"Coach Nie, I've watched the game that Ye Qin has done, and I've made a lot of progress!"

"Director Zhou, you're too awarded!"

Nie Fangping sat on the reception sofa, smiled and poured a cup of tea for Zhou Bin in front of him, stretched out his hand and gestured, "Come, taste, this is the tea given to me by the principal of Ye Qin's high school, it is said that it is a hand-picked camellia by myself, I have been used to drinking it for several months, and I can't leave it for a day." ”

"Well, good!"

Zhou Bin nodded and smiled, he was a northerner, and carefully picked up the teacup that was smaller than the wine cup he drank in his hometown, the soup was orange and bright, and the thick aroma of tea had not yet reached his mouth and nose, he knew that this was the habit of Haixi Province or the south, when he led the team to train there before, the coaches of several provincial teams also pulled him to make tea and chat.

Drink it all in one gulp, the tea is a little bitter, but the mouth is fragrant, quite a little aftertaste, although Zhou Bin can't tell what good tea is bad, but it does feel like it is much more flavorful than the big bowl of tea he is used to, but it is not too enjoyable.

Putting down the teacup, Zhou Bin continued with Fang Cai's words, "Coach Nie, what about Ye Qin, why didn't you see anyone?" ”

"Haven't woken up yet!"

Nie Fangping listened to the movement in the next room slightly sideways, and then reached out to add a cup of tea to Zhou Bin, "The intensity of the competition has been not small these days, and it is estimated that he is too tired, so let him sleep more." ”

Now it is almost half past nine in the morning, according to Ye Qin's habit in the past, he must have gotten up very early, even if he doesn't train, the habit he has developed at home since childhood is almost always around six o'clock.

However, after the men's 200m race in Yechin last night, they watched the final event of the day, the men's 110m hurdles final, at the stadium.

Nie Fangping noticed that Ye Qin looked very seriously, Ye Qin did not run the 110-meter hurdles, and at most, he carried out the training of the front and back hurdles and alternate hurdles of both feet, which was used to exercise the flexibility of the hip joint and better open the ligaments to improve ductility.

"That's right, too."

Zhou Bin nodded, this is understandable, after all, he still remembers the situation of Ye Qin running 400 meters in the World Junior Championships very clearly. With Ye Qin's age, it is still a bit expensive to deal with a total of six games in four days of the City Games.

After a pause, he smiled and said: "I was still in Yanjing when I was in the men's 400m final, but I finally didn't miss the men's 200m final. ”

"Director Zhou, if you have something to say, it's not the first time we've dealt with each other, if it weren't for you and Director Ye in the World Junior Championships, Ye Qin wouldn't have had a chance to see the world." Nie Fangping guessed that the other party should have something to do when Zhou Bin found him this morning, and he didn't go around in circles, so he directly picked out and asked.

"Then I won't hide it." Zhou Bin laughed, looking back a few months ago, it was Nie Fangping who begged him and Ye Lidong to let Ye Qin be able to participate in the World Junior Championships, but he didn't expect this kid to be a blockbuster, winning two bronze medals in the men's 200m and men's 400m, and this time he won the bronze medal in the men's 400m and the men's 200m champion in the City Games, as if he is already the most potential among the current new generation of sprinters.

"That's the case, I'm here, mainly because I want that after the City Games is over, the domestic competition will basically come to an end, if possible, let Ye Qin train with you with the national team for a period of time, I understand, you are still training in your own middle school, not to mention the conditions, but it is good for either aspect."

"National team training camp?" Nie Fangping's brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't expect Zhou Bin to come here for this.

Track and field competitions, generally from November and December to January every year, before the start of the indoor competition, there is a gap period, which is suitable for athletes to conduct winter training, reserve physical fitness, and polish skills.

Compared with many professional athletes, one season a year, in China, it is basically the National Indoor Track and Field Championships, then the National Grand Prix, the National Championships, etc., and the outstanding foreign athletes are the various indoor competitions held by the IAAF, and then the IAAF Grand Prix, the Super Grand Prix and the Golden League, to catch up with the important years, but also the Indoor Championships, the World Championships, the World Youth Championships and the like, each season's competition is considered intensive, and the time for really leaving a blank period for recuperation training is not particularly much.

Of course, not all of these competitions have to participate, but professional athletes need to compete if they want to produce results, and it is good to say that the domestic sports system arranges it, and many foreign athletes are with clubs or their own teams, so they need to participate in various competitions to earn bonuses, improve exposure and results to obtain commercial endorsements, etc.

And next year's tournament that requires the national team to conduct a training camp......

"It's not the Olympics." Zhou Bin looked at Nie Fangping's expression, somewhat guessed his thoughts, and said first, "But it also has something to do with the Olympics." ”

"That's right...... That's the World Junior Championships. Speaking of which, Nie Fangping already understood what Zhou Bin was going to say.

remembered that when he came back from the World Junior Championships before, Ye Lidong mentioned it, and Ye Qin also talked about the team battle and team leader of the World Junior Championships and told him about this matter.

"Yes, the World Junior Championships in July next year." Zhou Bin nodded and agreed, "I am still the leader of the World Youth Championships this time, although it is still early, but I think it is early to prepare, Ye Qin has a good chance to continue to win cards in the World Youth Championships." ”

The World Youth Championships is a biennial youth athletics championship organized by the IAAF, and the World Junior Championships and the World Junior Championships can be included together, the World Youth Championships is the IAAF U20 Athletics Championships, and the World Junior Championships is the IAAF U18 Athletics Championships.

But at this time, the level of the World Youth Athletics Championships is still very high, starting from 1986 and going to the tenth time next year, which has a lot of influence in the world's track and field competitions.

In fact, in large-scale world-class track and field competitions, there will be a relatively high-level selection competition in China, and this year's World Junior Championships is mainly due to special circumstances that lead to the haste of forming a team, and next year's problems ......

The main reason is that the time of the World Junior Championships and the time of the Olympics are too close. The 2004 World Junior Championships will take place from July 12 to July 18, and the Athens Olympics will take place almost a month later. In a year like the Olympics, it can be said that other track and field competitions will basically be overshadowed.

The distance between the World Youth Championships and the Olympic Games has been so far that some athletes who have the strength to participate in the Olympic Games will simply give up the World Youth Championships and focus only on the Olympic Games in order to preserve their strength.

After all, on a top-level stage like the Olympic Games, even if you can just enter the final without getting a place, it is a completely different meaning. Fame, level, and the strength of the players are not at the same level, and a champion at the World Junior Championships in Athletics may not have yet qualified for the Olympic Games.

Zhou Bin paused as he spoke, and said with a smile: "Of course, if Ye Qin can run the AB standard in line with the results of the Olympic Games, I will also support him to participate, and the World Youth Championships will be released." ”

At present, there is one player in the domestic men's 1200 meters AB standard, Chen Hai and Yang Yao, and as for the 400 meters, there are no players who have reached the qualification of B standard.

Hearing this, Nie Fangping also smiled.

Neither of them thought about whether Ye Qin could participate in the Athens Olympics at this time, after all, for domestic track and field, there are only one or two people who can run out of the Olympic Games, and they still have to catch up with the right time and place, and only when their personal condition is good.