The reporter looked Su Bai up and down. To be honest, Su Bai didn't look like a coach. After all, most people still believe in the idea that "a man without a beard can't do things well". And Su Bai didn't even have any beard on his face. His face looked so young that he looked like he was in his early twenties, right?
Well……
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The reporter paused and remembered, isn't this Coach Su only in his early twenties? Was it the twenty-third or the twenty-fourth?
This was really embarrassing. For a moment, the reporter from the sports channel felt his thoughts froze.
There is no way. In the circle of traditional competitive sports, there are very few coaches of this type. It’s okay for some provincial and municipal sports schools, but you have to know that Su Bai is the head coach of a certain project in the national team.
Even if this project has never taken off before, the title and meaning are different.
The reporter's brain was so shocked by the information that he didn't have time to react and speak, so Su Bai didn't say anything either. He just looked at the reporter quietly. Occasionally, when he saw the direction of the camera, he would smile and nod to the cameraman carrying the camera.
After hesitating for two or three seconds, the reporter's professionalism made him come to his senses again, and he seemed more eager to hand the interview microphone to Su Bai.
"Coach Su Bai, is this your first time accepting a media interview? It is my honor to interview you. I am Xu Hui, a reporter from the sports channel."
"Well, hello, I'm Su Bai, the current head coach of the 400m event of the national track and field team."
Hearing this clear position information from Su Bai again, Xu Hui couldn't help but feel a little strange: "As far as I know, Coach Su, you should have just taken over the national team's 400m event. Can I ask, for this Jakarta Asian Games, what are our goals for the national track and field team in the 400m and 4*400m events?"
What is your goal?
This question is a common one among sports journalists: 'What is the goal? Do you have confidence? What are your expectations for the future? ', these questions can be regarded as standard routine questions. It can be seen that Xu Hui is very considerate of Su Bai, the novice coach, and did not throw any sharp and embarrassing questions at the beginning.
Su Bai felt the reporter's kindness, and he also remembered that many track and field fans on the Internet had recently expressed concerns about his previous actions, so he planned to use the interview to reassure the track and field fans.
After thinking for a while, Su Bai said seriously: "For this Jakarta Asian Games, the national team's 400m athletes have made the best preparations. In the 400m event, Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen will both aim to enter the finals. In the 4*400m relay, they will also do their best to sprint for medals."
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After Su Bai finished his serious introduction, the reporter Xu Hui froze for a moment, turned around and signaled the cameraman to stop filming, then asked Su Bai tentatively: "Coach Su, do we need to re-record this part?"
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Xu Hui saw that Su Bai didn't seem to understand, so he said tactfully: "I remember that in the last Asian Games, the two 400m athletes of the national team at that time failed to make it to the finals in order to ensure stable performance in the 4*400m?"
Not only that, the men's 4*400m event also did not achieve very good results in the last Asian Games.
In the past two years, the 4*400m team composed of Zhang Ziyi, Guo Dun, Lin Chuan, Zhou Xu, Zhang Chang, Li Junhao and others has had results ranging from 3 minutes 08 seconds to 3 minutes 10 seconds. This result is enough to make it to the relay finals, but if the goal is to win medals, that is another matter.
Su Bai was stunned. He didn't expect that his original words that were intended to appease the track and field fans were seen as boastful by Xu Hui. He even tactfully advised him to change his way of saying it, apparently fearing that his words would cause resentment among track and field fans after the interview was broadcast.
Su Bai had indeed not expected this interview routine, but after thinking about it, he decided not to change his words: "It's okay, Xu Ji, just follow what you said just now, no need to change it, this is indeed our goal for this Asian Games."
Su Bai's attitude was firm, so Xu Hui certainly couldn't say anything more.
In fact, the goal that Su Bai set is so high-profile, coupled with the heated discussion that Su Bai has caused recently, this interview will definitely receive a good response. It’s just that after seeing Su Bai himself, Xu Hui couldn’t bear to see such a young coach being criticized by track and field fans on the Internet.
Finally, after the interview was over, Xu Hui couldn't help but sigh.
He seems to be such an easy-going coach, so why does he always say such irresponsible things?
I am confident that Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen will make it to the finals, and I am also looking forward to the results of the 4*400m relay team.
Xu Hui almost wanted to ask him: Coach Su, do you still remember those American players you invited not long ago? The players of our national team have just been beaten badly by those players. Are you full of confidence in them? How could it be unprecedented for two athletes to advance to the 400m final? Can we still strive to win a medal in the 4*400m relay?
It’s just that as journalists, they really can’t stop the interviewees from saying whatever they want.
"Okay, after all, this is Coach Su Bai's first interview!"
Xu Hui comforted himself. Although there was a high probability that Su Bai would be criticized for what he said, he still had the opportunity for the first interview.
