Almighty Coach

The news that Jiang Aiguo was going to be converted to the 62 kg class quickly spread to the weightlifting team. It is easy to downgrade and difficult to upgrade the weightlifting movement. Jiang Aiguo has been in the 69 kg class for nearly 14 years, and suddenly said that he will go to the 62 kg class , It really makes many people stunned.

Apart from Li Dai, he did not optimistic about Jiang Aiguo's decision. After all, Jiang Aiguo is 32 years old. Domestic athletes have reached this young age, and their bodies have begun to go downhill. Basically, they have entered the retirement countdown.

In the cafeteria, Huang Xiang's big mouth began to gush again.

"I said that old Jiang is really desperate enough. In order to stay in the team, he has to switch to the 62 kg class. He must be in his thirties. The average athlete should be retired when he is young. "Huang Xiang said.

"Old Jiang wasn't going to stay for 15 years and received more retirement compensation. I heard that his daughter will soon have a second operation." Coach Liu Tao said next to him.

"However, I think it is difficult for Lao Jiang to stay in the team even if he transfers to the 62kg class. There are only two weeks left for the National Weightlifting Championships, and Lao Jiang has little time left. We cannot pass the weighing stage.

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Weightlifting competitions are divided according to weight level, even if it exceeds 0.01 kg, it is not allowed to participate in this level of competition, so weighing before the game is necessary.

On the eve of the weightlifting competition, the athlete weighed up to two hours. The pre-weighing room was opened the previous hour, and the athlete began to prepare for weighing. The official weighing room will be opened in an hour. Within this hour, athletes can weigh an unlimited number of times. If they feel too heavy once, they can go to the toilet to solve it, or do some strenuous exercise, and then weigh again Once, until the athlete's weight balance is satisfactory.

In the rules of weightlifting, if two athletes lift the same weight, whoever is lighter will win, so weightlifters will do everything possible to reduce their weight. At the Olympics in the 1980s, there was a famous weightlifter. After drinking a glass of milk for lunch, he lost 0.05 kg heavier than his opponent and lost the Olympic gold medal. This was called the "golden milk medal" in the weightlifting session. .

A few days before the competition, athletes begin to restrict their diet, only eat a few vegetables, and strictly control the intake of carbohydrates; 48 hours before the competition, athletes begin to restrict water intake, and some even do not drink The water is often in a slightly dehydrated state when weighing.

In addition, athletes will also steam sauna before the game, high-heavy athletes steamed mulberry for half an hour, can reduce the weight of four or five pounds. If there is really no steam sauna, wrap the cotton coat and quilt on your body and cover your body with sweat to reduce your weight. This process can be described as torment.

There is also a more extreme method, such as hair cutting, shaving, body hair removal, and dead skin removal. As long as it can reduce weight, even nail cutting is a must.

When weighing, in order to make the weight lighter, the athlete must be naked, not wearing underwear, and directly on the scales bare ass. In domestic competitions, the gender of the athletes is often taken care of, and the male referee is responsible for weighing the male athletes, and the female referee is responsible for weighing the female athletes. But in many international competitions, foreigners do not pay attention to these, often five or six referees, regardless of whether men and women appear together, at this time the athletes will be embarrassed to weigh with bare ass.

Athletes did not pass the pre-match weighing, which is also a frequent occurrence. There was once an athlete from West Asia who could not meet the standards in the pre-match weighing in the Asian Games and eventually had to abstain. In national competitions, there were also people who abstained because of weighing problems.

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The two-week period passed quickly, and the National Weightlifting Championship Qingcheng Station also entered the day.

The 62 kg class is the second lightest weight for men, and the competition is relatively advanced, so Jiang Aiguo came to the scene early in the morning to make preparations.

"Athletes participating in the men's 62kg class competition, please prepare for pre-match weighing now." A loud female voice sounded on the broadcast speaker on the wall.

Athletes who are about to compete have stood up and walked towards the pre-weighing room.

"Brother Jiang, let's get ready!" Li Dai said.

"Good." Jiang Aiguo looked dignified and got up and walked towards the pre-weighing room.

It was at this time that someone not far away called Jiang Aiguo's name.

"Jiang Patriotic!"

Li Dai immediately turned his head to look around and found that the person who shouted was the coach of another team. That look made Li Dai feel familiar.

"I am familiar with this person. I must have seen it before. Where is it coming?" Li Daizheng pondered, but Jiang Aiguo next to him said his name.

"Shi Gang! Why are you here?" Jiang Aiguo finished his head and said: "Look at my memory, you are now the head coach of the Jianglin Provincial Weightlifting Team!"

Next to Li Dai heard the name "Shi Gang" and suddenly realized.

"Shi Gang, it turned out that he was the Olympic champion Shi Gang. I said it looked so familiar, but he was much fatter than that time. No wonder I didn't recognize it at a glance. He is now retired as a coach!" At this moment, Li Dai suddenly remembered the "grievance and resentment" between Shi Gang and Jiang Aiguo.

At that time, Jiang Aiguo defeated Shi Gang in the competition and got the qualification to participate in the Olympic Games. However, because of the injury, Shi Gang replaced Jiang Aiguo, participated in the Olympic Games, and won a gold medal. Since then, the trajectory of the two's destiny has changed dramatically. Jiang Aiguo has never made any striking achievements, and gradually disappeared, forgotten by people, and finally even the provincial weightlifting team can't stay any longer.

Shi Gang also failed to achieve better results, but with the halo of the Olympic champion, he received countless praises and admirations. The state and government gave him huge bonuses, and the income from advertising endorsements made him worry-free. After retiring, with the identity of a former Olympic champion, he also became a hot weightlifting coach without suspense, and now he has become the head coach of a provincial weightlifting team.

"Fate, I really like to tease people!" Li Dai sighed silently.

At this time, Shi Gang had approached and said, "Patriotic, I don't see you in a year, your look is much better than last year! Come, anyway, I'm idle now, let's go and sit there."

"Shigang ~ www.NovelMTL.com ~ When the game is over, I'm going to talk to you and talk slowly. Now I have to hurry to prepare for the game." Jiang Aiguo said.

"Game?" Shi Gang was stunned: "Jiang Aiguo, are you confused? Now you are preparing for the game at the 62kg level. According to the schedule, it will be your turn to play in the afternoon."

"I participated in the 62 kg class." Jiang Aiguo said.

"What? Did you switch to 62 kg? When did it happen? When I came last year, were you still at 69 kg?" Shi Gang was surprised.

"I just turned two months ago." Jiang Aiguo said.

"Two months? Jiang Aiguo, are you crazy! You are all this age ..." Shi Gang's voice suddenly stopped, and he remembered the special situation of Jiang Aiguo's daughter.

Shi Gang took a deep breath: "Patriotic, after all, we have been dating for more than ten years. If you have any trouble at home, tell me, although I am not a rich person, but I can help you more or less. . "

"Thank you, Lao Shi! It's enough for you to say this." Jiang Aiguo nodded at Shi Gang and then turned to the pre-weighing room.

Shi Gang opened his mouth, but did not speak, because he knew that if he continued to speak, it would probably hurt Jiang Aiguo's self-esteem.

Jiang Aiguo entered the pre-weighing room and looked at the athletes around him who were much younger than him.

He is not a successful athlete, nor does he have the ability to make a lot of money. His family has a heavy burden. He has a daughter who needs money for surgery, but he does not need other compassion and sympathy, nor does he need other people ’s charity. He always I firmly believe that with my own hands and my own efforts, I will be able to take on the whole family and make my family better!