76 China-US Exchange Competition
◎But do they consider themselves women in this way?◎
After knowing that his blood test result was not up to standard and he would not be able to participate in the World Cup in October this year.
Jamie had a tantrum in the American training room.
Although the coaches told Jamie that this was to be expected, Jamie still couldn't accept it.
She had given so much, even risking her life to undergo a complete transformation surgery, just to be able to compete in world competitions as a woman, but was frequently rejected.
Absolutely! There is no way I can accept this!
The American team submitted many applications for Jamie, but each time they were rejected because the blood reports were unqualified.
This continues.
It is not certain whether we can participate in the Moscow World Games.
Although the US table tennis team shared Jamie's goal and wanted to set a precedent for the first transgender participant in the World Games, they encountered more obstacles than they had imagined.
But it was too late to regret now.
Jamie signed a contract with them. As the price of completing the surgery, the US team is obligated to help Jamie participate in world-class competitions.
After the Munich World Games.
There are many rumors out there that the Chinese team is in a period of transition, and with the retirement of Chang Hongxia and Gao Xiaofeng, there will be no one to support the Chinese team.
After all, table tennis first originated in Europe.
In fact, before the Chinese team occupied the table tennis podium, Europeans were also very interested in the sport.
Because in the early days, table tennis could be played on any table indoors. This sport did not require a large venue and was very accessible.
Their love for football is no less than that for basketball, rugby...
Around 1800, a sporting goods manufacturer in the United States invented the game of "indoor tennis" and wanted to promote it in the United States.
However, it became really popular in the UK later. At that time, people would put dining tables together, stretch a net or use wool in the middle, find a elastic ball, and hit it with a wooden board.
Later in 1884, a manufacturer in London, England used a material similar to tennis balls at the time to make lighter and smaller yellow balls to replace the previous bulky rubber balls.
However, during the one and a half hour theoretical class Zhu Qi and her classmates attended each week, there was another story that during the early Qing Dynasty, the Miao people in the mountainous areas bordering Sichuan, Chongqing, and Yunnan had a game called "stinky tangerines." They used dried tangerines as balls, long boards with handles as paddles, and door panels as a table for playing against each other.
It doesn't matter where the table tennis ball extends from.
What matters is who can continue to develop this sport.
After all, football was invented in China.
Cuju, which existed during the Warring States Period, has been played for more than two thousand years.
What's the result?
Tsk.
If the United States and the West can regain this honor and create a table tennis event with huge commercial value like the World Cup, it can serve as a cash cow to continuously absorb global funds.
They will emulate the NBA and the World Cup.
Creating one American table tennis world superstar after another.
Actually, it doesn’t matter whether this person is Jamie or not.
They don't care what kind of questions Jamie will face in the future when he appears on the world stage as a transgender person.
They just need someone to bring the Chinese table tennis team down from the altar.
Let’s start with the women’s team.
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The person Jamie was staring at was sitting right across from him, writing and drawing in a notebook.
Jamie had seen this young Chinese girl in Los Angeles.
At that time, Jamie knew that this girl also played table tennis and was a member of the Chinese national women's team.
If you want to stand on the highest podium.
This girl is the target that he must defeat.
Jamie knew that a big part of the reason why his application was always rejected was because China had been obstructing him.
Why don't they have sympathy for themselves?
Don’t you think it’s a pitiful thing that as a “woman”, you had no choice when you were born and God gave you a man’s body?
The coaches are right.
The Chinese are a group of people without any beliefs.
They never think about why their country is still so poor.
Although they have such brilliant achievements in table tennis, they have never thought of relying on this to make table tennis a sport that is no less important than the Football World Cup and the NBA. Instead, they arrogantly talk about collective honor.
In the minds of many sports enthusiasts, the honors won by the Chinese table tennis team are no less than those won by the Brazilian team that won the championship in 1994.
But the commercial value is so different that there is no way to compare them.
Occupying such a big piece of fat meat, but not thinking about getting more funds.
