Chapter 159: Full Rise (I)
For Liu Han, whose Olympic journey has just begun, although he regrets not being able to see his son born with his own eyes, he is still excited and happy, and in the same way, for the Chinese sports delegation and the vast number of people participating in the Athens Olympic Games, the first few days of the Olympic Games are also exciting. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
As of May 17, 2004, Athens time, the Chinese Olympic delegation has won a total of 10 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 2 bronze medals in the first three days, and they once topped the medal table.
Although the strong sports of the United States, Russia and other countries, such as track and field, swimming and other competitions have not yet been fully launched, the Chinese delegation has indeed made major breakthroughs in some events.
Among the 10 gold medals, the Chinese team has always won three gold medals in shooting, including Du Li won the first gold for the Chinese team in the women's 10m air rifle final, and then the veteran Wang Yifu also withstood the pressure to win another gold for the Chinese team in the men's 10m air pistol competition.
Zhu Qinan, a 20-year-old young player who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, also won a men's 10-meter air rifle championship for the Chinese team, and the Olympic team shooting team can be said to have completed its task very well.
In addition to shooting, the Chinese team also won many results in weightlifting and diving.
In the diving double competition, Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia partnered to win the women's double three-meter platform championship, Tian Liang and Yang Jinghui partnered to win the men's double 10-meter platform championship, and on August 16, Lao Lishi and Li Ting partnered to win the women's double 10-meter platform championship.
In the weightlifting competition, Cheng Yanqing and Shi Zhiyong won the women's 58 kg and men's 62 kg championships respectively.
In addition to these strong events, Chinese Olympians also made breakthroughs in judo and swimming, with Luo Xuejuan, known as the female frog king, breaking the world record in the women's 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:06.64, adding another gold medal to the Chinese delegation.
Guangdong girl Xian Dongmei won the women's 52kg judo championship with an indisputable advantage.
In addition to the breakthrough of the gold medal, the Chinese Olympic athletes also have a great breakthrough in some of the weak events in the past, on August 17, involving athlete Wang Zheng won the bronze medal in the men's double skeet competition, which is the first medal for Chinese athletes in this event, breaking the monopoly of West Asian athletes and European athletes in the event.
Liu Han also and his teammates were other athletes of the Olympic delegation to cheer on the scene, with Liu Han, the men's football and men's basketball players in the management compared to the previous years to relax a lot, Liu Han not only for his teammates to bring a new sports concept, but also for the team management team to bring a new management concept, athletes are also people, blind strict management sometimes does not necessarily play a role, on the contrary, it will even seriously affect the state of athletes.
Everywhere he goes, he often attracts the attention of local fans and tourists in Athens, and his great achievements in basketball and football have made him a large number of fans all over the world.
At nine o'clock in the morning of August 17 local time in Athens, the second game of the men's basketball group stage started, and the opponent of the Chinese team was the weak New Zealand team.
Liu Han played only eight minutes in the first quarter before coming to the bench as China took a huge lead in the first quarter.
Not to mention Liu Han's strong firepower on the outside, just under his instigation and organization, the Chinese team's strong inside advantage crushed the opponent, and the Chinese team won a double-digit lead in the first quarter of the game, Liu Han brushed up 5 assists and 9 points in 8 minutes of playing time.
Yao Min also went off the break after playing the third quarter, and the entire fourth quarter of the game was completely reduced to garbage time, and the Chinese team defeated New Zealand by 36 points 98-62.
Compared with the performance of the men's basketball team in the previous Olympic Games, this men's basketball team is more mature and professional, and at the same time, the Chinese team has also played unprecedented changes in terms of tactics.
On August 18, the final round of Group D of the men's football group stage began, and the opponent of the Chinese Olympic team was the Moroccan team, which had been eliminated in advance.
In the previous two rounds of the group stage, the Chinese team won two games and won six points and lifted the top of the standings, while the Moroccan team suffered two defeats, they lost to Portugal and Costa Rica respectively, and the Moroccan team did not score a goal in both games.
In the face of such an opponent, the Chinese team does not have any carelessness, although the Chinese team has now advanced to the group, but in order to avoid the Argentine team that has won the first place in Group C, the Chinese team is still better to win this game, in case the Portuguese team plays well in the last game of life and death to defeat the Costa Rica team with a big score and the Chinese team carelessly loses this game, it is always bad for the Argentine team to meet the favorites to win the championship in advance.
Since he pursued safety, Horton directly put on the strongest starting lineup.
However, the Moroccan team, who are now fighting for glory, did not show the momentum they should have after the start of the game, on the contrary, they played very casually, and the Chinese team took the lead in the opening less than 10 minutes.
Liu Han broke through the Moroccan team in the eighth minute with a long-range shot from 30 meters out, and the Moroccan team seemed to have no intention of fighting at all, they were very lax in defending Liu Han, and Liu Han had no one to defend him when he raised his foot to shoot from 30 meters.
After taking the lead, the Chinese team began to perform better, and the young people were prone to collapse when they encountered difficulties, but they were still very energetic to kick the tailwind.
In the 37th and 46th minutes of the game, the Chinese team scored two goals in a row, scoring Qu Bo and Cheng Tao respectively, and the Chinese team locked the victory in half the game.
In the second half, Liu Han went directly to rest, and the Chinese team still maintained the advantage on the field.
After the match with Costa Rica, the young people of the Chinese team have grown up a lot, at least they no longer casually despise their opponents, and the Chinese team has a huge advantage in this game, so the players are more relaxed and smooth.
Less than 15 minutes into the second half, the Chinese team scored another goal, and Zhang Yuning used a header to completely seal the victory for the Chinese team.
Horton also made changes after taking a four-goal lead, with some youngsters who had not previously played were introduced, such as 17-year-old Hao Junmin.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Moroccan team 4-0 and locked the first place in the group, and in another life-and-death battle in the same group, the Costa Rican team broke the upset, they beat the Portuguese team 2-1, and the young people of the Portuguese team paid the price for their light opponents, so that the Chinese team and the Costa Rica team joined hands to enter the quarterfinals of this Olympic Games.