King of Sports 41 Motivation

Tang Yan couldn't help but smile and say: "Interesting."

"Interesting?" Li Haoze and Zheng Zhun heard what Tang Yan said, and looked at him with confusion.

"Do you think that our level is that different from that of the South Korean team?" Tang Yan smiled and looked at them.

"Well….." Zheng Zhun said with a slight frown, South Korea was the absolute ruler in the field of archery, almost all events whether large or small events, except for the 2008 Kyoto Olympic Games where Zhang Hao grabbed a gold medal, were dominated by them.

"What's wrong with us, we... still have a chance to win." Li Haoze's first half was very imposing, but the latter half wasn't so emboldened.

Tang Yan didn't refute the two and said instead: "I have seen the Korean team's games before. The Koreans are very skilled and their mentality is stable, but they are also very low-key and calm normally. These elements are the reason why they have always dominated, but this time, those archers seemed completely opposite attitude wise. Don't you find that very interesting?"

"Maybe they're arrogant because they have the strength to back it. After all they know they are probably gonna win." Zheng Zhun said with some despondency.

"Well, archery is more than ability, it's also mentality. The Koreans have been at the top of the pyramid for too long, and their mentality has naturally changed. This is a good opportunity for us to capitalize on their overconfidence and sneak through while they have their guard down against us." Tang Yan said in a conclusive manner.

"Yes, you're right." Li Haoze nodded sternly.

"Oh Coach is back." Tang Yan saw Tian Zhenzhe and Song Yu walking over and stood up whilst talking.

Zheng Zhun and Li Haoze also stood up and looked back.

"We have an extra hour of training time, so make the most of it." Tian Zhenzhe said when he came back, obviously, he was not satisfied with the status of the archery in the first two hours.

"Got it, Coach." Zheng Zhun and Li Haoze said in unison.

Tian Zhenzhe was slightly surprised at their energy, and looked suspiciously at Tang Yan, then nodded.

The three quickly picked up the bow and arrow and began to train. Compared with before, they entered a state of focus very quickly and were obviously more serious and determined.

The doubts in Tian Zhenzhe's eyes grew even stronger. Li Haoze and Zheng Zhun were archers he had had his eye on for a very long time and he hadn't seen them adjust their mentality so quickly before.

Seems like they got a motivational boost from Tang Yan?

Training in the suburban training hall was fine, and they could get more time. But the troublesome thing was that it took nearly three hours to go back and forth.

After another hour of training, they were all drained and after returning to the hotel, they took a shower and slept.

Like the national championship system, the archery event for the Youth Olympic Games was also divided into individual and team competitions. The only difference was the arrangement of the events, because the Youth Olympic Games were interspersed, the archery events were on the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th day.

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The first event was the Qualifiers on the 10th.

When Tang Yan and his teammates came to the archery competition venue, the audience seats were already crowded.

Archery was a high-profile sport in Singapore. Although it was early in the morning, the sun was beginning to emerge which brought warmth to the venue. The stadium could accommodate 10,000 people and there seemed to be about six to seven thousand people.

After Tang Yan entered the venue, he looked around. People of different ethnicities and cultures could be seen all around. The sounds of different languages intermingling also filled the area. The only similarities were the tenderness of their faces. The young archers from various national teams were gathered together.

After entering the arena, the teams from each country followed the signs to their designated rest area.

Though it was said to be a rest area, it was a square area that was temporarily separated by a screen.

Although the Singapore government had invested a lot of manpower and resources in these Youth Games, after all, their national strength was limited plus it was a smaller competition.

Coincidentally, the Chinese and South Korean team were next door to each other separated by a screen, and they could be heard next door when they spoke loudly.

After the archers of all countries completed their pre-match warm-up, the qualifying competition began.

This year's archery competition consisted of a total of 96 contestants from 32 countries. They were separated into groups of 6 there were 16 groups in total.

On the Chinese team's side, Li Haoze, was placed in the first group.

"Just calm your mind and do your best." Tian Zhenzhe said kindly patting Li Haoze on the shoulder as he stood up.

Li Haoze nodded and turned his head, glancing at Tang Yin.

Tang Yan reached out and gave him a thumbs up.

He took a deep breath and then turned to the venue.

After the first group of archers were ready, the referee immediately announced the official start of the game.

The teams and spectators on the side of the field also turned their attention to the arena.

Li Haoze started of by shooting an 8 pointer with his first arrow, the second arrow was a 9 pointer, the third arrow was a 10 pointer, after the first round of 6 arrows, the final score was 54 points.

After the end of the first round, Li Haoze ranked second among the six players with his outstanding performance. The person in first was Bradley Adess from USA.

Li Haoze shot more than 50 points, but some archers fumbled under pressure and fell short, the most obvious one was an archer from Finland called Alaric Yvte.

Finland is a country known for its athletics, wrestling and nordic skiing events but their level of archery wasn't very good.

The fact that Alaric Yvte was here meant that he naturally met the MQS. But perhaps having not experienced such a big event before, after the start of the second round, Yvte actually shot a 6 pointer and one off target.

This kind of performance didn't attract the laughter of the audience, but instead their sympathy.

But next door Tang Yan could hear sniggering and chatter.

Tang Yan's brows couldn't help but wrinkle.

Although he couldn't understand what the Koreans were saying, listening to the tone he felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

Chapter end