As soon as the representatives of the International Red Cross and the International Public Health Bureau left, the representatives of the International Olympic Committee came to Qingdao again. This time it was officially confirmed that the East China Government had joined the International Olympic Committee and also understood the preparations for the East China Government to participate in next year's Olympic Games. Because the East China Government had just suffered from the epidemic, the International Olympic Committee also hopes to know whether there have been any changes in the East China Government.

If the East China government still decides to participate in the Olympics, the International Olympic Committee hopes to understand the events that the East China government participates in and the number of people that will be sent to participate. This is also the survey and statistics that the International Olympic Committee will conduct before each Olympics, so as to have a basic judgment on the scale of the Olympics. After all, the influence of the Olympics is limited at this time, and the hosting countries are ready to make arrangements.

In fact, this epidemic has not had much impact on the preparations for the East China Government to participate in the Olympics. After all, with the full prevention and control of the East China Government, the epidemic has not been in order for a long time, only more than three months, and the epidemic has been controlled in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces. Therefore, although the East China Government has made great manpower and material resources for the prevention and control of this epidemic, social production in most areas of the East China Government has not been affected.

All preparations for participating in the Olympics are going smoothly according to the plan. Now the events and athletes participating in the Olympics have basically been selected and training is underway. The East China government plans to participate in 9 major events in 15 major events, including track and field, swimming, shooting, gymnastics, wrestling, equestrianism, modern pentathlons, football, tennis, and 85 minor events in more than 100 minor events. It is expected that about 120 athletes will be sent to participate. In addition to coaches and other staff, the total number will exceed 200. Competitions such as diving, water polo, bicycles, rowing, sailing, etc. have been given up due to insufficient conditions or lack of sufficient resources.

More than 80% of athletes come from the army, such as track and field, swimming, shooting, modern pentathlon, etc., and are basically taken over by soldiers. After all, these events generally overlap with the training of the army, so soldiers have innate advantages in this regard.

Gymnastics athletes are selected from all the industry personnel of drama and acrobatics. Needless to mention acrobatics, there are also many rolling and jumping movements in dramas, which have many similarities with gymnastics. Therefore, these people are easy to get started by practicing gymnastics.

Athletes in the two events of equestrians and wrestling are selected from the Mongolians. Although the People's Army also has a cavalry organization, the training of the cavalry is mainly based on horseback combat. The Olympic equestrians are divided into three categories: dressage, field obstacle race, and three events, with a total of 5 minor events. Dressage and triathlon competitions are too professional, but the field obstacle race is of course not a problem for the nations on horseback. Moreover, in recent years, the East China government has imported a large number of three hippos, Hedon horses, and Kazakhstan horses from Russia. These horses are also suitable for participating; as for wrestling, it is the specialty of the Mongolian people. Even in the old time and space, athletes from Mongolia are also an important source of the Chinese wrestling team.

Tennis are all college students, because only colleges do the sports of tennis.

The football that the Middle East government attaches most importance to is currently established with a 28-man football team, including five veterans, and also serves as coaches, namely head coach Qiu Yi (36 years old, 1.78 meters right forward, midfielder), coach Huang Taisong (33 years old, 1.83 meters, forward), Tang Qufei (34 years old, 1.77 meters, left forward, left back), Lu Ling (33 years old, 1.86 meters, central defender), goalkeeper coach Chen Heng (35 years old, 1.87 meters, goalkeeper).

Among these five veterans, Qiu Yi is a professional football player, and the other four are from the original time-traveling army. Of course, in the army, they are all very skilled. They generally think that there is no problem in playing in the China League Two or the China League One. Although they are not young now, they are in good health. In their spare time, they have been playing football and have not lost their skills, so they can still participate in the game. The most important thing is that the football concept and awareness of these five veterans far exceed that of this era. This is the most important, and the distribution is evenly distributed, with 3 lines and goalkeepers, and a central axis can be formed in the game.

The other 23 players, 20 from the army, and 3 from college students, with an average age of 23.7 years and an average height of 1.76 meters; and the veterans, with an average age of 25.7 years and an average height of 1.77 meters.

At this time, the team had been training for more than five months, and the cooperation and tactical exercises between the players were also well-organized, but they lacked opponents and had no experience in formal competitions. Now they only played 3 games with the university team and five games with the military team. However, because the opponent's strength was too weak, they won by more than 4 goals in these five games, and they did not do their best. Therefore, Qiu Yi had no way to evaluate the team's strength, and could only keep up with his own experience. It is estimated that the team is about the level of the upper reaches of the China League Two and the middle and lower reaches of the China League One in the old time and space. In addition, they don't know how the football level of other countries is at this time, so they feel a little unconfidence.

