"Cui Luoheng?!"
After seeing Cui Luoheng injured, Su Bai took three or two steps closer, but beside Cui Luoheng, his coach, assistant coach and teammates of the 110-meter hurdles were also guarding on the side. In order to avoid crowding and hurting the injured Cui Luoheng, Su Bai did not get any closer.
"Where's the team doctor? Call the team doctor quickly!"
Cui Luoheng's coach Zhou Wen looked at the injured Cui Luoheng with a tense expression on his face. However, as a coach, he also had some understanding of athletes' sports injuries. After a quick check, he knew that Cui Luoheng's injury was not serious, so he was not more anxious.
But no matter what, the team doctor must be called in to conduct a thorough examination and take an X-ray to ensure that everything is fine.
"I've called, the team doctor will be here soon!"
As soon as Cui Luoheng fell down, the assistant coach next to him decisively called the team doctor directly. The team doctors of the provincial team are on call 24 hours a day, especially during the training phase of the team members, they are always prepared just in case.
Soon after the assistant coach answered, the team's medical team came with a stretcher, led by Shao Zhixing, the team's best doctor at treating sports injuries. After arriving, he asked the people around him to disperse, squatted down to check on Cui Luoheng's leg condition, and then asked Cui Luoheng a few simple questions about how he felt. Then he instructed the people around him to carefully help Cui Luoheng onto the stretcher and send him to the team's examination room for further detailed examination.
After Cui Luoheng was sent away first, Shao Zhixing stood up and turned back to tell Zhou Wen, "It's not a big problem. It looks like a strain on the hamstring muscles. I'll take him back for a more detailed examination."
Then, team doctor Shao Zhixing asked again: "Has Cui Luoheng increased his training volume recently?"
After hearing Shao Zhixing's words, Zhou Wen breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Yes, his recent competition results are not ideal. After returning from the last game, he took the initiative to request to increase the amount of training."
Shao Zhixing also showed a look of understanding on his face: "That's it. When your 110-meter hurdles team members do special training, their hamstring muscles will be more tired. I estimate that his previous training volume should be quite high. His hamstring muscles have been in a state of fatigue for a long time. This time, the training volume was suddenly increased. His hamstring muscles did not recover well before, so it is normal for them to be strained now."
The athletes who can join the provincial team have all undergone years of training. Even if they have coaches and assistants watching them carefully, who doesn’t have some old injuries?
As soon as Shao Zhixing mentioned the strain of the hamstring muscles, Zhou Wen understood. Fortunately, the injury was not serious. It was just that Cui Luoheng strained his swinging leg after going over the hurdle. His take-off leg was unstable after going over the hurdle because of the strain on his swinging leg. His take-off leg hit the hurdle and caused additional scratches.
"Is the scratch not serious? Don't hurt your bones..."
Shao Zhixing nodded and said that he would take Cui Luoheng back for a comprehensive examination. After telling Zhou Wen not to worry, he turned around and went back to the team's hospital.
After watching Shao Zhixing and his men leave, Zhou Wen sighed, asked the assistant coach to lift up the hurdle that Cui Luoheng had knocked down, and signaled the remaining team members to continue their training.
However, before letting everyone disperse, Zhou Wen thought for a moment and added, "Before training, warm up well and pay attention to safety during training."
It was not until the people around him dispersed and resumed training that Zhou Wen had time to look back at Su Bai who was standing beside him.
"Coach Xiaobai." Zhou Wen smiled at Su Bai and said, "I'm really sorry to have embarrassed you."
Su Bai shook his head and indicated that it was okay. After all, athlete injuries were not uncommon in the team, although they didn't happen every day. However, Su Bai felt that he could have prevented Cui Luoheng's injury this time, but he was too late, so he felt a little regretful.
Zhou Wen also knew that Cui Luoheng's injury was inevitably annoying, so he smiled and joked, "Coach Xiaobai, why are you in the hurdles group? Is there a player in the hurdles group who has the potential to run 400 meters? Are you here to poach him?"
"Uh, no." Su Bai thought about it and said, "Actually, I came here today for Cui Luoheng."
