Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 118 Prelude

The school sports meet does not seem to be taken very seriously by New Taipei First High School.

When Li Yan and Song Xiaofei were chatting after practice, classmate Song expressed this view.

"We can't help it. New Taipei First High School is famous for its academics. Every year in the city-level track and field competition, our school's performance is average..."

"Why? Doesn't New Taipei First High School become the primary goal for athletes?" Li Yan asked.

"The athletes that New Taipei First High School wants are people like you, Yan Shen, who are good at both literature and martial arts. This school has very high requirements for the academic scores of athletes." Song Xiaofei sighed, "If we compare track and field strength, I am not outstanding in my family, but my academic performance is above average, so..."

Li Yan was puzzled. "I didn't seem to ask for cultural points at that time?"

"You are already the number one in the city's badminton, so it's fine if you can pass the physical test. Many of the best track and field athletes are only interested in sports. They won't choose to come to New Taipei First High School, but go to the school next door to us, or to a school with better physical education."

"How are the school's basketball, football, and badminton teams?"

"I don't know much about this. Football is average, basketball is terrible, but badminton should be good, it has the highest admissions requirements. Hey, you're on the badminton team, why are you asking me, Yan Shen?"

Li Yan scratched his head, thinking that Wu Qiang was already a member of the provincial team. Excluding the players from sports schools or even those who did not study but focused on training, there were not many players in key junior high schools.

It can indeed be regarded as the top combat force.

I heard from my teammates before that Captain Wu is very loyal. The school’s group competitions are always during his provincial team training period, but he would always take leave to come back and play in the competitions.

It’s okay. With Li here, which team in New Taipei First Middle School is the strongest will depend on which one I join.

Li Yan imagined the future and quickly made a patch: I hope it can be realized before graduation.

"But, according to what you said, Gu Ziyu's academic performance is also good?"

"It's OK... It's pretty good among athletes, but if I put it in New Taipei First High School... There's no comparison, let alone you."

This kid has gone astray...

"By the way, when you participate in the competition tomorrow and look at the historical records on the scoreboard, you will know how little importance our school attaches to it." Song Xiaofei shook his head.

It was not until the next day, when Li Yan followed the team of athletes to study the bulletin board in the entrance passage, that she finally understood what Song Xiaofei meant.

Men's 2005m record: 10.8, Luo Xiangfeng, third grade, seconds.

A string of question marks instantly filled Li Yan's brain. He looked at Li Ruofei and Lin Heng with a distorted expression. The two were also completely confused.

10 seconds? Is this the 8-meter performance of a junior high school student?
"Is it possible?" Hou Xuan asked weakly.

"You may not understand what this means..." Li Yan shook her head. "Don't even mention a junior high school student running this score. Even a senior high school student who can run this score would be a first-class athlete or a provincial games champion."

"She'll be a national-level athlete in the future." Li Ruofei added, "Oh, I mean if she can run this well in her senior year."

"As for running out in junior high school... that depends on how far in advance the physical education teacher is willing to press." Li Yan laughed dryly, "It seems that we may run out of our personal best today."

"You have to find the physical education teacher from 05." Lin Heng complained.

"Really? I had a classmate in elementary school who was very fast. He ran 10.6 seconds in physical education class." Hou Xuan said.

The three people in 403 stared at Hou Xuan for a long while before Lin Heng said:
"Seriously, no kidding."

Li Ruofei patted the strong Hou Xuan on the shoulder and said, "Ah Xuan, I'll time you. How about you run a hundred meters and I time it at 9.58? That will directly exceed the world record."

"Why not 9.68?" Lin Heng asked.

"I feel like Bolt might break that in the next race... 9.58 is impossible."

The four people completed the check-in while discussing the world record and began to warm up in the athlete waiting area.

"Is it because we seem too proud when talking about world records that so many people are paying attention to us?" Hou Xuan had a strange feeling, as if some vague gazes were floating around him.

"I guess it's because of your neighbor." Li Ruofei pointed to the gate of the stadium in the distance, "Ayan, do you see the gate of the stadium? It can be said that the flower path has never been swept for guests, and the gate is now opened for you..."

"Help me attract hatred from my senior brothers and sisters, right?"

We have never attended classes together. How do these seniors who are looking at me and whispering to each other know me?
Two people chatting and laughing not far away attracted his attention. He saw the two older brothers, Captain Zheng and Captain Wu, standing side by side. After saying a few words, they suddenly looked in the direction where Li Yan was, raised their fingers, and then looked at the group of girls next to them.

The girls laughed and even waved over here, then Zheng Qinyuan and Wu Qiang also waved at Li Yan.

Just pretend you didn’t see it... Li Yan pretended to look at the scenery and found a group of people to warm up with.

The morning was mostly filled with short-distance running preliminaries, which were actually nothing to watch. When crossing the finish line, the physical education teachers did write down the results.

However, the performance gap between athletes and non-athletes is obvious to the naked eye. Some of them are not just a matter of one or two body positions or even one or two seconds...

