Two months later, the provincial track and field team stepped on the train to Jinmen.

The provincial capital is not far from the city of Jinmen, the train is four hours away, and if the high-speed rail is completed in a few years, the time will be shortened to one hour.

After the athletes arrange accommodation, they go to the competition venue to adapt to the venue.

Athletics is not a national strength, so domestic trials are not taken seriously, which is why the registration restrictions are relatively broad. Generally, a team in the official competition can only select three players to participate in the same event, but this time, the Athletics Association has relaxed the number of players from each team to four.

Sprinting has always been an event with the lowest technical threshold, and in the men's 100-meter event, the provincial teams invariably sent four athletes to participate in the selection competition, and mainly young athletes, obviously training newcomers. A total of 140 players from 35 teams and 140 players from 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, and four municipalities directly under the central government in China, as well as the Bayi team of the military system, the vanguard team of the public security system, the locomotive team of the railway system, and the communication team of the postal system, participated in the competition, and 18 preliminaries alone were to be held.

Because of this, when Zhang Guan came to the competition venue, the stadium was already overcrowded, and the players could only look at the surrounding environment without having the opportunity to test run on the field.

Many of the athletes of each team know each other, and it is natural to chat a few words after meeting, but Zhang Guan is a newcomer to this venue, so he can only honestly follow his roommate Wang Kai, and Wang Kai also acted as a teacher at this time, introducing nearby athletes to Zhang Guan.

I saw Wang Kai pointing to a handsome young man in the distance, and said: "That is Yin Hanzhao, a veteran of eastern Guangdong, the runner-up in the 100-meter event at the National Games last year, and the fourth place in the National Track and Field Championships last year; Next to him was his teammate Liu Yang, the third runner-up at the National Games the year before. In addition, there is also a Chen Jian in their team, Chen Jian, you always know, now the first person in the 100 meters in China, this time to participate in the Asian Athletics Championships, there will definitely be a place for him! But why didn't you see him......"

"That's the Tokai team over there." Wang Kai then pointed to another group of athletes and said: "That flat head is Shen Storm, who can reach the world's top level in the domestic indoor 60-meter event, and his level in the 100-meter is second only to Chen Jian." This time I went to the Asian Athletics Competition, and it is estimated that there will be a place for him. ”

"See the eyed one over there?" Wang Kai pointed to the athletes of the Shancheng team.

Zhang Guan followed Wang Kai's hope, and then said: "I know this person, the glasses man is nonsense!" ”

"You, a newcomer, still know Hu Kai? Glasses Man? It's a fitting nickname. But then again, he's the only athlete with glasses in the sprints. This Hu Kai only came out in the past two years, he was originally from our province, and was later specially recruited to Tsinghua University, and now he is playing on behalf of the Shancheng team. The one next to him is called He Jun, who also competes on behalf of the Shancheng team. Wang Kai said.

Zhang Guan nodded yes. At this time, Hu Kai had not yet become famous, and the nickname "Glasses Man" was only called so by people in the capital team, and when he won the championship in the Asian arena two years later, the nickname "Glasses Man" would be known to people.

At this time, Wang Kai pointed to the athletes of the other team.

"It's the Huangpu team over there."

"Huangpu team?" Zhang Guan searched carefully for a long time, and then asked, "Why didn't you see Liu Feifei?" ”

"He didn't come this time, and there is a time conflict between this Asian Athletics Championships and the 9th World Athletics Championships, so Liu Feifei will not participate in the 110-meter hurdles of this Asian Athletics Championships, and he will not participate in the trials. Two weeks ago, the trials for the Athletics Championships were held in Huangpu, and those who passed the selection for the World Championships will not participate this time. Wang Kai introduced.

"Who's going to go to the 100m event? Jian Chen? Zhang Guan asked.

Wang Kai smiled and shook his head: "Our country's 100-meter level is not up to the standard of participating in the World Championships. In the sprint events, the real strengths of the national team are race walking and women's long distance events, and only the 110m hurdles in the sprint event qualify for the World Championships. ”

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Wang Kai introduced it around, but Zhang Guan didn't remember a few, and when it was getting late, he returned to his residence with the team. After dinner and washing, I slept until dawn.

After breakfast the next day, Zhang Guan came to the arena with the track and field team.

