Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 196 Closing Ceremony Flag Bearer Wang Xianlan, Li Ying's Sense of Urgency

Although Li Ying had won the gold medal in the table tennis singles event at the London Olympics, a national flag had already been raised at the scene.

But now.

When standing on the podium with Liang Long and Kong Fengge, when the national flag is raised again, and when the national anthem is played together.

In Li Ying’s heart.

There was suddenly a different feeling.

because.

This is the real fight for the country.

In this case.

Li Ying’s first Olympic journey came to an end.

Two golds were obtained.

After the award ceremony.

Mengli walked over and hugged Li Ying, Liang Long and Kong Fengge one by one.

"This is my last time attending the Olympics, from Athens to the Imperial Capital, and now to London!"

At this moment, Mengli burst into tears, and these tears contained so much.

At this moment.

Hearing this, Li Ying, Liang Long and Kong Fengge were very touched.

Especially Li Ying.

because.

Mengli still achieved his Sanya King result!

Three Olympic Games, three singles runner-up titles, three silver medals.

then.

The Chinese table tennis team was interviewed.

In response to the reporter's questions, Li Ying said from the bottom of her heart: "I am very happy to win two gold medals in my first Olympic Games, especially our team gold medal. It was very difficult to win against the Korean team today.

"Whether it's Feng Ge, Liang Long, me, or Coach Dong, the four of us have worked very hard. It seems like the efforts of the four of us, but in fact, I think this effort is made by everyone, the entire Xiaguo table tennis team. In addition, the players and coaches are paying attention to us all the time and cheering us on, which gives us unlimited motivation to win the game."

As a new Grand Slam winner, Li Ying has so many people to thank.

After winning the championship.

Li Ying gives too many interviews.

and.

Also participate in business activities.

In other words, Li Ying is very busy every day in London.

Wang Xianlan called.

"Xiaoying, I have good news for you." Wang Xianlan was very happy on the other end of the phone.

"Are you going to be the flag bearer at the closing ceremony?" Li Ying asked with a smile.

"Xiaoying, you are so bad!" Wang Xianlan immediately became unhappy.

"I can guess this. After all, you are the fifth Olympic gold medalist of the women's team and the fourth Grand Slam winner of the women's team." Li Ying said with a smile.

"Yes, I do want to stay in London." Wang Xianlan said with a smile, "After our competition is over, I will move out of the Olympic Village. My parents will come to accompany me."

"I don't, my schedule is so full every day!" Li Ying said with a smile.

But no way.

"There's nothing we can do about it. You are the most popular athlete in our Xia delegation!" Wang Xianlan said with a smile.

2012年伦敦奥运会于8月13日圆满落幕，夏国代表团取得38金27银22铜的优异成绩，获得境外奥运会的最好成绩。

At the closing ceremony held at the London Bowl, women's table tennis singles champion Wang Xianlan entered the venue as the flag bearer of the Xia delegation.

In this case.

The table tennis team stole the show at the London Olympics.

after all.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was Li Ying.

The flag bearer at the closing ceremony was Wang Xianlan.

They are all leading figures of the national table tennis team.

After finishing a series of activities, Li Ying did not return to the capital with the national table tennis team, but took the Wang family's private plane.

after all!

For such a long journey, it would be more comfortable to take a private plane.

But after arriving in the imperial capital, Li Ying went to the training base of the national table tennis team in the imperial capital as soon as possible.

"Aying, you won't be able to participate in the next Xiaguo Open!" Chen Daqian said with a smile.

Li Ying nodded.

"I know that the Xia Country Olympic champion delegation will visit Hong Kong from the 24th to the 26th!" Li Ying wanted to laugh.

These are the rules after every Olympic Games.

Although Li Ying was not very interested in participating in these activities.

But no way.

in the country, especially in the table tennis team system, there is no way.

"You, I told you to hire an agent as soon as possible to handle business matters, but you haven't done anything yet." Chen Daqian has been very busy during this period.

"Brother Qian, it will be fine after this period of time." Li Ying said with a smile.

At the beginning, Li Ying did want to hire an agent.

but.

Later, Li Ying discovered that Chen Daqian did a good job as his agent, and then Li Ying paid Chen Daqian according to the market price of an agent.

In this way, Chen Daqian also got a large sum of money.

and so.

