Almighty Coach

Vince Jackson is an athlete personally selected by Dai Li. She is only 19 years old this year. In terms of strength and talent, Vince Jackson is considered above average, and Li Dai chose her because of her plasticity.

For shot put athletes, the age of 19 does not have an advantage in the adult competition, and it is even a disadvantage. Shot put requires not only strength but also a certain weight, and the age of 19 is not yet the age when the body accumulates fat, and the development of muscles has just begun. Shot put players in this age group, compared to those in the 24 and 5 years old Athletes whose bodies are at their peak will suffer physically.

And Wins-Jackson also has the same shortcomings as other young athletes, that is, his state is unstable and the ups and downs will be very large. Especially in a competition of the Olympic level, there are too many uncontrollable factors inside and outside the arena, and the ups and downs of personal status are even greater.

In the women's shot put qualifying competition, 12 athletes entered the final, while the US team sent three athletes, and only Vince Jackson entered the final. Although this is better than the men's discus, it is also lower than the average level of previous US teams.

The first round of the men's 800m was held simultaneously with the women's shot put qualifying competition. The U.S. team performed normally in this event, and all three athletes advanced to the semi-finals.

After the men's 800-meter race, the Maracanã Stadium, the main venue of the Olympic Games, also ushered in the finale in the morning, which was the women's 10,000-meter final.

This project is undoubtedly monopolized by Ethiopians and Kenyans. Although other countries also have very strong athletes, they will always consume more energy when facing the alternate leading tactics of the Ethiopians and Kenyans, and they will also be led by the nose in terms of running rhythm.

The same is true of the results of the competition. Ethiopia won the gold and bronze medals in this event, and the Kenyans won the silver medal. At the same time, the fourth and fifth places were also taken by the Kenyans, and the sixth place went to the Ethiopian athlete. Six players from these two countries took the top six places, and the seventh place was a full 13 seconds behind the sixth place. The African long-distance running duo is really well-deserved.

Although it was a 10,000-meter race, but the gap reached such a level, basically they could surrender their guns directly. It wasn't Li Dai's fault that he didn't win a medal in the 10,000-meter sprint. He could only blame his opponent for being too strong, and his own skills were inferior. It would be difficult for any coach to steal the medal from the African long-distance running duo.

The last event in the morning session is the final of the men's 20km race walk. Although the race walking event originated in the UK, it is Russia's strength. In addition, the Chinese team also has the strength to win the championship. In comparison, the American team's walking strength is much worse, and American athletes can't even make it to the top 20.

For this event, Li Dai did not expect too much. After giving some encouragement to the participating athletes, he returned to the hotel to rest and prepare for the evening competition.

There are no track and field competitions scheduled for the afternoon. The track and field competition did not resume until 8:30 p.m. Brazil time.

The first event in the evening is the first round of the women's 1500m. The strongest players in this event are still Kenya and Ethiopia, and Algeria is also at a good level. As for the US team, they also have the strength to hit medals, but Dai Li didn't pay much attention to it. This competition, after all, is the first round. There are many B-standard players among the contestants, and these B-standard players are here to act as cannon fodder. As far as the strength of American athletes is concerned, it is rare and common to advance to the bottom of the cannon fodder, but it is rare to be eliminated.

At the same time, the women's hammer throw qualifying competition was held on the field. The U.S. team played normally, and two players entered the final. However, facing the powerful Eastern European team, the possibility of the Americans winning the championship is not great.

The next two events are the men's 400m first round and the men's long jump qualifying competition, both of which are the dominant events of the United States. The American team has the gold points in these two events, and the American athletes have all advanced without any suspense. .

There are still two events left in the day's track and field competition, which are the first round of the women's 100m and the final of the women's shot put.

Li Dai didn't pay attention to the first round of the women's 100m. Although the US team is not as good as Jamaica in this event, it is absolutely second in the world in terms of strength. It is no problem to guarantee two athletes to enter the final. The first round is casual You can advance by running.

