A notice to go to Los Angeles for training has been posted on the bulletin board.

"Going to Los Angeles for training, and training until the start of the Olympics? It takes nearly twenty days to train for so long?" Said an athlete with a frown.

The person next to me immediately comforted: "You don't have to worry, didn't you say in the notice, this time to Los Angeles is not mandatory, we can participate voluntarily. Don't go if you don't want to go."

"What I want to know is, if I have been training in Los Angeles until the start of the Olympics, what should I do with the fourth training session?" Another athlete asked.

"The fourth training camp is included in this Los Angeles training camp. If you do not go to Los Angeles this time, it is considered to voluntarily give up the fourth national team training. Anyway, the time of the fourth training camp is relatively short, and the significance is not very significant. "A voice suddenly sounded from behind.

It was Chris Payton who spoke. He followed Li Dai to the American track and field team and was responsible for the training of middle and long distance running and marathon.

"Coach Payton, if we go to Los Angeles for training, what is the benefit?" An athlete asked directly, this man is obviously the kind of unprofitable person.

"Well ... you can receive the best training in the world." Payton continued: "Our training center has the best hardware equipment in the world, and Coach Li will personally develop a training plan for you. I can guarantee that Although the training time will not be long, you will make rapid progress. "

Several people looked at Payton with a suspicious look, apparently thinking that Payton was bragging.

"Why, think I'm talking big?" Payton didn't get angry because of this, he continued: "How effective are the training these days, you should have an evaluation in your own mind? This is our training level, and back If you go to Los Angeles, you can use better and more advanced training equipment, and the training effect will only be better than now. "

A few people did not talk, as the training party, these athletes can feel that the third training camp in recent days, although the time is relatively short, not enough to make any significant progress, but the training effect is still very good.

Peyton went on to say: "You probably don't know how high our charging standards are. It is no exaggeration to say that our charging standards are the highest of all physical training centers in Los Angeles. Of course, the training services we provide are better. If If you go to Los Angeles to train, you will be able to enjoy about 20 days of training for free, which is earned in itself, isn't it? "

...

Payton turned and left, leaving behind a group of athletes who could not pay attention.

One of them took out his mobile phone and searched the situation of Coach Li's fitness training center online.

Then the athlete said: "I found some information about Coach Li's training center online. Coach Payton did not lie to us. What he said is true."

"Is there really the best training in the world?" Someone asked next to him.

"No, I'm talking about charging standards. The charging standards there are really high. You see ..." This person passed the phone to everyone.

"God, the fees are so expensive! I can't afford such a high training fee."

"This fee is indeed much higher than other fitness training centers I know."

"Living in California is relatively expensive. Maybe other physical training centers in Los Angeles will not be much cheaper."

"Other fitness training centers in Los Angeles are definitely not so expensive. This price is comparable to our first-class fitness training center in New York."

"In this way, I think Coach Payton makes a lot of sense. I can't afford such expensive training fees. Now I can get such training without spending a penny. This is definitely a profit. what!"

"And food and accommodation are all free, even airline tickets to Los Angeles can be reimbursed. It is quite cost-effective to travel to Los Angeles, but there are a lot of nightclubs in Los Angeles, maybe you can meet Hollywood stars! I will now Go to register.

"Let's go to sign up together, and I will go to Los Angeles!"

The word "free" is indeed a very attractive thing, even if it is not worth the loss. For example, someone drives a car to get free Chinese cabbage, and earning money for Chinese cabbage is not enough to go back and forth.

For these athletes who are not very big, it is naturally a good thing to be able to experience expensive training for free and use high-tech training equipment that is not normally used.

Of course, people are lazy, and since it is not a mandatory matter, some people will choose not to do it even if it can bring benefits to themselves. So not every athlete will choose to go to Los Angeles for training.

...

"Coach Li, the registration deadline is over. A total of 122 athletes signed up to continue training in Los Angeles."

"I know, pass the list of registered athletes to manager Blake and let him book a hotel room." Li Dai said.

