Chapter 226
As for whether other universities envy Su Yu for belonging to Q University, although everyone insists that "I don't envy" but seeing how popular Q University's sports meeting is on the Internet, those sour remarks are actually very telling.
During the three consecutive days of the school sports meet, although Q University's track and field team was completely crushed by Su Yu, who graduated from the School of Mathematics, in the short-distance events, the overall level they displayed still amazed many track and field enthusiasts.
In fact, it is not just track and field enthusiasts who are amazed. It is said that after the race, some players from the school track and field team also received olive branches from the provincial track and field team. However, this is only a rumor for now, so it was not taken seriously by the spectators at first.
The really explosive news came after the National Day in October when the national track and field team announced the new winter training list. Chen Yifei's name appeared, and his affiliation with the Q University track and field team was followed by his name.
After seeing this news, the onlookers suddenly realized that Yu Di’s trip to Q University to participate in the competition was not just for simple relaxation, but also for an in-depth inspection mission!
After seeing the exclamations of the netizens on the Internet, Su Yu just wanted to say "It's not that I don't have it", but the netizens on the Internet probably won't believe that he doesn't have it.
Along with the release of the winter training list, the sprint group of the national track and field team also released a latest overseas training list - in the men's 100m sprint, Chen Peijie, Yu Shaojie, Gao Tianwu and Zhao Yingping are all on the overseas training list, the men's 200m is headed by Zhan Youming, Gao Yansong, Li Qingci, Zhou Jinran and other four players will be sent abroad for training, and the last men's 400m sprint, Zhang Mingliang, Lin Zekai, Li Mingzhou and Zhuang Yu will also be sent abroad for training.
It can be said that in such a large sprint group, most of the athletes have obtained the qualification to receive training at overseas training bases.
There are 12 overseas trained athletes in the men's group alone, plus the trained athletes in the women's team, this time the overseas training list of the national track and field team's sprint group can be said to be the largest in history.
Obviously, the national team can now offer such a luxurious list and budget for foreign training mainly because of the brilliant performance of the sprint group of the national track and field team during the Tokyo Olympic cycle.
Not only has Su Yu and his team achieved great results, but the women's team has also made significant breakthroughs in the Tokyo Olympic cycle. However, compared with the brilliant results achieved by the men's team, they are not so eye-catching.
In short, because of the great progress made by the Chinese team during the Tokyo Olympic cycle, both the Athletics Administration Center and the General Administration of Sports have given the green light to the national team's request for overseas training.
After the announcement of this overseas training list, track and field fans and onlookers, in addition to being impressed by the huge overseas training lineup of the sprint group, also keenly noticed the fact that Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming were not on the overseas training list.
For a while, the topic #Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming are suspected of retiring# ignited the entire Internet.
As two key members of the gold medal-winning men's 4*100m sprint relay team at the Tokyo Olympics, the news of their suspected retirement immediately attracted a lot of attention.
After all, it is only mid-October 2020 now, and it has only been two months since the end of the Olympics. The Internet's spectators still remember the performances of Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming at the Olympics.
If we talk about the athlete with the most traffic during the Olympics, it is indeed Su Yu, but that does not mean that the audience does not care about Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming - for the audience, both Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming are irreplaceable athletes in the Chinese men's 100-meter sprint event.
Even though these two athletes are indeed veterans, their performance in the Olympics is still impressive. Both of them set new or tied their personal bests in the Tokyo Olympics.
With such performance and status, you tell me that these two players are suspected to retire? !
In this case, what will happen to the Chinese men's 100-meter sprint?
In the men's 100m, there were originally three great athletes who could run under 10 minutes per 100m, but in the blink of an eye, only Yu Di is left? !
The audience was not very receptive to this possibility.
Moreover, the Chinese team just won the gold medal in the men's 4*100m sprint at the Tokyo Olympics. Now two main players have retired. Even if Su Yu and Zhan Youming are still there, do the other substitutes who have taken over really have the ability to take over?
The audience is also familiar with the two substitute athletes of the national team for the men's 4*100m. Zhou Yuang and Gao Yansong are both 200m sprinters. Zhou Yuang also has a 100m sprint result, but his personal best in the 100m sprint has not yet broken the 10.50 mark - although this should be related to the fact that he rarely participates in 100m events, it is also an indisputable fact.