Li Ying thought that unless Chen Daqian was promoted to become the head coach of the national team in the future, he would always be his head coach, so it would continue like this.

Anyway.

There isn't much commercial activity.

The Xiaguo Table Tennis Open kicked off at the Suzhou Sports Center on August 8. Fang Bo advanced in both singles and doubles in the qualifying round.

The Xia team sent Ma Qing, Xu Guinian, Su Yan, Dou Yang and Fang Bo.

8 month 26 number.

Li Ying successfully completed his visit to Hong Kong.

Although the activities were boring, Li Ying could almost always be with Wang Xianlan, so he enjoyed this trip to Hong Kong.

On August 8, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the confirmed list for the 27 Men's World Cup. Newly crowned Olympic champion Li Ying, who was previously on the invitation list, was not on the list.

Representing Xia Country will be Liang Long and Kong Fengge.

At this moment, Li Ying was at his home in Pengcheng, Lingnan.

Li Ying learned the news from the Internet.

Li Ying initially thought that his participation in the Men's World Cup was a sure thing.

result.

Now this has happened.

Li Ying immediately called Chen Daqian. "Brother Qian."

Li Ying just spoke.

Chen Daqian smiled bitterly and said, "Aying, there is nothing I can do. Although you have just become a new Grand Slam winner, you have won all the world championships in this London Olympic cycle."

"Before this, the head coach came to discuss with me, and I also felt that you should take a rest."

Chen Daqian did not tell Li Ying that during the meeting of the national team coaching staff, other coaches unanimously agreed that Li Ying should not participate in the competition!
"Brother Qian, normally, I give in to other open tournaments. Including intercontinental competitions like the Asian Cup, and the Men's World Cup only happens once a year!" Li Ying said in a deep voice.

If it weren't for the fact that only winning the men's singles World Cup title or the men's singles World Table Tennis Championships title could increase his strength, Li Ying wouldn't want to compete.

But there is no way!
Now Li Ying is preparing for a rainy day.

In order to improve his strength, he must have a champion.

if not.

It is difficult to break through the shackles and barriers by yourself.

"Aying, you should be more open-minded. Anyway, the national table tennis team has already made the decision." Chen Daqian comforted Li Ying.

"Yeah, I know." Although Li Ying felt a little unhappy, it had become a fact.

Wait for Li Ying to finish the call.

Wang Xianlan smiled and said, "Xiaoying, if you don't want to participate in the World Cup, then don't participate. This time, I also withdrew from the World Cup. Sister Xia and Sister Ning, they both went to participate in the World Cup! Although in my heart, I also want to participate!"

Li Ying smiled and said, "That's right. The venue for your Women's World Cup is in Huangshi. It's so convenient in China!"

Two new Grand Slam champions, Li Ying and Wang Xianlan, withdrew from the World Cup, and as soon as the list of participating players was announced, it sparked heated discussions on the Internet.

"Haha, it seems that the national table tennis team is focusing on training the absolute core players besides the leaders!"

"Yes, the three pillars of the men's team right now are obviously the unicorn, dragon and phoenix."

"For the women's team, there is one leader and two core members."

"I feel that from now on, the competition for the next Olympic cycle has already begun!"

"That's right. In addition to their respective leaders, there is one more singles spot. From now on, the national table tennis team has already started letting them compete!"

"As the curtain of the new cycle of the Rio Olympics has just been raised, the summer Chinese table tennis team has started a fierce competition within the team."

"The ITTF Xiaguo Table Tennis Open came to an end in Suzhou. The four individual finals all became internal battles of the Xiaguo team. In this high-level competition, the superstars of the national table tennis team became the biggest winners. It is certain that in the new Olympic cycle, the process of rejuvenation of the Xiaguo table tennis team will be further accelerated."

at this time.

Li Ying and Wang Xianlan looked at the comments online together.

"Xiaoying, that's true." Wang Xianlan nodded.

"You, you are only 21, and I am only 20. We are both superstars of the national table tennis team!" Li Ying said with a smile.

"No, we are the big brothers and big sisters of the national table tennis team, not newcomers!" Wang Xianlan refused to admit it.

Imperial City!

National team training base!
After Liang Long and Kong Fengge learned that they would represent Xia Country in the Men's World Cup, they immediately started training.

Especially Diplodocus!
The trip to the London Olympics gave Liang Long a great stimulus.

at this time.

