When he told his eldest son about the pressure faced by the national team, Jiang Bo was actually very apprehensive, but after he hesitated repeatedly, he still decided to put the pressure on the national team in front of Su Liang.

"Although Director Lin hasn't talked to you yet, and Pei Jing hasn't talked to you yet, since you asked today, as your father, I won't hide anything from you, but I also hope that you won't feel pressured and disgusted by this goal given by the Winter Sports Management Center."

Jiang Bo is really worried that his eldest son will be disgusted with the Winter Games Center because of the indicator given by the Winter Games Center, after all, in the eyes of some athletes, the medal indicators given by the Winter Games Management Center or the Sports Federation are all derived from a random pat on the head, and the pressure is all on the players.

What do you mean about this?

The Winter Sports Management Center or the Sports Federation set competition goals for specific teams, which is definitely under pressure on the athletes, but Huaguo originally implemented a national system in sports, and the athletes of the national team are trained by the state, unlike overseas countries, where athletes are trained by clubs or large companies.

Then again, those overseas athletes, their players are paid for by the club, so every time there is a big competition, will the club or large company not require the athletes' results?

That's impossible!

In the case of Huaguo, the same reason, after the country found excellent athlete seedlings, it took great pains to train players to become talents, especially these players of the national team, each of which has the strong protection and support of the national team behind them, in order to achieve good results for the athletes, in order to play well in some key international competitions, and win glory for the country!

In particular, short track speed skating is currently one of the two best events for the Chinese national team in winter sports.

Jiang Yibo also faintly heard that after the successful bid for the Summer Olympics, Huaguo has plans to apply to hold the Winter Olympics in China again - so in the current situation that the overall winter sports in China are very lacking, and not long ago with the TV series and Su Liang harvested, the short track speed skating with a large wave of popularity will have to shoulder the burden of the rise of the winter project.

Under the influence of many reasons, the requirements of the Winter Sports Management Center for the national team's World Championships results have of course been raised a lot.

Looking at his father's appearance of breaking up and crumpling these contents to explain to himself, Su Liang also listened carefully to everything his father explained, and then said, "Okay, I understand." ”

"Well, it's okay if you don't understand...... "It's okay?!??

Jiang Yibo originally thought that a lot of explanation and communication would be needed for his son to understand the meaning behind this and the pressure he had to bear as the current very clear core of the next generation of the national team.

But unexpectedly, his son expressed his understanding very simply.

Seeing his son's simple response, Jiang Bo was stuck in place for a while.

In fact, when I first heard about the participation index given by the Winter Sports Management Center, the coaching team of the national team was also under a lot of pressure - after all, it was 8 medals!

Where do they go to get a guarantee?

If it is the 01-02 season, some veterans in the national team, especially some veterans in the women's team who are qualified to compete for gold in the Olympics, plus a lineup like Qi Wenjun and Chu Rui may be okay, but what about now?

In the women's team, Liu Yuqing is indeed a newly rising talent player with high talent, but after all, she still lacks some experience in the competition, Lin Meng, Yao Yao, and Jiang Yufei are also in the same situation.

Here in the men's team, Chu Rui's 500 meters can compete for the gold medal, but that is just a competition, Chu Rui has only won a gold and a silver in the World Championships so far, even if his condition this season is excellent, but can he win the 500 meters gold medal?

Impossible!

Looking at Mu Yuansheng again, Chu Rui's successor, the current results in the 500m and 1000m individual events are very good, but it is expected to win medals, and it is too difficult to win gold.

Finally, look at Su Liang......

The national team also knows here that the Winter Sports Management Center must be very optimistic about Su Liang at this World Championships.

But no matter how good and stable Su Liang's performance in the World Cup is, the World Cup and the World Championships are still two different things after all, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes will be staring at Su Liang in this World Championships - even before the coaches of the national team have a meeting, everyone actually knows in their hearts, this time in the World Championships, Su Liang will definitely be the target of everyone, how difficult is it to win gold in 1500 meters in a row like in the World Cup?

Especially compared with the results of the Huaguo team in the World Championships last season - last season, because after the Olympic season of the 01-02 season, the veterans of the team retired, so in the 02-03 season of the World Championships, the results of the Huaguo team were really not ideal, only won four silver and two bronze, and the gold medal was zero.

As a result, just one season later, the Winter Games Management Center gave out eight medals and guaranteed two gold medals - anyone would panic.

In the end, it was Lin Guobin who stood up and presided over the mobilization discussion meeting for the coaching staff in the national team.

"Big guys, I know that the requirements put forward by the Winter Games Management Center are not low, and I also believe that everyone has discussed privately how many medals the women's team can win and how many medals the men's team can win."

"When you do it, you don't think there's much hope, do you?"

Lin Guobin was always gentle when he said these words, but in the face of him, everyone on the coaching staff still felt the pressure they never felt before.

Lin Guobin said slowly: "Everyone, I usually support you and don't put too much pressure on the players, but 'giving too much pressure' and 'not putting pressure at all' are two completely different things. ”

"Don't think of our athletes as too vulnerable, always tell them that it's okay, that's okay – it's not an athlete who can carry the burden of the project in this way, it's just a coward who thinks, 'It's okay if I don't work hard.'"

