140 Lyon World Cup
◎Apart from the game and playing ball, there is nothing else to talk about.◎
This time, the Chinese team is the only dominant team in Lyon.
After Zhu Qi finished playing in the Florida Table Tennis Championships, not only was he not affected by the previous ligament surgery, his recovery period transitioned very well, and his overall condition improved to a higher level.
Zhu Qi dominated the entire Riyadh cycle, and the coach sent by the Chinese team to draw lots was so bad that he drew both Ah Shui and Maomao into Zhu Qi's half.
The two of them couldn't beat Zhu Qi and left work early.
After playing with Zhu Qi, Ah Shui looked at the big score of [2:4] and lay in the lounge sighing.
The entire Riyadh cycle is too violent.
During the previous Moscow cycle, Maomao was in good shape and could compete with Zhu Qi, but now it is basically Zhu Qi's ruling area.
Whether it's practical experience, logical thinking, or the quality of the ball, everything is at top level.
Even picking up the ball is a pleasure to watch.
As soon as they approached the audience, these French curly-haired dogs started screaming.
She is truly a woman who has conquered the world!
A Shui was still very curious and asked Zhu Qi why he didn't go to the audience and interact with the French fans.
As everyone knows, Zhu Qiru, who only favors Chinese fans, said: "The French are too relaxed. Even the president dares to slap them. I'm afraid of the emergence of black fans, so it's better to keep a distance..."
The candidates who also made it to the finals surprised everyone.
It turned out to be Kim Lili from the South Korean team.
Although Kim Lili's half of the group is called the "God's Half", it is at least the first time that Kim Lili has reached the final of a world-class competition after joining the Korean team for so many years.
It is also very important for the entire Korean team and Kim Lili herself.
This time, the North Korean team did not participate in the women's singles event, only the men's event.
Ah Shui heard the news and said to Zhu Qi, "Xi Ling'en is in Chaojing. We didn't even know! Sister Xia just told me that the hospital told them that Xi Ling'en has a problem with his wrist. He had a minor surgery at Chaojing Hospital and hasn't been discharged yet. He won't be able to attend the World Cup this time."
"Ah? In Chaojing? Why haven't I heard the coaches mention it? After all, they are old rivals and old friends, so we must go and visit them." Maomao was also curious when he heard it.
In the 1990s, there were many Sino-North Korean joint stores in the three northeastern provinces, with the aim of providing some economic support to North Korea, which was boycotted by the world.
After World War II, although North Korea and South Korea signed a temporary ceasefire agreement, no one knew when the war would break out again.
China gave a lot of secret aid to North Korea, otherwise, more than 20 years later, the generals in the north would not dare to throw shit in the air to the pure love god of war in the south.
North Korea's medical equipment is also very poor, and many North Korean athletes have to go to Chinese hospitals for treatment.
When Chang Hongxia took her cat to the hospital before, she often saw some North Koreans in Chaojing Hospital.
This matter is settled.
The three decided to go to the hospital to visit Xi Lingen after the Lyon World Cup.
Zhu Qi also paid attention to Jin Lili's performance in this World Cup.
Since the South Korean team changed Kim Lili's coach, Kim Lili's condition has also changed significantly.
The desire to win is not as extreme as before. No longer is the Korean way of exploiting loopholes in the rules and using any means necessary to win. Instead, the players are more relaxed, enjoy the game more, and focus more on self-improvement with every ball.
Because of this, Jin Lili played without any worries this time and made it to the finals with a green light.
The promise that Jin Lili had made to compete with Zhu Qi in the world competition has finally come true.
The Korean head coach specifically came over to talk to Ren Xinhua, hoping to allow the two athletes to compete without off-court coaching. After all, Jin Lili was a former player for the Chinese team. Since the Chinese team can participate in the competition with foreign players this time, they hope to follow the Chinese internal competition standards previously established by the Chinese team.
Ren Xinhua agreed.
Zhu Qi had no objection either.
In the entire national team, Zhu Qi is recognized as a player who can coach himself.
It’s better to have Xu Dong’s guidance, and my mind is clearer. Without him, it just makes my brain more tired.
This proposal is actually more beneficial to Zhu Qi.
Although the women's singles draw was not good, the men's doubles was lucky. The strong opponents that Qin Xiaoba and Mori Yunan had been studying for a week were arranged to face each other.