He originally wanted to point out Cui Luoheng's poor condition by saying that he was watching the training on site, but now he was injured and carried away, so it was inappropriate to use this excuse. Su Bai simply chose to say it directly.
After hearing Su Bai's words, Zhou Wen's expression became serious. He looked at Su Bai, waiting for Su Bai to continue.
Su Bai thought for a moment, sorted out his words, and then said, "Coach Zhou, you know that in addition to the 400-meter event, I am also responsible for some of the catering in the cafeteria on the third floor. In the past two or three months, Cui Luoheng, Qiu Wen, and Wang Shen would come to my place for a midnight snack, and I can usually get to know some of their personal conditions."
Su Bai's words made Zhou Wen look more serious.
"After Cui Luoheng came back from the last Grand Prix, I noticed that he was in a rather depressed state these past two days. I also heard about his competition and training, so he must be worried about this problem." After a pause, Su Bai continued, "I noticed that his body load was greater than it had been in the past few months, and he looked tired during the midnight snack period, so I guessed that he might have increased his training volume. I thought this might not be a good idea, so I came to take a look today and wanted to inform you, Coach Zhou, of this situation."
After listening to Su Bai's words, Zhou Wen sighed deeply: "Coach Xiaobai, you have worked hard too. Thank you for making this trip." When Zhou Wen said this, he couldn't help but rub his eyebrows with his right hand to relieve his headache.
"In fact, given Ah Heng's current situation, I also think it is not necessary to increase his training volume. After all, he has no problems during daily training, but the problem is on the court." At this point, Zhou Wen sighed again: "The quality of his condition on the court cannot be improved by increasing the training volume like we are doing now."
"It's just that Ah Heng is a very stubborn kid. He told me that as long as he can run better in training, then even if he runs a little slower in the competition, he will still be better than he is now."
Hearing this, Su Bai frowned.
Zhou Wen sighed and said, "I originally thought that since the training volume has been increased in the past two days, there won't be any big problems. I can just go back and reorganize the training plan for him and adjust the plan back to normal. I didn't expect that something would happen in the past few days."
At this point, Zhou Wen's face was not very good: "In short, I also have a great responsibility for his injury this time."
Zhou Wen was not in the mood to talk about Cui Luoheng's injury. Su Bai arrived too late and Cui Luoheng's men were already injured. He did not have much more to say, so after finishing his talk, he went back to his team's training ground.
During dinner, Qiu Wen and Wang Shen also learned that Cui Luoheng was injured. They were both very worried about Cui Luoheng, so they made an appointment to visit Cui Luoheng in his dormitory after dinner.
"Ah Heng is a picky eater. He was injured today and cannot come to the cafeteria to eat. I'm afraid he hasn't eaten yet." Wang Shen felt a little headache when he thought of Cui Luoheng's picky eater.
After hearing what Wang Shen said, Qiu Wen thought for a moment and said, "How about I ask Xiao Bai if he can pack a meal for Ah Heng?"
As soon as Qiu Wen finished speaking, a meal packed in a thermos bucket was placed on the table of Qiu Wen and Wang Shen. Qiu Wen looked up in confusion and saw that the person who handed over the thermos bucket was Su Bai.
"Wow, is this for Ah Heng?"
Su Bai nodded to indicate that it was correct.
Cui Luoheng was injured in front of Su Bai today, which made Su Bai feel a little regretful. If he could have joined the hurdles group earlier, perhaps Cui Luoheng would not have been injured. But now, what he should think about is to let Cui Luoheng recover to his best condition as soon as possible.
So, Su Bai, who also thought about Cui Luoheng's taste sensitivity, simply packed the meal and handed it to Qiu Wen and Wang Shen, asking them to deliver it to Cui Luoheng.
"Wow, Xiaobai, you are indeed a little angel!" Qiu Wen looked at the bucket of food and a touched look appeared on his face again.
Su Bai waved his hand and ignored Qiu Wen. Instead, he said to Wang Shen, "Tell him that finding the root of the problem is the fundamental way to solve it. Blindly increasing the amount of training will eventually lead to the situation like now. Fortunately, the injury is not serious this time. If it is serious, he will have ruined his future in the 110-meter hurdles."
