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

Chapter 221-222

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 10/08/2023

Chapter 221: Women's 400m Sprint Semifinals - Chen Yadan

When Chen Yadan took the stage, the athletes in her group did not ignore the female 400m sprinter from the Chinese team.

In this World Championships, especially in sprinting events like the 400m sprint, the Chinese team had achieved unprecedented success. Over these days, not only had domestic media been continuously reporting on these surprises, but international sports media had also started paying attention to the Chinese team's performance.

———《The Rise of Chinese Sprinting?!》———《The Formidable and Upgraded Chinese 400m Sprinters!》———《Can Zhang from China Win a Medal in the 400m Sprint Final? Let's Wait and See!》———《Fang Yu: The Challenger Who Intercepted the Men's 100m Sprint Bronze!》

Various catchy headlines appeared in sports columns worldwide, making athletics enthusiasts abroad take notice of China's sprinting strength for the first time.

While the athletes in the women's 400m event may not have been genuinely interested in Chen Yadan due to their own capabilities, this didn't stop them from feeling a sense of caution regarding China's female 400m sprinters.

Chen Yadan had previously attracted the attention of athletes from other countries for the first time during the warm-up. This attention carried a hint of curiosity, but there was no malice evident. Clearly, it was driven by doubts about Chen Yadan's abilities.

Chen Yadan didn't pay much attention to the gaze and attention from other athletes. She understood that this attention was a result of the performances of athletes like Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, and Li Junhao. The recognition brought by the strength of her compatriots did make her proud, but she also knew that only her own abilities would allow her to stand her ground on the track.

In the live chat on the sports channel's online broadcast, the barrage was filled with well-wishes and encouragement from athletics enthusiasts for Chen Yadan:

【Go, Sister Dan!!】【Sister Dan, charge ahead! Show your style and strength!】【Sister Dan, keep it up. We don't need to compete with other athletes; we just need to compare with our own past performances!】

Athletics enthusiasts understood that, unlike the men's 400 meters sprint, where athletes like Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, and Li Junhao had made significant improvements under Su Bai's guidance, there was still a certain gap in talent for female athletes in the 400 meters.

Among the current female athletes, Chen Yadan was already at the top, but she had already passed her peak, and even though she had exceptional talent and her strength was continuously improving through training, her rate of improvement was clearly slightly weaker than the male athletes in the team.

Throughout, even before Su Bai took charge of the 400-meter project, these athletics enthusiasts had heard about the intense training that the female team members had been enduring. They understood that there was no reason to demand more from the female team members who had always been striving and giving their best.

In the commentary booth, Shao Minyi was recounting Chen Yadan's past.

"I remember the first time I saw Yadan compete; she was very young back then. But at the age of 15, she managed to outperform athletes who were a year older than her in the national U16 youth athletics competition," Shao Minyi said with a smile, shaking his head. "I hadn't been a commentator for the athletics events for long at that time, and that particular competition left a deep impression on me."