Yanjing

The hotel arranged by the organizing committee for the national team.

After the afternoon competition, the relay team returned to the hotel and simply supplemented some nutrition. The athletes returned to their rooms one after another.

In a small suite, Chen Jianhai, who was half lying on the ground with a cushion, was doing some flexible stretching movements of his body.

It seemed like a mechanical movement was unconsciously moving, but his mind never stopped for a moment.

The organizing committee arranged a room for two people, and He Jun lived with him. He Jun went to find Coach Chen now. He could think about what He Jun was doing. He originally wanted to have a good talk with the coach, but he hadn't figured out that well, and he hadn't determined what he thought about and how to make this choice.

In just one year, he felt that his experience was more exciting than in the past ten years. He felt a little satisfied and even more anticipated. He seemed to have regained the longing for the future when he first entered the sports school.

But I am 24 years old this year, and my career seems to be at its peak. I still have a chance at the Olympics, World Championships, and the next Olympics? Chen Jianhai was a little hesitant.

"Kanghai!"

Just as Chen Jianhai was meditating, Meng Shaoqiang walked in and sat around Chen Jianhai casually.

“Master~”

Meng Shaoqiang smiled, "Well, I thought you would come to me..."

"I haven't thought about it, and I can't understand it even if I look for it." After completing another leg movement, Chen Jianhai stopped.

He exhaled and sat upright, and the master and apprentice faced each other and quietly looked at each other.

After a minute or two of silence, Chen Jianhai couldn't help but smile.

"Master, I remember the first time I met you, your hair was lush than you are now!"

"You boy, most of your hair is because you don't have it!" Meng Shaoqiang smiled and scolded, and his face couldn't help but sighed: "It's been 12 years, time has passed very quickly, I have less hair, and my body feels not as strong as before. And you, a black and thin boy, now have the title of world champion..."

"Thank you, Master..."

"What are you grateful for? What can I thank for? Actually, I should thank you!" Meng Shaoqiang shook his head, feeling quite touched: "People always say that athletes and coaches achieve each other. I said that before, but in fact I didn't agree completely."

"In my opinion, athletes may have to achieve more coaches, such as Coach Kim, do you still remember?"

Chen Jianhai nodded. Of course he remembered that when he entered the provincial team, his master's status was slightly lower than that of the opponent. He almost became the opponent's disciple. However, later Coach Jin chose to lead another athlete, Zhao Hao, and he had the master Meng Shaoqiang.

Later, his performance improved by leaps and bounds, winning the championship and entering the national team, and Meng Shaoqiang also joined the national team. But Coach Jin is still in the provincial team. Not to mention that the national team must be better than the provincial team, but his life situation is indeed difficult to say.

"I met him today and brought Xiao Zhao to the competition. The third group of the 60m preliminaries was eliminated!" Meng Shaoqiang smiled slightly, "Actually, according to the situation at that time, I thought I was a little worse than Lao Jin's level. But now..."

Meng Shaoqiang couldn't help but shook his head, feeling a little self-deprecating. More than ten years have passed. If Lao Jin had chosen Chen Jianhai at that time, what would be the current situation...?

"Master, that's not what he said. It's hard to say who has achieved it! But from the day you followed you until now, if I hadn't been you, I would have said whether I could continue to be an athlete now..." Chen Jianhai felt that today's master was particularly emotional. "When I first started training, I couldn't keep up with the provincial team. There were two major injuries later, especially the provincial team. It wasn't you. I guess I'd almost retired like Coach Lin. Besides, after the Asian Games two years ago, you... If I retired early, I guess I wouldn't have the perseverance and persistence of Coach Lin."

"Haha, it's really hard to say! Then let's not talk about this! Tell me what's happening now..."

With a calm expression, Meng Shaoqiang looked at Chen Jianhai seriously, "Have you considered the suggestions that Director Lin said?"

