Ping Pong Life

Chapter 450 Olympic Games

Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, where the Olympic Games will be held.

As a sporting event, the Olympic Games has a unique position unmatched by any other sports-related activities. It has the longest cycle, the largest scale, the largest cost, the largest number of participants, the longest schedule, the largest scene, the highest degree of attention, etc. Wait, there are dozens or even hundreds of "most" like this.

It is undoubtedly the No. [-] sports event of Blue Star.

Therefore, for Huaping players, the Olympic Games is a completely different experience from the World Table Tennis Championships or the Table Tennis World Cup.

Here, table tennis is just one of countless sports, and the Chinese table tennis players who seem to have a large number of stars are just a handful of countless sports stars, and they are not as eye-catching as imagined.

Whether it is diving, gymnastics, weightlifting, badminton, etc., which are also world-dominated by China, or basketball and football, which are not strong but have enough influence in the world, the contestants have sufficient confidence and confidence. Everyone in Huaping looked away.

Of course, the above is just an objective situation, and it does not mean that Huaping players really want to go out and compete with others.

In fact, when the Huaping players entered the Olympic Village with the Chinese athletes, they entered the closed training camp very low-key.

In this Olympics, the table tennis event is placed in the middle of the overall competition schedule, which allows everyone to have ample time to overcome jet lag, adjust their status, and study their opponents.

On the first day of the closed training camp, the coaching staff drew up the overall strategy for this closed special training: the emphasis is on mixed doubles, followed by men's doubles and women's doubles, and light on men's singles and women's singles.

This is not because of not paying attention to singles, but because, under the current environment, based on the actual combat test in the past year, the coaching staff believes that the possibility of Huaping's singles overturning is extremely small.

Originally, in the second half of last year and the first half of this year, Miya Yamano and Mima Yichuan of Sakura Country had created a lot of crises for Huaping in the women's singles event. Yu, Shen Sha, Chen Tong, Yin Di and others began to rise rapidly, and defeated the Sakura Country women's single sister Yi Chuan Mima in each open tournament.

So far, an extremely subtle and fierce internal competition has formed between the new and old players in the women's team. Although the veteran players have better results in the civil war than the young players, in the foreign war, especially when facing Yichuan Mima, The record is not as good as that of young players.

So in the last few months of the second half of the year, it seemed that they were stimulated by the young players. The veteran top3 Jin Ling and Liu Wen also began to explode in the small universe. In the last few open matches, only the veteran Zhu Lingling Some lagging behind in the process.

But even if Zhu Lingling falls behind, it cannot be said that she did not play well or did not work hard, but because her technical and tactical system itself is a defensive and counterattack route. However, under the latest trend of table tennis offense across Taiwan, she Her style of play is outdated, so she has no choice. After all, she has been playing for decades, and she can't be allowed to make technical changes from the foundation at her advanced age.

In short, don't look at the men's team where Wang Chao seems to be fighting with Bai Feng and Lin Li, but to be honest, the women's team is really a life-and-death competition.

In the statistics of the team's last internal assessment before the team went to Mexico, the data released by the women's team showed that the results of the civil war between the main force veteran and the main force Xiao Hua were extremely tragic. .

In terms of performance in foreign wars, the results of the little flowers are better than that of the veterans, and they are also in a four or six.

Therefore, in the final selection of the Olympic women's singles candidates, Wang Wendong, as the head coach of the women's team, dared not call names directly. It's not that he has no courage, but that he really feels that no matter how he chooses, he is in line with the principle of being responsible for the team and Huaping. , he chose to turn to Cai Guodong for help.

Cai Guodong didn't think it was so difficult at first, but after reading all the statistics and past performance statistics, the chief rudder of Huaping was also dumbfounded. He had no choice but to hold a meeting of the entire coaching staff. All aspects of things, after extremely delicate and difficult trade-offs and choices, the list was finally finalized.

