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◎When the sun rises in the east, the world no longer needs lighthouses.◎
Before the start of the Los Angeles World Games.
The coaching staff has actually made a lot of preparations.
Everyone knows that this battle is difficult to fight.
There is a high probability that something strange will happen on the American home turf.
In addition to competing, athletes must also endure a lot of off-field interference.
For example, frequent urine tests, flashing lights during competitions, cumbersome racket inspections, some inexplicable requirements... and so on.
Many people said, "Look, you've dedicated your entire life to the national table tennis team. It would be inappropriate if you couldn't complete your work for the General Administration of Sports when you were about to retire. In fact, you should have retired as soon as the Riyadh protests were over."
But Ren Xinhua said: "This battle is difficult, I can't leave this problem to other coaches."
This is Ren Xinhua's character.
It is also because of Ren Xinhua, the backbone who supports the team, that everyone from the coaching staff to the players are united.
The American organizers did make some trouble, but it was harmless and did not affect the athletes' normal training and competition.
When the Chinese national table tennis team was training, they deliberately turned off the chandeliers in their area.
The coaches held flashlights and acted as human street lights.
When the national table tennis team went to eat at noon, the cafeteria deliberately served some raw, cold and undercooked food to make things difficult for the Asians.
The coaches would go to Chinatown every day to find hot meals for the athletes.
When the national table tennis team was conducting urine tests, they chose the time when everyone was asleep and knocked on the door to request a surprise inspection.
The coaching team would specifically harass the urine testers when they were catching up on their sleep during the day, preventing them from sleeping.
Back and forth.
Seeing that these little tricks failed to affect the Chinese team, the American organizers could only watch the game begin.
In every World Games that Zhu Qi participated in before, she and Song Linzhou played the first mixed doubles match.
This time it was finally Qin Xiaoba and A Shui's turn to play the first game. Zhu Qi could rest for three or four more days, but he was still a little uncomfortable.
The mixed doubles draw was actually not very good.
In the same half as the North Korean team.
Fortunately, Qin Xiaoba and A Shui are in excellent condition.
Before the mixed doubles match started, many foreign players, seeing that the Qilin combination would not play this time, still held on to the hope that "maybe we can beat the Chinese team", but in the end they couldn't win a single game against Qin Xiaoba and A Shui.
The Fangqin team won all the way [4:0] and reached the semi-finals to meet the North Korean team.
After all, they have been partners for many years, and their relationship has become closer, so they can fight easily without any obstacles.
This semi-final match was a bit dangerous.
It is still Xi Lingen and Song Shuibo, the two "chosen mixed doubles" of the North Korean team.
At the beginning, the North Korean team took the initiative and attacked frequently.
A Shui was not willing to fall behind, and tried his best to retrieve the ball, saving several particularly dangerous goals.
Qin Xiaoba followed suit and acted as a spear thrusting forward.
The scores on both sides were closely tied and the game was getting longer and longer.
This is when the benefits of the national table tennis team's extremely high training volume are reflected, that is, as the competition time goes on, their control over the game remains unchanged.
After all, endurance is also a factor in winning.
At the beginning of the seventh game, the two players of the North Korean team felt that they were gradually unable to keep up with the rhythm of the Chinese team.
Zhu Qi was sitting in the stands, and seeing that Ah Shui and Qin Xiaoba were still playing very smoothly and hitting every ball without missing a single one, he knew that the game was a sure win.
The last ball landed.
When it was announced that the Chinese team advanced to the finals.
The results for the other half of the group have also come out. Huang Jiajia and Mori Yunan from the Hong Kong team will compete with the Chinese team for the gold medal.
There were no competitions throughout 2005, and Qin Xiaoba and Mori Yunan had not met on the court for a long time.
In fact, when the two sides were training, Zhu Qi passed by the Hong Kong team's training area and took a look.
Huang Jiajia was a pure chopping player in her early years. In recent years, she may have wanted to achieve more results in individual events. After changing to the spin style, she has made great progress.
But A Shui and Qin Xiaoba were well prepared.
During the pre-match training, Sister Xia specially found a young player from the second team whose playing style was very similar to Huang Jiajia, to serve as a mixed doubles sparring partner for A Shui and Qin Xiaoba.
The little player has a strong ability to imitate and can even imitate some of Huang Jiajia's catching details.
Her talent for imitation is no less than that of Jin Lili back then.
A Shui and Qin Xiaoba stood on one side of the table, and their eyes changed in the camera.
