just to make those dreams come true

Chapter 254 Let's start, Lin Mu

Athens Olympic Village

early morning
The warm breeze slowly blows from the foot of Panisa Mountains towards the distance, bringing away the hustle and bustle of the day and ushering in a new dawn.

With the setting sun in the east, the Olympic Village, which had been quiet all night, returned to its former scene.

As usual, Lin Mu got up early, washed up, drank water and added some food, put on the red and white Huaxia team sportswear, and walked out of the room.

On the path in the dormitory area, facing the soft breeze and breathing the fresh morning air, Lin Mu trotted towards the comprehensive sports center of the Olympic Village.

His day begins!

Today is the sixth day of entering the Olympic Village, and for the past six days, Lin Mu has basically been like this.Get up in the morning and jog to the track and field in the sports center.Complete his daily morning exercises on the 400-meter track in the sports center.

After the morning exercise, I will settle the trivial matters. After preparation, I will take the relay team to the improvised field next to the village for their assault training. In the evening, I will take the athletes to the gym for strength training. The day is over.

Today is slightly different from the previous few days. The athletes' training is gone today.

On August 8, from this moment on, their Olympic competition officially began.As the first athlete to play, at 20:21 in the evening, Lin Mu will usher in the first Olympic journey of his sports career.

As the game was approaching, he thought he could deal with it calmly, but when it was time to face it, a trace of emotion surged up in his heart from time to time, which made him have a lot of emotional fluctuations.

Is it him or "he"?Lin Mu was a little unclear.

Maybe everyone has such a place deep in his heart, where dreams, persistence, hope, and the persistence to dream things lie.

Lin Mu thought, maybe in that empty place, there is a belief, a voice, and eyes, and "he" has been watching and sticking to it.

The comprehensive sports area was right in front of him, Lin Mu exhaled softly and let out his mind.

"Regardless of past and future, we will run together and achieve dreams for all those who are sincere in track and field..."

It's your dream, and it's also my dream, just start from here...

"Coach Kobayashi?"

An abrupt soft call pulled back Lin Mu's mind.

When Lin Mu turned his head to look, a middle-aged man in his 50s was standing beside him and looking at him.

The same red and white suit, but it is slightly different from his sportswear.

Meticulous hair, a face with many folds is still somewhat handsome, you can vaguely see the demeanor he should have had when he was young.

He knew the person who came, the hero of the era, the meritorious coach, the team leader, the current deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China, Li Rongfu, the deputy head of the delegation.

He had heard many stories about Li Rongfu and a lot of gossip, but there was one thing that Lin Mu always recognized very much.

This is a successful athlete, not only because of his excellent sports performance, but also because of his influence beyond himself.

This is also a successful coach and leader who has made outstanding contributions to the sports industry in his own unique way.Before and after the reform and opening up, efforts to create sports miracles have brought countless encouragement to the people who are in urgent need of energy and ambition.

"It's Kobayashi, Coach Lin Mu, right?!"

With a friendly smile, Li Rongfu asked again with a very sure questioning tone.

Li Rongfu didn't care much about Lin Mu staring at him thoughtfully, with some respect in his eyes.On the contrary, he is more interested now.

I listened to my subordinates, and I also listened to the reports of many athletes and coaches from the field management center.Of course he knows the name Lin Mu, the youngest senior coach, the coach of the sprint champion, and the national record holder of the 400-meter sprint.Running forward, the never-giving track and field man with the pride of the child.

To be honest, even though he has been in teaching and politics for many years, he still feels a little legendary.People like to be inspirational, even if he has only heard a few words, he does not deny that this coach Kobayashi is inspirational enough.

People always like to use young coaches to describe some young sports coaches.The head coach of table tennis, deputy head coach of badminton, deputy head coach of gymnastics, including the former him, are all in their 30s and took the title of young coach to the top coaching positions.

As for the one in front of him, it seems that he should be called the young marshal. If he remembers correctly, he seems to be only 25 years old.And also a good sprinter.

Wang Fuyi and Wang Fuyi, who shoot, are the only two people who have dual identities as coaches and athletes in the delegation.When he thought about it, maybe this coach Kobayashi was even more rare. For the sprint event, it would be a rare thing to squeeze into the Olympics alone!

