67 Minsk Table Tennis Mixed Team

◎After not seeing him for nearly two years, this man seems like a completely different person.◎

Although I relied on this method to win the first game.

But Jin Lili didn't look happy, frowning as she waited for the second round.

Maomao walked over to Zhu Qi and whispered, "If she imitates you so much, what will happen to your own skills and tactics?"

Zhu Qi shrugged. "If I'm not mistaken, the Korean team might want her to imitate my style of play as a sparring partner for their main players. But Jin Lili herself played quite well for the Korean team and secured a spot on the All-Tournament Mixed Team. Jin Lili is truly amazing, not afraid of messing up her own techniques and tactics."

Under normal circumstances, in order not to affect the original technical system.

When imitating outsourcing, Zhu Qi and his colleagues would only stop at the 1.5th or 2nd level.

People like Jin Lili have basically given up all the skills and tactics they learned in their early days in the national team.

Is she okay?

In order to integrate into the Korean team, you have to make such a big sacrifice?

Even so, the mass of the ball is shaped according to the bones and muscles of the human body.

It's impossible for Jin Lili to completely copy Zhu Qi's body muscles, right?

Zhu Qi has grown up today.

She was growing taller, the baby fat on her face beginning to fade, and her facial features became firm and smooth. The short-sleeved shirt wrapped around her slightly bulging shoulders, the folds of her clothing outlining her erect and lively young figure.

Just like that ancient oriental giant after its revival, it gives people a heavy feeling of history that has been deposited for a long time, but it also has a youthful appearance.

Jin Lili's imitation was very good, but she also learned some of Zhu Qi's early problems.

Every time she hits a looping ball, as long as the opponent can receive it, she will immediately hit it backhand to another larger angle.

Maomao had practiced with him for so long that he was very familiar with Zhu Qi's scoring combination of looping balls and backhand ripping shots.

This is doubles after all.

Jin Lili cannot be conquered for the time being, but An Zhihui can cause trouble.

Every time Jin Lili caught the ball, Zhu Qi and Maomao would find a way to add 7 points of strength to the ball and pull it to a very far position.

In this way, the quality of the ball hit by Jin Lili will not be too high. When An Zhihui provides enough quality when connecting with the next shot, it will be easy for him to make mistakes.

An Zhihui started to lose points.

"Cho——"

Maomao and Zhu Qi scored a point and cheered with their fists clenched.

But starting from the second game, Jin Lili kept using slices to defend the far table, knowing that with her current strength, she had no way to compete with Zhu Qi or Maomao.

But in this way, Jin Lili lost the opportunity to score actively.

At the beginning of the second game, Zhu Qi and Maomao scored points one after another.

In less than ten minutes, the gap was four points.

[Second game, Zhu Qi/Zu Tianjiao 6:2 Jin Lili/An Zhihui]

The ability to save the stage with both hands is very strong, but it is definitely not invincible.

Jin Lili learned Zhu Qi's aggressive playing style, but did not learn the cooperation between Zhu Qi and Maomao.

Once the situation is controlled by Zhu Qi and Maomao, it will be almost impossible for Jin Lili and the others to turn the balance back to their own position.

These two Chinese girls can attack or defend.

Anyone can be a Mao, and anyone can be a shield.

At the same time, Jin Lili felt the weakness of her partner.

An Zhihui began to be afraid to attack, afraid to make mistakes, afraid to be aggressive, and even afraid to charge with Zhu Qi's forehand.

No one knows why Zhu Qi can make the ball so obedient.

At the Zhuhai-Hong Kong Table Tennis Championships, An Zhihui once tried to dive forward and break through Zhu Qi's defensive zone.

But every time he burst forward, the white ball flew towards Zhu Qi's racket as if it had an automatic radar, and then was quickly torn apart by Zhu Qi's backhand and pulled back onto the table.

Everyone on the field was shocked when they saw this scene.

When the national team held a gender war, Zhu Qi also tore through Qin Xiaoba's diving charge with his backhand.

The leaning-over burst technique is a high-quality forehand attack.

At the moment of swinging the racket, use force from your waist, let your whole body drive the racket like a whip to hit the white ball, and then your body will tilt in the direction of the force due to inertia and fall to the ground.

