Athens Olympic Village

early morning

The gentle breeze blew gently from the foot of the Panisa mountains to the distance, bringing away the dust and hustle and bustle for a day and welcoming a new dawn.

As a ray of sunset in the east fell, the Olympic Village, which had been quiet all night, returned to its former scene.

As usual, Lin Mu got up early, took a simple wash and drink water and added some food, put on the red and white sportswear of the Chinese team, and walked out of the room.

On the path in the dormitory area, facing the gentle breeze and breathing in the fresh morning air, Lin Mu trotted towards the comprehensive sports center of the Olympic Village.

His day has begun!

Today is the sixth day of entering the Olympic Village, and for the past six days, Lin Mu has basically been like this. He got up in the morning and jogged to the track and field of the Sports Center. He completed his regular morning exercises every day on the 400-meter track of the Sports Center.

After morning exercises, we will solve the trivial matters. After preparation, we will take the relay team to the simple field next to the village for their assault training. In the evening, we will take the athletes to the gym for strength training. The day will end.

Today is slightly different from the previous few days, and athletes' training is gone today.

On August 20, from this moment on, their Olympic Games officially began. As the first athlete to play, Lin Mu ushered in his first Olympic journey in his sports career at 9:20 pm.

As the game approached, I thought I could handle it calmly, but when I faced it, the little bit of emotion that surged deep in my heart still made him feel a lot of fluctuating emotions.

Is it him or "him"? Lin Mu couldn't tell the difference.

Perhaps everyone will have such a place deep in their hearts, where dreams, persistence, hope, and persistence in dreams.

Lin Mu thought, maybe in that nothingness, there was a belief, a voice, and a pair of eyes, "he" kept watching and sticking to it.

The comprehensive sports area was close to me, and Lin Mu exhaled a slight breath of turbid air, emptying his mind.

"No matter whether it is the past or later generations, we will run together and realize our dreams for all those who are sincere in track and field..."

It is your dream and mine, so it starts from here...

"Coach Kobayashi?"

A sudden and soft call pulled back Lin Mu's mind.

Lin Mu turned his head and looked at him. The middle-aged man in his 50s was standing beside him and looking at him.

The same red and white dress is slightly different from his athlete sportswear.

Her meticulous hair and a face with many folds still look a bit handsome, and she can vaguely see the style he should have when he was young.

He knows the hero of the times, the meritorious coach, the team leader, the current deputy director of the General Administration of Sports of China, and the deputy head of the delegation.

He has heard a lot of stories about Li Rongfu and a lot of fun gossip, but there is one Lin Mu who has always recognized it very much.

This is a successful athlete, whose success is not only in achieving excellent athletic results, but also influential beyond his own.

This is also a successful coach and leader. He made outstanding contributions to the sports industry in his unique way. Before and after the reform and opening up, he worked hard to create sports miracles and brought countless encouragement to the public who urgently needed their spirit and ambition.

"It's Kobayashi, Coach Linmu, right?!"

With a friendly smile, Li Rongfu asked again in a very certain tone of questioning.

Li Rongfu didn't care much about Lin Mu staring at him thinking, and his eyes were filled with respect. Instead, he became more interested at this moment.

I listened to my subordinates and also heard the field management center report on many athletes and coaches. Of course, he knew the name Lin Mu, the youngest senior coach, the sprint champion coach, and the national record holder of the 400-meter sprint. Running forward, the track and field man who never gives up, is proud of the innocent and never giving up.

To be honest, even though he has been teaching and politics for many years, he still feels that it is a bit legendary. People like to be inspirational, and even if he has only heard a few words, he does not deny that this coach Kobayashi is inspiring enough.

People always like to use the young coach to describe some young sports coaches. The head coach of table tennis, deputy head coach of badminton, deputy head coach of gymnastics, and formerly, they all took up the position of top coaching profession in their 30s under the name of the young coach.

And the person in front of him seems to be called the young coach. If he remembers correctly, he seems to be only 25 years old. He is also a sprinter with good strength.

Wang Fuyi, who was shooting, was the only two people who had the dual identities of coaches and athletes in the delegation. In his opinion, perhaps this coach Kobayashi would be even more rare. It would be rare to be able to squeeze into the Olympics in the sprint event alone!

"Hello, Director Li! I am Lin Mu!" After a moment of silence, Lin Mu immediately reacted and hurriedly said hello to Li Rongfu.

He felt that he seemed too rude, not because of the other party's identity as the leader, but just because he was a sports senior who deserved his respect.

"Haha~" Li Rongfu waved his hand casually, "Coach Kobayashi, where is the morning exercise?"

"Yes, Director Li, I'm used to morning exercises..."

"Morning exercise is good! I have developed this habit since the athletes and have not let it go after being a coach. I feel uncomfortable if I don't run for a day..." As if it was a family matter, Li Rongfu and Lin Mu talked about exercise.

But it was only a minute or two, and Li Rongfu stopped. After all, he was not a idler. As the first deputy commander, there were many things waiting for him to deal with. After the morning exercises, he should be busy. It is impossible that he was really delaying too much time here.

"You want to go in? Let's talk while you walk!"

"Although I haven't watched last year's World Track and Field Championships, I know you did a good job. Director Yuan once said that being able to stand in the finals of the World Championships is a victory. And your victory that time was even greater and it was also very exciting..."

