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

Chapter 239-240

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 10/11/2023

Chapter 239: Intra-Team Testing for the Trial Squad

After Cui Luoheng left that day, Su Bai found himself momentarily lost in thought, spending several minutes contemplating his own feelings.

Su Bai was not skilled at handling emotional troubles like this. After hesitating and pondering for a while, he decided to temporarily set this matter aside and let it unfold naturally.

The next day, when Su Bai went to the training venue to continue assessing the members of the trial squad, he was surprised to see Cui Luoheng at the training facility where the trial squad was located.

Su Bai: ?

Cui Luoheng had a very natural expression and earnestly said, "I don't need to go home during this break. If I stay with the team for training, it would be more convenient here with the trial squad, Xiao Bai."

This actually made sense and was difficult to argue against.

Su Bai glanced at Cui Luoheng, who appeared completely focused on training, even though he knew what Cui Luoheng's intentions were. However, Su Bai didn't say anything and simply waved his hand to let him proceed with his basic training.

In the 400-meter sprint trial squad, there were originally 60 people at the beginning. After a series of eliminations during the trial period, there were now only a little over ten left. Among the remaining candidates, there were still more male athletes for the time being, and slightly fewer female athletes. However, Su Bai was not in a hurry. Among the female trial squad members, Yang Yi, Ding Meng, and Zhao Yuhuan were all exceptionally talented. With these three alongside Lin Huan and Lin Yao, the women's team could smoothly transition even after Chen Yadan's retirement, and there shouldn't be any significant issues with performance improvement.

The selection of female athletes for the team was relatively simple, and Su Bai had also roughly made up his mind regarding the selection of male athletes.

Jing Feibai, Hou Mingye, Zhang Jiale, Wu Tian, Qiu Mingjie, and Zhuo Yutang were the six athletes that Su Bai had preliminarily selected as the final candidates. Among them, Zhang Jiale and Hou Mingye were expected to fill the talent gap in the 4x400m relay, strengthening the team's depth of talent in that event.

With the addition of Zhang Jiale and Hou Mingye, Guo Dun's pressure would also decrease. Su Bai could sense that, due to the difficulty of his own breakthrough in terms of personal performance, Guo Dun had been under significant psychological pressure since the World Athletics Relays in May. While Su Bai had communicated with him seriously during this period, Guo Dun's psychological pressure index had remained dangerously high.

Including the current World Championships, Su Bai had been unable to find a replacement for Guo Dun in terms of pressure resistance and performance. Throughout the competition, Su Bai had always been concerned about Guo Dun's mental state. Fortunately, Guo Dun had handled the pressure of the World Championships well and had completed the competition perfectly.

However, maintaining this state indefinitely and locking Guo Dun into the relay specialist role for an extended period of time was clearly unfair to him. Su Bai planned to develop Hou Mingye and Zhang Jiale to some extent, allowing them to potentially replace Guo Dun. In addition, Guo Dun still had room for improvement in his own performance.

As long as the training arrangements were reasonable, whether it was Guo Dun, Hou Mingye, or Zhang Jiale, they could compete for the final relay team selection. They would also have the capacity to participate in other individual events to enhance and develop their individual performances.