All-round Athlete

Chapter 753 Offer Your Knee

"Coincidence, it must be a coincidence. This is a world record. How can it be broken? Is it really possible to give Zhang Guan a place in the Winter Olympics?" Coach Li Bing felt that all this was like a fairy tale.

A layman ran to the training center of the national team, skating casually, and then broke a world-class record and took away a quota for the Winter Olympics. This is really a fantasy.

Coach Li Bing changed his mind again: "Even if it is a coincidence, this result is really too fast! Even if Zhang Guanchao plays at a high level, he is worthy of such a spot."

In the 1500-meter short track speed skating event, the level of the national team players is between 2 minutes 15 seconds and 2 minutes 20 seconds. This result is still five seconds away from the world record. Among the current athletes, even Korean or Canadian athletes, it is difficult to get close to the world record of 2 minutes and 10 seconds. Ahn Hyun-soo, the famous South Korean player who set this world record back then, has never skied such a great result since he was injured.

The gap of five seconds cannot be made up even with a super-level performance. The average athlete’s super-level performance is probably only two or three seconds faster. Zhang Guan’s current score is still faster than the national team even if he adds two or three seconds. The other athletes are faster.

At this time, Zhang Guan slid slowly in front of coach Li Bing. He looked at him with a smile and said, "Coach Li, what is our next event? Is it 1000 meters or 500 meters? When will it start?"

"Next project?" Coach Li Bing smiled wryly and shook his head: "There is no next project, and there is no need for that anymore. You should go change your clothes now, and I will take you to go through the formalities. It's very simple, just give me some money." Just take a photo and sign a few names. By the way, I will also take you to get familiar with this place."

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In the Winter Sports Center, Director Wang was looking at the documents in hand with some uneasiness, but he was thinking about the short track speed skating trials in his heart.

"I remember Chairman Lu of the Ice Association told me that the trials for short track speed skating will be held today. I don't know how the kid Zhang Guan is doing. If he really wins, then we will lose face. .” Director Wang thought silently.

At this moment, the phone rang. Director Wang looked down at the caller ID. From the area code on the front, it was Bingcheng's number.

"It seems that the result has come out." Director Wang actually felt a little nervous, he took a deep breath, and then answered the phone.

The caller was Chairman Lu from the Ice Association. At this time, his voice was a little hurried, and listening to it, Director Wang's breathing also became short of breath.

"What you said is true?" Director Wang reconfirmed. After getting a positive answer from the other party, Director Wang hung up the phone. He lowered his head and thought for two minutes, and then called the secretary in.

"You go and book a plane ticket to Bingcheng tomorrow, and we will go to Bingcheng tomorrow." Director Wang then called the names of several leaders, and continued: "The leaders and comrades I mentioned just now, you also inform Let's go, if they have time tomorrow, let's go together."

"Okay." The secretary nodded, and continued: "If the other leaders ask what they are going to do in Bingcheng, how should I answer?"

Director Wang sighed, and then said: "Just tell them, let's go to Zhang Guan and apologize to him."

"Apologize to Zhang Guan?" The secretary blinked for no reason, but a turbulent wave arose in her heart.

"Why did the director's attitude take a 180-degree turn? I remember that during the meeting two days ago, I was going to make Zhang Guan feel embarrassed. Why do I have to ask Zhang Guan to apologize now? Could it be the meaning of Zhang Guan? Guan has brought the matter up again? Has the big leader put pressure on it?" The secretary couldn't help guessing.

Director Wang on the opposite side went on to say: "Tell those leaders, don't guess blindly, the reason why you went to Zhang Guan to apologize is because Zhang Guan won in this morning's selection competition. Breaking the world record for short track speed skating!"

"Ah?" The secretary opened his mouth wide, looking surprised.

"According to Chairman Lu of the Ice Association, with Zhang Guan's explosive power, the shorter the distance, the greater his advantage, so the 1,500-meter race should be Zhang Guan's weakest event." Director Wang raised his head, with a look in his eyes He was in a good mood, and then said: "Can you understand the meaning of this? 1500 meters is the longest distance, even Zhang Guan can break the world record. If it reaches 1000 meters and 500 meters, breaking the world record is not easy!"

"En." The secretary nodded quickly, but the thoughts in his mind were still stuck on the world record of 1,500 meters.

Looking at the stunned secretary, Director Wang went on to say: "Think about it, if Zhang Guan can win three individual gold medals in short track speed skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, and break three world records at the same time, then it will be us. Biggest achievement ever in winter sports!"

Speaking of this, the secretary finally came to his senses. For Director Wang and the entire Winter Sports Center, winning three gold medals in short track speed skating and three world records represents an unprecedented political achievement, and it is still in the Winter Olympics. During the meeting, it can be said that he earned all his face. This achievement is enough to make Director Wang and other leaders of the Winter Sports Center honorable.

"Director Wang is really practical. He even yelled at Zhang Guan a few days ago. As soon as he heard that he could break the world record, he immediately staged a Sichuan opera, the quintessence of Chinese art - changing faces!" The secretary complained to Director Wang with some disdain in his heart. But he began to persuade: "Director, I don't think you need to go there in person. After Zhang Guan returns to Beijing, you can go and give condolences. It won't be long. Why bother to fly to Bingcheng? It’s cold. Besides, maybe it’s just a coincidence that Zhang Guan skates so fast this time? By the time of the Winter Olympics, he might not be able to break the world record! Not to mention three world records.”

"What do you know? If Zhang Guan can't do it, others can't do it. Think about how many world records Zhang Guan broke in the Beijing Olympic Games two years ago?" Director Wang paused, and then said: "Since Zhang Guan has this strength, we have to trust him! We had such a big misunderstanding with Zhang Guan before, if he had a grudge and affected the game, how wronged should we be? So now, we have to go Show your sincerity, what's wrong with the ice city being cold? The colder the better! The colder it is, the more we have sincerity!"

"Oh. Then I'll go out and notify the other leaders." The secretary nodded, ready to go out.

"Wait a minute." Director Wang stopped the secretary, and then said, "Tell the other leading comrades, especially that arrogant old Li, don't have any psychological burden, don't think it's a shame for us to go to Zhang Guan Don’t you just apologize, think about the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympics, think about the gold medal in the Winter Olympics, think about the world record, think about our future, what is an apology! We must put the overall situation first !"

"I see!" The secretary sighed more and more helplessly. He found that he had been with Director Wang for several years, and he still hadn't fully understood him. In front of the world record, he offered his knee to Zhang Guan without even tweaking it!

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