Chapter 226: Expedition to London (3-in-1)

The punishment of Zhedong Province, to a certain extent, is a helpless move subject to the pressure of public opinion, but the unprecedented practice of the national swimming team has told the world a message: Tang Hao, can't be provoked, Wang Shun and others don't know this, they provoked, this is the consequence. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After the announcement of the national swimming team, many senior sports people also gave their own opinions.

Yang Ying: Because others have the ability to win medals, they have to wantonly slander them? Instead of training hard to catch up? What a wrong value this is, but it exists among our outstanding athletes! To paraphrase a popular phrase on the Internet, it is extremely scary to think about it!

Liang Hongda: Competition, in fact, not only in sports, but also in any corner of this society, how to correctly deal with this kind of competition, is something that every athlete needs to watch seriously, and at the same time, it is also something that needs to be carefully studied.

Yang Jian: We have been talking about education, in fact, our athletes in addition to the ability, the quality of the cultivation is relatively scarce, resulting in a lot of distorted values, this is a need to be paid attention to the status quo, the good news is that whether it is the Zhejiang East Provincial team or the national team, have made a good statement in the face of such a thing, a blessing in disguise, I believe that this year's team to London, will be more united than before.

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The departure of Wang Shun and others did not bring a sprint to Zhedong Province, but further stimulated the other team members.

In the 4X100m medley competition on the last day, Zhejiang Province played well under the leadership of Tang Hao, not only won the gold medal in the project, but also broke the national record of the project in one fell swoop, drawing a successful end to the performance of Zhejiang Province in this championship.

In this championship, Tang Hao won 10 gold medals, Sun Yang also played well in freestyle, won a total of 5 gold medals in all freestyle events except 50 meters and 100 meters, the performance of these two people alone is amazing enough, plus other players, Zhejiang Province won the first place in the event team with an absolute advantage of 25 gold medals in this championship.

This year's competition also further consolidated the leading position of the Zhejiang East Provincial Team in the national team.

Time flies, the championship in Shaoxing is not long over, and the schedule of various events of the Olympic Games is also hotly released.

Tang Hao also completed the final preparations before his first Olympic Games.

In addition to archery and boxing 60kg, the two mandatory events, the swimming events were also selected according to the schedule.

In freestyle, Tang Hao gave up the 1500 meters and 50 meters, and signed up for the 100 meters, 200 meters, 4X100 and 4X200 freestyle relay 4 events.

Breaststroke, butterfly, 100m and 200m events are all registered.

The backstroke was registered for the 100 meters.

In addition to this, he also signed up for the 200-meter medley, as well as the 4x100-meter medley relay.

He won 10 gold medals in the championship and also won the Olympic ticket in 10 events, but in the end, he only signed up for 7 of these events, and 3 of them, because of his waiver, and the third place in the championship also reached the Olympic A standard, and they automatically qualified for the Olympic Games.

Among them, there is Hao Yun in the 200-meter medley.

However, it is quite ironic that because of the permanent removal from the national team, Hao Yun naturally could not get the opportunity to go to London.

The London Olympics are the 30th Olympic Games after the Kyoto Olympics, and it is also the third time that London has qualified to host the Olympic Games, the last time was in 1948, and the Olympic flame was lit again in the city after 63 years.

On July 24, Kyoto time, Tang Hao, as the first athlete in history to compete in three major events at the same time, got on a plane to London with his national team teammates.

This is also Tang Hao's second time stepping into the city after the last time he shot an advertisement in London.

Compared with the excitement and anticipation of other teammates, he seems much calmer and calmer.

After an 11-hour long flight, the plane carrying the Chinese athletes landed at Heathrow Airport in London, England.

Tang Hao was with his teammates on the national swimming team, and after getting off the plane, he chatted and walked with Sun Yang and Xu Jiayu.

Exiting the exit, they looked up and saw nearly 100 Chinese Americans holding signs at the door to welcome them.

"Look, your fans are coming to pick you up. Seeing that there were so many fans at the door, Sun Yang turned his head and said to Tang Hao with a smile.

"No, it's our fans. Tang Hao said with a smile.

After a few people went out, cheers and screams were quickly heard from there.

"Tang Hao!Tang Hao!" got closer, and some fans shouted excitedly.

"Little Aries! Little Aries!" There were also a few fans on the side shouting Sun Yang's name.

Tang Hao nudged Sun Yang at this time, meaning that what I said was right.

Sun Yang shook his head with a smile, and then went up with Tang Hao to greet and sign autographs with his fans.

After signing, Tang Hao and Sun Yang followed the others to the door.

But as soon as I walked in the door, I heard a commotion outside.

"Boycott the Olympics!