In the Olympic Games in previous years, veterans were usually chosen without a doubt. Only when the number of veterans was not enough, young players would be added. But this time, it is clear that the five veterans in the women's team are still alive, and all of them are still alive. It was still in its infancy, but in the end, the coaching staff actually sent a combination of two veterans and two young players, which can be said to be the first time since the establishment of Huaping.

It can also be seen that the women's team's internal grab for power is fierce.

The most amazing thing is that glutinous rice balls are on the list.

Of course, this is not because of how good her singles performance is, but because there is a disgusting rule in the Olympic Games: all doubles players must be selected from the singles registration players.

In fact, this is the regulation that the Olympic Games has had in table tennis for many years. The reason is obvious at a glance, and it is naturally to restrict Huaping.

A long time ago, Huaping's mixed doubles, men's doubles and women's doubles players were all specialized in training, and did not participate in singles. For example, Yi Jing, the female commentator of China Television's official sports channel, was a special women's doubles player at the beginning and was also successful. won the women's doubles world championship.

And now the head coach of Bay Island, Jiang Peirong, when he was a player, the reason why he was able to win the mixed doubles world championship with the Huaping female player is also because the Huaping female player is a professional mixed doubles player. Jiang Peirong's victory is typical. was taken away by the boss.

Huaping has the deepest bench thickness in the world, and there are countless reserve talents, but because there are too many masters, those reserve talents have no chance to become famous in the international arena. For these people, specializing in doubles is actually a good way. The way out can not only divert talents, but also make the best use of them. It can also allow Huaping's main team to focus on singles without being distracted.

But as soon as the ITTF’s new regulations came out, this road was broken. Obviously, there are a lot of people in Huaping who want to compete, but they have to distract the main players who are already busy with the competition to practice doubles. It can be described as dry. Drought to death, waterlogged to death.

This regulation is actually unreasonable. It is a typical case of looking for trouble, but there is no way, because all foreign associations raised their hands in support, so Huaping can only recognize it by pinching its nose. After all, Huaping has been used to international table tennis over the years. Linked against.

These things are actually a bit aggrieved. Huaguo Sports has been walking on a difficult road. It is fine to be bullied in weak sports, but it is really resentful to be bullied in strong sports.

In this regard, you only need to think about it from another angle, and you can calm down: those things that don't kill me will only make me stronger.

It is precisely because Huaping has experienced many disturbances such as "changing the serving rules", "changing the caliber of table tennis", "changing the material of table tennis", "changing the 21-point system to 11-point system", so now it will become more and more frustrated. Become the current appearance that no matter how you target me, you will not fall down.

If you have been poisoned too much, you will become invulnerable to all poisons, and on the contrary, you will have no flaws in your body.

Ok, let’s stop talking and let’s get down to business.

The four players finally selected by Nvping are: veteran Jin Ling, veteran Liu Wen, Xiaohua Shensha, and Xiaohua Tangyuanyuan.

Among them, Jin Ling and Liu Wen were selected based on their strength, and they deserved their names.

Shensha's selection actually went through a very difficult civil war, because in the comprehensive evaluation within the team, she and Wang Yu's scores were almost completely equal, so in the end even Cai Guodong had no choice but to temporarily add one to the two of them. In the field battle, whoever wins wins.

In the end, Shensha defeated Wang Yu with a score of 4:3 and got the spot.

As for Tangyuanyuan, it is completely fate. If she wants to play in the mixed doubles, according to the regulations, she must be one of the singles players, so she got the last spot.

Of course, she doesn't really need to participate in singles, because the rules of the Olympic Games are 3+1 mode, three main players and one substitute. Unexpectedly, so over the years, this substitute spot has come to the Olympics to meet the world.

It was also at this time that Tang Yuanyuan felt Wang Chao's goodness even more. After all, she had witnessed the fierce competition between Wang Yu and Shen Sha as if sparks hit the earth. She also knew that the defeated Wang Yu cried all night that night, and the next day Eyes are swollen.

Such a hard-won quota fell on him by accident.

