Chapter 124: Fighting spirit
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"In the previous National Games, our East China team has never won a medal in the relay event, and has not even entered the top four, and the best result is only the sixth place."
At the mobilization meeting before the game, Li Youwei looked around at several athletes who were summoned by him, and said in a somewhat solemn tone.
Why is this so? The reason is very simple, we have never been a strong province in track competitions, compared to West China, South China and other regions, there are too few outstanding track athletes in our province, if you don't count this session, we haven't even won a gold medal in track competitions before. ”
"If we don't have Sunday, then I can honestly tell you that in the 4x100m relay event, we don't even make it to the final, and I and the leaders of the delegation won't expect too much from you, because that's not realistic."
With Li Youwei's words, except for Zhou Tian, the other three athletes, including Chen Qianqian, all had a somewhat ugly face, but none of them refuted it, although Li Youwei's words were a little ugly, what could be said was indeed the truth, and Chen Qianqian was very clear about this.
"But at the moment, we have Sunday, and we have the capital to compete with other strong teams."
Li Youwei accentuated his tone, nodded heavily at Zhou Tian, and said loudly.
"Boys, Zhou Tian has won four gold medals in individual events, he has broken countless sports records in East China Province, he has completed the task of the competition very successfully, even the most picky person is unlikely to ask for more from him, unless he voluntarily.
Even if Zhou Tian doesn't get this relay gold medal, for him, there is nothing, no one will accuse him, and no one will think that he is not good enough.
Zhou Tian has received too many honors, what about you? Don't you want to win your own honor at the country's highest sporting event, leaving a glorious record that you, your family, and even future generations can be proud of? ”
Speaking of the back, Li Youwei raised his voice and looked at the three athletes, including Chen Qianjian, with burning eyes.
"If you want to get the honor you yearn for in your heart, if you want to leave no regrets in your life, please work hard with Zhou Tian, fight for the finals, and fight for a medal or even a gold medal."
Finally, Li Youwei said as he high-fived several athletes.
At 19:40, the 4 x 100 meter relay event officially began.
Chen Qianqian was in charge of the first bat, and Zhou Tian was in charge of the last bat.
Since the men's high jump final was being held at this time, the live broadcast camera of China Television was aimed at the high jump venue, and countless viewers in front of the TV who liked Sunday could only learn about the 4 x 100 meters by watching the occasional interlude or subtitles.
"Hey, what's there to broadcast in the boring high jump, I'm going to watch Sunday, I'm going to watch the 4 by 100 meter relay."
In front of the TV, I don't know how many viewers who like Sunday have such resentment in their hearts.
"Bang!"
With the gunfire of the starter, the game began.
Chen Qianqian's starting reaction was very good, ranking in the top three among the eight first-place runners, and his own strength is also remarkable, coupled with his high morale, he ran his best form.
After running 100 meters, Chen Qianjin completed the second handover task, only one line slower than the fastest Huaxi team.
However, compared with Chen Qianjian, the two players in the second and third bats are slightly weaker, and even if they have a strong fighting spirit, they cannot fully make up for the shortcomings in strength.
When the second baton was over, the East China team was in fourth place.
When the third baton was over, the East China team was in sixth place.
On the sidelines, Li Youwei and Hu Zhonghua were so anxious that they stomped their feet, but to no avail.
"Shit, these two pieces of shit."
Li Youwei burst out with a foul language.
For the 4 x 100 meter relay, because of the existence of Zhou Tian, Li Youwei's lowest expectation in his heart is to advance to the finals, which he promised the leader.
But at the moment, due to the poor performance of the second and third bats, Zhou Tian, who directly leads to the fourth bat, will face great pressure and challenges, which Li Youwei does not want to see.
After all, there are two events to compete in later on Sunday, especially the final of the 1500, which is even more important.
If Zhou Tian's performance in the 1500m event is affected because of his participation in the 100-meter relay preliminaries, then Li Youwei would rather not participate in the relay race on Sunday, and he can even make up his mind to give up the competition with other teams in the relay event.
In Li Youwei's view, Zhou Tian has great hopes of winning the championship in the 1500m event, which will not only allow Zhou Tian to win the unprecedented five individual championships, but also make Li Youwei a big winner.
The 4 x 100 meter relay event has too many uncertainties and requires coordination, not Zhou Tian's personal strength can determine the outcome of the competition, even if he relies on Zhou Tian's outbreak to fight for the final, in the final, it is difficult to win medals and even gold medals.
Li Youwei naturally didn't want Zhou Tian to lose enough competitiveness in the 1500-meter event because of physical problems in the 1500-meter event, which was highly uncertain.
"Hey, it's up to Sunday!"
In Li Youwei's thoughts, Hu Zhonghua looked in the direction of Zhou Tian with hope and said.
Zhou Tian was a little slower in his reaction to the baton, which made him already in seventh place when he started to run at full strength, but the gap between him and the previous six teams was not too big.
"Come on, come on, Zhou Tian!"
Seeing that Zhou Tian began to run wildly, Chen Qianqian jumped to cheer for Zhou Tian.
It can be said that Chen Qianjin attaches great importance to the 4 x 100m relay event, and he has already failed to win in the 100m and 200m individual events, and he is extremely eager to hope that he can get the honor in this event, even if it is just a bronze medal, he will be satisfied.
Right now, Chen Qianqian's wishes, Chen Qianjian's ideals, and Chen Qianqian's desire for honor completely depend on Zhou Tian's performance.
"Beautiful! Pretty! Pretty! ”
When he saw that Zhou Tian was in third place with less than 50 meters left in the race, Chen Qianqian was overjoyed.
By the time he reached the finish line on Sunday, he was already in second place, a position that would have ensured the East China team qualifying directly for the final.
"Sunday, it's so reassuring!"
Li Youwei sighed with joy.
"yes, he's never let us down since the National Games." Hu Zhonghua echoed with a satisfied face.