Chapter 106: Opening
It is a relief for him to be able to retire now, it is a pity to miss the World Championships at his doorstep, but he has already shown his face at the Moscow Athletics World Championships in 13, his current age is not too big, the World Championships are not the Olympics, 2 years is not a long time, next time in London, let's fight again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Before agreeing, Zhao Qinggang had one last thing to confirm, the coach deliberately asked him to withdraw from the competition in order to qualify another player, and he wanted to know who the person who replaced him in the competition was.
If he is too weak, he will change his mind, and if he can't even beat him with an injury, don't be embarrassed at the championships.
Zhao Qinggang's request was very reasonable, and Zhao Baibao didn't want to hide it from him at all, so he told the answer directly.
Xiao Ji?
The name was familiar, but not the kind he thought it would be, he thought it would be some teammate of the Javelin national team, was it just the same name? A young man on the new stage?
He has been training indoors recently, and has never been outside to throw a javelin, and he doesn't know that Xiao Ji has been practicing javelin recently.
Zhao Baibao told him that it was that Xiao Ji, not the same name.
Zhao Qinggang was excited at the time, what is the matter of giving a precious place to a layman, what he has worked hard to fight for is for others to have fun?
He would never agree!
Zhao Baibao immediately explained, saying that Xiao Ji was infinitely close to the 90-meter mark in training.
Zhao Qinggang was very surprised, but there was no doubt that Coach Zhao Baibao taught him before he became famous, and he had already accumulated a deep sense of trust in the past 10 years.
If that's the case, that's fine.
After getting Zhao Qinggang, the most difficult thing is in the past, and the next thing is to apply to the National Athletics Federation for replacement.
Zhao Qinggang's withdrawal will lead to too few javelin participants, and it is appropriate to add a player, plus it is still the host's request, and the IAAF will still give this face.
In the end, I asked the organizing committee of the World Championships to ask for a wild card for the javelin competition, Xiao Ji did not have any javelin results before, this is the easiest, the organizing committee is all their own people, and they simply gave a wild card.
In this way, Xiao Ji finally squeezed into the javelin qualifying round of the World Championships.
On August 22, the BJ World Athletics Championships officially opened at the Bird's Nest, and this opening ceremony was special, not only in the daytime, but also interspersed with competitions.
Everything was simple, only more than 1,000 actors participated, and the athletes basically did not come, and it lasted for 50 minutes before it ended, but the Great Elder attended and announced the opening of the World Championships in Athletics, which was enough.
The Great Elder's time was very busy, and every day was full of schedules, and according to the plan, he would leave at the end of the opening ceremony.
This time he wanted to stay a little longer, he wanted to see someone.
"Xiao Liu, can you help me see if there is a problem with the next trip being delayed by an hour?" He turned to the assistant beside him.
"Yes, Elder, it's a free day, so there's no big deal in delaying it for an hour." Xiao Liu had already memorized the itinerary in his mind and quickly replied.
Xiao Ji was a little flustered now, he participated in a 100-meter preliminaries at noon, easily qualified, and then stayed in the training hall to relax after lunch, but suddenly received a notice that he was going to meet the Great Elder.
This is a figure at the top of the spectrum of power, whose words and deeds affect this huge country of more than a billion people, and it would be a lie to say that he was not nervous when he met for the first time.
After experiencing the initial apprehension and helplessness, Xiao Ji calmed down his mood, and his more than a year as a professional athlete has allowed him to see many big scenes, and his psychological endurance is no longer what it used to be.
The most important thing is that this is the Great Elder who wants to meet him, and it is not someone from the inspection agency who wants to ask him for a cup of tea, it will only be a good thing, and countless people can't ask for such an opportunity.
This time happened to be the meal, Xiao Ji came to a restaurant under the leadership of Xiao Liu, and met this great man there, he was sitting on a very ordinary chair, accompanied by only one person, that person Xiao Ji also knew, it was the director of the National Sports Bureau, Liu Ping.
Both of them were waiting for him, but there were only some cold dishes on the table, and the dishes and chopsticks were not touched.
can let these two wait for him together, Xiao Ji is no one, and quickly apologizes.
The Great Elder didn't care, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, I notified you temporarily, I can't blame you, I just arrived." ”
After taking his seat, the Great Elder talked to Xiao Ji very enthusiastically, and he completely retracted his momentum as a superior at this time, looking like a kind uncle.
Speaking of which, the daughter of the Great Elder is about the same age as him, Xiao Ji somehow suddenly had such an idea, he startled himself, and quickly cut off this thought, he still felt at ease to be a free athlete, some things are still too complicated for him.
Soon the dishes came up, and the Great Elder was very thoughtful, and said to Xiao Ji: "I know that you have to wait for the competition, I specially asked them to make dishes suitable for athletes, you can eat them with confidence." ”
Xiao Ji is really flattered, because there are various requirements for athletes' food, sugar, greasy degree, etc., there are strict controls, additives or anything is absolutely not allowed, under such restrictions, it is difficult for chefs to make delicious things, not to mention unpalatable, but the gap with the dishes eaten by ordinary people is quite large, in order to take care of him, the great elder is willing to accompany him to eat this kind of thing.
The atmosphere of the whole dinner was not bad, this was of a private nature, purely because the Great Elder liked football and admired Xiao Ji, and he didn't talk about anything official.
At the end, the Great Elder took out two jerseys and wanted Xiao Ji to sign them, one was a large National Olympic team jersey, the number on it was of course No. 9, and the other was much smaller, the chest part was looser, and there was a tucked waist down, which was obviously a women's jersey, and Bacheng was the baby daughter of the Great Elder.
Xiao Ji didn't dare to sign this signature, it was not as fast and convenient as it was for ordinary fans, and it was quite beautiful to write carefully, with a little charm in it.
It's almost time, Xiao Ji is going to prepare for the 400-meter preliminaries at half past 6, the elder bids him off, and encourages him to run hard and win glory for our country, he will come to watch this race in person.
Unable to compete for the gold medal in the preliminaries, Xiao Ji closed a little smaller, running to 44.99, just opened for 45 seconds, breaking the national record of 400 meters, a national record must be satisfactory to the elder.
The big elder in the stands understood that this national record was dedicated to him, and the preliminaries were so hard, this kid was really willful, but he did have willful capital, and breaking the record was like eating and drinking.
"I really want to continue to watch his next games, but unfortunately there is not enough time, I have to be responsible for the people, it's time to deal with official business." The Great Elder sighed inwardly.