Almighty Coach

Three Star-Spangled Banners were hoisted at the Maracanã Stadium at the same time, and the "Star-Spangled Banner" banner was played again.

The Brazilian audience at the scene was indifferent to the American national anthem, and they were discussing the strength of the United States.

"It was previously reported that the U.S. track and field team was affected by the doping scandal, and its strength was greatly weakened. Now it seems that this is not the case."

"Don't trust the media, when did they tell the truth. So far, there have been five gold medals in track and field events, and the US team has won two of them, which is not weak at all."

"The U.S. team's track and field strength is really the best in the world. Even though it was affected by the doping scandal, many capable players were unable to participate, but it is still a team with good performance in track and field events."

At this time in the United States, many Americans watching sports games in public places are all excited to celebrate.

USA Athletic Association CEO Williams did not go to bed this time, but stayed in front of the TV and watched the Olympic Games.

The appearance of the three star-spangled flags rising at the same time reminded him of the Olympic Games eight years ago, when the men's 400-meter event ended up being the U.S. team that won the gold, silver and bronze medals.

"When did our long jump become so strong?" Williams murmured.

Williams looked at the three strong young men on the podium, only one of them was familiar to him, and the other two looked very unfamiliar. Obviously, these two unfamiliar faces joined the US team after the doping scandal of.

"These two guys I don't know should be selected by Dai Li. Including Vince Jackson who won the women's shot put championship yesterday, Coach Li has a really good vision."

At this moment, Williams suddenly admired Dai Li in his heart.

"I suddenly felt that maybe this coach Lee should not be our scapegoat. At present, the athletes he has selected are all very good. If he is given another four years, in the next Olympic Games, our US track and field team will Be strong again!"

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The three American contestants were wearing the Stars and Stripes and were being interviewed by reporters. Dai Li looked at all this with a smile on his face, and applauded the state of the scale faintly in his heart.

The strength of these three players is good, but if they just perform normally, they are still not enough to win the Olympic gold medal. At this time, the status scale becomes a big help. The nature of the long jump competition also determines that the balance of the state can play a miraculous effect. After six trial jump opportunities, once the state is overwhelmed, the athlete may win the championship.

And Dai Li's luck was good enough today. In the first trial jump, two people gambled to the top. This directly put great pressure on the athletes from other countries, and made the US team take the lead at the beginning of the competition. If the U.S. team did not put pressure on the strong players from other countries at the beginning, allowing them to slowly adjust to their status, then the outcome is still uncertain. After all, this is the Olympic Games, the highest-level competition in the world. Compared with the long jump champions of previous Olympic Games, the result of just reaching 8.4 meters can only be regarded as the lowest level.

At the same time as the men's long jump final, the women's 100m semi-final also came to an end.

Two players from the US team made it to the finals, and all three players from Jamaica made it to the finals.

The final women's 100-meter trapeze battle will start in two hours.

The next event on the track and field is the men's 10,000-meter long-distance race.

A total of 34 contestants participated in the men's 10,000-meter long-distance race, almost all of which participated in the Olympic A standard, and most of the participating countries sent three contestants.

In the 10,000-meter long-distance race, it is necessary to use alternate leading tactics to save physical energy. If a country sends three athletes, it is easy to form a small-scale replacement leading tactic; If you follow up, you will fall into the rhythm of others. So it was really too difficult for the Chinese team to send only one person to win the women's 10,000-meter event.

Africa's long-distance running duo Ethiopia and Kenya are undoubtedly the strongest in this event. Other countries such as Uganda and Eritrea are also comparable to the US team in terms of strength, and they are considered to be in the second group.

Although the U.S. team is second only to the African duo, Li Dai has no intention of competing for the men's 10,000-meter medal. Kenya and Ethiopia are too strong. This obvious gap in strength cannot be made up for by Li Dai in a short period of time. Understand.

The result of the competition was not beyond people's expectations. The Kenyans won the first two places, and the Ethiopians won the third and fourth places. The long-distance running events are still dominated by the African duo. An athlete from the United States won the fifth place, which is also a good result.