This is simply a waste of resources.
Since the Chinese team is so self-righteous, it is better to give up this piece of "fat meat".
I heard that Zhugang and Yunwan are coming to Beijing to hold a friendly match, and the American team must come no matter what.
First, they wanted to give the Chinese team a warning.
Second, I also plan to take a look at the current development status of the Chinese team.
According to the analysis of the US team, the player with the highest level of ability will be the captain.
So according to their understanding, they think Maomao is the strongest player in the Chinese women's team.
When the American coach heard Jamie say that he wanted to challenge the current captain of the Chinese team, he actually did not want Jamie to play against the Chinese team right away. After all, this was their home court, and it would be embarrassing whether they won or lost.
Moreover, even if Jamie played well in the European Cup, the level of those European female players is still different from that of the Chinese team.
But Jamie was adamant, so the American coach had no choice but to talk to Ren Xinhua: "These past two days of competition have been boys' games. I think we should give the girls some room to perform. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Ren Xinhua guessed what these old white men were going to do. She changed the subject and said, "But it's late now. Our players usually don't train after 9pm..."
The American coach glanced at his watch and said, "There's still half an hour until nine o'clock. I think we should be able to organize a women's singles match. Our American team hasn't had a chance to play today. Not being able to play against the Chinese team will be a regret on our trip to China..."
The Buddha standing next to him could probably understand some of the words, and his heart sank.
Is this foreign devil trying to challenge the women's team directly? Let that little eunuch do it?
Who's not letting you play? I've been watching the excitement for two days, and now I realize we haven't played against the Chinese team yet?
What are you doing?
Ren Xinhua thought so too.
After she and the Buddha looked at each other, they both had the same idea in their minds.
Isn’t that the so-called “female” player of the American team?
Otherwise, just find a player from the second national team, or a player who has been serving as a sparring partner in the team, to practice with Jamie and learn Jamie's playing style.
It doesn't matter whether you win or lose.
When you have learned enough, it would be nice to serve as a sparring partner for Zhu Qi or Maomao.
After this exchange of glances, Master Fo instantly understood Ren Xinhua's thoughts.
Ren Xinhua continued to "deal" with the American coach, as if saying, "I'm willing to fight, but I want to delay for a while."
The Buddha walked around and went to the women's team's seat to talk briefly.
The US team wants to play a women's singles match against the women's team and plans to pick one from the second team or the first team's sparring team, and explained the reasons for the selection.
The goal is not to win, but to learn Jamie's playing style and serve as a sparring partner for the absolute main players.
The girls nodded one after another, knowing the importance of being a sparring partner and willing to be the "sacrificed" object.
So this is something that these Americans and Westerners cannot understand. Why would anyone be willing to stand behind the scenes forever, where no light shines?
"Let me fight," Youyou challenged Foye. "I've been serving as a sparring partner for Baobao, and like that American, I'm right-handed."
Buddha nodded, but who knew that when he returned, the American coach directly asked for the person who would play against Jamie.
"I heard that the captain of the women's team is the strongest player in your women's team. Our player Shackleedesfi Jamie is very much looking forward to meeting the strongest opponent."
The Buddha was stunned.
What?
Want to fight with the cat?
Jamie challenged something so difficult right from the start?
Or do you think your level is also very high?
Ren Xinhua looked back at Maomao. Maomao had already stood up to pack his tennis bag. He took out his racket and unzipped his jacket, ready to go on court.
Ah Shui was a little worried and shouted, "Mao Mao, you..."
"It's okay." Maomao put his coat on the stool and handed a key from his pocket to A Shui. "Go get a video camera and put it here and use my coat to cover it."
This was their only chance to watch Jamie compete up close.
Ah Shui hesitated for a moment, and seeing Zhu Qi nodding at her, she went to the logistics room as Maomao said.
The national team has a camera, but it is not used often because it is not electronic and requires a DV videotape, which is not sold in China and can only be imported from Japan and is very expensive.
