Almighty Coach

It's the weekend again, and the Olympic Games has come to the penultimate competition day.

In the track and field, the first start is the final of the women's high jump event.

The US team had two players advance to the finals, one was the 32-year-old Jennifer, and the other was the 18-year-old Ayman.

Old and young, this situation is also a true portrayal of the US track and field team in this Olympic Games, and it often happens in other sports. Affected by the doping scandal, more than half of the backbone of American track and field did not come, so they can only rely on those veterans who are no longer at the peak and young players who have not yet grown up.

But it is such a U.S. track and field team that has won 20 gold medals, breaking the best record of the U.S. team.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of athlete who is not at the peak will not be favored, but today is different. The contestants from other countries have shown enough attention to the old and the young, because they are American athletes.

The number of 20 gold medals is too terrifying. This fully demonstrates the strength of the US team. What's more, in this Olympic Games, the US team has created too many upsets in this stadium. The rejuvenated and young athlete is a blockbuster. No one can guarantee that the next upset will happen immediately.

Dai Li's expression seemed very relaxed, because the women's high jump contestants were all relatively average in strength, and no athlete was outstanding. This also maximized the benefits of the status balance.

A total of 17 athletes participated in today's final. Originally, there were only twelve places for the final, but in the qualifying round, six athletes could not jump to the next height, so they could only come to the final together.

The starting height of the final is 1.88 meters. For the contestants who can enter the final, the first starting height will not be too difficult, and all contestants have successfully advanced.

The second height is 1.93 meters, which disqualified six players from continuing to compete.

Then the height reached 1.97 meters. At this height, the 18-year-old player of the US team was eliminated, and in the end only five players were promoted, namely a Spanish player, a Bulgarian player, a Russian players, an Italian player, and the 32-year-old veteran of the US team, Jennifer.

The next height is 2 meters. Unexpectedly, none of the five contestants can cross this height.

In this Olympic Games, the strength of women's high jumpers is indeed somewhat unsatisfactory, and they did not even jump a height of 2 meters. You must know that the world record for this event is 2.09 meters, and the Olympic record is also 2.06 meters. In the recent Olympic Games, it is also necessary to reach 2.03 meters or more before the gold medal can be determined.

When this happens, according to the rules, it can only be lowered. The competition will lower the height of the crossbar by 1 centimeter to 1.99 meters.

American veteran Jennifer was the first to try jumping. For her, 1.99 meters should not be a difficult height to cross. When she was young, she could easily jump 1.99 meters. Even now she is 32 years old, she doesn’t feel this How difficult is the height.

Jennifer took a deep breath, started a run-up, soared into the air in front of the bar, and jumped over beautifully.

1.99 meters, Jennifer succeeded in one trial jump.

As for the US team, the coaching staff suddenly became elated. This successful attempt means that Jennifer is already in an undefeated position.

Since this is the lowered height, it is equivalent to an extra match after the regular competition, so there is no need to complete all three trial jumps. As long as someone succeeds in the trial jump and others fail in the same round of trial jumps, then it is also was eliminated from the game.

For example, if Lawrence succeeded in the first attempt, if other athletes failed in the first attempt, they would not need to make a second attempt and would be out of the competition. And if there are other players who succeed in the first trial jump, then those who succeed in the trial jump will increase their height and continue the competition until the winner is decided.

Therefore, after Lawrence succeeded in the first attempt, if the other four players want to continue to the next height, they must also succeed in the first attempt.

For the other four contestants, the pressure suddenly increased several times. This is equivalent to the opportunity of three trial jumps, which directly became one opportunity.

Under the pressure, the Italian player and the Croatian player failed one after another and were eliminated, which also put more pressure on the other two.

The Russian player who played later also failed in the trial jump, which means that he and the Italian player and Croatian player who failed before can win at least one bronze medal.

In the high jump competition, tied silver or bronze medals are allowed, but there can only be one gold medal.

At this time, these eliminated players hope that the Spanish player who has not yet appeared will also fail in the trial jump. If the Spanish player fails in the trial jump, then the four of them will be tied for runner-up and the bronze medal will become a silver medal.

Perhaps the curse of these three people had an effect, and the Spanish player really knocked off the crossbar, and she failed. All four of them won silver medals.

The only gold medal naturally belongs to American veteran Lawrence.

...

"21 gold medals!" Downey's face was full of smiles, and he continued: "Counting the last 4 times 400-meter relay race, we can get 23 gold medals!"

"23 gold medals are not enough. As I said before, we want to win 25 gold medals." Dai Li replied.

"Have you not given up on this idea yet? 25 gold medals, this is too difficult, and it is two short of our expectations. In fact, 23 gold medals are already good enough. There are 47 gold medals in the Olympic track and field events. We Are you still not satisfied after getting half of it? In this world, there is no country whose track and field team can win 23 gold medals in one Olympic Games!" Downey said.

"Maybe it won't be long before you see the 24th gold medal." Dai Li pointed to the javelin field while talking.

The men's javelin final is about to begin.

"You mean the javelin?" Downey shook his head, "That has never been our strong point."

"Men's pole vault wasn't our strong point before." Dai Li replied with a smile.

"But in the pole vault event, Muller is very strong. We can't count on it. There is a Muller in every event, right? In the men's javelin, we only have Marcus Allen to advance to the final. I don't think he will have the strength of Muller." Downey said.