This kind of ball has a fighting nature.

Either score or lose points.

Because at the moment of leaning over, the bones of the body are opened to a certain extent, and it is difficult to return to their original position quickly to meet the attack of the next board.

But this kind of ball is also called a sure-kill ball.

There are long periods of time during the game when opponents will restrain themselves from taking the ball and try their best to prevent their opponents from diving and rushing towards them.

Because the ball is too fast, too powerful, and spinning too strongly at the moment it rushes over.

Similar to the death cross in boxing.

There is a sports newspaper that is particularly well written.

——[Zhu Qi's backhand quick tear can withstand anyone's diving explosive charge.]

Just like she was at the Tokyo World Games, where she could use smashes to counter everyone else's smashes.

This is a player who doesn't know how to back down.

This kind of character in my bones cannot be imitated by any amount of practice.

No matter how many times you practice, when you really see the other person rushing towards you, you will be a little bit timid.

In the more than one and a half years since arriving in South Korea, Jin Lili has put in more effort than she did when she was promoted from the second national team to the first national team.

Although South Korea's veteran Lee Ke-sun has retired.

But as a former Chinese team player, he wants to become a main player in South Korea.

There are far more obstacles to overcome than Jin Lili imagined.

She played national competitions in South Korea for half a year.

During that time, even Jin Lili herself had forgotten how many competitions she had participated in.

But in almost every game, she was either first or second.

Because of this, Kim Lili became a player of the South Korean national team, and because she worked hard in various world competitions to accumulate world ranking points, she qualified for the National Table Tennis Championships.

If I trained my physical fitness when I was in the Chinese national team, then when I joined the Korean team, I had to train my mind as well.

Why do Chinese people, deep in their souls, hope that their future will be like returning to their roots?

It’s because it’s difficult to integrate into a foreign country.

The second game is over.

[Overall score: Zhu Qi/Zu Tianjiao 1:1 Jin Lili/An Zhihui]

During a brief timeout, both sides received off-field guidance.

Zhu Qi didn't know what the Korean team was talking about, but Ren Xinhua and Fo Ye were very satisfied with Zhu Qi's performance when they were coaching him off the court during the final.

After playing women's doubles, if the men's doubles can be won smoothly, Zhu Qi will also prepare for women's singles.

At the beginning of the third game, Zhu Qi made a gesture to Maomao.

One hand simulated chopping and cut the other hand's palm.

It means "quick victory".

Maomao nodded.

Jin Lili sensed Zhu Qi and the others' tactics.

It is to score points through An wisdom.

Jin Lili was a little anxious and talked a lot to An Zhihui during the break.

"You can't keep giving them topspin. Maomao uses a forehand system, and Zhu Qi uses a backhand system. If you keep giving them chances like this, I won't be able to create any opportunities."

But An Zhihui's feedback was indifferent.

No matter what Jin Lili said, An Zhihui just nodded blindly, and then... nothing happened.

An Ji-hye did not take this game seriously. Although she is left-handed, her position in the Korean team is not for doubles.

Although Ahn Ji-hye is a North Korean defector.

But after all, they are of the same ethnic group as Koreans, all are people of the peninsula, and their ancestors have the same blood for eighteen generations.

In order to prove that its national strength is better developed than North Korea, South Korea gives preferential treatment to North Korean defectors.

This women's doubles match may not mean much to An Zhihui.

But for Jin Lili, it is an opportunity to prove herself.

Can she prove herself?

In the year and a half since joining the South Korean team, both domestic and foreign media have reported on me.

Everyone asked her the question of why she wanted to immigrate to another country to play basketball.

Jin Lili actually asked herself whether she had ever regretted it.

But every time my inner answer is that I have never regretted it.

She knew that she had been abandoned by the coaching staff in China and sent back to the provincial team.

If I hadn't immigrated to South Korea, I would have no chance to participate in these world competitions and realize my dream.

She cherishes every game she plays.

Seeing that Jin Lili was the only one talking during the discussion with An Zhihui, Zhu Qi guessed that they might not have reached a consensus on some tactics.

