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

Chapter 243-244

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 10/11/2023

Chapter 243: Athletics Idol Training Camp Season 2 & The New Season Approaches

After the start of the winter training for the athletics events in 2019, including teams like table tennis, badminton, and shooting, all the national-level teams began their winter training one after another. On the internet, various sports variety shows of all kinds continued to emerge, with different teams trying to distinguish themselves from the "Athletics Idol Training Camp." These variety teams showed off their creativity.

Some shows brought back Olympic champions to compete with current athletes, while others invited certain athletes or celebrities with a sports background to participate in the program's recording. However, some shows were criticized for being overly focused on trying to stand out, resulting in a program structure that was too entertainment-oriented. While these shows attracted attention, they also faced opposition, as people believed that the entertainment-oriented recording style was affecting the athletes' winter training.

The athletics team had been cooperating with the "Training Camp" program for the second year, and both sides were quite familiar with each other. This year's recording proceeded according to plan. Although Olympic elements were added, the program did not interfere with the athletes' training. Instead, after visiting the team, the program invited a few athletes' parents to form an "Olympic Parents Observation Group."

When the "Training Camp" program announced this "Olympic Parents Observation Group" on the internet, netizens were eagerly waiting to see if the show's popularity would be affected due to competition with various other programs. People were quick to react, and many were amused by the program's unusual move.

"What on earth is this 'Olympic Parents Observation Group'?"

This seems to be a variation of the popular "Love Observation Group" and similar concepts in various variety shows, right?

It is said that the program invited the parents of athletes like Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, Li Junhao, Zhang Jiale, and more. In addition, parents of female team members also received invitations. It was said that the "observation group" would rotate every episode, with different parents taking turns to observe.

It is also rumored that in reality, each athlete's family members would be invited to watch the athletes' training sessions through live monitoring screens. However, only a few parents were willing to appear on camera.

That's right, with the "Olympic Parents Observation Group," Su Bai doesn't even need to worry about competing for the top 5 spots this year. He can just focus on training his athletes, and these parents will naturally keep an eye on their own kids. With these parents present, they'll be pushing their children to train harder and harder, ideally even doubling their training intensity!

In any case, when Zhang Jiale received a call from his grandfather one day after training, before he could even get excited, his grandfather said to him, "Grandson, I've been watching you today. You've been resting for several minutes longer than the others after each training session. Those other athletes are the main team members, and yet, you, as a backup, are not working as hard as they are?!"

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After receiving this call, Zhang Jiale felt like he was about to freeze in place. Although he knew that his parents, grandparents, and even his great-grandparents had been watching his training sessions live, he never expected his grandfather to pay such close attention.