All-round Athlete

Chapter 745 Trial

The Winter Olympics is far inferior to the Summer Olympics in terms of participating countries, number of participants and attention.

The events of the Winter Olympics are all ice and snow events, so these countries that are relatively close to the equator are basically impossible to participate in the Winter Olympics, such as most African countries, countries in the Caribbean, and those Pacific island countries in Oceania. If there is no snow, it can be said that there is no chance for winter sports.

In the Summer Olympics, almost all the countries in the world will participate, and even if there are tens of thousands of people, they will send one or two athletes. In the Winter Olympics, it is very good to have 80 or 90 countries participating. At the end of the last century, there were about 2,000 to 3,000 talented athletes in the Winter Olympics, and currently there are about 3,000 to 4,000 athletes. Although the number has increased, it is still only a fraction of the number of athletes in the Summer Olympics.

The qualifications for the Winter Olympics are also easier to obtain than the Summer Games. Tickets for many events in the Summer Games are precious, while tickets for many events in the Winter Olympics may only require a few months of training. It can be obtained that many athletes participating in the Winter Olympics are amateur athletes. For some events, as long as your country is willing to help you sign up, you will have the opportunity to participate in the Winter Olympics.

Once there was an Olympic Games, and Tonga, a Pacific island country, wanted to participate, but Tonga is located near the equator, and there is no snow all year round. The king of Tonga even offered a reward nationwide to recruit people who can ski, but he couldn’t find any. Tonga sent a person to a foreign country for training for half a year, fulfilling Tongan's dream of participating in the Winter Olympics. A person born in Tonga who has only trained for half a year can participate in the Winter Olympics, which is enough to show that the threshold for the Winter Olympics is not high.

Amateur or quasi-professional athletes participate in the Winter Olympics with the intention of participating, and athletes who are truly capable of competing for medals are also professional athletes. Therefore, it is often seen that the competitions of the Winter Olympics are divided into two groups, A and B. Group A is a professional level with a relatively high level, and it comes to compete for medals, while Group B is a non-professional level with a relatively low level. The first place in Group B also missed the medal.

Qualification for the short track speed skating event is calculated by country/region. The qualified country can send three people to participate in the short track speed skating competition, and if it is qualified for the relay race, it can send five people to participate. It's just that the short track speed skating event has been repeated over and over again, which means that several countries are playing, so basically the countries participating in each session are relatively fixed. Moreover, there are only four events in short track speed skating, 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters plus a relay race, so many contestants have to participate in three events at the same time, even if it is normal to participate in all four events Case.

The national team has already qualified for the short track speed skating relay at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, so it can send five players to participate. There are five men and five men each, and a total of ten players will participate in the short track speed skating event. As for who to send to the competition, of course it is up to the Winter Sports Center to decide.

The reason why Zhang Guan proposed to participate in the short track speed skating event is also because this event does not need to obtain additional qualifications. Now there are still two months left before the opening of the Winter Olympics, and it is difficult to win the right to participate in other events. For short track speed skating, Zhang Guan can participate if he knows that the Winter Sports Center will agree.

At the same time, Zhang Guan's actions also caused the Winter Sports Center to fall into a dilemma.

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Director Wang of the Winter Sports Center never expected that Zhang Guan's counterattack would come so quickly. He had just returned from the gymnasium with his front foot when a phone call came from his back foot, asking for Zhang Guan's opinion on participating in the Winter Sports Center. .

meeting room. Director Wang summoned several major leaders.

"Zhang Guan asked us for a place in short track speed skating. Please share your views." Director Wang glanced at everyone in the conference room.

"I definitely can't give it to him! Let me tell you, this Zhang Guan is here to make trouble for us. The incident he caused a few days ago has already put our work into a great passive position, and now we have to go short and fast." Skating quota? Isn’t this an insatiable goal? Could it be that he thinks our Winter Sports Center is easy to bully?” A very angry guy said first.

"But if we don't give Zhang Guan the quota, will we be justified? Zhang Guan said that if he goes, he will definitely win the gold medal, and he dares to issue a 'military order'."

"Zhang Guan's bragging, do you really believe it? He's not an ice skater. I'm afraid he doesn't even know how to wear skates. Can he participate in short track speed skating? On flat ground, he runs very fast, but on the ice, I'm afraid Believe it or not, he can break the world record!"

"I don't know if I'm bragging or not, but Lao Li, don't forget that in the plan we just gave to the general manager, the original goal of the three gold medals was erased. The crown said, To help the national team earn these three gold medals back, can we not let him go?"

"He said that if he can earn the gold medal back, he can really earn it back? That's the gold medal in the Winter Olympics, not the Chinese cabbage on the street." Lao Li said.

"Okay, then if we don't give him this quota, when it comes to the Winter Olympics, if the results are not satisfactory, who should bear the responsibility?"

"Didn't we discuss this issue before? If the results were not satisfactory, we pushed it to the personnel change this time. The personnel change was caused by Zhang Guan's going to the anti-corruption bureau to make trouble. He can make trouble so much, so let him be the scapegoat." !” Lao Li continued.

"That was in the past, now we can't make such an excuse. Zhang Guan has already offered to go to the Winter Olympics to win gold, and to help us solve our difficulties, it depends on whether we give him a chance. Don't you I didn’t see it, he was turning against the guest. If our Winter Olympics results are not satisfactory, Zhang Guan can say that he proposed to help our Winter Sports Center win gold before the game, but we don’t give him a chance, we don’t let him We can’t rely on him if we lose in the competition. At that time, it will be our own responsibility.”

"Then give him a quota, I don't believe he is really capable of winning the gold medal! Also issue a military order, I'll see how he steps down!"

"That can't be done. We only have five places in total. How can we waste one place on him. Zhang Guan is obviously bragging. Short track speed skating is a sport that depends on skills. How can you not have a few years of hard work?" Can you compete in the competition? Director Wang, we can't make such hasty decisions about the Winter Olympics every four years!" Someone immediately objected.

The person who objected was the leader of the Skating Association, and short track speed skating was the project of the Skating Association, so of course he didn't want Zhang Guan to take away a precious spot. Moreover, short-track speed skating is the strength of the national team, so many outstanding athletes want to participate in the quadrennial Winter Olympics, how can the leaders of the Ice Association be willing to give Zhang Guan a place.

"I see, Zhang Guan guessed that we would not give him this spot, so he is so confident."

"You can't give it, you can't give it, so what should we do? Zhang Guan, it really puts us in a dilemma!"

"Director Wang, I have a suggestion." Suddenly someone said: "We might as well hold a trial and let Zhang Guan participate. Didn't he say that he can win gold in the Winter Olympics? If even the athletes of our national team Can't win, I see how he has the face to fight against us!"

"It's a good idea. It's a mule or a horse that leads it out for a walk, and let the lads of our national team teach this ignorant kid a lesson!"

"I don't think you need to go to the men's team, you can beat him on the women's team, hahaha..."

However, that old Li suddenly poured cold water on him: "You said, what if the first champion wins in the trials? After all, there are five places. Qualified to represent the national team."

"Win? How could it be possible to win! Lao Li, I think you are confused. That's short track speed skating. You think it's running 100 meters, as long as you run fast! Short track speed skating requires very high skills. Well, even if Zhang Guan can skate for a while, he will never have the ability to actually fight. Besides, Zhang Guan is not from the Northeast. There are no skaters in their province, and Zhang Guan has no chance to get in touch with short track speed skating. As long as he dares to participate in the qualifying competition, he will lose!"

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