"This is Jin Lili's old habit," Maomao said. "Back when she was on the national team, Jin Lili often gave Sister Shushu the cold shoulder. But at the time, Jin Lili was a rising star in the national team, and Sister Shushu was going through a rough patch. Plus, Sister Shushu had always been good-tempered on the team, so she didn't want to argue with Jin Lili."

"But once she gets out, no one will indulge her bad habit anymore," said Zhu Qi.

really.

There were problems with the coordination between An Zhihui and Jin Lili, and Zhu Qi and Maomao became more and more adept at fighting.

The third round began. Zhu Qi and Maomao closely watched An Zhihui's attack.

After scoring a lot of points from An Zhihui, Jin Lili's condition was not very good. She began to frequently show impatience and speechlessness towards her partner next to her.

Chang Hongxia was watching from the audience and understood what was happening.

This is Jin Lili's old habit. When playing doubles, she especially likes to put the blame on her teammates.

"Mobilize them." Zhu Qi said.

Maomao nodded.

I have been practicing pole jumping for so long in the national team.

Their flexibility has improved a lot, and more importantly, their core strength is stable enough.

Sometimes the Korean team played some maneuvering balls with exaggerated angles, and when it seemed that the two girls from the Chinese team had no way to make contact, no one knew how they caught up again.

As long as the ball can get on the table, there is a chance to score.

In the third game, Zhu Qi and Maomao quickly won again.

With a big score advantage in the first two games.

The third game was won even faster.

Zhu Qi and Maomao took turns to fight.

He shuttled back and forth on one side of the table, hitting the ball with a "bang bang" sound.

"Yeah!" There was a cheer from the audience.

Very good, although the men's doubles lost, the women's doubles caught up by one point.

In the subsequent men's singles, Daxiong played very well. Although he lost a game to his opponent in the middle, he still won in the end with a score of [3:1].

Not to mention the fourth game of women's singles.

Zhu Qi took a short break while waiting for Daxiong to play men's singles. When he came back, he found that An Zhihui was not in a good mood. He was sitting in the waiting area with his head down and eating a banana by himself.

Judging from An Zhihui's expression, it is unlikely that she had an argument with Jin Lili, but she was definitely scolded by the coach.

In the women's individual event of the Zhuhai-Hong Kong Table Tennis Championships, Zhu Qi met An Zhihui in the quarter-finals and semi-finals.

There is a natural advantage for a right-handed person against a left-handed person.

An Zhihui is also a very common double-sided anti-glue.

The coaches sitting in the audience looked at Zhu Qi next to the table, and showed expressions of approval and emotion at his rapid growth and progress.

Ren Xinhua folded his arms, staring intently at the girl beside him. He couldn't help but say to the Buddha next to him, "Old Jiang, did you see that? The time between her quick shots has improved by 0.3 seconds compared to last year. I used to think she was a little soft at long range, prone to short shots, but now she dares to throw long shots that catch her off guard."

The Buddha nodded.

Every angle of An Zhihui's ball is very small, and the rotation looks erratic.

But I don’t know how Zhu Qi saw it, but he could return every ball accurately and score.

An Zhihui was beaten dizzy by her, and the Korean coach next to her looked worried and shook his head.

Zhu Qi's attack was extremely fierce and did not give the South Korean team any chance.

【3:0】Win with a big score.

This is Zhu Qi's second time participating in a mixed team competition after the Tokyo World Games.

It is an honor won as a representative of the entire Chinese team. The name engraved at the bottom of the Holy Grail is not an individual's name, but the English name of the country.

The runner-up is the South Korean team and the third place is the Russian team.

The podium for team events is very wide to ensure that all participating players can stand on the podium.

Three men and three women stood side by side, each with a gold medal around their neck and a bouquet in their hands. The two captains in the middle held the trophy.

Click.

The group photo was printed in the newspaper.

Published everywhere.

——【The Pembroke Cup, lost for three years, is back.】

Looking at the six people talking and laughing on the highest podium.

"It's so cool! I can actually win the gold medal in the three major competitions! Yeah!" Ah Shui jumped up and down.

"This gold medal is so heavy, is there real gold inside?"

"How is that possible? Except for the World Games gold medal, which has gold, the others don't!"

"A Shui was our biggest hero this time," Maomao said with a smile. "Except for the finals, he was perfectly present in all other matches!"