After the men's 10,000 meters, it is the semi-finals of the men's 800 meters. The Kenyan players are still very strong. All three players have entered the final, and two of the US team have advanced. If there is no accident, the gold medal will be between Kenya and the US team decided.

What followed was the finale of today's competition, the women's 100-meter trapeze competition.

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Dai Li's eyes turned to a black man not far away. This man's beard and hair were already white, and he was in his sixties at least.

"That person is Jamaica's head coach Fraser, right?" Dai Li asked the American team leader Downey beside him.

"Yes, he is Fraser." Downey nodded.

Downey has served as the team leader of the US team more than once, so he knows many coaches from other countries, especially Jamaica, which is the biggest competitor of the US in the sprint event.

"Coach Fraser is a legend in track and field sports. He has trained no less than ten world champions, including the world's number one flying man Gitel. I just graduated that year. When I was studying with Coach Xue Li in the national team, I knew Fraser, and Coach Xue Li admired him very much. I never thought that I could compete with him in just a few years." Dai Li thought to himself.

At the same time, for the Jamaica team, Frazier's deputy also reminded: "Coach, the head coach of the US team is watching you!"

"Look at me! Is that Chinese coach trying to provoke me!" Fraser turned his head to look at Dai Li, deliberately widening his eyes, showing a sharp look.

However, what Fraser didn't expect was that Dai Li just smiled at him, and it was a very friendly smile.

Fraser felt as if he had punched cotton.

On the other side, Dai Li patted his chest lightly, and said to himself, "This Jamaican old man is really vicious!"

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The Jamaica team is bound to win this gold medal, so they put on double insurance. These two female trapeze players are also ranked first and second in the world.

As for the US team, due to the impact of the doping scandal, their strength has suffered a considerable loss.

Every time a doping scandal breaks out in the United States, sprinting is the most affected, because doping should be given to sprinters and will always have the greatest benefits. Taking the 100-meter sprint as an example, improving the performance by 0.1 seconds is equivalent to improving the level by several grades.

Therefore, although the US team has two athletes who have entered the finals, they are not a threat to the Jamaican team's gold medal. If the Jamaican team only had one "strong point", Li Dai might gamble on luck. Maybe the Jamaican player is not in good condition, and the US team can win a gold medal, but the Jamaican team sent "double insurance" ", Dai Li decided not to challenge the Jamaican team.

The result was also as predicted by the outside world. The Jamaican won the gold and silver medals, and the American player got a bronze medal. This is also a harvest.

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"I got one gold, one silver and two bronzes today. It's pretty good." Dai Li was quite satisfied with the US team's record this day. He stretched himself and prepared to go back to the hotel to rest.

At this time, the list of athletes for the next event appeared on the big screen at the Maracana Stadium.

"Almost forgot, there is also a women's heptathlon. There should be only 800 meters left. After this event is over, the gold medal of the women's heptathlon will be born. There are also players from the US team participating in this event. , then I’d better wait until the game is over before leaving.”

The men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon have always been two events that Li Dai has not paid much attention to. Of course, this does not mean that these two projects are not important, but because these two projects are too complicated, and Dai Li does not have so much energy to focus on these two projects.

When Li Dai accepted the U.S. national team, it was only one month before the opening of the Olympic Games, and there were still many young rookie athletes in the U.S. team who needed training and improved their performance as soon as possible. At that time, it was impossible for Li Dai to focus on all-around events. superior. Taking men's decathlon as an example, it includes ten events including 100-meter sprint, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter run, 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1500-meter run. With dedication, training decathletes can only win one gold medal. Li Dai is not as good as training these ten individual athletes, and maybe he can get a few more gold medals.

Moreover, the training of all-round events is a long-term accumulation process, and it is not possible to improve the performance by leaps and bounds by short-term surprise training.

