Almighty Coach

Max drove by and frowned when he saw the sign of "Coach Li Physical Training Center" in front of the training hall.

"This gymnastics gym has been rented out! How come rich people are willing to accept such a high rent." Max thought a little unhappy.

Max and Dai Li are colleagues, and he also runs a physical training center. His "Iron Man" training center is quite famous in the northern part of Los Angeles. Many athletes or wealthy people will come to customize physical training courses.

In addition to the training center, Max also has two gyms, a swimming pool, and he also operates a fitness club and a swimming club.

Max has always planned to expand his business, and he also took a fancy to this gymnasium. The location is very good and there is enough space, but the rent is too cost-effective, which makes Max discouraged. However, Max did not give up on this jump. He felt that such a high rental price would never find a tenant, and it would be a matter of time before the price was lowered.

But today, when Max saw the signboard of "Coach Li Physical Training Center", he suddenly felt that his beloved gift was taken away.

So Max dialed the phone number of the real estate agency.

"I passed by that gymnasium today and found that it has been rented out. Do you know who rented it out?" Max asked.

"It's a Chinese, or it may be a new immigrant." The real estate agent said.

"There are still people of Chinese descent engaged in physical training? What about the price? Did he accept such a high rent?" Max continued to ask.

"No, as far as I know, he accepted the second plan, which is the one you refused to accept before." The real estate agent replied honestly.

"He is willing to train the disabled for free? It's really thankless." Max curled his lips in disdain.

"Mr. Max, in fact, I think this condition is not harsh. After all, you can get a part of the rent reduction. If you were willing to agree, this gymnasium would have become a training base of the Ironman Training Center long ago. "The intermediary said, for him, of course, he hopes to facilitate a business, and he can also charge an intermediary fee.

"I run a physical training center, not a physical training institution!" Max continued: "Furthermore, training disabled athletes, even if they train well, so what? Half of disabled athletes rely on Those who are alive on relief, they can’t afford the course fees! In my opinion, this Chinese training center won’t last a year!”

...

Meanwhile, in Seattle. A sports meeting for the disabled is being held here.

Seattle is located in the northwest of the United States, but this Paralympic Games still attracts many disabled athletes from the east.

Thanks to the low-cost airlines all over the United States, the journey of thousands of kilometers has become very fast and convenient. In terms of the income of Americans, the planes of low-cost airlines are equivalent to domestic green trains, and the cost of air tickets is not a very high price. Difficult numbers to pay. Even low-income groups can afford a cheap airline ticket.

What's more, many of the disabled athletes who came to participate in the sports meeting were strong men with tattoos, and they still had more or less burn marks on their bodies.

"They, like me, are all retired soldiers due to injuries. I think most of them should have been in Iraq!" Philip said.

Soldiers retired due to injuries, in addition to a one-time insurance compensation, can also receive a monthly retirement allowance for disabled soldiers from the government, so their economic conditions are better than ordinary unemployed people.

The United States encourages disabled soldiers to participate in disabled sports. The earliest disabled sports in the United States also originated from the US military. During World War II, the wheelchair basketball team composed of disabled soldiers was once very popular. Even after the end of World War II, a special wheelchair basketball association was established to hold tour games across the United States. It can be said that the historical background of the American Wheelchair Basketball League is not inferior to that of the NBA.

For decades, the United States has fought all over the world, and after each war, a large number of disabled soldiers will emerge, followed by a large number of disabled athletes, followed by the next two Paralympics Yes, the results of the United States will be very good. And if there is no war for several years, the performance of the United States in the Paralympic Games will also decline.

For example, although the Iraq War has ended for more than ten years, the US military operations in Iraq are still continuing, and the number of wounded and disabled soldiers has also been increasing. After several withdrawals, the US still has more than 5,000 soldiers stationed in Iraq. And the process of this war also created a large number of disabled athletes for the United States.

Compared with other disabled athletes, Philip is a newcomer. He has been playing rugby before, and he has not started practicing track and field for a long time.

At this moment, Philip was standing on the track, looking around nervously. After all, it was his first time participating in a competition.

"Hey, buddy, you seem very nervous, you should relax and treat this as a practice!" said a bearded white man next to him.

"That's right, the most important thing is to participate, don't worry about winning or losing." On the other side, a brown-haired man patted Philip on the shoulder, and then continued: "Actually, I also think that the two of T43 and T44 It is indeed unfair to compete at the same level. But we are not here to defeat our opponents, but to defeat ourselves."

The two people speaking are both T44 disabled athletes. In the Paralympic Games, the two levels T43 and T44 compete together, and sometimes T42 is added. In comparison, the degree of disability in the T44 class is less severe than that in the T43 class. T43 is bilateral amputation below the knee, above the ankle, or through the ankle joint, while T44 is amputation below the knee, above the ankle, or through the ankle joint. Simply put, it is the difference between losing one leg and losing two legs.

Theoretically speaking, a disabled leg is definitely faster than a disabled two legs, and among the athletes who appeared on the field, only Philip was at the T43 level, so Philip's nervous performance was interpreted by others as A kind of pessimism about the outcome, which led to enlightenment from other contestants.

People tend to sympathize with the weak. Among a group of disabled people, the one in the worst situation will also arouse the most sympathy. The others only have one broken leg, but Philip has two broken legs. Philip immediately became the object of sympathy from the audience.

...

"The men's 100-meter sprint competition at the T43/T44 level is about to start, and the athletes are ready. It can be seen that there is only one player in this group who is at the T43 level."

