531 A Good Harves (2/2)

”Why did you follow my instructions?” asked Dai Li.

”You are my coach!” Klett answered.

”Did you doubt my training?” Dai Li asked again.

”You are the head coach. Why should I doubt you? Besides, the training plan you arranged for me was excellent. It completely solved my problems.” Klett had no idea what the coach was getting at.

”Very good.” Dai Li nodded and continued, ”Look, I'm the head coach of the American team and I lead the entire U.S. track and field team. All the members of this team obey me and no one opposes, or even questions, me. I am the head coach, and I lead this team with supreme authority.

”However, I am not an American. Why do you choose to obey me? It's because I have the ability to lead. I have abilities that you can trust!”

He patted Klett on his shoulder and went on. ”Klett, I know what you are worried about, so I hope you understand what I'm saying. People will only accept you based on your talent. In sports, especially in the Olympic Games, people only accept that gold medal!

”Therefore, you don't have to think or worry too much. Look at the finish line. You just need to cross that line first. Get that gold medal and you are a hero of America!”

Klett nodded as he realized something. ”Coach Li, I see. I know what to do.”

Dai Li was satisfied with Klett, who had enough experience with competitions and enough strength, would have a high probability of winning if that mental knot in his head was untangled.

In fact, Klett didn't let Dai Li down. In the competition, he didn't perform well to start, but he got better. In the end, Klett won the men's 400m hurdles with a time of 47.70s.

After the event ended, there was the usual break in the track and field events. In the evening, the first event was the final of the men's shot put.

Both Russia and Poland were powerful in this event, but the top two men's shot-putters in the world were Americans.

America had never been short of strong men. In this Olympic Games, the shot-putters were two talented men: Divac, the winner of the World Championship in Athletics, and Luther, the best in the world at the moment.

The world record in shot put was 23.12m and the Olympic record was 22.47m. Both Divac and Luther got over 22.50m in other games, which meant that both of them had the ability to break the Olympic record.

Besides, both of them were young. Divac was 24 years old and Luther was 23. For male shot-putters, they had potential. Many sports commentators thought that one of them could break the world record.

For the American team, this gold medal was expected. Nothing happened out of the ordinary. Luther won the championship with 22.52m and broke the Olympic record, while Divac won the second prize with 22.18m.

On the seventh day of the Olympic Games, the first two gold medals went to the United States.

At the end of the men's shot put, there came the final in women's javelin. However, no American players had qualified for the final in this event.

During the women's javelin, Dai Li focused on the track, where the last event of the men's decathlon, the 1500m run, was beginning.

American players took first and the second place in this event in the last Olympic Games. After the javelins, the ninth event in the Olympics, American players held first place securely, with a score of more than 7500 points, which was 70 points more than the second place.

Therefore, in this last event, the 1500m run, they didn't have to get the first place or even rank among the top. They could win the championship if he didn't fall too much behind the second place athlete.

This American athlete didn't let Dai Li down. Although he only came in eighth place in the 1500m run, he was still number one on the scoreboard and finally won the gold medal in the men's decathlon.

The next event was the final in the women's 400m hurdles. Although the Jamaican team had three players in the final, they couldn't compete with America and Russia. At last, the American team won the gold and bronze medals, while the Russian team won the silver.

There were five gold medals in that day's track and field events so far. The American team had won four of them, which was a considerably good harvest.

Now there was only one event left that day, the men's 200m dash.