Athletics Kingdom is the largest comprehensive discussion forum for track and field in China, gathering almost 80% of the country's track and field fans and sports commentators. Even professional sports journalists, athletes, and relevant sports departments at all levels will visit the Athletics Kingdom from time to time to learn about the suggestions and analysis of track and field fans. Occasionally, the forum will invite an athlete or coach to participate in a question-and-answer exchange based on the forum voting results.
Discussions among forum members in Track and Field Kingdom basically revolve around the professional possibilities and future potential of athletes. Of course, there will also be criticisms of some athletes or teams.
In general, this is a semi-professional forum that brings together a large number of track and field enthusiasts. The forum members have a deep love for the sport of track and field, and have high expectations for all outstanding or potential athletes. They hope that these athletes can grow and break through and become top international athletes.
In the forum of Track and Field Kingdom, sprinting is one of the most popular topics. Although the sprinting results of domestic athletes are not very good, sprinting, a sport that pursues limits and speed, can always attract the attention of many enthusiasts.
Nowadays, the most watched 100-meter athlete in China is of course Fang Yu. However, since Fang Yu broke the 10-second mark once at the 2015 World Track and Field Championships, his results in the past two or three years have been less than ideal, hovering around 10.10 seconds. In the whole year of 2017, he even failed to run under 10.05 seconds.
Apart from Fang Yu, there are only seven active athletes in China who can run under 10.30 seconds, and among them, there are only two athletes, including Fang Yu, who can run under 10.20 seconds.
Qiu Wen is an athlete who competes in both 100m and 200m events. Although his 100m individual PB is only 10.62, he is only turning 22 this year. When Fang Yu was at this age, his individual PB was only 10.55.
From Qiu Wen's high school stage to the 2017 outdoor season, he has made certain progress in the 100-meter event every year. For the members of the Track and Field Kingdom forum who have been paying attention to the potential domestic 100-meter athletes, this is the proof of Qiu Wen's solid progress. Many people in the forum believe that Qiu Wen has great potential in the 100-meter event. If he can break out in his golden age in the future, he may have a chance to become the next Fang Yu.
Not only does he have potential in the 100m, track and field fans in the forum are also very optimistic about Qiu Wen's potential in the 200m event. After all, his current personal PB of 21.37 is very close to the national master level standard. Last year, the forum counted the young athletes who had the opportunity to break the 21.35 result in the 2018 outdoor season, and Qiu Wen's name was among them.
Such a young athlete who has high talent in both 100m and 200m events suddenly announced his change of events and started running 400m?
1l: [Huh? Xiao Qiu transferred 400? This is not right. I saw that during the winter training of the S Province track and field team, the S Province Sports Team also issued a special Weibo report. At that time, Xiao Qiu was still doing special training for 100 meters and 200 meters in the report. How long has the winter training been over now? The outdoor season has just begun, how can we do 400 without any reason? This doesn't make sense! 】
3l: [To be honest, the current situation of 400 in China is worse than that of 100 and 200. Xiao Qiu was doing well in 100 and 200, so how come he was suddenly transferred to practice 400? Does the track and field team of Province S plan to tackle the 400m? But their original two team members, Zhang Wei and Hu Li, had average performances in the 400m, and Zhao Heping had never trained a strong 400m athlete in the past! 】
7l: [I just sent a private message to the official Weibo of the S Province Sports Team. What the poster said is true. The S Province Track and Field Team has already announced the official announcement of Qiu Wen's transfer to the 400m event. The official announcement of Qiu Wen's transfer to the event will also be released in the athlete change announcement to be released by the official Weibo of the Sports Team in April. 】
10l: [Shocked, this is actually true? Did Xiao Qiu really give up 100 and 200? I've never heard that he has a talent for 400 meters before? What is the track and field team of Province S doing? Just like that, a good candidate in 100m and 200m was transferred to 400m? 】
Many forum members flocked to this post. They were all puzzled by the confusing operation of the S Province Track and Field Team and didn't understand why Qiu Wen was asked to switch to the 400m event.
But the explosive point of the post did not end there - after all, this forum had a large number of track and field enthusiasts, and even people like sports journalists. Some forum members had their own connections in the sports circle, and some of them were paying attention to Qiu Wen's athletes. They quickly contacted some internal personnel in the S Province Sports Team through their own connections and inquired about various scraps of information about Qiu Wen's change of event.
After asking around, the name Su Bai appeared in front of all the forum members.