"Yeah, Ah Shui is awesome!" Zhu Qi deliberately said loudly for Jin Lili next to him to hear.

Ah Shui's face turned red and he put the gold medal on his face and laughed.

Jin Lili turned her face away and stood in the corner, not wanting her former teammates to notice her.

However, none of the six people paid any attention to Jin Lili. They just kept looking down at the gold medal around their necks. Seeing them talking and laughing, Jin Lili's heart sank to the bottom.

In fact, when she was in the team, Jin Lili also knew that Sister Xia was about to retire and Maomao had a shoulder injury, and the only one in the team who could be trained was Zhu Qi.

But Zhu Qi is only one person after all, and it is too difficult for her to lead the entire team. She can only participate in two events at most, and then there is hope of winning the other three events.

Unexpectedly, A Shui achieved some results this time, holding on to the women's doubles in the second game and making great contributions to the victory of the mixed team.

Maomao went to Los Angeles for surgery, and Jin Lili also heard about it in the Korean team.

In the prime years of an athlete's life, surgery is actually very risky.

Can I return to my previous condition after surgery?

Will the surgery be successful? Will there be any other unexpected events during recovery?

Problems will actually occur from the moment of surgery to every day of rehabilitation training afterwards.

Landing smoothly is a difficult thing.

And even if the recovery goes smoothly, a certain bone in the body is not your own original product after all, and it can never be compared with the golden period before the operation.

But looking at the cat's current condition, it is almost the same as before the operation.

Maomao's family is not a wealthy one, so where does she get so much money to treat her illness?

Did the national team reimburse her for all the expenses?

Ah Shui pinched Maomao's shoulders and relaxed her muscles. "Maomao, how are you feeling? You've been playing so hard lately... are you okay?"

Maomao stretched his shoulders and shook his head. "It's okay, there's no problem at all. Luckily, I bought a house with Baobao before the surgery. After I came back, I sold it and covered the 20% of my medical expenses that the national team didn't reimburse, and even made a profit."

very good.

They all have bright futures.

/

The mixed team table tennis competition is over.

This time, the three holy grails of women's singles, men's singles and mixed team were all won by the Chinese team. As soon as Zhu Qi got on the Air China plane, he saw the newspaper on his seat began to publish various exciting events of this competition.

Zhu Qi was tired of all the praises for himself.

But there was a line below praising Ah Shui, which Zhu Qi found very interesting.

——[Numerous extreme saves, the Chinese team's Tiantongxing]

Ah Shui laughed foolishly, holding his chin and asked, "What does Tiantongxing mean?"

"You're the lucky star among the twenty-eight constellations. You played really well in the women's doubles match against Russia," Zhu Qi said, smiling at her boastful expression. "Once your steps are steady, your left and right mobility will be improved, and it will be much easier to pull the ball."

Maomao also offered encouragement, "Actually, the unique playing style of long rubber has both advantages and disadvantages. Your return will have the same spin as the incoming ball. But this also means that if the incoming ball has low spin and your racket angle isn't right, it'll be difficult to hit the table. You need to be familiar with the spin of almost every active player to ensure your hit rate. It's truly a thankless and specialized playing style."

It's even harder to hit than the anti-arc rubber used by the North Korean captain.

Ah Shui gained some confidence, clutching the box containing his gold medal. "Really? But I think my women's doubles match with Maomao and Baobao went really well this time. I really am better suited to doubles... Oh, doubles is pretty good, actually. I just love doubles. Even though there's no Grand Slam in doubles, eunuchs can compete in the women's event. Who knows if there will be a doubles Grand Slam in the future?"

When they heard the word "eunuch", Zhu Qi and Maomao both laughed out loud.

Maomao poked Ah Shui's shoulder and warned him, "I have to tell you, don't mention words like 'eunuch' or 'transgender' when you're out there. The Jamie incident is very sensitive right now, and we don't know what the ITTF will say. What if, like they did with Han Taiyang's 'racism', they accuse you of 'sexism' and label you undemocratic, unfree, and unequal, and ban you from the competition?"

