Eight contestants have already walked onto the track, while the coaches are standing in the rest area in the open space next to them.
"Li, long time no see!" A voice sounded from behind. Dai Li looked back and saw an old man with white hair standing behind him.
This man's name is Duke. He is 68 years old and is a very senior physical fitness coach living in Seattle.
"Hello, Coach Duke." Dai Li immediately walked forward to greet the old man.
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while before Duke said, "I heard that Sean Ford is training with you now?"
Dai Li nodded: "Yes, he has been training with me for several months."
"Isn't it difficult to deal with this player?" Coach Duke smiled slightly, lowered his voice, and continued: "I once served as his physical coach. His problem is not a problem of strength, but a physical defect."
The "physical defect" Duke refers to is obviously Ford's long and short legs.
Dai Li nodded again: "I also discovered this, so I did some targeted training, and the effect was pretty good."
Of course, Dai Li will not leak his training methods. Sports training methods are not invention patents. Others cannot use them without paying patent fees. High-level coaches will never leak their training methods to avoid being easily used by others. Go to school.
In fact, the so-called training method can be regarded as the coach's understanding of a certain sport. Each coach's understanding of the sport is different, or the depth of understanding is different, so the training methods used are different. This understanding requires the coach to accumulate a lot of experience, as well as a lot of thinking and trying, and it is the core thing of a coach. As a coach, you naturally don’t want others to take away this kind of achievement for nothing.
However, Duke was very disdainful of Dai Li's words "the effect is not bad". He felt that Dai Li was bragging to save face. So he asked: "Coach Li, where do you think Sean Ford will get this time? Is there any chance of qualifying?"
"Of course I want to win the championship!" Li Dai said without hesitation and with full confidence.
"Champion?" Coach Duke suddenly laughed. In his opinion, the "best World Championship champion" could reach the finals of the trials, which is already an extraordinary performance. The championship is simply a fantasy.
Li Dai felt a trace of ridicule in Duke's smile, but he knew that the old man did not mean any harm, so Li Dai went on to explain: "Not long ago, Ford ran a 19-second time in the Miami Open. A score of 93.”
"19 seconds 93! So fast!" Duketon gasped. He knew that this result was very likely to qualify in the trials.
The Duke coach lives in Seattle, which is located in Washington state and is the northwestmost state in the United States except Alaska. Florida, where Miami is located, is the southeasternmost state in the United States. So Duke, who lives in the Northwest, had no idea what Forde had accomplished at Miami.
At this moment, the referee signaled the athletes to stand on the starting block, and the game was about to begin.
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Vincent is a student at a high school in Eugene, and he is also an athlete, especially good at sprinting and long jump in track and field. If it were in a middle school in other cities, Vincent might become a slightly famous figure in the school, but in Eugene, the capital of track and field, there are countless high school students like Vincent who are good at track and field.
Since it was the weekend, Vincent and his friends also came to the game. While watching the game, they also cheered for their favorite athletes.
"The game is about to start, who do you think will win?" the friend next to him asked.
"Of course it's Meyer, I think he's more powerful." Vincent replied without hesitation.
But the friend shook his head: "I'm quite optimistic about Foster, I still have a poster signed by him!"
"Foster is very good, but he can't compete with Meyer. His cornering skills are so poor that he will always lag far behind in corners. In comparison, Meyer's skills are more comprehensive. ." Vincent immediately retorted.
"But Foster is faster on the straights. He is very good at sprinting. I think this can make up for his shortcomings in corners." His friend also retorted.
The two people began to argue, and the athletes stood on the starting block one after another, making all preparations. The familiar sound of the starting gun sounded, and every athlete instinctively rushed forward.
"Just watch, Meier must win!" Vincent snorted and focused his attention on the field.
"Foster, come on!" the friend's voice suddenly sounded.
"The surrounding sound is too noisy, and he can't hear it at all. You'd better work hard!" Vincent said with some disdain.
On the field, every athlete runs along the left sideline of the track as much as possible to reduce the running distance as much as possible. This time is a test of the players' cornering skills. Although athletes of their level will not commit "stepping" "Line" is a low-level mistake, but there will always be people who fail to control their pace and lose their time as a result.
At this time, the audience member sitting in front of Vincent suddenly started waving an American flag, which blocked Vincent's view.
"You're blocking me!" Vincent shouted to the audience in front.
The spectator looked at Vincent apologetically, and then put down the American flag in his hand.
Vincent turned his attention to the field again. At this time, the athletes had entered the straight from the curve.
However, Vincent discovered that the athlete in the leading position was neither Meyer nor Foster, but an athlete he did not recognize. More importantly, the lead is still very large, and it can almost be said that the victory has been established.
"Who is that person?" Vincent said with a look of amazement.
The man in the lead is naturally Sean Ford.
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"Why are you so far ahead!" Sebastian looked extremely surprised.
