Chapter 301 Olympic Flag Bearer
"9 seconds 77!" A result that is extremely close to the world record, a result that is enough to make every sprinter proud of his life. With the talent and strength shown by Li Tian when he entered the international field, everyone believes that he will definitely reach this level in the future, but I believe that most people did not expect that this day would come so quickly, even after Li Tian returned from injury.
"God, is he still a human? If this result can be achieved in the Olympics, it would be a foregone conclusion that the men's 100-meter championship."
"I'm now starting to doubt whether he announced that his injury could not be cured and withdrew from the national team was a surprise formation, so as to completely get rid of the harassment of the media, and then find a hidden place to conduct closed training. Otherwise, how could he fully recover to his best physical condition in just a few months, and even his strength was higher than before. That would be amazing!"
"Since Li Tian is called a 'monster', he naturally cannot be judged by the logical standards of ordinary people. However, he is only eighteen years old now and can run a 9.77 seconds. I can only say that he is too perverted."
"Anyway, his perfect comeback has added the heaviest weight to our track and field team in the Olympics, which is a great thing."
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Among all the players and coaches on the scene, only Gu Feng and Coach Fan seemed calm, because they had seen Li Tian's performance more than once. Although being in a high altitude area is more conducive to creating good results in sprint events, Li Tian's performance is undoubtedly beyond the level.
"Okay, everyone has seen Li Tian's performance. The efforts and hardships he has made are definitely beyond everyone's imagination to have today's strength. Only with hard work can you gain. Everyone should be inspired and spread out and continue training!" Perhaps it was stimulated by Li Tian. All the players on the training ground that morning were full of energy, and seemed to have forgotten the fact that the altitude of the training base was close to 1,900 meters. The direct result was that more than half of the players in the dormitory returned to the dormitory and fell asleep after finishing the training that day, and even had the strength to get up and eat for dinner. Until the next morning, most people still had a hint of fatigue on their faces.
"Brother-in-law!"
"What's wrong with Qi Nan? Didn't sleep well last night? Your face looks bad." Li Tian and Gu Feng just went out the next morning and met Chen Qi Nan head-on, but the boy's face was pale and his eyes were no longer as bright as before.
"Isn't it because of the altitude sickness here? I have been practicing hard in Germany for more than a year and think that my physical fitness has improved a lot compared to before. I didn't expect Caitian's training to be unbearable." Chen Qinan came to Haitang training base this time, so he naturally felt very uncomfortable with the plateau environment here. After a night of rest, he still couldn't recover.
"But, Boss, you're here for the time at Haitang Base. No matter how I think you and Gu Feng don't have any trouble. Yesterday, you exercised much more than everyone else." Chen Qinan looked at the energetic two people in front of him curiously.
"Of course, the altitude here is only half the height of the place I used to live!" Gu Feng looked indifferent.
"Ah! You can't live on the top of the mountain."
"Afeng originally lived on Kunlun Mountain, with an altitude of more than 3,500 meters. I also trained there for nearly a year, so the altitude here has no effect on us." After hearing Li Tian's words, Chen Qinan seemed to be stunned.
Three days later, all the local team members adapted to the influence of high altitude and the training was completely on track. With players like Li Tian, Gu Feng and Liu Xiang as role models, the entire track and field training ground was in full swing, and the enthusiasm of every player and coach was completely mobilized. Especially in the long-distance running event, Gu Feng was "leader" in training, and other teammates were stimulated to have greater potential and constantly break through their original results. All this made Duan Shijie, chairman of the local field association, excited.
Of course, the biggest highlight on the training ground is Li Tian, a young genius who was once thought to say goodbye to the track and field forever. He made one result after another that was insurmountable to future generations on this track and field field, especially on the tenth day after the training camp, he actually ran a world record of 100 meters and 9.75 seconds in training, which immediately caused a sensation in the entire base. Even the aunt in charge of canteen hygiene knew this amazing news, and other teammates were finally completely numb to his "perverted" performance.
As the opening day of the Olympics approaches, the Olympic boom has almost become the only theme in the country. Television, radio, newspapers, and magazines are all reports related to the Olympics. Whether in the streets or in the company schools, men, women, young and old are talking about the Olympics. The information of Chinese sports star players has been memorized by many people, and they all have become "experts". Media reporters have also tried their best to find hot news everywhere, and have gathered more than half of the domestic sports elites in the Haitang training base, which naturally became the main battlefield for this news war.