She even felt that Wang Yu looked at her strangely, she didn't know whether it was envy or jealousy, so for the sake of harmony in the team, she took the initiative to invite Wang Yu to have a sumptuous supper that day.

For the men's team, the quota is relatively clear at a glance. The main players are Sun Tianlong, Luo Jiu and Wang Chao, and the substitute players are neither Bai Feng nor Lin Li, but Fan Xiaodong who is only 15 years old.

So, don't look at the young players on the women's team having a lot of fun, but in the end the youngest player is still from the men's table tennis.

You have to ask why Lin Li and Bai Feng didn't complain?

That's because, in essence, Bai Feng and Lin Li's specific expectations for the Olympics are actually different from those of the women's team.

For the young players of the women's team, the matter of "participating in the Olympics" is enough honor in itself, so they don't think about what they can do in the Olympics, but first get the places in their hands.

But Lin Li went to the Olympic Games four years ago. At that time, Luo Jiu was still in decline and Bai Feng had not yet risen, so Lin Li went with Sun Tianlong and Xiao Fei as a member of the regular selection team. "This matter itself is not interested, he is only interested in the matter of "winning the Olympic Games".

Now the situation of the Huaping men's team is clear. Lin Li knows that he is not the opponent of Sun Tianlong, Wang Chao and Luo Jiu. The moment he realizes this, his obsession with the Olympics has dissipated.

As for Bai Feng, he has never participated in the Olympic Games, but he has an extremely stubborn and rebellious side in his character. Even if he is defeated by Wang Chao again and again, even if he is defeated by Hu Ke and force recently, he still has high aspirations , in his opinion, if one wants to participate in the Olympics, the goal can only be to be a champion. He also rejects such things as "participating in Olympic gold plating".

"Since I'm not your opponent this year, I won't make it at all. I'll continue to practice hard. I'm only 25 years old. I can still play after four years. At that time, I will reach the sky and win the championship directly."——This is Bai Feng's true thoughts.

So Fan Xiaodong is actually the same as Tang Yuanyuan, a lucky guy who was hit by a pie. He didn't fight or snatch, he didn't hold out hope, but somehow got the quota in the end. Although he was only a substitute, he could travel at public expense to gain knowledge. Also a nice thing.

In fact, when Huaping announced the big list to the outside world, Qin Huachang's mood was very complicated.

When Lao Qin was in office, he did everything possible to plot against Wang Chao, he did not hesitate to violate his conscience, he did not hesitate to be pointed at by He Jingping and scolded by He Jingping, just to win a little chance for Fan Xiaodong, but in the end all calculations came to nothing, which was equivalent to giving Wang Chao a piece of paper for nothing. Mixed doubles.

As a result, when he left Huaping, he let go of his heart and asked for nothing, but this quota fell from the sky inexplicably.

This made him a little funny and a little self-deprecating. He felt that he was a little too fussy in those years as a coach?
Ok, after talking about singles, let's talk about doubles.

In fact, the smaller the competition, the more free registration is allowed, and the bigger the competition, the more tightly locked the quota is.

On the one hand, this is to streamline the schedule to avoid bloat, and on the other hand, it is still to limit Huaping.

For example, men's doubles and women's doubles, if there is no restriction on registration, do you believe that Huaping will come up with seven or eight world-class combinations for you every minute?

After all, the thickness of the bench is there.

Therefore, in order to create more contingencies and to cause more accidents in Huaping, since many years ago, the Olympic Games have stipulated that each association of doubles events can only have one pair of players.

Therefore, in this Olympic Games, the men's doubles can only be partnered by Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu to form the "snail" combination.

Sun Tianlong's best partner is naturally Xiao Fei, but Xiao Fei does not participate in singles, and also voluntarily refuses to be a singles substitute, so Sun Tianlong can only settle for the next best thing.

He had also considered Wang Chao, but Wang Chao already had men's singles and mixed doubles. With his current physical strength, Cai Guodong was a little worried about having two. It was absolutely impossible for him to be three.