Sebastian knew that Sean Ford had achieved several very good results recently, and he could accept Ford's temporary lead. But what he couldn't accept was that Ford's lead was too big. From Sebastian's professional perspective, there was no need to continue the game. Ford's advantage when exiting the corner had already sealed the victory.
"You're so far ahead in just one corner, how did you come out like this!"
Fortunately, Sebastian immediately discovered that Ford's speed on the straight track was slightly slower than other players.
"Are you just good at running around corners?" Sebastian felt a little calmer.
"But his advantage in the corners is too great. In such a short distance, the people behind him should not be able to pass. Sean Ford is going to win the championship! Li Dai's new stimulant is very effective for such an older person. It really works for athletes, even Sean Ford, a guy who was in a state of decline, has come back to life!"
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The corner was coming to an end. Meier felt that his performance in the corner was very good and he made no mistakes. He firmly believed that he would be in the leading position the moment he ran out of the corner.
Meyer's explosive power can only be regarded as mid-range among top sprinters, so his 100-meter level is not very strong, but his cornering skills are very good, and he has a certain degree of sustainability, so he is very good in the 200-meter event. Like a fish in water. At the World Championships two years ago, he represented the United States team and won a bronze medal with a time of 19.89 seconds. The winner at that time was Gitter, the world's number one flyer.
Meyer is still very confident that he can qualify, but whether he can win the championship depends on whether he can beat Foster.
Foster's cornering skills are relatively average, but his sprinting ability on the straights is very strong, and Foster also finished third in the 100-meter event. In Meyer's view, Foster is the biggest obstacle on his way to winning the championship. threats.
Finally, Meyer entered the straight and he was indeed ahead of Foster.
But Meier was not ranked first. There was another person in front of Meier.
"It's Sean Ford! Why is he in front of me? I didn't make a mistake when I ran around the corner just now! I should be the fastest, how could anyone be faster than me!"
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As Foster entered the straight, he immediately discovered that it was not just Meyer who was ahead of him, but also Sean Ford.
What's more important is that Meyer is only a little ahead of Foster, but Sean Ford's lead is extremely huge. Foster even feels that with such a big gap, he can already admit defeat.
"Meier is only a little ahead of me, so there is still time to catch up, but Ford is so far ahead of me, there is no need to catch up! What else is there to compare with? The game is incomparable. He doesn't even have to wait for me to catch up. Crossed the finish line!”
At this time, Foster couldn't help but think of the coach's previous evaluation of Sean Ford, the "most popular World Championship champion."
"What kind of world championship champion is the sluttiest! The sluttiest can run so fast? The sluttiest can still be so far ahead of me? If he wasn't sluggish, would he be one or two seconds ahead of me? The coach was kidding me! "
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Ford was not the fastest on the straight, but because his lead in the curve ahead was so huge that it was impossible for other runners to catch up with him, so he eventually won the 200-meter championship.
Ford's time was 19.85 seconds, 0.08 seconds better than in Miami. According to the situation in previous years, 19.85 seconds can win a medal in the Olympics. As for whether you can win the gold medal, it depends on the performance of other competitors.
"It's the first time I've seen such a big lead in just one corner after being a coach for so many years!" Duke murmured to himself.
The other coaches around him also looked at Ford with incredulous expressions. You must know that there is no weakling in the final. It is almost rare to see that victory can be established by just the 100-meter curve in front.
Li Dai showed a happy smile. In Li Dai's view, this was not only a personal victory for Ford, but also a victory for Li Dai.
If it was Dai Li in the past, when he encountered Fu Fu's long and short legs, he would definitely come up with an athlete's patch to make up for Fu Fu's physical defects without a second thought.
But this time, Li Dai chose another method. He used his accumulated experience, his understanding of the 200-meter event, and his unique thinking to make Ford change his running method and win the game.
Li Dai felt that this result was not achieved by relying on the coaching system's heaven-defying treasures, but by his own abilities.
Dai Li now feels very accomplished.
It's like playing a game. If you cheat and abuse your opponent to win, you will certainly get inner comfort, and you can also find the pleasure of crushing your opponent, but the feeling of cheating and winning is completely different from the feeling of defeating the opponent through your own strength. . Many people who cheat and play games will soon lose interest in the game after getting a short-term excitement. However, people who win by relying on their own strength can always persist because they can experience more fun and joy from the game. The sense of accomplishment after victory.
Ever since he got the system, Dai Li has become a "cheating player". In fact, when the upgrade speed of the system is getting slower and slower, and the interval between receiving rewards is getting longer and longer, Dai Li has already lost the ability to be a coach. kind of fun.
Now, through Sean Ford, Dai Li has regained the joy of being a coach.
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Looking at Ford who was celebrating around the field, Dai Li sighed silently in his heart: "Being a coach is still a very interesting thing!"