"Hi, Director Li! I'm Lin Mu!" After a little dazed, Lin Mu immediately came to his senses and hurriedly greeted Li Rongfu.

He felt that he seemed a little too rude, not because of the status of the other party's leader, but because he was a sports senior worthy of his respect.

"Hehe~" Li Rongfu waved his hands casually, "Coach Xiaolin, how about morning exercises?"

"Yes, Director Li, I am used to morning exercises..."

"Good morning exercise! I've had this habit since I was an athlete, and I haven't given up on it since I became a coach. If I don't run for a day, I feel uncomfortable..." Li Rongfu chatted with Lin Mu as if it was a routine started exercising.

But it was only a minute or two before Li Rongfu stopped. After all, he was not idle. As the first deputy head, there were many things waiting for him to deal with.After the morning exercise, he should get busy.It is also impossible to delay too much time here.

"Are you going to go in? Let's talk as we go!"

"Although I didn't watch the World Athletics Championships in detail last year, I know that you did a good job. Director Yuan once said that in the sprint event, standing in the finals of the World Series is a victory. And your victory that time is even more important. Big, and very uplifting..."

"However, Xiaolin! It's not enough. I don't know if you have read some reports from foreign media and international public opinion. But I read it, and I feel very uncomfortable. Why can we Chinese people win only because of special circumstances? The reason... I think, international athletics alone should have "taken care" of you, right?...

But it's not a problem at all!We ran within 10 seconds, won the gold medal, broke those bullshit prophecies, and in absolute racing, we held on!special reason?What about all the hard work of our Huaxia sports people..."

"..."

Li Rongfu has been talking, and Lin Mu has been listening, of course he knows what Li Rongfu said, he is not deaf to what is going on outside the window.What's more, in less than a year since the World Championships, the IAAF has had 6 unannounced inspections, which is evident!

Talking and walking, Li Rongfu stopped in just a few hundred meters until he reached the entrance of the track and field.

"Coach Xiaolin, work hard. The Olympic Games is an arena, and it is also a big stage to show our Huaxia. As long as we Huaxia get up, we will never fall back. Even if there is a short silence, it can only be saved for another glory ..."

Li Rongfu's words were a little more serious, and he patted Lin Mu's shoulder lightly, with some other meaning in his words.

"Yes, Director Li, we will work harder!" Lin Mu replied in the same solemn tone.

"Okay! Let's go to exercise! I should go too! When you play, I will watch when I have time..."

"A leader who is born as a sportsman is really different!" The two parted ways, and Lin Mu ran to the track and field, still muttering in his heart.

Although he didn't have many contacts with senior leaders, the image he conceived in his mind would never be like this.Maybe it's deep and steady, maybe it's calm and calm, unsmiling, and pointing out the world!
And what about Li Rongfu?He has no pretensions, and perhaps people who don't know his identity will only think of him as a handsome and friendly little old man.As for this little old man, when it comes to sports and competition, he is still passionate and fierce.

Maybe this is the epitome of that generation of pure sports people.Like Mr. Gu, like Director Yu, although the position is different and the level is different.But that emotion and expression seem to be the same.

For more passionate and fierce people like this, we must go on firmly and even better!In China, nothing is impossible!

On the runway, Lin Mu added firmness to his thoughts.

……

Athens Olympic Stadium,
One of the most important venues of the Olympic Games, it is also the main venue for the opening ceremony and track and field of the Olympic Games.

With the official opening of the track and field competition, this field also ushered in its moment.

On August 8, the Olympic Stadium was brightly lit at night, and lights embedded in the high-altitude ceiling projected out, making the entire stadium look like daytime.

More than half of the 7-seat stadium stands were occupied, and the impact of the disharmony that appeared at the start of the game was gradually overwhelmed by the attraction of the game.

Spectators from the mainland and some other countries and regions poured into the stadium one after another, stepped onto the stands, waved their arms, and shouted passionately.

"Director Lin, then I'll go back first!"

On the indoor warm-up track, Yuan Guohua completed his auxiliary work and asked for instructions.

The track and field team originally had auxiliary staff, but Yuan Guohua was still not at ease, and finally he came by himself.Anyway, Lin Mu is the leader of a team, and the meaning of his game itself is different. Yuan Guohua doesn't want any unexpected factors to affect him.

