After quitting sports, I became a chef

Compared with many other contestants, Chen Yadan's current state looks extraordinarily calm and determined, so much so that it gives people the illusion of 'the chance of winning'.

But in fact, Chen Yadan just didn't think too much.

Whether she succeeds or not, she only regards it as the last battle of her career, regardless of her achievements, what she pursues is to live up to her original intention.

At home, in the coach dormitory of the national track and field team, Zheng Xingguo is also sitting in front of the TV in the dormitory, quietly waiting for the upcoming women's 400m semi-final.

Seeing that Chen Yadan had already appeared on the TV screen, Zheng Xingguo's eyes were already a little red even before the game started.

"Well, this person is getting sentimental because he is old." Zheng Xingguo muttered to himself, and his wife was sitting beside him at the moment, watching the Olympic live broadcast with him.

Zheng Xingguo has been in the national team for nearly 30 years, from an assistant coach at the beginning to a coach in charge of part of the training content, and then gradually became the head coach of the women's team of the national team.

Chen Yadan is actually not the most talented player he has ever coached, but he is the one who is the most ruthless towards himself.

Zheng Xingguo was originally a coach known for his strictness, but when he saw Chen Yadan training in the early years, he still felt soft-hearted, and when she took a break, he would persuade her earnestly to relax in training. Only in this way can we have better results and achieve results.

"Thinking about it now, this girl was really stubborn back then..." Zheng Xingguo looked at the live broadcast screen, and Chen Yadan, who now looks calm and determined, couldn't help but think of Chen Yadan who was still very young and stubborn back then. .

Zheng Xingguo's wife still remembers Chen Yadan's appearance at the time. He exudes a stubborn and sharp taste all over his body. His personality seems very unique. Throughout the year, he only wears sportswear sponsored by the team. He doesn't wear it during training. Like life, he refused to say that he was obviously injured, for fear that he would be returned from the national team to the original team because of his injury.

Most of the girls in the track and field women's team had difficulties at home. Many players had their own scars, but perhaps they healed each other after they got together.

Zheng Xingguo can be regarded as watching Chen Yadan gradually grow from being young and stubborn at the beginning. In the past few years, she has restrained her original sharp edges and corners, and has become a trusted 400-meter sprinter in the national team. team captain.

"It's not easy for this girl to fight so far." Zheng Xingguo sighed with a smile: "But she's lucky, after waiting for Xiaobai, she has rushed to the Olympic Games."

"Who says it's not?" Zheng Xingguo's wife also nodded with a smile. She was also with her husband, watching the team members being selected to the national team and leaving one by one. Team member, she is no different from the child looking at her.

Seeing that Chen Yadan is able to compete in the Olympic Games, they are really happy in their hearts, and hope that in the Olympic Games, this child who is about to retire can achieve a result that lives up to himself.

On the field, at the 8 starting points at the starting point of the curve, the 8 female athletes have already made their own preparations for their starting - starting block adjustment, trial running, and adapting to the track.

After the preparatory work was completed, 8 players including Chen Yadan had already stood behind their respective starting blocks, making the final wait.

In the live broadcast of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen are introducing the 8 players on the field at this time. Chen Yadan is on the third track in today's semi-finals. This is a track that is closer to the inner circle. Good, but not too bad.

"Chen Yadan's run is quite a test of the psychological stability of the players. After all, he has always been in the inner lane, and he has always been in a late position in the initial stage. This will give the players a psychological illusion that they are always behind. Players need Only by stabilizing your mentality and performing as well as possible can you have the opportunity to gradually recover your true position in the second half of the race, especially after the second corner.”

Shao Min glanced at Chen Yadan's position, and frowned slightly: "Of course, Chen Yadan is a player with a very mature competition mentality. We believe that she should have been mentally prepared for this round. In the game, she was able to stabilize her mentality and had an excellent performance!"

In the auditorium, Jiang Wentao and Pei Jin'an also looked at Chen Yadan on the field with concern. As the leader of the national team and the field management center, they already knew that Chen Yadan had submitted an application for retirement before the Olympics. In today's game, They also understood that this might be the last battle of Chen Yadan's career...

As long as they think of this, they still hope that Chen Yadan can achieve an ideal result in this battle.

Chen Yadan on the track may also have sensed the goodwill expectations from everyone. When the scene camera caught her, she faced the camera, smiled slightly, and then waved towards the camera.

