Chapter 428 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
In the last Olympics, the Chinese diving team won a gold medal, but the champion has retired. Almost all the participants in this Olympics are newcomers. Just think about how much pressure they are under.
As a rising star on the diving team, Gu Sanjing was under considerable pressure. However, she had participated in several competitions, both large and small, and had developed her own methods of adjustment.
The Olympic events her coach arranged for her to compete in included the individual 10-meter platform diving, the synchronized 10-meter platform diving, and the mixed 10-meter platform diving. But just in case, she also had to prepare for the 3-meter springboard diving.
In the women's synchronized 10-meter platform diving, her partner is Zuo Mingyan, who also performed well in the National Games and has been training with Gu Sanjing for the past six months, with her performance improving by leaps and bounds.
In the mixed 10-meter diving event, Gu Sanjing's partner was Qin Hanfei, the champion of the previous National Games. They had trained together regularly over the past six months, achieving consistent results.
When Gu Sanjing was arranging a male partner, someone suggested pairing Xiao Zhigang with her. The coach didn't have to reject the proposal; Yao Zhixin, director of the General Administration of Sports, was the first to object.
He knew all about the things Xiao Zhigang had done before. And Xia Zhengming was standing behind Gu Sanjing. If Xiao Zhigang and Gu Sanjing dared to partner up, Xia Zhengming might just come to his office and kill him.
"I'm a little nervous." Zuo Mingyan whispered to Gu Sanjing.
"It's normal to be nervous. I'm a little nervous too." Gu Sanjing said, "When you're competing later, don't think about anything else. Just focus on completing the moves."
Zuo Mingyan hummed. Actually, her mentality was pretty good. Her grades hadn't been very good before, mainly because she had a lazy mentality and didn't try her best.
After becoming Gu Sanjing's partner, she initially felt that she could not hold her back. Later, when her performance improved, she felt that she could actually be that outstanding.
"Next, Zuo Mingyan and Gu Sanjing."
Hearing the coach's call, Gu Sanjing and Zuo Mingyan stood up and walked towards the diving platform. Standing on the diving platform, Gu Sanjing whispered to Zuo Mingyan: "Don't think about anything."
Zuo Mingyan hummed, and the two stretched out their arms together, jumped, and spun into the water.
The moment she fell into the water, Pei Yunxia smiled. It was perfect. She turned to the coach next to her and said, "I never realized Zuo Mingyan had such potential before."
The coach also laughed, "A red bird becomes redder when it is near a red bird."
That's right, before, Zuo Mingyan had a lazy mentality. She couldn't say she didn't work hard during training, but she wasn't very diligent either. After becoming partners with Gu Sanjing, she had to train when Gu Sanjing was training. She had to work hard, and with Gu Sanjing leading her, her results were evident.
There is no doubt that Gu Sanjing and Zuo Mingyan won the championship in the women's synchronized jump of the 10-meter diving platform in this qualifying competition.
Then there is the mixed 10-meter diving platform of Gu Sanjing and Qin Hanfei. Qin Hanfei was selected into the national team after the National Games. Although he has been in the team for a short time, he is very strong.
The two stood on the ten-meter diving platform, turned their heads and looked at each other, then stretched out their arms together. Gu Sanjing shouted softly: "Jump!"
The two jumped together and then spun into the water, performing the moves perfectly. Pei Yunxia, sitting in the judging booth, said, "I'm still very confident in this Olympics."
With capable people around, you naturally have confidence.
Here, Gu Sanjing and Qin Hanfei came out of the pool together, took a towel and put it on, then went back to the bathroom to rinse and change clothes. When Gu Sanjing went to change in the locker room, there were already a few people inside. She walked in, greeted them, and went to her locker to get clothes.
"Sanjing, you and Qin Hanfei really have a tacit understanding."
"Exactly, that jump you just made was perfect."
Several people were talking about it, but Gu Sanjing pretended not to hear and changed her clothes. Some people in the team just liked to gossip about others behind their backs, especially the male and female groups. Many people liked to speculate about the relationship between them.
The mouth is on someone else's body, let her say whatever she wants, she just needs to do her own thing.
While Qin Hanfei was changing his clothes, some male team members were talking beside him:
"I heard that Gu Sanjing's family is very rich."
"They're not just rich, they're incredibly rich. They own Guangming Supermarket."
"Han Fei, you made a profit!"
When Qin Hanfei heard this, his face turned cold and he said, "What do you mean by profit? Gu Sanjing and I are just partners."
"Yes, yes, just partners."
Several people left with smiles on their faces. Qin Hanfei put on his clothes and went out. When he arrived at the venue, the competition was already over. Head coach Pei Yunxia stood in front and gave a speech:
"This is the national diving team, not a market. If you gossip about other people's affairs here, and I hear you say something you shouldn't say behind my back, I will expel you, regardless of your grades."
This was a very serious statement. There was complete silence and no one spoke.
After Pei Yunxia finished her speech, she called Qin Hanfei aside and said, "The competition is about to begin. Put aside all distractions and focus on training and competition."
"I know. Don't worry." Qin Hanfei knew what Pei Yunxia meant. She simply wanted him not to think about things he shouldn't think about.
Seeing his serious answer, Pei Yunxia patted his shoulder and said, "For you right now, nothing is more important than a gold medal."
Qin Hanfei nodded seriously again, and Pei Yunxia patted his shoulder again, "Go train."
Qin Hanfei turned and walked away. Pei Yunxia sighed as she watched him from behind. The team members were all in adolescence, so it was normal for them to develop feelings for each other during frequent training sessions. However, being in a relationship really did affect training.
After the qualifying round, the team had a day off, and Gu Jianguo happily took her home. The most important thing for the family now was Sanjing's Olympic competition. When they got home, Gu Yimin and Ye Chi had also returned.
Seeing Gu Sanjing, Gu Yimin smiled and said, "Thanks to you, your brother-in-law can go abroad."
"What do you mean?" Gu Jianguo asked.
Gu Yimin: "Ye Chi's application to participate in the security work of the Olympic national team has been approved."
Gu Siqing heard this and asked, "Athletes have to bring bodyguards with them when they participate in the Olympics!"
"Of course!" Ye Chi said, "No one knows what will happen when you go abroad."
In fact, he was not originally supposed to be in charge of the security work this time, but he thought that it was a rare opportunity to accompany Gu Yimin abroad, so he applied for it, and of course it was approved very quickly.
Gu Siqing was very curious about the security work he mentioned and asked many questions. Finally, she asked, "Can you spare some time to play?"
"It depends on the situation. Even if we have time, we can't stay too far away from athletes like San Jing." Ye Chi said.
He also wanted to take his wife to have fun abroad, but there was no way because he had a mission to accomplish.
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