Eliminating the two top 100m runners and replacing them with two 200m runners, even though Zhou Yuang's 200m potential is visibly high, potential is only potential after all. From the current stage, the audience still does not believe that Zhou Yuang can fill the gap left by Zheng Tianxi or Feng Chuming.
Zhou Yuang is not good enough, and Gao Yansong is even worse.
The incident in which Gao Yansong was sent off for a foul in the 200m preliminaries at the Tokyo Olympics was still deeply engraved in the minds of the audience. Many people were afraid that Gao Yansong would suffer the same mistake due to nervousness during the 4*100m sprint relay.
Even though everyone rationally knows that occasional mistakes made by athletes are inevitable, they also know that Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming are already old and it is normal for them to gradually retire in the new Olympic cycle.
But rationality is rationality, and the audience is still emotionally unwilling to accept the fact that Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming retired together.
It's not just the audience that's unwilling to entertain this possibility.
In fact, when the national team submitted the list of foreign trainers for this winter training to their superiors, people from the Athletics Administration Center and the General Administration of Sports also came to inquire about it.
——Why are Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming not on this list? Are they both planning to retire? We haven’t seen the retirement application! Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming are both our generals. They cannot retire so hastily because the young players have not grown up yet.
Like track and field fans, the Athletics Administration Center and the General Administration of Sport are also worried about whether the "baton" of the national track and field team can be passed on smoothly.
Apart from anything else, at least in last season's World Championships and this season's Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese men's 100-meter sprint team had full participation. If Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming both retire at the same time, then in the new season's World Championships, except for Su Yu who can participate in the men's 100-meter sprint based on his qualified performance, the rest may have to depend on whether he can make it into the qualifying quota based on the IAAF points ranking.
Within just one season, the field went from full capacity to only one athlete meeting the requirements. Naturally, this huge change made both the Athletics Administration Center and the General Administration of Sport feel that the change was a bit too big.
Therefore, the Athletics Administration Center and the General Administration of Sport of China talked to the coaching staff of the national team and Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming, hoping that the two would stay for another year or two to guide the next players.
Fortunately, Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming did not originally intend to retire immediately this season. They just planned to continue training in China, and at the same time they could communicate closely with Pei Dingshan and Qiao Feiyu on some retirement-related issues.
In addition, Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming both believe that with Pei Dingshan in the country, the overall coaching philosophy and methods of the current national team coaching staff have also been improved, and their last one or two seasons will not have much impact if they stay in the country.
After receiving this reply from Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming, the Athletics Administration Center and the General Administration of Sport of China were barely relieved. However, the leaders of these two parties still hoped that Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming could continue to participate in more competitions in the new season and take up the 100-meter banner of the national team's sprint group. However, Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming both clearly refused on this point.
Both of them have old injuries. After relaxing after the Olympics, both Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming felt the changes in their physical condition. Although they are still willing to fight again, considering their physical condition, they are prepared to slightly reduce the intensity of training and competition.
They will continue to participate in the competition, but it will be difficult for them to continue to be the mainstay of the 100 meters - the new generation of leaders in the 100 meters has gradually grown up, and the core of the Chinese team should also gradually shift.
In response to Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming's answer, although some stubborn leaders still believed that the two of them should take responsibility, the vast majority of leaders were reasonable.
Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming have dedicated their entire careers to the national team. They have worked diligently for so many years and are now in the late stages of their careers. They do have a lot of old injuries. It would be fine if the Chinese team really had no successors at this stage and did not need these two to carry the team, but now the Chinese team does have Su Yu, a young core player who can be regarded as a pillar of the team, as well as Chen Peijie, Yu Shaojie, Ye Minghao and other echelon players who are still growing.
Under such circumstances, it is not an excessive request to let Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming have a good rest and gradually fade out.
So in the end, the two's requirements for training in the country were successfully passed. Although there was a storm on the Internet, the national team quickly issued a new announcement stating that Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming will still represent the national team in the 2021 season. Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming also forwarded this announcement from the national team.
At this point, the retirement controversy of Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming has come to a temporary end.
However, some sharp-eyed spectators also saw what the national team meant - Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming will still represent the national team in the 2021 season.
What about the 2022 season?
Some track and field fans have calculated that there will be no major competitions in the entire 2022 season, and both the biennial World Championships and the quadrennial Olympic Games will be missed this year.