"But, Kobayashi! It's not enough. I don't know if you have read some reports from foreign media and international public opinion. But I feel very uncomfortable after reading it. Why do we Chinese win only because of special reasons... I think, even international track and field alone should have "careed" you a lot, right?

But isn't this? It's absolutely fine! We ran for 10 seconds, won the gold medal, broke those bullshit predictions, and we held on the absolute racing event! Special reason? What about all the efforts of our Chinese sports people..."

“…”

Li Rongfu kept saying it, and Lin Mu kept listening. Of course, he knew what Li Rongfu said, he was not deaf about things outside the window. What's more, after the International Athletics Federation, after flying inspections in less than a year, it can be seen!

While talking, he walked for a few hundred meters, until he arrived at the entrance of the track and field field, Li Rongfu stopped.

"Coach Kobayashi, do it well. The Olympics are an arena and it is also a big stage to show our China. As long as we rise, we will never fall back. Even if there is a short silence, it can only be for the purpose of once again glorious savings..."

Li Rongfu's words became a little more serious, and he gently patted Lin Mu on the shoulder, with a different meaning in his words.

"Yes, Director Li, we will work harder!" Lin Mu replied affirmatively in the same solemn tone.

"Okay! Go and exercise! It's time for me to go! When you play, I will go and watch it when I have time..."

"The leaders who came from sports people are really different!" The two parted ways, and Lin Mu ran to the track and field field, muttering in his heart.

Although he has not come into contact with many senior leaders, the image he conceived in his mind has never been like this. Perhaps it is deep and steady, perhaps it is calm and calm, serious, and giving guidance in his own way!

And what about Li Rongfu? He has no airs and may not know his identity, but he will only think that he is a handsome and friendly old man. And this old man is still passionate and intense when it comes to sports and competition.

Maybe this is the microcosm of that generation of pure sports people. Like Mr. Gu, like Director Yu, although the position and level are different, the emotions and expressions seem to be the same.

In order to make more people like this, who are passionate and intense, we must also go on firmly and go better! There is nothing impossible in China!

On the runway, Lin Mu added a sense of firmness to his thoughts.

...

Athens Olympic Complex,

One of the most important venues for this Olympic Games is also the home venue for the opening ceremony of this Olympic Games and track and field.

With the official opening of the track and field competition, this venue also ushered in its moment.

On August 20, the Olympic Stadium was brightly lit at night, and lights embedded in the ceiling of high altitudes were projected out, making the entire stadium look like daytime.

Most of the stadium stands with more than 70,000 seats were seated, and the impact of the discord that occurred since the start of the game was gradually attracted by the competition.

Audiences from local and some other countries and regions flocked into the stadium, walked into the stands, waved their arms, and shouted passionately.

"Guide Lin, then I'll go back first!"

On the indoor warm-up track, Yuan Guohua completed his auxiliary work and asked for instructions.

The track and field team was originally an auxiliary staff, but Yuan Guohua was still not very relieved, so he came by himself. No matter what, Lin Mu is the leader of a team, and his game is different in itself. Yuan Guohua does not want any unexpected factors to affect it.

"Well, the athletes are still here today, right? Please help watch and pay more attention! We will go back as soon as my game is over. It's just a preliminary game. Their game will start tomorrow. Today they should have a good rest..."

He reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Lin Mu agreed and then explained it again.

The 100-meter competition will start tomorrow morning. He originally asked the athletes participating in the competition to wait for the Olympic Village to rest. He came out before, but the athletes did not follow him, but he could not think of it.

"We're really here, haha, they're hiding from you! Don't worry, they're very honest. Although they're not with our coach, they're not far away."

"Well, then I'll go in, too."

After moving his hands and feet for a while, Lin Mu let out a sigh, nodded, and turned around and walked towards the inspection and recording area.

Walking through the warm-up area, I walked by people with different skin colors and expressions. Step by step, the noise of different languages, the sounds coming from time to time outside the venue, and the passion in Lin Mu's heart gradually became boiling.

He did not deliberately suppress his excitement anymore, and walked into the inspection and recording area and completed the inspection and recording according to the inspection and recording procedure. Lin Mu sat in the lounge waiting for his competition to begin.

The men's 400m preliminaries started at 21:20 pm. There were 8 preliminaries in total, with a total of 64 contestants participating.

The three-shot finale in the competition. The rules for the advancement in the preliminary round are to directly advance to the top two in the group, and then to win the top eight with the best results among the remaining players. A total of 24 athletes will enter tomorrow's semi-finals.

Lin Mu is in the second group of the preliminaries.

Without paying attention to the contestants in the same group, Lin Mu sat quietly and adjusted his condition.

The preliminary round was held very quickly. After the first group of competitions, with the instructions from the staff, Lin Mu stood up and followed the athletes from various countries in the same group to queue up, waiting to enter the field.

At 9:25 pm, after all the first group of the preliminaries left the court, the second group of the preliminaries where Lin Mu was located passed through the corridor and entered the Olympic Stadium.

“Oh~”

"Oh~"

As soon as I stepped in, the thunder in the stadium suddenly became violent. The shouts that could be heard were vaguely sounded, and it seemed particularly loud at this moment. The waves of stimulating all the athletes who appeared on the stage, and Lin Mu's heart gradually became restless!

"breathe……"

Standing on the runway, Lin Mu tried hard to adjust his breathing.

He was the 7th way, the way close to the edge, and was also very close to the sidelines and the stands.
To be continued...