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

Chapter 169-170

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 10/01/2023

Chapter 169: Event Introduction, Low-Key Su Bai, and Upcoming Race

In China, the sports channel and the commentator in "KuKuZi" were introducing the teams and athletes on the field respectively.

Unlike in the Asian Championships where the final roster was adjusted to ensure the physical condition of Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen, today's competition featured the official lineup that Su Bai had prepared for the mixed men and women's 4x400m relay. The relay order was as follows: Zhang Ziyi, Lin Yao, Chen Yadan, and Qiu Wen.

Among the four athletes, Lin Yao currently had the weakest performance, but with Zhang Ziyi leading in the first leg, the pressure on Lin Yao would be relatively lessened.

"In the same preliminary group with China, there are five teams: Canada, Germany, Kenya, the United Kingdom, and Kazakhstan. Many viewers may not be aware that the mixed men and women's 4x400m relay will make its debut at the Doha World Championships at the end of September this year, as well as at the Tokyo Olympics next year."

"This is a new relay event at the top-level competitions. Compared to events like the men's 4x400m or women's 4x400m, the mixed men and women's 4x400m relay is a great opportunity for many countries to win medals and reach the top. Of course, it's the same for Team China."

Inside the sports channel, while the athletes from the six teams were confirming their lanes and baton orders under the guidance of the staff, Shao Minyi and Li Sen discussed the new event.

"You know, when I just got the results of the participating teams, I was quite surprised. Old Li, did you see it? Among these six teams, as of the current position, China has the best results in the mixed men and women's 4x400m relay."

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In the sports channel's online live chat room, many viewers were hesitant and puzzled when they heard Shao Minyi's introduction. After all, in the 400-meter event, Chinese viewers have been accustomed to Chinese athletes' performances for a long time. Even though Zhang Ziyi and others were catching up, it would be unthinkable to compare China's performance with countries like the United Kingdom and Canada when discussing the "best results in the event."

However, nothing is absolute, and in the mixed men and women's 4x400m relay, the Chinese team indeed ranked first in the current results among the preliminary groups.

In the sports channel's live chat room, when Li Sen heard Shao Minyi's explanation, he smiled and said, "Actually, when everyone hears this, you should understand that the mixed men and women's 4x400m relay is making its debut on the international stage at this year's World Athletics Championships. Before this, countries hadn't conducted in-depth research on this event. In this project, the results of various countries are still in the experimental stage, and there will undoubtedly be a process of continuously breaking the current records."

With Li Sen's explanation, many athletics enthusiasts who hadn't initially realized it began to understand. In this event, countries were starting from similar points in their research. If China's 400m sprint level remained the same as before, the Chinese team might still be behind other countries in this event. However, now they had Su Bai!

Su Bai's presence had driven significant development in China's 400m sprint project. Although the 400m sprint in the national athletics team was currently led by Zhang Ziyi, athletes like Qiu Wen and Li Junhao were right behind, ready to break through their limits and achieve good results at any time.