Almighty Coach

The fifth day of the Olympic track and field event. The women's pole vault qualifying round and the women's 5,000-meter first round were held in the field and track events respectively. Then came the men's triple jump final.

The men's triple jump is another project where the US team has won the gold point. The US team has two players participating in the competition.

The strength of Europeans in this event is not weak. In the past 30 years of Olympic Games, Europeans have achieved good results in men's triple jump. However, in this Olympic Games, several traditional European triple jump The long jump powerhouse did not perform well and did not occupy a few seats in the final.

On the contrary, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Guyana and other countries in Central and South America have players who have advanced to the finals. In addition, the Chinese team actually had three players advance to the final, one more than the US team.

Hu Jinrong, the head coach of the national team in charge of the long jump event, is also an old acquaintance of Li Dai. When Li Dai just graduated and entered the Hanbei Provincial Sports Bureau, he went to Beikou Base as a seconded staff to do odd jobs. At that time, Hu Jinrong was also in Beikou Base. Li Dai had already known Hu Jinrong. Later, after Li Dai coached Fang Haiquan, It was Hu Jinrong who personally picked Fang Haiquan away, and then Li Dai went to the national team to study, including the Asian Games, and he also worked with Hu Jinrong.

It has been many years now, and Hu Jinrong is still the coach in charge of the long jump in the national team. Although his qualifications are deeper, the official has not improved a bit.

But Dai Li, who was doing odd jobs in the Beikou training base back then, became the head coach of the US national team.

At this time, the competition was about to start, and Li Dai and Hu Jinrong, an old friend, stood together and had a friendly conversation.

"Coach Li, the US team is determined to win the gold medal in the men's triple jump, right? Doris is the defending champion of this event. With him, there will be no problem with the gold medal." Hu Jinrong said with a smile on his face.

"That's not necessarily true. Our Chinese team also has three players who entered the finals." Dai Li still used the name "we" without seeming unusual at all.

Hu Jinrong liked the term "we" very well. He felt that although Dai Li became the coach of the US team, he did not appear to be superior. On the contrary, he did not regard himself as an outsider.

"Hehe, it's just a fluke. You must know the level of our athletes. Whether it's strength or experience, they are still lacking. At most, they are in Asia. When it comes to the finals of the Olympics, they are studying with the prince. .” Hu Jinrong said.

"Coach Hu, I don't believe you have no intention of winning the championship." Dai Li laughed: "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier!"

Hu Jinrong did not deny this, but he also knew that it was almost impossible to take the gold medal from the US team. So he changed his voice and asked, "Speaking of which, Coach Li, it's not easy for you to achieve your current achievements in the United States these years, right? When did you go to the United States?"

Li Dai opened his mouth to talk about his own experience: "When I left our track and field team and returned to the provincial team, I met Gu Zhizhong by chance. Physical fitness coach. You must have heard about what happened in Guoping later.”

"Gu Zhizhong was sent down secretly, you were also implicated?" Hu Jinrong is also a sensible person, he has been in the national team for some years, and he knows everything about it, so after Gu Zhizhong was transferred, What will happen to Li Dai, Hu Jinrong can guess.

"Yes, I was transferred to the application committee of some kind of boxing. I forgot what kind of boxing. Although the level was raised by one level, it was actually an idle job. I am a coach, how can I know what kind of boxing application is? .So I resigned." Dai Li said.

"Then you went to America?" Hu Jinrong asked.

"At that time, how could I have so much money to go to the United States! I first went to Dingtian Football Club and worked as a physical coach with Harman for a year." Dai Li replied.

"Dingtian's salary is pretty good, right? I've heard that Dingtian Group has a lot of money, and they spend money playing football." Hu Jinrong had a trace of envy in his eyes.

"Dingtian's salary is very good, otherwise I wouldn't have enough money to open a training center in the United States." Dai Li went on to say, "I worked in Dingtian Club for a year, during which time I raised some money, and then went to I moved to the United States, rented a place, and opened a physical training center. But at the beginning, there was no business. In order to save part of the rent, I could only train some disabled athletes for free. But I was lucky enough, When I met Philip, it was the Blade Warrior."

Dai Li briefly introduced what happened afterwards, including helping Taylor come back, helping Hawley overcome the tragedy of the last shot, helping Alexander, Ford and Irvine to train, etc. Until the doping scandal broke out, the U.S. team was unavailable, and he was appointed as the head coach of the U.S. track and field team.