Due to the relatively close arrangement of the event, the first day was mainly the preliminaries, and the level of the preliminaries was uneven, so naturally there was no ornamentation, and not many people were paying attention, even the reporters on the scene were too lazy to pick up their cameras to take pictures, and even the writing of the manuscript seemed to be like gold.

There are 140 runners in the men's 100m event, and the first two in each race will advance to the semifinals, and the top four of the remaining athletes will also enter the semifinals, for a total of 40 athletes, which means that 100 athletes will be eliminated in the preliminaries.

Zhang Guan was placed in the first group and played on the second runway.

In many competitions, the first group can also be regarded as the cannon fodder group, because the first group of games, the corresponding timing or monitoring equipment has just been enabled, it is easy to malfunction or other emergencies, in case there is any unexpected problem in the game, it is natural to let some unknown cannon fodder players bear the consequences, and then let the well-known players play after the equipment runs perfectly.

On the other hand, because the competition has just begun, the atmosphere of the competition has not yet been nurtured, and it is difficult for the athletes to enter the competition state in the first game, so it is difficult for the athletes to make satisfactory results; After a period of time, the atmosphere of competition on the field becomes more and more intense, and the athletes' emotions will become excited. It is precisely because of this that the organizers of the tournament often rank the strongest players in the lower middle of the race.

However, the cannon fodder group also has the advantage of the cannon fodder group, that is, the strength of the athletes is low, and the competition organizer will not let the famous players be cannon fodder, so the cannon fodder group in the first group is either some rookie players or some players who usually don't have many opportunities to play.

Athletes with a little experience definitely don't want to play in the cannon fodder group, but Chen Lao is still very satisfied with this group. In Chen Lao's view, what Zhang Guan needs most at present is to adapt to the atmosphere of the game, so this group with a weak level of competition is conducive to Zhang Guan's qualification.

"Boy, the strength of this group is so weak, if you work hard, you will be able to qualify." Chen Lao looked at Zhang Guan, who was already standing on the track in the distance, and muttered silently.

At this moment, a person behind him slapped Chen Lao on the shoulder.

"Lao Chen!"

Chen Lao turned his head to look and saw a bald man standing behind him, looking at him with a smile. This man is about 60 years old, with a big nose and a big mouth, and his body is slightly fat, and he looks like King Kong from the temple.

"Less! You remember coming to see me, old man! Chen Lao said with a smile.

The bald man is the deputy head coach of the national track and field team and the head coach of the national track and field team's sprint event.

The organizer of this competition is the National Athletics Association, and Yu Gui, as the deputy head coach of the national track and field team, also serves in the Athletics Association, so he must be there in person.

Coach Yu is eight years younger than Chen Lao, and he is also a sprinter, who mainly focused on the 200-meter event when he was young, and has broken the national 200-meter record many times.

Chen Lao and Yu Gui two are quite friendly, both are fellow villagers in Sichuan Province, Chen Lao Ping 10 seconds record that year, Yu Gui was selected into the national team, Chen Lao became the coach of the national team after retiring, it is the peak of the athletes under the guidance, and later became the coach of the national team after the retirement of the coach, the two have nearly 40 years of friendship, and the name between each other is also "Lao Chen", "less than" so cordial.

When old friends meet, it is naturally indispensable to reminisce, and the other coaches also know the identities of the two, and they are very interested in flashing to the side, making the two chatter. However, soon, Director Yu discovered that today's old Chen Lao's mind was obviously not on the old days, but on the fact that his attention had been focused on the game.

"Okay Lao Chen, don't look at it, let's go to the lounge for a cup of tea, this first scene, they are all cannon fodder, their strength is very mediocre, what is there to see." Director Yu said with a smile.

"Cannon fodder? There are good seedlings in this that I have worked so hard to find! Chen Lao said very seriously.

According to Yu Gui's understanding of Chen Lao, Chen Lao can be so important, which shows that the so-called "good seedlings" in his mouth are by no means ordinary, which aroused Yu Gui's curiosity, and he couldn't help asking: "Which one?" ”

"It's the second one." Old Chen replied.

Director Yu looked at Zhang Guan in the distance carefully and said, "It's a young player." Is it very potential? ”

"Just look at it." Chen Lao said with a smile.

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