Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 880 - 629: Date with the Diva_2

In the hotel carpet, he did something utterly absurd.

When he woke up the next day, the woman who had been in his arms was long gone, leaving behind a peculiar fragrance and a few strands of hair on the blanket.

Ding Dong!

His phone received a message saying last night's incident was a moment of impulse, hoping he would forget about last night as if nothing had happened, which would be for the best for both of them.

Link didn't reply; he just deleted the message.

While changing clothes, he found a torn woman's nightgown in the cabinet, missing one white shirt and a pair of sports pants.

After breakfast, Link put on sports attire and went for a run in the park nearby, doing some simple exercises.

Around ten, under the arrangement of his company and agent, he held a signing event at Taiwan Island Municipal Library; from ten until four in the afternoon, signing more than two thousand albums. Liang Jingru and Lin Zhilin, who somehow got wind of the event, also mingled in the crowd seeking his autograph.

After five in the afternoon, Link and his work team took a flight back to Kyoto City.

Zhang Zilin drove to pick him up from the airport, and the two shared another tender moment in the car.

Back in Kyoto, Link continued training in boxing, practicing shot put, javelin, and occasionally running at the neighboring National Team training base.

However, his main training focus was still boxing, honing his offensive and defensive techniques, the power and speed of his punches, combination punches, and footwork.

After nearly a year of training from last June to this year, his boxing skills had recovered to seventy to eighty percent, and his combination punches and footwork had also made decent progress.

In terms of power, the maximum explosive force of his right punch had slowly increased to 800 pounds, and his left punch to around 700 pounds. In the middleweight division, even in the professional boxing ring, this punching power was among the top.

It was just that one day during his boxing training, Coach Feng Shuye, the head coach, suddenly came to him and told him that Xia Yuanfeng, the National Team's seeded athlete for the men's 5000 meters, had suffered an injury during training, resulting in a joint ligament tear, and was unable to recover in the short term.

Xia Yuanfeng had initially run a time of 13 minutes and 25 seconds at the Asian Games, breaking the domestic record for the 5000 meters and qualifying for the Olympics.

Now, with a serious injury, his Olympics were also ruled out.

The National Team was preparing to organize a 5000 meters qualifier, with all runners who had a 5000 meter time under 14 minutes eligible to participate.

Link's previous performance at the city sports meeting, running a time of 13 minutes and 09 seconds, had set a new domestic record for the 5000 meters, hence he was also qualified.

The competition was set for mid-June.

Called by the National Team, Link had no reason to refuse, he now could only run a few more minutes each day and eat more meat to enhance his physical strength and endurance.

Fortunately, 5000 meters was just five kilometers, not a large amount of training for someone who ran at least fifteen kilometers every day.

At the beginning of June, the National Track and Field Team held the 5000 meters Olympic qualifier in Changsha. Link and 16 athletes from various provincial track and field teams participated in the event.

Since the Huaxia Team only had one slot for the 5000 meters event, only the champion of this race could secure the Olympic entry.

The competition was fierce, and after it started, all participants eagerly vied for the lead. Link followed for half a lap, then swiftly dashed forward in the second half, taking the first position.

In the following laps, other athletes constantly challenged him for the lead, putting great pressure on Link, who had to grit his teeth and keep running, trying to suppress his competitors.

By the last three laps, other athletes gradually ran out of steam, and Link firmly maintained his lead, leaving the second-place runner a hundred meters behind.

As the race progressed, his lead grew larger, and he ultimately clinched the first place with a time of 13 minutes and 02 seconds.

"Great!!"

"Give him some pressure, and he indeed runs faster."

Up in the stands, Head Coach Feng Shuye excitedly slapped the railing, his eyes gleaming as he watched Link.

Previously at the school sports meeting, Link was under less pressure and finished with a champion time of 13 minutes and 09 seconds. Now competing with the country's top long-distance runners, Link felt the pressure and improved his performance to 13 minutes and 02 seconds, a whole 7 seconds faster.

Although 7 seconds might not seem much, Link had been fiercely competitive throughout the race, keeping his opponents behind him.

If he could maintain this competitive spirit on the Olympic track, he had a very good chance of winning a medal.

An athletics running medal would be a groundbreaking achievement in both the domestic and Asian contexts.

Definitely worth a try.

"This young Link is really impressive, being able to run this time at 19, his future is promising."

"Coach Feng, congratulations on nurturing such a promising talent."

"Coach Feng, congratulations! The National Track and Field Team now has hope."

Up in the stands, other track and field coaches and leaders of the sports departments offered their congrats to Coach Feng Shuye.

Coach Feng laughed heartily, saying that Link's result of 13 minutes and 02 seconds was quite good, but there was still much room for growth, so one shouldn't be too proud yet.

Others then wished the track and field team good luck for the upcoming Olympics in August.

After the race, Link followed the coach team back to Kyoto. Now he had one more event spot, meaning that in the August Olympics, he would be competing in four events by himself: men's boxing, men's shot put, javelin, and the 5000 meters run.

All four events demand high physical conditioning, really a sort of ironman quadrathlon.

To prevent injury during training, the National Team's medical and healthcare staff checked him every day after training; if any abnormality was found, training would be immediately stopped to rest and prevent missing all competitions due to injury.