"I am very optimistic about his talent in the 110-meter hurdles. I told him not to worry. Although there are problems, they will be solved eventually."
“If you leave yourself with irreparable regrets because of impatience, that would be the worst thing.”
After saying these words, Su Bai waved to the two of them and returned to the kitchen.
After dinner, Wang Shen and Qiu Wen brought food in a thermos bucket to Cui Luoheng’s dormitory to visit him, and told him what Su Bai had said.
Qiu Wen said earnestly, "Ah Heng, you know that Xiaobai is now a very good coach. Since he said he is optimistic about you, then your talent in the 110-meter hurdles must be no problem!" Qiu Wen scratched his head and said, "In fact, I also mentioned your matter to Xiaobai last night. After returning to the dormitory, Xiaobai checked your previous competition data. Didn't Xiaobai go to the training ground of your hurdles group today? I guess he may have seen something, so he went there!"
"In short, just like Xiaobai said, Ah Heng, you should take good care of your injury and listen to your coach during training. We can slowly solve the problem of poor performance and other problems!"
As he spoke, Qiu Wen seemed to be looking for an example, and cited the examples of Hu Li, Zhang Wei and himself: "Look, weren't Hu, Zhang and I not doing well before? But with Xiao Bai's help, we have made breakthroughs now! You will definitely not have any problems with this situation!"
Lying on the bed in the dormitory, Cui Luoheng listened to Qiu Wen's nagging, and his eyes turned to the thermos in his hand. He vaguely remembered that after he fell down today, he did see Su Bai appear in the hurdles group training ground.
Although there were many unreliable points in Qiu Wen's words, Su Bai really helped him find the right direction for development, and also helped Hu Li and Zhang Wei achieve breakthroughs in their own condition and results.
The words that Qiu Wen and Wang Shen relayed lingered in Cui Luoheng's mind for a long time before he silently replied, "Okay."
For the next two weeks, Cui Luoheng was ordered to rest. After gradually getting better, he began to do some simple upper limb and torso training and received physical therapy from the team doctor regularly every day.
His strain was not serious, and two weeks later, he finally began to try to resume normal training.
During these two weeks, Su Bai was not idle. He observed the attributes of the simulated athlete 'A Luo No. 1' in the training space every day, and borrowed some training materials of Cui Luoheng from the hurdles group. He roughly understood the situation and had some guesses about Cui Luoheng's problems.
However, he does not have time to confirm these speculations for the time being - after the second half of the training lasting about two weeks, the results of Hu Li and Zhang Wei will be verified soon.
June 24th is the last race of this year's National Track and Field Grand Prix. Su Bai had previously mentioned to Hu Li and Zhang Wei that he hoped they could run under 47.60 seconds in this race to verify the effect of one month's training.
On June 23, Su Bai once again took Qiu Wen, Hu Li and Zhang Wei to H City to participate in the sub-race. This time, Qiu Wen and the other three will participate in the competition at the same time.
In this event, Zhang Ziyi, the number one domestic 400m runner, did not participate. So before the race, Su Bai set a goal for Qiu Wen to strive for his first championship since switching events, while Hu Li and Zhang Wei's goal was to break 47.60 seconds and strive to qualify for the 400m final of this track and field Grand Prix.
After they set off, He Yishen learned from Zhao Heping that Su Bai had set this competition goal for his three team members. Even though he already trusted Su Bai's abilities very much, he couldn't help but be speechless.
"Xiao Bai, this... is he really not kidding?"
Even the B City Track and Field Team where Zhang Ziyi is currently located, they are already considered top-notch in the country in terms of both the talent pool in the 400m event and the coaching experience in the 400m event. However, such a team only has one Zhang Ziyi, and it is impossible for all the players in the team to reach the level of the finals of a track and field Grand Prix.
Zhao Heping smiled bitterly, with some worry on his face, thinking that Su Bai was being too arrogant this time - if only Qiu Wen won the championship, then according to Qiu Wen's previous two competition results, it should not be a problem, but what about Hu Li and Zhang Wei?
Not to mention He Yishen, Zhao Heping and others who were worried about this issue, Hu Li and Zhang Wei were also a little unsure about it.
