183 Riyadh World Games-Mixed Team
◎The children of the national table tennis team have all grown up.◎
This is the Chinese team's last game.
Ren Xinhua hid it from everyone, asked a coach to find a wheelchair for him, and arranged for early discharge from the hospital to push himself out.
On the wheelchair, there is an oxygen device hanging on the left side and a pile of medicine bottles on the right side to prevent special situations.
The entire World Games has also entered the countdown.
The Chinese team, which has played the entire World Games cycle, feels that everyone's mental strength has reached a critical point.
Since Ren Xinhua was hospitalized, each coaching staff member could only sleep for more than three hours a day. The rest of the time was spent searching for game videos of foreign players, analyzing and summarizing them, and then dragging Zhu Qi and Maomao to watch them together.
Xu Dong has been very busy these days.
After all, he is Zhu Qi's head coach.
Ren Xinhua assigned this heavy task to Zhu Qi, and Xu Dong naturally had to contribute. With all the busy work, he'd lost a lot of weight. When he first arrived in Riyadh, his coaching uniform was a bit tight. After a month, as he was about to leave, his clothes were even looser.
"The North Korean team has always been our rival, and everyone's familiar with their style. Now the North Korean team roster has been released, and as expected, Xi Ling'en is still the women's singles competitor..." Xu Dong said to Zhu Qi as he sorted through the videotapes in front of him. "You two didn't meet in the women's singles this time, but you did meet in the mixed team..."
Zhu Qi was not surprised.
Although the North Korean team has trained several good kids in the past two years, they still have too little practical experience. When it comes to the ability to fight alone, Xi Ling'en is naturally the best.
Xu Dong continued, "Those kids on the North Korean team really performed well against the South Koreans. They weren't at all nervous."
Zhu Qi listened while looking at the clock hanging on the wall.
The second hand moves little by little.
It indicates that time is passing by little by little.
Players of the previous generation will retire sooner or later.
And the players below will naturally follow suit.
This is true for teams all over the world.
Xi Ling'en's skills are naturally more mature than when the two of them first met. Zhu Qi is not the only one who has been improving over the years.
Maomao's old injury relapsed after she played against Xi Ling'en in the women's singles semi-finals.
Judging from the match against the South Korean team, Xi Lingen's muscle building over the years has paid off, and many of his shots are becoming less and less effective.
Zhu Qi and Maomao were discussing this while reviewing the video together.
"Actually, Lily played really well this match. She smashed when she needed to, attacked when she needed to, and extended when she needed to. She had a lot of variety... but..." Maomao sighed. "Xi Ling'en is also a spiritual player. She handles details so well. No matter what the ball, after calculating it in her head, she's always one step ahead of Lily. If it weren't for you, I don't think anyone on the Chinese team could have contained her."
Zhu Qi felt that Maomao was too modest. After all, Maomao had won many times against Xi Lingen.
Zuo Zuo, You You and Xiao Lingdang did not participate in the mixed group, so they sat behind the main team members and watched together.
Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou participated in the individual events of the mixed team finals. Especially after Zhu Qi's fever subsided, he felt that his condition had recovered a lot, and the coaches were relieved.
So everyone’s focus is on the two items.
I carefully looked over the several players of the North Korean team who participated in the dual events this time. From Fo Ye to A Shui, they all shared some of their thoughts on watching the game, and then began to arrange the main battle plan for tomorrow.
"The two men's doubles players are also right-handed, but tomorrow, Daxiong and Qin Shang will be the two right-handed players, so they'll need to pay more attention to the coordination issues." Zhu Qi pointed at the two North Korean players on the screen, signaled Xiaolingdang to continue playing, and then called out at a crucial moment, "Stop! See? When they switch between halves, they have a tacit understanding of how their bodies intersect. These two also have a good chemistry, and this habit of covering for teammates is no longer unique to the Chinese team."
Daxiong and Qin Xiaoba nodded.