In fact, not only football teams, but other sports teams also face the problem of insufficient formal competitions and little experience in competitions. They can only practice events such as track and field, swimming, shooting, gymnastics, equestrianism, modern pentathlon, etc. Even if it is wrestling, tennis can also be held in some confrontational competitions within the team. There is only a football team and no formal competitions, so it is not possible to practice by yourself.

The International Olympic Committee is very satisfied with the preparations of the East China Government and the size of the participating teams planned to be dispatched, because the 200-person competition scale is of great significance in the history of the 5 Olympic Games, and it is enough to rank among the top five in a single Olympic Games. The East China Government sent such a large-scale team to participate in the Olympic Games for the first time, which is naturally a great support for the International Olympic Committee.

The International Olympic Committee highly praised the work of the East China Government Olympic Committee and formally notified the East China Government Olympic Committee that the International Olympic Committee had officially approved it and accepted the East China Government's appointment as the China Olympic Committee to join the International Olympic Committee. Of course, this will be officially confirmed at the International Olympic Committee meeting held at the end of the year. Therefore, it is not only required that the East China Government organize a delegation to participate in the meeting, but also form a working group of about 10 people to participate in the work of the International Olympic Committee.

In addition, regarding the issue of the lack of Olympic teams in the East China Government and insufficient experience in participating in the competition, the International Olympic Committee also stated that it can help the sports teams in the East China Government to contact European countries to participate in competitions and increase their experience in the competition. Of course, this also requires approval and withdrawal of funds.

Therefore, at the routine administrative meeting, Qiu Yi, a member of the Olympic Committee of the East China Government, was able to participate in the administrative meeting as a special person at the request of Wang Jun, a member of the Cultural, Educational and Health Committee, to illustrate the necessity of the Olympic teams going abroad to compete.

Qiu Yidao: "We all know that competitive sports cannot be built behind closed doors. It is not enough to practice at home. We must participate in competitions during the period, promote training and practice competitions, and what is the use of competitions to lead practice. Because only by accumulating competition experience can we achieve good results at the normal level of the formal competition. At the same time, we can also understand the competitive level, technology and tactics of other countries through competitions, and make up for our shortcomings. Now our Olympic teams have been formed and have been trained for a period of time, but now our participating teams need the most formal competitions, and now the International Olympic Committee is willing to help us contact other countries and organize competitions, so we hope that the Executive Yuan can approve it."

After Qiu Yi finished speaking, Xia Bohai also nodded and said, "What do you think?"

Ye Yanfu said: "If you go abroad to participate in competitions, how much can you improve your athletic performance? How many gold medals can you win in the Olympics? Do you have any plans?"

Qiu Yi shook his head and said, "This is not clear yet, because we are basically ignorant of foreign sports competition levels. We can only understand through going abroad for competitions. Only by understanding foreign levels can we determine our results."

Ye Yanfu frowned and said, "That is to say, even if you go abroad to compete, you may not be able to achieve good results in the Olympics."

Qiu Yi was stunned and said, "This statement is not correct. Competitive sports have their own regularity. To achieve results, in addition to training and competitions, it also takes time. This is our first time participating in the Olympics. Moreover, the domestic sports foundation is very weak and cannot be solved by participating in competitions abroad. Therefore, it is impossible to predict what kind of results can be achieved in this Olympics. But it is certain that it is absolutely impossible to win a big gold medal in the Olympics like in the old time and space. Going abroad is just to improve the level of competitive and sports performance, not only for this Olympics, but also for the future Olympics."

Qin Zheng said: "I think it is best not to set any goals in this Olympics. This is our first time participating in the Olympics. Being able to stand on the Olympics is a success."

Xia Bohai also nodded and said, "Yes, as long as we can play in the Olympics, show our style, and perform our level normally. In this way, plan the fees for participating in the overseas competitions, and the Executive will discuss it again."

Qiu Yidao: "Okay."

Qin Zheng said again: "Actually, when you go abroad to participate in the competition, you don't have to rely solely on the International Olympic Committee. You can also consider going to Germany to participate in the competition. Now we have a good relationship with Germany, and there are international students in Germany. If you have ready-made dormitories, the cost will definitely be smaller than that of other countries."

You Mingqian said: "Not only Germany, but the United States can also consider it. Our relationship with the United States is also good."

Xia Bohai nodded again, turned to Li Sanjie and said, "Old Li, you can contact Germany and the United States, and consult first."
Chapter completed!