33l: [Brothers, I just heard a piece of news. Not only has Qiu Wen switched to the 400m event, but his coach is also very different. The coach who is mainly responsible for Qiu Wen's 400m training is not Zhao Heping, but Su Bai. 】
35l: [Su Bai? Which coach is this? I don’t seem to have seen this person in the coaching circle. But in domestic sprinting, there seems to be a player named Su Bai, who is also from the S Province Track and Field Team, right? I remember it was a guy who ran 100 meters. 】
37l: [That’s right, the guy who’s in charge of Qiu Wen is the one who ran the 100 meters. 】
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As soon as these words were spoken, there was another bolt of thunder.
What does this mean? Not only did Qiu Wen change his sport, but the coach assigned to him was not an experienced 400-meter coach, nor a senior coach like Zhao Heping, but a 100-meter sprinter? !
Damn, who is this sprinter? So awesome? Can you also guide another 100m and 200m athlete to practice the 400m sprint? !
Many forum users who were originally relatively calm about Qiu Wen's project change were now completely furious. After all, the way this matter was handled was too bizarre and far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Because of the second outbreak of the key element 'Coach Su Bai', the forum members immediately began to search for all the information about the character Su Bai as quickly as possible.
As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. Although Su Bai did not achieve any particularly outstanding results during his active career, he did leave his name and traces in the track and field circle. Thanks to the digging of the members of the Track and Field Kingdom Forum, a series of data tracks about Su Bai were dug out.
Su Bai, now 23 years old, was a former 100m sprinter in the track and field group of the S Province Sports Team. His personal PB was 10.88 seconds. He was awarded the title of national first-class athlete. He officially retired in March 2018 and transferred to the kitchen of the track and field group of the S Province Sports Team as a chef. He was responsible for cooperating with the team's nutritionist and head chef Sun Xiangdong to cook nutritious meals for the key athletes of the track and field group.
On March 27, 2018, the S Province Track and Field Team posted an internal announcement that Su Bai would be responsible for coaching athlete Qiu Wen in the 400-meter race from that day forward, including developing a 400-meter annual training plan for Qiu Wen, arranging competitions, and other related work.
The sources of these forum members were varied. They not only found text information, but even found photos of the announcement posted on the internal bulletin board of the S Province Track and Field Team.
Well, this time the news is completely confirmed. Qiu Wen is indeed going to switch to the 400-meter event, and Su Bai has indeed become Qiu Wen's coach in charge of the 400-meter event.
Looking at this series of news summarized by everyone on the forum, the forum members were completely confused.
What is this?
Not only was Qiu Wen, such a promising 100m and 200m prospect, transferred to the 400m event, but his coach was also a weird young man whose personal best during his service was only 10.88 seconds and who worked as a cook for half a month after retiring?
88l: [Is the S Province Track and Field Team crazy? ! Isn’t their head coach He Yishen quite capable? The team's atmosphere and results have always been good. What happened this year? Did it float up to the sky? ! This was such a fantastic thing, and He Yishen didn't even try to stop it? ! 】
90l: [Let’s not talk about He Yishen, Zhao Heping is also a very capable coach! Qiu Wen is a promising young man that he has personally trained. He does not expect Qiu Wen to perform well in the 100m and 200m events to add some experience to his career. How can he allow such an inexplicable thing to happen? 】
95l: [I searched around and found that Su Bai is an orphan with no one to rely on. Otherwise, he doesn't look like he has any background. Why is this trick so tricky? He retired from the project at the age of 23. I can understand that he saw that he had no potential in the project, so he retired early to find a way out for himself. It would have been fine if he ended up working in the cafeteria of his original team, but he also changed his job from a chef to a coach? ! 】
In the forum of Track and Field Kingdom, there was a lot of noise and many people could not understand why this situation occurred. After all, the S Province Track and Field Team was considered a strong team in the country and had always had a good reputation. Whether it was the treatment of athletes, the team's investment in athlete training, the team's investment in coach improvement and learning, etc., it was at least ranked in the top five among dozens of provincial teams across the country.
In the past, the track and field team of Province S was held up as a model for domestic track and field teams. Who would have thought that such an earth-shattering event would suddenly break out today?
While everyone was discussing the matter, some forum members with connections behind the scenes contacted insiders of the S Province Track and Field Team with great concern, and were still trying to find out more relevant information about the matter.
The reason why they are so anxious and worried is that they still don't want to see any track and field talent lost or delayed. After all, it is no exaggeration to say that there is a talent shortage in the domestic sprinting events. Seeing a sprinter who originally had the opportunity to grow suddenly change events inexplicably, these track and field fans who have deep feelings and expectations for track and field and sprinting are unwilling to watch things develop in such a muddled way without knowing the reason.
With so many track and field enthusiasts running around to inquire about this matter, it was soon reported directly to Li Peisheng, the director of the S Province Sports Team.
Of course Li Peisheng also knew about this matter. After all, the announcement of Su Bai's transfer to the coaching team also needed to go through his hands. Otherwise, how could he release the announcement without any reason?