The women's shot put final is a competition for an Olympic gold medal. This is the third gold medal born in today's Olympic track and field competition, and it is also the last gold medal today. If you can get this gold medal, at least you have made a good start in the track and field event, which will be very helpful for improving the morale of the entire team.

However, in this event, only the 19-year-old Vince Jackson of the US team was promoted, and she had to face top players from all over the world. It is undoubtedly very difficult for the US team to win the championship.

...

Three players from the Russian team have entered the women's shot put finals, and the head coach Melklov is of course aiming to win the championship.

"New Zealand's veteran Adams and Hungary's Marton are our biggest rivals. Adams has participated in the Olympic Games for the third time. She has won the Olympic silver medal. This time, of course, she is aiming to win the championship. Marton is in the World Championships They overwhelmed our Russian athletes and won the championship. In addition, Germany's Schnetzer and China's Li Xiaona are also favorable competitors for medals. As for other athletes, they are not a threat to us."

When Melcroft said this, he suddenly laughed to himself, and he continued: "Only one member of the US team advanced to the final, and he was a 19-year-old young man named Vince Jackson. I hadn’t even heard of her name before. Her preliminary score was 19.23 meters, which looks pretty good, but if she doesn’t even reach 20 meters, it’s impossible to win a medal.”

At this point, Melcroft clenched his fists, and with an impassioned look, he said to the three athletes who were about to enter the competition: "Girls, our biggest enemy, the US team, can no longer pose a threat to us. Now No one can prevent us from winning this gold medal! I believe you will win and you will become heroes of Russia!"

On the other side, unlike Melcroft's excitement, he seemed very calm at this moment.

None of the athletes who could make it to the finals was weak. Dai Li also scouted the 12 contestants in the finals, and he found that Vince Jackson could only be ranked in the middle of the list in terms of pure strength.

"Although there is some difference in strength, it is not like the women's 10,000 meters being crushed by the African duo, and they have no strength to fight back. But it is indeed difficult to win a medal. And Vince Jackson There have always been relatively large ups and downs in the state... If it really doesn't work, I can only gamble!"

Dai Li looked at the status scale in the system, and he decided to use this item on Vince Jackson.

The state scale can make the athlete's state extremely stable. For the superior player, a stable performance state can almost guarantee the victory. Dai Li helped Adam Hawley get rid of his psychological problems in this way.

At the same time, the status scale can also make the athlete's state extremely unstable. This instability may be due to the extreme state of the state, or it may be the extreme state of the state. It all depends on luck.

Today, Dai Li is planning to use the function of the status scale, and he wants to make Vince Jackson's status extremely unstable.

Li Dai felt that if Vince Jackson was allowed to perform normally, there would definitely not be many chances. Instead of doing that, it would be better to gamble that Vince Jackson's state would become overwhelming.

And the characteristics of shot put are also very suitable for using the state scale.

Sports like racing, such as short, middle and long-distance running, such as swimming, are all one-off deals. Athletes only have one chance per month. The competition is about who gets to the finish line first, who is faster and who is the first, and there is no second. opportunity. It is of course important to play such sports on the spot, but the competition is still about real hard power.

In sports such as shooting, archery, and diving, the winner is determined by calculating the total score after the accumulation of scores. Therefore, athletes must go all out for every shot, every arrow, and every technical move. Well, you will miss the gold medal. In this kind of sports, stable performance is the most important thing. A good performance may give the athlete some advantages, but when calculating the total score, a good performance will be evenly distributed to the total score, and it will become negligible , or even negligible.

However, shot put and even other field events are different. Field events compare the best results of athletes. For example, there are six trial opportunities for shot put and six trial opportunities for long jump. As long as one of them has better results than others, even if the other five times have zero results, they are still champions.

This competition system also determines that athletes can fight boldly and choose extreme technical moves, even if they are on the verge of failure and fouls, it doesn't matter, as long as they can get a good enough result, they can win the championship.