On the afternoon of August 19, the national track and field team arrived in Jakarta smoothly and checked into the Asian Games Village. Due to the large number of Chinese team members, they were assigned to a separate building, and the coaches and athletes of the track and field team were arranged on the 6th to 8th floors.
There is only about a one-hour time difference between Jakarta and China, so there was no trouble with jet lag. After arriving that day, the athletes had dinner and simply washed up and rested.
The next day, starting on August 20, athletes from various countries will have the opportunity to enter the official competition venue to conduct some pre-match adaptive training.
When the track and field team entered the relevant venues for training, there were also some athletes from other countries present. However, compared with the Chinese team which was composed entirely of local people, there were quite a few athletes with different skin colors, which made people want to ask, "Are these Asian athletes? 】problem.
In track and field events, blacks have much greater advantages than whites and yellows. There are many countries in Asia that originally lagged behind in sports. When their own sports strength did not develop well, they began to turn their attention to "foreign aid". As a result, many "naturalized athletes" with Asian nationality gradually appeared on the field.
These naturalized athletes have won many Asian records due to their racial advantages, including the current Asian record holder of 9.92 seconds in the 100 meters, which is not held by a real Asian.
Compared with the black athletes active on the field, the Chinese team, a team composed purely of Asians, is an outlier among all.
In the next few days before the official start of the competition, the athletes will conduct their own adaptive training, or further try to improve the tacit understanding of passing the baton in the designated training venue.
While Su Bai and others were quietly training abroad, the domestic interviews before the national team's departure had already flooded the forums of the track and field kingdom.
Topic: [Is it the truth or arrogance? The Asian Games goal of the new national track and field team’s 400m head coach Su Bai was revealed for the first time! ! 】
Topic content: [Have you seen the interview on the sports channel about the track and field team heading to Jakarta?
I saw everyone discussing before that Su Bai invited American athletes to come to China to compete with our 400m athletes. At that time, everyone said that he was too proud. But I didn’t think so. This was an interview with the sports channel. After the athletes suffered such a major setback, the goal he gave for the competition was actually higher than that of the previous Asian Games? 】
3l: [I see. I think he is really floating. It’s fine to say that Zhang Shuai’s goal is to sprint to the finals, but Zhang Shuai and Xiao Qiu are going to sprint to the finals together? I took a look. In the last Asian Games, the last runner who made it to the finals had a time of 46.21 seconds, and the second to last runner had a time of 46.12 seconds. If Zhang Shuai and Xiao Qiu want to make it to the finals at the same time, together with other runners who are also striving for the finals, they must at least ensure that their semifinal results are both within 46.10 seconds...
Has Su Bai really thought about what this concept is?
In this season's domestic open competitions, no one has run under 46 seconds. The best result is Zhang Shuai's 46.16 seconds last time! 】
8l: […The 400m individual event is fine, the worst that can happen is that 'Zhang Shuai gave up the 400m race and failed to advance to the finals in order to secure the 400m relay, while Xiao Qiu lacked experience and made mistakes on the spot, missing out on the finals', don't you see this kind of routine too often? But can he just say something like 4*400 with the goal of winning a medal? In the last Incheon Asian Games, the third place in the 4*400m, I remember it was 3 minutes and 3 seconds? Does Su Bai still remember what the national record for 4*400 meters is in our country? 】
Just as Xu Hui had expected, after Su Bai's interview was released, there was a lot of resistance from sports commentators and track and field fans on the Internet. Most people thought that Su Bai was not professional enough as a coach and was just trying to attract attention. They thought that he was suddenly promoted from the S Province track and field team to the national team's 400m head coach at a young age, and thus became arrogant.
On Weibo, the sports channel also released various interview videos from the program as usual, and in the caption of Su Bai’s interview video, there was a topic #Men’s 400m race aims at Asian Games finals#.
This topic was originally a routine matter, but after seeing the news, track and field fans on Weibo could not help but click on the topic and weigh in, so that most of the topics were about things like "I advise Coach Su not to be too arrogant" and "The athletes who run the 400-meter race are all great, it's just that the coach's ideas are too inflated."
Occasionally, some passers-by who don’t know the truth click on this topic and will be confused by the content of this topic.
【? ? ? I think the coach spoke quite calmly, and this is just the Asian Games, right? You are aiming for the finals, not the championship. Are you so proud of yourself? 】
At this time, some track and field fans will explain to these passers-by why everyone is so indignant about the topic.