【Ah, Sister Dan laughed! 】

【_(:3)∠】_Hey woo woo woo, Sister Dan has such a nice smile, Sister Dan will marry me! 】

[? ? ?Friends in front, be careful Zhang Shuai came to say hello to you? ? ? 】

[I don't know why, but seeing Sister Dan's smile, I feel less nervous! ~]

【Ah, I don't know why, but seeing Sister Dan's smile, I feel like watching the ultimate battle? ? ? 】

In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, the audience on the bullet screen on the public screen was chattering with each other, and the chatter was quickly quieted down after hearing the prompt sound from the scene.

The scene has quieted down, and the game is about to begin!

At the scene, after all the players had finished their preparations, a calm voice finally sounded during the broadcast. Amid the command of 'take your place', the players quickly squatted on their respective starting blocks, and then, on the ' In the sound of "preparation", the 8 players on the field also quickly made preparations for the start.

"Everyone take their places."

"preparation."

"boom."

This series of starting sounds and the firing of the starting gun are like a cold and inorganic mechanical process, but at the moment the gun is fired, it is like igniting the hottest flame, and the entire arena is exploded at this moment !

"The game is on!"

Shao Minyi loudly announced the start of the game, attracting the audience's attention to the arena at this very moment.

On the field, among the players in the same group as Chen Yadan in this group, the strongest is Thompson from the United States. Her 400-meter sprint performance is able to break into the level of 50 seconds. In addition, William Williams of Jamaica Si and McCarron of the British team are also strong contenders for the semi-finals of the women's 400-meter sprint.

Thompson, Williams and McCarron are located in the fourth, fifth and sixth lanes respectively. From the moment the starting gun was fired and all the players started running, the competition between these three players was fierce. Already started.

Judging from the starting reaction time, the response time of Thompson, Williams and McAllen is all within 0.150 seconds. This response speed is very fast in the corner start of the 400-meter sprint. It can be seen that they all have an attitude of never giving in to this game.

In addition to these three people, the Canadian player Kalil on the seventh track also rushed out of the startling momentum. Only from the outbreak of this starting stage, it can be seen that the 3 players on the field All the players have tried their best to fight with their backs.

Among the 8 contestants, Chen Yadan does not seem to be very eye-catching. Her starting reaction time is 0.157 seconds, and she is in fifth place. It seems that she has no advantage. From the beginning, her starting burst and acceleration are very fast. It is stable, and the technical transition from corner to straight is also very smooth.

But it seems like that's all there is to it?

There is only one player from Australia behind Chen Yadan. This player is located on the second track, and her starting condition is not very good. The starting reaction time is only 0.189 seconds. During the explosive acceleration stage, this player's performance is also not good. It was not very stable, so after the first corner, the Australian player had opened up a big gap with Chen Yadan.

but……

so what?

Isn't this the player who made a mistake by herself?

Some spectators who were paying attention to Chen Yadan saw that the distance between Chen Yadan and the Australian player in the second lane had widened, and felt a little relieved about Chen Yadan's speed. After making a mistake, I didn't feel at ease again.

How to do?

How is Sister Dan running?

The audience in front of the TV clenched their fists and silently cheered for Chen Yadan, but at the same time they couldn't help worrying and panicking.

Sister Dan...

Sister Dan should have no hope of advancing to the final in today's game, right?

But I still hope that sister Dan can run a better result...!

At the scene, on the race field, Chen Yadan didn't know what the audience was thinking. Maybe the audience felt that they were not excited enough because of her relatively stable starting reaction and the explosive acceleration of the starting that did not try her best.

But what does this matter?

She clearly knows her goal.

She clearly knew that she was not a talented player like Qiu Wen, and at her age of 28, she was already considered an older player in this competition.

The physical fitness and explosive power of Asian players are not as good as black and white players, and her age is even more disadvantaged, so she must not use her disadvantages to collide with the advantages of other players.

All she needs to do is to be stable, as stable as possible-and then use all the strength of the rest of her career in the final stage of explosion and sprint!

This may be the last battle of her career, and she also wants to try to see how far she can go!

In the auditorium, in front of the TV, the audience may not be able to react at first, but after watching the middle of the game, some audience will eventually find something wrong!

In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Li Sen was the first to exclaim: "Yadan... Yadan is not behind!"