In response to their concerns, Su Bai's expression was very calm: "Do you remember what the performance goal I set for you a month ago?"
Hu Li and Zhang Wei looked at each other and said, "After one month of training, the 400-meter run was under 47.60 seconds."
Su Bai nodded and turned to look at Qiu Wen: "Qiu Wen, in the last race you participated in, what were the scores of the last two runners who made it to the finals?"
Qiu Wen was stunned. He didn't expect the question to be thrown at him, so his scalp tightened. He quickly recalled and answered: "It's 47 seconds 92 and 96."
Hearing Qiu Wen's answer, Su Bai nodded, then turned to Hu Li and Zhang Wei and said in a slightly puzzled tone: "Half a month ago, your interim test scores were 47.64 and 47.67 respectively. Are you trying to tell me that after half a month of training, your scores have not improved but deteriorated?"
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Su Bai's question clearly did not use a strong tone, but the three people who heard it sat up straight immediately, with a tingling scalp, and immediately shook their heads.
Seeing them shaking their heads, Su Bai asked again: "Then, in tomorrow's competition, can you make it to the finals?"
This time, Hu Li and Zhang Wei nodded vigorously: "Yes, no problem, absolutely!"
On the side, Qiu Wen, who was also trembling, looked at Su Bai and turned his gaze to himself: "Qiu Wen."
……! Oh my god!
Qiu Wen shuddered all over and immediately shouted, "Here!"
"Are you confident you can win the championship in tomorrow's game?"
Qiu Wen: ...qaq! champion!
Thinking about tomorrow's opponent, Qiu Wen said with a stiff upper lip: "Yes! I can do it! No problem!"
Su Bai looked at Qiu Wen calmly, was silent for a moment, and then said: "...So you are so confident, then do your best tomorrow, I will wait for your good news."
Qiu Wen: ...Why do I feel like I don’t have to fight for the championship? Is it too late to regret now?
Qiu Wen looked at Su Bai's encouraging gaze, struggled for 3 minutes, but still did not dare to ask the question "What if I don't have confidence?" - he had to take the blame for his poor brain, and he had to do it even if he cried.
Isn't it just the champion?
...He will try his best tomorrow!
The next day, the National Track and Field Grand Prix H City Division, warm-up venue
At 10:15 in the morning, 400-meter runners from all over the country were warming up at the warm-up field. Among them were several old friends of Zhang Wei and Hu Li. They had heard before that Zhang Wei and Hu Li had changed coaches, and this was their first competition after the change of coaches. So they had planned to come and talk to them about their thoughts after the change of coaches. Unexpectedly, when they came to Hu Li and Zhang Wei and wanted to talk to them, they were rejected by the two who were preparing for the competition seriously.
Several old friends were a little confused.
"So hard-working? Your coach has given you a death order to produce results? It's only been a month since you were transferred to his team, right? In just such a short time, he wants you to produce results? Isn't this a bit too much?"
Hearing this, Hu Li and Zhang Wei stopped their actions one after another and said seriously: "This is the goal set by the coach for us, but we also want to fight for it ourselves."
When their old friends saw how Hu Li and Zhang Wei defended their coach, they stopped talking. Someone just asked curiously, "What is the goal your coach gave you?"
"47.60 seconds."
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Next to the warm-up venue for the 400-meter training, since this Grand Prix is the last stop of this year's Grand Prix, almost all the well-known media from Province H are present. At this time, a reporter from Province H TV was filming the athletes' warm-up preparations.
Although this reporter is not a professional sports reporter, he did his homework carefully before coming to interview today's game. He certainly knows that it is not easy for domestic 400m athletes to run under 47.60 seconds, but he did not think too much about it. He just felt that the coaches of these two players were quite strict with them. He immediately recorded this scene and even thought of the news headline in his mind - [High standards and strict requirements, 400m athletes go all out to prepare for the H City Track and Field Grand Prix! 】
The reporter didn't know the specific situation, but the athletes nearby knew the situation of Hu Li and Zhang Wei. After hearing their coach's request, these athletes all widened their eyes in disbelief.