The only major competition throughout the year is probably the 2022 Asian Games - of course, it has been officially announced at this stage that the 2022 Asian Games will be held in H City, China, so if you want to say, there will be major competitions in 2022, but this competition cannot be compared with events of the level of the World Championships and the Olympics.
According to the current statement of the national team, Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming will still represent the national team in the 2021 season. It is very likely that they will represent the national team in the 2021 World Championships, and in the 2022 Asian Games...
Among all international competitions, the Asian Games is often used to train young players, allowing them to experience the atmosphere of international competitions and to build up their courage. We hope to see young players stand out in the Asian Games.
In other words, when the 2022 season really comes, with Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming likely to retire at any time, the two of them will be the least likely to be fielded by the 2022 Olympic national team.
And if there is no need to participate in key events...
At this point, many people have guessed the real retirement time of Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming. However, even though they have guessed it, no one has made further discussions or struggles on this matter.
The retirement of athletes has always been an inevitable thing.
In that case, let’s cherish the time they are still on the field and do our best to cheer for them!
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After the national team's winter training list was announced, in addition to discussions about the retirement of Zheng Tianxi and Feng Chuming, many people also noticed that young players such as Su Yu, Ye Minghao, Chen Yifei, Zhou Yuang, and Jiang Ruohui were not on the list of overseas training.
It is understandable that Su Yu and Zhou Yuang are not on the overseas training list. Track and field fans who are familiar with Su Yu and Zhou Yuang know that these two are players personally trained by Pei Dingshan, a new generation of famous coach in the national team.
With the return of Lyles, a top coach of the younger generation, just looking at the growth of Su Yu and Zhou Yuang in recent years, it will not be a big problem even if they do not go abroad for training.
But what about others besides Su Yu and Zhou Yuang?
For example, Chen Yifei from Q University was selected for the national team's winter training roster on the recommendation of Qiao Feiyu. As a result, all other players went abroad for training, but Chen Yifei stayed in the country for training. Is this a sign of not being valued or a sign of not being valued?
But it is said that when someone asked Chen Yifei why, Chen Yifei replied: "I still have classes to attend."
Questioner:?
Then everyone vaguely remembered - Oh, by the way, this Chen Yifei is a top student like Yu Di, and is still studying at Q University. It is said that he plans to continue
Taking the postgraduate entrance examination for further studies.
After getting this confusing answer, the person who asked the question did not continue to dig deeper into the reason.
Of course no one knew the result, and Chen Yifei did not finish his words.
Of course, the fact that he still had to go to class was one of the reasons, but he never said that was the only reason!
When the national team was arranging the list of players for overseas training, the national team's coaching staff also had a conversation with some of the players, asking them whether they were willing to stay in the country. The national team will arrange for the coaching staff headed by Pei Dingshan to cooperate with the researchers to jointly develop long-term training arrangements for this group of young players.
This is to continue to maintain the quality of foreign training players through overseas training, while also further improving the coaching and training capabilities of the national team coaching staff.
Long-term reliance on foreign coaches is not a good idea. Foreign teaching concepts are indeed advanced, but if the country is unable to form an effective teaching method and only relies on top foreign coaches to train national team players, then top foreign coaches will only continue to hold authority and continue to accumulate excellent coaching results.
In contrast, the national team's coaching staff has never been able to prove its ability to train and coach. It is even possible that as time goes by, the Chinese team's own coaching team's ability level will become increasingly poor.
The national team naturally could not watch such a thing happen, so under the promotion of Pei Dingshan, they arranged for many young coaches to go abroad to study in order to gradually improve their coaching team.
Overseas coaches are a double-edged sword. The Chinese team needs to make use of the advanced concepts and teaching of overseas coaches, but they must not allow themselves to be hurt by this double-edged sword.
In short, driven by this concept, the national team arranged a large number of players to go to overseas training bases to study. At the same time, they also retained a group of young players through conversations and were ready to take the risk of letting Pei Dingshan lead the team to bring up this group of young players.
Chen Yifei, Ye Minghao, Jiang Ruohui... This group of young players were selected by the national team after screening and interviews. Except for Chen Yifei who is already 20 years old, the remaining players are not much different in age from Su Yu.
