Chapter 434: Hold it in, don’t lose face
The Olympic diving finals consist of five rounds, meaning each athlete jumps five times, and the total score of the five jumps is the final score. In the first round, Gu Sanjing took first place and Zuo Mingyan took second place.
After the first round, Pei Yunxia analyzed their opponents' strengths and arranged their moves for the second round. Gu Siqing and Zuo Mingyan listened carefully and promised to follow the coach's instructions.
Pei Yunxia was very pleased to see that the two were obedient. There are many athletes who think they have good grades or feel they have good control over the game, so they don't listen to the coach and make decisions on their own, which ultimately affects the performance of the entire team.
Soon it was time for the second round. Zuo Mingyan increased the difficulty this time, but she still managed to do well. Gu Sanjing also increased the difficulty in the second round, but still ranked first in the end, with Zuo Mingyan in second.
In a blink of an eye, the five rounds were over, and the final results were that Gu Sanjing won the championship, Zuo Mingyan was the runner-up, the third place was an Indonesian player, and the best result of the American player was fourth place.
Although Gu Sanjing would undoubtedly become the champion of the women's 10-meter diving platform after the third round, her eyes were still hot with excitement when the announcement was made on the radio, and all the members of the Chinese diving team stood up excitedly.
Pei Yunxia hugged Gu Sanjing tightly in her arms, saying, "Sanjing, good job, good job."
Gu Sanjing grinned, tears welling in her eyes, tears of joy. Although many people said she had a great talent for diving, only she knew how much she had sacrificed to jump from a tree by the river at the entrance of the village to stand on the diving platform at the Olympics.
Gu Jianguo, a man in his forties in the audience, felt his eyes well up when he heard Gu Sanjing's name. This was his daughter, and she was now a world champion.
Gu Siqing and Gu Yimin were both in tears, and they hugged each other excitedly. Then Gu Siqing shouted towards the stadium: "Gu Sanjing, you are the best!"
Even Ye Chi was very excited. He was always very reserved, but he happily said to his comrade standing next to him: "Gu Sanjing, my lover's sister."
The comrade rolled his eyes. We all know that Gu Sanjing is your sister-in-law, and we also know that you lowered your status to be a "bodyguard" in order to accompany your wife.
Soon, the most exciting moment of the medal presentation and flag-raising ceremony began. Gu Sanjing and Zuo Mingyan followed the instructions on the radio and walked towards the podium.
On the way, Gu Sanjing whispered, "What if I can't control my silly smile? The whole world is watching."
Zuo Mingyan grinned, "I'm also afraid of myself grinning foolishly."
"Hold it in, don't embarrass yourself." Gu Sanjing whispered again, and Zuo Mingyan nodded heavily.
Soon, the two walked to the back of the podium and stood on the podium one by one according to the instructions on the broadcast. In fact, at this moment, the mood had calmed down, but now Gu Sanjing was very curious about what the gold medal looked like.
When the IOC official placed the gold medal on her finger, she wanted to take it in her hands and examine it carefully, but she held back, telling herself that she would study it more carefully after she finished speaking.
Then the national flag was raised. The moment she heard the national anthem, Gu Sanjing couldn't help but hum along, and feelings of pride filled her heart.
After stepping down from the podium, Pei Yunxia gave the two of them a national flag. Gu Sanjing and Zuo Mingyan unfolded the flag, each holding one side for the media to take pictures, and then many people came over to take photos with them.
After a while, Pei Yunxia took the two back to the hotel to rest. When they got to the hotel room, Gu Sanjing took her gold medal and looked at it carefully, and even put it in her mouth and bit it.
Pei Yunxia couldn't help laughing when she saw this, "It's not gold."
"Hehehe, I just want to feel its material." Gu Sanjing didn't need to control her expression at this time, she just laughed as she pleased.
"This is just the beginning," Pei Yunxia said, "You still have a long way to go. Your goal is the Grand Slam."
Gu Sanjing nodded seriously. She was not proud of her one-time achievement, but she was really happy now.
"Have a good rest, there will be competitions in the afternoon." Pei Yunxia left after saying that. Gu Sanjing and Zuo Mingyan admired their medals for a while, then lay down to rest.
In the afternoon, it was the women's synchronized 10-meter diving platform. After several competitions, the two had experience in Olympic competitions and were more calm. In this competition, the two cooperated more tacitly, and in the end, the two won the championship of the women's synchronized 10-meter diving platform.
This time when they received the award, they were much calmer and were no longer afraid of giggling.
After this competition, Zuo Mingyan's Olympic events were over. She began to relax completely and said to Gu Sanjing, "Your competition is over too. Let's go out for a walk and try some of the local specialties."
Gu Sanjing's mouth started watering when she heard the word "delicious food". She said, "Try their authentic steak and sponge cake."
"You know all this?" Zuo Mingyan asked.
"I heard it from someone." People who love to eat naturally focus on delicious food. The two chatted about food for a while, and only stopped when they were hungry.
The next morning was the men's and women's 10-meter platform diving competition, with Gu Sanjing and Qin Hanfei as their partners. Qin Hanfei had also won the gold medal in the men's 10-meter platform competition yesterday, so he was in good shape today.
They were sixth in the competition order, and ahead of them was a pair of very strong Japanese athletes: one was the champion in the 3m springboard, the other was the silver medalist in the 10m platform, and both were the champions of the men's and women's 10m platform at the previous Olympics.
Pei Yunxia looked at their results and said to Gu Sanjing and Qin Hanfei, "Don't be nervous. Your previous results don't represent your current results. As long as you perform normally, there will be no problem."
Gu Sanjing and Qin Hanfei both nodded seriously. It was useless to think too much at this point. The most important thing to do was to put aside all distractions and compete.
Soon it was their turn. They both walked to the diving board, stretched their arms and legs, and Gu Sanjing called out "jump!" as they both took off and spun into the water. The jump was almost flawless, but even Pei Yunxia wasn't sure she could surpass the Japanese competitor in score.
The two came out of the pool and put on towels. Pei Yunxia walked towards them and whispered, "Very good."
At this time, the scores began to be announced on the radio. They stopped all their movements and stood there listening carefully. When the total score was read out, both of them breathed a sigh of relief. It was 0.5 points higher than the Japanese player in front of them.
"It's okay, challenges are a good thing." Pei Yunxia encouraged them. Gu Sanjing and Qin Hanfei nodded. Both of them felt a little pressured, but not particularly nervous.
The round ended quickly, and the result was that Gu Sanjing and his team came in first, and the Japanese pair came in second, with a difference of 0.5 points.
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