Dai Li shook his head indifferently: "In the pole vault event, our team Muller is very strong, but the opponent is also very strong. But the next men's javelin is different. Our team Marcus- Although Alan's strength is relatively average, his opponent's strength is also relatively average. In sports competitions, the person who wins the gold medal may not be the strongest person, but he must be the person who defeated all other opponents. As for how To defeat all opponents, either you are strong enough, or your opponents are very weak. Since the strength of our contestants has been relatively fixed, why not pray that the opponents are weaker?"

...

Twenty minutes later, Downey seemed to have forgotten what he had told Dai Li just now, and he celebrated more joyfully than anyone else.

American player Marcus Allen really got the final gold medal, his score is 85 meters 38. The second-placed German player scored 85 meters and 32 meters, which means that the US team only won by 6 centimeters.

In javelin throwing, the difference of 6 centimeters is really negligible. If calculated according to the total score of 85 meters, 6 centimeters is equivalent to 7/10,000. It is a pity that the German team lost the game by a gap of 7 out of 10,000, and it is too thrilling for the US team to win.

Moreover, this 85m38 championship result is also the worst men's javelin championship result in recent Olympic Games. The world record for the men's javelin is 98.48 meters, and the Olympic record is 90.57 meters. In the past few Olympic Games, the championship results were all above 88 meters.

As Li Dai said before the competition, the men's javelin throwers in this Olympic Games are not very strong. As an athlete, if you want to win, there are only two possibilities. The first is that you are strong enough to beat everyone else;

If you want to keep yourself strong, you can only develop yourself continuously, but if you want others to be weaker than you, then you can not only develop yourself, but also weaken others. It’s just that in sports, the competition is relatively fair. As an athlete, there is basically no way to weaken your competitors, because there must be someone who is more talented than you and works harder than you. Athletes can only make themselves better. Strong, and then beat the opponent on the field.

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On the track, the men's 1500m final is about to begin.

In this project, the American player Ramon entered the finals. Ramon is 25 years old this year and has also participated in many international competitions. He once won the IAAF Grand Prix. He is a strong and experienced player, and he is also a rare American team that has not been affected by the doping scandal. athlete.

In terms of strength, Ramon has the possibility to win the championship, but the opponents Ramon faces are also not weak. African countries such as Algeria, Uganda, and Kenya all have strong players participating.

This is another event where the strength of the contestants is relatively average, but the 1500m is not like the high jump or the javelin. The athletes do not have the opportunity to try many times, and the balance of the state cannot be effective.

"It's up to Ramon himself." Dai Li took a deep breath, hoping that Ramon could bring him some surprises.

At this time, Ramon had already stood on the runway, but in his mind was the image of the men's javelin event award ceremony just now.

As early as more than ten days ago, Ramon arrived in Rio de Janeiro with the US team. In the previous eight days of competition, he also witnessed American athletes winning championships and gold medals.

Among them, there are athletes like Jimmy Irwin who dominated an era, athletes like Justin Alexander who paid after the suspension, athletes like Sean Ford who have not achieved good results for many years, and Eli Athletes like Smet who stopped in the first round of qualifying, and athletes like Franz Muller who didn't even qualify. And they all won gold medals.

In today's game, Ramon witnessed the veteran Lawrence and the relatively mediocre Marcus Allen win the championship. At this time, Ramon's heart had already begun to stir.

Ramon felt that compared with these players, he should have an advantage. He had already won the first place in the domestic trials in the United States, even if the doping scandal broke out later, it did not affect him.

Compared with Alvin, Alexander and Ford, he is not very old, 25 years old is the peak age of a track and field athlete.

Compared with athletes like Mette and Muller, he is also more experienced. He has participated in world-class competitions and won the championship in the IAAF Grand Prix.

Compared with Lawrence and Maris Allen who just won the championship, Ramon is also better. He is not the kind of mediocre athlete. His strength is top-notch in the men's 1500m event.

"They can all win the gold medal, so can I!" Ramon suddenly became excited when he thought of the gold medal, and he became more confident.

During the eight track and field competition days, he had already felt envious too many times. Every day he could see several teammates showing off their gold medals. And today, Ramon is going to fight for a gold medal of his own.

...

Dai Li looked at the timer in his hand.

"The speed of the contestants today is a bit slow. If we continue at this speed, the final score may be beyond 3 minutes and 50 seconds." Dai Li said to himself.

Men's 1500m is not run in lanes, so the speed of the players depends on the speed of the leader. In today's competition, the speed of the leader is not fast, so it also suppresses other athletes slower.

The world record for this event is 3 minutes 26 seconds, and the Olympic record is 3 minutes 32 seconds 07. If you just run for 3 minutes and 50 seconds, it is indeed a relatively unsatisfactory result.

"The front speed is relatively slow, and the physical strength of the players will be more abundant. In this way, the competition in the final sprint will be extremely fierce." Downey said from the side.

"This may be an advantage for Ramon. He is not an athlete who is good at distributing and retaining energy, but he is very good at explosive sprinting." Dai Li said.

As the head coach, Dai Li is naturally well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of his athletes.

Sure enough, after entering the last sprint lap, Ramon's speed became faster, and he was already in the leading position in the last 100 meters.

"This match should be winable." Dai Li also gave his own judgment at this time.

"Can we really get 25 gold?" Donnie suddenly realized this.

At this time, Ramon started the final sprint, and he crossed the finish line first, and the final result was just as Dai Li expected, exactly 3 minutes and 50 seconds.

Unconsciously, today's US track and field team has won three gold medals.

And counting the 4 x 400-meter relay that has not yet been held, the US team can harvest five gold medals today.

In addition to the previous 20 gold medals, the US track and field team really won 25 gold medals in this Olympic Games.

Dai Li's prophecy during his interview yesterday has come true again!