On the train back to the provincial capital, Zhang Guan sat next to Chen Lao and asked, "Chen Lao, I won the championship this time, can I go to the Asian Athletics Championships?" ”

Chen Lao thought for a moment, and then shook his head solemnly: "Not necessarily, it's hard to say now." ”

"Why? Isn't this the Asian Athletics Championships Trials, as usual, I won the championship, so naturally I should qualify for the Asian Athletics Championships. Zhang Guan looked a little impatient. The task prompt in the system also requires Zhang Guan to participate in an international competition, if this Asian Athletics Championships does not succeed, this task will not be completed in the year of the monkey.

Elder Chen sighed and said, "Things are not as simple as you think. Although the competition is called the Asian Athletics Championships Trials, it does not mean that the first place in the trials will be able to represent the country. ”

Zhang Guan looked at Chen Lao a little confused, obviously not understanding what Chen Lao meant, but Chen Lao continued: "Although you are the champion of this selection competition, in fact, it is not big for the center to send you to participate in the Asian Athletics Championships. So the situation is more complicated, and you can think of it as a national situation. Not to mention the Asian Athletics Championships, even in the selection of the Olympic Games, the athletes who meet the Olympic A standard may not be able to compete for the Olympic B standard athletes. I told you that you may not be able to understand it now, but when you see more in the future, you will naturally understand. Settle down first, don't be proud of breaking the national record, and train steadily when you go back. You're only 17 years old, so as long as you train well, you don't have to worry about not having a chance to compete. ”

Although Chen Lao said very vaguely, Zhang Guan suddenly realized after a little pondering.

The domestic athlete selection system is also doomed to the wrong and complicated interests of all parties, and when selecting athletes to participate in international competitions, it is necessary to consider not only internal factions, but also local interests. From a certain point of view, the local team's appeal for interests is more clear, the local team has worked hard to train an athlete, and naturally needs athletes to bring them benefits, for the sake of interests, they can block the way for outstanding athletes to go to higher level venues, they can find some excuses to ban athletes, and even force athletes to retire early.

The local team has excavated and cultivated excellent athletes over the years, and then sent it to the national team, so the national team must also give some returns to the local area, which is not an exchange of interests, but more like a mutual support, and must exist for the development of sports.

This reward is not only financial compensation, but also honor.

For some weak sports, qualifying for the Olympics is an honor! It is an honor that can be distributed by means.

As a latecomer, even if you don't need to understand this kind of thing too well, Zhang Guan will understand that the matter of B standard players replacing A standard players to participate in the competition has also happened in the later Olympic Games. In the women's 54kg weightlifting event at the London Olympics, the national weightlifting team did not send the first A-standard athlete to participate, but sent B-standard players to participate, and later did not win a medal in this event at the Olympics.

Weightlifting is not like table tennis, you can win gold by sending anyone to it, but it is undeniable that weightlifting is the strength of the national team, and in the women's 54 kg class, Chinese players have won Olympic gold medals and broken world records. However, in the process of selecting participating athletes, they were able to resist the temptation of Olympic medals, unswervingly bow to factional interests and local interests, and select a player with a strong background and poor level to participate in the Olympic Games, which fully reflects the sportsmanship of second in the competition. In the face of the post-game media doubts, it is also a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

Compared with the women's weightlifting event, the men's 100-meter dash in track and field is undoubtedly a perennial "show", and its qualification to participate in the Olympic Games is more suitable as an honor to give to a local team as a reward for its support to the country's sports cause over the years.

Thinking of this, Zhang Guan clenched his fists unwillingly, if he had the fame of Da Yao or Liu Feiren, he would definitely not worry about the center depriving him of his qualifications, and even the center would beg him to participate, let alone even be unable to keep a qualification for the Olympic Games!

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A national record in the men's 100-meter event has brought condolences to the leaders of the provincial track and field team, a special commendation meeting, a media pursuit, and the most affordable is to include Zhang Guan in a provincial outstanding talent plan, and he can enjoy an allowance every year.

And Zhang Guan himself, in addition to the obvious improvement of his status in the team, is still an ordinary person, needless to say that when he walks on the street, even if he is out of the training ground of the track and field team, no one knows him. In an era when the Internet has not yet completely exploded, a national record is far from enough to make an athlete a household name, let alone a long-standing event like the men's 100-meter sprint, which is far from the frequent media attention and unlimited topic of football that has also been weak for a long time.

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The conference room of the field management center.

The scene of Zhang Guan surpassing Chen Jian in the final was being played on the big screen, and finally the camera zoomed in and froze on the scoreboard, giving a big close-up of the 10.16-second score above.

Yu Gui pressed the pause button on the remote control and said, "This is the process of yesterday's game. As you can see, although Zhang Guan's starting reaction time is very slow, his explosiveness is very good and his speed is also very fast. Seventeen-year-olds can achieve this level of speed and explosiveness, which is rare even among black athletes in the United States. ”

After Yu Dao finished speaking, his eyes fell on a middle-aged man with a flat head sitting in the middle. This flat-headed man, surnamed Ma, is the head coach of the national track and field team, and is also the assistant director of the center, and it is also a sure thing that he will be promoted to deputy director in the future, and he is the person with the highest administrative level among all the participants present.

I saw Director Ma pointing to the screen and said, "I have already sent this Zhang Guan's situation to you in writing before the meeting, and I think everyone knows something about him." The Asian Athletics Championships as a practice event before the Athens Olympics next year, the General Administration of Sports still attaches more importance to it, according to our previous plan of the Athletics Association, the participants in the men's sprint event have been determined, and there is naturally no Zhang Guan among the original candidates. Zhang Guan's breaking of the national record this time is also an unexpected event for us, whether to follow the original list of players or change to Zhang Guan, which is also the main topic of discussion I convened this meeting today. ”

After Director Ma finished speaking, he looked at an older comrade opposite him and said, "Lao He, you talk about it first." ”

Lao He nodded and said: "I was born in pole vaulting, and I have a little understanding of sprinting events. This Zhang Guan is a good seedling, his explosiveness and speed are first-class, as long as he can ensure normal training, he will become a great weapon in the future. This child is only 17 years old this year, and he is still relatively young, and in terms of talent echelon training, he should give these young people with potential more opportunities; However, I think he has only been training for two months, and there is a gap between him and older athletes in terms of technique and experience. ”

After Lao He finished speaking, he sat back, Director Yu glared at him, and said in his heart that this old fritter was equivalent to not saying it for a long time, it was all nonsense.

Director Ma also knew that he didn't have to expect this old man to say something, and his original intention was just to find someone to come out and pick a head, so that others could speak freely. Lao He is an old person, and he usually doesn't have any ideas, so he is naturally a suitable candidate.

Sure enough, without waiting for Director Ma to name him again, someone took the initiative to say: "I oppose Zhang Guan's participation in this Asian Athletics Championships!" ”

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