The words "hit the gold medal" came out of Dai Li's mouth, and everyone in the conference room fell silent. Everyone, including Chu Weidong, looked at Dai Li in surprise.
Whether it is getting a ranking, a medal, or even winning the final gold medal, it is an extremely distant dream for the sprinters of the Hanbei Provincial Track and Field Team.
After all, the strength of the athletes is there. If their strength is not dominant, it is already very difficult to stand out from the qualifying rounds. It is undoubtedly a fantasy to win the gold medal.
"What did Dai Li just say, that he wants to win the gold medal? Did I hear it right?"
"With the level of our players, it is not easy to enter the main competition, let alone get a ranking. But he still wants to win the gold medal?"
"Li Dai is joking! There are so many national champions and Asian champions in the National Games. Our players are still far away from the gold medal!"
"Haha, young man, you are really ambitious. Bringing out an Asian Games champion feels great, and you feel that you have no rivals in the country! You dare to say such big things about winning the gold medal in the National Games."
Even Chu Weidong shook his head in his heart. He originally thought that Li Dai wanted to impact the rankings. At that time, he also praised Li Dai for his courage as a young man. But now after hearing about Li Dai's goal, Chu Weidong also felt that Li Dai wanted to improve his ranking. What Dai said is particularly unreliable.
Li Guodong seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He felt that he had finally grasped the loophole in Li Dai's words, so he raised his head excitedly: "Coach Li, you just said you wanted to fight for the gold medal? I remember you said in a few minutes I just said before that the players on our team are so strong that it is almost impossible to break through the qualifying rounds. These are your exact words. How come you only said a few words and turned into a gold medal?"
"Yes, Coach Li, I know you are the championship coach of the Asian Games, but the goal you have set is completely impossible!" Another voice sounded, and it was Sha Baojun who spoke. When he talks, it's more like he's deliberately trying to make a fuss.
Chu Weidong began to smooth things over for Li Dai. He said: "Xiao Li, there are still three months left before the qualifying rounds, and after the qualifying rounds are over, we have to wait until August before the National Games main event begins. This There will be more than a month in between, and our main task now should still be to break through in the qualifying rounds. As for the final results, we can not rush to set goals."
Dai Li nodded and continued: "Coach Chu, fellow coaches, I just wanted to hit the gold medal. You may think that I am too ambitious and unrealistic. I also said just now that our athletes will compete in the National Games. , there’s really no competitiveness.”
"In the National Games, there are Asian Games champions like Yang Sijie and Zhao Yue, national champions like Xie Jun and Wei Zitao, and countless other players who have won medals in the National Grand Prix. Even compared to the national team There are ordinary sprinters, but the strength of our team members is also far behind."
"This kind of gap in strength cannot be made up by just three months of training. No matter who is doing the training, it is impossible to train a qualifying-level player to become a National Games champion, let alone a player. There is also a talent gap. Whether it’s the 100-meter dash or the 200-meter dash, I can’t let our athletes win gold medals.”
Li Guodong snorted disdainfully: "Then you still dare to talk about fighting for the gold medal? I thought you could really do it! It turns out that it was just a casual talk! Who can't do this with just one mouth? I can do it Talk about aiming for the Olympic gold medal!"
"Coach Li Guodong, pay attention, we are in a meeting now." Chu Weidong glared at Li Guodong.
Li Guodong also felt that what he just said was a bit too much. He straightened up slightly and continued: "Don't get me wrong. What I mean is that Coach Li Dai's statement is somewhat contradictory and has no practical significance at all."
"Coach Li Guodong, right?" Li Dai also sensed the hostility of his boss towards him, so he continued: "You think what I said is inconsistent because I haven't finished speaking yet. What I said about hitting the gold medal , does not refer to the 100-meter or 200-meter event."
"What is that? We are a sprint team and we are discussing the 100 meters and 200 meters. Does Coach Li want to switch to other events? Or let the athletes change events now? Three months is probably not enough. Come on!" Li Guodong didn't give Li Dai any face, and his tone was full of ridicule.
Li Dai suppressed his efforts and ignored Li Guodong's ridicule, but continued: "In the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash, we can't compete with the athletes from other teams, so if our team wants to get good results, we must We have to find another way!”
"Xiao Li, stop being so secretive and just say it!" Chu Weidong encouraged.
"What I mean by 'finding a different path' is the relay race!" Li Dai said.
In the conference room, many coaches showed expressions of "Sure enough," they had actually expected that the "different path" that Li Dai referred to was the relay race. In fact, there are only so many sprint events. Instead of 100 meters and 200 meters, it can only be a relay race.
Li Dai continued: "We won the gold medal in the relay race of the Asian Games. I think everyone must have seen that game. I was at the game at the time, and my perception of the game was more intuitive. Whether it was the game process , or the result of the game, everyone can definitely see that the biggest opponent of our national team at that time was not the Japanese team, nor the Saudi team, but the Thai team."
"The level of the Thai team's players is actually not very strong. Only one of their four team members can reach the B standard of the Olympic Games. From the perspective of personal ability, the Thai team's players will definitely be eliminated in the first round when participating in individual events. Although they were eliminated, they were able to win silver medals in team events such as relay races. Moreover, in the previous two Asian Games, the Thai team also achieved one gold and one silver medal. It can be said that their results in the Asian Games relay races were better than The Japanese team must be strong."
"I was inspired by the Thai team. Since our team members have limited personal abilities and cannot achieve good results in the 100-meter or 200-meter events, it is better to give up the individual events and practice relay races specifically. Maybe we can achieve success. It works wonders.”
Next to him, Sha Baojun's expression turned serious.
"I originally thought that he was just going to choose one of three among Shen Kun, Zhu Yueyang and Chen Tingshan. I didn't expect that he actually brought up such an issue of a relay race. He planned to take all three of them away! This Li Dai, okay What a big appetite!”