just to make those dreams come true

Chapter 333 February 8

August 8th is the fourth competition day of the Yanjing Olympic Games track and field competition.

Early in the morning, dozens of athletes and coaches of the track and field team rushed to the Bird's Nest Stadium.

百米比赛落下帷幕，他们收拾了喜悦和兴奋的心情进入了第二阶段的征程。从18号到21号，4天时间内，200米、400米、110米栏的比赛对决将陆续上演。

Most of the people are still excited, and the mood of anticipation is even worse.But it was also the case that made a small number of members of the track and field team feel a little more depressed.

Before the start of the Olympic Games, the dream of several gold-winning hot spots in track and field and the [-]-meter race that people pinned their hopes on has come true.The remaining items were suddenly given greater expectations.

I originally thought that winning the [-]-meter shocking victory would somewhat reduce the pressure on other events, but I didn't expect that it would have the opposite effect.On the contrary, the victory of the peak showdown made people more convinced of the various predictions and expectations originally attracted by the media. This was something that the leaders of the track and field team did not expect.

Most athletes are okay. Whenever this is not the case, they have enough psychology to deal with it and just compete with all their strength.But for people who have suffered from recurring injuries or are in poor condition, the gloom has deepened again.

At this time, the time was approaching 10 a.m., and the preliminaries of the first event, the men's 400-meter race, were coming to an end.

A total of 400 people participated in the preliminaries of the 58-meter race, which was relatively smaller than that of the 200-meter and 400-meter races.The entire [-]-meter race is only divided into three rounds: preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals.

The promotion rules are similar to most events. In the preliminaries, the top three plus the next three best scores in each group will enter the semi-finals. The semi-finals will be divided into three groups, and the top two in each group plus the last two best scores will enter the final.

Huaxia has three contestants, and this is also the first time that Huaxia has participated in the 400-meter event with a full number of A-markers.He Jun, Zhu Kun, and Lin Mu, their preliminaries are the first group, the third group and the sixth group respectively.

Before the race, the 400-meter race, which was regarded by most people as the best of the Americans, did indeed add a bit of intensity to the race because of the participation of the Chinese.

I originally thought that there was only one Lin Mu in China, but it was because of the status bonus of the defending champion and legendary coach that Lin Mu gained a little more attention.

But upon further analysis, based on factors such as the lack of participation in competitions, poor condition, age, etc., other than the Chinese people, other people’s expectations for Lin Mu were not very high.Unexpectedly, after the three groups proceeded, the result was that people witnessed the strength of Lin Mu and the Huaxia people.

In the first group, He Jun took the lead and defeated American David Neville and Frenchman De Jong with a time of 45 seconds.In the third group, Zhu Kun, whose main event is 08 meters, ran an easy 200 meters and won the first place in the third group in 400 seconds.

In the sixth group that just ended, Lin Mu was as relaxed and stable as ever, taking the first place in the group, and his time of 44 seconds was also the best result among all the group competitions that had ended.

Many people came to watch the game in the morning, some for sprints and some for hurdles. As the game progressed, the atmosphere in the stadium became more and more active.

The Chinese audience was happy to see it, but the people in the delegations from other countries couldn't help but feel solemn.

Analysis and research, before the competition is over, the countries that hope to make achievements in the 400-meter event have started to move.Huaxia, an emerging sprint power, has once again become the focus of discussion.

Regarding all of this, Lin Mu, who is the core of China's sprint, has no time to think about it.After the game was over, he rushed to the stand where the delegation was located before he could catch his breath.

"Little Lin, what's going on?"

Lin Mu seemed anxious, but Luo Yi and Feng Yong seemed even more anxious. As soon as Lin Mu came back, they couldn't wait to ask.

"Let's hold a press conference before the game starts in the afternoon. I've communicated with the publicity department!"

Lin Mu answered the seemingly thoughtless question without hesitation.

Luo Yi frowned and asked, "Didn't you say that we would arrange a press conference in the morning? Why did you temporarily change the time for me?"

"Director, Lao Sun and Liu Xiang want to fight for it again, even if it's just one or two rounds."

Lin Mu explained, "Actually, their feelings are understandable. If they announce their injuries or even announce their retirement before running, the impact will be great. Some people may say that they are timid to make excuses before the fight or something.

Moreover, the Olympic Games are held every four years, and the Olympic Games in one's own country may only be encountered once in a lifetime. "

"Then what if... what if the situation develops in the worst direction?" Luo Yi frowned deeper, "It's not easy to train up to now. If there is something wrong, we can't let him really fight, he is still young ..."

"Director, let's talk about how to hold the press conference in the afternoon..."

At this time, Feng Yong interjected.In his opinion, Luo Yi was in a hurry.Of course, he is also anxious, the short-span event, the sprint is getting better and better, and there are many top players.But there is only one Liu Xiang in the hurdles, and Xiao Shi and Xiao Ji are far from the top.