"Well, the athletes are still here today, right? You can help watch some, take care! We will go back as soon as my competition is over. It is just a preliminaries, and their competition will start tomorrow. Today they should have a good rest It's..."

Reaching out his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead, Lin Mu agreed and confessed again by the way.

The [-]-meter race will start tomorrow morning, and he originally asked the athletes participating in the competition to rest in the Olympic Village today.When he came out earlier, the athletes didn't follow him, but he figured it out, so he probably wouldn't be able to stay.

"It's true that they are all here, hehe, they are avoiding you! Don't worry, they are very honest. Although they are not with our coach, they are not far away."

"Well, then I'll go in too."

After moving his hands and feet, Lin Mu exhaled, nodded, turned around and walked towards the inspection area.

Walk through the warm-up area, walking past people of different colors and expressions.Step by step, the low voices in different languages, the occasional sound waves from outside the venue, the blood in Lin Mu's heart was gradually boiled up.

Without deliberately suppressing his excitement, he walked into the inspection area and completed the inspection according to the inspection procedures. Lin Mu sat in the waiting room and waited for his game to start.

男子400米的预赛是晚上21点20分开始，总共8个预赛小组，共64名选手参赛。

The game will be decided by three shots. The promotion rule for the preliminaries is that the top two in the group will advance directly, and then the top eight with the best scores among the remaining players will advance.A total of 24 athletes will advance to tomorrow's semi-final.

Lin Mu was in the second group of the preliminaries.

Without paying attention to the players in the same group, Lin Mu sat quietly and adjusted his state.

The preliminaries went on quickly. After the first group of competitions, following the instructions of the staff, Lin Mu got up and followed the athletes from other countries in the same group to line up, waiting to enter the field.

At 21:25 in the evening, after all the players in the first group of preliminaries left the field, the players in the second group of preliminaries where Lin Mu was in walked through the corridor and entered the Olympic Stadium.

"Oh~"

"Oh~"

As soon as he stepped in, the shouting and tsunami in the stadium suddenly became more intense, and the shouting that was only faintly heard just now seemed extraordinarily loud.Stimulating all the athletes on stage, Lin Mu's heart gradually became agitated!

"breathe……"

Standing on the runway, Lin Mu tried hard to adjust his breathing.

He is the 7th lane, the lane near the edge, and also very close to the sidelines and stands.

Because of the advancement of the game, the audience who was stimulated by the passion of competition and speed became more and more excited, cheering and shouting more intensely than before.Waves of sounds also came to him from the nearest distance from time to time.

Irritable, depressed, and maybe a little excited.Various emotions surged in his heart.

Olympic Games!
Olympic Stadium!

The 400-meter race, the hustle and bustle of cheering for others...

"call--"

Past and present, different faces, scenes from the past flashed across his mind from time to time.

The cramped rented room, the Lin Mu staring at the TV with regretful eyes while clutching his chest...

The rough training track, the stubborn and unwilling Lin Mu holding his legs...

wet beard...

Luzhou's...

Exhaling heavily, Lin Mu threw away all his thoughts, and his expression became firm in an instant!
The past life has passed, the coach’s life has begun, and my athlete’s life is not over yet. It will not be any one person who achieves his dream, but a category or a group. Let’s start, Lin Mu!
The lights in the stadium remained the same, and the noise and noise in the auditorium became more and more boiling. Accompanied by the noise, the on-site host introduced the eight athletes one by one in multiple languages.

On the sidelines and in the stands, tens of thousands of eyes are also betting on the stadium at this moment.

"On your marks!"

On the sidelines, a voice reminding the players to take their positions sounded.

Leaning down, Lin Mu bowed his head in silence, and stepped on the starting block. At this moment, his whole body seemed extremely calm.

In the stadium, there was also a brief silence at this time.

8 starting positions at different distances, 8 figures, quietly waiting for the next voice.

"Set!"

After checking and confirming the athlete's condition, the starter's order to prepare is issued.

On a slanted line, the 8 runners instantly propped up their bodies and lifted their hips slightly, ready to start.

"boom!"

Behind the starting block, the sound of the electronic starting gun came out from the small loudspeaker.

After a short period of quiet accumulation in the stadium, the noise suddenly sounded again.

2004 No.20 Eighth Olympic Men's 400-meter competition, the second group competition of the preliminaries, officially started!
(End of this chapter)