Zhu Qi continued, "The result of a strong match is that every shot is a smash, which means you might not have any chance to defend in tomorrow's men's doubles match. In this case, the longer the shots, the more chances you have."
Qin Xiaoba nodded and said, "I understand. I won't be in a hurry tomorrow. I will definitely play more crickets and look for opportunities."
Zhu Qi was very satisfied. As long as this kid didn't get too excited, the winning rate of the men's doubles team would be guaranteed tomorrow.
After talking about men's doubles, let's talk about women's doubles.
The women's doubles players are also two new generation players of the North Korean team. Fortunately, Zhu Qi and others had visited North Korea before and met the young players of the North Korean team in advance.
A Shui also has a deep impression of these two young North Korean players. When she was practicing backhand technique with the North Korean coach, these two young players served as sparring partners for A Shui.
At that time, A Shui felt that the North Korean team had a sharp eye for selecting players, and the sparring partners they chose were comparable to the mid-level players of the national team.
"These two kids, their youthful bodies are so powerful! Look at how they bend their waists and swing their arms. They're so energetic." Ah Shui sighed as he watched the video of the game on the tape, shaking his arms. "I can't do it anymore. I can only swing my arms back so far before my shoulder blades start to ache."
The 24-year-old A Shui has played for the national team for ten years and suddenly found that he is not young anymore.
"But you have more experience than them," Zhu Qi smiled. "After all, table tennis isn't about brute force. I see a lot of their coordination is still very immature. I have confidence in you."
A Shui also has confidence in herself and Maomao. After all, she and Maomao have played together for no less than forty or fifty games. This is just a little joke.
Watching the room full of players discussing tomorrow's match, Xiao Lingling suddenly interjected, "Actually, I think the Hong Kong women's doubles team's tactics are quite useful and not difficult..."
Falling to the ground and rushing forward is also one of the basic skills.
When many young players first start practicing pulling the ball without strength, the coach will also teach them how to break through the ball and use the waist to generate the strength of the arms.
However, there are many times when it is impossible to successfully use a burst charge because the ball is too strong and too fast, and mistakes are often made. Therefore, it is generally not used lightly without absolute certainty.
This technique is invincible if used well, but it can easily give points to the opponent if it is not used well.
Xiao Lingling was actually just making a suggestion. She felt that one should learn more good things from others. At that time, she didn't expect that her casual words could play a very important role in promoting the game.
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The bronze medal match starts before the final.
While the Chinese and North Korean teams were warming up in the waiting room, they occasionally looked up at the bronze medal match.
The Hong Kong team won the match with a score of [3:2] and secured the bronze medal in advance.
The only two points scored by the South Korean team came from Kim Lili's women's singles and mixed doubles.
The South Korean team lost the first two doubles matches, so they activated the rights of the underdog and directly arranged the third match to be mixed doubles, the fourth match to be women's singles, and the fifth match to be men's singles.
As a result, just as Jin Lili caught up with the score after playing two consecutive games, the Korean team's men's singles was defeated by Mori Yu-nan [3:0].
As soon as the game ended, Jin Lili was so angry that she just picked up her bag and left the stadium alone. She didn't even participate in the post-match interview of the South Korean team.
The South Korean team has always been bullying the weak and fearing the strong. If they don't achieve any results, they don't know how they will be bullied in the team, but Jin Lili... they don't dare.
This girl likes to be alone and has the inherent pride of a Chinese person. She never uses honorifics when speaking to anyone, and everyone in the Korean team has gotten used to it.
Kim Lili is the current number one player of the South Korean team. Although she is from China, she is very popular in Korea.
During the last open tournament, Zhu Qi saw an entire street outside Seoul's downtown shopping mall covered with Jin Lili's game posters. It was said that the fans were as numerous as the most popular movie stars of the year.
After returning from the Riyadh World Games, the Korean people cursed the Korean table tennis team, but no one mentioned anything wrong about Kim Lili. Many media even initially praised Kim Lili for leaving early, believing that Kim Lili was a true "competitive hero."