Li Dai's description was not very detailed, and many things were just mentioned in passing, but from Hu Jinrong's ears, Li Dai's experience in the past few years is simply too ups and downs.

"Oh my god, how does it sound like a Hollywood blockbuster! If you go to make an autobiographical movie now, it will be enough to get you up and down!" Hu Jinrong sighed.

The two were talking when a young Chinese woman approached from a distance. She had a press card around her neck and a national flag on it. She was obviously a reporter from China.

"Coach Hu!" The female reporter said hello to Hu Jinrong, but her eyes were fixed on Dai Li.

"It's Xiao Liu!" Hu Jinrong obviously knew this female reporter.

"This is Coach Li, right?" The female reporter's real goal was obviously Dai Li.

Hu Jinrong also saw that the female reporter didn't come to find him, so he sold his favor directly and said, "Coach Li, let me introduce you, this is Liu Ran, a reporter sent by CCTV to visit the Olympic Games. "

"Reporter Liu, hello." Dai Li nodded politely.

"Coach Li, I've heard of your name a long time ago, and I finally met you in person today." The female reporter directly reached out her hand to shake Dai Li's hand, with a more enthusiastic smile on her face.

The three chatted casually before Liu Ran asked, "Coach Li, I wonder if you have time to accept my exclusive interview?"

"This female reporter really does go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing." Thinking of this, Dai Li smiled slightly, and nodded in agreement: "No problem, but I'm also very busy with work. After all, I have to lead the entire American track and field team. You can Find my assistant, just say that I have agreed, and he will arrange a time for you."

...

The final of the men's triple jump has finally begun. The two players of the US team, one of them is the last Olympic champion Doris, so the goal of the US team is naturally the gold medal.

With the blessing of the state scale, Doris encountered a burst of state in the third trial jump and jumped 17.96 meters. For athletes from other countries, after seeing this result, they almost lost their desire to continue. Motivation to challenge.

The world record for men's triple jump is 18.29 meters, and the Olympic record is 18.09 meters. However, these two achievements are almost impossible for current athletes to challenge. Doris's 17.96 meters can already be ranked in the top of history. 10 grades out. Such a result is enough to lock the provincial game.

Another American player also gambled a burst of state in the fifth jump, jumping 17.75 meters, and rose to the second place in the ranking, also locked in the runner-up. The Chinese players ranked third and fourth respectively and won a bronze medal.

The next two events were the men's 1,500-meter preliminary round and the women's 100-meter hurdles first round. In the former event, the American players performed well, and two of them advanced to the finals. The latter event was the traditional advantage of the United States. The first round was even more stress-free.

Then there was the women's discus final. Dai Li didn't pay attention to this event because no one from the US team made it to the final.

At the same time, the men's 200-meter race was held on the track. The three players from the United States all advanced smoothly, and the "first brother" McNee of the Jamaican sprint also made his debut again.

The morning game is over, and the next game will not continue until the evening.

...

Among the U.S. Olympic delegation, not only the dream team of the men's basketball team did not stay in the Olympics, but also the U.S. track and field team did not enter the Olympic Village, but booked a hotel by itself.

For American athletes, the Olympic Village is indeed too simple, and the USA Athletics Association earns hundreds of millions of dollars a year from major sponsors, so it is not a luxury for them to rent a hotel.

Franz Muller's game is over, but he didn't go out to experience the entertainment life in Rio, but stayed in the hotel obediently.

Of course, this is not because Muller is not good at it. How can young people not like to play, but Muller has no money.

He is still a college student. Although he has a full scholarship to ensure his life is worry-free, but that little money is not enough for him to go out to eat, drink and have fun.

The prices in Rio de Janeiro are actually not cheap, especially the entertainment venues that some rich people go to, which are veritable gold-selling caves. In terms of wealth, Rio de Janeiro is even better than Las Vegas. As long as you have money, you can enjoy what you can enjoy in Las Vegas, and you can enjoy it in Rio de Janeiro, but you can’t enjoy it in Las Vegas. , can also be enjoyed in Rio de Janeiro.

Now it's the Olympic Games again, everything in Rio de Janeiro has raised prices, and Muller is an American again. In the eyes of Brazilians, Americans are like big fat sheep. If you don't try hard, you will be sorry for this Olympic Games. For safety reasons, Muller did not dare to go to those cheap entertainment venues. Therefore, with Muller's little scholarship, it is impossible to eat, drink and have fun.