Now that the momentum is rising in China, the results are really difficult to predict.But no matter how anxious you are, you can't be anxious with Xiao Lin. This matter should not be blamed on Lin Mu in the first place.Don't make one thing bad, add another thing.

After speaking, Feng Yong couldn't help but look at Lin Mu.

Lin Mu shook his head indifferently. He didn't care about Luo Yi's urgent words. On the contrary, he understood that Luo Yi and Feng Yong were not easy.

With the sprint here, whether Liu Xiang participates in the competition or not, the results will have little impact on them now.But the talents who have been cultivated with great difficulty in the past few years have a mistake, so it is not a good thing, is it? !

In fact, the key is that these leaders are not yet complete bureaucrats. They do not rule out considering their own professional achievements, but they still have considerations for athletes.What's more, now there is no need to rely on the performance of one or two athletes as the life-saving straw of the track and field team.

The team and the center won't do anything wrong because of one or two games, but some media may make noises. The public's tongue is definitely not light-tongued, and it's not easy for them to explain.

"How can it be started? The game hasn't started yet. After a game, I don't know what will happen to Xiao Liu's side. Let's wait and see after the game is over!"

Luo Yi sighed softly. He really wanted to come forward in person to attract attention.But there are some things that he has no choice but to play the cards of the athletes and coaches all the time. If leaders like them take the initiative at this time, it will make people think that the athletes are cowardly, and the result may be counterproductive.

Lin Mu shook his head and said, "Director, I have learned about the situation and it is not good. No matter what the result of the upcoming competition is, don't have optimistic hopes for the next round of competition."

"Ah~"

Luo Yi smiled wryly and shook his head, how could he not know.He's been staring at it for months.When it was repeated a few days ago, he cared almost every day.Before Lin Mu appeared, Liu Xiang was the only truly world-class top player they had trained.

"Director, Xiao Lin has already been in charge of the matter, and Xiao Lin will be in charge of everything at that time. The results are nothing more than a few, which have little impact on the overall situation, as long as they can relieve the pressure on Lao Sun and Xiao Liu as much as possible."

At this time, Feng Yong continued, "Xiao Lin, you can say whatever you want. Some people are still willing to listen to what you say. However, just explain it. Your main task is still your own project. "

"Ok, I know."

Lin Mu nodded, hesitated for a while before continuing: "Director, Director Feng, I think some ideas still need to be adjusted. Competitions, training, training camps, competitions, targeting, emphasizing, these aspects should form a Reasonable inheritance model.

Otherwise, a situation like this may be difficult to avoid in the future.Once, twice, too many times, even the most dazzling results will be wiped out! "

"It needs to be regulated!"

Luo Yi nodded deeply.There must be a relatively mature system in the center, team, coaches and athlete teams.It's really not a problem to gnaw on the old books in all aspects after the results are achieved.

"Let's not talk about that, let's watch the race, the 200m is about to start?! Hey, another little trouble, Xiaolin..."

……

"Brother Yang, come on!"

When Lin Mu hurried back to the stands, on the side of the indoor warm-up track in the inspection area of ​​the Bird's Nest Stadium, three athletes who were about to participate in the 200-meter race had just completed their pre-match warm-up.

When it was time to prepare for the final inspection area, Zhu Kun and Zhang Meng encouraged Yang Zuyao.

"Let's make it together!"

Yang Zuyao patted the shoulders of the two young juniors lightly, smiling and encouraging each other.

This time in the 200-meter race, the same three people are full, he, Zhu Kun, and Zhang Meng. In terms of strength, mentality, and state, the preliminaries should not be a problem.Everyone is also very relaxed.

To say that Yang Zuyao was worried, Zhu Kun had only run 400 meters not long ago because of a part-time event, and today he has to run three races a day, which put him under a lot of physical pressure.

And if they advance, there will still be a cut-off match. On the night of the 19th, the 200-meter and 400-meter semi-finals will be separated by less than two hours.This is still the result of the host, the Yanjing Olympic Organizing Committee's best mediation.According to the guidance of the original schedule, these two races will be consecutive track events.

Thinking of this, Yang Yaozu couldn't help but take a closer look at Zhu Kun. Fortunately, he didn't seem to be in bad shape at the moment.

There are eight groups in the 200-meter race, he is in the fifth group, and Zhu Kun is lucky to be in the last group, which can provide Zhu Kun with relatively more rest time and relieve some physical pressure to some extent.

Judging from Zhu Kun's calm appearance, Yang Zuyao also believes that Zhu Kun can adjust his state well.

"The preliminaries are not difficult, just run according to the rhythm!"

After watching Zhu Kun, Yang Zuyao looked at Zhang Meng again, and then patted Zhang Meng on the shoulder again.

"Brother Yang, I will run well!"

Zhang Meng replied solemnly.

