Almighty Athlete

11

On the train back to the provincial capital, Zhang Guan sat beside Old Chen and asked, "Old Chen, I won the championship this time, can I go to the Asian Athletics Championships?"

Old Chen thought for a while, then shook his head solemnly, "Not necessarily, it's hard to say now."

"Why? Isn't this a trial for the Asian Athletics Championships? As usual, I won the championship, so I should naturally qualify for the Asian Athletics Championships." Zhang Guan looked a little impatient. The task reminder in the system also requires Zhang Guan to participate in an international competition. If the Asian Athletics Championship fails, this task can only be completed without knowing the year of the monkey.

Mr. Chen sighed and said: "Things are not as simple as you think. Although this competition is called the trials of the Asian Athletics Championships, it does not mean that the first place in the trials can represent the country."

Zhang Guan looked at Chen Lao in confusion, obviously did not understand what Chen Lao meant, but Chen Lao went on to say: "Although you are the champion of this trial, the fact that the center sends you to the Asian Athletics Championships is not that big. . So the situation is more complicated, you can regard it as the national situation. Let alone an only Asian track and field championship, even in the selection of the Olympics, athletes who meet the Olympic A standard may not be able to compete for the Olympic B standard athletes. Let me tell you. You may not understand it now. If you see a lot in the future, you will naturally understand. Set your heart at ease, don't be proud of breaking the national record, and train steadily when you go back. You are only seventeen years old. You just need to train well. I don't have a chance to compete."

Although Mr. Chen was very vague, Zhang Guan realized it after a little pondering.

The domestic selection system for athletes is doomed to the complexity of the interests of all parties. When selecting athletes to participate in international competitions, not only the internal factions must be considered, but also the local interests. From a certain perspective, local teams have a clearer demand for benefits. The local team suffers from untold hardships to train an athlete. Naturally, they need athletes to bring them benefits. For the benefit, it can prevent outstanding athletes from going to higher-level stadiums. It is possible to find some excuses to ban athletes from the game and even force them to retire early.

The local teams have been digging and training outstanding athletes for years and then sending them to the national team. Therefore, the national team must also give the local some rewards. This is not an exchange of interests, but a kind of mutual support, which must exist for the development of sports. Backing.

This return is not only financial compensation, but also includes honor.

For some weak events, qualifying for the Olympics is an honor! It is an honor that can be distributed by means.

As a latecomer, Zhang Guan would understand this kind of thing even if he didn't need to talk too much about it. B bidders instead of A bidders participated in the Olympics. In the London Olympic Games women's weightlifting 54 kg class, the national weightlifting team did not send the top A athletes to participate in the competition, but sent B athletes to participate in the competition. Later in the Olympic Games this event did not win a medal.

Weightlifting is not like table tennis. You can send any individual to win gold, but it is undeniable that weightlifting is the strength of the national team. At the level of women's 54 kg, Chinese athletes have won Olympic gold medals and broke world records. The strength is not as good as before, but also has the strength to hit medals. However, in the process of selecting athletes, it was able to resist the temptation of Olympic medals, unswervingly bowed to the interests of factions and local interests, and selected a player with a strong background and poor level to participate in the Olympic Games, which fully demonstrated the competition's first prize. Two sportsmanship. In the face of doubts from the media after the game, it also looks like a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water.

Compared with the women's sports event, the men's 100-meter track and field sprint is undoubtedly a perennial "bright picture", and its qualification to participate in the Olympics is more suitable as an honor to be given to a local team as a return for its support of the national sports industry for many years. .

Thinking of this, Zhang Guan clenched his fists unwillingly. If he had the reputation of Dayao or Liu Fei, he would never worry about the center depriving him of his qualifications, and even the center would beg himself to compete, let alone one. Qualification for the Olympics may not be retained!

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The record of a national men's 100-meter event has brought condolences from the leaders to the provincial track and field team, a special commendation meeting, and the media's popularity. Can enjoy allowance.

As for Zhang Guan himself, in addition to his significantly improved status in the team, he is still an ordinary person. Needless to say, when he walks on the street, no one knows him even if he is out of the track team's training ground. In the era when the Internet has not yet completely exploded, a national record is far from enough to make athletes become stars of understood by everyone, let alone the men's 100-meter sprint, which has been weak for a long time, and is far from the same extremely weak. Football's frequent media attention and unlimited topics.

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Tian guan Center meeting room.

The scene where Zhang Guan surpassed Chen Jian in the finals is being played on the big screen. The final shot is zoomed in and fixed on the scoreboard, giving a close-up of the 10.16 second score.

Guide Yu pressed the pause button on the remote control and said, "This is the process of yesterday's race. As you have seen, Zhang Guan's reaction time at the start is very slow, but his explosiveness is very good, and his speed is also very fast. Ten It is rare even among black American athletes to achieve this level of speed and explosiveness at the age of seven."

After Guiding Yu finished speaking, he cast his eyes on a middle-aged man with a shaved head sitting in the middle. The flat-headed man, surnamed Ma, is the head coach of the national track and field team, and he is also the assistant director of the center. Later promotion to deputy director is also a sure thing, and he is the highest administrative level among all the participants.

Director Ma pointed to the screen and said, "I have already sent you the situation of Zhang Guan in writing before the meeting. I think everyone knows him well. The Asian Athletics Championships will be the next year's Athens. The General Administration of Sports paid more attention to a practice match before the Olympics. According to our previous plan, the men's sprint contestants have already confirmed the personnel. Naturally, there is no Zhang Guan among the original candidates. This time Zhang Guan broke. The national record is also an emergency for us. Whether to follow the original list of players or change to Zhang Guan to participate, this is also the main topic for discussion in the meeting I convened today."

Director Ma finished speaking, looked at an older comrade opposite, and said, "Old He, you can talk about it first."

He nodded and said, "I came from pole vaulting, and I know a little about sprinting. Since Director Ma asked me to tell me, I'll talk about throw out a brick and get jade thrown back. This Zhang Guan is a good seed. He has first-class explosive power and speed. As long as normal training can be guaranteed, he will become a great weapon in the future. This child is only 17 years old this year and is still relatively young. From the aspect of talent echelon training, we should give more of these. Potential young people have some opportunities; but I think he has just had two months of formal training. There is a gap in technique and experience compared to older athletes. If it is too spoil things through excessive enthusiasm, it is not very good."

When Lao He finished speaking, he sat back, and Guizhou Yu glared at him. He said that he said this old fritters. After talking for a long time, he didn't say anything, it was all nonsense.

Director Ma also knows that he doesn't need to expect this old Ho to say something, his original intention is to find someone to pick a head, so that others can fluently saying all one wants. Lao He is an old man and doesn't usually make any decisions. He is naturally a suitable candidate.

Sure enough, without waiting for Director Ma to roll his name, someone took the initiative and said: "I oppose Zhang Guan's participation in this Asian Athletics Championships!