Zizhao Chuan: The Biggest Sportsman

Chapter 115 World University Games
The World University Games, referred to as the Universiade or the Universiade, is an international comprehensive sports event exclusively for college students. It is hosted by the International University Sports Federation and is held every two years.It used to be known as the "Little Olympics" in the world.

However, due to the vigorous development of various commercial competitions in the past two years, many high-level athletes have become less interested in this kind of sports games without participating bonuses.In particular, competitions like the Universiade or the World Youth Championship are the first to bear the brunt, and their influence has begun to show a clear downward trend in the past two years.Of course, there are exceptions for high-impact competitions like the Olympics or the World Championships.

Since the ninth Bulgarian Universiade in 1977, the Chinese team has officially sent a team to participate.The results have always been pretty good, especially in the Universiade after entering the 90s, they were able to rank among the top 5 in the world on the gold medal list, basically equal to their rankings in the Olympics.

The No.20 Universiade will be held in Palma, Spain from July 7rd to 3th, and more than 13 athletes from more than 100 countries will participate.Guo Zizhao also flew directly to Spain after the game in Eugene, waiting to join the players of the national team.

This time the Chinese team sent a team of nearly 200 people, and the track and field team was still led by coach Feng Shuyong this time.

As soon as Feng Shuyong saw Guo Zizhao, he held Guo Zizhao's hand happily, and said excitedly, "Little Guo, I saw your results in this month's competition, it's really good! Haha... There are four races in total. In the competition, I won three championships, which is amazing! The results are also very stable, and I don’t think it’s much worse than those foreigners.”

"Where, where, Director Feng won the award." Guo Zizhao also said modestly, "Compared with those world-class athletes, there is still a gap. I just picked up a leak when they were not in good condition. My goal is to compete more, gain more knowledge, and compete with those masters when my strength improves in the coming year."

"Okay, have ambition! To be able to pick up leaks is only because your level has reached that level. If your level is not enough, you don't even have the qualifications to pick up leaks." Feng Shuyong also affirmed Guo Zizhao's achievements, and then said proudly , "You can decide on your own about going out to the competition. If you have any difficulties, let Lao Song tell us, and our center will try our best to solve them for you. If you need us to come forward, you are welcome, after all, you are abroad. During the game, you must pay attention to your own safety.”

"Well, okay, thank you leader for your concern. I will definitely be careful."

"That's good. Lao Song has a lot of experience in this area. If you have anything to do, listen to his opinions. By the way, you have applied for 4 events in this Universiade. Can your current physical strength keep up with it?" ?" Feng Shuyong also asked with concern.

"No problem, don't worry. Your physical strength is good, hehe..." Guo Zizhao immediately patted his chest to assure him that the most important thing he lacks now is physical strength.

"That's good! I'm waiting for you to win me the championship! You, who has won several championships in the International Track and Field Grand Prix, don't let me lose the chain, haha..."

"How can it be!" Guo Zizhao immediately raised his hand to promise, "At least I will bring you back two champions, if there are less than two, I will be ashamed to see you..."

"Okay! Haha... I'll wait."

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In addition to participating in the 100-meter and 110-meter hurdles, Guo Zizhao also has 200-meter and 400-meter events on the schedule.Since Guo Zizhao's race in Shanghai in May, he has been the No. 5 choice for all sprint events in China.Your sister, all the national records in sprint events are set by Guo Zizhao, don't be too cruel...

In this way, even if Guo Zizhao did not participate in the National Grand Prix finals in June, it still caused dissatisfaction among some people in China.

Among them are athletes, coaches, and of course some provincial leaders.Because there are three important large-scale track and field events in the second half of the year, namely the World Universiade in July, the World Championships in August and the National Athletics Championships in September.If it is calculated by the results, it must be Guo Zizhao who participated in the competition?Especially in the National Athletics Championships in September, as long as Guo Zizhao participates, won't he win all the championships in all sprint events?What about the political performance of your own province?And Guo Zizhao is not an athlete within the system, why?

In fact, the identity of Guo Zizhao's athletes outside the system has long been no secret between the General Administration of Sports and the leaders of the provinces.It doesn't matter who you are in the headquarters, so just pay attention and ask and you will understand.It's just that it's not honorable to say it, and everyone knows it well.Therefore, before Guo Zizhao came out to compete in Europe this time, when he passed by the capital, head coach Zhang Peng also came to chat with Guo Zizhao specially.

The main reason is to coordinate the relationship between the provinces. After all, there are only so many track and field competitions in China. If you rely on Guo Zizhao to eat up all of them in Shuchuan Province, it will make other provinces look bad.Even if it is an international competition, the other members of the national team must be given a chance to exercise, right?You can't take all the opportunities...

In this way, Guo Zizhao also discussed with Uncle Li, Song Ping and others, and finally reached a verbal agreement with Zhang Peng.

Guo Zizhao will not participate in domestic competitions this year.In the future domestic competitions, Guo Zizhao will participate in one or two competitions every year, except for the National Games. The specific number of games will be determined at that time.In the two international events in the second half of this year, Guo Zizhao chose to participate in all four events of the Universiade, while the World Championships only participated in the 4-meter and 100-meter hurdles, and other qualified athletes from the national team participated in the 110-meter and 200-meter hurdles.

After all, in the Universiade, Guo Zizhao has the strength to win medals and even hit gold medals in these four events, which cannot be given up.But it is different in the World Championships. Guo Zizhao and Zhou Wei have reached the A standard in the 4-meter hurdles, and only Guo Zizhao has reached the A standard in the 100-meter hurdles. There is still the ability to win medals in the event, so Guo Zizhao can only go.However, with the current results of the 110m and 200m, Guo Zizhao has only reached the B standard, and at most he has entered the semi-finals.In this case, it is better to let other athletes who have also reached the B standard to exercise.

So, Guo Zizhao had to compromise this time.Well, anyway, let's talk about the gold medal in the Universiade first, and let's talk about the rest next year when my grades improve!Alas... or my own strength is not strong enough...

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I chatted briefly with Coach Feng, and when Song Ping and his father came back after completing the formalities, everyone said goodbye temporarily, and the group went to the room to tidy up.

Looking at Guo Zizhao who left, Feng Shuyong was also filled with emotion.Since the first meeting after the National Games two years ago, Guo Zizhao has left a deep impression on himself.Guo Zizhao, who was only 18 years old at the time, was not stage frightened when facing coaches of the national team like himself.Not only are his words sharp and eloquent, but he also hides his words, almost making Zhang Peng fight with that girl Zhu Ling.Although I didn't quite agree with Guo Zizhao's ideas at the time, I admired his courage.

Later, with the several exchanges in the national training center and the several exchanges during leading the team to go abroad for competitions, Feng Shuyong's impression of Guo Zizhao became better and better.

First of all, Guo Zizhao's dedication to training and competition is worth learning.No matter how good the results are, Guo Zizhao's hard-working attitude in training and his all-out focus in the competition have not changed in the past two years.This is the basic quality of a good athlete.

Secondly, Guo Zizhao's attitude towards people has always been relatively modest and sincere.Whether it is to the players of the national team or to the coaches around them, they are all respectful.Unlike some athletes in China, who just won a few championships in domestic competitions, they become arrogant and defiant.Not only was he dismissive of his teammates, but he also started yelling at the coaches.The quality of this person is really worrying...

However, head coach Zhang Peng's attitude towards Guo Zizhao in the past six months has been somewhat unpredictable... Feng Shuyong also scratched his head, hoping he didn't think too much about it, forget it, let's get this game over talk later……

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