On their shoulders are the mixed doubles gold medals that Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou have defended for three consecutive years, and the kids from the second team have sacrificed their own opportunities to improve their skills for half a year to serve as sparring partners for them.
Many times, they looked at Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou standing on the mixed doubles podium and asked each other.
Why are they not qualified to participate in the mixed doubles of the World Games? Is it because they are not the "chosen mixed doubles"?
But it turns out.
Even if it is chosen by God, it still requires human efforts.
The final still lasted seven games.
In fact, the Hong Kong team also performed very well this time and almost turned defeat into victory in the fifth game.
After Sen Yunan scored five points in a row to tie the score, Qin Xiaoba burst out with his inner strength and won the most crucial penalty kick.
But A Shui and Qin Xiaoba fought with all their might, and every muscle was exerted with the swing of the racket.
The bones seemed to be torn out of the body, grow wings, and fly to the highest podium.
And they did it.
After the last ball of the final was won by the Chinese team.
Ah Shui raised his hands high, fell on the floor and cried and laughed.
Qin Xiaoba's knees also went weak. His nerves, which had been tense for such a long time, made him kneel on the ground, letting the sweat drip down his hair and onto his neck.
Two wet "water men" won the first gold medal for the Chinese team.
The mixed doubles champion is the Chinese team, the runner-up is the Chinese Zhuhai-Hong Kong team, and the third place is the North Korean team.
When Zhu Qi went on stage to receive the award, he was captured by the camera again while clapping in the stands.
Zhu Qi didn't even notice that he had this expression while watching the game.
His face was serious and expressionless.
It looks like a solemn and serious god in the sky.
Only when the Chinese team scored would the corners of his mouth relax a little and a look of relief appear in his eyes.
"You are becoming more and more like a coach now." Maomao sat next to Zhu Qi and whispered.
There was a lot of noise and when Zhu Qi heard it, he felt that the cat's voice was floating from the horizon.
She could no longer remember what 29-year-old Zhu Qi was doing in her previous life.
At the age of 29, she became the flag bearer of the entire Chinese team.
Family, friends, honor, money, social status...she has it all.
And she had always believed that the social mission she should fulfill after traveling through time had already been accomplished.
The Chinese national table tennis team is now strong.
In fact, many of Sasa and Youyou's technical and tactical levels are no less than those of world-class players, they just lack some experience in world-class competitions.
Although Xiao Lingling has not yet entered her golden age, her growth process is gradually progressing.
The mixed team has several veterans in charge, and the coaches are also very confident.
After winning the mixed doubles.
The women's doubles and men's doubles also went very smoothly.
Originally, the coaching staff was worried about the women's doubles team, but Maomao was supervising the game from the sidelines and called two timeouts very well.
Once in the quarterfinals and once in the finals.
They will play against the Russian women's doubles and the Japanese women's doubles respectively.
There is one characteristic of Sasa and Youyou when they play basketball, which is that they tend to get anxious when they are at a disadvantage.
You need to calm down at this time.
Zhu Qi, sitting in the stands, could guess when Maomao would call a timeout without even listening.
As long as I feel that Sasa and Youyou are not in the right state and seem to be about to make mistakes, I will immediately stop the game and let Sasa and Youyou find their form.
This is the tacit understanding from old teammates.
During the women's doubles final, Maomao said to Zuo Zuo during the last second of a timeout: "You know what? In sports, no one has a permanent chance. This is your first World Games, and it could also be your last. If you don't seize the opportunity, you won't have a future. Only by holding on to the points can you secure a ticket to the next World Games."
Sasa's eyes were a little distracted while he was playing, but after hearing what Maomao said, he suddenly came to his senses.
Sometimes during a competition, if you can catch your breath, you can unleash extremely powerful energy.
Originally, Youyou, as someone who had participated in a World Games, was the dominant player in the women's doubles. However, after the break, Sasa suddenly launched an attack, and every ball she hit was very tricky.
After the women's doubles won the championship, good news also came from the men's doubles.
Song Linzhou's doubles has always been very stable. As a young player participating in the world competition for the first time, Jin Zi was a little nervous at the beginning, but with the guidance of the big brother, he made it all the way to the end without any danger.
Everyone watched the last ball of the men's doubles match fall, and stood up and burst into applause.
Song Linzhou had his hair cut before the competition. His bangs, which were originally a little long, were now placed more neatly above his eyebrows. After being soaked with sweat, his whole body looked as clean and transparent as if washed with water. His bright eyes were exposed, his sword-like eyebrows were curved, and he showed a smile that was determined to win.