They all have outstanding talent and potential, and enough time to grow.
The national team is prepared to take the risk of using such a group of players to train its coaching team, and also hopes that its coaching team can truly successfully lead this group of players.
Whether they will achieve mutual success or drag each other down... no one can tell for sure, but if they are never willing to take the step of trying, the Chinese team will always lack the ability to control its own future.
Sometimes, no one wants to gamble on the future, but has to take the risk.
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In any case, the national team's new season winter training list and overseas training list have finally been confirmed.
By the end of October, all the coaches and players on the winter training roster gathered to participate in a week-long military training. The foreign training players also underwent a half-month training in China. Various "vaccinations" were given to the foreign training players in advance to ensure that they could receive serious training overseas.
It is not easy for the players and coaches who train in China either.
Some of the coaching staff headed by Pei Dingshan still have old-fashioned habits and base everything on experience - it's not that they are unwilling to learn, but it's mainly because it's difficult to change their mindset so quickly.
Some of the young coaches have overseas study experience, but have never served as a main training coach. When making plans for the players, they are always afraid to make judgments easily and always hope that Pei Dingshan or someone else can give some guidance to their plans.
Pei Dingshan has been busy since before the winter training began.
On the contrary, Su Yu seems to have some free time - mainly because Su Yu himself is also a learning-oriented player. The communication between him and Pei Dingshan is almost equal. Pei Dingshan will communicate with him based on Su Yu's various data, and will also adjust the proportion of different training items according to Su Yu's personal feelings.
The communication between the two of them was very efficient, but normally it was difficult for players of Su Yu's age group to communicate with their coaches so accurately. Although the athletes themselves understood their physical feelings better, due to the lack of sufficient experience, they might not be able to accurately describe these physical feelings, or they might not understand the impact of these physical feelings on themselves during the game.
As for Su Yu, from the first day Pei Dingshan started teaching him, he explained to him the impact of each training on his physical ability and quality.
Pei Dingshan's strict requirements for Su Yu's initial training, coupled with Su Yu's own learning ability and talent as well as his research and study of relevant knowledge, have led to the easier communication between Pei Dingshan and Su Yu today.
With Su Yu's current knowledge reserves, it is not impossible for him to make a training plan for himself.
Although the plan that Su Yu made himself may not be able to compare with Pei Dingshan's - because coaching is actually a very complex system capability. An excellent coach needs to have a broad understanding of the most advanced training concepts and training techniques, training psychology, physiology, nutrition, biomechanics and other different disciplines.
Although Su Yu has a strong learning ability, his time and energy do not allow him to study such a wide range of subject matter in more detail.
But even so, if Su Yu were to arrange training for himself, he would not lose to the young coaches of the national team - after all, he has a huge advantage over these young coaches, which is that he has a more detailed understanding of his physical condition.
In short, because the communication between Su Yu and Pei Dingshan was smooth, his winter training arrangements were finalized very easily. At the same time, his studies at Q University also entered the sophomore year of undergraduate studies in the new semester.
However, their Mathematics Leadership Talent Program class is still studying some basic compulsory courses and general courses in their sophomore year, and studying these courses is not too stressful for him.
In the initial preparatory stage, he proved the solidity of his basic learning with excellent grades. Before the start of this winter training, his mentor Professor Wang called him to the school for a special test to confirm that he had absorbed the courses taught remotely by his seniors well. Only then did he allow him to return to the national team for training.
Although Su Yu's teaching method is unconventional, he does have outstanding talent. For a school like Q University and a teacher of Professor Wang's level, when your talent and ability are recognized by them, then the rules of regular course learning are no longer rules for them.
Although Su Yu is still young and his knowledge in the academic field is very superficial, he is always able to accurately grasp the information that the other party wants to convey, quickly understand it, and then give thoughtful feedback during the communication and dialogue with his seniors and even his mentor Professor Wang.
Sometimes the content he gives back may not be profound enough, but his occasional unconventional perspectives will always bring them new inspiration.
When facing his senior brothers and sisters and mentor, Su Yu unexpectedly did not show any so-called autism. Perhaps it was because the communication between everyone always revolved around the wonderful world of knowledge, and this collision of wisdom had nothing to do with personality.
In short, whether in academics or training, Su Yu is making smooth progress, and as time passes, a new season is gradually approaching!
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