strongest Contest, Zhang Guan KOs Klitschko!

It's the biggest sports news that people care about the next day.

Although this is just a competition with the interest of performing, after a lot of publicity in the early stage, it has already attracted the attention of the world. This is the first time for Klitschko to participate in a competition since he won the Super Champion in July last year. Many people thought that Klitschko would show the demeanor of a boxing champion, but it was unexpected Yes, this Super Boxing Champion who has just ascended the throne, don't be KO'd.

On TV, sports news, talk shows, and talk shows were all talking about Zhang Guan’s victory over Klitschko Jr., and they focused on different things. Some invited boxing experts to analyze the match, while others Concerned about the attention brought by this game, some people also set their sights on the 300 million US dollars prize money at that day's price.

And on the Internet, netizens’ discussions are also swiping the screens of major forums. Domestic netizens’ discussions are still serious, while foreign netizens directly link to Chinese Kung Fu. Some people even use the martial arts novels as examples. All the things about the Great Shift of the Universe, the Magic of Nine Suns, and the Canon of Sunflowers were all given examples.

This is Klitschko's first defeat since 2004. Klitschko did not evade Zhang Guan's flat uppercut at all in the end, which was considered by many experts to be a very bizarre thing. Among them, Klitschko Jr. did not express any views on this. Because he himself can't remember at all how he got the punch.

Zhang Guan is also called the strongest man in the world by many media. The victory over Klitschko is full of gold. Klitschko's eight-year unbeaten golden body was broken, but Zhang Guan remained undefeated record.

The turmoil of the game lasted for a long time before it gradually dissipated. After Zhang Guan received the bonus, he left Las Vegas and returned to China. The Spring Festival is coming soon, and he will go home for the New Year.

After the year, Zhang Guan still has two important tasks, one is to train for long-distance running, and the other is to train for triathlons.

In comparison, triathlon training is more urgent, because the two Olympic qualification systems are completely different.

If you want to participate in the Olympic Games in track and field events, you need to meet a certain standard. The Olympic B standard for men's 5,000 meters in the London Olympics is 13 minutes and 27 seconds, and the Olympic A standard is 13 minutes and 20 seconds. The men's 10,000-meter Olympic B standard is 28 minutes and 05 seconds, and the Olympic A standard is 27 minutes and 45 seconds. If Zhang Guan wants to participate in the competition, he must at least reach the Olympic B standard.

In fact, in the two events of 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters, Zhang Guan only needs to reach the B standard to participate. Because of the men's long-distance running event, the strength of the Chinese team is relatively weak, especially in the 2012 Olympic Games, which has improved compared to the 2008 Olympic Games. With the strength of Chinese athletes, even an Olympic B standard cannot be achieved.

In the whole of Asia, there are not many long-distance runners who can meet the Olympic competition standards. In Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in West Asia, naturalized African athletes can meet the Olympic standards, while in East Asia, only Yuki Sato from Japan barely meets the Olympic B standard.

For Zhang Guan, it is the easiest situation to qualify for this kind of qualification. He only needs to participate in a national level competition and run a qualifying result to get a place in the Olympic Games. He doesn't even have to worry about other competitions. Man competes with himself.

Those events that rely on world rankings or qualifying competitions to obtain Olympic qualifications are a lot of trouble for Zhang Guan, such as the triathlon, which is this type of event.

Triathlon is a very popular sport in European and American countries. This sport originated from Hawaii and was invented by the U.S. Navy in Hawaii. Later, it gradually became popular in the United States. Therefore, the U.S. team has a strong strength in this sport. The United States holds thousands of Ironman competitions a year, with more than 150,000 contestants.

In addition to the United States, the British triathlon is also very developed. Although the UK is only a small island, there are as many as 350 triathlons held every year, which means that there are almost every day. The whole of the UK also has There are more than 200 triathlon clubs, including many professional clubs, which means that the British triathlon has become professional and commercialized.

Among other European countries, France, Germany, Spain and other traditional sports powers in Western Europe are also quite strong in triathlons, while inland European countries, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe and other countries are affected by climatic conditions, and triathlons are on the contrary. Not that fiery. After all, there is a 1.5-kilometer outdoor swimming in the Olympic triathlon, and the climate in Eastern Europe and Northern Europe is not suitable for swimming outdoors.

In Oceania, there are also many triathlon enthusiasts, especially in Australia, where the climate is simply heaven for triathlons.

As for the triathlon in Asia, it must be the weakest. Asians are not strong in long-distance running and cycling. Only in swimming, China, Japan and South Korea still have some talents. Therefore, Asian triathletes are mainly from China, Japan and South Korea. In many triathlon international competitions, in order to take care of Asia, the organizers will deliberately give Asia an extra qualification.

In the triathlon competition of the London Olympic Games, there are 55 places for men and women each. Among them, the top eight countries in the world in triathlon can send up to three players to participate, and the rest of the countries can send up to two players.

Among the 55 places, 3 places are the top three in the Triathlon World Championships, 44 places are allocated according to the points of the International Triathlon Federation, 1 place is the direct participation of the host, 2 places It is the invitation quota of the third-party committee, that is, the wild card, and the last five quotas are produced by the Intercontinental Championships on five continents.

The host quota, the top three in the Triathlon World Championships and the 44 places in the world rankings certainly do not have Zhang Guan's share. Zhang Guan has never participated in a triathlon competition, let alone a ranking.

As for the invitation quota of the two tripartite committees, it has nothing to do with Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan had previously agreed to a boxing exhibition match, and in exchange received an invitation to the boxing Olympic Games from the boxing tripartite committee. But Zhang Guan has nothing to exchange with the tripartite triathlon committee, and it is unlikely to get a wild card spot.

Therefore, Zhang Guan's only hope to qualify for the Olympic Triathlon is the Intercontinental Championships on five continents.

There are only five places in the five continents, and there is actually only one place in each continent. That is to say, Zhang Guan must win the first place in the Asian Triathlon Championships before he can qualify for the Olympics.

This year's Asian Triathlon Championships will be held on April 8 in Tateyama, Japan. So for Zhang Guan, there is only more than one month left. And for more than a month, he has to stand out from many domestic players and get a place in the Asian Championships before he can go to Japan smoothly.

So just after the Spring Festival and before the Lantern Festival, Zhang Guan rushed to Qiongzhou Island at the southern tip of the motherland and started triathlon training.

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