It is clear at a glance who has gained points and who has lost points.
This also reflects another characteristic of the Korean people, which is their extreme admiration for the strong.
If it weren't for the player Kim Lili, the South Korean team would have been relegated to the 18th tier in table tennis, and the Taegeukgi would not even be seen on the podium.
When the mixed team finals began, the organizers specially found a round platform and asked the twelve people participating in the competition to stand in fixed positions in turn.
The ceiling lights in the audience seats were turned off, and it was pitch black as far as the eye could see.
Zhu Qi felt a chill in front of him, as if some steam was coming out from under the stage.
The host was still giving an impassioned opening speech for the final match.
The misty air blew against his battle robe.
When the red hems swayed, they looked like six dancing flames.
Even if the candlelight is dim, these six people are like stars in the dark night.
Shining with the legend of the missions of this era.
Ren Xinhua found an open space and sat in a wheelchair looking at the six children on the stage.
Scenes from the past appeared in my mind like slides.
The children of the national table tennis team have all grown up.
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The first men's doubles match went even more smoothly than Zhu Qi had imagined.
Although Daxiong's knees still had some reaction, at least he had a solid foundation. He used heavy artillery to defend in the early stage and built a city wall in the middle stage.
Zhu Qi was sitting outside the court, and Qin Xiaoba was playing very seriously.
"Hey ha--" The little wolf cub gathered his strength and made a diagonal shot, shouting out from the bottom of his lungs, and the momentum of the ball rushing forward seemed to increase a bit.
The Chinese team added one point to the scoreboard.
Zhu Qi sat upright on the stool, listening to the thunderous applause and cheers around him, as well as the applause from the Buddha next to him who could no longer hold back and stood up to cheer for Qin Xiaoba.
After watching the show, Zhu Qi actually felt that it was Qin Xiaoba who had been leading Daxiong all along, and was mainly responsible for warming up the atmosphere.
Qin Xiaoba became more and more adept at fighting, and became more and more relaxed.
His right hand was still wrapped in gauze, but it couldn't stop the shouts and yells that came one after another.
This crazy state of playing is quite similar to the "Little Greedy Star General" praised by Korean media before.
The Chinese team's score continued to rise, winning two consecutive games with big scores, and with the last game left, they were three points ahead, establishing a big advantage.
Big Bear also wiped out yesterday's defeat and quickly regained his form today.
Perhaps because Zhu Qi looked too "dignified," the CCTV host also became curious: "Bao Bao seems to be in much better condition today than yesterday. I wonder if he has recovered. He seems a little tired. I wonder if he didn't get enough rest..."
He Qianlu replied: "According to the information I've received, there shouldn't be any problems. She doesn't like to make a fuss, and only claps and shouts when she sees a particularly good shot. This girl isn't just burdened by having won two World Games championships; she was like this when she was eleven, twelve, or thirteen."
[It seems that the childhood of the Double Grand Slam has already begun to show signs. He is just more mature than his peers, haha.]
This is also why Chairman Ren entrusted this team to her. I just saw several Bayi team leaders in the audience. I heard they brought special award uniforms for the Bayi team players...
When He Qianlu said this, the camera suddenly cut to the audience seats facing the stadium.
In the third row sat seven coaches of the Bayi team, wearing dark green military uniforms and several rows of military medals on their chests.
The old man with the most military medals sat in the middle. He looked majestic enough without any expression.
The veteran generals of the Bayi team personally supervised the battle.
This mixed team competition is of great significance.
It represents that the Chinese team has won six gold medals in table tennis for two consecutive years.
Once may be luck, twice means you will be the king of the team.
This is an extremely honorable note not only in the history of table tennis but also in the history of the entire Olympic World Games (World Games)!
The last ball ends.
The Chinese team ended the first men's doubles match with a score of [3:1].
The two young soldiers faced the old generals on the stage and saluted to take their leave.
In the second game, the women's doubles entered the court.
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