Almighty Athlete Chapter 470: Advance into the triathlon

"The strongest scramble in the world, Zhang Guanko Little Krichenko!" 》

This is the biggest sports news people are following the next day.

Although this is just a competition with a show interest, after a lot of publicity in the early stage, it has long attracted the attention of the world. This is the first time since Krinchenko won the "Super Boxer" in July last year. Many people thought that Kritchenko would show his boxing style, but it was unexpected. Yes, this "super boxer" who just ascended the throne, don't be fooled.

On TV, sports news, talk shows, and talk shows are all talking about Zhang Guan’s victory over Klitschko Jr., and they have different points of focus. Some invited boxing experts to analyze this game. Those who care about the attention brought by this game, some people have set their sights on the $300 million prize that day.

On the Internet, the discussion of netizens also brushed up the major forums, and the discussion of domestic netizens is still serious, while foreign netizens directly connected to Chinese kung fu, and even some people took the world-famous martial art novel To give an example, all of Qiankun’s Great Move, Jiuyang Divine Skill, and Sunflower Collection were all cited as examples.

This is Krinchenko’s first defeat since 2004. Kritchenko did not escape the flat hook of Zhang Guan at all, and it is considered by many experts as a very strange thing, and after the game In the interview, Krinchenko also did not express any views on this. Because he couldn't remember how he got the punch.

Zhang Guan is also called "the strongest man in the world" by many media, and the gold content of defeating Klitschko is full. The unbeaten gold body of Krinchenko is broken for eight years, but the Zhang Guan is still the holder Defeated record.

The turmoil of the game lasted for a long time before gradually dispersing, and after receiving the prize money, Zhang Guan left Las Vegas to return to the country, the Spring Festival is coming, he will go home for the New Year.

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

Compared to the triathlon training, it is more urgent, because the Olympic qualification system is completely different.

The track and field event wants to participate in the Olympic Games, relying on reaching a certain standard, the Olympic b standard for the London men’s 5000 meters 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-mark is 28 minutes and 05 seconds, and the Olympic a-mark is 27 minutes and 45 seconds. Zhang Guan wants to participate, at least to reach the Olympic b standard.

In fact, in the two projects of 5000 meters and 10000 meters, Zhang Guan only needs to reach the b mark to participate. Because of the men’s long-distance running, the strength of the Chinese team is relatively weak. In particular, the 2012 Olympic Games has improved its participation standards compared to the 2008 Olympic Games. With the strength of Chinese athletes, even the Olympic b standard cannot be reached.

There are not many athletes who can meet the standards for long-distance Olympics throughout Asia. In Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in Western Asia, naturalized African athletes can meet the Olympic standards, while in East Asia, only Japan’s Yuki Sato barely reaches the Olympic b standard.

For Zhang Guan, this is the easiest way to get qualified. It only needs to participate in a national competition and run a compliance score to get the Olympic quota, he doesn’t even need to Worried that others will compete with themselves.

The projects that rely on the world rankings or qualifying competitions to get the Olympic places will be a lot of trouble for Zhang Guan, such as triathlons, which is this type of project.

Triathlon is a mass-based sport in European and American countries. This sport originated in Hawaii and was invented by the U.S. Navy in Hawaii. Later, it was gradually popular throughout the United States. Therefore, the American team has a strong strength in this sport. The United States will raise thousands of triathlon events a year, and the number of contestants will exceed 150,000.

In addition to the United States, the British triathlon is also very developed. Although the United Kingdom is only a small island, it also hosts up to 350 triathlons every year, which means that almost every day, and There are also more than 200 triathlon clubs throughout the UK, including many professional clubs, which means that the triathlons in the UK have been professionalized and commercialized.

Among other European countries, France, Germany, Spain and other traditional sports powerhouses in Western Europe are also strong in triathlons, while landlocked European countries and countries in Eastern Europe and Northern Europe are affected by climatic conditions. On the contrary, Xiang is not so hot. After all, there is a 15-kilometer outdoor swimming in the triathlon of the Olympic Games. The climate in Eastern Europe and Northern Europe is not suitable for outdoor swimming.

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

As for triathlons in Asia, they are definitely the weakest. Asians have little strength in long-distance running and cycling. Only in swimming, China, Japan and South Korea still have talents. Therefore, triathletes in Asia mainly come from China, Japan and South Korea. In many triathlon international competitions, in order to take care of Asia, the organizers will give Asia a special qualification.

London Olympic triathlon competition~IndoMTL.com~ There are 55 places for men and women. Among them, the top eight countries in the triathlon can send up to three contestants, and the remaining countries can send up to two contestants.

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 League, and 1 place is the direct seat of the host. The two places are invitations for third-party committees, that is, wild cards, and the last five places are generated by intercontinental championships on five continents.

The host places, the top three in the triathlon world championships, and the 44 places in the world rankings. There must be no Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan has never participated in the triathlon competition, let alone ranked.

As for the invitations of the two tripartite committees, there is not much to do with Zhang Guan. Before Zhang Guan, he promised a boxing exhibition match. In exchange, he got the Olympic invitation for boxing from the boxing tripartite committee. But the tripartite committees of Zhang Guan and Triathlon have nothing to exchange, and it is unlikely that they will get foreign card quotas.

So the only hope for Zhang Guan to qualify for the triathlon Olympics is the Intercontinental Championships on five continents.

There are only five places on the five continents, and there is actually only one place on one continent, which means that Zhang Guan must win the first place in the Asian Triathlon Championship in order to qualify for the Olympic Games.

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

So just after the Spring Festival, and before the Lantern Festival, Zhang Guan rushed to Qiongzhou Island at the southern end of the motherland and began training for triathlons. (To be continued.)