After Leaving the Sports Circle, I Became a Cooking God (Completed BL)

Chapter 54: Su Bai's Arrangements, Training Ends & Pre-departure Interview

Translator: dapotaturs
Release Date: 09/04/2023

Not only Guo Dun, but also Jiang Wentao, Pei Jin'an, and Wang Ting who were nervously watching by the side of the track were all taken aback at this moment. What were the performance goals that Su Bai had set for Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen again?

It seemed to be 46.15 and 46.25 seconds?

So, they both exceeded their goals by a large margin?!

It wasn't just Zhang Ziyi and Qiu Wen.

In the recent race, the third to cross the finish line was not Guo Dun or Lin Chuan, but Li Junhao, whose performance and condition had been consistently poor this season. Li Junhao's time was now displayed on the electronic timer panel—46.33 seconds. This wasn't just his best performance this season; it was a significant improvement over his personal best.

Seeing Li Junhao's time, Wang Ting even excitedly clenched his fist and exclaimed, "Nice!"

Li Junhao had been a highly promising athlete since his time in the youth division, and Wang Ting had high hopes for him. However, over the past year, Li Junhao's performance had been disappointing, leaving Wang Ting uncertain about how to address the situation. Wang Ting had always thought that Li Junhao's performance suffered due to a mental state issue. He had tried to talk him through it, but Li Junhao's performance only worsened over time. This had been a significant concern for Wang Ting, and he worried that the athlete he had nurtured for so many years might be on the brink of decline.

However, unexpectedly, Su Bai's approach seemed to completely awaken these 400-meter athletes?

On the training field, the electronic timer had displayed the results of all eight athletes:

1st place, Zhang Ziyi: 45.96 seconds;
2nd place, Qiu Wen: 46.16 seconds;
3rd place, Li Junhao: 46.33 seconds;
4th place, Guo Dun: 46.39 seconds;
5th place, Lin Chuan: 46.45 seconds
6th place, Zhang Chang: 46.51 seconds;7th place, Zhou Xu: 46.72 seconds.

Out of the seven athletes, only the last two, Zhang Chang and Zhou Xu, had not yet met Su Bai's initial training goal. However, in the recent race, Zhou Xu had an obvious false start. His reaction to the gun had been delayed, resulting in a reaction time of 0.359 seconds, which significantly impacted his subsequent performance and overall performance.

Aside from Zhou Xu, another athlete who fell short of the standard was Zhang Chang, but his time of 46.51 seconds was already very close to success. After seeing his time, Zhang Chang felt both joy and regret. He regretted not performing even better in the recent test.

Among the seven athletes, apart from Qiu Wen and Li Junhao, the remaining athletes had not achieved their personal best times. Yet, the feeling of "once you start, you can run in this state" still pumped up every athlete.

In this state of mind, they even felt like running another lap immediately to verify whether this sensation was an illusion.

"Coach Su... were these results within your expectations?" Jiang Wentao looked at the display and still found it somewhat surreal.

These times wouldn't be considered good on the international stage or even in the Asian context, but domestically, they were enough to be surprising. When compared to the 400-meter event results from several athletics grand prix and the final Asian Games selection races this year, even Zhou Xu, who had a clear mistake today, with his time of 46.72 seconds, would have secured a top-three finish in any of those races.

In a mere 20 days, Su Bai had indeed delivered on his promise, significantly improving the athletes' performance.

Su Bai nodded, not saying much. He walked directly to the athletes' side and announced the test results: "Today's test has met the basic goals. Zhang Chang, Zhou Xu, take a 15-minute break and retest. There are still 5 days of training left. Qiu Wen will continue with the original training plan. Adjustments to details will be communicated later. Zhang Ziyi, Guo Dun, Lin Chuan, and Li Junhao are officially selected for the 4x400-meter relay team. Zhang Chang and Zhou Xu are substitutes. There will be separate relay strengthening training courses in the next 5 days, and Zhang Chang and Zhou Xu will participate as reserve candidates."