Zizhao Chuan: The Biggest Sportsman

Chapter 288 The Chaos of "Federalism"
"So, that Director Shi is definitely going to be transferred this time?" Dad also said a little excitedly, "Then next year, there may be a glimmer of hope for this matter?"

"That's right! After the swimming team's defeat at the Olympics, all the discerning people in our headquarters know that Director Shi is basically set to go." Song Ping also nodded, but then changed the subject, "As for next year's There's no hope, we'll have to wait and see again. You broke another national record this time, which made the other party lose face. Hehe... I guess the possibility is not high. You also need to be mentally prepared."

"Yeah!" Guo Zizhao nodded when he thought of the pissing nature of the gaming management center in his previous life, "I guess so, let's do our best and obey the fate of God!"

"Haha...it's not as pessimistic as you think." Song Ping also said with a smile, "After the personnel changes are stable next year, I'll help you find out more. It's useless to worry about it now, take a good rest. Right. I have to catch a flight back home tonight!"

"Oh...are you really going back?" As soon as he said this, Guo Zizhao also started to cry depressedly, "October 10th is the finals of this year's IAAF Grand Prix. It's only three days away. I really can't let it go. Shall I participate?"

"It's useless to tell me this! This is what Director Yuan said personally, and the whole regiment should go back to China together." Song Ping also said confidently, "Especially you, a guy who won four gold medals at one time, you have to go back to China together to accept it." Commendation! I can't let you run away alone again."

"That's right!" Dad also echoed from the sidelines, "Usually you don't participate in group activities of the national team, so don't feel troublesome at this time! Besides, the Grand Prix finals are held every year, why are you so anxious! "

"Hey... So, this time, you should go back to China honestly with everyone. In the next half a month, you probably won't be able to relax. The various group activities and meetings of the Olympic champion team will definitely be indispensable. " Song Ping also said with a sly smile, "When things on your side are over, we should go home and have a good rest. It's almost half a year since we came out, so don't bother us anymore... "

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While Guo Zizhao and the others were thinking about the personnel changes in the General Administration, the atmosphere in Shi Tianguang's room, the director of the Tourist Management Center, was also very depressing.

"So, Guo Zizhao's freestyle results are really among the best in China?" Shi Tianguang lowered his head and smoked heavily, and a muffled voice came from the smoke.

"Well... the electronic time was 50 seconds 44, which broke the national record. I also manually timed it myself, so there should be no problem." Head coach Zhao Ge also sighed when he said this, "Oh... no Thinking that there are still such monsters in China, our training all these years has been for nothing."

"You just said that he has practiced swimming before? Hasn't he registered with the Swimming Association?"

"No!" Zhao Ge also shook his head, "According to Coach Zhu, Guo Zizhao still practiced in junior high school, and then changed to track and field because of the limited field conditions. Sigh... I guess he was a good swimmer before, it's a pity Ah, let the people from the field management center take advantage of it!"

"Hmph... just an athlete outside the system. So what if he is a good seed... What? Are you tempted?"

"That's not true." Zhao Ge still shook his head, "Although his grades are top domestically, he still doesn't have much competitiveness in the international arena. It's not worth it! Besides, with Guo Zizhao's personality, we The travel management center can't control him."

"It's good if you understand! Our swimming team has enough thorns, we can't add more trouble now! We still have to focus on the domestic selection. In this Olympic Games, although our swimming team did not achieve any results, but There is no doping scandal this time, which is already a major victory!"

"I'm sorry, old leader." Zhao Ge also said with some guilt, "It's my incompetence that got you implicated this time."

"That's not enough! I asked you to be the head coach. Putting your grades aside, the primary purpose is to rectify this problem of doping abuse. This time it can be regarded as achieving the goal. But it is not enough! One step, Fight for the abolition of "federalism"! Otherwise, we will still fall short in the end."

"Old leader, if this continues, I'm afraid..." Zhao Ge also said with a worried face, "You will be under a lot of pressure..."

"What are you afraid of? I know that I won't be able to sit in this position for long. So now, I'm not afraid of offending anyone! I'll try to settle this matter before the end of the year. Even if I'm transferred, You, the head coach of the national team, will do a lot better..."

"Old leader..."

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It turns out that before 1995, the national swimming team, like other competitions, implemented a "national system".

That is to say, after selecting outstanding athletes from various local and provincial teams into the national team, they will conduct unified training management.Including re-arranging the head coach, unified accommodation, unified training conditions, unified arrangement of training plans or participation in competitions, etc.

But later, after the Beijing Asian Games in 1990, the swimming event has also attracted the attention of local leaders at all levels due to its excellent results.And began to increase investment in swimming events from various aspects.Especially in the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, the success of the "Five Golden Flowers" made the leaders of the local team see the direction of making achievements and achievements.So since then, local teams at all levels have become even more enthusiastic about swimming events.

But with such full investment, it soon brought a lot of problems.In some swimming provinces with outstanding strength, such as Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, and Liao, the level of coaches, training facilities, and benefits of the provincial teams in these places will soon be far behind. surpassed the national team.It's a bit embarrassing now...

As a result, many swimmers who have been selected for the national team have opinions.After arriving in the national team, not only the training conditions are poor, the benefits are poor, but even the level of coaching is not as good as before.This has reduced the training effect of many players, and even individual players began to lose their temper or train negatively.

At the same time, because the benefits and rewards of the local provincial teams are higher than those of the national team, some high-level coaches are unwilling to leave home and follow the athletes to coach the national team.

As a result, the performance of the national team has also been greatly affected.

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In 1995, in order to solve this problem, the then National Sports Commission had to delegate most of the rights of the national swimming team to the local provincial teams.

That is to say, national swimmers are allowed to be trained by their original coaches in their respective provincial teams.In this way, they can conduct high-level training in an environment they are familiar with.When it's time to play, the coach and the players can be called back together.

Since then, the "national system" of the national swimming team has existed in name only, and this so-called "federal system" has become popular.

In fact, this method is somewhat similar to Guo Zizhao's current situation in the national track and field team.

In this way, everyone is happy.In the beginning, it really worked well.But soon, with the exposure of doping abuse, the shortcomings of the "federal system" were exposed.

The lack of necessary supervision when athletes are training for provincial teams, coupled with the desire of some coaches and even leaders to achieve results, has resulted in a large amount of doping abuse.A large number of national athletes have repeatedly been exposed to scandals in domestic or international competitions.The entire swimming event has been hit hard.

After Shi Tianguang became the director of the Tournament Management Center in 1997, because of this chaos, he wanted to restore the "whole-nation system" and bring the training of all athletes into the unified management of the national team.However, once the rights in this hand are handed over, there will be a lot of resistance to take them back!
So after working hard for two years, there was little effect.Moreover, doping scandals continued to occur, which also gave Shi Tianguang a headache.Until taking advantage of the opportunity of this Olympic Games, Shi Tianguang asked Zhao Ge to strengthen the management of the national team members and increase the intensity of doping testing, not only checking one by one, but also spot checking at any time from time to time.Once found to be unqualified, no matter who it is, they will be expelled from the national team immediately.

In this way, at the cost of sacrificing performance, all the urine tests of the Olympic swimming team passed.

After returning to China, Shi Tianguang also planned to do one more practical thing before being transferred.That is to completely abolish the "federal system" that has been implemented for five years, and reunify the management of the national swimming team.Otherwise, if such a mess continues, the doping incident will still be revived.

It is precisely for this reason that Shi Tianguang hates Guo Zizhao, who is also outside the organization's management...

(End of this chapter)