"What? Zhou Tao has reached the standard of a national first-class athlete in the 800-meter event?"
"Lao Pu, are you kidding?"
"Today is the 800-meter group stage, right? Does this meet the national first-class athlete standard?"
"The first lap is over 52 seconds? Doesn't that mean that he can also hope to reach the standard of a national first-class athlete in the 400 meters?"
"Where's Lao Xu? Let Lao Xu come to the group and tell me if it's true?"
"It's a bit unbelievable."
"Liu Peng just reached the standard of a national second-level athlete. How long has it been? How come another national first-level athlete appears?"
"Is leveling so easy now?"
"Teacher Xu really deserves his reputation, and the students he brings out are all incredible!"
"It makes sense, Teacher Xu is really amazing, hey!"
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When Pu Dongsheng posted Zhou Tao's results to the group immediately, as expected, the group exploded.
There are physical education teachers who are giving physical education classes, there are physical education teachers who are fishing in the office, and there are physical education teachers who have chosen a spot to sit down and fish in the reservoir...
After seeing the news, they kept refreshing the information in the group.
At this time, Pu Dongsheng, who sent the message, had already arrived at the venue with Xu Jie with a shocked look on his face.
As soon as the 800-meter group stage ended, Zhou Tao was already surrounded by many people.
There are staff from the Sports Bureau and sports reporters from the news media.
Xu Jie and the others came here to help Zhou Tao out of the siege.
After all, Zhou Tao is still young and has not participated in many competitions. His experience in dealing with reporters from various media is definitely not as good as Xu Jie and Pu Dongsheng.
After Pu Dongsheng arrived at the venue, he skillfully stood in front of Zhou Tao and stopped the reporters who wanted to interview him.
It's not that they don't want Zhou Tao to be interviewed, but they are worried that Zhou Tao will say the wrong thing during the interview.
Now is the Internet age, and every word and deed of an athlete may be magnified by someone with malicious intentions.
Out of protection for Zhou Tao, Xu Jie and the others would not let Zhou Tao be interviewed alone until he fully mastered the interviewing skills.
Xu Jie stayed with Zhou Tao and communicated with the staff of the Sports Bureau.
"Teacher Xu, is Zhou Tao also your student?"
When Song Yajun handed the application form to Xu Jie, he asked in surprise.
The person who just sent Liu Peng the application materials for national second-level athletes was also Song Yajun.
He is one of the staff members of the Zhongnan Municipal Sports Bureau in charge of track events, and he has just dealt with Xu Jie and Pu Dongsheng.
At this time, seeing Zhou Tao standing next to Xu Jie with a well-behaved look, she was shocked.
A physical education teacher actually brought out a national first-level athlete and a national second-level athlete at the same time?
If such results were achieved among several generations of students, he would still be able to accept it.
Achieving such results in just one session?
That's very powerful and exaggerated.
As a staff member of the Sports Bureau, Song Yajun is of course aware of Zhenzhong’s results in sports events.
As an old key high school, Zhenzhong has poor academic performance.
But their performance in sports competitions can only be said to be okay, and it is certainly incomparable to their performance in cultural subjects.
In Song Yajun's impression, there shouldn't be a good prospect in Zhenzhong that reaches the national first-level athlete standard for some time.
But today, a national first-level athlete in the 800-meter event has emerged.
And according to Song Yajun's inference, given Zhou Tao's state when he competed just now, if he participates in the 400-meter race, there is a high probability that he will get a result that meets the standards of a national first-class athlete in the 400-meter event.
There is a big difference between national first-level athletes in a single event and national first-level athletes in multiple events.
In Song Yajun's eyes, Zhou Tao is the future star of Zhongnan City's two 400-meter and 800-meter events.
As one of the staff members in charge of track and field events in the Sports Bureau, he is naturally looking forward to Zhou Tao's future.
Xu Jie touched Zhou Tao's head and said with a smile: "Yes, Zhou Tao is my student."
"I know that the evaluation of national first-level athletes needs to be reviewed by someone from the Provincial Sports Bureau before it can take effect."
"I wonder when you will report to your superiors?"
The evaluation standards for athletes at all levels are uniformly formulated by the country.
However, the certificates issued to athletes of different levels are managed by different departments.
For second-level athletes and third-level athletes, the sports bureau of the prefecture-level city can issue level certificates to the athletes, and the municipal sports bureau only needs to report it to the upper level.
First-level athletes need to be reviewed, evaluated and issued certificates by the provincial sports department.
As for higher-level athletes and international-level athletes, they need to be reviewed and evaluated by the General Administration of Sports.
There is a truth to the word, but in the competitive arena, everything is based on performance.
As long as the results can be achieved, the subsequent review and evaluation will naturally not fall behind.
Xu Jie can be said to be very familiar with this process.
He is a talented boy who was selected into the national team at the age of 17. A first-level athlete has long been in his possession.
If it weren't for injuries, even an international-level athlete would have a good chance of getting it.
Song Yajun smiled and nodded:
"Teacher Xu, you are right."
"The review and evaluation of national first-level athletes requires review by someone from the Provincial Sports Bureau."
"We will report Zhou Tao's results today in the afternoon."
"As for when the provincial bureau will send people down, we can't predict that."
"According to usual experience, people from the provincial bureau will come to our Zhongnan within a week to review."
"Then I'll have to trouble Teacher Xu and Zhou Tao to work harder."
Song Yajun said it very politely.
He might not be so concerned about national second-level athletes. After all, there are still many athletes who can reach this standard every year.
But a 17-year-old national first-level athlete?
Then it is worth cultivating and getting close to them from the city bureau.
After all, Zhou Tao is an athlete from Zhongnan City. In the future, the city bureau will organize personnel to participate in the Provincial Games. Song runner-up and others will inevitably need Zhou Tao's efforts and achievements.
If Zhou Tao can enter the provincial team or even the national team, and participate in the National Games or even the Asian Games and Olympic Games, then the people in their sports bureau will also be able to benefit from it.
If nothing else, rewards from superior departments are definitely indispensable.
After Xu Jie took Zhou Tao to communicate with Song Yajun, he also asked him to accept a brief interview with some media in Zhongnan City.
Fortunately, the reporters present did not ask any weird questions.
Following this set of procedures, several other group matches of the 800-meter event have also been held on the field.
Because of Zhou Tao's explosive results in the front, the pressure on the other contestants was obviously doubled.
Unfortunately, no player emerged who could pose a threat to Zhou Tao's results.
In this way, Zhou Tao entered the next round with the first place in the group stage.