Some passers-by thought that the track and field fans were overreacting: [How do you know that the coach is just being arrogant? According to what you said, this coach was already very capable when he was in the provincial team, which is why he was transferred to the national team, right? 】
For a moment, some passers-by stood on Su Bai's side and exchanged a few words with the track and field fans - [What you are saying now is true, but if the coach really leads the team to achieve the expected goals, can you who just talk nonsense on the Internet apologize to the coach? 】
There were also some angry track and field fans who immediately said: "Apologize if you want to!" I will not only apologize, but if Su Bai really leads the team to achieve his goal, then I will be his number one bootlicker from now on. When the time comes, I will record a video to apologize, and then buy a hot search on Weibo to let the whole network see the sincerity of my apology! ! ! 】
The oath of this track and field fan was so intense that after being circulated by passers-by, it was inexplicably circulated tens of thousands of times. Not only did it attract track and field enthusiasts, but many passers-by also remembered this sentence and the 400-meter sprint event of the Asian Games.
Among these hot transfers, there are occasionally some strange contents inexplicably mixed in.
For example: […Hey, is this guy actually a track and field coach? Is 0v0 so young and cute? 】
In short, the content of Su Bai's interview suddenly became a little popular, which also made many people pay extra attention to the upcoming Jakarta Asian Games.
On August 26, the third day of the Jakarta Asian Games, the men's 400m individual preliminaries, which had attracted much attention on the Internet due to the "fan betting incident", finally officially started. However... track and field fans were really not in the mood to watch the preliminaries.
There are a total of 30 athletes participating in the men's 400m event, divided into 5 groups for preliminaries. In the preliminaries held at 11 a.m., the top 4 athletes in each group and the top 4 of the remaining athletes, a total of 24 athletes will advance to the semi-finals in the evening.
That is to say, out of a total of 30 contestants, only the last 6 will fail to advance. If one or two of these contestants are penalized for false starts, the competitive pressure will be even smaller.
Because there are so many qualifying spots, even Chinese track and field fans have never worried about whether Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen can qualify - it can be said that as long as they don't start false starts or simply run a result of 50 seconds, there will be absolutely no problem in advancing to the evening semi-finals.
The national team has no concerns at all about Qiu Wen and Zhang Ziyi's performance in the preliminaries.
In the morning, before going to the preparation area to warm up, Qiu Wen ran over and hugged Su Bai's thighs again.
"Xiao Bai!!! If we make it to the semi-finals, can you give us a snack at noon?!"
Qiu Wen looked at Su Bai eagerly. If he had a tail, he would probably be shaking it wildly with real emotion at this moment.
When Qiu Wen said this, the other contestants in the 400-meter group were also around. When they heard this, they pricked up their ears and secretly paid attention to Su Bai's reply - well, during this period of time, they also ate a lot of midnight snacks prepared by Su Bai. Every time they had midnight snacks, they would often forget Su Bai's devilish face.
We really can't blame them for their weak wills, it's mainly because the devil's temptation is too strong.
After all, the conditions in Jakarta were not as good as in China, so their midnight snacks were temporarily stopped, which made them feel a little itchy.
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Su Bai looked at Qiu Wen silently: "Advance to the semi-finals? Extra meal?"
"Uh..." Qiu Wen thought about the elimination rate of advancing to the semi-finals and was a little scared: "Then...if we advance to the finals tonight?"
Hearing this, Su Bai finally nodded.
Seeing Su Bai nod, Qiu Wen, the big fool, jumped three feet high, then turned around and put his arm around Zhang Ziyi's shoulder, his face full of excitement: "Brother Zhang, did you hear that? If we can advance to the finals tonight, we can have Xiaobai's extra meal!"
When Zhang Ziyi heard Qiu Wen's words, he couldn't help but glance back. He really wanted to tell Qiu Wen - Director Jiang of the Field Management Center has come with the team in person to supervise the battle, and is standing right behind you! At times like this, be careful with your words!
Amidst the laughter, Zhang Ziyi simply dragged Qiu Wen to the preparation area.
In the audience, Jiang Wentao, director of the competition department of the Track and Field Management Center, was also amused by the looks on Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen's faces.
"Coach Su." Jiang Wentao turned and looked at Su Bai with a smile: "If these two guys really advance to the finals tonight, I'll have to trouble Coach Su to prepare a big dinner for them!"
Su Bai also smiled and nodded: "Then I will trouble the team members to contact and purchase some high-quality ingredients this afternoon."
Hearing the hint in Su Bai's words, Jiang Wentao was stunned and immediately laughed: "Of course no problem!"
In the morning preliminaries, Qiu Wen and Zhang Ziyi were arranged in the 2nd and 5th groups of the preliminaries respectively. There were no particularly strong players in these two groups. The strongest players in the two groups were from Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka respectively. Their personal PBs were both around 45.50 seconds, and their strength was almost at the same level as Zhang Ziyi.
Because the preliminaries lacked suspense and tension, no TV stations in China broadcast it. The sports channel simply broadcast the preliminaries on the live webcast, with Li Sen solely responsible for providing simple commentary.
