Chapter 196: Women's Volleyball
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All the media have reported on Fang Jianhui at length and repeatedly, and the consequence is that most people subconsciously feel that the Olympics in the past two days seem to have only held the men's 100m event, and some other competitions have been held, and they have no impression at all.
In fact, on August 3 and 4, in addition to the men's 100m, 43 gold medals were also produced, and the Chinese delegation also continued its previous good momentum:
On August 3, Luan Jujie of the fencing team defeated Cornelia Hanisch of West Germany in the women's foil event to win the first gold medal in the history of Chinese fencing.
On August 4, on the day Fang Jianhui won the championship, the University of California gymnasium also blew a Li Ning whirlwind.
First of all, in the men's free gymnastics event, Li Ning of the Huaxia Gymnastics Team won the gold medal with a perfect score, and his teammate Lou Yun won the silver medal. This is also the ninth gold medal of the Chinese team.
In the next men's pommel horse competition, Li Ning once again scored full marks and tied with Peter Vidmar of the United States for the gold medal.
Then in the men's rings competition, Li Ning once again tied with Japan's Koji Gu Zhi for the championship.
In the last men's vault, Li Ning won another silver medal, and the gold medal was won by teammate Lou Yun.
In one day, Li Ning won three golds and one silver in a row, and was the most dazzling star in the Olympic arena except for Fang Jianhui that day.
In addition, on July 31, Li Ning and his teammates won the silver medal in the gymnastics team, and on August 2, they won the bronze medal in the individual all-around gymnastics. Li Ning won a total of three golds, two silvers and one bronze in this Olympic Games, and is the athlete who has won the most medals in this Olympic Games.
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Fang Jianhui's men's 200m race will be held on the 6th and 8th.
In the overwhelming pursuit of the media, Fang Jianhui couldn't go out at all, and as soon as he went out, he would be surrounded by a lot of people, so he had to stay at home.
On the afternoon of the 6th, the men's 200-meter preliminaries began, and when Fang Jianhui walked into the stadium, the cheers of the audience were deafening.
Unlike in the men's 100m race, if there were still many people who did not have confidence in him at that time, but after winning the 100m championship, at this time, everyone was full of confidence in him, and felt that the 200m championship was simply in his bag, and there was no suspense. The bookmaker simply refuses to accept bets.
Fang Jianhui ranked in the 6th group of the preliminaries, and he won the first place in the group with a time of 20.80 seconds.
When he exited, he was met by Carl Lewis who entered the 7th group, and Fang Jianhui hugged him again and congratulated him. Carl Lewis had just won the gold medal in the men's long jump with 8.54m earlier in the afternoon.
In the men's long jump, Carl Lewis showed his kingly demeanor. In the final, he established the status of the champion in the first jump, and the rest of the time Shi Shiran watched the other players work hard, until the end, no one could get close to his first jump result, and he simply gave up the opportunity to try the next four jumps, saving physical strength for the current men's 200-meter race.
An hour later, the men's 200m quarters race began, with a total of 29 competitors divided into four groups. Fang Jianhui was in the second group, and he once again won the first place in the group with a time of 20.23 seconds and successfully advanced to the semifinals the day after tomorrow.
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On the afternoon of the 8th, the men's 200m semifinals.
In this event, the host team of the United States is the strongest, and their three players: Carl Lewis, Coke Baptiste and Thomas Jefferson are all weak, and if it were not for Fang Jianhui, they would have the strength to win the top three.
Fang Jianhui was divided into the first group of the semifinals, with the opponents of Kirk Baptiste and Thomas Jefferson, in the game, Fang Jianhui encountered the stronger and stronger nature, with a time of 19.98 seconds, beating two Americans, won the first place in the group. The two Americans, with a time of 20.12 seconds and 20.20 seconds, were in second and third place in the group.
In the final that followed, Fang Jianhui ran 19.66 seconds, breaking the world record again after the men's 100 meters! Carl Lewis also performed well, breaking the Olympic record with a time of 19.80 seconds, finishing second, and another American, Kirk Baptiste, took third.
After winning the championship, Fang Jianhui tried to run around the field again, but he was surrounded by the staff who had been prepared for a long time, making him unable to move.
In desperation, Fang Jianhui had no choice but to give up and dance on the spot to celebrate. It's a pity that there is no musical accompaniment in the stadium, the effect is much worse, and after jumping twice, Fang Jianhui felt a little bored, so he had to stop jumping.
Although he didn't run and sing, the audience was very face-saving and still made a spectacular wave of people to celebrate him.
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At this point, Fang Jianhui's Olympic journey is over, and he only waits for the closing ceremony of the Olympics on the 12th to return home.
On the 9th, Fang Jianhui, who was idle, took Zhong Chuhong and Lin Qingxia to watch the Olympic women's volleyball final, which was played against the Chinese women's volleyball team and the host United States women's volleyball team.
Since Yuan Weimin served as the head coach in 1976, the Chinese women's volleyball team began to rise, defeating the then Asian and former world champion Japanese women's volleyball team in the 1979 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, dominating Asia for the first time.