Speaking of the topic, Chen Jianhai also became solemn: "Actually, I have considered it seriously. It is nothing more than the long-term and current development direction. In summary, it is just a problem. As Director Lin said, if I follow the current progress, when the Olympics arrive, I will probably be able to make a little progress. But in terms of results..."

Chen Jianhai shook his head.

"If you have the results, according to the estimates of Guidance Lin, there is still hope for around 10 seconds. You know, his evaluation has always been very accurate!"

"10 seconds 10!" Chen Jianhai laughed and felt a little self-deprecating, "A year ago, Zhao Lin was already at this level, and how much can this result be in the competition? Then, I look forward to going through such a cycle next time and improving the result one step further? 10 seconds 05 or 10 seconds?"

"I didn't participate in the World Championships in a single event and became a relay champion. But that relay was based on someone's mistakes, and more importantly, it was because of Yang Zuyao and Zhao Lin's strength... "

"Then have you considered it?" Meng Shaoqiang asked very seriously and surely, "Guide Lin's meaning is that when he does not feel the limit, he will not consider it with temporary results. He will keep increasing the upper limit of his body. In this process, he will constantly adjust the technical movements of coordination, and find the awareness of pace adaptation from such technical adjustments. The grades may be improved from time to time, but they will definitely not be able to stabilize the rhythm and improve the greater the amplitude."

"If you are a young athlete who is just starting out now, I will definitely not ask you any opinions. This seems to be a long-term way to cultivate. But you have already achieved certain results, and we have to consider more of our personal issues..."

There was another silence, and Chen Jianhai suddenly laughed, the more he smiled, the more strange the expression on his face was.

"Master, what do you think He Jun and Coach Chen will choose?"

"I think I should choose the direction that Director Lin said!" Meng Shaoqiang said with certainty without much consideration.

"Yes, I should choose. I think so..." Chen Jianhai's expression became more and more firm, "Master, just after you finished your analysis, I suddenly figured it out!"

"I think I'm a little funny..."

"You said, we felt so difficult to increase the 0.01. The record of 10 seconds 17 was there. I worked hard for several years. It was not until last year that I really had some confidence to hit it."

"Now, if you follow what Lin said, I think, in one or two years, even if you keep improving your consciousness, you will not aim for a short-term improvement. But it will not be possible to make progress of 0.01, right?"

Meng Shaoqiang understood what Chen Jianhai meant and was also a little self-deprecating. It is true that it took more than two years to record the impact of Chen Jianhai for about 10 seconds and 20. Even though the obsession with impact in his heart has been almost wiped out and his desire to go further is not that strong, but there is no effort in it.

It’s just that when I really feel that my efforts have reached my goal, the situation suddenly changes, and the previous efforts seem to be meaningless, and the national record is being improved step by step.

The stubbornness that originated from the heart prompted them to seek change, but when there was a change, they seemed to become more worried about gains and losses.

"Since I have decided, I will start to make a plan. You won't go to the European competition. We are also carefully designed at home. Try to maintain stable progress in all aspects. When they come back, I need to make the plan."

"Go to rest early, I'm back!" Meng Shaoqiang stood up, patted the dust that did not exist on his body, and waved his hand to leave. His steps seemed a little anxious.

Seeing his master leave, Chen Jianhai slowly let out a breath, knowing that his master would have to stay up until very late when he returned.

Actually, when I think about it, it’s not difficult to make a decision, but I was unconsciously influenced by the thoughts of the previous few years. I always thought about being more stable and maintaining a certain advantageous position. As for one step of breakthrough, I would be happy if I had, and I would be happy if I didn’t. Of course, this is also due to physical factors, after all, I have suffered two major injuries.

But now the situation is different, he has lost his dominant position, he is no longer the leader, and his physical injury has improved step by step after several months. He doesn’t know whether it is because of the nutritional meals arranged by Director Lin, or because of the more refined team doctors and physiotherapy services. In short, he feels that everything is good now, so what else can’t be let go?!

Even if you are not a leader, you can't fall behind, right?! Chen Jianhai silently firmly insisted on his determination.