He just didn't expect that this incident would cause such an uproar, which was not good for the reputation of their provincial team. After thinking it over, Li Peisheng asked He Yishen and Wu Shengping, who was still coaching the track and field team, to come to his office. He planned to discuss with the two of them and make a serious announcement on the official Weibo of the sports team to explain the matter to the majority of track and field enthusiasts.
He Yishen and Wu Shengping went to Li Peisheng's office together. After they arrived, Li Peisheng immediately stood up and shook hands with Wu Shengping: "Coach Wu, I'm afraid I need to trouble you this time."
At present, Li Peisheng is very much looking forward to the coaching results of Qiu Wen and Su Bai. After all, it is very rare to have an athlete like Qiu Wen who can run under 47.58 seconds at the beginning. Li Peisheng has also heard about the role of Su Bai in Qiu Wen. In his opinion, such athletes and new coaches must of course be well protected, and they must not be allowed to have any psychological burden because of online public opinion.
He Yishen and Wu Shengping also heard what happened on their way here.
Wu Shengping smiled and said, "Don't worry, Director Li, I personally support the current transfer of Su Bai and Qiu Wen in projects and work here at the S Province Track and Field Team. I am also very much looking forward to the future achievements of Coach Xiao Su and Qiu Wen. If there is anything you need help with, just ask."
During these two days, Su Bai also left a deep impression on Wu Shengping. What's more, the practices of the S Province Track and Field Team were all fully considered and completely in line with regulations and reason. Wu Shengping didn't mind doing a favor at this time.
Li Peisheng heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Wu Shengping's words - with Wu Shengping's words and his guarantee, this matter could basically be resolved smoothly.
After obtaining Wu Shengping's consent, Li Peisheng immediately asked his secretary to write an article and repeatedly confirmed with He Yishen and Wu Shengping the cause and effect of the incident between Qiu Wen and Su Bai. After everything was sorted out, Li Peisheng asked his secretary to send the written announcement to the staff in the team who was responsible for network operations, and directly sent the announcement to the Weibo of the S Province Sports Team and its own official account.
After seeing it, He Yishen and Wu Shengping also forwarded it directly. Wu Shengping's forwarding also included his own words - [I happened to be communicating with the S Province Track and Field Team these two days, and witnessed the whole process of Qiu Wen's change of event. Coach Xiao Su is not only a first-class culinary skill, but also can accurately tap the potential of the players and give correct guidance to the team members. I believe that under the coaching of Coach Xiao Su, Qiu Wen will definitely achieve amazing results in the future. 】
In this passage, Wu Shengping was completely supporting the track and field team of Province S and Su Bai. Given his status, this was actually unnecessary, but he was indeed optimistic about Qiu Wen's development in the 400-meter event, and he also saw Su Bai as a person. From his point of view, it would be beneficial for everyone to clarify this misunderstanding now.
Therefore, the announcement of the S Province Track and Field Team and the reposts by Wu Shengping and He Yishen were released directly.
On the Track and Field Kingdom forum, track and field enthusiasts were still discussing this matter, but then someone posted a new post on the homepage of the sprint sub-forum.
[Brothers!] The S Province Sports Team issued an announcement, and Wu Shengping also forwarded it in support! 】
ha?
Everyone can understand the first half of this post, but the second half confused the forum friends.
Wu Shengping forwarded in support?
Isn’t Old Wu the sprint coach of the national team? How did you get involved in this matter?
Everyone immediately opened Weibo, went to the official Weibo of the S Province Sports Team to take a look, and then went to Wu Shengping's Weibo to take another look.
Then everyone rubbed their eyes - Wow, is what is said in this announcement true?
Su Bai graduated from S University with a degree in sports training. Combining his own identity as an athlete and his training experience, he has a rich and keen understanding of the sprinting event. Before retiring, Su Bai had long observed and studied the sprinting techniques and physical fitness characteristics of his teammate Qiu Wen. Although he was not able to join the coaching team of the track and field group of the S Province Sports Team immediately after retiring, Su Bai still always maintained his concern for the project.
After learning that Qiu Wen failed to achieve good results and improve his condition during winter training, Su Bai found coach Zhao Heping and proposed to him the possibility of letting Qiu Wen switch to the 400-meter event and related analysis...
The announcement released by the official Weibo account of the Sports Team was of course beautified, but these modifications were indeed based on facts. For some of the content, if you didn't know the original cause and effect, you would never have thought that it was a beautified version.
In short, this announcement made public the reasons why Qiu Wen changed his project, as well as his 400-meter test results that he ran multiple times over two consecutive days under the on-site attention of Zhao Heping, He Yishen, and Wu Shengping. It also mentioned Su Bai's important role in this.