If a certain individual event, such as the 110-meter hurdles, such as javelin shot put, etc., slightly improves one's own technical shortcomings, the improved performance may raise the athlete's level to a higher level.

However, the all-around event is the accumulation of multiple individual results. The improvement of a single event will be shared among other events. At this time, the improvement of the results will not be so obvious, and it is definitely not enough to raise the level of athletes.

In modern sports, the professional requirements for athletes are getting higher and higher, and it is less and less for one person to take on multiple roles in track and field sports. In the 1980s and 1990s, there were many sprinters and long jumpers. Even when we first entered the 21st century, there were many long jumpers and triple jumpers. But now, such cross-sport players are almost extinct. 100 meters and 200 meters in sprint, 800 meters and 1,500 meters in middle-distance running, 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters in long-distance running, or 10,000 meters and marathon, and 20 kilometers and 50 kilometers in race walking. multitasking.

An athlete may have great athletic talent, but a person's energy is limited after all. It is not easy to achieve the world's top achievements in one of the sports. Once engaged in multiple sports, the results It is impossible to reach the top of the world. The so-called "omnipotent" also means "omnipotent".

Developed countries in Europe and the United States have always been the most powerful countries in all-around events. This sport comprehensively tests the athletes' speed, explosive power, strength, flexibility, bounce, endurance, balance and other indicators. White people are obviously more powerful. Their Their explosive power, jumping ability and endurance are stronger than those of the yellow race, and their flexibility, balance and strength are stronger than those of the black people. They are very suitable for this kind of exercise that tests the comprehensive ability.

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The order of the women's heptathlon is 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200-meter run, long jump, javelin throw and 800-meter run. All competitions will be completed in two days. Among them, field events such as high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin, etc., each person has only three chances, which is different from the six chances for individual individual competitions.

After the athletes complete each event, they will get the corresponding points according to the results of this event, such as shot put, the scores obtained by throwing 20 meters and throwing 19 meters are completely different, even if a certain athlete won the first place in the shot put event , but if the grades are not good enough, you will not get a high score. In the same way, even if an athlete ranks several times away, as long as his performance is good enough, he will still get a high score.

The final comparison of the outcome is to see who has the higher score. This competition system also determines that even if a single event fails, as long as other events perform well enough, the score will eventually be regained.

Now, the first six events have ended, leaving only the last 800-meter middle-distance run.

At this point in the game, it was already possible to see the clues of the championship. The scores of the athletes had been separated from each other, and only the players with the highest scores still had the possibility of winning the championship.

At present, the first score is a Ukrainian player with a score of 5838, the second is a German player with a score of 5777, the third is an American player with a score of 5702, and the fourth is A Russian player with a score of 5650. The score difference between the next few athletes and the first place is within 200 points, and they still have a chance to hit the gold medal.

The score of the fifth place is 5614, and the score difference has exceeded 200 points. This is basically a difficult result, and it is possible to hit a medal.

The final event in the women's heptathlon is the 800-meter run.

In the 800-meter middle-distance race, the first 100 meters of the start are run in separate lanes. After 100 meters, the athletes begin to merge into the innermost runway, and then complete the rest of the race. Therefore, the final performance of the athletes will be largely affected by the leader. The faster the leader, the better the athlete's performance, and the slower the leader, the worse the athlete's performance. In the official 800-meter preliminary or rematch, there will often be a situation where the group with the best score advances to the third place. At this time, the third place in the slow group will definitely suffer.

In view of this characteristic of the 800 meters, in the women's heptathlon, the 800 meters is arranged as the last event, and the grouping is carried out according to the score. The eight people with the best results will be divided into the same group, so that they will not be in the same group because of the lead. The speed of the participants is inconsistent, causing some of them to fall behind in their grades, and finally suffer a disadvantage when calculating the scores.

The same is true for the men's decathlon. The 1500 meters are not run in separate lanes, so they are arranged in the last event, and those who also have the best results will be divided into the same group.

First up are the eight players with the lowest scores.