After ensuring that he had secured the third gold medal in the table tennis group, Song Linzhou faced everyone, held the racket in both hands, and gently kissed the side where Zhu Qi had written.
This is the unique romance of athletes.
This is also a little secret known only to Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou.
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After the double event.
The upcoming individual competitions will be even more intense.
Zhu Qi, A Shui, Song Linzhou, and Qin Xiaoba.
These four people each own half of the zone.
Women's singles, men's singles.
Every day brings news of promotion.
[Congratulations to Qin Shang and Song Linzhou of the Chinese men's table tennis team for successfully advancing to the men's singles quarterfinals...]
[Congratulations to the Chinese women's table tennis team, Zhu Qi and Fang Miao, for advancing to the women's singles quarterfinals...]
[Congratulations to the four athletes from the women's and men's national table tennis teams for successfully advancing to the finals and securing the gold and silver medals in the women's and men's singles! ]
Four districts are blooming!
Hardware confirmed!!
The coaching staff went crazy!
Everyone stood on stools, shouting, dancing, and gesticulating. Twenty years later, a comment described their appearance as "regression."
Ren Xinhua actually wanted to shout, but he was really old and couldn't do it anymore.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he found that his breathing became difficult again. He quickly took out a bottle of antihypertensive medicine from his pocket, put it directly into his mouth and swallowed it.
Although the finals haven't started yet.
But all four finalists are Chinese.
For the coaches, there is basically no suspense.
We are all Chinese anyway.
Just fight.
Whoever takes the gold gets it.
While watching the final, the coaches sat comfortably in the audience seats, each holding a cup of coffee, and had already decided where to hold the celebration party.
Although there is still one last mixed group match.
But after taking a look at the current foreign teams, there is basically no rival for the Chinese team.
Others celebrated in advance and opened champagne at halftime.
The Chinese team took the initiative to ensure victory.
The subsequent final is also known as the decisive battle at the top of Los Angeles.
Whether it is women's singles or men's singles.
They all played at the highest level among contemporary active players.
Zhu Qi and A Shui can be considered "old rivals".
The players who once followed Zhu Qi and trained with him one day also had their own half of the World Games zone, and successfully reached the finals in their first participation.
They both played very relaxed.
Zhu Qi also fought happily without any pressure.
In fact, Zhu Qi has accumulated some old injuries over the years.
Every time I play a big game, I have to inject at least three injections to block it.
Especially during the World Games.
You have to fight every day.
Before going on stage, Zhu Qi's right arm was so heavy that he could hardly lift it.
Xu Dong pressed on her shoulder and found that her shoulder blade was as hard as a brick.
There may be inflammation and fluid accumulation inside due to long-term strain.
Zhu Qi knew.
Maybe this will be my last time participating in the women's singles at the World Games.
But she still wanted to give it a try.
Because sports competitors, as long as their arms are not broken, would like to pick up the racket and give it a try.
A Shui's performance in this competition was really good.
She dared to fight and won against Jin Lili in the semi-finals.
Now, there are no more nightmares for A Shui.
There was a lot of excitement on the table.
Every ball is of extremely high quality.
As soon as a ball landed, there was cheering from the sidelines.
[13:11], [10:12], [11:8], [14:12], [11:13], [9:11]…
In the final seventh game, Zhu Qi won the women's singles championship again with a difference of two points.
The title now includes another World Games triple crown.
The results of the men's singles are also out.
Song Linzhou won the gold medal, Qin Xiaoba the silver medal, and Sen Yunan the bronze medal.
In the women's singles bronze medal, Jin Lili defeated Xi Ling'en for the first time and won her first World Games women's singles medal.
In this way.
Another dramatic scene occurred on the individual podium of the Los Angeles World Games.
Six people.
They are all Chinese or Chinese immigrants.
The final mixed team result is self-evident, the Chinese team swept the field.
The newly crowned mixed doubles champion, women's singles champion and men's singles champion are all in it.
Xiao Lingling also performed very well.
Xu Dong gave her a chance to play in the women's singles.
Little Bell caught it.
Although the aura felt a bit awkward when fighting.
But soon got into the rhythm.
The last mixed team match.
A mixed doubles match for the Qilin combination was still arranged.
Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou did not play any mixed doubles matches during the entire Los Angeles cycle.
I only practiced with her for a while when I was practicing with the Fang Qin group.
But the world's number one mixed doubles team still showed their tacit understanding.