As for the women's doubles, many people expressed surprise, because it was not the veteran combination of Jin Ling and Liu Wen, but the new and old combination of Liu Wen and Shen Sha.

Jin Ling, the number one Grand Slam player in the world, voluntarily gave up women's doubles because she has been called "the most watery Grand Slam in history" by the outside world, and her real strength does not have an absolute advantage in women's table tennis. So this time she will specialize in singles.

Although she doesn't expect to learn from the dragon team to hit the double-lap grand slam, she also hopes to win two consecutive Olympic women's singles championships and tie the record of a senior in women's table tennis.

Therefore, there are only two top priorities for Huaping's closed special training in the Olympic Village.

First, consolidate the advantage of mixed doubles.

Second, practice men's doubles and women's doubles.

In fact, the pressure is still great.

After all, Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu had never been matched before, and Shen Sha and Liu Wen had never been matched before.

Fortunately, the individual combat effectiveness of these two pairs of combinations is strong enough, and judging from their technical and tactical characteristics, they also meet the matching standards.

Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu have completely overflowing ball-handling abilities, but their styles are completely different, so there is no problem of "technical waste" in ball-handling. But the backhand bounce is more powerful than the forehand, so when they pair up, in a sense, Luo Jiu can be used as a left hand in the future. In this way, one left and one right, it becomes a perfect match for doubles.

As for Liu Wen and Shen Sha, it is even more typical. Liu Wen has always been an absolute speed player. She has the fastest ball speed and rhythm, but has always been lacking in strength and spin, while Shen Sha has a board comparable to men's. The player's forehand kills the board, and when they match up, Liu Wen can completely regard Shen Sha as her old partner Xiao Fei, and the cooperation mode is almost the same.

So, have you noticed a problem here, Xiao Fei, who didn't come to Mexico City, was cueed twice in a row...

It can only be said that the world-recognized No.1 in doubles is just so good. If you cooperate with male players, you will be the world's number one in men's doubles, and if you cooperate with female players, you will be the world's number one in mixed doubles. Some cheat dog snatched it.

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And at this moment, Wang Chao, who had been faintly worried about something, was finally really relieved.

He remembered very clearly that in his previous life, it was the year when the mixed doubles entered the Olympics, and the Olympic singles quota was cut from three to two by the Olympic Committee.

He has been thinking these days, what should he do if this kind of thing happens to the Olympic Committee this time?
In fact, he had the idea of ​​quitting voluntarily. After all, he had already snatched away his brother's World Table Tennis Championship, and he had sworn not to fight Sun Tianlong on the battlefield.

So, it doesn't seem to be completely unacceptable to postpone the dream of achieving the Grand Slam for four years?

After having such an idea, Wang Chao suddenly realized that maybe he had finally got rid of the influence of his previous life experience until this moment.

After crossing over, he has been in a hurry. He worked very hard, racing against time, and wanted to complete the grand slam in the shortest time. What he wanted was naturally not a nihilistic record of "the fastest grand slam".

He was just always afraid, but he didn't dare to think about it, because according to Murphy's law, the more he worried about something, the more it would happen.

He was afraid that when he opened his eyes one day, he would find that it was just a dream, and that he did not have such a perfect and healthy body.

He was afraid that one day he would have an accident during a competition or practice, just like in his previous life, he suffered a comminuted fracture of his wrist and was forced to give up the sport he loved.

And after seeing Fan Pingnan, who suffered an accidental fracture of his legs last year, this faint fear became even worse, and it also made him go faster and faster on the road to competing for the Olympic spot, and calculated more and more.

Of course he couldn't be wrong.

Including defeating senior brother Luo Jiu at the World Table Tennis Championships, personally crushing Luo Jiu[-]'s obsession, of course he can't be wrong.

After all, athletes have to work hard on the field.

But after all, he still felt that he was a bit unreasonable.

However, he still didn't want to let go of any chance to win the championship, because he was really a little scared.

"Maybe it's my fate that I can't realize my dream?"

