Vol 1 Chapter 11 (1/2)
CHAPTER XI: Qualification
On the train back to the provincial capital, ZHANG Guan sat beside Chen Lao and asked: “Old Chen, this time I took the t.i.tle, i am not able to partic.i.p.ate in the Asian Athletics Champions.h.i.+ps?”
Chen Lao thought, then shook his head in denial: “Not necessarily, is unclear.”
“Why? This is not the Asian Athletics Champions.h.i.+ps trials do, as usual, that I took the t.i.tle, naturally i deserve to qualify to the Asian Athletics Champions.h.i.+ps.” ZHANG Guan somewhat impatient. The system also requires prompt task to partic.i.p.ate in an international compet.i.tion, if he no go to the Asian Athletics Champions.h.i.+ps, this task does not know how many year will take to complete.
Chen Lao heavy sigh, spoke and said: “.. Can not you think of things as simple as this compet.i.tion While the Asian Athletics Champions.h.i.+ps trials named, but does not represent the first trials will be able to represent their country.”
ZHANG Guan looked confused at Chen Lao, apparently did not understand the meaning of Chen Lao, but Chen Lao added: “Although you are the trials champion, but actually send you to play center is not large Asian Athletics Champions.h.i.+ps so the situation is more complicated, as you can be so right conditions. not to mention a mere Asian Athletics Champions.h.i.+ps, the Olympic Games is the selection of the Olympic a standard standard players may not be able to win over the Olympic B standard athletes. if i tell you now you may not be able to understand, to see much more in the future, and will naturally understand. first under the heart, not because of breaking the national record to be proud, back then the sense of training. you only seventeen years old, as long as you do a good training, not worry wou will be a champion. ”
Old Chen said that although very vague, ZHANG Guan then suddenly a little pondering.
Domestic athlete selection system, means that the interests of the parties in which the wrong complex selection of athletes to partic.i.p.ate in international compet.i.tion from not only consider internal factions, but also consider local interests. In some ways in terms of the interests of the local team’s aspirations for a more clear and cultivate local team painstakingly out of an athlete, a natural athlete need to give them the benefit, for the benefit of, can stop elite athletes go to a higher level road stadium, the athletes will be able to find some excuse to ban frozen, even forcing athletes to retire early.
Local team long years of excavation and train outstanding athletes, and then delivered to the national team, so the team must also give the place something in return, this is not the interests of the exchange, more like a mutual basis, to the development of sport and must be present backing.
This compensation is not just an economic return, also contains the same honor.
For some weak projects, qualify for the Olympics, he is an honorary member! By means of a distribution of honors.
Later, as a person, even if this kind of thing will not say too bright Bai Zhangguan know,A standard B standard athletes contestants instead of things in subsequent Olympic Games have occurred. London Olympic Games women’s weightlifting 54 kg cla.s.s project, then the national weightlifting team did not send the results of the first A mark contestants, instead sending B standard contestants, and later at the Olympics this project did not even get a medal.
Unlike weightlifting table tennis, as can easily send someone to gold, but it is undeniable strengths weightlifting national team, women’s 54 kg level, Chinese athletes have won Olympic gold medals, breaking the world record, that is, strength than in the past, but also the strength of the medal. But athletes in the selection process, was able to resist the temptation of Olympic medals, and unswervingly to the sectarian interests and local interests bow singles out a strong background level difference between the players to partic.i.p.ate in the Olympic Games, which fully reflects the Match II sportsmans.h.i.+p. The challenge facing the media after the game.
Compared to women held project, track and field men’s 100 meters sprint is no doubt perennial “light a phase”, the Olympic qualification is more suitable as honor given to a local team, as part of its support over the years national sports return .
Thought here, ZHANG Guan unwilling clutched fists, or if he has a big Yao Liu Fei, who is so well known and will not deprive yourself to qualify of the fear center, even partic.i.p.ating center will seek their own, not even a Olympic qualifications are likely to retain his job!
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