General Administration.
In the director's office, Director Hou adjusted his reading glasses on his nose and read the documents in his hand carefully.
Director Hou is an athlete. After retiring, he took charge of the women's volleyball team and led the women's volleyball national team into its most glorious moment. Later, he joined the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, which was still called the Sports Commission at that time. Starting from Xu Haifeng's first Olympic gold medal, he witnessed the growth and glory of national sports step by step. It can be said that he devoted his whole life to the country's sports industry.
Director Hou is 64 years old this year. After the Athens Olympics next year, he will retire and leave the sports position he has worked for his entire life. But at this moment, he is not slacking off at all about retiring. He has to stand up for the last duty, not only for that duty, but also for the cause he loves and strives for all his life.
Many people believe that next year's Athens Olympics is to prepare for the Capital Olympics, so there is no need to be too demanding on results. But Director Hou didn't think so. He very much hoped that the national team could achieve excellent results in the Athens Olympics, and he also hoped to make breakthroughs in certain projects. Although patriotic sentiments dominate, but for a man who is about to retire, For the elderly, it is a perfect end to decades of work.
What Director Hou is holding in his hands at this moment is the list of people who currently meet the Olympic standards for track and field events.
Liu Feiren in the 110-meter hurdles is obviously the most dazzling star on this list and the player most favored by Director Hou. According to Liu Feiren's current level, he is enough to win a medal in the Olympics, thus achieving a breakthrough of zero medals in the national team's men's track and field short events.
"Huh?" Director Hou glanced at the men's 100-meter dash event, only to find that there were two names, and the ones after them were both marked with the Olympic A standard.
"Two people!" Director Hou looked carefully to confirm that he had read correctly, and then his eyes shone with excitement.
"In the men's 100-meter dash, it's usually so difficult to reach the B standard in the Olympics. This time, two people actually reached the A standard. Maybe they can make it to the second round. Chen Jian? I've heard of this name. He seemed to have won it in the last Asian Games. He is a very good young man who has won a medal; Zhang Guan? Who is this?" Director Hou thought about it carefully and found that he had no impression at all, so he asked the secretary to come in, pointed to the list and said: "Go and get the names of these two athletes in the men's 100 meters. Bring the information."
The secretary immediately went to notify the Athletics Association. In less than twenty minutes, the information of Chen Jian and Zhang Guan was sent to the secretary’s email box.
"Chen Jian, 2001 East Asian Games 100m runner-up; 2002 Busan Asian Games 100m 3rd place, 4x100m 3rd place; 2002 National Track and Field Grand Prix Finals 100m champion..." Director Hou looked at the row of Chen Jian's information Honors, all the way to the "100-meter championship at the Huangpu Station of the National Track and Field Championships" that was just achieved.
Director Hou showed a satisfied smile on his face and said to himself: "National Track and Field Championship Huangpu station, personal best time of 10 seconds 17. This event seems to have been completed just the day before yesterday, which means that Chen Jian's current He is in good condition and might be able to achieve a breakthrough if he is sent to the Olympics, which is great.”
Director Hou opened Zhang Guan's information again.
"Zhang Guan, you are only seventeen years old, so young!" Director Hou then looked down. There was only one honor in the honor column: "Asian Track and Field Championship Trial Champion".
Director Hou's face suddenly turned gloomy. He called his secretary, pointed to Zhang Guannao's pitiful information, and asked, "What's going on? Why is it only in this field?"
The secretary knew that Director Hou felt that Zhang Guan had too little information and thought that he was not doing things well. He immediately defended himself and said, "I was just about to report to you that the Athletics Association had given this information to Zhang Guan. When I first received this information, I thought it was leaked by the Athletics Association, so I called I specifically confirmed with the Athletics Association. The Athletics Association said that Zhang Guan was only 17 years old and had not participated in any competition before. The Asian Athletics Championships qualifiers were the first official competition that Zhang Guan participated in, so this is the only record. .”
Director Hou's expression softened a lot, and then asked: "Since there is no record of the game, there should be some training information! For example, which sports school he trained at, which sports school he was selected from, and which coach he followed before . But here there is only household registration and team registration."
"According to information from the Athletics Federation, Zhang Guan only had two months of formal training when he participated in the Asian Track and Field Championships. Moreover, he was not selected from a sports school training. He is an ordinary high school student and has not experienced physical training." Secretary After a pause, he whispered: "It is said that Mr. Chen accidentally dug up this Zhang Guan."
"Did Lao Chen dig it?" Director Hou nodded. Director Hou still recognized Lao Chen's ability.
"So this athlete was not selected from the system." Director Hou tapped the table lightly, the word "genius" flashing in his mind.
