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

Chapter 173-174

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 10/01/2023

In tonight's originally scheduled program, there were supposed to be women's and men's 4x200m relay preliminaries before the start of the Women's 4x400m relay B final. However, due to a last-minute withdrawal of a women's 4x200m relay team, there were only nine participating teams remaining. As a result, the organizers decided to cancel the women's 4x200m relay preliminaries and only keep the men's preliminary races.

A total of 15 teams participated in the men's 4x200m relay preliminaries. These teams were divided into two preliminary groups, with the top three from each group and the next two fastest teams advancing to the finals.

Even though the 4x200m relay is not included in major competitions like the World Championships, Olympics, or Asian Games, it doesn't mean that the event lacks competitiveness and excitement.

Because countries like the United States and Jamaica, known for their sprinting prowess, participated, these teams could achieve impressive results based solely on the individual 200-meter sprinting abilities of their national team athletes, even without specialized training for the 4x200m relay.

However, perhaps due to the lack of major events in the 4x200m short relay, teams composed of sprinters from various countries often lacked coordination in their relay baton exchanges.

In the two men's 4x200m preliminaries with a total of 15 participating teams, an astonishing six teams experienced baton drops or relay exchange fouls. Ultimately, only nine teams successfully completed the race. This means that out of the nine teams that achieved results, only one could not qualify for the finals.

"This situation... is indeed very unusual," remarked the sports channel commentators, Shao Minyi and Li Sen, who were surprised by the turn of events.

Li Sen, after glancing at the results of the last two preliminary rounds, commented, "Unfortunately, Ecuador missed the finals by just one place, but they still managed to break the national record for the men's 4x200m relay in this preliminary race."

In this competition, the Chinese team successfully completed their race, and the Japanese team also qualified for the next round.

After these two group preliminaries, the men's 4x200m relay athletes left the field to rest and prepare for the final, which was scheduled to take place approximately one and a half hours later.

As the men's 4x200m relay teams left the field, Pei Jin'an whispered, "Here they come."

The upcoming event was the Women's 4x400m Relay B Final, featuring both Chinese and Japanese teams. A total of eight teams participated in the B Final, including China, Japan, Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Chile, and Kenya. Unlike the later Women's 4x400m Relay final, the atmosphere for the B Final was more tense and serious at this moment.

Because the teams participating in the finals were expected to secure their spots for the Tokyo Olympics and the World Championships, there was a sense of certainty for them. In contrast, the B Final was different. These teams not only aimed to secure one of the two World Championships qualifying spots in the B Final but also had hopes for the ultimate goal of securing a spot in the Tokyo Olympics.

In the commentary booth, both Shao Minyi and Li Sen shared the same sentiment.

"As you may know, our men's 4x100m, 4x400m, and mixed 4x400m teams are currently considered to have a 'very high probability of obtaining Olympic tickets,'" Shao Minyi began. "This is because if any of these teams fail to finish the final due to disqualification or other reasons, the qualification will be deferred to the B Final's ranking order."