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

Chapter 291-292

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 10/18/2023

Chapter 291: The Relay Race is About to Begin

The evening's events began at 7:50 PM. In tonight's schedule, apart from the men's 4x400-meter relay, which was a preliminary race, the remaining six events were all finals in various disciplines.

It was precisely because of this arrangement that the men's 4x400-meter relay was scheduled as the first event of the evening.

The peak of the Olympic frenzy in China initially occurred during the opening ceremony, followed by a slight decline in the middle phase. However, with the commencement of the athletics events, the attention quickly surged.

With the high attention to the track and field events during this period, most domestic viewers were already aware of the incredible growth of the 400-meter sprint event.

Especially in the past few days, the miracles of record-breaking performances by Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen in the men's 400-meter sprint were still fresh in everyone's minds. Naturally, the audience wouldn't miss paying attention to tonight's men's 4x400-meter relay.

In the sports channel studio, Shao Minyi and Li Sen were introducing the results of the men's 4x400-meter relay event and the relevant standards of the Chinese team to the viewers.

"Some viewers may still remember that it was at last year's World Athletics Relay Championships that the Chinese team successfully secured qualifications for the World Championships and the Tokyo Olympics in the men's 4x400-meter relay. This was actually the first time that the Chinese 4x400-meter relay team had qualified for the World Championships and the Olympic relay events."

"Although the Chinese team has only secured qualifications for the first time, with the current lineup of the Chinese team, as long as they can maintain a stable performance, it shouldn't be too difficult for the Chinese team to advance," said Shao Minyi.

"Yes," Li Sen interjected with a smile. "Although the Chinese team has only secured qualifications for the World Championships and the Olympics for the first time, during the World Championships, the Chinese men's 4x400-meter relay team successfully advanced to the finals, setting a national record of 3 minutes and 1.07 seconds. And in tonight's race, we have already seen Su Bai, the coach, replacing a new member - Zhang Jiale."

"In terms of individual strength, although Zhang Jiale is still a newcomer, his potential and results have already surpassed those of the original veteran team member Guo Dun. Additionally, the three original members of the relay team, Zhang Ziyi, Qiu Wen, and Li Junhao, have all experienced improvements in their individual abilities. It can be said that the current men's 4x400-meter relay team is overall stronger than the lineup during the World Championships. I believe that with this kind of configuration, as long as the athletes run with a stable performance, there will be no problem in advancing to the finals!"

After Shao Minyi and Li Sen introduced this series of situations, they shifted the discussion to the upcoming race and the division of the teams.

Similar to the World Championships, there were a total of 16 teams participating in the men's 4x400-meter relay, divided into two groups for the competition. The group where the Chinese team was placed was the first group in the preliminary round, consisting of teams from the UK, Japan, Belgium, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, France, Jamaica, and China.

Among these eight teams, undoubtedly the strongest was the team from Jamaica, but the strengths of Belgium, Trinidad and Tobago, and France were not to be underestimated.

"Besides the traditional strong teams like Jamaica, the host country Japan is bound to give their all in this race. With the Japanese team competing on their home turf, they might unexpectedly achieve a strong performance with the enthusiastic support of the Japanese audience."