Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 200 Gathering in Paris

After a year, I finally came to Paris again.

When they were training in Paris last year, Wen Hao and Liu Xiang lived directly in the Michel Yazi Track and Field Club. With two athletes and two coaches, the club did not lack these four beds.

But this year, the Competition Management Center has spent a lot of money and arranged for the entire Chinese men's 4×100 meter relay team to train in Paris.

It was difficult for the club to arrange for such a large group of people, so I rented a single-family villa not far from the club.

Although it is called a "villa", in fact the house is not very fancy. It is just a normal single-family house for Europeans, but it is indeed much better than the three-story small buildings common in rural China.

Wen Hao arrived at noon, and the team members had just returned from training in the morning for dinner, so the dormitory quickly became noisy because of his arrival.

After a while of fun, Hu Kai led Wen Hao upstairs.

"Your room is on the third floor. Since I have to leave a room for Liu Xiang and Coach Sun, I can only arrange for you to live with Lao Yi. Is that okay?"

This three-story house has a total of six rooms.

There is one room for Hu Kai and Zhang Peimeng, one room for Liang Jiahong and Su Bingtian, one room for Li Qing and Yuan Guoqiang, one room for translator Zhang Guangrui and masseur Wang Yonglin, and one room for Liu Xiang’s master and apprentice who is currently at Bayern Munich in Germany. .

In this case, Wen Hao would naturally have no choice but to live with Lao Yi, a fellow from Guangxi.

As for the training camp, it is best to live together with your teammates, so as to facilitate the running-in of cooperation.

As for his management team, they all followed Anne back and forth between London, Paris and Yanjing.

Five minutes later, Wenhao, who had placed his luggage, went downstairs to the restaurant to eat.

"Oh? Stir-fried tofu, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, boiled chicken, and stir-fried prawns. This food is good!"

Wen Hao was really surprised to see such a table of dishes in a foreign country.

When he and Li Qing came to Europe last year, they basically ate Western food.

As long as the food tastes good, he can adapt to any taste. Li Qing studied in Germany for six years in the 1980s and 1990s, so he will naturally not be used to Western food.

If I really want to eat Chinese food, I have to either eat out or cook it myself.

If you go out to eat, most of the dishes in Chinese restaurants will be "improved" according to local tastes, but for Chinese people they are not appetizing, so it is better not to eat them.

If you make it yourself, it will definitely suit your taste, but the key is that after a tiring day of training, you are always too lazy to do it yourself, so it is more convenient to eat Western food.

When he was in Yanjing, as long as Zhang Jielin had time to cook, Wen Hao basically went home to eat every day, otherwise he would deal with it in the cafeteria of Tsinghua University or Bei Sports.

So when I saw such a table of dishes, my mouth watered immediately. I didn't even put the rice in it and just picked up a prawn and stuffed it into my mouth.

"Well, it tastes good, but I could add a little more salt. The taste is still a bit bland."

"Really? Brother Kai and I feel the same way." Zhang Peimeng immediately agreed, "Coach Yuan made this stir-fried prawn dish. He also said that to take care of our taste, he added half a spoonful of salt. .”

Liang Jiahong immediately looked disgusted and said: "Still leaving it? Is it too salty for your northern taste? If you add salt to it, you might as well drink the brine directly."

Then he pointed at Wen Hao and criticized: "You are a traitor with strong taste, and you have obviously been instigated by these northerners. You are not allowed to say that you came from our South China F3 in the future!"

Naturally, Wen Hao immediately raised his hands and surrendered.

The restaurant was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.

"How's it going? It's your first time going abroad. Do you feel you're not used to it?"

Wen Hao's words were naturally addressed to Liang, Su and Lao.

Hu Kai participated in the Thailand-Bangkok International Open, the Turkey-Izmir Universiade in 05, and the Doha Asian Games at the end of 06. It can be said that he has quite a wealth of experience in overseas competitions.

Zhang Peimeng also followed Li Qing to North America in the spring of 06 to participate in several youth track and field events, which was considered a trip abroad to see the world.

As for Liang, Su and Lao, only Liang Jiahong had participated in international events such as the World Youth Championship before, but the venue was in China, which is definitely different from the current situation in a foreign country.

"I actually thought about going abroad before. I thought I should grow up step by step, first participate in intercontinental competitions in Asia, and then slowly go to the world competition stage."

When Liang Jiahong said this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "I didn't expect the progress to be so fast. In the blink of an eye, we ran to Paris and directly prepared for the World Championships."

"Yeah, it's really too fast. It feels like a dream!" Su Bingtian also said the same.

At this time a year ago, they were just newcomers in the field of Chinese track and field, especially Su Bingtian and Lao Yi, who had just joined the provincial team.

In one year, in a blink of an eye, they were selected into the national training team, directly skipped the intercontinental competition, and began to prepare for the top world championship.

This was something that was unthinkable before.

"When I go to bed these days, I always think of those days in Beihai." Lao Yi also put down his bowls and chopsticks and joined in the conversation.

"At that time, I was still thinking that I don't need to live a wonderful life in this life. As long as I can go to a better university with extra points for sports, I will be worthy of my mother."

Lao Yi gradually opened up his chatterbox and told about his past events.

