Chapter 57: Fool
On the evening of August 8, Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand ushered in a grand party, and at six o'clock, the opening ceremony of the 24th World University Movement officially began. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
As the first time to host a world multi-sport event, Thailand has also put a lot of effort into this opening ceremony, which was first held by the athletes' entrance ceremony.
Sun Shine is wearing a sportswear, standing in the team, this is his first time to participate in the opening ceremony of the World Games, usually sitting in front of the TV, I don't feel anything, really standing here, everything is so unusual.
In order to be able to record his first world event, Sun Shine also bought a camera, hoping to capture something.
"China." Loud voices pierced the sky, and cheers erupted in the stadium.
The Chinese team walked onto the sports field, with basketball player Cao Zhenghua in front of the flag-bearer, Sun Shina walking in the middle of the team, and athletes in the last row holding a banner with the words "Welcome to Beijing in 2008." ”
Today is August 8, 2007, and next year's quadrennial Olympic Games will come to ancient China, so today college students have raised such a banner and welcome everyone to China next year.
Sun Shine was busy for a long time, taking pictures non-stop.
After the athletes' entrance, the flame was lit and the XXIV World Universiade officially began.
After the opening ceremony, Sun Shine and the others didn't stay too much, they still have a game tomorrow morning, so naturally they have to rest early.
"It's a pity, the one-year countdown to the Olympic Games is now being celebrated in China, and our opening ceremony will definitely not be broadcast live." Yin Longhua felt a little regretful.
"It's a pity, it's not enough to try to participate in the Olympics next year." Sun Shine must go to the Olympics, this is his goal.
"You two still have a possibility, I can't, I can only cheer you down there." Yin Longhua knows his strength very well, and it is quite good to be able to refuel below.
"If you want to be presumptuous, let's compare tomorrow's game, but we must not let people say that we are the sick man of East Asia." Sun Shine was very unhappy with this word.
"It's like, we're going to make that Simon look good." Yin Longhua was also very indignant.
In the men's 100-meter relay race, there are not many countries participating, only 16 countries participated, and the Chinese team was divided into the second group, and at about 10 o'clock in the morning, the 100-meter relay race began.
In this Universiade, China still sent a lot of reporters over, although there was no live broadcast, but it is good to be able to send back some information in time.
Yi Jing of Penguin Sports was sent over as an intern, and Yi Jing came with an old reporter Mo He.
"Senior, this morning's game is about to start." Yi Jing took a look at the competition schedule, and the 100-meter relay in the morning must be a highlight.
"It's all preliminaries in the morning, and there is not much to watch, but the finals in the afternoon are more interesting." Mohe is well aware of the schedule.
"We still have an advantage in the 100m relay." Yi Jing knew that Sun Shiner also participated in the 100m race and was very much looking forward to his performance.
"The U.S. team didn't send strong players to participate, and other countries naturally have the ability to chase the gold medal." The U.S. team is the hegemon of track and field, and if they don't send their experts to compete, other teams will definitely have a lot of opportunities.
"Which national team do you think is more of a threat to China?" Yi Jing asked curiously.
Mo He was stunned for a moment, and then said: "In fact, this year, various countries, especially China and Japan, basically did not send masters to participate, the reason is because of the Osaka Track and Field World Championships that will start soon, of course, we China have another reason, that is, next year's Olympic Games, so it is really hard to say who will win the championship." ”
"You're journalists from China, right?" A British journalist walked over and asked.
"Yes, you are?" There will be some communication between reporters, so Mohe did not refuse to talk to others.
"I'm George from England." George had just interviewed Simon from their country, and Simon told him that the Chinese athletes had come out and wanted to win the championship, so George came over to ask about the situation.
"Hello George, I'm Mohe." Mohe was very polite.
"I'm not interested in what your name is, I just want to ask, why do your athletes say they want to win the championship? Are your athletes too confident to take other countries' sports seriously? George asked.
Mohe secretly screamed that it was not good, it must have been that athlete who said the wrong thing and was caught by the reporter.
"I don't know who you're talking about? But I don't think our athletes will talk nonsense. "Mohe didn't show weakness, and the athlete said the wrong thing, what did he do as a reporter?
"What do you mean by that? Do you mean that athletes from your country can definitely win championships? George asked unhappily.
"Whether you win the championship or not is not something that I can say as a reporter, but it depends on the competition, you see that the 100-meter relay has begun, this group seems to have you in the UK, right?" The first group of the 100m heats has begun, and the Thai team as the host country is in this group.
"Our British team is a team that wants to win the championship, and the small preliminaries are nothing." George didn't care about this game at all, to be precise, the preliminaries were not a matter for the British team at all.
"But your team is behind." Mohe pointed to the venue and said.
"It's okay, we'll catch up later." George still didn't care.
"You're lagging behind a lot." Mohe took a look at the British team, which is now ranked fifth, and the possibility of advancing to the final is not high.
"It's okay, we'll catch up later."
"But......" Mohe was about to say something, but was interrupted by George.
"Let's make a bet, I bet that your Chinese team will definitely not win the championship, and our British team can win the championship." George said confidently.
"Bet, no problem, but I want to bet that your British team won't make it to the final." Mohe is ready to pit George.
"Don't be funny, how is it possible." George wouldn't believe Mohe's words.
"How about we bet $100?" Mohe pulled out $100.
The British team can't make it to the finals, it's a fantasy to see George, the $100 is a sure win, why not bet? "Okay, I'm betting, $100."
"Thank you." Mohe took the $100 directly.
"What are you doing here?" George was stunned for a moment.
"Oh, your British team finished fifth in the group and was eliminated." Mo He pointed behind him and quickly put away the $100.
Only then did George react that the first group of the 100m relay was over, and the British team did only run fifth, being eliminated and failing to reach the final.