At the entrance, more than 100 people surrounded it, holding signs aloft and shouting protest slogans.

Opposite them, riot police confronted each other with shields held alof.

Xu Jiayu and Sun Yang were both stunned for a moment, obviously, they didn't expect to encounter this scene.

Although there has been news before that London is not so well prepared for the Olympics, the scene of direct boycott in front of them has undoubtedly given them a blow to the head.

Tang Hao didn't have much change in expression, in the memory of his previous life, there was a lot of criticism about the London Olympics, and although the scene in front of him was a little unexpected, it was not impossible.

Taxis also seem to have gone on strike, but this did not affect them much, and the Olympic Committee has a special bus to pick them up, and they were quickly picked up.

"Look, Buckingham Palace!" Fu Yuanhui shouted outside the car after the car drove for a while.

This shout quickly attracted the attention of some people in the car, and they all turned their heads to discuss.

For most athletes, it was their first time in the UK and their first time in Buckingham Palace, and they were quickly blown away by the building's majestic appearance.

"I heard that this is the palace of the Queen of England, and I don't know if the Queen of England will go to the scene during the opening ceremony. Tang Yi in the back row turned his head and said.

"You think too much, how can the queen be so old, how can she go to the scene, but Prince William is possible!" Zhao Jing said.

"The prince is very handsome, if I can meet Prince William at the opening ceremony, I won't have any regrets!" Lu Ying, who was in the back row, said with a in her eyes.

"Cut, what's so good about the prince, it's not as good as our family Tang Hao. Fu Yuanhui snorted and said.

"Yuan Hui, when did Brother Tang become your family?" Xu Jiayu said with a smile.

"Huh~ It seems that our Yuan Hui has a crush on Tang Hao~" Zhao Jing coaxed beside him.

"Our family, our family, aren't we all family?" Fu Yuanhui said.

"Look, look, blushing!" Zhao Jing continued to coax.

Tang Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head, this group of people seemed to be really excited when they arrived in London.

Just then, the bus slowed down suddenly, and then stopped.

Tang Hao turned his head to look out the window, and on the road in front of him, a group of people walked over, holding signs high against the holding of the Olympic Games, and the battle was much bigger than the exit of the plane.

"It looks like it's a little worse than expected. Wu Peng, who was sitting on Tang Hao's right, spoke.

"British, we don't understand the Olympics like we do. Tang Hao nodded and said.

Britain is hosting the Olympic Games for the third time, the Olympics are not so new for them, this is the biggest difference from the Kyoto Olympics, and for most Britons, they are not as fond of sports as their Prince William, they just want to get better treatment and income, as for the Olympics, this kind of work in their understanding is a thankless thing, they naturally want to oppose.

The procession passed quickly, and the riot police followed them the whole time, and they did not seem to dare to do anything excessive.

The bus restarted again, and after more than half an hour's drive, passing Big Ben, they finally arrived at the Olympic Village.

Resisting safely, most of the athletes breathed a sigh of relief, and in this battle outside, they were really afraid that something would go wrong halfway.

After getting off the bus, they entered the Olympic Village under the guidance of the team leader.

At this time, there are only two days left before the opening of the Olympic Games, and people from most countries have already come to London, and after entering the Olympic Village, you can see all kinds of people.

That's the beauty of the Olympic Village.

While there are other global international events, the only place to really build a place to live is the Olympic Games.

In this "village", athletes from all over the world were able to communicate with each other and get to know each other, reflecting the spirit of unity of the Olympic Games.

Along the way, Tang Hao also met a few acquaintances.

"Hi, Don!"

The first person I met was Ekschenko, a Ukrainian who was "brought into" the Olympics by Tang Hao, and seeing Tang Hao was like seeing an old friend who had not seen him for many years, and he was very excited to hug and take a group photo.

In addition to Eschenko, Tang Hao also met Phelps and Rocht.

"Phelps!" Seeing the flying fish smiling towards them, many of the team members looked very excited.

"Hi Don, see you again. Since the World Championships in Shanghai, Phelps has been deeply impressed by Tang Hao, and when he saw him at this time, he took the initiative to come over and say hello.

"Hey, Michael. Tang Hao also greeted with a smile.

Phelps came up and hugged him, saying, "I heard you signed up for the full stroke, it's incredible!"

"Luckily I qualified for the competition. Tang Hao said with a smile.

"Yes, you're great, but when it comes to the Olympics, it's my home turf. Phelps seems to be full of confidence, he has won 14 Olympic gold medals, and he does have enough confidence when he meets Tang Hao, an Olympic rookie.

"Take a look. Tang Hao didn't say much.

"Looking forward to playing against you. Phelps finally laughed and left with Rochte.

