May 21

Beihe Province

Shimen Chang'an Stadium

In the stands, fixed seats with a rating of 38,000 seats have exceeded 30% today.

The attendance rate is not particularly high, but for the upcoming National Track and Field Championships (Beihe) Station competition here today, this is a rare "glory scene". It is also in this venue. In September last year, less than 10% of the people came to watch it.

Because of the highlights and the guidance of all parties last year, the very cold track and field atmosphere in China has finally improved a bit.

Usually, the National Track and Field Championships are also the qualifying qualifiers for many other competitions, and this time is no exception. This competition is a domestic selection competition for the 28th Summer Olympics, and is also one of the reasons that attract attention.

The schedule of this competition is roughly the same as before, with a three-day schedule, every morning and evening. Due to the nature, the requirements for registration have been greatly increased. Except for athletes who have obtained Olympic A-target, other athletes who have qualified for the competition are athletes who have performed well in this event in China in the past two years and athletes who are recommended in the group.

Many of the top domestic athletes gathered, attracting the attention of the audience. At the same time, many well-known domestic media, including CCTV, also came in. In three days, they will broadcast the event throughout the whole process.

Early in the morning, Lin Mu and all the team led by him arrived at the stadium.

After rushing to Shimen yesterday and entering the hotel arranged by the event organizer, the team and his team had already come to the stadium and got to know the venue.

The emergence of their team immediately attracted the attention of many media and some track and field enthusiasts. The two hours of familiarity with the venue time were intermittent and disturbed by people who were squeezed over from time to time. This also made them feel a little helpless.

This is still the case today. As soon as it appeared, I received enough attention. Compared to yesterday, with more audiences joining, it seems much more enthusiastic.

We received pre-match interviews separately. It was not until the morning competition officially started that the group was finally liberated, and everyone took their place, and everything was finally on the right track!

On the sidelines, near the stands near the finish line.

The coaches of the National Relay Corps gathered together. At this moment, both Lin Mu and others seemed relatively relaxed. The morning competition was only one thing that was related to them, the men's 100-meter preliminaries. It had not started yet.

Because there are not many participants, the schedule of the entire selection competition is relatively easy. The men's 100-meter 22 people participated. The first day of the selection competition was the preliminaries. They took the first two and the two best results in the group to enter the finals, and the finals started at 18:30 pm.

The same is true for the 200-meter rule, and the number of people is similar. The schedule is the preliminaries of the second afternoon and the finals of the third afternoon.

The schedule is very easy, and the only one with greater pressure is Zhu Kun, because he signed up for 200 meters and 400 meters. The 400 meters preliminary round is today and the final is tomorrow night. It is only 3 hours apart from the 200 meters preliminary round.

I easily talked about some topics and occasionally commented on the competitions and athletes on the field. Time flies quickly.

"Coach Chen, if we want athletes to learn to adapt to the competition, our coaches must also learn to adapt. And..." It was obvious that Chen Guobin seemed to be very tight all morning, and Yuan Guohua leaned closer and said softly.

In fact, he knew that Chen Guobin had been tight since he got the schedule yesterday. It was just that the competition was not the case. In his opinion, it might be because he really involved himself.

Perhaps more of the reason is that he signed up for a project that was not originally planned by the national team and relay team. Chen Guobin was worried that the mutual impact would really affect each other and was worried about gains and losses!

I believe the coaches on the team can see it, but no one, including Lin Mu, said anything to Chen Guobin. After all, some things need to be understood slowly through factual experiences.

But after coming to the scene today, Yuan Guohua felt that it was better to point out that Chen Guobin's condition seemed to affect the athletes. As Lin Mu's deputy, he felt that he had the responsibility to consider more for the interests of the entire team. He should take the initiative to act on the things that Lin Mu is convenient and inconvenient to do.

When people were together before, he didn't say that the 100-meter preliminary round is about to begin. Other coaches, including Lin Mu, have also arranged the athletes' preparations, and then he spoke.

"And, it's the old saying that coaches and athletes complement each other. But more often, coaches are the decisive factors. A mature and excellent team, the temperament of its head coach will inevitably have a profound impact on all members of the team, and this naturally includes athletes.