Unless it is a large-scale competition, videotapes will be used to improve players' techniques. The players' training process during the day will be recorded, and then taken back at night to check whether there are any incomplete details in the players' movements during training.
A Shui took the camera and stuck the lens between the two stools in front as Maomao said, then covered it with Maomao's coat. At first glance, you really can't tell that there is a video recorder here.
Because it's a friendly match.
From the women's doubles match between A Shui and Jia Jia to the men's doubles match later on, there was no coach to provide off-court guidance.
But it does not say that players are not allowed to provide off-field coaching.
Zhu Qi took the seat of the Buddha, sat in the first row with his arms folded, and watched the players from both sides standing on both sides of the table ready to go and do a simple warm-up.
Jamie took off his baseball cap and let his long golden hair fall down behind his head in a bun.
The azure eyes gave off a very cold feeling. This person had a high nose, a wide face, deep eyes, a high Adam's apple, and broad shoulders...
Judging from appearance and head-to-body ratio.
It was a man who came.
Even when I speak, I lower my voice so that it doesn't sound too hoarse.
However, when a person undergoes sex change after adulthood, every part of his body still remembers what it looked like as a man.
Zhu Qi watched Jamie bend down to pick up the ball. His arched waist was covered by clothes, and the well-defined muscle lines were clearly visible. He hummed softly from the tip of his nose.
Jamie seemed to have heard Zhu Qi's voice and glanced at Zhu Qi with his blue eyes.
The look was somewhat creepy, like a vicious beast in some dark corner, turning the biting cold gaze into materialized ice spikes.
Zhu Qi looked back unwillingly, watching Jamie pick up the ball, weigh it back and forth on the table, and then pause in his palm.
Best of three.
11-point system.
No points given.
Qin Xiaoba muttered something behind him. Zhu Qi didn't hear it clearly, but it was probably not a good thing.
Because the coaches turned around and glared at him, and Big Bear immediately said, "Stop talking."
The first ball begins.
Jamie showed the strength of a man he once was.
"Her" ball hit the table in front of Maomao with an almost brute force.
This forehand shot looks like a masculine style of play, emphasizing the need to end the fight in the first three shots.
Although Maomao was able to catch the first ball, Jamie suddenly changed the direction of the second ball and hit Maomao's backhand area.
The cat didn't catch it.
The first ball was Jamie's.
From the second goal, Jamie showed his unreasonable strength like a monster.
Although Maomao also has a combination of speed and strength, he inexplicably feels at a disadvantage when facing Jamie.
The second ball, the third ball, the score was also Jamie's.
For the fourth ball, Maomao used the concealment of his hook serve to grab a point.
【Cat 1:3 Jamie】
When seeing this, Zhu Qi suddenly discovered that every time before Maomao caught the ball, his right shoulder would involuntarily retract.
Maomao didn’t have this habit in previous competitions.
It's obvious that it's the sequelae of the surgery I had last year.
This action adds 0.1 seconds of lag to the cat's swing.
Just when Maomao was about to rush sideways, Jamie on the opposite side suddenly hit a short ball near the net.
The white ball fell in front of the cat like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind. The cat quickly stepped forward and wanted to hit the ball back, but the white ball bounced twice on the table.
【Cat Cat 5:11 Jamie】
Jamie scored the first point.
A Shui was a little nervous. When he wanted to ask Zhu Qi what to do, he found that Zhu Qi had already stood up and started talking to Maomao about how to play the second game.
"This guy doesn't play with any tactics, he just uses brute force. Don't follow the flow..."
The cat lowered its head, lost in thought.
Zhu Qi watched Jamie's game in the European Cup. When he watched it, he felt that Jamie relied entirely on his physical advantage to suppress the opposing players.
At this time, you can actually change your thinking.
Zhu Qi knew that in the first round, Maomao deliberately stretched out the battle line and used multiple angles to test Jamie's strengths and weaknesses.
Jamie has a good forehand, and coincidentally, Maomao is also a forehand player.
