Chapter 512
The Olympic Games were steadily approaching and the athletes began their final training .
The training venue of the U . S . track and field team was in Los Angeles . As the second largest city in the United States, and the home of Hollywood, the entertainment industry in Los Angeles was quite developed . This attracted young people . Many young athletes on the U . S . track and field team agreed to come to Los Angeles to train because of the vibrancy of the city .
However, they soon discovered that they simply did not have the time or energy to entertain themselves . Their training schedule was full from morning to evening and there was no rest on weekends . The training was very intense . After a day of training, everyone wanted to go to bed and sleep . It was impossible to go out to the nightclubs .
This kind of training was very dull, and remaining committed was a kind of suffering . As an athlete, one should adapt to the pain of training . Moreover, Dai Li said that the ones who couldn't adapt to this kind of training should just scram and go home .
People had self-esteem, especially athletes who were selected to be on the U . S . national team . Each was a top-notch track and field talent . Their egos were huge . Such people would not give up easily . No one would willingly withdraw . No one was willing to be regarded as a weakling by the other athletes .
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On the training ground, Ellis Mett crossed the last hurdle and rushed past the finish line .
He looked back to see that he finished in 12 . 98 seconds .
Mett was shocked .
"My God, I ran under 13 seconds . Is this a dream?" Mett couldn't help but exclaim .
You could win any competition if you can the 110 meter hurdles in under 13 seconds .
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Franz Muller held a pole in his hands and looked up at the bar in front of him .
He had never tried this height before . Six meters!
He took a deep breath and accelerated .
He gained support, had a great take-off, and, with the flexibility of the pole, he completed the extension, pendulum, upswing, the turn, and various other actions .
He then fell on a thick cotton pad .
Muller quickly got up and looked up at the bar as soon as possible, confirming that it did not fall .
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"6 meters! I did it!" Muller couldn't help but shout in excitement .
Muller knew what vaulting over six meters in men's pole vaulting meant . The record for this event in the Olympics was only 5 . 97 meters!
Everywhere on the training ground the same thing was happening, athletes tested their limits and kept getting better and better .
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The Olympic Games this year was going to take place in Brazil . For the American audience, this Olympic Games was very suitable for them to watch . It was in the Americas, so the time difference was negligible and the American audience wouldn't miss any match .
However, a few days after the start of the games, the results of the U . S . Olympic delegation were somewhat unsatisfactory .
In this Olympic Games, the first major events were shooting, weightlifting, swimming, diving, judo, and road cycling . Among them, shooting, swimming, and road cycling were all events the United States was strong in . They were also on America's gold medal list .
However, the competition was fierce in these events, and the United States could not win everything . Shooting, for example . Although the United States had the most shooting athletes in the world, China, South Korea, Russia, Italy, and Germany also had top athletes . American athletes did not have any advantage . In road cycling, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and other European countries were not inferior to the United States .
In these two events, the U . S . team's performance was relatively normal, and the results were similar to previous years . However, swimming dragged down the entire American delegation .
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In swimming, the United States was the best . The U . S . could always expect to win gold . The U . S . team had even more gold medals in swimming events than track and field . There were 34 gold medals in the Olympic swimming events . If the U . S . team performed well, they could get 15 or 16 gold medals, almost half of the total gold medals in the swimming events . In comparison, in the track and field events, the American team could only get around ten gold medals .
However, the recent doping scandal also affected many swimmers . It caused a decline in the strength of the U . S . swimming team . With their strength lessened, the number of gold medals the United States would win would also naturally decline .
Because the swimming was a bit disappointing, track and field became the last straw to clutch at for many Americans .
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It was the first day of track and field events . At nine thirty in the morning, the Olympic track and field competition officially began, starting with the men's discus qualifier .
The discus required a combination of strength and technique . Athletes didn't necessarily need a lot of weight, but they had to possess good skills and excellent balance .
European countries have always conquered this event . Germany, was especially good at this event . Other countries such as Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Poland, Estonia, which all had a connection to Germany, were also very strong in the discus event .
As for the United States, they were not as strong as Germany, but they were also at a world-class level .
However, the impact of the doping scandal caused the top discus throwers in the United States to withdraw from the Olympics . The newly recruited athletes were not very strong . Even Dai Li could not find talented players for this event . Therefore, although the U . S . team sent three athletes to participate, they were all eliminated in the qualifying round .
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This was a very bad result for the U . S . team . In the previous Olympic Games and World Championships, the United States may not have gotten medals, but they at least had one athlete make it into the finals .
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The Russian team had an athlete who entered the finals in the men's discus event . The Russian coach Melklov was satisfied with this result .
"Some athletes have entered the finals . Our target in the men's discus event has been met . " Melklov looked subconsciously in the direction of the U . S . team and said, "No one on the U . S . team made it into the finals, right?"
"That's correct," deputy head coach Ignagave confirmed . "The Americans sent three athletes to participate, but they ended up in the bottom half of the rankings . They were nowhere close to making the final!"
"As expected, this year's U . S . team still has a large number of athletes, but there aren't many top-quality ones among them," Melklov smiled casually .
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At the headquarters of the American Track and Field Association, CEO Williams watched the performance of the U . S . track and field team .
"No one entered the finals . They really aren't strong enough! It seems like we shouldn't hope for too much from this Coach Li . If it can't be done, it can't be done . " Williams shook his head .Please download our sponsor's game to support us!