Of course, there is no money or no money to play. Muller is very handsome. The Germanic nation has the advantages of appearance and figure. Muller is the same. With this appearance alone, he can attract many enthusiastic Brazilian teenagers. girl. Even if Muller doesn't like Brazilian girls, if he goes to the Olympic Village, he will definitely go in refreshed and come out with a weak kidney. What's more, he is still the champion of the Olympic Games. With this bonus, some young female athletes want to happily "do sports" with him.

But Muller is not the kind of casual person, but all handsome men have high eyesight.

In matters such as dating between men and women, whether it is emotional or physical communication, Gao Fushuai has always been at the top of the food chain, and must be the most picky eater. The so-called tall, rich and handsome are tired of eating delicacies of mountains and seas and want to try wild vegetables and mushrooms for a change.

After lunch, Muller sat alone in the hotel room, playing with the gold medal in his hand. At this time, he felt that this gold medal was like the thigh of a certain Hollywood actress he liked, and he would not feel tired after playing for a year.

The doorbell rang suddenly. Mueller put down the gold medal and walked to the door. Through the peephole, Mueller saw his teammate Wynn Leonard standing outside.

Leonard is a high jumper, his competition is in the evening, and it is the first game, the men's high jump final.

Although the high jump and pole vault are two different events, Leonard's reputation and qualifications are far better than Muller. In the Olympic Games four years ago, Leonard and the other two players won the gold medal at the same time. Olympic bronze medal.

In Olympic track and field competitions, apart from gold medals, silver and bronze medals are all allowed to be tied by multiple people, especially in high jump sports. It may be that at a certain height, all athletes just can't jump over, and often there will be tied silver or bronze medals. bronze medal.

Muller immediately opened the door, invited Leonard into the room, and at the same time asked, "Wynn, you are going to play tonight, why do you still have time to come to me now?"

"I'm here to ask you for advice." Leonard walked into the room, sat on the sofa, and then asked: "I want to know, in yesterday's game, you defeated Patrene and Kulayev, Do you have any unique tricks?"

"The trick?" Mueller frowned, not knowing how to answer.

"Or, how on earth did you perform so well, as far as I know, you have never jumped 6.13 meters, even in practice, you have not tried, but you have succeeded. If you have any experience , I want you to teach it to me.” Leonard’s expression was earnest, and he continued: “I really want to win the game tonight. But the opponent I face is very strong. Your situation is almost the same as you were yesterday."

Although Leonard was the third runner-up in the last Olympic Games, in terms of strength, Leonard is not the strongest. Gedarenko from Russia was the champion of the men's high jump in the last Olympic Games, and at the World Championships two years ago, Gedarenko also won the gold medal. It can be said that he has dominated the men's high jump in the past four years.

Another player, the "Prince of High Jump" Dogorlov of Ukraine, did not participate in the Olympic Games four years ago and the World Championships two years ago due to injuries. He is the best result of this year, and he definitely has the strength to challenge Gedarenko's men's high jump dominance.

Leonard is not as good as Gadarenko and Dogorlov in terms of strength, but the gap is actually not very big. Moreover, in yesterday's game, Franz Muller, who participated in an international competition for the first time, won the men's pole vault counterattack, which also stimulated Leonard and made Leonard see the victory hope.

In Leonard's view, Muller, a rookie who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, can win the championship, and he, an experienced veteran, is also an Olympic bronze medalist. There is great hope for a counterattack to win the championship things.

That's why Leonard came to the door in person, hoping to learn from Mueller.

Muller hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Actually, there is no trick. I just thought, I must jump over, and then I jumped over. You know, it is really difficult to control this kind of thing on the spot. of."

Leonard's expression looked a little disappointed, he didn't get the answer he wanted.

But Muller went on to say: "Actually, I think that you should not come to me for this matter, but to another person. Perhaps in this world, only he can help you."

"Who?" Leonard asked eagerly.

"That's needless to say, of course it's our coach Li!" Muller continued confidently: "Coach Li can be a coach who can create miracles, and he is the only one who can help you at this time.

...

Sure enough, Leonard followed Mueller's suggestion and came to Dai Li.

When Leonard explained his purpose of coming, Dai Li was a little bit dumbfounded.