In 1981, in the 3rd Women's Volleyball World Cup, the Chinese women's volleyball team won seven games and seven victories, beating the defending host country Japan and winning the championship, becoming the first world champion among the three major balls.
In 1982, at the 9th World Women's Volleyball Championship held in Peru, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the World Women's Volleyball Championship for the first time.
Because of the two consecutive world championships, in this Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team, Japan and the United States are one of the favorites to win the championship.
At this time, there is a saying that China, Japan and the United States are the top three, the United States is afraid of Japan, Japan is afraid of China, and China is afraid of the United States. In the previous group stage, Huamei was placed in one group, and Huaxia lost 1-3 to the United States, and at the end of the game, American coach Salinger was happy that he did not have to touch the first team in the other group, Japan, in the semi-finals.
In the semifinals, the Chinese team defeated Japan cleanly in three straight games, while the United States team also defeated the Peruvian team with a score of 3:0, and the Chinese women's volleyball team met again in the final.
After sitting down, Fang Jianhui patiently introduced the rules of the game to his two girlfriends, in short, trying to hit the ball on the ground of the opponent's field and prevent the ball from falling on the ground of his own field. After the popularization of science, the game begins.
In the first game, the Huamei volleyball team played at a very high level, and the skills and tactics of both sides were played to the extreme. The two sides have played each other many times before, and they are very familiar with the opponent's playing line, and the two sides have a lot of back and forth balls, which are particularly exciting.
The Huaxia team led 14-9, and scored one more point to win the first game, at this time, the United States team launched a Jedi counterattack, and the score was narrowed by one point, and it was actually chased to 14 draws! Infected by the atmosphere of the game, Fang Jianhui, Zhong and Lin were very nervous, and Zhong Chuhong's palms were sweaty.
When the U.S. team tied the score and the momentum was like a rainbow, the Huaxia team replaced a player named Hou Yuzhu, who was actually a service master, serving two balls in a row and scoring two points in a row, making the Huaxia team win the first game 16-14.
Fang Jianhui, Zhong Chuhong and Lin Qingxia cheered, and the broadcast camera was also aimed at them, no way, who called Fang Jianhui too popular now, even if he was a spectator, he would attract a lot of attention.
When Fang Jianhui watches the game, he still pays attention to the image, and when the Huaxia team scores, he will naturally applaud and cheer, but when the audience chants "U-S-A!", he will also shout along.
After the start of the second game, the American team seemed to be unbalanced and made mistakes one after another, and the Chinese team quickly led with a score of 9-1. When it reached 13:3, the Huaxia team once again sent the serve master Hou Yuzhu, she served twice again and scored two points in a row, and the Huaxia team won the second game 15:3.
At the beginning of the third game, the U.S. women's volleyball team took the lead, but the Chinese women's volleyball team was not chaotic, Lang Ping's high-point strong attack, Zhang Rongfang and Zheng Meizhu's running attack, Liang Yan's quick touch, Yang Xiaojun's fast attack and strong middle lane small strong attack all exerted their power and quickly overtook the score.
The score came to 14:5, and as long as one more point was scored, the Chinese team would win the gold medal in the Olympic Games. The U.S. team once again stubbornly scored four points in a row to chase the score to 14:9, at which time, the Chinese team asked for a timeout.
After the timeout, Zhang Rongfang deducted the last point, and the American women's volleyball team ran desperately to the backcourt to save the ball in despair, but it was still to no avail.
The Chinese women's volleyball team won the championship, and this was also the first team gold medal in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games.
Fang Jianhui, Zhong Chuhong and Lin Qingxia, who had experienced the whole process at the scene, were also very excited, Fang Jianhui rushed directly into the stadium, and began to hug the women's volleyball players regardless of whether people recognized him or not.
Even if the girls of the women's volleyball team had never heard of his name in China, they vomited when they heard his name in the past few days after coming to the United States. On TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, outdoor advertisements, and promotional materials, Fang Jianhui's name is heard all the time, and Fang Jianhui's handsome photos appear everywhere, it's really hard not to know him.
After hugging the girls of the women's volleyball team, Fang Jianhui couldn't forget the defeated American women's volleyball team, he walked over and comforted the sad and lost girls one by one. Unlike the introverted Chinese girls, these American girls, seeing Fang Jianhui is like seeing their boyfriends, they are very affectionate, and they are reluctant to let go of him one by one.
Fang Jianhui came uninvited and stole the limelight from the audience, but no one felt that there was anything wrong, and they all felt that his behavior was completely deserved. No, after his comfort, the mood of the girls of the American women's volleyball team is obviously much better.
The Olympic Organizing Committee also temporarily changed its plan and asked Fang Jianhui to present awards to the top three, and Fang Jianhui happily agreed to the request.
After the award presentation and the national anthem, Fang Jianhui took photos with the top three China, the United States and Japan respectively, and spent a very meaningful day.
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"Boss, President Reagan wants to see you. As soon as Fang Jianhui got home, Shirley said with a serious face.