After Leaving the Sports Circle, I Became a Cooking God (Completed BL)

Chapter 45: The National Team's Reaction & Su Bai's Encouragement

Translator: dapotaturs
Release Date: 09/04/2023

The news spread quickly on the internet, and the national team on the other end received the information just as swiftly.

As early as when Cui Luoheng achieved a time of 13.57 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles, the coaches of the national team's hurdles group received the news almost immediately. When Lu Shengbin, the head coach of the hurdles group, heard this news, his initial reaction was one of pleasant surprise.

There was a reason for this. In the past few years, when Cui Luoheng participated in competitions as a representative athlete in the youth category, he had already shown promising performance in the 110-meter hurdles event. The national athletics team's hurdles group had regarded him as a key athlete under observation. They intended to monitor his progress after transitioning to the senior category and then consider whether to invite him to the national team for various training programs to nurture his potential.

Unfortunately, this season, Cui Luoheng's performance had not been as expected. The Athletics Center hadn't anticipated that his results and condition would decline so significantly after transitioning to the senior category.

Though his performance remained within the standards of top-tier athletes in the country, the decline in his results meant that there was no longer a need for special observation and nurturing.

As a result, after some time had passed, Lu Shengbin once again received news about Cui Luoheng's performance, and this time the improvement in his time was almost a full second. The substantial progress between these two performances was enough to surprise Lu Shengbin.

The reason was simple. A player who is about to turn 20 and yet achieves a time of 13.57 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles represents remarkable significance and potential.

However, Lu Shengbin also had some doubts in his mind.

"From 14.53 to 13.57... The improvement in this performance, was Cui Luoheng injured before?"

The staff from the national team who brought him the news were not well-informed about the situation. After thinking for a moment, Lu Shengbin directly contacted the contact information of the S provincial athletics team and made a phone call.

The contact number Lu Shengbin found was actually Zhou Wen's contact number.

After receiving the call, Lu Shengbin didn't beat around the bush. He directly told Zhou Wen that regardless of how Cui Luoheng performs in the finals tomorrow, during the upcoming national team Asian Games training period, he will directly call Cui Luoheng into the national team to observe his technical mastery and potential in the 110-meter hurdles event.

Upon hearing this news, Zhou Wen was naturally very pleased, and he immediately agreed. He assured Lu Shengbin that the s provincial athletics team would fully cooperate with the needs of the national team.

This was the answer Lu Shengbin expected. After receiving Zhou Wen's confirmation, he added a question: "About the significant improvement in Cui Luoheng's performance, did he get injured earlier this season?"

This question from Lu Shengbin was within Zhou Wen's expectations. He didn't hide anything and straightforwardly explained the situation where Su Bai had helped guide Cui Luoheng: "...After Su Bai pointed out Cui Luoheng's issues, our team decisively adopted the training plan provided by Coach Su Bai. After a short training period, we can see significant progress. It's clear that Coach Su Bai's training plan and adjustment strategy for Cui Luoheng are on the right track."

Pausing for a moment, Zhou Wen added, "If possible, I hope Coach Lu can listen to Coach Su Bai's training suggestions for Cui Luoheng during the training period. It should be of some help to his training."