His tone was very calm, but as he spoke, everyone in the restaurant fell silent.

I have known Lao Yi for a while, but this was the first time for everyone present to know about his family situation. The remaining five members of the relay team are all from "ordinary families" at worst. They have a happy family since childhood and have no worries about food and clothing.

Like Lao Yi, who grew up step by step from a rural child with a broken family to what he is today, the hardships involved are really unimaginable.

As Lao Yi spoke, he realized that something was wrong in the atmosphere. He told his past events just out of emotion, and did not want to make him cry, so he immediately changed the topic.

But it was actions like this that made everyone feel more distressed for Lao Yi's experience.

Especially Li Qing and Yuan Guoqiang, Cheng Wenzhong relied on them a lot before going abroad, so they even thought about taking more care of him in the following days together.

As they chatted, the topic shifted to Wen Hao. Everyone was extremely curious about this "legendary" figure right in front of them.

"What's New York like? I can say it's pretty good, but not as good as I imagined. I have some photos in my camera. I'll show them to you when I have time."

"Tyson Gay? He is indeed a relatively introverted character. I don't communicate much with him because he doesn't seem to be very social. Anyway, I have never seen him at a party."

"Powell? His personality is relatively outgoing, but he is not particularly outgoing. He gives you the feeling of being well-educated."

Wen Hao answered all questions and told everyone about the people, things and things he knew while talking and laughing. Lunch and lunch break time passed by unknowingly.

"There must be a chance to compete! Right coach?" The topic turned to the competition again at some point.

For the team members, going abroad for training is completely a blind eye. Apart from waiting for the arrangements of the two coaches, they have no idea what to do.

They also knew that they were able to come to Paris for training this time mainly because of Wen Hao's favor. After all, it is impossible for Wen Hao to participate in top events in Europe alone, while the team members are practicing relay behind closed doors in China, right?

But in more than two months, it can't just be training. Whether it's a mule or a horse, it has to be taken out for a walk.

Li Qing took the topic raised by Wen Hao and said: "There are definitely opportunities for competition, but before that, you guys should train me steadily for a month in Paris and wait for next month."

There are many track and field events of all levels in Europe, and the competition items are also very complete, but if you want to achieve the effect of training, you need to think carefully.

In addition, Li Qing and Yuan Guoqiang have been studying the lineup of the relay team in the past few days.

At the Osaka Grand Prix, the relay team adopted the lineup of Guangdong's "Three Heroes" + Wen Hao. Now that Wen Yongyi has not been selected for the national team, the lineup combination naturally needs to be redesigned.

Unless there are special circumstances, Hu Kai and Wen Hao should still be the starting candidates for the second and fourth teams.

Among the remaining four players, Zhang Peimeng and Su Bingtian have both played in the third leg, and their partners are both Wen Hao, so there is a high probability that the starting point for the third leg will come from these two.

Liang Jiahong served as the second battalion at the Yanjing World Youth Championship and ran the fourth battalion in the Doha Asian Games preliminaries. It is most suitable to use him as an emergency substitute for the second and fourth battalions.

As for Lao Yi, as the second place player in the selection, it is blameless to assign him a stable starting position in the first battalion.

However, how to match the final relay lineup cannot be as simple as just talking on paper. It must also be determined through training data performance.

First, we will train steadily in Paris for a month, just in time to catch up with the Sheffield Grand Prix on July 7th. Then we will unsheath the sword and test the results of the first phase of training of the team members.

After such a while of chatting, the lunch break was cancelled.

However, the team members were all in high spirits, laughing and going out to prepare for the afternoon training.

"Coach~" Wen Hao deliberately hung at the end of the team and discussed with Li Qing in a low voice: "For the sake of my performance in these three consecutive games, can you give me half a day off?"

After experiencing three high-intensity games in a row in half a month, coupled with a series of chaotic events such as fan meetings, endorsement activities, media interviews, and press conferences, he had long been suffocated.

The next game is the Golden League Paris Station on July 7, which is still more than half a month away, but if you want to take a rest and relax, you have to do it early.

"Half-day vacation?" Li Qing paused, looked Wen Hao up and down, and chuckled: "You can have fun if you want, but you have to promise me not to go to those messy places, especially that horse show."

"Fengma Xiu? Coach, do you think I am that kind of person?"

"Well, I think it looks similar."

"." Wen Hao scratched his head and explained: "I'm really not kidding you. Sister Lin and I have made an appointment to go to the Palace of Versailles together."

"Her? Okay, I'll give you half a day off." Li Qing agreed without thinking after hearing that Wen Hao's date was Zhang Sisterlin.

This brat is surrounded by peach blossoms, but no one can control him. If he is dating Zhang Sisterlin, then there is nothing to worry about.

"Remember to go back early. Just go to the training ground tomorrow afternoon."

Li Qing had already seen through Wen Hao's temperament.

If a young couple who are passionately in love and haven't seen each other for a long time can bear to stay out for the night, then the sun is really coming out in the west.

"Hey, coach, you understand me."

"Go, go, go, I'll get angry when I see you!"

"Okay~ I'll get out of here and meet the coach tomorrow afternoon!"

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(End of this chapter)