Therefore, it became almost a rule that one sports student advanced from each group. After five groups finished, the only suspense was Li Ruofei's group. He was only a little bit behind the track and field students in the group and unfortunately did not make it to the finals.

By the way, Comrade "Leopard" Du Ming lost his balance before the finish line and used his hands and feet to cross the finish line. His exaggerated posture made the photography club laugh for a long time.

Li Yan was in the sixth group, the last group. Before the game, she was still comforting Li Ruofei, "If there is a semi-final, you will definitely make it."

Coincidentally, the sports student assigned to his group was Gu Ziyu.

When standing in front of the starting line, Gu Ziyu couldn't help looking at Li Yan. "What?" Li Yan couldn't help it.

Who knew that Gu Ziyu would actually tremble all over and evade his gaze, "Do you want to win...?"

What an extremely awkward thing to say, "What? Do you mean that if I win, you will let me win?"

"Uh... not Jean either."

It was the shadow brought by the three punches.

"Don't think too much, let's have a good match."

Gu Ziyu actually showed a strange shyness. He first looked at Li Yan in surprise, then lowered his eyes and suddenly smiled.

What’s the matter? Can Mr. Li’s boxing style correct the world?

"Don't do it, you should be more arrogant."

It has to be said that Gu Ziyu's level is still pretty good when he puts aside all distractions. This time, Li Yan kept pace with him almost throughout the whole race, and it can be said that they crossed the finish line at the same time.

There are six groups competing and only six seats in the final. Normally, the track and field students from each group will advance, and then there will be a civil war in the end.

There were only eight track and field students in the first grade. Excluding those who were practicing long-distance running and Song Xiaofei, whose main event was 400 meters, the remaining six all participated in the meters.

Gu Ziyu's main event is long jump, and his level in the 100-meter event is only average. His results should be comparable to Li Yan's.

"Li Yan 11.8 seconds, Gu Ziyu 12 seconds, Li Yan enters the finals."

The confusion and dissatisfaction in Gu Ziyu's eyes flashed away, and he just pursed his lips.

Li Yan walked towards the PE teacher and said, "Teacher, he and I should have crossed the finish line at almost the same time. How come there was a difference of 0.2 seconds?"

"I pressed it twice, but the response wasn't that fast."

Huh? So direct?
"But you're a little faster than him, and everyone can see that."

"Row."

"..." The young physical education teacher thought that Li Yan wanted to play the role of sympathy, but it turned out that he just wanted to gain a sense of security?

Gu Ziyu was so moved that his throat got stuck again, while Li Yan had already started preparing for the 200-meter preliminaries.

The morning of the first day of the school sports meet was filled with preliminaries, with the first, second and third graders taking turns, and almost all of them were short-distance running events, one after another, with plenty of competition.

But the levels are indeed uneven, with track and field students basically far ahead of the rest - unless they don't participate.

The number of participants in the 200-meter race in the first grade of junior high school was halved compared to the 100-meter race, and in the 400-meter race, not even two groups were full.

It seems that not only does New Taipei First High School not attach much importance to the school sports meet, but the students also don't seem to appreciate it.

The atmosphere was very good. The classes below the stage were shouting slogans very enthusiastically. Liang Tiancheng and Chen Fan held up a banner and kept shouting:

"Class Zero, Class Zero, I am Class Zero, I repeat, I am Class Zero."

I don’t know who was so smart to come up with this idea, it’s so fun.

It's better to be stupid than Chen Hong and Lin Hong in the seventh grade of junior high school, which is tailor-made for the participating players...

Lin Hong signed up for the 200-meter race. Before she started, she heard a girl shout, “Lin Hong, Lin Hong, you’re the most popular.” She immediately lost her motivation and almost came last.

Chen Hong signed up for the shot put event, but before he threw the ball, the whole class shouted, "Chen Hong, Chen Hong, you're famous too", and laughed themselves into submission.

But it’s basically the freshmen in the first grade who are shouting, and the sophomores say that they no longer have that enthusiasm as they’ve been through it.

Because there were fewer participants in the 200m and 400m events, Li Yan did not have to go all out as she did in the 100m event, and she successfully advanced to the finals by finishing second in her group.

If you want to make a breakthrough, you need to give your all in the finals.

Lin Heng's physical fitness was unexpectedly good, and he ran the 200m and ranked second in the group to advance.

The most surprising thing was Hou Xuan, who threw the shot put over ten meters with ease and won the first championship, which shocked everyone.

But after all, it is not a formal event, and sports students don’t practice it. In addition, girls pay little attention to it, so in the end it only attracted a few shouts.

Li Yan, who advanced to the finals of three sprint events, was the one standing in the center of the stage - not many people cared about his mediocre shot put.

However, what he was thinking about most were the 800m and 1500m finals in the afternoon.

After all, the main purpose of this competition is to break through physical limits.

Some of those who are secretly watching him are waiting for his long-term collapse.

Then just wait, I have more than one tube of physical strength.

　Five more chapters with over 13,000 words, a weekend of hard work
　　
　
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