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

Chapter 34: Cui Luoheng's Question

Translator: dapotaturs
Release Date: 09/02/2023

"Pfft."

Cui Luoheng's expression of apparent accusation made Wang Shen, another member of the late-night trio, burst into laughter.

Qiu Wen cast a resentful look at Wang Shen. This friend is unbearable. I feel like you're also mocking me!

Perhaps Qiu Wen's accusatory gaze was too blatant. Wang Shen patted his shoulder, trying to console him with a smile. "You've only switched disciplines for a little over two months, and your current results are so good. Although Coach Xiao Bai's training intensity is high, the actual training load is not that great, well within the limits your bodies can handle, and it effectively improves your training and personal abilities. Ah Heng said you're in good fortune but don't realize it. Could he be wrong?"

Qiu Wen opened his mouth, wanting to say he didn't mean it that way, but when he saw Cui Luoheng coldly eating his late-night snack, and then caught Wang Shen's wink at him, he suddenly felt fortunate and kept quiet.

Since he started training under Coach Xiao Bai, his condition has been excellent. In this unfamiliar field of the 400 meters, he achieved top-three placements in two consecutive national track and field tournaments.

Looking at his future prospects or from other perspectives, he felt no pressure during this period, only a drive to move forward.

In comparison, his two friends weren't in such good shape.

Wang Shen was a youth prodigy, and among the three of them, he had the best performance. He had been called up for national team training multiple times. Among the domestic athletes under 25, Wang Shen's personal records ranked first.

Of course, while Wang Shen was a youth prodigy, he did have competition. In the country, there was a high jumper slightly younger than Wang Shen, Ye Wenhao. He was exceptionally talented and not inferior to Wang Shen. In the February Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and the March World Indoor Athletics Championships, Wang Shen and Ye Wenhao traded victories. In one of those competitions, Ye Wenhao even broke his personal best, and he has now advanced further beyond 2.30 meters, leaving Wang Shen behind.

Cui Luoheng currently faces even greater challenges. Transitioning from the youth category to the adult category, the height of his hurdles has increased from 99 centimeters to 106 centimeters. His hurdling technique and other aspects need to be retrained and adapted. In the past year, the majority of his time was spent changing his habits.

By the end of last year's winter training, Cui Luoheng's personal technique transformation was essentially complete. In the National Indoor Tour in February of this year, he even secured a championship in the 60-meter hurdles.

Moreover, in the team's training, his personal time had stabilized to within 14.30 seconds. Judging from his training results, he was fully capable of making it to the finals of the national 110-meter hurdles competition.

At this stage, the team believed that Cui Luoheng had already adapted to the new hurdle height and his technical adjustments had been successful. However, in the following outdoor season, after participating in the 110-meter hurdles at two consecutive national track and field tournaments, he failed to achieve satisfactory results.

Currently, his personal Season's Best (SB) for this season is only 14.53 seconds, which is far from his training performance data. Even his coach, Zhou Wen, feels that his condition is off.

Such situations usually arise due to athletes being in poor competitive form or experiencing performance anxiety, making it difficult for them to showcase their true abilities on the field.