Chapter 173: Chapter 173: Turning the Tide

Wang Ye couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly.

Is it that he can’t join the Chinese Team?

He simply doesn’t want to join at all.

On the day of May 12th, right after Wang Ye broke the world record at the Shenzhen Marathon, Coach Jiang Yuan of the Chinese Team personally went to the inpatient department of the Futian District People’s Hospital to invite him to join the team, offering a high stipend of 20,000 yuan a month, a level unattainable for other National Elite Level athletes.

But Wang Ye refused on the spot.

In the end, it’s just that Wang Ye himself doesn’t want to be constrained by joining the team,

If he wanted to join the Chinese Team, he could do so anytime.

It’s just a matter of making a phone call.

However, in Coach Xiu’s words, it sounded as if Wang Ye had cheated and was thus ineligible to join the Chinese Team.

At this moment.

A flurry of rebuttals appeared on the screen as bullet comments.

[Rubbish!]

[With Qi Refining Brother’s personality, he would never willingly stay in the National Team.]

[With his personality, it’s surprising enough he hasn’t sailed around the Pacific Ocean; how could he join the National Team to be controlled?]

[And considering the timeline, Qi Refining Brother only started in the sports circle a few days ago. Not receiving an invitation from the National Team is normal. To conclude that Qi Refining Brother cheated based on this is just distorting the facts!]

[This old man is talking nonsense, I’m so angry.]

[I used to enjoy watching him interrogate athletes from different fields, but now he seems...]

[There’s quite a bit of skepticism about Qi Refining Brother’s achievements on foreign internet forums.]

[Yes, grilling Qi Refining Brother has become a hot topic on foreign sites.]

[I hope Qi Refining Brother participates in the Lanzhou Marathon soon to shut them up, otherwise, these people are getting increasingly rampant.]

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At this very moment.

Coach Xiu in the video continued to chatter on.

He displayed a photo of Wang Ye during a competition.

In the video, Wang Ye is wearing tight compression shorts, clearly showing his leg muscles, knotted and menacing, resembling those of a track cyclist or sprint champion.

"Look at those massive quadriceps and hamstrings. Is he a track cyclist? Even though he’s already shown excellent downhill mountain biking skills, it proves nothing and only deepens my suspicion of him."

Coach Xiu shook his head with a mocking smile: "I’ve had more than a hundred athletes under me, but I’ve never seen an endurance athlete develop such strong muscles."

"As a former triathlete, I know that the muscle strength of long-distance runners isn’t great; you can’t have it all. If someone excels in marathon running, they can’t possibly have the same level of cycling skills."

At this time.

A few lengthy bullet comments floated across the top of the screen.

[Coach Xiu, as a veteran athlete, you should know there’s no such magical drug in the world today that can give an underachiever top-level abilities in multiple disciplines. Steroids? Growth hormones? Stimulants? Those drugs can only give someone short bursts of power and speed, but couldn’t grant the endurance to break a marathon record.]

[Currently, all data only indicate that Qi Refining Brother himself possesses this kind of strength that goes beyond human limits. If someone doesn’t originally have the ability to break two hours in a marathon, drugs most likely won’t enable them to break the two-hour record either.]

However, at this time, Coach Xiu in the video couldn’t see the bullet comments.

You could only see Coach Xiu taking another photo from his drawer and placing it in front of the camera.

The photo showed Wang Ye half a year ago during a company team-building event.

At that time, he appeared somewhat overweight, with his exposed arms and legs showing no signs of training.

"Let’s look at this. Here’s Wang Ye’s travel photo from half a year ago dug up by netizens, compared to his current competition photo, they’re worlds apart! Look, his muscles have become very strong and his body fat has become low. Who could believe a natural human being not using drugs could undergo such a drastic change within half a year? Or maybe, his genes are extraordinary, possessing eight testicles common people can’t have?"

Saying this, Coach Xiu spread his hands with a playful expression,

"As for this issue, I think the answer is clear to everyone. I hope Wang Ye performs excellently at the Lanzhou Marathon, haha."

After making such remarks,

The bullet comments increased significantly at the top of the video.

[Nonsense, just because you can’t doesn’t mean others can’t, right?]

[In the sports world, examples of sudden transformation within six months aren’t nonexistent. Some who’ve never trained might not realize their athletic potential until they start training and suddenly make impressive progress.]

[Qi Refining Brother is clearly such a case. Though seldom mentioned, most of Qi Refining Brother’s iron fans might have noticed that even after breaking the world record at the Shenzhen Marathon, his physical condition has continued to improve, with notable progress.]

[Those interested can carefully compare videos of Qi Refining Brother participating in a parkour competition and in Happy Go Forward.]

[You’ll find that his physical agility has undergone a qualitative leap.]

[For individuals like this, who continue to improve over the long term and waste time on tedious activities like nationwide hiking, I’d rather believe he relies on his talent and effort, not some technological prowess.]

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Wang Ye finished watching the video and rubbed his eyes helplessly.

"It seems there are quite a few domestic supporters. The problem is that currently, the international evaluation of me is still very one-sided, with most people believing my achievements are due to cheating... If this continues to ferment, it will definitely affect my reputation at home."

He currently sees no way to reverse this trend. Even making a public statement online to prove his innocence would only backfire. Publicly declaring he didn’t cheat at this point would make him appear defensive and would lower his stature; those doubting him won’t be convinced by his few words.

It seems that only by Wang Ye passing all checks openly and achieving a result under two hours at the Lanzhou Marathon can he completely change the view of those bloggers and netizens abroad.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com