There is a complete system for the training of domestic athletes. Sports teams and sports schools at all levels occupy a large amount of staffing and financial allocations. They are also responsible for the selection and training of athletes. Those athletes who became famous basically spent their nine years of compulsory education on training. Athletes in sports such as gymnastics even started training at the age of three or four. And in this case, if an athlete who is not from within the system can achieve such results, it can only show that he is a genius!
Director Hou suddenly shook his head and said, "No, we can't send such a person with no competition experience to compete. This Zhang Guan has never been to an international competition, so he definitely can't go directly to the Olympics. This would be too irresponsible. The Olympic Games is not only a sports meeting, but also an expression of the country's image. Even if it is just one appearance, even if it is just a show, it represents the country! We can lose the game, but we must not lose face to the country."
Director Hou's generation of sports people has experienced too much, including the country's war in his childhood, the passion for construction in his boyhood, the country's growing strength in middle age, and the re-emergence of a great country in his old age. When he was a coach, he led the team to go abroad many times. From the hostility and indifference encountered by the Western world at the beginning, to the respect and admiration of the West later, no one can understand the importance of national image better than the sports people of their generation. Moreover, the Athens Olympics is the last major event during his tenure, and he hopes that every team member can achieve good results.
Director Hou took out a pen and wrote instructions under Zhang Guan's information: Make sure he participates in an international event before the Athens Olympics and strive to accumulate experience in international competitions! Try not to be nervous or have stage fright during the Olympics.
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Field Management Center.
Director Ma called everyone to the conference room again.
"Director Hou of the Sports General Administration personally gave the instructions, and everyone has circulated them, right? Our central leader personally told me that I must strictly implement Director Hou's instructions and implement them to the letter. Today's meeting is mainly to discuss this matter. "Director Ma said, looking at Director Yu, and said: "Director Yu, you are mainly responsible for the sprint event, so you should give your opinion first."
Director Yu coughed dryly, cleared his throat, and said: "Let me talk about the domestic competitions first. This year's competitions only have the year-end grand prix of the National Track and Field Championships in November. This event requires the accumulation of experience in the previous races. You can only participate if you have enough points, so Zhang Guan is not eligible. As for next year's event plan, there will be the National Indoor Track and Field Championships after the Spring Festival. In addition, the round-robin competition of the National Track and Field Grand Prix will begin in about April, but there should be one in the National Track and Field Grand Prix. This station is the selection competition for the Athens Olympics. Zhang Guan's performance has reached the Olympic A standard. He has already qualified for the Athens Olympics and does not need to participate. Excluding the preparation time for the Olympics, I estimate that Zhang Guan can participate in at most one or two stations of the National Track and Field Grand Prix. .”
"So few?" Director Ma frowned and then asked, "What about international competitions?"
"On the international front, there will be the 9th Asian Athletics Championships later this month. Zhang Guan is not eligible for the World Athletics Grand Prix. Other than that, there will be no events this year. Next year's Golden League events are too high-level and will mainly be held in Europe. , it is impossible for our country’s athletes to get an invitation from the event organizing committee; in next year’s World Athletics Grand Prix series, you need to be over 18 years old to participate. Zhang Guan will not be 18 years old until the second half of next year, and his age is not suitable for registration. Requirements. Then it will be the Olympics." Director Yu said.
"Then the only thing left is the 9th Asian Track and Field Championships later this month?" Director Ma thought for a while and then asked: "What about the youth championships?"
"There are relatively few youth competitions, but there will be a World Youth Athletics Championship next year. The competition will be from the end of July to the beginning of August next year. The location will be in Italy, which is very close to Athens." Director Yu said.
Director Ma sighed with some disappointment: "Time does not allow for it. The Athens Olympics will open on August 13. Before then, participating athletes still need to participate in training, especially for athletes who are competing for the first time. There will be more training courses. In addition, the registration deadline for the Athens Olympics is early July.”
Everyone present immediately understood that the registration information of athletes for the Athens Olympics must be reviewed by the General Administration of Sport. The World Youth Track and Field Championships had not yet started at that time, so Zhang Guan’s registration information still did not have experience in international competitions. This obviously means that the center has no experience in international competitions. To carry out the orders of the General Administration, this kind of thing is absolutely not allowed to happen.
"It seems that there is only the ninth Asian Athletics Championships left in the second half of the year. Prepare to send a letter to let Zhang Guan participate in the Asian Athletics Championships." Director Ma said helplessly.
"Does that mean adding one more place to the competition or replacing the original participants?" Director Yu asked immediately.
Director Ma thought for a while and said: "Replace the original participants! At this time, the number of participants has been determined, and the financial allocation has been in place. They are all calculated on a per-capita basis. If one person is suddenly added, the funding will be reduced." There's no way to solve it. The whole basic necessities of life are troublesome. It's not easy to explain the audit."
Director Yu then asked: "What should we do about the 4x100m event? Zhang Guan has never run in the relay!"
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