When two forehands are facing each other, whoever has the upper hand in terms of strength and quality of the ball will have the upper hand.
At this time, the only way for Maomao to win back the game is to use his backhand to score points.
The second game begins.
While waiting to serve, Zhu Qi felt a twisted body and a twisted soul.
What distorts this person is not the so-called gender change, but an urgent need for identity after being suppressed for too long.
Even if it is obtained by robbery or deception, there needs to be a group of people to recognize its existence.
The reason why Jamie chose Maomao may not be entirely because Maomao is the captain of the women's team. He believes that Maomao is the best player in the Chinese women's team.
"She" knew that the cat had just had surgery last year and was now in the non-golden period of recovery.
"She" also held a grudge because Maomao once asked her why she wanted to go into the women's restroom in Los Angeles.
Zhu Qi had seen this kind of people in his previous life.
They have long, feminine hair, bright red lips, and makeup, wear slender high heels, and wear enchanting skirts. They speak in a coquettish voice and pinch their throats to act coquettishly...
But do they consider themselves women?
Have they also transformed women’s natural empathy?
Have they learned the all-embracing heart of women?
Do they possess the high empathy abilities of women?
Do women also possess the ability to regulate team emotions and resolve conflicts, which is naturally superior to men?
Obviously, the Jamie Shackleides in front of him had only changed his body structure, while still retaining the bad qualities of a man.
At the start of the second inning, Jamie began to slow down.
There's a leisurely feeling of cat and mouse, as if there's no rush to end the game immediately.
Maomao knew that the first round was over, and what Zhu Qi said to her meant that she and Jamie would compete in basic skills.
In this showdown between the hunter and the prey, it is still unclear who is the prey.
The second game begins.
Maomao gave up the forehand system that he was good at.
Frequently attacking the opponent's backhand area is to prevent Jamie from having the opportunity to attack.
But Jamie is no pushover either.
"Her" main feature is the quality of the board. As long as she serves, the rotation, power, quality and safety of each ball are the highest.
She is not only one of the best female players in Europe, but also one of the best male players in Europe.
Seeing Jamie's score increasing little by little, Maomao's frown deepened.
It was like an iron barrel was erected outside the table opposite, and no matter how hard I tried to break through, there was no way.
While recording the video, A Shui saw that Maomao and Zhu Qi both had frowning expressions, and his mood also became ups and downs.
Not really?
It’s impossible for Maomao to not win a single round, right?
The coaches' expressions were not very good either, as they watched the score in the second game begin to widen to more than five points.
【Cat 5:10 Jamie】
Jamie gave the cat almost no chance and used all his strength to fight with it for every ball.
The racket in his hand was like a baseball bat, and when the ball hit him, it was not a normal sprint, but a crashing down like a boulder.
The whole audience exclaimed in surprise, and Zhu Qi heard Jia Jia from the Hong Kong team next door say, "It's so hard..."
"He's really serious about beating me. (He's really serious about beating me.)"
"Maomao, the captain of the women's team, is really quite skilled."
"They're both so serious, risking their lives to chop it!"
"This man-to-woman is awesome! She's trained to be as strong as a bull."
The Hong Kong team was whispering, and the Yunwan team on the other side also followed suit in whispers.
Because it took two games.
Jamie's back was sweating. When she rolled up the sleeves of her navy blue sportswear and tucked them under her armpits, Zhu Qi saw a very hideous tattoo of a rose wrapped around a sickle on her right arm.
It looks like it was newly tattooed, and the edges of the lines are slightly reddish.
Because of this, there was an eerie red light on “her” pale arm.
Normally, if it were a formal competition, it would be difficult to catch up with such a long score.
Because the next ball is Jamie's serve, the opponent has a high probability of scoring.
A Shui's heart was in his throat and he didn't dare to watch the next ball.
She wanted to yell, "It's not fair! It's not fair! The cat's waist is reacting! They're bullying the patients!"
