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

Chapter 157-158

As the official broadcast of today's competition began, Wang Danning, who usually had no particular interest in track and field relays, opened Yokohama TV and started watching the live coverage alongside the trending news from Yokohama News.

As an international student who had been living in Japan for a year or two, Wang Danning had grown somewhat accustomed to the Japanese tendency to use exaggerated expressions in their speech. However, now, seeing a fellow compatriot on the TV broadcast receiving this kind of extravagant praise from the Japanese, she couldn't help but burst into laughter, sending a wave of sympathetic laughter towards Su Bai, who had clearly experienced a few seconds of twitching at the corner of his eye.

Similarly, some viewers in China who had managed to watch Yokohama TV's live broadcast were now clutching their stomachs, shedding a few crocodile tears of laughter as they watched Su Bai facing the rainbow of flattery in the live studio.

Inside the Yokohama Stadium, in the section reserved for Chinese athletes in the audience, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jin'an, along with other staff members, were seated. Their expressions were far from pleasant.

The live scene of the Japanese event was filled with a large number of enthusiastic spectators who were passionate about the competition. This kind of atmosphere had made them quite envious. However, the thought that in such an environment, the Japanese team's athletes would undoubtedly run very aggressively on the track to live up to the support of their fellow citizens left them feeling uneasy.

Of course, at this moment, it was not yet time for the Japanese women's team to take the stage in the 4x400m relay. Currently, on the track, it was the female 400m relay team from the Chinese national team.

Before the race, when Pei Jin'an and Jiang Wentao received the groupings for the preliminaries, their expressions were already quite grim.

Indeed, the gap in strength between the Chinese team and the other teams in the first group of preliminaries was simply too vast.

From China's 3 minutes, 33.88 seconds to the United States' 3 minutes, 23 seconds, there was a difference of more than 10 seconds in strength among the teams in the first group of preliminaries.

This was just in comparison to the United States. Other countries' teams like Italy, the Netherlands, France... these teams had the ability to run within 3 minutes and 30 seconds.

While Su Bai had previously communicated with them before the race, expressing that the women's team had made some progress based on their performance at the Asian Championships, they didn't believe that this so-called progress could propel the Chinese team past the teams ahead and secure one of the top two qualification spots.

Jiang Wentao rubbed his forehead and sighed, "Ah, ever since Su Bai took over the 400m team in the national squad, I've never felt this anxious watching 400m races."

"Who doesn't feel the same?" Pei Jin'an also let out a long sigh. "Since Su Bai took charge, our 400m events have been smooth sailing."

"However, our current level of strength may allow us to aim for gold or silver in Asia, but when we step onto the world stage, reality hits us hard."

"This competition, regardless of the result, serves as a wake-up call for us. I think it's a good thing," Pei Jin'an continued, but couldn't help feeling sorry for the girls on the women's team. "These girls are all stubborn and proud in character. I hope today's setback won't affect their state of mind."

At the venue, as the women's 4x400m relay preliminary race in the first group was about to begin, the atmosphere in the audience seats became increasingly heated.