While talking into the microphone, the on-site commentator glanced at the information in his hand, and then said: "This T43-level athlete is called Barron Phillips. According to the registration information, he only started to practice sprinting a month ago. Yes, and today is the first time for him to participate in a formal sprint competition. We wish him a good result!"

The excited voice of the narrator aroused applause from the surrounding audience. In fact, everyone at the scene felt that Philip, who had lost his feet, must be the weakest one compared with other contestants. What he could do, It was left far behind by everyone, and then ran the whole course amidst encouraging applause, showing everyone the indomitable spirit of the disabled.

In the stands, a young father was pointing at Philip, and said to his son, "Jimmy, have you seen that man? Although he lost his feet, he didn't make a wheelchair, he put on a prosthesis , walk like a normal person, run like a normal person, he can even participate in track and field competitions."

"Then will he run fast?" the child asked childishly.

"He has one foot less than others, so he will be the slowest among all the competitors, but he will also cross the finish line like everyone else, and he will complete his goal." Father said with certainty.

At this moment, the gunshots for the start of the race sounded, and the contestants started to run.

People without feet lack the Achilles tendon, so they don't have the explosive power to kick the ground when starting. T44 athletes still have one foot, which can explode the kicking power of one foot when they start running. Philip, who has no feet People really don't have the explosive power to kick the ground at all.

The starting acceleration is slower, so in the first 30 meters of the race, Philip fell behind without any surprise.

The bottom one, this is in line with everyone's positioning of Philip, how can a person without two feet run faster!

The father turned his head and continued to say with earnestness on his face: "Jimmy, although he is at the end, he has an indomitable spirit. This is worth learning. When encountering difficulties, don't compromise. Learn from it." For him, it doesn't matter whether he can beat his opponent or not, if he can appear on this field, he has already defeated himself."

The father began to instill inspirational chicken soup in his son, and similar situations also appeared in many places in the stands.

Americans have always been good at practical education. It is also about educating children to strive for self-improvement. In China, they may read a text and then write a review, or do a question with standard answers. It seems that children learn what is Self-improvement is the same. Americans, on the other hand, are more willing to let their children experience it for themselves. It is obviously an excellent opportunity to educate their children by watching disabled athletes struggling on the field like this kind of disabled competition.

However, the kid named "Jimmy" shook his head. He pointed to the track and said, "Dad, you are wrong. He is not the last one. He is now the third, the second, oh no, yes First!"

The father turned his head and followed the child's fingers.

At this time, the distance of the race had exceeded 60 meters, but Philip had already knocked down the first position.

"What happened? How did he come first!"

...

The auditorium suddenly erupted, and the only athlete on the field without feet rushed to the front!

The counterattack of the weak is the scene that people like to see the most. Philip rushing from the last to the front also conforms to the psychology of sympathizing with the weak in people's subconscious. At this moment, Philip successfully ignited the audience.

"Come on! Go forward!"

"Come on, cross the finish line!"

At this moment, Philip deservedly became the focus of the audience.

...

On the runway, the brown-haired man who comforted Philip just now has been left far behind by Philip. Now he can hardly see Philip's side face, but only his younger generation.

"That newcomer runs so fast!" The brown-haired man sighed in his heart, and the next second he suddenly realized that Philip was a T43 athlete, and both of his legs were wearing artificial limbs.

"How is this possible! He doesn't have two feet, I just don't have one foot, why does he run faster than me, and so much faster!"

Thinking of this, the brown-haired man couldn't help looking down. He wanted to confirm whether Philip really lost his feet.

Although the black leopard prosthesis is made of carbon fiber, it exudes a metallic color in the sunlight, like a pair of sharp blades.

"Blade!" The brown-haired man involuntarily flashed the word in his mind.

...

"My goodness, Philip came from behind! He overtook the others, he took the lead! He got faster and faster, the lead got bigger and bigger, crossed the line! Philip! Philip won, he won!"

The roaring voice of the narrator also drove the atmosphere of the scene, and countless people like him began to shout.

"I didn't expect that the final winner turned out to be Barron Phillips! You know, among all the contestants, only he is at the T43 level, only he has lost both feet, but he outruns the others, and He still defeated other opponents with an absolute advantage! When he crossed the line, the other contestants were already far behind him!"

"Let's take a look at Philip's result, 12.16 seconds. Confirmed, it is 12.16 seconds! According to the information in my hand, in Philip's T43/44 level, the men's 100-meter world record is 12.20 seconds, that is to say , just now, in front of our eyes, Barron Phillips set a new world record!"

The commentator's voice became louder, and when he said "creating a new world record", it finally reached the highest decibel.

The atmosphere at the scene also reached its peak. Cheers, screams, and shouts were all intertwined. At this time, even if someone shouted to the sky, they probably couldn't hear their own voice.

"World record, I heard it right, the narrator just said the world record!"

"Who's that guy with no feet? I've never seen him before. Did he just break a world record?"

"Barron Philip, I remember introducing his name before, his name is Barron Philip!"

"Barron Phillips?" A reporter quickly typed the name on the tablet.

...

The world record of men's 100-meter sprint at the T43/44 level has been broken. Although many people don't know what level T43/44 is at all, everyone knows that the person who created this new world record was a man who lost his feet. people.

The score of 12.16 seconds is not even up to the level of second-level athletes in China. In a track and field powerhouse like the United States, there are countless people who run faster than this. Normal people say that they can run 12.16 seconds. Feel ashamed. However, considering that it was the run of a man who had lost both feet, the situation was quite different.

Before that, Barron Phillips was just a nobody.

In this game, he turned out to be out of nowhere.

And from today on, more and more people will remember his name.