After reading the entire announcement and seeing Wu Shengping speaking out without hesitation, the credibility of this announcement is even higher.
Not only that, the official Weibo account of the S Province Sports Team simply announced Qiu Wen’s test results for a total of 6 times in those two days, and the published version even showed a curve chart of the 100-meter segment results.
This time, the track and field kingdom was finally in an uproar again, but this uproar was not as anxious, worried and angry as before.
After everyone read the announcement, the thought in their hearts was - if this is true, then it’s a great thing!
As everyone knows, the 400-meter event has been in decline in China for many years. Perhaps it is because the domestic 400-meter event is indeed far behind the international and even Asian first-class levels. Even though the country has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the research of the 400-meter event, it has ultimately not been able to achieve any particularly good breakthroughs.
After this situation continued for many years, domestic coaches and athletes have lost confidence in the 400-meter event, so that there are fewer athletes willing to train for the 400-meter event, or fewer track and field teams willing to invest huge amounts of energy in training athletes for the 400-meter event.
Track and field fans are of course hoping that a genius will emerge in the 400-meter event, but wasn't there virtually no 400-meter genius to be seen in the past?
The announcement from the S Province Sports Team and the results of Qiu Wen's first 400-meter test released by them ignited a spark of hope in the hearts of all track and field enthusiasts who were paying attention to this event.
Without any special training in 400 meters, he ran 47.58 seconds in the first test, and in the six tests, he broke the 48-second mark three times, and the results of these three times were always stable around 47.60 seconds.
This data is really amazing!
All track and field fans who saw this data felt like they had been injected with a shot of adrenaline about the 400m event.
have a look!
We still have talented 400-meter athletes in our country! Even though this talented athlete was discovered a little late and is almost 22 years old, his previous professional training in 100 meters and 200 meters is also valuable!
As long as he really has talent, then with the foundation he has laid, there will definitely be no problem with his future development!
From the confusion and anger when they first saw the news to the surprise after seeing the announcement and data, these track and field enthusiasts in the track and field kingdom can be said to have experienced a great ups and downs in their emotions.
Fortunately, the final announcement and the good news hidden behind the announcement are enough to make these track and field enthusiasts feel happy.
Subject: [He was able to run under 47.58 seconds in the first test. I am looking forward to Xiao Qiu’s performance in the next official competition! According to the announcement from the track and field team, Xiao Qiu will participate in the domestic Grand Prix this year. I hope he can adapt to the 400-meter training this morning, and at the same time break through himself as soon as possible and achieve better results! 】
The appearance of this post means that the mentality of the forum members has completely changed from resistance to Qiu Wen's project change to support and expectation of Qiu Wen's project change.
S Province Track and Field Team, training ground
The day that caused such a sensational public opinion storm on the Internet was actually just the first day that Qiu Wen and Su Bai officially entered their new identity in the 400-meter event.
After Su Bai had a conversation with his master Zhao Heping in the morning, he decided to temporarily follow the short-term training plan he had figured out in the system training space. He would first train Qiu Wen on speed and rhythm control, and then, based on the training, use the new skill "Dynamic Body State Analysis" acquired the day before to make a more detailed observation and analysis of Qiu Wen's overall condition.
Only after having sufficient data observation basis can he make a more complete training plan for the whole year.
At the same time, his master Zhao Heping also reminded him to pay attention to the distinction between daily training plans and pre-match preparation training plans, and to pay attention to the athletes' personal state adjustments. For example, through different methods such as training volume and training through competitions, the athletes' competitive state fluctuations can be adjusted, and the athletes' peak competitive state can be arranged during the competition cycle.
Whether it is Su Bai, Zhao Heping or Qiu Wen himself, they all have a cautious and restrained enthusiasm for the current 400-meter training.
In the past, the S Province Track and Field Team did not have any advantages or excellent experience in training for the 400-meter event. Now that they have a talented athlete like Qiu Wen, they all hope to prevent Qiu Wen from taking detours as much as possible and to achieve excellent results all the way.
Su Bai, Zhao Heping and Qiu Wen only found out about what happened at the Track and Field Kingdom Forum after a full day of training. He Yishen went to the training ground specifically and told them the whole story from beginning to end.
"Anyway, this is the situation now." He Yishen said seriously, "Announcement of your and Qiu Wen's project talents in advance can indeed calm public opinion, but if Qiu Wen fails to achieve the good results that everyone expects in the competition, then the public opinion that has calmed down today may turn around at any time."
"This is pressure for you, but also motivation for you. Work hard and don't let everyone down."
Su Bai was stunned. This was the first time he attracted so much attention on the Internet. The attention made him a little nervous, but also gave him a more real sense of responsibility.
Qiu Wen was simply excited. He grinned and said, "Don't worry, I will train hard and live up to everyone's expectations!"
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