Although Phelps has a good attitude towards Tang Hao, it is limited to this, and when it comes to the field, no one will be soft for the sake of national and personal honor.

The division of residence in the Olympic Village is also based on the country, and all the members of the Chinese team live on the same floor.

The South Korean team's residence is right near the Chinese team.

Coincidentally, when Tang Hao and the players of the swimming team walked inside, the players of the Korean archery team happened to walk this way.

Unlike the Youth Olympic Games and the Asian Games, the South Korean archery team excluded their top athletes this time.

Oh Jin-hyun, Lim Dong-hyun and Kim Fa-min, the three strongest scorers in South Korea at the moment, have their only goal in this tournament to continue to win the team and individual championships.

Especially Lin Dongxian, in the past two years after the Asian Games, he has won gold in large and small events, and his strength has reached a new peak.

This time in the Olympics, he will definitely avenge the defeat in the Asian Games.

When the two teams passed by, Lin Dongxian and Wu Zhenyi beside him kept exchanging something, obviously noticing Tang Hao.

When they arrived at the floor, the leaders of each team explained the precautions of the team members and assigned their own rooms to the team members.

Tang Hao got the room number and went up with his backpack.

Xu Jiayu and Shi Yang were very powerful, dragging their suitcases by themselves, and they came over to help him with his luggage.

After experiencing the document incident, Tang Hao's status as the "big brother" of the national swimming team is unshakable.

After entering the room, Xu Jiayu and Shi Yang couldn't help but burst into foul language before they put down their luggage.

"This is a college dormitory!"

A room of less than 10 square meters, with pink and white walls, a bed, a wardrobe, a bedside table and a small square table, are all the configurations in the room.

It's better to say that it's a university dormitory, but it's a cubicle in Beijing's Fourth Ring Road!

And the bed, looking at only about one meter seven, even if it is Tang Hao, lying on it, the whole foot is outside the bed.

"It can't be so miserable, will there be a problem with this room?" Xu Jiayu said with a bitter face, his height is 1.84 meters, lying on this bed, not only his feet, but even his calves are outside.

"It should be the same. Tang Hao frowned and said, although he was already prepared in his heart, he was still a little surprised to see this kind of bed.

"Yes, I have to go and see, let's go, Shi Yang. Xu Jiayu said and walked out with Shi Yang.

After a while, there was a cry of pain in the passage.

Needless to say, this must be Xu Jiayu's.

Throwing the bag on the bed, Tang Hao turned around and walked out of the room.

Each building has an administrator, and when they come in, they ask the administrator for the key, and at this time, the administrator has several national team leaders communicating there, and Song Xiaocheng, the head coach of the national swimming team, is also inside.

The swim team players are all tall and big, and there are really few people who can sleep on this bed.

Tang Hao was also going to come down to negotiate, but when he saw this, he didn't think much about it, and turned around and went outside to shop first.

The Olympic Village is mainly for athletes, but in fact, there are some other facilities besides accommodation.

Tang Hao walked out less than two steps before he saw a shopping street with a very distinctive name, called Coubertin Street.

Coubertin is the "father of the Olympic Games", and it is under his impetus that the modern Olympic Games are proudly redeveloped, and the street is named this to create an Olympic atmosphere.

When Tang Hao walked forward, he happened to meet Zou Shiming.

"You're also here to buy something?" Zou Shiming said with a smile.

"I can't sleep in the bed if I just turn around. Tang Hao nodded and said.

"This time the living environment is really a little worse. "Zou Shiming has experienced 3 Olympic Games, and his experience should be the deepest.

"I guess I'll have an extra bed. Tang Hao nodded and said.

"Well, don't worry about this for now, I heard that there is a pool table in the theater, and if you are idle, you will be idle, let's play with that. Zou Shiming proposed.

Tang Hao nodded, because of the athlete's diet control, most of the things sold on this street are daily necessities, and there is nothing to shop.

Following Zou Shiming, they passed through Victory Park and Ulysses Square, and finally arrived at the place.

Shakespeare International Theatre, a place for athletes to relax and entertain in the Olympic Village.

They walked in through the gate, and there was a small movie theater where many athletes were wandering around, including many men and women who were chatting energetically, many of them were of different skin colors and different dresses, and it was obvious that they were athletes from different countries.

Walking through the movie theater, at the corner position, Tang Hao noticed a *** vending machine hanging on the wall, with the words "free" written on it.

Further inside, there is a computer game area that resembles an Internet café.

Compared to the cinema, there are a lot fewer people here.

Athletes are tired enough to train usually, and it makes sense to watch a movie to relax, but most people don't have the energy to play games.

Walking further in, I saw the same *** vending machine around the corner.