After the high-speed sprint on the first [-]-meter straight, Chen Yadan didn't seem to recover too much gap in this sprint, but it also depends on who he is competing with!

It was only after Li Sen thought of this that he suddenly realized that Chen Yadan was on the third track, and in front of her right, there seemed to be a player who was much ahead of her...

It's Thompson from Team USA.

It is also recognized by everyone as the strongest Thompson in this game!

Not only did Thompson widen the gap with Chen Yadan, but she also narrowed the distance with the famous Jamaican Williams on the fifth track.

In fact, if you look closely, the gap between Williams and Chen Yadan has not been widened. Most of the gap between the two is still due to the difference in the inner and outer paths of the two. Visual drop.

Shao Minyi and Li Sen glanced at each other—they were still saying in the commentary before the game that they hoped that Chen Yadan would not have a backward mentality because of this visual gap.

As a result, those who watched the battle from the sidelines had the illusion that Chen Yadan was lagging far behind because of the visual gap and the distance between Chen Yadan and Thompson.

So, what is the actual situation on the field at present?

If you expand the perspective that only focused on Chen Yadan and Thompson to the audience, you can find that although the gap between Chen Yadan and Thompson or Williams has not been effectively narrowed, Chen Yadan and The distance between the contestants on the seventh track, the eighth track, and the ninth track has been smoothed out a lot!

Chen Yadan is not behind!

even……

Shao Minyi and Li Sen had a bold guess—there may be no big difference in speed between Chen Yadan and the top three players on the field!

but……

Is this possible?

The top three players are Thompson, Williams and McCarron!

Of these three players, apart from Thompson, Williams and McAllen's pb are all in the first half of 50 seconds, and in this game, Chen Yadan's speed is not behind them? !

No matter what Shao Minyi and the others guessed in their hearts, the match on the spot continued without stopping.

As the players entered the stage of the second corner, the players in the inner lane began to gradually recover from the visual gap between the players in the first half and the outer lanes.

For example, Thompson, Williams and McAllen, at this time they have completely recovered the visual gap with the players in the three rounds of 7, 8, and 9. Among the three, Thompson headed by.

And Thompson deserves to be the world's top women's 50-meter player with the strength within 400 seconds. Even though there is a gap between the inner and outer lanes with Chen Yadan, she still relies on her speed advantage to cut the straight at the second corner. Still steady He managed to maintain his No. [-] position in the audience!

And the audience in front of the TV couldn't help but exclaimed when they saw the second curve cut straight. Although Chen Yadan has lagged behind Thompson at this stage, judging from the current situation, Chen Yadan's position Not lost to Williams and McAllen!

"Chen Yadan, Chen Yadan is currently between the third and fourth place!"

Shao Min let out a low cry.

Originally thought that Chen Yadan might not even be able to make it to the top four in this race, but now that the race has reached the last [-]-meter stage, Chen Yadan, who looked inconspicuous at the start stage, was in the final [-]-meter stage. Mi started a crazy sprint on the straight.

And her sprint obviously aroused the tension of both Williams and McAllen!

"Speed ​​up! Chen Yadan has moved from fourth place to third place again! She is continuing to sprint, trying to close the distance with Williams in front!"

Li Sen's voice suddenly rose. He looked nervously at Chen Yadan who was making the final sprint on the field, and he couldn't believe his eyes.

the third!

This is the third place! ! !

Chen Yadan is sprinting for the second place. If she succeeds, then...she will have a chance to enter the Olympic finals? !

Is this possible?

Li Sen asked such a question from the bottom of his heart again, but his heart was excited and excited at the same time, and this excitement made his emotions and voice seem excited.

"Come on!! Yadan, come on!!!"

By this time, Shao Minyi and Li Sen had given up on further analysis, and simply shouted cheers for Chen Yadan!

The audience in front of the TV was also a little confused when they saw this. They were indeed cheering for Chen Yadan sincerely, but they didn't expect that Chen Yadan, who was mediocre at the beginning stage, had reached the final sprint stage. It's not too far behind, but it seems that there is hope to sprint to the final direct promotion spot? !

Even if...

Even if there is no way to sprint to the final direct promotion spot, but if the third place... then there is every hope of making up for the promotion!

Once thinking of such a possibility, the brains of all the audience exploded with a bang, and then the blood rushed to their heads, and their faces turned red.