Among them, the Japanese team, which gave Qin Xiaoba and Mori Yunan the most headaches, was unexpectedly eliminated in the quarterfinals by the French men's doubles team who had activated the Louis XIV buff.
As for the men's doubles team of China and Hong Kong, although they were almost eliminated by the North Korean team, Qin Xiaoba somehow found his excellent form. When Mori Yunan was weak in the later period, Qin Xiaoba supported them for almost the entire second half.
No matter what kind of high-intensity connecting ball, Qin Xiaoba fully utilized the advantages of his height and long arms. Several balls were about to fly out of the backboard, but they were all retrieved by Qin Xiaoba with forced slices and loops.
Shi Ge was very happy to see this.
"If this kid can keep up this form, then Riyadh..." Although Gao Xiaofeng was happy, having led Qin Xiaoba for so long, he also knew Qin Xiaoba's bad habit of fluctuating form.
So Gao Xiaofeng didn't say his last words.
That is, Riyadh might be able to allow Qin Xiaoba to compete for a men's singles qualification.
In the women's doubles, Maomao and Lulu also worked well together.
In the past two years in the national team, Lulu has been practicing loop shots with the team. Lulu is very talented and can quickly get the hang of it.
Although Lulu's offensive ability is a little lacking, at least she is stable.
On the other side, the mixed doubles team of A Shui and Caribu also won consecutive victories. Although they did not take first place, they at least entered the finals and lost to the mixed doubles team of the Russian team.
When the men's doubles final was over, no one expected that this men's doubles team, which had only been formed for half a month, could win the championship.
After receiving the award, Qin Xiaoba grinned and held his men's doubles gold medal excitedly.
Mori Yunan didn't say anything, but he took out a special box to put it in, opened the golf bag and put it inside.
"I never thought that I could win the men's doubles championship with you." Qin Xiaoba shook his head, lying on the bench in the lounge, discussing this competition with Mori Yunan.
Sen Qiaobei also came to Lyon this time in order to see his younger brother compete with the Chinese team, but he did not interfere with their training but brought a photography team to record it nearby.
In the past two years, the sales of "Table Tennis Magazine" have been very hot.
Because the editorial team uses a very humorous writing style to describe some of the athletes' daily training and competition stories.
For example, the bench where Qin Xiaoba and Sen Yunan are sitting at this moment.
In general, the organizers will prepare a rest chair behind the scenes of the competition to take care of the athletes' energy consumption.
This chair was called the "Wife and Children Separation" chair by "Table Tennis World".
Whenever the doubles pair sits on this chair, there will be some quarrel.
When Zhu Qi and Maomao were playing women's doubles, they had a few arguments over coordination. Ah Shui and Maomao also argued when they were playing women's doubles, and mixed doubles was even more of a problem. At the beginning, when Qin Xiaoba and Ah Shui were playing mixed doubles, they argued almost every time. They argued about coordination, about serving rights, about connection issues...
Sit down and start arguing.
Stand up and make peace.
But the men's doubles pair of Qin and Sen were very stable from the beginning, and basically didn't have any arguments... Well, it may be that they had already had all the arguments in the national team.
Qin Xiaoba was very satisfied with his performance, thinking that his sister wouldn't scold him when he got home. He put the gold medal around his neck and looked at himself in the mirror. Finally, he sighed, "I never thought that I would win my first World Cup trophy with you."
"Me too." Mori Yunan was packing his things.
"Actually, if you were on the national team, we might actually be able to make a difference. Brother Ling and Brother Xiong have been feeling a bit strained lately, and I guess Riyadh has been having a hard time juggling three events, so they could take it a bit easier."
but……
I guess not.
After the World Cup, Mori Yunan and Huang Jiajia will go back to pack up and prepare to return to the Hong Kong team.
During the past two years in the national team, although Mori Yunan felt that it was meaningless before, after getting used to the strength of the national team, he found that there was a reason why the national team was called the Chinese Dream Team.
On the phone, Mori Yunan described the national team's training methods in detail. He decided to go back and discuss with the Hong Kong team coach whether to combine the national team's high-intensity training with Western-style healthy training, creating a fusion of Chinese and Western approaches.
Seeing that Sen Yunan had been cleaning for a long time but still hadn't finished, Qin Xiaoba expressed his willingness to help.
