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

Chapter 151-152

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 09/30/2023

Chapter 151 Relay Team's Goal & Late-Night Snack

"Securing second place or better?"

Many reporters were initially puzzled upon hearing this statement. It took them a moment to react. There were a total of three sub-events in the 4x400-meter relay: men's, women's, and mixed. Su Bai's implication was that they needed to secure at least two out of these three events!

This didn't quite align with the previous online analyses!

After all, based on various online analysis articles, even securing a spot for the men's 4x400-meter relay at the Tokyo Olympics was not that easy.

In the past couple of days, with various data comparisons, many people believed that to secure a spot for the national team's 4x400-meter relay team in all three sub-events, they might have to rely on rankings and accumulated points.

Let's not even talk about the men's 4x400-meter relay. In the case of the women's team, at the Asian Championships, their time of 3 minutes and 33.88 seconds was already their personal best in the women's 4x400-meter relay. However, this performance was just barely within the qualification standard for the World Athletics Relay Championships.

Based on past experience, if the women's team wanted a chance to reach the top eight in the finals, they would need to have a performance time within 3 minutes and 28 seconds at the very least.

To put it plainly, there was a significant five-second gap between their current performance and what was required.

This kind of gap couldn't be eliminated with just a few words of effort in a short period.

The reporters pondered over these details and guessed that when Su Bai talked about "securing second place or better," he must have been referring to the men's 4x400-meter relay and the mixed 4x400-meter relay. After all, the mixed 4x400-meter relay had not been included in the Olympic program before Tokyo, and major competitions like the World Athletics Championships had not featured this event either.

Compared to the women's 4x400 meters, the introduction of the mixed 4x400 meters relay provided an opportunity for teams like China, which lacked strength in the women's 4x400 meters relay alone.

At the airport, since the athletes still needed to go through security checks, check-in their luggage, and complete other preparations, after answering a few questions, Coach Pei Jin'an smiled and apologized to the reporters, saying that they had to get busy with their preparations.

The reporters understood the situation and didn't want to delay the national team's travel plans. So, although they had many more questions in their minds, they politely stepped back and cheered for the track and field team with encouraging words.

Unexpectedly, when they started cheering, other people nearby also joined in with scattered cheers.

"Go, Qiu Wen! Go, Zhang Shuai!!!"

"Yu Ge, go for it!!! Charge!!!"

"Dan Jie, Yao Mei, I'll always support you!!!"

"Coach Xiaobai, you're so young!"

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The sudden outpouring of cheers left the track and field team members momentarily stunned. Su Bai and the others looked to the side and realized that while they were being interviewed, there were people nearby discreetly recording videos with their smartphones. In the distance, a few girls were holding telephoto lenses, also pointing in their direction.