Linz railway station.

A group of yellow faces wearing red, white and yellow sportswear and embroidered with a small five-star red flag icon on their chests walked out of the station with a mighty salute.

"Don't be nervous, this is your first time going abroad, it's good to be familiar with it, everyone is the same." Chen Jian pushed the luggage cart and said with a smile to Su Zu, who was looking around.

Su Zu twisted his neck slightly from side to side, and sat for too long and was a little sour, looking at the airport surrounded by passengers who looked very different from those in China.

Hearing Chen Jian's words, he smiled, "Brother Chen Jian, you are so calm, you are also the first time to come to Austria, right?" ”

Yesterday, I took a plane from the imperial capital to Vienna Airport in Austria for more than ten hours, and then rushed from Vienna to Linz by European rail. I sat all the way, and my body was really stiff.

"It's the first time I've been to Europe, but I've been to Japan and South Korea before, and I've actually been abroad for a while. You just follow your coach and don't leave the team. ”

Chen Jian replied with a smile, in fact, the itinerary of athletes to foreign competitions is generally very simple, and the main committee has arranged it in advance, and the accompanying coaching staff or translators have planned the route. That is, the venue and the opponent have changed, there is also a language barrier, and the others are similar, planes, cars, hotels, training grounds, competition grounds, just a few places.

"Well, I'll take notice." Su Zu nodded, he had been there twice before, but both in New Malaysia and Thailand, and it was indeed the first time in Europe. Due to the influence of later generations, it is not enough to say how much curiosity there is, but there is still a bit of freshness.

When he goes abroad, the main problem is the language, his English is also a level 4, and he can make a limited oral expression, and Austria is still a German-speaking country, so it is estimated that the English he knows will not be useful.

Not only him, but most of the people who came to Austria this time are basically in a state of language barrier, except for translators and some members of the coaching staff who have overseas exchange experience.

The national track and field team also has its own interpreters, and the coaching staff of the national team has two external Italian race walking coaches.

"Actually, foreign competitions are not a big deal, more than a week has passed in a flash, don't worry." Yang Guangzong, who was standing at the back of the line, wore a pair of sunglasses and pushed his suitcase to follow.

Su Zu is the youngest in the team, Chen Jian, Yang Guangzong and others all regard themselves as senior brothers and eldest brothers, and in the information they know, Su Zu is still a child from the countryside, and they are afraid that he will not adapt to anything.

"By the way, if you have any questions, ask you Senior Brother Yang, he has no less experience in competing abroad than me." Chen Jian said with a smile that the two of them competed in the 100 meters, but they were both in the national team, and their private relationship was not bad.

"What is my experience?" Yang Guangzong took off his sunglasses, hung them on the zipper of his clothes, and pointed to Liu Yangyu, who was walking in front, and said, "Yangyu is the object of your teaching, he has been running in Europe all year long." ”

"What's the matter, speaking of me." Liu Yangyu heard his name mentioned, turned around and smiled with a few people, he has been competing abroad since 2000, Chile, France, Sweden, Belgium, Greece, Switzerland and other countries, among the athletes, he has the most experience in going abroad to compete.

"It's all a big army operation, so you don't have any experience, just be careful not to be influenced by others when you compete."

Liu Yangyu and Yang Guangzong are both from the Modu track and field team, so they are relatively familiar. In fact, everyone is a young man in his twenties, and he loves to play and play when he is familiar with it, and he may occasionally burst into sparks on the playing field, and he is generally very easy to get along with in private.

"We'll go back in about a week, what about you, Yangyu, when will you go back?" Chen Jian stretched out his hand and put Yang Guangzong's suitcase on the salute car he pushed, and asked Liu Yangyu.

"I guess not so soon. When Austria is finished here, I have to go to Birmingham, which will definitely be for half a month, and I don't know if the coach has other arrangements, but I will definitely be there for the Grand Prix in April. Liu Yangyu recalled the game schedule and replied.

Chen Jian and Yang Guangzong glanced at each other, and a trace of undetectable regret flashed in their eyes.