That night, several athletes of the national team and his coach in the hotel were almost facing the same problem. The decisions may be different. But everyone knows one thing, because these decisions, from this moment on, it has become inevitable that their path will turn. Whether it is good or bad is unclear, and only the future can confirm it!

...

"This station reporter, from the front report from Levin France. In the Levin station competition of the just-concluded International Indoor Track and Field Invitational Championship, the Chinese track and field team finished perfectly with two golds, two silvers and two bronzes. After winning the 200-meter championship in the World Championships, Yang Zuyao made another good result... Liu Xiang, the runner-up of the 110-meter hurdles in the World Championships, won the 60-meter hurdles championship... In the men's 60-meter competition, Chinese athletes Shen Huan and Shen Bao won two or three places, and my country's 100-meter sport Zhao Lin won the fourth place in this event, and the championship was American athlete Grimes...

Feng Yong, head coach of the National Track and Field Team, said that results are not important! This is just a warm-up before the competition, using competitions instead of training, laying a solid foundation, allowing Chinese track and field athletes to discover and solve problems more through competition with world experts, in order to further improve their competitive level...

The next stop is the upcoming World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, as the highest level of indoor competitions. The delegation's 12 top Chinese athletes will participate in the competition in 7 events... The combination of training, competition, and training will be fully trained from actual combat to better prepare for the Olympics..."

A CCTV sports news about the Chinese track and field team competition in Europe has been spread to thousands of households in China through television information.

Compared with last year, the current Chinese track and field events, especially sprinting, undoubtedly have more attention. In the transmission of information, more people know that from March 5 to March 7, the first official international competition of the year will be held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Even if the weight of this international competition is not too heavy, it is also precious to China...

The indoor competition has been held for 10 sessions. In fact, there are not many top players in each session. Every time, the IAAF and the organizers of the event racked their brains in order to attract more top stars to participate and increase the influence of the event. The prize money for the competition has gradually increased from thousands of dollars to tens of thousands of now. But overall, the results are not optimistic.

Better than previous sessions, the 11th World Indoor Track and Field Championships to be held this time, due to the advance adjustment, the start time is only less than half a year before the Athens Olympics. It just provides many countries with the opportunity to test their strength and warm up for competitions. It also set a new high for participating countries and regions in this indoor competition.

Just like in previous sessions, the competition bonus and record-breaking bonus have been further increased, which has also attracted some top athletes from many countries to participate. Since warm-ups are needed and there are also considerable bonuses, why not?

Compared with the top athletes in a track and field powerhouse, athletes from most countries actually do not have the choice to consider the factors of visiting the visitor. Like ordinary world competitions, participating in the indoor world championships itself has requirements for meeting the standards.

Just like the last year, the sprint was 60 meters and 64 seconds, which had already stopped many people. Huaxia achieved a breakthrough in meeting the standards in this event only because of Shen Huan brought by Lin Mu. Therefore, often every time he participated, the number of people who came to participate in the competition was small.

The Chinese track and field team is slightly better this time, but only 11 people met the standards. In addition, Zhao Lin applied for wild card competition because of his status as the World Championships champion, there were only 12 people.

In this atmosphere where the strong consider objective choices, and the weak cover their heads and try hard to get there, the Chinese delegation ended the Levin indoor track and field invitational competition, and after a series of refined troops and simplified government affairs. Under the leadership of head coach Feng Yong, the group rushed to Hungary.

On March 1, a delegation composed of 12 athletes, two heads and deputy head coaches of the track and field corps, three heads and deputy head coaches of the relay corps, head coaches of each athlete, and some staff members of the external liaison and support arrived in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.

Under the arrangement of the event organizer, the delegation settled in the base not far from the competition venue. At a small training ground near the station, the athletes made their final pre-match preparations.

On March 5, 12 athletes will represent China in the competition for 4 events for men and 3 events for women, and 7 events in total.
Chapter completed!