"Wynn, you're going to the competition tonight, and it's too late to come to me now, don't you think it's too late? I don't have the ability to create an Olympic champion in one afternoon." Dai Li smiled explain.

Leonard also felt a little embarrassed, and he couldn't help lowering his head.

"Okay, I'm not kidding you anymore." Dai Li leaned on the sofa calmly, and then said, "In an afternoon, I can't help you in terms of technical improvement, and your technology is already very advanced. It's mature enough that it doesn't need much improvement. So let's talk about some other things."

Leonard immediately put on an expression of listening carefully, while Dai Li picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then asked, "You should have watched the pole vault competition yesterday, right?"

"Yes, I saw it. Muller won wonderfully." Leonard nodded.

"Then before the match, did you think that Muller would win in the end?" Dai Li continued to ask.

"Not at all." Leonard shook his head without hesitation: "I thought it was ultimately a fight between Patrene and Kurayev."

"Then who do you think is stronger, Kulaev or Mueller?" Dai Li continued to ask.

Leonard thought for a while, and answered: "If it was the day before yesterday, I would definitely say that Kurayev was stronger, but after yesterday's game, I think Muller and Kurayev are at the same level. But Müller is younger, I think it's only a matter of time before Müller surpasses Kulaev."

"Then why do you think Kuraev lost?" Dai Li continued to ask.

Leonard thought for a while and answered: "In my opinion, the reason why Kurayev lost is because he didn't play as well as Muller. If he played better, he should be able to cross the 6.13 meters .”

"You are wrong! In fact, Kulaev did not choose to jump to 6.18 meters after failing the first two jumps at 6.13 meters. Instead, he continued to try 6.13 meters. At this time, he had already lost." Dai Li Open your mouth and say.

"6.18 meters has surpassed the world record for men's pole vault, right? Kulayev can't jump over it." Leonard said.

"Kulayev thought the same way at the time. Indeed, 6.18 meters is the world record, but if you don't even have the courage to try, and you think you can't jump, then it must be impossible." Dai Li picked up the teacup , took a small sip, and continued:

"Kulayev's tactical intention is actually very simple. He hopes to jump 6.13 meters, and then at 6.18 meters, both of them failed in the jump attempt, and then they will lower the height. Kurayev thinks that he will have an advantage in that case. .In other words, he made a choice that leaves a way out."

"In contrast, Muller chose not to jump after two failed attempts at 6.08 meters. He used his last chance to challenge 6.13 meters, and this height was something he had never tried in practice. You could say he made a no-holds-barred choice. That's the difference between the two of them."

"Let me tell you a story, it happened in our country, a real event, or a very famous battle. The first emperor of our country established a huge dynasty, and the emperor died , Many people stood up against his dynasty, and among them was a general who defeated the dynasty's 400,000 regular army with an army of 50,000 peasants. What method do you think he used?"

Leonard thought for a while, and then replied: "It must be some kind of conspiracy, right? I know that ancient Chinese generals liked to fight with fire and water. That general may have used a fire to burn all his opponents to death." or they dug the dam and drowned their opponents."

"You know a lot, but unfortunately you guessed wrong." Dai Li shook his head.

"It must be in a strong castle, just like in the Middle Ages in Europe, a castle with dozens of people can withstand the attack of thousands of people. I think if there is a big castle, 50,000 people are enough to withstand 400,000 people Yes," Leonard continued.

"That's not right." Dai Li shook his head again, and then he revealed the answer: "Instead of choosing defense, this general chose to attack the opponent, led his motley army across the river, and then scuttled all the Ship, he told his army, they had no way back, now they could only move forward. He broke all the pots, and then he told his army, if they can’t beat their opponent, then they will have nothing to eat , all of them will starve to death. He let these 50,000 people know that if they want to survive, then they have to go forward, attack, defeat the 400,000 enemies, and grab food from them!"

"Then, as he expected, his army continued to attack, attack, and attack again until it defeated the 400,000-strong opponent. When an army is facing desperation, even a motley crew composed of peasants Army, still erupting the energy of Silent Lunbu."

Dai Li said this, took a deep breath, and continued, "I'm saying this so that you can understand that when you face an opponent who is stronger than you, you should never think about retreating, and you have to keep telling yourself, You have no way out, you are in a desperate situation, you can only move forward, you can only fight! You only need to remember one sentence, when you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!"