Almighty Coach Chapter 530 - Harmony First

Chapter 530: Harmony First

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

On the sixth day of the track and field events, the finals for the won’s long jump, won’s 200 ter, and won’s 200m hurdle were scheduled.

The U.S. team had superior strength in the long jump, both n’s and won’s. There were two U.S. athletes in the final, Barrett, a veteran, and Seid, the record holder of won’s long jump in the Indoor World Championships. They were both likely to win the gold dal.

Barrett was 31 years old, making her a real veteran. In the qualification matches in the US, Barret didn’t win the qualify. However, due to the dosing scandal, the athletes ranking higher than her dropped out, which gave her a spot.

Seid was the champion in won’s long jump in the last Olympics.

Seid also won the Indoor World Championship and had the record for that competition. Scores for indoor competitions were usually lower than outdoor ones. The world record was 7.52 ters, the Olympic record was 7.40 ter, while the indoor world record, held by Seid, was only 7.22 ters.

Both the world record and the Olympic record were created in the 1980s and 1990s and weren’t comparable to the scores nowadays. A result of 7.22 ter would win the athlete any world championship.

In the last Olympics, Seid won the champion with a result of 7.12 ters. While to win this Olympics, the athlete would have to get better than 7.10 ters to win the gold dal and better than 7.00 ters to win a bronze dal, according to gambling companies.

It was not difficult for the two U.S. athletes to jump higher than 7 ters without the help of the state scale.

Dai Li loved this scale so much now. It was as if it was custom-made for the U.S. team because they could lock in a championship if they have one lucky maximum condition from the scale.

The competition went much as Dai Li expected. The two U.S. athletes got their higher-than-7.10 results on their fourth and fifth attempt and locked in the gold and silver dal before the match finished.

Finally, Barrett won the gold dal with 7.17 ters and Seid failed to defend her championship and won a silver dal.

Barrett was very excited about winning the championship. She had always been one of the best in the world, yet she had never won any gold dal in a world class event. Being 31 years old, she had intended to retire after this Olympics and this gold dal was the best award of her career.

With a gold dal, the US team led by Dai Li continued their show of winning at least one gold dal every day.

The next final was the won’s 200 ters, which was one of U.S. team’s strengths. The U.S. team would not be defeated by any opponent other than Jamaica.

The two best players on the Jamaican team won the gold and silver dals in won’s 100 ters. They also dominated the won’s 200 ters, winning the gold and silver dals by the sa two players, leaving only the bronze dal to the U.S. team.

The last match was the final of won’s 100 ter hurdle.

In this event, Arica’s dominance was almost unchallengeable. They could win the championship in the Olympics even if they sent their second class players.

It turned out that they not only won the gold dal, but also won silver and bronze dals.

The gold dal was planned. Dai Li was not surprised. He had not expected that they also would win the silver and bronze dals.

For the second ti, three U.S. flags were raised in Maracana Stadium..

Downey, standing next to Dai Li, began singing The Star-Spangled Banner along with the music. It hurt Dai Li’s ears, but Dai Li could feel Downey’s excitent.

The U.S. athletes and coaches were much like Downey, watching the flag raising with great joy.

This reminded Dai Li of the Asian Gas he had went to several years ago. When the Chinese team won the championship, Dai Li had been exactly like Downey was now.

This is what Olympics are for! It’s not only high-level competition, nor only about victory and passion. It’s about the honor of the country. In tis of peace, nothing can give people honor like this. Dai Li couldn’t help but sigh.

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The reporter Ran Liu wrote a report and sent it to China imdiately after she finished the interview with Dai Li. She didn’t even have ti for supper.

The ringing of her phone woke Ran Liu up from her dream. She checked the ti, finding that it was a little past two o’clock in the morning. The caller was her section chief back in China.

Ran Liu was a little annoyed at waking up in the middle of the night. She knew, however, it was a normal ti for her section chief, as it was afternoon in China. He called her for work.

This is what journalism was like. She took up the phone and said, “Hello chief. This is Ran Liu.”

“Ran, I’ve read your article on the interview of Coach Li,” her section chief said.

“Ok. Is there anything that should be revised?” Ran Liu asked, resisting her sleepiness.

“No need for revision now.” He paused, and then said, “It won’t be published now.”

Hearing that her hard work was rejected, Ran Liu didn’t feel sleepy anymore. She asked imdiately, “Why?”

“There is a problem with your article. You wrote that Dai Li was transferred to the Intangible Application Committee for Taijiquan after the strike and then he resigned. This will cause a misunderstanding among the readers and they may think Dai Li was transferred to the committee because he was oppressed by soone,” Ran Liu’s section chief said.

“Chief, you really think that is misunderstanding?” Ran Liu snorted and then said, “Our best coach was transferred to a committee to apply for the intangible heritage status for Taijiquan. Isn’t that deliberate oppression? What I have written is the unbiased truth. The readers will think as their reasoning tells them.”

“Ran, it is for your own good that I reject this article. You should know that those things are really complicated. If your article was published, you would offend a lot of people. I did this to protect you,” the section chief said.

You are protecting yourself, nothing more! Ran Liu thought to herself. She despised what her section chief was doing, but she didn’t say it. There was nothing she could do about the article’s rejection. Her hard work had been in vein.

On the telephone, her section chief continued, “Ran, we are in pursuit of harmony everywhere. We, as the dia, should rember this and stop writing anything that would affect this harmony. Harmony first, right?”