In the following days, Bai Yu and the other three returned to their usual routine of going back and forth between home and work.
The first thing to do after getting up in the morning is to go for a run. This time, Lu Sheng and Li Shuang were also invited by Bai Yu. Through this fishing trip, Li Shuang and Lu Sheng realized that if you want to enjoy fishing, having good physical strength is essential.
After exercising, those who have classes go to class, and those who don't go back to the dorm to play games. We eat lunch together in the cafeteria.
Then, in the afternoon, those who had to attend classes went to class, and those who didn't go to the beach to collect seafood. No matter how lucky they were, they could still earn a little something, enough to cover their living expenses for a day.
November 3rd arrived, the day Ocean University of China was to hold its sports meet.
For this sports meet, Bai Yu and Wang Hai each signed up for two events: the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter races, and the 400-meter and 800-meter races.
According to the schedule provided by the school, the 400-meter and 800-meter races will each take two days to complete, while the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter races can be completed in one day.
It's important to know that Ocean University of China has over 40 million students. Even without counting graduate students, doctoral students, and exchange students, there are still over 30,000 undergraduate students.
Therefore, each event requires a preliminary round, followed by a semi-final, and finally the final.
The 3,000-meter, 5,000-meter, and 10,000-meter races are different; these are long-distance running events, and each event can accommodate multiple people competing at the same time.
In addition, the number of people signing up for long-distance running is relatively small. There are only semi-finals and finals for the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter races, and only one final for the 10,000-meter race.
According to Bai Yu's coach, there weren't enough runners to form a single group for the 10,000-meter race. There were only six participants in total, three of whom were from the track and field department, including Bai Yu.
Actually, if the 3000m and 5000m finals hadn't conflicted, Bai Yu would have wanted to register for the 3000m as well, since winning the championship would earn academic credits.
Unfortunately, there was a time conflict, so Bai Yu could only register for two projects.
At the opening ceremony of the sports meet, Bai Yu and his small group stood obediently in the queue, watching the performances and the pranksters.
It's said that this also earns academic credits, but Bai Yu and the other three don't know anything. No, Lu Sheng has a talent; he can dance the Mongolian dance, but he's the only one who knows it, so he can't perform it.
"Hey Yu, did you see that senior student holding up the sign in our college just now? She's really tall, she must be 1.8 meters tall with shoes on."
A show was being performed on stage, while Bai Yu and the other three huddled together chatting.
"I saw it. What, you've taken a liking to her? You should give up on that idea as soon as possible. You two aren't a good match. It's not that you're not good enough for her, but you two are just not compatible. Forcing yourselves together won't be a good thing."
"Oh, Brother Yu, you seem to know a lot about relationships. May I ask how many relationships you've had? Would you be worthy of the title of Casanova?"
"Brother Yu is in a relationship? How come I didn't know? Brother Yu, have you ever been in a relationship? Was it with Xue'er?"
Bai Yu's analysis immediately drew teasing from the others, while Wang Hai, being an honest man, pressed Bai Yu about her love life.
In his memory, he had followed Bai Yu for so many years, but he didn't remember Bai Yu ever being in a relationship. Could it be Li Xue?
After being teased by them all, Bai Yu blushed completely, from head to toe.
As Bai Yu and his companions chatted, the opening ceremony of the sports meet came to an end, and the various competitions began.
The Ocean University sports meet will last for three days. The first day of the competition has nothing to do with Bai Yu; his competition will start on the second day.
The second day's morning featured the semifinals of the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter races, while the afternoon saw the finals of the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter races. The third day's morning featured the 10,000-meter final, which was also the final event of the Games.
Although only six people participated in the 10,000-meter race, Ocean University still attached great importance to this sport and scheduled it as the final event of the year.
As for the reason, it's because this sport has foreign participants; among the six people, one is black and one is white.
Logically speaking, a project involving foreigners shouldn't be scheduled as the final event. However, Coach Li repeatedly assured him that the two foreigners wouldn't take the championship in this project, otherwise he would resign.
That's why the school arranged this project as the final battle, so that other students could see that when it comes to being awesome, the Chinese are the most awesome.
Coach Li's bet was naturally on Bai Yu. He had compared Bai Yu's and the two foreigners' most recent 10,000-meter running records and found that Bai Yu had an absolute advantage. Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to use his professional career to convince the Ocean University administration.
The most speechless person was actually Bai Yu. He only learned about this the night before the sports meet started, when Coach Li told him about it.
Bai Yu was completely stunned. He never expected that there would be foreigners in this competition, especially one of them who was black.
Everyone knows about Hei Ge's athletic talent. Although Bai Yu isn't afraid of his opponent, he is afraid of unexpected events.
If something unexpected happens during the competition, then Coach Li will be finished, and he will be finished too, at least in terms of running.
With her mind preoccupied, Bai Yu went to watch Wang Hai's match with Li Shuang and Lu Sheng.
Unlike Bai Yu's leisurely pace and burdened by pressure, Wang Hai was extremely busy at this sports meet.
On the first morning, he will run the preliminary rounds of the 400-meter and 800-meter races, and then the semi-finals of the 400-meter race in the afternoon. On the second morning, he will run the finals of the 400-meter race and the semi-finals of the 800-meter race, and the finals of the 800-meter race in the afternoon.
The two days were packed with activities.
At 9:30 a.m., Wang Hai's 400-meter preliminary race began. To Bai Yu's surprise, there was also a black man competing in the same group as Wang Hai.
"Xiaoyu, do you see that black guy? That's your biggest rival in the 10,000 meters. His Chinese name is Wenhu, and he's an exchange student from Africa."
Just as Bai Yu was focused on watching the game, Hu Tao's voice suddenly rang out beside him, startling Bai Yu.
"Damn, cousin, when did you get here? You walk so quietly! Don't you know you can scare someone to death?"
"Huh? I walk without making a sound? Weren't you guys supposed to be next to me? How did I end up next to you? What's wrong with you, kid? Are you under too much pressure and getting distracted?"
With Li Shuang and Lu Sheng nodding in agreement, Bai Yu realized that he had misunderstood Hu Tao. It wasn't that Hu Tao walked silently, but rather that Li Shuang had led him closer to Hu Tao and the others.
"Cousin, I'm not feeling pressured for myself, I'm feeling pressured for Coach Li."
Although based on past results, I am definitely better than that black guy, but when it comes to the actual competition, it is unknown who will perform better between us.
"If that black guy wins, Coach Li will be finished. Although I'm pretty much finished too, at least I'm a student at Ocean University now, and the school can't expel me for no reason. But Coach Li, well, you know what that means."
"You don't need to worry about Coach Li. Just focus on playing your best. Coach Li has his reasons for believing in you. Okay, stop thinking about it. The match is about to start, let's watch it."
With a loud 'snap' from the track, the 400-meter preliminary A group race officially started!
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