"You little capitalists are such a nuisance. What are these? Oh, isn't this something girls use? What's it called... lipstick?" Qin Xiaoba picked up a lipstick-like accessory and asked curiously.
"This is antiperspirant." Mori Yunan looked up. "If you want, I'll give it to you. I haven't used this bottle yet."
"No, what do I need this for? Only old men have slow metabolism and don't sweat." Qin Xiaoba handed it to him and shook his head.
"You sweat a lot and have to wipe the sweat off every time you hit a ball. Why don't you shave your hair? Won't it be a problem?" Sen Yunan looked at Qin Xiaoba's forehead, where some of his hair covered his eyebrows.
Actually, Qin Xiaoba's eyes are very similar to his sister's, but they are slightly longer. His eyebrows are very standard, and he has a very standard sword-like eyebrow and star-like eyes. Coupled with the Hong Kong style 3:7 split that boys like most now, he looks quite decent. Although he was not very popular before...
Mori Yunan rummaged through his bag for a long time and took out a long box that looked like a pair of glasses. "You can wear this eventually, right?"
"What is this?" Qin Xiaoba took it and after opening it, he found a red and black striped cloth inside, but it felt very soft and elastic.
"A sweatband, for wearing on your head. It keeps sweat from your forehead from dripping into your eyes, and you don't have to wipe it constantly." Sen Qiaobei finished packing, zipped up his golf bag, and slung it over his shoulder, ready to leave. "Do you want one? It's a new, limited edition model, and I asked someone to buy it for you."
"Then I won't be polite." Qin Xiaoba grabbed a handful of hair, put the antiperspirant band on his forehead, looked in the mirror and admired his handsome face, expressing his satisfaction. "It's just a cloth band, and you have to go out of your way to buy it?"
“All foreign brands are like this.”
“I actually brought suffering upon myself.”…
/
The doubles matches are all over.
In the afternoon is the singles series.
The women's singles started first and ended first.
After six rounds of fierce competition, Zhu Qi successfully won his fourth Dengji Cup with a score of [4:2].
Jin Lili is no longer the same as before. It seems that when people reach a certain age, even their playing style becomes mature.
There were a few balls in the middle that were played pretty well.
Instead of playing impatiently because of being behind, they played steadily and each ball became more delicate.
It may also be that during the past two years in the Korean team, Jin Lili knew that she had to achieve good results, so she ran around for training and accumulated a lot of competition experience.
Zhu Qi could also feel that Jin Lili's previous problems with big line changes and forehand straight pushes had been improved a little. She was able to defend her own half of the zone and reach the finals. Her level had reached the point where she could transition from level 2 to level 1.5.
But unfortunately, he met Zhu Qi at the peak of his career.
The game was over and the players shook hands.
Although he was very happy, Zhu Qi felt that he no longer had the ecstasy and excitement he had when he won the World Cup for the first time.
It's hard to describe the feeling.
All the blood in my body seemed to boil at that moment.
Bubbles were gurgling beneath my skin, my heartbeat seemed like it was about to jump out of my chest, and I could hear no sound in my ears except my own voice.
At that moment, just enjoy the present moment and enjoy the fact that the eyes of the whole world are focused on you.
Only she stands on the most dazzling stage, admired and respected by everyone.
Over the years... she herself almost forgot how many first places she had won.
This happens almost every time.
But Jin Lili didn't, and this was the closest she had ever been to the Golden Throne, only one step away.
In the end, he had to watch his opponent stand on the highest podium.
"You played well." Zhu Qi sincerely praised Jin Lili's performance in this game.
Jin Lili smiled bitterly and said, "I still didn't beat you, what a pity."
"There's always a chance later."
"I hope there's a chance."...
/
Not long after the women's singles match ended, the results of the men's singles match between Song Linzhou and Daxiong were also announced.
After playing seven games, Song Linzhou won his first World Cup gold medal.
None of the four people in the 1980s won a Grand Slam, and among the six people in 1990, only Zhu Qi won a Grand Slam.
Maomao and Daxiong both lack a National Table Tennis Championships, and Song Linzhou lacks a World Games.
A Shui and Qin Xiaoba have not yet broken the number "0" and still need to work hard.