"What is the national team?"

"What we represent is the face of the country!"

"What is a national team? Usually we have national support behind us, what do we need in normal times, I, Lin Guobin, dare to go directly to the Winter Sports Management Center to pat the table and shout to the leaders there! ”

"But when the country is in need, we have to straighten our backs and earn back face for the country!"

"Win glory for the country, win glory for the country, why do we always emphasize these four words in competitive sports? The country has cultivated our players from beginning to end, in order to be able to promote our country's prestige at a critical time - to be able to see the world in the international arena that the Chinese team is so tough, and we Chinese people have strength! ”

"If you think about it again, is it really hopeless to meet the needs given by the Winter Sports Management Center?"

8 medals, two gold guarantees.

It may sound like a difficult one, but before the previous generation of players retired, the Huaguo team had a better result!

"Ladies and gentlemen, our athletes are not flowers in the greenhouse, fledglings that are always protected under their wings, they can't become materials - they need to face the wind and rain and pressure, but we, the coaches, will also be the eternal backing and support behind the athletes."

"The men's 500 meters and women's 500 meters of our Huaguo team are the top in the world in terms of strength, coupled with Su Liang's current strength level in the 1500 meters, the goal of striving for two golds, I dare to say, this is the Winter Sports Center after careful consideration."

In the end, when Lin Guobin asked the coaching staff if they had confidence, everyone replied firmly - yes!

***

Domestically, in the short track speed skating section of the Ice and Snow Kingdom Forum, after the list of countries in the World Championships came out, ice fans are also analyzing the strength of the teams of each participating country in the World Championships.

Theme: [At a glance, only China, South Korea, Canada, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States were able to send 3 players to participate in each individual event. 】

Because of the short track speed skating boom some time ago, there are now many newcomers in the short track speed skating section of the Sports Kingdom Forum, although some newcomers have watched a few games, but they don't know much about the qualifications and number of participants in the Short Track Speed Skating World Championships, so after seeing this topic, they raised questions -

5L: [Why are you talking about this?] Does this have anything to do with the distribution of power among countries in this World Championships? 】

These newcomers don't know much about the rules of short track speed skating, but the old ice fans in the short track speed skating section of the forum don't mind it, as long as the newcomers are willing to ask, they are willing to answer them wholeheartedly, after all, who hasn't grown up all the way from newcomers?

Soon someone answered his questions for the newcomer on the 5th floor.

9L: [@5L, this is related to the difficulty of qualifying for the World Championships in short track speed skating, you should have noticed when you look at the list, some national teams can register 3 players at a time in a single event, and some countries only report 1 player. This is not because only one athlete from their country can achieve the World Championship qualification in this individual event, but because it depends on their all-around ranking at the last World Championships.

In order to report 3 players in a single event, the country needs to have a player in the final 16 of the last World Championships all-around points, and at least one player has won the final point of the all-around competition. 】

In other words, if your national team did not finish in the final top 16 in the all-around points at the last World Championships, the team will not be able to participate at full capacity.

For those teams that only have one person to compete, partly because the country is participating in the World Championships for the first time and has no historical results, they can only register one player in a single event - of course, it is not excluded that the national team performed too much in the last season, so this season's World Championship quota fell to the bottom.

13L: [The friend on the 9th floor said well, that's probably what it means, and the all-around points are calculated by the final score points accumulated by each player in each different individual event, so the better the player's individual results, the higher the all-around points ranking - for example, our Su Liang in the last World Youth Championships, he won gold in 3 individual events, which directly led to the explosion of his all-around points, and in the end, even if he paddled in the super 1500 meters of the all-around king, the title of all-around king eventually belonged to him.

Therefore, the final points ranking of the all-around king and the final score of the all-around king in the last season = the number of individual qualifiers in this year's World Championships, and the number of individual qualifiers can basically see the strength of each country in the single event of short track speed skating. 】

With the commentary of these enthusiastic ice fans, the newcomers quickly learned some introductory knowledge of the World Championships, but just when the forum was originally peaceful, someone posted a new post.

Subject: [Did anyone see it?] The latest news from Sports News? 】

The topic of this post is clueless, and some of the ice fans in the forum crossed it mercilessly, and some people stayed, asking the landlord why he couldn't say it clearly?

The landlord quickly explained the specific situation in the reply-

3L: [I was a little anxious just now, so I came to the forum to take a look, and the sports world quickly interviewed the leaders of the Winter Sports Management Center, saying that the goal of our Chinese team in this World Championships is to guarantee 8 medals? And at least two gold guarantees? 】

The ice fans in the forum were also shocked when they saw the news, a total of 8 medals, and two gold medals guaranteed?!

You must know that so far, the best result of the Chinese team in the World Championships is only 10 medals at one time!

That was before the previous generation of players retired.

At that time, the most brilliant record of the Chinese team in the World Championships was 8 medals, and there were two strong players in the women's team at that time, so strong that the world's female generals trembled, and they were able to take turns to win the 500-meter and 1000-meter gold medals in the World Championships and the World Cup.