But no one expected that Jamie's serve was suddenly twisted and pulled back by Mao Mao!
Jamie wanted to make another burst of attack, but Maomao predicted the landing point of the ball, waited at the place where Jamie was counterattacking, and then quickly tore the ball back with his backhand!
Jamie was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect the cat to be able to catch the ball, and watched the ball bounce off the corner of the table in front of him!
"Oh!" The person next to him gasped!
"Good shot!" A Shui couldn't help but shouted.
Then everyone's attention was drawn to A Shui. A Shui felt a little embarrassed by the gazes of a group of blue eyes, so he huddled behind Zhu Qi and continued to aim the camera in his hand at the stadium.
After that, Maomao suddenly scored four points in a row. No one knew how Maomao did it. They just saw that Jamie's ball started to go out of bounds frequently!
One ball, two balls, three balls...
Every time Jamie tensed his arms and hit the ball hard.
The rose and sickle tattoo on "her" arm will expand slightly due to the contraction and tension of the arm muscles, giving the impression that a rose is blooming.
Zhu Qi frowned, watching Maomao frequently adding insurance to the ball, deliberately luring Jamie to use power balls to hit him, causing the ball to frequently go out of bounds. Only then did Jamie realize it and began to slow down a little, trying to change the line with Maomao.
Maomao quickly followed and started to fight with his forehand.
Jamie's ball path is powerful and heavy, and Maomao has been competing with Jamie in speed connection since the second game, and has gained a slight advantage.
Jamie had a huge advantage in the second game, but after Maomao caught up with him for a few balls, he became obviously a little impatient.
The Maomao started to chase points, tied the score, and then started to fight for the two winning goals with more than 10 points.
The ball went back and forth between the two players for more than twenty times.
Jamie's crazy smashing of the board was like a hammer hitting iron, and finally the ball hit the table and fell behind Maomao with a bang.
The ball spun at high speed, leaving behind spiral patterns on the floor mat.
The referee was the coach of the Hong Kong team. He looked up at Maomao and then at Jamie, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
It seemed like the brain was running so fast that the CPU was about to burn out. In the end, he flipped the scoreboard on Jamie's side with some uncertainty.
【Cat Cat 15:17 Jamie】
wrong!
No!!
The last one is obviously a table tennis ball!
Zhu Qi didn't hear the sound of the ball rubbing against the edge of the table!
This is not skirting the line at all!
She is very confident in her hearing and there is absolutely no way she could be wrong!
This isn't Jamie's point!
This is the cat's score!
The American team was celebrating, whistling, clapping, jumping up and shouting.
It's like winning the whole world.
Even Ah Shui felt that something was amiss. He looked at the coaches in the row in front and whispered, "That's not right. This isn't a borderline offense..."
Ah Shui saw Ren Xinhua clench his fists. Although he couldn't see Ren Xinhua's expression, Ah Shui heard Ren Xinhua say in a very cold voice: "That ball just now..."
Maomao glanced at Ren Xinhua, and her eyes said a lot.
Finally, he ended his communication with Ren Xinhua silently while looking at each other, and went to shake hands with Jamie to prepare to end the game.
A fire that had been blocking Zhu Qi's heart since morning suddenly exploded. She felt her head buzzing, as if something was exploding inside her.
Zhu Qi was furious. He slammed the table next to him with his hand and jumped up from the stool with a "whoosh".
I don’t know if it was because of the sprained tendon in my right foot that I moved when I started to push myself up, but a sore, swollen, and numb feeling spread from my ankle to my calf muscles.
The ice pack tied to my right foot rustled.
She didn't care about the pain and gritted her teeth fiercely.
"Another match! I'll do it!"
The Buddha reached out but failed to grab her, and Zhu Qi walked around everyone and stopped in front of Jamie who was about to leave.
Dark eyes met blue eyes.
Qin Xiaoba was sitting in his seat, equally furious, and roared: "Sister! Beat him!"
【Author’s words】
①This information is excerpted from a newspaper
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