He is in the first group, and he will be the first to play in a while. This is his first time participating in the Olympics. It is impossible to say that he is not nervous.Friends who are about the same age as him, he is the first person to enter the Olympic Games.

It is also because he took advantage of the 200-meter special event. If the 100-meter event is the main event like Xiao Su, he will have nothing to do with the competition.Haven't you seen his senior brother Hu Ke, who has been preparing for the national team for so many years, and finally completely disappeared from the list of reserve sequences.

Brother Zhao, Brother Shen, and even Brother Chen were astonished by their mythical achievements.He has never thought of being envious of teammates and big brothers. He is not sure about his future, but he is somewhat confident.It's just that he knows that he still has a long way to go.

There is an idea of ​​not holding back. Ever since China's sprint began to rise, it has never failed to reach the second round in a competition.He didn't want to be that different person, otherwise Xiaoliang and Brother Jun, who lost the 200-meter quota with him, would laugh at him to death.

But he didn't really put any pressure on himself, so it wasn't a particularly difficult goal to accomplish.Anyway, he only has one 200-meter event, and he can qualify for the Olympics. He is lucky enough, just let it go.

Now he has a senior brother to support him, at least he doesn't have to shoulder all the pressure like his teammates in other sports.Go all out, run out of yourself, run past the first round, this is the only thing he can do now.

"Then let's go, you will be the first to play in a while, relax a bit, you don't look nervous, but your body is still a little unconsciously tense, you need to experience it more."

After Yang Zuyao smiled, he waved to them again, turned around and walked towards the inspection.

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inside the arena.

Shouts sounded continuously from the audience stands.

As the game continued, the audience in the stadium also increased.And the surprises that are not surprises have been stimulating the passion of the audience, and the atmosphere on the scene is becoming more and more active.

The 400 meters is over, Chinese athletes advanced strongly, and the preliminaries of the 200 meters are underway.

At the beginning of the first group of competitions, the young player Zhang Meng, who was participating in the Olympics for the first time, looked very calm, and seemed to have perfectly inherited the fine traditions of his predecessors. With a time of 20 seconds, he was second only to the American veteran Crawford. He took second place in the group without haste.The audience cheered loudly, and they vaguely saw another new star rising.

The coaches of the national team in the stands are also in a good mood. Zhang Meng's mentality is good. Except that he was a little nervous at the beginning and didn't let go completely. After running, he really can afford to be calm.It is also because he has more experience in competitions. Although Zhang Meng's actual age is less than 21 years old, he has participated in many domestic and foreign competitions.

There are 3 places for the A standard competition, and they themselves can consider many factors when considering the list.The current Zhang Meng did not disappoint them.

The good mood continued, and Yang Zuyao, who played in the fifth group, brought the enthusiasm of the delegation and the audience to a new level.Starting, accelerating, high speed on the way, and after a few steps on the straight road, No.2 has been dropped by a large part.In the end, at 20 seconds, which seemed extremely easy, he dropped No.26 by several meters.

Generally speaking, there is not much excitement, and the current Huaxia people will not be too excited because of a small preliminaries promotion.Just seeing the top players in one's own country play and advance easily, the mood is naturally very good.

The competition proceeded sequentially, and the seven groups came down, which was similar to the situation in the [-]-meter competition.In China, the United States, Jamaica, the United Kingdom, and some Caribbean countries, athletes with strong sprint capabilities are unlikely to have any accidents in the preliminaries.

The last group of runners in the 200m came on stage, and Zhu Kun, who had played once in the morning, appeared again.Zhu Kun's performance in the first 400-meter race was good, and it took a lot of energy to say it.Although it is impossible to be at full strength, the interval between consecutive games is not long, so it is definitely impossible to say that he has fully recovered.

So when running the 200 meters, Zhu Kun made a lot of effort to keep it.But the strength is there, and the age of 23 or 4 is also the time when the body and state are at their peak.Without deliberately pursuing the ranking, Zhu Kun still successfully qualified for the semi-finals with a time of 20 seconds.

At the scene, in the stands, there was joy and excitement.

The 6 players in the two games all advanced easily, and they couldn't help but be unhappy.And when the preliminaries of the 200-meter competition ended, the staff of the competition began to set up hurdles on the straight track, which immediately caused a burst of fierce shouts.

In today's competition, the third event they are concerned about, the men's 110-meter hurdles, is about to start.

It's another full-stack A-standard event, and there are still the world's top Chinese athletes participating.Like Zhao Lin in the [-]-meter event, this one was also a world record holder.

Many media in the news and on the Internet have said that in terms of overall performance and honors, Liu Xiang is more outstanding than Zhao Lin.Zhao Linneng was invincible under their attention all the way, breaking the world record again and achieving shocking glory.They hope that Liu Xiang can replicate the legend again in this project.

The first round of the preliminaries began, and the Huaxia audience was already looking forward to it!
(End of this chapter)