With the end of the Lyon World Cup, "Table Tennis World" also released its latest issue.
The biggest headline on the first page contains a paragraph.
——[This World Cup marks the first time that China has joined forces with an external team to participate in a doubles event.]
——[Although we have different skin colors, speak different languages, and have different beliefs. The initial incompatibility turned into a tacit understanding later, which also reflects the unity that we Chinese people value most. After all...]
——【Sports without borders.】
/
After the Lyon World Cup.
The national team returned to Beijing. Along the way, many people looked at Qin Xiaoba's antiperspirant belt and felt it was new.
I was a little uncomfortable wearing it at first, but after getting used to it, I felt that it suits me well.
Qin Xiaoba is the type of person whose forehead sweats easily. Sometimes his body feels fresh but his forehead is covered with sweat. The coach comes over and touches his back but finds that there is not much sweat and thinks that Qin Xiaoba is being lazy again.
After the World Cup, Qin Xiaoba also breathed a sigh of relief.
I trained for half a month with all my energy and determination, arriving at the training hall at six o'clock every day and leaving when the dormitory was checked in at night.
Qin Xiaoba's fat layer was rubbed off, and he looked extremely thin. He fell into a deep sleep as soon as he got on the plane.
The four foreign players were also preparing to pack up their things, leave the national team and return to their own countries to play games.
The national team chartered a special car for the four of them and booked tickets for them together.
Huang Jiajia said goodbye to Maomao and the others reluctantly.
In the national team, there was a group of girls who accompanied him in training, and they could talk about many topics together. But after returning to the Hong Kong team, Huang Jiajia became the only one...
Huang Jiajia sighed: "It would be great if we could train together in the future."
Zhu Qi followed beside them and watched Huang Jiajia and Lulu pulling their suitcases towards the gate of Tiantan East Road.
The other two male players were also there, and Qin Xiaoba and several other male team players came to see them off.
The fact that Mori Yunan likes Zhu Qi has become an open "secret" among the players.
After all, they were external contractors, and Zhu Qi's response reassured the coaches, so Ren Xinhua only had a one-time interview with Zhu Qi and never bothered about the matter again. Now that these external contractors were about to leave, the coaches were too lazy to bother with it.
But there are still some kids in the team who gossip about what happened from time to time.
Zuo Zuo pulled Youyou's arm and muttered softly: "Actually, Mori Yunan's conditions are quite good. Even if we can't develop a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, we can still be friends who keep in touch."
"Sister Baobao said she's not interested. And you know who she is...there's no chance for them."
"What?"
"She's a soldier, and Bao Bao is planning to climb the ranks. Who knows if she'll even make it to the rank of colonel? If she does, she'll have to report the marriage to her superiors! And the spouse will have to undergo a political review. If they don't pass, they can't get married. For someone from Hong Kong... I'm guessing it's going to be tough."
"Huh? It seems so."
Mori Yunan looked at Zhu Qi, hesitated for a moment, and finally mustered up the courage to walk over.
"Congratulations, you won the championship again." He said it sincerely, and his eyes were sincere.
Zhu Qi rummaged through his bag, took out something and handed it to Mori Yunan.
Huang Jiajia was quite excited at first, thinking that Zhu Qi was going to give her some souvenir or gift, but at a glance she found that what Zhu Qi took out was the notebook that Mori Yunan had given him before, which was full of his daily training experience with the Chinese team.
Is this... a polite refusal?
Mori Yunan looked a little disappointed, but Zhu Qi was calm. "I think the Hong Kong team's players need this more than I do. I hope you can bring out a strong team when you return to give our national table tennis men's team some trouble."
Mori Yunan took the notebook, but still maintained his friendly gentlemanly demeanor and smiled: "Well...see you at the competition later."
A Shui poked his head out and asked, "Why does this sentence sound so strange?"
What did you say to Bao Bao about seeing him on the court? Bao Bao doesn't even want to play mixed doubles anymore. Will these two ever see each other on the court again?
Qin Xiaoba felt that his sister was still as calm and restrained as ever. Her heart seemed to be surrounded by an iron barrel and filled with cement. No one could move it even a little bit.
Besides the games and playing ball.
There is nothing else to talk about.
The car door closed.
With the roar of the engine, the vehicle started towards the distance, carrying the dream of going our separate ways in the future.
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