But at the World Championships, there will always be a situation where the strength of the players and the opponent's explosive species are targeted, so even if there are these two female generals of the Chinese national team, in the women's 500 meters and 1000 meters, the Chinese national team cannot steadily win one gold and one silver, usually one gold and one bronze.

They won four medals in the women's 500m and 1000m, two more medals in the 1500m and the women's team relay, and four more medals in the men's 500m, 1000m and men's team relay, and finally made up 10 medals, almost sweeping the short track speed skating World Championships that year.

Don't look at the total of 10 medals, which seems to be a lot, but the World Championships have a total of 24 medals in the men's 500, 1000, 1500 and women's 500, 1000, 1500 individual events, and counting the men's and women's relays.

10 medals, that's really a sweep of the World Championships!

Although there are fewer gold medals in the men's team, it is brilliant enough.

But that was the last generation of players after all......

And now?

Nowadays, the Chinese team is indeed a short track speed skating powerhouse, but in addition to the Chinese team, the United States, Russia, Canada, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Poland, ...... In the men's event alone, there were 52 competitors from a total of 16 countries.

The Huaguo team wants to fight their way out of such a huge team and players to win the final guaranteed goal......

Really, is it possible?

Chapter 288

337L: [A total of 8 medal goals, the women's team Liu Yutong's 500 or 1500 is expected to win one each, the women's team relay also hopes to win another one, Lin Meng or Yao Yao should have the opportunity to win a medal in the 1000 meters, the men's team here, Su Liang and Chu Rui each have a gold medal, the 500 meters of medals Mu Yuansheng and Su Liang are not hopeless, the 1000 meters of medals Su Liang, Chu Rui and Mu Yuansheng also have a chance, and finally the men's relay to win a ......! ] 】

Ever since the news of the Sports News interview with the director of the Winter Games Management Center in the news aired, ice fans have been anxiously calculating for the Chinese team in the short track speed skating section of the Ice and Snow Kingdom Forum.

Don't look at the number calculated by these ice fans, which is more than enough for the number of medals with 8 guarantees, but some of these ice fans can even whimsically put all the gold medals in the men's 500m, 1000m and 1500m on the head of the Chinese team...... From this, you can see how unreliable these 'predictions' are.

Of course, even if a prediction like the 337L seems relatively reliable, in fact, the final result will depend on whether the athlete's own performance is stable.

It's really not up to people to guess or not.

***

Just when the domestic ice fans were still staying up late to carefully analyze the medal situation of the Chinese national team, the Chinese national team had completed the first round of field adaptation training here.

The men's team players who went out with the team this time include Su Liang, Mu Yuansheng, Shang Fei, Chu Rui, You Jian, Ling Junyong, etc., a total of 6 players, of which Su Liang, Mu Yuansheng and Chu Rui are eligible for individual competitions, and Shang Fei, You Jian, and Ling Junyong are substitutes in turn.

However, in the men's team relay, Shang Fei directly replaced Su Liang's position, and You Jian was the main candidate for the men's team relay, and Ling Junyong was You Jian's men's team relay substitute.

The women's team also came with 6 players, and the arrangement of players was similar to that of the men's team.

For example, on the third day of arriving in Gothenburg, Sweden, Yao Yao of the women's team had something wrong - I am not sure if it was because of the lack of adaptation or other reasons, or it may be that the pressure of the World Championships is too great, in short, on the third day of arriving in Gothenburg, Sweden, Yao Yao suddenly began to vomit and diarrhea, and his body was sore.

Although the staff of the Chinese national team contacted the organizers at the first time to take the person to the hospital, Yao Yao's situation is no longer suitable for participating in the main event of the World Championships, which will start on March 19.

In the end, although the hospital's diagnosis of Yao Yao was only emergency gastroenteritis, her name was changed to Jiang Yufei before the game, and Jiang Yufei replaced her as the women's individual competitor of the Huaguo team.

Yao Yao's situation was a special case, but the coaching staff of the Huaguo team urgently gathered all the players of the Huaguo team and asked one by one whether they were suitable for the meals in the hotel in Gothenburg.

In fact, it is not uncommon for players to have similar accidents in every World Championships and even the Olympic Games, so teams in various countries will try their best to let their country's key players participate more in international events, in addition to adapting to the rhythm of the game, more experience in international events can also better reduce similar situations.

During Yao Yao's medical treatment, the players here of the Huaguo team not only completed the first round of field adaptation training, but also visited the training of other national teams.

This is also a reserved event for major competitions such as the World Junior Championships, World Championships or Winter Olympics, where teams from all countries will not be stingy with some open training in a limited time, and it is also a valuable opportunity for coaching staff to learn from each other and communicate with each other.

For example, during this open training and exchange period, the Chinese team had friendly exchanges with the Canadian team and the German team, and at the same time, there was a preliminary intention to exchange between the teams of the two countries in the summer training cycle.

At this stage, teams including South Korea will not be stingy to show their strength – but there is a certain amount of skepticism about South Korea's team, which has a strategy of showing weakness in pre-match training to make opponents let their guard down.