We won the last game at the speed of light with a score of [3:0].
In fact, during this battle, Zhu Qi was also thinking about why Song Linzhou could work so well with him.
While changing positions again and again and turning his back to Song Linzhou, he could still feel the direction of the ball.
Zhu Qi had the answer in his heart.
That is, she also trusts him.
This trust comes from every game we have played.
Zhu Qi is not a person who likes to make a big fuss or make a big fuss over trivial matters.
Maybe it was influenced by my uncle and aunt.
She always felt that feelings were most beautiful when they were buried in the heart.
Like a box full of candy.
The key is in each other's hands.
One person puts it in, and the other person takes it apart and looks at it.
Every time I see a constant flow of love.
And the other person can see it too.
It doesn't require any sweet words, nor does it need to be known to everyone.
Song Linzhou treated her very well, and he knew that Zhu Qi was only focused on playing basketball and never let himself affect Zhu Qi.
She knows all this.
To be precise, I knew it a long time ago.
She's not made of stone.
She also has a heart.
You can also feel who is good to you.
Sometimes he pretended not to know because Zhu Qi felt that Song Linzhou was too young at that time.
Perhaps the initial aspirations that emerged in adolescence will be eroded in the future.
But now it seems that Zhu Qi was perhaps a little unfair to him, treating this man as one of the vulgar people.
She didn't know what was wrong either.
Perhaps it was because he knew that after the Los Angeles World Games, Song Linzhou would semi-retire like Daxiong.
This might really be their last time playing mixed doubles.
After the last ball landed and Zhu Qi secured victory, he turned around and hugged Song Linzhou.
Song Linzhou was obviously stunned for a moment, then he also stretched out his arms and put them around her.
Just a simple second.
But it was a victory embrace that came 12 years late.
Perhaps this should have happened as early as the Tokyo World Games.
The sturdy man was very tall, with hard muscles, and his skin was trembling slightly, as if it was a reaction to the strenuous exercise.
There's a faint smell of sweat, but also a refreshing smell of shampoo and laundry detergent.
But his heartbeat was still as strong as that of a teenager.
Unreservedly fanatical.
Because of this hug, the whole audience exploded with thunder.
Everyone went crazy that day.
The roar of the crowd seemed to be able to lift the ceiling.
Everyone was shouting in their own country's language.
Some of them can't understand.
But the names are most likely Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou.
Everyone gathered around!
Everyone held hands and walked around the table in circles.
Everyone was shouting loudly.
Although the sound was out of sync, it was obvious that everyone was excited.
People.
This life is actually very short.
It is a very proud thing to be able to fight for your dreams regardless of everything.
Red flags are flying outside.
Like a raging fire, it spread across Los Angeles.
The entire Chinese team won a total of 48 gold medals in the Los Angeles World Games.
The Chinese national table tennis team accounts for one-eighth.
On the podium, six golden medals were held high above their heads by the players of the Chinese team.
All the lights shining from all directions were not as dazzling as the six gold medals.
In this kind of "purchase" style competition, no country or team can stop this king's team.
Zhu Qi stood in the middle, with souvenirs for the competition at his feet.
A torch of the same type held by the Statue of Liberty.
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence.
There was a beam of light at the top of the lobby, shining right on her.
It was as if there was a flame without temperature, making her sportswear look even hotter.
When the sun rises in the east.
The world no longer needs lighthouses.
Ren Xinhua sat in the stands with tears in her eyes.
She gently took off her reading glasses from her nose and wiped the tear marks on them with the corner of her clothes.
The children of the national table tennis team have all grown up.
She can finally retire.
【Author’s words】
The whole article is finished in about two chapters! Spread the flowers~
After that, there is the wedding of the stinky sister and stinky brother, as well as the official announcement of the Qilin group and the arrangement of the coaching staff of the national table tennis team. The welfare extra story needs to be completed and marked with the [Complete] mark. After waiting for seven days for settlement, the welfare extra story can be released~
If you don't wait for the checkout, the bonus extra option won't pop up, and you still have to pay to watch it. I used to think it could be sent at any time, but I asked the editor and found out that this is the case.
So the bonus chapter will probably be updated on August 1st~ Don't worry, I will send it out immediately after the settlement~!
The bonus extra chapters I’m planning to write now are [Some comments after watching the movie 20 years later], [Daily love life/meeting the parents], and [Descendants]. A sister said she wanted to see some [yellow heart] content, which scared me. Our story is a serious competitive theme!
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