Orc Undead Sports Warrior
Chapter 79: The Second Person in Chinese Track and Field?
The second day, apart from the men's 100-meter race, saw no major surprises in the other events.
After each day's competition, the organizing committee releases information to the media and participating teams, including the day's results, media updates for the following day, and interviews with athletes.
The primary method of distribution is through newspaper booklets. Not only can participating teams receive a certain number, but even journalists from various countries registered with the event organizing committee can receive a copy. These booklets are also sold to others, but generally only spectators at the event venue have the opportunity to purchase them. Other newspaper sales points may also have them, but in limited quantities.
After all, it's a thick news publication; once it expires, no one will care about it, and having too much left over is a huge waste of resources.
Yesterday's newsletter reported that Lu Wei forced Nobuharu Asahara and Shen Liang to shake hands after the 100-meter preliminary round, which caused a great stir among the Japanese people and caused an uproar among the Japanese public.
It's worth noting that Nobuharu Asahara is a highly favored athlete in Japanese track and field. Although he is a bit older, his performance has always been very stable, with his best time reaching 10.02 seconds. In Japan, he is a legendary figure in the track and field world.
The media's exaggerated descriptions, followed by the posting of the video online, further fueled public discontent.
"My God, this Chinese guy is so rude! He just jumped over the railing from the stands and charged at Asahara-kun like a wild beast!"
"That's right, is their national character really that bad? This shows their national character. In a few years, Japan will definitely surpass them in track and field and become the Asian hegemon. Then, we will continue our efforts and defeat the European and American powerhouses. The day when we dominate the world in track and field is not far away!"
The comments section under the video was flooded with messages, so despite Lu Wei's excellent performance, a considerable number of viewers still booed him throughout the day.
Today's newsletter was snapped up by Japanese consumers as soon as it hit the shelves; within just two hours, all the newsletters printed today were sold out.
On this day, the Yomiuri Shimbun, a highly authoritative newspaper in Japan, also joined the fray, devoting considerable space to reporting on Lu Wei with the headline "China's Second-Largest Track and Field Athlete?" The newspaper provided a detailed account of Lu Wei's interview with domestic media after his shot put competition the previous day.
The report stated that Lu Wei, a rising star in Chinese track and field, was extremely impatient during an interview with the national sports television station after winning a silver medal in the shot put. Before the interview was even over, he stormed off in front of the entire nation.
Combined with Lu Wei's conflict with Nobuharu Asahara this morning, the news concluded that Lu Wei is an athlete with very poor discipline. The biggest characteristic of such athletes is that they become famous at a young age, then give up and eventually become just another ordinary person.
The newspaper also analyzed the events Lu Wei participated in at this World Championships, concluding that Lu Wei's training was too diverse, and that many events have different requirements for muscle groups. This would inevitably distract Lu Wei from his daily training, and even if he trained hard in the future, he would not be able to break through in any one of the events.
In the final paragraph, the author of this article expresses his views on Chinese track and field at length. He believes that currently, only Liu Xiang, the sprinter, can be considered a world-class athlete in the Chinese track and field team, and this is solely due to Liu Xiang's extraordinary talent. He argues that the training of the Chinese track and field team is hardly scientific, as it forces athletes to practice many unrelated sports simultaneously, thus wasting their physical potential. Finally, he talks at length about the rapid progress of track and field training in his country in recent years and calls on the general public to get involved in track and field.
The articles in the major newspapers were indeed well-intentioned, serving to both criticize Lu Wei and inspire the nation.
The newsletter also found Lu Wei's results from three competitions. The newspaper somehow managed to find Lu Wei's 400-meter test results from his university days.
The conclusion was that something unusual must have happened to him during this period, which caused a sudden and significant change in his physical condition. His 400-meter time improved by almost 3 seconds, which seemed unbelievable.
This newsletter has both Japanese and English versions. Many of the staff members of the track and field team have more or less been involved in track and field training, and their English proficiency is not high.
The remaining staff consisted of massage therapists, cooks, and drivers, and it would be difficult for them to understand English, as it wasn't their forte.
So Lu Wei translated this news for everyone, throwing the news booklet away as he read it. Shen Liang, who loved gossip, picked it up several times, coaxing and cajoling Lu Wei until he finally finished reading the news.
"Lu Wei, not bad. Someone who can make the Japanese so concerned is no ordinary person. Come on, tear off this question mark. This is the correct title." After saying that, Coach Jiang came up and tore off the question mark from the newsletter.
"No, Uncle Jiang, there's also a news article about that long-legged Swedish woman on the other side. I want Lu Wei to read it to me. I've always liked her!" Shen Liang hurriedly ran down to pick up the half-piece of paper.
"You're only a few years old, your hair has just grown in, why aren't you training? What are you doing here!" Everyone laughed after Coach Jiang finished speaking.
"You're so pathetic! He's right there on the field! Why don't you just buy him a bouquet of flowers and send it to him? Wait, stand up straight. Let me see if you're as tall as her legs. Her legs are so long they're almost as tall as you. Go away!" Zhang Yuanteng chimed in at this point.
On the third day of the official competition, Lu Wei no longer wanted to watch the game. These days, when he arrived at the stadium, his teammates would gather around and ask him to read the day's newsletter.
Liu Feiren hasn't appeared yet these past two days, and Lu Wei is receiving the most attention from the Chinese team. Besides the long legs of European and American men and women, everyone is concerned about Lu Wei's news. It's the first time Lu Wei has realized that people are so interested in how others describe the people around them, as if he were in a script.
On the third day, the Asahi Shimbun appeared in the newsletter. After summarizing Lu Wei's performance since his debut, they concluded that although Lu Wei's achievements had been improving at an incredible speed, he lacked experience in major competitions.
Although he has run a time of under 45 seconds in the Golden League, reports suggest that in a competition of this caliber, Lu Wei would at most reach the semifinals, which is the second round of the 400-meter race.
The Asahi Shimbun also stated that Chinese athletes have not been very consistent in previous world competitions. Xu Sizhou, the previous record holder in this event, set a national record of 45.25 seconds. With good luck, he had a good chance of reaching the finals. However, this athlete has never even made it to the second round in subsequent world competitions. Given this, under China's consistent training model, Lu Wei's performance is unlikely to be much better.
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