And this is also very suitable for the state scale to play a role. For example, in the six trial shots of the shot put, as long as there is a situation where the state is overwhelmed, it is possible to win the championship.

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Vince Jackson picked up the shot put and looked at the arc-shaped ground in front of him, somewhat nervous. This is the first time for her to participate in the Olympic Games, and also the first time to participate in an international competition, and now she has reached the stage of the Olympic finals.

Vince Jackson couldn't help recalling that a few months ago, in the domestic trials in the United States, she only got twelfth place, ranking bottom among the athletes who entered the finals, and she was extremely far away from qualifying for the top three. At that time, even in her dreams, she would never have imagined that she could stand on the stage of the Olympic finals.

"Finally able to get to this point, this may be the most glorious moment in my life, work hard!" Vince Jackson thought of this, and started this trial shot.

"Drink!" Vince Jackson couldn't help but yelled, and at the same time dropped the shot.

"Whoosh!" The black lead ball hit the front like a cannonball.

"Boom!" A trace appeared on the ground, and this trace didn't even pass the 17-meter marking line.

The surveyor rushed up immediately and inserted a long pole into the trace.

"16 meters 79!" The referee announced the result.

Vince-Jackson immediately looked frustrated. This time, she performed terribly in the trial throw. The result of less than 17 meters was not at all what the Olympic level should be. You must know that in the women's shot put event, the Olympic B standard is 17.3 meters, while the Olympic A standard is 18.35 meters. For athletes who have entered the Olympic finals, they can't even throw 17 meters, which is indeed too bad.

When Vince Jackson walked off the field, Dai Li came over and handed her the towel.

"I'm sorry, Coach Li, I..."

Before Vince Jackson could finish speaking, Dai Li interrupted her, and comforted her: "It's okay, this is just the first trial shot. In shot put, every trial shot is a new beginning! And you are The athletes I handpick, I'm sure I can't make a mistake."

Dai Li's expression was relaxed and confident, which made Vince Jackson much more stable.

Facing such a young athlete, and it is the first time to participate in such an important event, encouragement is obviously a very important emotion, and Li Dai does not want Vince Jackson to bear too much pressure, so he has to show Out of a very relaxed look, he hopes to share the pressure for Vince Jackson in this way.

Besides, Dai Li didn't think that he would be so lucky that all the first three trial shots were in extremely bad condition.

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The first round of trial throws is all over, and Vince Jackson's score of less than 17 meters has undoubtedly become the bottom of all athletes.

An unknown athlete threw a bottom score, all of which seemed to tell others that this young girl named Vince Jackson was here to play soy sauce.

Faced with this situation, the coaches of other countries directly chose to ignore Vince Jackson, and the other eleven competitors also decided not to pay attention to the situation of Vince Jackson. No one will waste energy on a soy sauce player body.

Athletes started their second test shots in turn, and Vince Jackson also ushered in his second appearance in the Olympic finals.

Vince Jackson stepped onto the throwing box and picked up the shot put. At this time, the big screen and TV broadcasters at the scene gave the data of Vince Jackson's first trial shot.

As soon as a bottom score of less than 17 meters appeared, some audience members couldn't help but yawned. After all, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening local time.

And the audience in front of the TV should drink water and go to the toilet. No one cares about the results of an unknown soy sauce contestant.

In the coach rest area and the athlete waiting area, everyone is also busy, and they don't care about Vince Jackson's results at all.

At this time, perhaps only the referee at the scene will concentrate on Vince Jackson.

Vince Jackson took a deep breath, repeated the technical essentials of the shot put in his mind, and then started the second trial shot.

The swarthy lead ball turned into a small cannonball, flew out, and then hit the ground heavily, leaving traces.

This time, however, the location of the trace is outside the thickest marking line.

That's the 20-meter mark!

At this moment, the referee in charge of the measurement was the first to open his eyes wide, as if he couldn't believe what he saw.

"Am I not mistaken? She actually broke 20 meters! She didn't even reach 17 meters just now. Why did her grade improve so much all of a sudden?"