I'm a part-time killer during the summer vacation, you let me participate in the Olympics

Chapter 153: The relay race is not going well

As soon as Wang Xiaoming walked into the training hall, he saw members of the national relay team training.

At this time, Chen Jiapeng, Yan Haibin and Deng Zhijian were gathered together to discuss.

Chen Jiapeng was curious and spoke first: "You said that a 100-meter world record holder has arrived, so won't our relay team be able to move up a level?"

Yan Haibin responded: "When Su Shen was here, the team had the strongest hard power and even set a national record."

Deng Zhijian took over the conversation: "Not necessarily. Su Shen has been training with the relay team. Although Wang Xiaoming is stronger, it is undeniable that his joining will improve the relay results, but the premise is that there are no mistakes in the relay." "That's right. If there is no tacit cooperation, the baton may be dropped. The key still depends on the degree of cooperation. Let's see how well we can run in!"

The three of them chatted with each other, full of anticipation for Wang Xiaoming's joining, but also a little worried.

At this time, Xie Zhengye saw Wang Xiaoming coming in, and hurriedly went to greet him: "Wang Xiaoming, you are finally here. If you hadn't come, I wouldn't know if the Chinese relay team could make it to the finals. I really had no idea!"

He then introduced to Wang Xiaoming the other three young players of the relay team, Deng Zhijian, Yan Haibin and Chen Jiapeng.

Today, the country is vigorously training a new generation of relay team members so that the team can still compete on the field after Xie Zhengye and Su Shen retire.

Several people looked at Wang Xiaoming, their eyes full of admiration and curiosity.

After all, Wang Xiaoming is the 100-meter gold medalist and world record holder, and has won supreme honor for the country, while they have not yet achieved outstanding results in world competitions, and have not even reached the Olympic qualifying standards. In contrast, they are full of admiration for this young man who is younger than themselves.

The relay team has been looking forward to Wang Xiaoming's arrival, hoping that he can bring magical changes to the team.

Wang Xiaoming stepped forward and asked, "How should we arrange the training? What should we do first?"

After hearing this, the relay team coach came over and explained, "Let's start by developing tacit understanding. Without tacit understanding, passing the baton will be a big problem. We are not like the Lighthouse Country team. They are strong, so even if the baton passing technique is poor, we can still put the baton in our hands. Fortunately, you have joined us now, and our hard power has improved. We can still compete. You are the strongest in the 100-meter race, so you will be in the last leg and be responsible for the sprint. If you fall behind, you can catch up with your personal strength. Yan Haibin will be the third runner, and you two should practice passing the baton first."

Wang Xiaoming nodded slightly and started the training of the relay team.

Time flies, but Wang Xiaoming still can't get along well with Yan Haibin.

Normally, it takes some time in advance to develop tacit understanding, but now there are only a few days and there is no time to adapt to the rhythm.

The baton was rarely dropped, but Wang Xiaoming was too fast and there were always some minor problems when passing the baton, such as passing it with the back of the hand or not being able to receive it in the hand.

However, as long as the handover is smooth, the results can be greatly improved. A national record was broken in a previous test.

The main reason is that Wang Xiaoming is too strong, and as the last runner, he skipped the acceleration step, which made him even more powerful.

Wang Xiaoming frowned, feeling helpless. Although the current results were much faster than the previous team, there was still a gap from his expectations.

After that, I changed several people to run in. For example, when I was chatting with Xie Zhengye, the two of us had a good chat, but when we worked together, it was a mess and there was no tacit understanding at all. This situation is inevitable. If you run well, you can break the national record, but if you run badly, you will make mistakes and affect the final result.

The coach is also thinking over and over again, considering how to deal with the situation.

Wang Xiaoming thought to himself, "I have to wait until I win the gold medal in the 200-meter race to see if there are any props that can help me improve my rapport with my teammates. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing if I drop the baton during the relay final when we are giving it our all."

At this time, the coach said: "Wang Xiaoming, your personal strength is beyond doubt, but the running-in situation is not ideal now. However, I still decided to let you take the last baton. This risk is worth taking. Once the handover is smooth, we can break the national record and even challenge the Asian record. The upper limit is very high. But to be safe, let the previous team play in the preliminaries first to ensure that they can advance, and then you will take over in the finals."

Wang Xiaoming smiled and responded: "Don't worry, coach, I understand. Cooperation cannot be developed in a day or two. It depends on the situation in the relay preliminaries. If the opponent is not strong, let the previous team go and ensure advancement; if the opponent is strong, send me!"

The coach nodded and approved the suggestion.

After the training, Wang Xiaoming walked to the lounge and prepared to rest and have a massage to relax his muscles.

He thought to himself, "I didn't expect that I had such a good chat with Xie Zhengye, but the baton handover was so bad. But there is a way. The relay preliminaries will be after the 200-meter final. I can just exchange the props then. As long as I persist, I will most likely be able to compete in the relay preliminaries. After all, my previous results are not very reliable, and I may not be able to enter the finals."

The relay race only has preliminaries and finals, but no semi-finals. The preliminaries directly determine the qualifying places, so you must be extremely careful. Any mistake may result in you missing the finals.

After rational thinking, Wang Xiaoming fully agreed with the coach's point of view. After all, the team's current running-in situation is not good, and it is indeed difficult to grasp the key points.

The relay race was held one day after the 200-meter final, and Wang Xiaoming had not yet developed a tacit understanding with the national team members.

In relay races, tacit understanding and baton-passing technique are crucial, even more important than individual strength.

No matter how strong one person is, it is difficult to save the situation; if a team is strong, they can make up for the gap in the baton to a certain extent.

Just like the Lighthouse Country team, the individual strength of the players is among the best in the world, but due to lack of coordination and poor baton-passing techniques, various situations often occur during the competition, such as passing the baton with the back of the hand, looking at people from under the crotch, starting early so that the previous person can't catch up, and being about to leave the relay area but having no choice but to stop, not to mention various baton-dropping situations.

If they hadn't dropped the baton, they would have had a chance of winning based on their individual strength.

The strength of the Jamaican team has declined now. If it were the Jamaican team in its heyday, the Lighthouse Country team would definitely not win with such poor handover technology.

At present, Wang Xiaoming's team is also facing the problem of running-in. Their goal is to achieve good results in the upcoming relay race, but there are still many difficulties to overcome.

Therefore, Wang Xiaoming is still very worried about what kind of results 4*100 can achieve.

After all, this is a team project, not your own personal project.

He is of course very confident in himself, but these young players...
Wang Xiaoming shook his head and threw these thoughts out of his mind. Now he could only take one step at a time.

However, he is confident that as long as he can expand his advantage infinitely, the Chinese team will definitely have a chance to win the gold medal!
(End of this chapter)