This number is better than Li Dai's estimate. After all, this is not mandatory. Li Dai thought that half of the athletes would be willing to go to Los Angeles for training. It was unexpected that as many as three-quarters of the people signed up.

The problem of room and board for more than 100 people is not a financial burden for Li Dai. The price of American food is so cheap that Li Dai doesn't even have to worry about it himself. He can pack the back kitchen of a restaurant and let the restaurant directly provide all kinds of food.

As for accommodation, as long as it is not a five-star hotel, the price will not be very high, Li Dai can even directly package a medium-sized hotel.

What Li Dai paid the most was the cost of training.

The training of more than 100 athletes will occupy a large amount of training resources, including coaches, training venues, training equipment, etc. All of these training resources will be used by athletes of the American track and field team, which will inevitably reduce the training resources of other customers. Li Dai has to temporarily suspend receiving new customers. This will of course affect Li Dai's business, make him make less money, and even lose money during this period of time.

However, in the long run, this can also bring an advertising benefit to Li Dai. The training venues of the National Track and Field Team in the United States can attract some customers to some extent, but the premise is that the performance of this national team is sufficient Good, this is persuasive.

If the performance of this American track and field team is very bad, it will also have a great impact on the business of Li Dai Training Center. No one will follow or agree with the loser. In the eyes of many people, everything the loser does is wrong, so if the American track and field team's performance in the Olympics is very failing, Li Dai's training will inevitably be blamed. Athletes who originally wanted to come to Li Dai for training will be discouraged by this, and he will lose many potential customers.

The doping scandal has caused the level of the American track and field team to drop a lot, and many ordinary people in the United States also anticipate that the performance of the US team at this Olympic Games will decline, but most people are still more optimistic, they think Even if there are many top athletes involved in the doping scandal and cannot participate, the US team can still achieve good results.

In fact, many Americans have relatively naive perceptions of things. They are used to being immersed in the concept of "the United States is the best in the world" and living a life centered on the United States. They are only exposed to all aspects of their lives The products dominated by American culture, such as Hollywood movies, various American pop music, American fast food, the four major professional sports leagues, American talk shows, and so on.

It can be said that in many fields, the United States is ahead of the world, so the vast majority of Americans do not understand things outside the United States, they are also reluctant to understand things outside the United States, and even go against it. Many foreign countries are born New things will even be regarded as aliens and not accepted by the American people.

However, other countries are not optimistic about this year's American track and field team.

The American track and field team is the first in the world. Since sitting on the first throne, you must be mentally prepared to be challenged or overtaken by others, because the world will target you.

At the same time, the United States will also regard the US team as the object of research and learning. This is like a class. Teachers and parents hope that students with poor learning can learn from the first place. Whenever the parents meet, the first place Of parents will come to the podium to introduce how their children learn, and their introduction will be regarded as a Bible by many parents of students under the stage.

The American track and field team is such a "first place". The track and field teams of all countries will study the American team, follow the example of the American team, learn the strengths of the American team, and find the weaknesses of the American team. Many times foreign coaches are even more familiar with the American team than the Americans themselves.

As far as track and field events are concerned, the biggest competitor of the US team is undoubtedly the Russian team.

The former Soviet Union was the well-deserved number one sports power in the world, and every Olympic Games could crush the US team. For example, the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, the Soviet Union won 50 gold medals, the United States was 33 gold medals; the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, the Soviet Union was 49 gold medals, the United States was 34 gold medals. After the Moscow Olympics, because the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, the United States boycotted the Olympic Games and did not participate. In the Los Angeles Olympics, the Soviet Union did not participate in the revenge of one arrow. In the subsequent 88 Olympic Games in Seoul, the Soviet Union and the United States participated in the same race again. The Soviet Union had 55 gold medals and the United States had 36 gold medals. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Barcelona Olympic Games. At that time, the former Soviet Union countries participated in the form of a joint team. As a result, the joint team won 45 gold medals, which is still more than the 37 gold medals in the United States.

