All-round Athlete

Chapter 12 Arguments and Consequences

"I oppose Zhang Guan's participation in this Asian Athletics Championships!" The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with a slightly fatter figure and glasses with many rings on the bridge of his nose.

The middle-aged man's surname is Tang. He is not an athlete, nor has he ever been a coach. His major is statistics, and he has nothing to do with sports. But his administrative management ability is valued by the leadership of the center. In fact, his working ability is indeed very strong, at least from the professional point of view of management, he is much stronger in administrative management than those who are athletes. Perhaps because of his background in statistics, his data analysis ability is very strong, and he is a typical achievementist.

I only heard the middle-aged man surnamed Tang say: "This Zhang Guan's explosive power and speed are indeed very fast, but in my opinion, he has a huge shortcoming, and he is not suitable for participating in this Asian Athletics Championships. Because he will not Run the relay race!"

"In this Asian Athletics Championships, in addition to the individual events, we also have to participate in the 4 x 100-meter relay race. I have read the relevant information about Zhang Guan. He has only had two months of formal training. The most basic starting has not reached the professional level, and he must not have trained for relay races. Based on this alone, I think he is not suitable to participate in the Asian Athletics Championships."

"In the men's 100-meter event, the Japanese team is the strongest in Asia. Although they no longer have international-level athletes like Ito Koji, the current Japanese Asahara Shinji and Suezue Shingo have both run under 10.10 seconds. They are stronger than our country's players. In addition, there are Tue Yuyu and Kohei Shinshi, who are almost as strong as our country's players. In addition, Kazakhstan's Medvedev and Chenofi, Saudi Arabia's Mubarak and Abdul Lah, it is basically impossible for Chinese players to win a medal in the 100-meter event. But in the men’s 4x100-meter event, we are not as good as Japan, and our overall strength is similar to that of Saudi Arabia, and slightly stronger than Kazakhstan. Stan, I think if we go with the current configuration, we can at least get a bronze medal in the relay event, and have a chance to fight for a silver medal. But if we change the team, replace it with someone who has never run 4 times 100 meters If a rookie enters the battle, I'm afraid they won't even get a bronze medal."

Although Director Tang is a layman in track and field, he directly analyzed the facts and data. The temptation of a medal sounds very convincing.

Director Yu obviously didn't agree with Director Tang's statement, so he retorted: "The main reason for selecting Zhang Guan to play is to train young athletes and let him accumulate more experience in competitions. You have also seen the video I just played. Zhang Guan has great potential. At present, the starting reaction time takes about 0.3 seconds. If he can reach the level of a top athlete in this item, at least 0.15 seconds can be eliminated. Coupled with the improvement of daily training, I think he will be able to Running within 10 seconds, this kind of athlete will definitely be world-class in the future, and it is worth spending some money to cultivate. Moreover, his performance has reached the Olympic A standard. For next year's Olympic Games, I think Zhang Guan should be sent this time Go out and practice."

"Director Yu is very reasonable. Zhang Guan's potential is really huge." Director Tang agreed at first, but then retorted: "But the growth of a young athlete always takes time. Just talk about the starting reaction time. The real problem, I am afraid, is not the ability to reach the top level of training in the past few months. I will not talk about the distance. I will only talk about Liu Feiren in the 110-meter hurdles. When he entered the national team in 1999, he was only 16 years old. , who is one year younger than the current Zhang Guan, and we train him as a key training object. He only achieved results in Asian competitions in 2001 and broke the Asian record in 2002. Only this year is he eligible to participate in the World Athletics Championships. It took four years of hard work to train him to become a world-class athlete. Even if Zhang Guan starts training now, it may take two or three years to become a world-class athlete."

Director Tang deliberately paused, then turned to Director Ma and said, "As for next year's Athens Olympic Games, it's still too early to discuss who will be sent to the competition, but Zhang Guan's Olympic A-standard results will not help us to qualify for the competition. Sending an athlete to participate in the competition, Chen Jian has also reached the B standard! I personally think that it is safer to send an experienced athlete like Chen Jian to participate in a competition like the Olympics. Maybe he has a chance to enter the second place. Zhang Guan is still too young and has participated in too few competitions. An extraordinary performance does not mean that he has the top strength, and it is too risky to send Zhang Guan to participate.”

Director Tang's last words shocked almost everyone present. Zhang Guan suddenly appeared in this competition and broke the national 100-meter record. However, this is the only official competition he participated in. The possibility of extraordinary performance in the competition, no one can guarantee the continuity of Zhang Guan's performance. Compared with those experienced veteran athletes, Zhang Guan's sudden performance always makes people feel unreliable, and makes people fear whether Zhang Guan is just a shooting star, which shines for a short time and then disappears. will disappear into the dark night sky.