Liang Long's head coach Qin Yucheng accompanies Liang Long all the time every day.

Giving up time with family.

"Aaron, you only participated in the 2008 Liege World Cup and won third place. This year is your best chance to win the World Cup!"

Qin Yucheng couldn't help but get excited.

"As for Kong Fengge, although it is not her first time participating in this event, she has never won a championship either. During the London Olympic cycle, only Monli won one in 08, and then Li won the World Cup three times in a row!"

"Although both of you have already become world champions, you have yet to win a singles title. You will compete for your first singles world championship title in your career."

"Besides, since Li Ying will not be participating in the Men's World Cup this time, the top foreign superstars will definitely be very excited. They will all work hard for the Men's World Cup singles championship."

“I have to say, if you want to win the championship, you need to make unimaginable efforts!”

"This time the coaching staff decided to let you two participate. It's actually a test for you two!"

"Don't lose the foreign war. This is the first world championship in the Rio Olympic cycle. If you lose the foreign war, it will be very disadvantageous to your competition in the Rio Olympic cycle!"

At this moment, Qin Yucheng spoke so many words from his heart in one breath, and every word came from his heart!
Liang Long smiled and said, "I know, I will work hard!"

In September, Li Ying and Wang Xianlan ended their life together in Lingnan and returned to the imperial capital.

Anyway, there is no need to prepare for the World Cup now. I can train in the capital every day and go back home to the capital at night.

Li Ying's dormitory.

Chen Daqian smiled and said, "The next competitions are all open tournaments, including the Polar Bear Open, the World Cup and three European open tournaments. Then, the 2012 ITTF World Tour Finals will be held at the Lin'an Huanglong Sports Center Gymnasium from December 12th to 6th!"

Li Ying smiled and said, "I don't really want to participate in the three European Opens, but I think I can participate in the Polar Bear Open. After all, competitions can serve as training."

"Now that I have become a Grand Slam champion, for some reason, I don't feel any sense of urgency. I just can't get motivated to train!"

After hearing this, Chen Daqian took it very seriously.

"Aying, this is normal. Before, you must have been training with great passion in order to win the gold medal at the London Olympics!"

"But now that you've become a Grand Slam champion, your mentality changes completely in this situation."

"But you need to work hard if you want to keep this undefeated record. Anyway, these days, I see Liang Long, Kong Fengge and others training very hard!"

"Perhaps, only after you have tasted failure, will you train harder!"

After listening to Chen Daqian's words.

Li Ying smiled and said, "Brother Qian, I feel that my fighting spirit is definitely not as good as Liang Long and Kong Fengge. I feel that it will be very difficult to fight with them!"

Chen Daqian smiled and said, "That's right, they all target you. You don't know, at the end of every day's training, they will ask their sparring partners to imitate you and then have a match!"

"I feel the same way. The two of them were not able to participate in the singles in the London Olympics. Plus, now they need to compete in the singles in Rio. But Aying, you must not let down your guard!"

"If you relax, you are not sure about winning the singles in the Rio Olympics. Speaking of which, if Liang Long and Kong Fengge can beat other foreign players, then to be honest, sending them both can also win the championship for Xia Country!"

"In this case, your importance is not that important!"

Chen Daqian, sincerely considers Li Ying.

After hearing this, Li Ying smiled and said, "If you put it that way, I'm full of motivation. The top stars from the external association, as they undergo scientific training every day, their strength will definitely improve greatly!"

at this time.

A sense of urgency finally arose in Li Ying's heart.

Li Ying can lose to Liang Long and Kong Fengge.

but.

We must never lose the foreign war!

This is Li Ying’s final pursuit!

This is Li Ying’s bottom line.

As they get older, Liang Long and Kong Fengge may be able to defeat me sooner or later!

but.

We must not lose the foreign war!

And right now.

Li Ying suddenly remembered: "Brother Qian, when you were talking about the competition just now, there was also this year's National Championships and Table Tennis Super League!"

Chen Daqian just remembered it!

"Haha, indeed. As for the national championship, I will definitely participate. As for the Table Tennis Super League, the competition date has been postponed due to the Olympics."

“乒超联赛将在2012年10月17日至2013年1月27日进行，所有比赛均在各参赛俱乐部主场进行。”

Chen Daqian smiled.

(End of this chapter)