Track and field events have always been the strengths of the Soviet Union. Before the 1980s, the world ’s three major track and field powers were the Soviet Union, Democratic Germany, and the United States. At that time, the track and field of democratic Germany was even stronger than that of the United States. It was not until the United States ’black people ’s rights movement that there were more and more black track and field athletes that the United States surpassed Democratic Germany and became the world ’s second track and field power.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia inherited most of the legacy of the Soviet Union. Although today's Russian sports are far less powerful than the former Soviet Union, in track and field events, it is still the only country that is likely to compete with the United States. In particular, the rise of Central and South America and the Caribbean countries has robbed the US team of many medals in sprint events, which is equivalent to weakening the US team, which also makes Russia equal to the US in track and field events.

Soviet sports used to be a nationwide system. When the Soviet Union just disintegrated, Russia almost denied everything in the Soviet Union, including politics, economy, culture, and sports. All sides began to imitate the West, including completely denying the nationwide system of sports. However, the results It made Russia worse and worse. Throughout the 1990s, Russian sports were eating the Soviet Union's old capital.

It wasn't until a strongman president was elected that Russia regained the nationwide system of sports, which made Russia's sports gradually stronger. In fact, Russia is not the complete national system of the Soviet era, but more like a national sport with Russian characteristics.

Russia ’s policy encourages athletes to go abroad, participate in foreign competitions, or join foreign professional clubs, such as the famous Moscow Central Army. This is definitely a team with Russian background and is definitely a product of the national system, but The team not only improves its level through the introduction of foreign aid, once its players have the opportunity to go to a higher level league, the Central Army definitely encourages players to go.

In addition to national investment, many Russian rich people have also begun to invest in sports, which has led some Russian coaches working hard in foreign countries to return to Russia.

Today ’s head coach of the Russian national track and field team, Melkrov, is one such person. He used to be a long-distance world champion, and won many honors in the Soviet era. When the Soviet Union collapsed, he also retired. At that time, he would not do anything except long-distance running. European gold rush. Later, as Russia's economic situation improved, he returned to Russia and became the head coach of the Russian track and field team.

Russia ’s advantages in track and field are women ’s middle- and long-distance running, marathon, walking, high jump, and throwing. Merkelov, as a long-distance runner, compares the coaching of middle- and long-distance running. He is good at it, so after he took over the Russian national track and field team, he achieved good results. In the last World Championships, Russia won 9 gold medals, second only to the US 12 gold medals, ranking second.

This year's Olympics, Melkrov's original goal is still second. It's just that the plan can't keep up with the changes. The sudden stimulant scandal has greatly reduced the strength of the American team, and Melcroft has also seen hope of surpassing the United States again.

...

A bearded middle-aged man walked into Merklov's office with a list.

"Coach, the US track and field team reported to the final list of the International Olympic Committee has confirmed that, as you expected, compared with the qualifiers, personnel changes are very large. At the beginning of the qualifying athletes, only less than a quarter One is still in the current American track and field team. The rest are all newly added to the American team. "The bearded man said.

The bearded man's name is Igona Gav, is the deputy of Merklov and the deputy head coach of the Russian track and field team.

Melcroft took over the list of athletes and carefully read the names of all athletes.

"The personnel change is indeed very large. There are many athletes. I haven't even heard the name. I think such athletes are not very famous even in their US," Melkrov said.

"But Jimmy Alvin, the 400m king, is still on the list. Judging from his results in the trials, he is still very promising to win the Olympic 400m championship, and Justin Alexander, who has been suspended for so long, This year also came back, I heard that his score can still be close to 9 seconds 80, after Jitel retired, this is a very competitive score. "Igonagoff said.

"Although the American team has Alvin, I still feel that this is the weakest U.S. track and field team in history. Unfortunately, the US team ’s superiority project is exactly the same as ours, otherwise it will be a trade-off. The situation. If we can **** a gold medal from the US team, then there is a difference of two gold medals inside and out. ”Melcroft put down the list easily, and then said;“ We can only look forward to the UK now. People are a little stronger, I hope they can **** a few gold medals from Americans. "

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The United Kingdom is also a country with strong track and field strength, but the British strong track and field events basically coincide with the United States.