For example, our coach Lin, can you imagine that there is a powerful champion athlete like Xiao Zhao and Xiao Yang? Which champion team members can face people from other teams with such an open attitude?

Even if it is now incorporated into the Relay Team, look at the small teams of other coaches. You have never been in the national team before, but I can tell you that in the past, there has never been any coaching team and the athlete team have been so open. The final reason is that I think you understand!"

"Coach Yuan, I understand!" Chen Guobin nodded seriously. Of course, he understood that if he was in the provincial team before, if he wanted to see the training records of other coaches, it would be almost impossible unless he found a leader to suppress it directly.

"Telling you these things is not something that allows you to know what these facts exist. It is mainly to tell you that athletes are the external media of the team, but as a supervisor, it is indeed a decisive factor that can affect athletes. At any time, coaches must establish a positive image for athletes and establish a correct guide. And you are not in good condition now..."

"Thank you, Coach Yuan!" Chen Guobin thanked sincerely and let out a gentle breath.

"Haha, just don't think I, Old Yuan, was too long-winded." Yuan Guohua laughed and waved his hand casually, "Just as I said when I first met, you and Zhu Kun were named by Director Lin, and you must have something that Director Lin recognized.

Although joining the national team does not mean anything, in the past, there were very few athletes who could join the national team just because of a championship in the city games. There were even fewer coaches who could join the team...

It’s good to have intentions and ideas, but it must be done by reality. Implement my ideas and don’t let down my expectations... Just like Guidance Lin, because Mr. Gu’s strong recommendation, he got the opportunity, but he did not let down.

Now, a year has passed, who would still say that Coach Lin is today because of others' support? Perhaps people will only say that gold will shine sooner or later..."

"Okay, the 100-meter race is about to begin, let's watch the game!" Looking at Chen Guobin, who seemed to be thinking, Yuan Guohua ended the topic.

Within two minutes, the coaches who went to arrange the athletes came back. After just a few simple words, they did not pay attention to the others, and they all turned their attention to the track.

With a very keen observation, Lin Mu discovered a little change in Chen Guobin, then looked at Yuan Guohua again, and received the other party's nod. Lin Mu understood roughly!

"With an old experience helping someone, you can really save a lot of worry..." Lin Mu thought silently in his heart. He was originally going to order a few words later, but now he has saved his worries. This made Lin Mu feel that his current work situation is really good.

As the atmosphere in the stadium gradually rose, at 9:35 am, the men's 100m preliminaries began.

With the cheers of thousands of people roaring and cheering, the three teams of the men's 100-meter preliminaries appeared one after another.

The twenty-two people include almost all the athletes who can rank in this event in China. Except for the few people in the national team, the rest are among the top players in the local team, such as Hu Ke, Liu Dapeng, Huang Ling.

In fact, most coaches have basically understood the preliminaries. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to have an accident. Even in the Olympic qualifiers, if you let a person at the level of 10 seconds 40 or 10 seconds 50 to attack players like Zhao Lin and Yang Yaozu, even if they perform poorly and their condition explodes, it is difficult to be threatened.

The progress of the preliminaries was not beyond the expectations of most people.

Because of the small number of people, when allocating group passes, the event party, the Athletics Association, did not use randomness completely. Instead, it was distributed in three groups more evenly based on the personal best results.

First of all, Shen Huan and Chen Jianhai, who appeared in the first group, easily won the top two in the group with 10.26 seconds and 10.31 seconds respectively. They ran very easily, and basically had a big lead after rushing 70 or 80 meters. They started to let go after 80 or 90 meters.

Yang Zuyao and He Jun who appeared in the second group were the same, with 10 seconds 11 and 10 seconds 34, leading all other players.

Zhao Lin, who was on the third group, was like Yang Zuyao, even if he was letting go, he did not relax his attitude, maintained his usual rigor, and ran a 10.05 second. Even Shen Bao, who came on the same field, was affected a lot. He fought hard and finally ran a personal best score of 10.21 seconds.

Another A-mark appears...

...

"Not bad, not bad!"

On the sidelines, Lin Mu praised him with a rare praise as he watched the entire preliminaries.