But they also saw reporters nearby, and Zhang Wei and Hu Li both looked determined, so they didn't dare to ask more questions. They just looked at each other and kept silent.
What they did more often was hide in the corner and complain about what kind of coach they had and why the coach made such ridiculous demands.
Zhang Wei and Hu Li didn't care what these old friends thought. Their goal now was to meet the requirements set by Su Bai for them.
The two of them were grouped in Group 6 and Group 9 respectively for this game. Qiu Wen's group today is very high up, in Group 3. Qiu Wen is already on the field now.
In the audience seats, the attendance rate of this track and field Grand Prix race was very high, because Fang Yu and Wu Yi both had the rare opportunity to participate in the domestic Grand Prix race, and most of the spectators who watched the sprint came for them.
Among them were some friends from the Track and Field Kingdom forum. As they had not been able to watch the live broadcast of Qiu Wen’s first race, they took advantage of the H City race to see this rising star in the domestic 400m event.
In the last race, Qiu Wen also ran a time of less than 47.50 seconds, which was even better than his first race time of 47.47 seconds. This steady progress has made many people look forward to him.
In today's preliminaries, Qiu Wen lived up to expectations and easily maintained an absolute leading advantage in Group 3. Amid the cheers of the audience, he finally won first place in the group with a time of 47.49 seconds and temporarily ranked first in the overall ranking of the preliminaries.
The audience watching the sprint in the audience were all pleased to see Qiu Wen's performance. "Qiu Wen is great! He has been doing very well in the past three Grand Prix. He obviously slowed down at the end of the preliminaries, but he still managed to get 47.49. Maybe he can break his personal best again this time!"
Thanks to Qiu Wen's outstanding performance in the previous two races, he has now accumulated a lot of supporters among domestic track and field fans.
"Xiao Qiu has done a good job in this project. He is now achieving new results in each race. His coach is really awesome. We misunderstood him at the beginning and thought that the coach was a backstage man. It's really a sin."
"But speaking of which, I heard that the two 400-meter runners from Xiaoqiu's team have also been transferred to this coach. It has been a month, right? It seems that the two runners will also participate in the competition today. I wonder how their results will be."
"It's only been a month, at most they can just adjust their condition, right? I know those two athletes, one is Zhang Wei and the other is Hu Li, they are veteran 400m athletes, their previous individual PB results were not high, such veteran athletes are not as easy to guide as new 400m athletes like Xiao Qiu. If we really want to see their performance, we have to wait until next year, right?"
These spectators chatted while watching the preliminaries on the field, and cheered for the outstanding players from time to time.
Soon, it was the preliminaries of Group 6 on the track. Zhang Wei appeared on the track first. The audience in the stands did not notice that this Zhang Wei was one of the athletes they had been gossiping about not long ago.
Just like in the previous stage tests, Zhang Wei did not gain a particularly big advantage in the starting stage, but as he always controlled his rhythm and moved forward, by the third 100-meter stage, he had risen from a low ranking at the beginning to first place.
The second runner who was left not far behind Zhang Wei was one of Zhang Wei's old friends. Before this time, his results had always been better than Zhang Wei's. But today was different. He was suppressed by Zhang Wei from about 200 meters on.
Until the moment he crossed the finish line, Zhang Wei's old friend gasped for breath, looking at Zhang Wei who crossed the finish line as the first in the group preliminaries. He remembered what Zhang Wei and Hu Li had mentioned during the warm-up about their goals for this competition, and three big words flashed through his mind - No way? !
The fact is, Hu Li, who was in Group 9 of the preliminaries, relied on his advantage of explosive start and his improvements after half a month of training. Although other players behind him were getting closer and closer to him in the final stage, he still maintained his advantage to the end and also won the first place in the group preliminaries.
Many people still didn't notice anything until the 400-meter sprint final qualifiers were announced. Many athletes and spectators were shocked to find that among the 8 players who advanced to the finals, 3 were from the S Province Track and Field Team? !
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Oh shit, 3 members from the S Province track and field team participated in the competition, and all 3 advanced at the same time? !
When everyone found out about this, this astonishing news quickly spread like wildfire among all track and field enthusiasts!
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