"Brother Huang, today, I treat you to Fuyuan Tower. You must give me some face!" Huang Yongxiang drove the transport truck and left the Haitang training base shortly after he was stopped by two young men who looked like reporters.
"Oh, it turns out to be reporter Gao. Look at what you said. I, a big guy, don't have as much face as you said!" Huang Yongxiang was so proud of this period. Originally, as a buyer at the canteen of Haitang Training Base, there was nothing worth boasting about, but in the past week, several groups of reporters have taken the initiative to get close to him. One by one, a group of well-known domestic journalists have scrambled to curry favor with him, which greatly satisfyed his vanity and also gained great material gains.
"Brother Huang, this is a little bit of a word. You can buy a pack of cigarettes." In a private room in Fuyuan Tower, after the three of them had enough food and drink, the reporter named Gao took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Huang Yongxiang.
"How can you be so embarrassed? I've made you spend so much money every time." Although that's the case, Huang Yongxiang was not slow at all. After pinching the thickness of the envelope, he immediately put it in the pocket of his clothes with a smile.
"Brother Gao, it's really not easy to do your journalist career. You are in the wind and rain all day long, and there is no shade in the sun. I have nothing to help you, brother, but I have news here, maybe you will be interested."
"Oh, what is the news?" Today, reporter Gao and the others were trying to get some valuable news from Huang Yongxiang's mouth. Since the various sports teams entered the Haitang training base for fully closed training, the contact between the reporters stationed outside the base and the athletes inside was completely interrupted. It was impossible to interview athletes directly. In order to dig up the news, reporter Gao and others had to find another way. Hundreds of athletes and coaches were concentrated in the base, and the amount of food consumed every day was quite large. Therefore, as a canteen buyer, he had to go to the city to purchase food every other day. Since he was one of the few people in the base who could communicate with the outside world, many reporters asked him to help collect information inside, and of course the benefits he received were quite large each time.
"This news is about Li Tian. During training yesterday, he ran 9.75 seconds and exceeded the world record of 100 meters." Huang Yongxiang's words suddenly made reporter Gao's eyes lit up. At present, Li Tian's news is what they most urgently hope for. The outside world knows nothing about the news that he announced his return from injury.
"Really? Is this news reliable?" This is definitely an extremely valuable news. Many people are still worried about Li Tian's condition after he recovered from his injury. If this news is published, it will definitely cause a sensation.
"Of course it's reliable. Almost everyone in the base knows this news, and the track and field team members still watched him run with their own eyes." Huang Yongxiang had long confirmed the authenticity of the news from many athletes who went to the cafeteria to eat.
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"9.75 seconds, Li Tian's goal is aimed directly at the Olympic throne!" The day after Huang Yongxiang met with reporter Gao, "Sports News" published this national sensational news on the front page of the newspaper, adding fire to the already popular Olympic boom. Track and field has become the most concerned event for Chinese audiences. Tickets for track and field competitions have long been sold out. Now the price on the black market is priced at almost the same price as the opening ceremony tickets. It can be said that even if you have money, you can't get a ticket.
Perhaps in order not to let "Sports News" be beautiful in this fierce Olympic news war, the leader of the Chinese sports media, "Sports Weekly", also published a very important news on the front page of the newspaper the next day, "The 2008 Chinese Olympic delegation flag bearer selected, Li Tian finally stood out!"
"Chairman Duan, are you looking for me?" Li Tian pushed open the office door. Duan Shijie, chairman of the Athletic Association, was drinking tea with a comfortable face and looking at the newspaper in his hand. During this period, the head of the Athletic Association, ate and lived and ate together with the team members and coaches.
"Xiaotian, come in quickly and sit down!" Duan Shijie poured him a glass of water himself.
"Chairman, what's wrong with me? Seeing that you are full of red face, I guess it must be a good thing."
"Of course it's a good thing. The General Administration of Sports has decided that you will be the standard bearer of the Chinese Olympic delegation this time." Duan Shijie said with a smile on his face.
Chapter completed!