"Huh? Not really?" Ah Shui suddenly sat up straight, indignant. "That's exactly what it is! Her presence is unfair to the other female contestants! Isn't that clearly an attempt to bully us? We might as well file a complaint! Otherwise, it's some kind of 'gender discrimination', right? Right, Lao Qin?!"

Zhu Qi and Maomao looked at each other and felt somewhat relieved.

The silly girl finally reacted.

So the best solution now is to not allow this "trans person" to participate in any world-class competitions.

Just play the game in their European world of "freedom", "democracy" and "equality".

Qin Xiaoba was sitting in the back. When he heard Ah Shui calling him, he responded indifferently.

In this mixed team table tennis tournament, the Chinese team started from 32 to 16, and each time they won with a big score of [3:0].

Only in the final did Qin Xiaoba lose a men's doubles match.

Everyone was very happy, except Song Linzhou, who was sitting next to Qin Xiaoba. He reached out and patted Qin Xiaoba on the shoulder, saying softly, "It's okay. Don't blame me for the last game. I didn't play well."

Qin Xiaoba shook his head. He knew it was his own problem and he also knew that he was a player with unstable performance.

"I also had moments of self-doubt, wondering if I was really not suited to playing basketball. But for us, since we have chosen this path, we should keep going on it." Song Linzhou comforted him.

Qin Xiaoba nodded again, not knowing whether he had heard it or not.

Some people are unhappy about winning the game, and some people are unhappy about losing the game.

Inside the South Korean team.

A separate "blame-sharing meeting" was held in the hotel.

Korean coaches have always only looked at the results, regardless of the reasons, and attacked almost everyone present indiscriminately.

The only one who was scolded less harshly was Jin Lili.

Because Kim Lili has indeed achieved some results for the South Korean team during this period.

"...With your level, you still want to compete with the Chinese team for the gold medal? Stop laughing! Do you think you don't need to serve like the male players and so slack off in the competition?..."

The Korean coach controlled his volume while swearing.

It seems that they are afraid that people from other countries will hear it and spread some bad rumors.

I saw rows of players in front of me with their heads down, not daring to look at themselves.

The Korean coach seemed to have found his authority. He sat on the sofa in the hotel and took a puff of cigarette: "Player Kim Lili."

Jin Lili raised her head: "Yes."

"Logically speaking, you are also a player from the Chinese team. The gap between you and Zhu Qi shouldn't be that big, right?" The Korean coach's words made Jin Lili lower her head again.

How could Jin Lili possibly tell him that she had lost to Zhu Qi when she was in the Chinese team.

What's more, now that he has been away from the Chinese national team for a year and a half, Zhu Qi's level has obviously improved a lot compared to before.

In fact, Jin Lili herself knew very well that one of the important reasons why the Korean team allowed her to join the Korean national team so easily was that Jin Lili could imitate Zhu Qi's playing style and serve as a sparring partner for the Korean team's main players.

If the South Korean team's previous main player Li Keshan had not been beaten to retirement by Zhu Qi, and the remaining few were not very strong, it would not have been Jin Lili's turn to participate in this mixed table tennis team.

"Of course, I'm not saying that it's your problem that you only got the runner-up this time. It's just that we plan to hire a former retired Korean player to be your head coach." The Korean coach stood up with a smile and walked in front of Jin Lili.

Jin Lili breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Yes."

Could it be... Li Keshan?

That's not right.

Didn’t Li Keshan go to work for the Asian branch of the International Table Tennis Federation after retiring?

That’s all I have to say.

There was a sudden knock on the hotel door.

The Korean coach raised his head and gestured towards the children closest to the door. After the door opened, a man still wearing his Korean military uniform walked in carrying his black backpack.

Jin Lili was stunned. The last time she saw this man was at the Tokyo World Games in August of the previous year.

I haven't seen this man for nearly two years, and he seems like a completely different person.

His body was gaunt, his face was sunken, he had dark circles under his eyes, and his eyes were gloomy and lifeless.

He doesn't look as bold as the former captain of the South Korean men's team two years ago.

Standing next to the Korean coach, when Jin Lili looked up, a word came to her mind.

The eyes of an eagle and the gaze of a wolf.

"Jin Lili, from now on, Han Taiyang will be your new head coach in Korea."