Chapter 232: A Big Appetite (1/2)
Chapter 232: A Big Appetite
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When Dai Li said, ”strive for a gold medal,” everyone in the meeting room was silent, including Weidong Chu. Everybody looked at Dai Li with amazed expressions.
What Dai Li had mentioned, a higher rank, a medal, or even a gold medal, was a distant dream for sprinters of the Hanbei Province Track and Field Team.
After all, these athletes weren't strong enough. They could hardly be promoted from the qualification round. A gold medal was just a myth to them.
What did Dai Li say just now? He wants a gold medal? Did I hear that right?
It's not easy for our athletes to enter official competitions, let alone at a higher rank. Is he still going to try for a gold medal?
Dai Li must be joking. So many national and Asian Games champions participate in the National Games. The distance between the gold medal and our athletes is a million miles.
Heh, this young guy is always aiming too high. An Asian Game champion has made him think too highly of himself. He thinks he's invincible in China, right? How dare he brag about striving for a gold medal!
Even Weidong Chu was doubtful in his mind. He thought Dai Li wanted to achieve a higher rank, so he praised Dai Li's boldness and resolution as a young man. However, when he heard Dai Li's goal, he felt that what Dai Li had said was quite unreliable.
Just like grabbing a lifesaver, Guodong Li thought he had finally found the loophole in Dai Li's words, so he looked up joyfully. ”Coach Li, did you say 'strive for a gold medal' just now? I remember several minutes ago you mentioned our athletes could hardly enter official competitions. Those were the very words you said. How could you change to 'striving for a gold medal' in such a short time?”
”Yes, Coach Li, I know you're the coach of an Asian Games champion, but your goal is absolutely impossible!” Baojun Sha said. His words were fanning the flames.
Weidong Chu started to mediate the dispute. He said, ”Li, we still have three months before the qualification round. After the qualification round, the National Games will start in August, which means we have an additional month. Our primary tasks now should be to promote our athletes from the qualification round. As for our achievements in the National Games, we still have a lot of time to set a goal.”
Dai Li nodded and continued, ”Coach Chu, colleagues, what I said just now may sound a little bit impractical. I did say our athletes aren't competitive in the National Games!
”Asian Games champions, like Sijie Yang and Yue Zhao, as well as national champions, like Jun Xie and Zitao Wei, will participate in the National Games together with numerous athletes who have won medals at state-level matches. Our athletes are far weaker than even the mediocre sprinters on the national team.