Chen Jian is in the men's 100-meter event, and he can also compete in Asia, and it is not so easy to participate in international competitions. However, this time the domestic 60-meter record was refreshed, which is a good result, and has reached the participation standard of the World Indoor Championships.

But now it can only be like most athletes, participating in ordinary international indoor competitions, and there is a difference of several levels in the competition level.

"Hey, you guys, stop chatting, get in the car right away. Pay attention to the image of foreign affairs. At the front of the line, a thin man turned around and whispered to the group.

Speaking was Coach Yuan Guohua, who is the coach of the 4x100m and also the assistant coach of the men's 100m and 200m. Born as an athlete, he has created the first national record in the era of domestic electronic timekeeping. He is not tall, only about 1.62 meters, but he is straightforward and very energetic when he speaks.

was reprimanded by Coach Yuan Guohua, and several people stopped chatting, and watched the flow of people and the scenery different from China at the exit of the station aimlessly.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the reception bus appeared, and under the guidance of the translator in charge of foreign affairs, a group of coaches and athletes got on the bus.

Su Zu sat in the back seat of the window in the car, looking at the scenery on both sides of the road all the way, and the different cultural and natural landscapes would indeed remind him to be in a different place at this moment.

The translators, who have studied in Germany and lived in Austria for more than a year, talked about the tourist attractions in Linz, the central square, the museums and galleries, and St. Mary's Cathedral.

It's a pity that after only saying a few words, he was interrupted by Yu Liwei, who was sitting in front of the vehicle.

And the schedule is also tight.

Today is March 5th, and March 7th is the Linz Indoor Championships. After the Linz Indoor Competition, the team members had to return to Vienna the next day, where the International Indoor Athletics Championships were held on March 9.

At this time, it is really not a happy thing to talk about scenic tourism. Not to mention the young athletes in their first and second decades, they can't help but be curious, even their old coaches, who are old and sophisticated, will inevitably have the idea of wanting to walk around when they hear it.

Linz is the third largest city in Austria, although it is a center of heavy industry, but what you see along the road, the biggest feeling to Suzu is that it is clean, the buildings in the city are not high, but the European-style castle church style spire architectural style, it looks more comfortable.

The city is also a sports powerhouse, with a good sports infrastructure, its own football club, show jumping, WTA Women's Tennis League, handball league, etc.

The hotel where Suzu and his guests stayed was not far from the Lissfeld Community Gymnasium in Linz the day after tomorrow, which is different from the domestic popular sports in Austria. They are managed by the government's Federal Ministry of Sports and Culture together with non-governmental sports federations, and the sports facilities under their jurisdiction are community gymnasiums with strong links to civic clubs.

After arriving at the hotel and settling in, it was already five or six o'clock in the evening, because of the time difference, the plane and train, and the track and field team yawned all day. Yu Liwei gave a few words, and then rushed these athletes back to their rooms to sleep.

"Coach Yu, can I run two laps near the hotel?" After most of the people left, Su Zu applied to Yu Liwei. His head coach Lu Jianming is relatively old and has already gone back to the room to rest.

The tiring journey may be due to the fact that he has not moved for a long time, Su Zu always feels that there is something abnormal in his body, and he also has a negative state called burnout on the system panel.

"Huh?" Yu Liwei frowned, "Why don't you go to sleep and run?" ”

"Just jog two laps and don't go far. I've slept on planes and trains, and I certainly can't sleep now. Tomorrow I still don't have the energy. Su Zu and Yu Liwei explained.

"Okay, let's walk around this hotel." Yu Liwei hesitated for a while, but still agreed. He also knew that jet lag was different from person to person, and that Austria was one of the safest countries, so there was nothing to worry about. And Su Zu is a member of the team he values very much, and he is young, so he doesn't want him to make any emotions.

took a hotel business card from his pocket and threw it to Su Zu, and said, "Just half an hour, I'll wait for Wang Yi to wait for you in the lobby." ”