Thinking of the male and female athletes in the cinema outside, he seemed to understand something.

Athletes spend most of their time training and competing, and rarely have the opportunity to contact the opposite sex, and when it comes to the Olympics, it seems normal to play a free cannon under each other's loneliness, and the Olympic Committee seems to have taken this into account for a long time, so these vending machines are set up.

By the time they crossed the aisle, they finally reached the place where the pool table was.

But when they entered, they were stunned for a moment.

There are indeed pool tables, but you can count the number of billiard tables on your fingers as far as you can see at the edge.

No more, no less, a total of 10 pool tables.

In addition to the United States men's basketball team, there are a few local tyrants who live in hotels outside, most of the national teams are in the Olympic Village, if it is full, there are more than 5,000 athletes living in it, and the entire Olympic Village is such an entertainment venue, and there are only 10 billiard tables.

This amount of configuration really complements the bed in the residence, and some of them are a fight.

However, they looked at it for a while and found that Ning Ze and Qiu Tian of the archery team were there.

"Let's go, share a table. Tang Hao said and walked over.

"Brother Tang!" Seeing Tang Hao coming over, Qiu Tian, who was standing on the side, immediately shouted excitedly.

"You came early enough?" Tang Hao said with a smile.

"You should have come with us, we arrived yesterday, knowing that it was crowded here, we came early. Ning Ze put down the pole at this time, got up and said.

"Then it's not too late for us to come, don't you have a table? Tang Hao said with a smile.

"Here, Brother Tang, you play, I've been playing for a long time. Qiu Tian handed over the pole at this time.

"No, you guys play two games first, I'll sit with Lao Zou for a while, not long after I got off the plane. Tang Hao said and walked to the side of the stool with Zou Shiming and sat down.

After sitting down, he looked around again, and suddenly noticed that among the people playing here, except for their table, the other tables were all European faces.

At this moment, a few people at the next table stopped playing and walked out talking and laughing.

What is surprising is that as soon as they left, a staff member came over and erected a "fault repair" sign on the billiard table.

"Brother Tang, come, it's your turn to play. Qiu Tian put down the pole at this time and said.

Zou Shiming looked at Tang Hao.

"You go play for a while, I'll wait. Tang Hao said.

Zou Shiming nodded, then got up and replaced Qiu Tian, and the two old guys played chess against each other.

"Bend. Qiu Tian said at this time.

Tang Hao looked up and saw that many athletes came in at the door, including those from Taiwan, South Korea and island countries.

They talk and laugh, and they should know each other.

They looked around, quickly noticed the empty pool table, and walked straight over.

They approached and saw the "fault maintenance" sign, and after a while, someone noticed Tang Hao and them, but in the end they didn't dare to come over and ask, someone went to find the staff, and after some communication, they left disappointed and stupid.

After a while, a group of French people came in, they saw the empty billiard table, they seemed very happy, after coming, they didn't ask, just put the fault repair sign on the ground, and then began to play.

The staff over there noticed it, but they were still talking and laughing, but there was no response.

He smiled, as if he had guessed something.

"Brother Tang, these people are disgusting. Qiu Tian whispered at this time.

Tang Hao turned his head.

"There's nothing wrong with that table, but it's just not for people in Asia and Africa. Qiu Tian said in a low voice.

Tang Hao nodded.

Nine out of ten people playing billiards are Europeans, which is strange, but now that I have seen such a play, it is obviously intentional by the organizers.

"Hopefully it won't be like that in the game. Tang Hao said meaningfully.

After coming out of Shakespeare's International Theatre, they went to the Olympic restaurant together.

Like everything else they've seen in the Olympic Village, the food is pretty austere.

After hastily eating, they went back to their rooms.

When I went back, I happened to meet Xu Jiayu and Shi Yang coming out, and after chatting for a few words, I knew that the bed had been solved, and I had lengthened everything in need, although he was not there, but the team had already helped him solve it.

The problem of the bed was solved, which was the best news, he went back to the room and took a shower, and just lay down and fell asleep.

When they got up the next day, the other athletes were making final preparations for the competition, but Tang Hao, Qiu Tian and Ning Ze stepped on the field a day earlier.

Shooting and archery were the first events to decide gold medals, but this edition was an exception, and although the final was after the opening ceremony of the Games, qualifying was all played on the first day.

This is also a typical Olympic feature.

Perhaps because of the lessons of the Asian Games, the South Koreans are surprisingly low-key in this competition.

However, such a low profile brings another kind of silent pressure.

In the individual qualifying match in the morning, South Korea's Lim Dong Hyun shocked everyone present, 72 arrows, he actually shot a world record of 699 rings!