"Maybe my path in this life is still Huaping coach?"

"If I really meet Brother Long in the Olympic finals, what should I do if Brother Long won't let me abstain?"

"If I lose to him, what's the point of my hard work this year?"

"But if I defeat him... then after I shattered the dream of senior brother, I shattered Brother Long's dream again?"

"It's impossible for them to make it to the next Olympic Games..."

"But I still have at least ten years, so why am I in such a hurry?"

"Is it because of the little fear lurking in my heart?"

"Am I being too selfish?"

Wang Chao is a very, very intelligent person. The more intelligent a person is, the more sensitive his emotions are, and the more he is afraid to dig out some deep and subtle things in himself. He calculates others every day, but rarely examines himself, because he is afraid of digging out some of his own. The unacceptable dark side, as Mr. Lu Xun said, "squeeze out the little ones under the fur robe".

In the middle of the night when he arrived in Mexico, entered the Olympic Village, and confirmed the entire schedule, he could finally calm down and think about some illusory things about life and dreams.

He realized that he was gradually integrating into this world, and the shadow of his previous life was fading away from him.

When he first came, he was alienated and indifferent, but now he is sincere and integrated.

He used to be a bystander of this world, but now he has become the authority of this world.

He has been able to accept Wang Mei as a cheap mother naturally. On the day of his mother's wedding, he can naturally call Teacher Tony a father. Sincere friendship.

He remembered that Huaping also had a dragon in his previous life, but the Sun Tianlong he came into contact with was still an independent individual with flesh and blood. He might have similarities with that person in his previous life, but he was a completely different person after all.

Even Lao Qin, who plotted against him every day, couldn't help but smile when he thought of it now, feeling a little warm.

It was a calm night with stars outside the window. The night in Mexico City was cool and quiet. Lying on the bed, I could occasionally hear some non-disciplined foreign athletes laughing loudly in the distance, perhaps drinking wine and eating barbecue.

No one knew that Wang Chao reached a reconciliation with himself that night, and truly calmed down from the bottom of his heart.

He is in no hurry.

In other words, he no longer cared so much about winning or losing.

From now on, he will still try his best to play every game well and try his best to win. This is the quality of a professional athlete, but he knows that even if he loses, he should accept it calmly.

Even if it's not losing to Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong, but losing to Hu Ke, Lin Zijun, Pique, Morad, Water Bird Eagle, those insignificant people, it's actually not a big deal, right?

"I don't want to become Lao Qin, who cares about everything, and finally gets sick from exhaustion." Wang Chao finally thought this way: "This world is real, so I just need to live a real life."

Wang Chao acknowledged the world.

So this is also his reconciliation with the world.

Only poor old Qin was suddenly cueed by a mysterious power in the middle of the night, sneezed a few times, got up and drank two cold medicines, and muttered: "This terrible weather, it should still be cold." It's not winter..."

(Sorry, there is only one chapter today. By the way, I will explain something to everyone. Recently, many readers have left messages saying that I can’t finish writing in June, and I guess I’m about to finish it.

I want to say that I just estimated that June will end, not that I want to give a mandatory time node. In fact, I have been following the plot node. I will follow the content I planned when I launched it. The pace since then has ensured the quality of writing, and will not deliberately speed up or slow down.

So, it won’t be an unfinished ending, everyone, don’t worry, after all, I have feelings for what I wrote. The reason why I announced the ending has nothing to do with the results of the book. It's time.

If it goes on, the protagonist is already invincible, and the whole world knows that he is invincible, so I can't even write the plot of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.
Of course, for the sake of the integrity of the characters and the story, there will be a plot after the Olympics, which will be the part where the main character slaps the world, it should be very interesting, so please don’t start raising books after watching the Olympics, you have to chase, Chase, chase, chase!
In the end, well, I admit that I was wrong. I really can’t finish writing this book in June, and I guess I will have to write it for a while in July. )
　Thanks to "Rolling Xiaochuan" for the reward of 100 coins.

　　
　
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