Director Ma frowned, he knew that sending Zhang Guan to the competition would be a huge risk. If Zhang Guan is really just a flash in the pan, then sending him to play will not be able to train athletes, and the national team will also lose a medal in the 4x100m relay race in vain. For the national track and field team, any medal in an international competition is hard-won.

Director Ma didn't express his opinion, but the topic touched on the Olympic Games, and some people in the venue could not sit still.

"Director Tang is right. It is safer to send Chen Jian to the Olympics. After all, Zhang Guan is too young and inexperienced, and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"Yes, Nanyue's sports have developed very well in recent years. It has trained a large number of outstanding athletes and made outstanding contributions to the country. Their athlete training system is only worth learning and promoting."

Except for Director Yu, most of the other people present nodded in agreement.

Guangdong and Guangxi have always been strong provinces in sprinting. At present, among the well-known domestic players, Chen Jian, Yin Hanzhao, and Liu Yang are all from Southern Guangdong Province. Among the young athletes, Wen Yongyi, Liang Jiahong and others are also from Southern Guangdong Province. It is worth mentioning that the first Su Fei who will increase the speed of 100 meters to 9.99 seconds in the future is also from Nanyue.

Coach Yuan of the Nanyue Track and Field Team introduced some training methods from Hong Kong to train a group of outstanding athletes. The more outstanding athletes, the better the performance, and the greater the right to speak in the national team, and Nanyue is also one of the provinces with the strongest economy , so whether it is in the Athletic Association or the General Administration of Sports, Nanyue has excellent relationships and connections.

Director Ma, as one of the top executives of the Athletic Association, naturally knew that within the top management of the Athletic Association, Chen Jian had basically been appointed by default to participate in the Athens Olympics, which was considered an honor for the Southern Guangdong Provincial Track and Field Team. Of course, Chen Jian's ability to participate in the Olympics is well deserved. In terms of more advanced sports, athletes who submit reports to various associations will also receive the green light all the way.

"Zhang Guan is 17 years old this year. Even in the Beijing Olympic Games five years later, he will only be 22 years old. He is at his golden age. Perhaps it is indeed too early for him to participate in the Olympic Games.

Between medals and training trust, Director Ma makes a decision.

Director Ma said: "As Director Tang said, cultivating an athlete is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Even if it is a genius, it will take us several years to train him to become an athlete at the international level. For the men's 100-meter sprint, The higher the level of athletes, the harder it is to improve their performance, so Zhang Guan's competitive level will not be greatly improved in a short period of time. Moreover, Zhang Guan is still very young, and there are some uncertainties in him. We will not send him out this time. It’s over. Young people, there will be many opportunities in the future, not at this moment.”

Director Ma said while looking at Director Yu, who was very unwilling, and changed the subject: "However, Zhang Guan broke the national record, and this still needs to be rewarded. I have already applied for a cash reward of 100,000 yuan and 200,000 yuan to the Athletic Association. A special training subsidy of 10,000 yuan, there should be no problem for the leadership to pass. And I think that Zhang Guan, a young athlete with unlimited potential, can be given priority in the future Beijing Olympic Games..."

Director Yu nodded, obviously approving Director Ma's words. He knows how important the Beijing Olympic Games will be in five years, and it will be of special significance to be able to appear in the Bird's Nest. According to the general plan of the Sports Federation, Director Ma will still lead the national track and field team to participate in the Capital Olympics in five years, so what Director Ma said at the end of the priority in selecting athletes for the Capital Olympics can be regarded as a suitable explanation for Zhang Guan.

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Mr. Chen was not surprised by this result, he calmly told Zhang Guan about the result, and he even explained the reason clearly.

"If you are not sent to participate, at least you can get a medal in the 4 x 100-meter relay race. If you are sent, you will not be able to win this medal. And judging from the current situation, you will participate in the Athens Olympics next year. I'm afraid not too optimistic."

Chen Lao paused, and said solemnly: "Xiao Zhang, you have to remember that competitive sports are so cruel, and all sportsmanship is used to talk about it. For athletes, it's still about performance! A medal in the 4x100m relay in the Asian Games, you lose the chance to participate in the competition. For some reasons, you may also lose the qualification to participate in the Olympics. If you don’t want this to happen again, you have to train hard and keep changing Strong, you need to achieve results in various competitions. When you stand on the top of the world, you can truly control yourself. At that time, no one else can decide whether you participate or not, but you have the final say! "

Zhang Guan nodded: "Mr. Chen, don't worry, that day won't be too long..."

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