Come on!

Sister Dan, come on! ! !

After watching the final sprint stage, the audience in front of the TV all clenched their fists and waved their fists, intending to cheer for Chen Yadan, hoping that she can rush to the forefront with her cheering and encouragement! ! !

On the field, in the final 50-meter stage, Chen Yadan already felt the limit of his body.

Although she has used her maximum ability to allocate and calculate her physical energy, she still couldn't help running at a speed beyond her limit in the final sprint. She could feel the rapid loss of her physical energy, and she could feel her body Because of the soreness and tingling caused by the accumulation of lactic acid, she could feel that her limbs were gradually losing control of her will.

but……

Only gradually!

She can!

It's just the last few tens of meters... Maybe it's also the last few tens of meters of her career!

Come on, use your last will to break through the limit in front of you!

Looking at the last track in front of her, Chen Yadan gritted her teeth, disregarding the tingling pain of her breathing and the difficulty of her body, relying on her last willpower, she controlled her technical movements so that there would be no deformation.

can.

you can!

Even if every step is like dancing on the tip of a knife, even if every step is difficult as if the muscles are about to be torn, even if every breath is so painful that people have the illusion of blood in the throat, but she thinks...she can !

In the eyes of the audience in front of the TV, the last 50-meter track seems to be hung with slow-speed special effects. Everyone watched that in the final stage, the British Macallan approached Chen Yadan, and in the last 40 meters against Chen Yadan. Chen Yadan, whose speed has slowed down, overtook, but before everyone was shocked, Chen Yadan had already completed another overtake on McCarron.

Even after overtaking McAllen, she was still making the final sprint with all her strength-her eyes were fixed on Williams' direction!

She also wants to overtake Williams ahead!

"The last 30 meters!!! Yadan be careful!"

Shao Minyi shouted nervously. From the live broadcast screen, everyone could see that not only Chen Yadan was trying to overtake Williams in front, but McCallum also did not give up hope and was trying to overtake Chen Yadan.

The last 30 meters, 20 meters, 10 meters...!

The stalemate between McAllen and Chen Yadan never stopped, and when they finally crossed the finish line, there was only an extremely slight difference of half a body between the two!

"No.3!!! Congratulations to Yadan, who successfully ran out of the third place in the semi-finals! In front of her, the American star Thompson and the Jamaican star Williams were qualified for direct promotion. !"

Shao Minyi's voice was full of excitement, not only from the thrill of the sprint in the final stage of the competition, but also from the surprise of Chen Yadan's result.

the third!

This is the third place in the Olympic semi-finals!

In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, after seeing Chen Yadan's result, all the track and field fans had already sprinkled a round of flowers with excitement and ecstasy.

Looking at the previous World Championships semi-finals and Olympic semi-finals, the players who can run to the third place in the semi-final group rarely have a time of more than 51 seconds in the game.

"That is to say, even if Chen Yadan is unable to make up for the promotion, her results are very likely to have refreshed her pb!"

Li Sen introduced it to the audience like this.

In China, after watching the game just now, Zheng Xingguo was so nervous that he let out a long sigh of relief.

"This girl..."

Zheng Xingguo looked at the field, and after running to the finish line, Chen Yadan, who finally lost his strength and knelt on the ground, felt distressed and relieved in his eyes: "This girl...she is running this race with the attitude of running for the last race .”

"In this game, she has improved again."

Zheng Xingguo looked at the live broadcast in front of him, full of emotion: "This girl, she told me at the beginning, even if it wasn't for living, she also likes to run, and she wants to run faster, even if it's the last race before retirement In the competition, she will do her best, just want to leave the most glorious results..."

In front of the same TV, Zheng Xingguo's wife heard this and said with a smile, "She did it."

"Yeah, she did it, great job!"

On the screen of the TV, the final score of the game has been highlighted.

Tokyo Olympic women's 400-meter sprint semi-final final score——

No.1: Thompson (USA), 49 seconds 89;

No.2: Williams (Jamaica), 50 seconds 63;

No.3: Chen Yadan (China), 50 seconds 96;

No.4: Macallan (UK), 51 seconds;

No. 5: ...

After seeing this result, the audience in front of the TV were stunned—Chen Yadan, in this semi-final, not only greatly increased her personal best score in history, but also opened the 51-second time for the first time in her career. Mark!