At that time, the British Empire colonies spread all over the world. Even if it is placed in the modern era, the scale of the British Commonwealth Games is not inferior to that of the Asian Games, and the competition level is even better.

As a result, many athletes from the Commonwealth countries with economic backwardness hope to be naturalized to the United Kingdom. Most of them are black athletes in Africa, such as Kenya, Cameroon, Uganda and Jamaica. These countries were once British colonies. , And are also rich in strong black athletes. These strong black athletes also brought a lot of Olympic medals to Britain.

American blacks and British blacks are also good at similar projects. They are all dash, long jump, and other projects that have high demand for explosive power. However, compared with the native American black athletes, these black athletes born in Africa and then naturalized in Britain still have a little Inferior.

In addition, the British sports culture has many similarities with the United States. The public's participation in sports is very high. Therefore, in terms of men's decathlon and women's decathlon, the United Kingdom is not inferior to the United States.

The head coach of the British National Athletics team is Alex. He is a legendary figure in British Athletics. He used to be an athlete responsible for the training of disabled athletes. Later, he was promoted to a leading role in the Paralympic Games. Head coach of the British track and field team.

At this time, coach Alex also got a list of athletes for the American track and field team.

"There are many people on this list of athletes, I don't know, and I haven't even heard it. There are rumors that this time the American track and field team is the weakest in history, it seems that it is not groundless." Eric As Si said, he kept a gentle smile on his face.

"Coach, I just watched it. This Olympic Games, we are likely to kill the US team and get the gold medal in several events." The assistant said with some excitement.

"Of course we want to win the gold medal, and the more the better, but I am also very interested in the new head coach of the US team. This is the first non-American track and field coach in American history!" Alex said. .

"Are you talking about that Chinese coach? I don't think he has the ability to command the American track and field team. After all, track and field is not the strength of the Chinese." The assistant said.

Alex still keeps the gentleman-like smile, and he said: "I am concerned about this Chinese coach because he is somewhat similar to my experience. You know, four years ago, I was still training with disabilities Athletes, also participated in the Paralympic Games. The first work of this Chinese coach is also a disabled person. You should have heard of the name of Philip Blade ’s fighter, right? He is the only person in the world who can compete with normal people The coached disabled athlete, he is the Chinese coach who personally dug and trained. "

"In this way, this Chinese coach is very good at sprint training. Sprint has always been the strength of the American team!" The assistant's expression became a little dignified.

Alex comforted immediately: "Don't worry, our sprinters are still not strong enough to win the Olympics. We just need to run the relay race. But Jamaicans should have a different idea! After all, Ji Terre has retired and Jamaica Sprint needs a new leader. They want to keep the title of 'First Flying Man' in Jamaica instead of being recaptured by the United States! "

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Jamaica National Track and Field Team.

At this time, coach Fraser is training his athletes ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ His expression is very excited. He clenched his fists and said:

"This session of the American track and field team is the weakest in history. This is also our Jamaican team ’s chance. Although we have lost Gittel, I believe that among you, there will be a replacement for Gittel. The new world's first trapeze! 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4 times 100 meters relay, a total of six gold medals, this time, we have to get all hands! "

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The bowl of soy juice in front of Xue Li had bottomed out. He patted his stomach and belched.

"In the past, the American track and field teams were all big names, but the American track and field team of this Olympics is undoubtedly the weakest in history ... Old Xue, the public account I just followed just posted an article saying that The one-time American track and field team is very weak, and it will definitely be finished at the Olympics. Your apprentice, the position of the head coach of the American team, is not secure. Will the Americans be fired! "A good person asked. Road.

"Don't listen to those nonsense, they know a fart!" Xue Li pouted: "That's my apprentice, even the weakest American team, can bring the best results!"