There were still some die-hard track and field fans in the live broadcast room of the preliminaries. Most track and field enthusiasts knew what the preliminaries were like, so they had no plans to watch them. They only planned to watch the live broadcast of the semi-finals in the evening. There were some spectators who came because of a bet made by a fan on the Internet. So when they learned that there would be a preliminaries this morning, they also sneaked into the live broadcast room, intending to see the two players led by Coach Su Bai to see if there was any hope for them to win the bet.
On the track, the first group of six contestants had already finished the race. In this group, a contestant had just started falsely, so one of the original six elimination spots was taken by this false starter.
After seeing this false start, the audience in the live broadcast room all expressed speechless ellipsis in the barrage.
It really is... it's a pity to be eliminated due to a false start at this stage of the preliminaries.
In the end, after the rankings of the first group of preliminaries came out, the first-ranked player only had a score of 46.15 seconds, and the fourth-ranked player who advanced directly had a score of only 47.57 seconds.
When the second group of six players came on the court, cheers rang out from the Chinese team's spectator area, and everyone was cheering for Qiu Wen on the court.
When Qiu Wen entered the competition field, he was not as naive as usual. Instead, he was excited and eager to try. Even though this was just a qualifying match with almost no suspense, Qiu Wen looked very motivated.
In the live broadcast room, the audience was quite relieved after seeing Qiu Wen's mental state.
Qiu Wen seems to be in good condition, and doesn't look like he is frustrated by the competition. 】
[I am relieved. I have always been worried that the American players left too much psychological trauma on them...]
[But it’s hard to say. Maybe it’s because Qiu Wen is Su Bai’s favorite general, so he is taken care of better? 】
On the barrage, the audience chatted in groups of three or four, and soon the competition officially began.
After Qiu Wen officially squatted on the starting blocks, the audience on the barrage also began to cheer for Qiu Wen.
At the scene, the referee's instructions were heard one after another - "Get ready, everyone."
Then, the sharp sound of gunfire prompted all six players present to start quickly.
Everyone noticed that even though someone in the first group was sent off for a false start, the Chinese athletes on the field did not have any concerns about it.
He reacted quickly to the gunshot and ran very hard at the start!
Many people who were watching the game were confused: It was just a preliminary round, why was this guy running like he was in the semifinals?
On the field, Qiu Wen didn't care what others thought. His only thought was that after practicing track and field for so many years, there would finally be a day when he could represent his country in competitions abroad as a member of the national team!
Even though it is only the preliminary stage of the 400m event, this realization makes Qiu Wen very excited.
For athletes, wearing the national team's uniform and fighting abroad to represent the country is the glory that countless people have been pursuing throughout their sports careers.
Although this race was only a preliminary round, Qiu Wen ran so excitedly that he was a little out of control compared to his training. However, he soon realized this, and when he was about to reach the middle of the race, he forcibly controlled his pace. When he finally crossed the finish line, although his speed was slightly slower than his usual training, he still easily won the first place in the preliminary group.
The audience on the barrage experienced many changes in their mental state after the preliminaries began.
From praising Qiu Wen for his good spirits, to worrying that Qiu Wen was too aggressive, to discovering that Qiu Wen was so fearless that he left the runners behind by several meters...
Finally, what the hell, Qiu Wen is going to advance as the first in the group? !
When track and field fans saw the final ranking record showing Qiu Wen's score of 46.09 seconds, they were a little dazed.
[Wait, 46.09?] ! Damn, isn't it a waste for Qiu Wen to be in this condition in the preliminaries? If it was the semi-finals in the evening, then we would have advanced directly to the finals, right? ! 】
[Damn, Xiao Qiu refreshed his personal PB again? ! 】
The spectators in the live broadcast room didn't quite understand the significance of this result, but when they saw the reaction of the track and field fans, they immediately thought of the other bet.
【how? Do you mean that Qiu Wen has a good chance of advancing to the finals? Hey, what was the Weibo name of that big brother before? Remember to tag him! The bet starts! 】
At this time, someone in the live broadcast room advised passers-by: [This is just the preliminaries, we still have to see how the semi-finals perform tonight. And this is just Xiao Qiu, we don’t know how Zhang Shuai will perform later...]
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20 minutes later.
In the fifth group of the preliminaries, Zhang Ziyi also advanced to tonight's 400-meter semi-finals as the first in the group, and his qualifying result was 45.89 seconds, his personal season sb.
In the live broadcast room, many stunned track and field fans were silent for a long time, and finally burst out with swear words in shock: [Damn! Zhang Shuai is awesome! 】
After watching Zhang Ziyi's relaxed performance, in which he crushed other players throughout the whole process, passers-by in the live broadcast room followed up with a sentence in the barrage: [Hahahaha, that coach is pretty awesome, right? Oh, let’s go with the bet! 】
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