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

Chapter 233-234

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 10/10/2023

Chapter 233: High Jump Finals (Part 1)

On October 3rd, the schedule was filled with various events, but there were no relevant events for the Chinese team. It was already the seventh day of the World Championships, and most of the Chinese national track and field team athletes had already completed their competitions. In the last three days of the schedule, which included the 4th, 5th, and 6th days, the Chinese team only needed to focus on a few key events: the men's high jump finals featuring Wang Shen on the 4th, as well as the men's 4x400m relay preliminaries and hopefully the finals on the 5th and 6th.

With no competitive pressure, many athletes enjoyed being spectators without any stress. Even Wang Shen, who had the high jump finals tomorrow, had joined the audience and appeared relaxed.

On the 3rd of October, the most emotionally complex event for the domestic audience was the mixed 4x400m relay finals.

Originally, the public opinion was quite intense earlier in the day, but with Su Bai's statement and Qiu Wen's puzzled question, many viewers who had previously thought of themselves as righteous felt ashamed and lowered their heads.

Perhaps for this reason, there were fewer discussions on related topics on the internet tonight. It was only after the conclusion of the mixed 4x400m relay finals, with the final appearance of the champions and the runners-up, that people on the internet began to express their thoughts.

Originally, the performances of various strong teams in the preliminary rounds yesterday were already quite impressive. However, after the finals tonight, the audience once again realized the level of these world-class top teams.

The winners of the mixed 4x400m relay tonight had already broken the 3 minutes and 10 seconds barrier directly. The top 5 athletes all finished with times within 3 minutes and 12 seconds. Among the 8 teams, the last-place finisher recorded a time of 3 minutes and 15.73 seconds.

In the stands, after reading the final results of these 8 teams, Jiang Wentao couldn't help but feel a sense of envy and admiration.

The envy mainly stemmed from the natural talent of these national athletes, especially the advantage that Black athletes had in sprinting.

Hearing Jiang Wentao's remarks, the racewalking coach sitting beside him suddenly laughed and said, "It's okay, Director Jiang, look at it this way. In long-distance racewalking, they are quite envious of us."

Pffft.

When this comment was made, Qiu Wen, who was crouching behind and eavesdropping on the conversation, burst into laughter. Then, Zhang Ziyi covered her mouth and quickly put on a serious expression.

Jiang Wentao gave Qiu Wen an annoyed look and then chuckled himself.

The coach of the racewalking team, Old Weng, was right. Just look at the women's 20-kilometer racewalking event, where China swept the gold, silver, and bronze medals. Which other country's team wouldn't be envious of that?

However, there were still areas for improvement. Jiang Wentao remarked, "Well, Old Weng, although we have an advantage in racewalking, the performance of our men's team in this competition wasn't that great..."

Coach Weng from the racewalking group heard this comment and smiled good-naturedly, but he also subtly defended his athletes, saying, "It's not bad overall; it's still at a decent level."

Jiang Wentao had no intention of criticizing anyone, and upon hearing Coach Weng's response, he smiled and shifted the conversation to a different topic.