His respective results can only be considered average. After all, it is in the preliminaries, and everyone is relatively relaxed. Lin Mu is really satisfied with their attitude. Even if he relaxes his competitive state, he has performed well in the technical movements and his attitude towards the competition.

"It's really good, it's reassuring to look at it!" Hearing Lin Mu's praise, Yuan Guohua echoed. As he said to Chen Guobin before, the temperament of a team leader is indeed very important. In a few months, all the coaches of the team now attach great importance to these things in terms of willpower.

"Guide Lin, Lao Liu, Shen Bao is running into the A-mark. If you want to say that this kid is really in a state this year! It's not too late for 28 years old..."

"Chen Bao is in good condition now, just..." Lin Mu nodded in agreement, and it was also a pity. Chen Bao is in good condition, but his mentality... Chen Bao no longer has the desire to continue to seek higher breakthroughs. It's a pity!

What Liu Ren said before was that Chen Bao submitted two events, 100 meters and 200 meters, and wanted to gain an opportunity to squeeze into the Olympic single event.

However, it is not difficult to see from Lin Mu's observation that Chen Bao may just want to satisfy a wish, be happy when he succeeds, and be happy when he fails. He has lost the determination and ruthlessness of trying hard to squeeze in.

Compared with him at the World Championships last year, although his level has improved due to the training effect, Lin Mu has lost a lot of expectations for him.

If it weren't for Zhao Lin's guidance, he believed that Chen Bao would never have achieved such a result. But even so, Lin Mu saw that when he entered the last thirty meters, due to the decline in speed and the influence of speed resistance, Chen Bao relaxed his requirements for his own technology control, and he no longer had the will to fight hard.

This is not an explanation for just a reason to relax in the preliminaries. Since I want to fight, there is only a chance to play two games, so how can there be any difference between the preliminaries and finals?

It’s really a mentality of success and failure! He shook his head secretly, Lin Mu didn’t say it anyway. Everyone has their own choices and cannot be forced!

"Haha~" Lin Mu only said half a sentence. Liu Ren, who has always been very aware, almost understood it. Lin Mu needs to observe through the subtle details of the competition, and he has been in contact with the insured insurance for much longer.

He is older and has achieved results, and the rest of his time is to enjoy the competition. Just like Yin Hanzhao who was just out of sight before, he was helpless.

In his opinion, 28 years old is not really big. In other words, many people under the age of 25 have retired due to some problems in training methods in recent years. None of them were active in their previous years when they were still active in their early 30s.

As for the results, one of the World Championships relay champions said that the honor is quite great, but in fact it is just that. People who don’t understand think it is amazing, wow, what about the world champion. But the real situation is incomparable to the Olympics and even the Asian Games.

Just like now, the media's attention and the public's attention are obviously more attractive, not because he is the World Championships champion, but because he is the number one Chinese who broke through the 10-second mark. Yang Zuyao, who is also a world champion, obviously receives much lower attention, not to mention Chen Jianhai and Shen Bao!

Lin Mu felt it was a pity, he was not the same! He said more public, and gave up on his pursuit of self-regret for Chen Bao. To put it more utilitarian, no matter how good Chen Huan ran, his contributions could only be a small part of the two athletes he led. What can really make him stand up is Chen Bao, but Chen Bao's progress and achievements obviously did not meet his expectations!

"Old Liu, let's go!" The shoulder was patted, and then Yuan Guohua's voice came over, and Liu Ren was pulled back from his thoughts. When he turned around, Lin Mu was ready to take the people away.

Liu Ren asked in a daze, "Have you gone back?"

"What are you thinking? Of course I'm back, I'll have tonight in the finals. I'm planning to watch here all the time? There will be no one in the stadium in a while!"

"Oh~" Liu Ren nodded slightly and followed the team.

"Don't think too much. You are the head coach of Chen Huan and Shen Bao, but you are also the deputy head coach of the relay team..."

"Old Yuan..." When Liu Ren shook his head and called out softly when he heard what Yuan Guohua said almost in his ear, he didn't know how to say it.

"The head coach...relay...deputy head coach..."

Following the team step by step, Liu Ren kept muttering in his heart.
Chapter completed!