"It's not unreasonable for these eight people to rank at the bottom in terms of scores, but it can be seen from the 800-meter results that the best is just at 2 minutes and 14 seconds." Dai Li shook his head slightly as he looked at the contestants' results.

The results of the all-around athletes are lower than those of the athletes who specialize in individual training, and the results of the worst eight players are naturally even worse. If it is a female athlete who specializes in practicing 800 meters, she can basically run within 2 minutes in the Olympic finals.

The athletes who appeared in the second round were in better condition, with a best time of 2:13.65. Then the athletes who appeared in the third round, the leaders kept pressing the speed. The best time of this group was 2:15. Seconds away.

The results of the fourth group of players ranked from 9th to 16th. In theory, if their results are good enough, they are expected to win a medal. Therefore, this group of athletes also ran very hard. It took 2 minutes and 10 seconds, and the first place even ran a score of 2 minutes, 08.55 seconds. According to the scoring rules, he can get more than 980 points.

Finally, it was the turn of the best eight.

Dai Li used the morale-boosting book on the American team athletes, and began to watch the game with peace of mind. Although the US team ranked third, they were a full 136 points behind the first place, which is not an easy gap to catch up.

However, what Li Dai didn't expect was that the Ukrainian runner who ranked first seemed not very good at the 800-meter run. After the merge, she actually fell to the last place.

"Is she deliberately conserving her energy? It's possible. After all, she is 61 points ahead of the second place and 136 points ahead of the third place. It's normal to seek stability." Dai Li thought to himself.

However, after more than a minute, Dai Li found out that his judgment was wrong. This Ukrainian athlete is really not good at 800 meters.

In contrast, American players have been in the top three positions.

"There is something going on in this game!" Dai Li suddenly realized this.

The contestants rushed into the final straight and started sprinting, and Dai Li couldn't help standing up and cheering for his players.

In the end, the Russian was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 2:06.50, followed by the American with a time of 2:07.34. The difference between the two sides is only 0.84 seconds, and their previous score difference is 52 points.

"2 minutes 07 seconds 34, which can almost get 1000 points. The Russians are 0.84 seconds faster than us, so there shouldn't be an advantage of 52 points. The total score of the Russians will not exceed that of the United States." Li Dai immediately made a decision judged.

Dai Li is concerned about the second German player and the first Ukrainian player. The second-placed German leads the United States by 75 points, while the first-placed Ukrainian leads the United States by 136 points.

The performance of the German player was very poor, only 2:15.21, and she was not good at running 800 meters.

"2 minutes 15 seconds 21, based on the scores of the athletes in the previous rounds, this score should be less than 900 points. As long as we get 975 points, we will surpass the Germans." Dai Li calculated quickly in his heart.

"I estimated just now that our players should be able to score around 1,000 points. In this case, we have also won against the Germans and are now in second place."

Dai Li calculated all of this, and it took about a second. At this time, the Ukrainian player who took the first place had already crossed the finish line, and she was still the last one, with a time of 2:17.72.

"Before we were 136 points behind Ukraine, the Ukrainian only ran 2 minutes 17 seconds 72, this score should be between 850 and 870 points. If my player gets 1000 points, then this Ukrainian only needs to get 865 points can win the championship!"

Thinking of this, Dai Li's heart sank. The final result hadn't come out yet. He didn't know if his contestant could surpass the Ukrainian to become the first. He looked anxiously at the big screen.

Athletes' performances are counted into scores, which appear on the big screen.

"2 minutes 07 seconds 34, got 1004 points, our final score is 6706 points!"

"The German scored 890 points in 2 minutes 15.21 seconds, and the final score was 6667 points, which is less than us!"

"The Ukrainian only ran 2:17.72 and scored 855 points. His final score was 6693 points, 13 points less than ours! We won!"

Dai Li clenched his fists excitedly.

He didn't expect that the US team won another gold medal in the last event of the day, and it was an event that Dai Li didn't pay much attention to.

This is an added bonus!