Chapter 029: Asian Heroes
The exchange match of the South Korean junior team started at one o'clock in the afternoon, and by the time Kong Zhendong and Liu Guopang finished the showdown, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.
Kong Zhendong and Xiaoya, Guo Bing was about to return to Shunyi, but Liu Guopang shouted behind him: "Officially know, I am Liu Guobang of the national junior team, I must know what the name of the person who won me, right?" ”
Liu Guopang is his nickname after he became rich in middle age, and Kong Zhendong certainly knows his name.
Kong Zhendong smiled: "Your name is Liu Guobang, so does your brother have to be called Liu Guobang?" ”
Liu Guobang was so angry that he wanted to go crazy. Kong Zhendong said solemnly: "The mallet of the country, knock the world!" That's a good name. I don't have to sign up, when, you get fat and fat, let's get to know each other again! ”
Before Liu Guobang gained weight, we will all call him Liu Guobang in our future stories!
Liu Guobang hadn't figured out the question of whether he would gain weight or not, Kong Zhendong and the three of them had already gotten on the bus and disappeared from his field of vision.
Kong Zhendong does not share his name with Liu Guobang, and has his own considerations. He felt that if there were not too many variables in this world, the original self in this world should have started practicing at the age of 5, and entered the national junior team with Liu Guobang at the age of 13 in 88.
Himself and his teammates have the same name? How embarrassing? If you see another Kong Zhendong in the future, will it be more embarrassing?
Unable to understand this great proposition that transcends the laws of physics and rises to the height of philosophy, Kong Zhendong put his spirit on the opening ceremony of the Beijing Asian Games the next day.
On September 22, 1990, the Asian sports event organized by the Chinese people with the courage of the whole country to do great things finally opened.
Including China, in addition to Iraq, which was banned for provoking war, a total of 36 countries and regions participated in the event, the largest scale in the history.
China's Treasure Island, British Hong Kong Island, and Portuguese Omen all sent sports delegations to participate in the competition, realizing the great reunion of the Chinese sons and daughters on the field.
This Asian Games, all walks of life, strong and surging!
North Korea and South Korea frequently interacted in the early stages of the tournament to send positive signals.
In addition, I heard that the top leaders of North Korea and South Korea are discussing the joint alliance of the North and the South in some advantageous areas, forming a joint team, and jointly competing in the international arena!
The athletes of the Northern Dynasties have always been a mysterious division, and their advantages are only a handful, and table tennis is naturally the first to bear the brunt.
Asian sporting powerhouse Japan has confirmed that they will host the next Asian Games, and although their dominance of the Chinese team's medal table cannot be shaken, they urgently need to prove themselves and challenge for gold medals in traditional events to lay a solid foundation for four years' time.
In his previous life, although Kong Zhendong was already a member of the national youth team in 90, he was usually practicing boringly, and he had no chance to experience the 90 Asian Games up close.
In this life, I became a non-governmental exchange student representative of the table tennis project, and actually won the honor of observing the opening ceremony of the Asian Games on the spot, which really fulfills the saying: There are miracles everywhere in life!
The opening ceremony of the Asian Games in 90 years has not invited international film directors as often as later generations. The high-tech means of displaying such as sound, shadow, light, and electricity are reduced, and the atmosphere and charm of sports are stronger.
After the opening ceremony began, the 10,000-person collective performance project that the Chinese are best at first amazed the world.
Different from the Tai Chi in the later Olympic Games, which emphasized beauty and art, this time it was a group gymnastics performance with a stronger sports atmosphere.
After showing our unity and positive side, the majestic gongs and drums of Linfen in the northwest also shook the sky, conveying to the world the national heritage and characteristics of China's 5,000-year-old cultural heritage.
Finally, the pillar of the Chinese music scene, Liu Yige, and Wei Wei, the singer who was definitely a generation of goddesses and sang in a fusion of European and American pop styles, jointly performed the 90 Asian Games propaganda song, the popular "Asian Heroes", and pushed the huge opening ceremony to the highest ~ tide!
In Asia, the mountains are high heads;
In Asia, the river flows like blood;
In Asia, trees are rooted to the roots;
We are Asian, and the cloud is also shaking hands!
Mangyuan wrapped jade belt, field weaving colorful silk,
The Asian wind is rising, and the Asian wind is roaring!
(Together) we are Asian, and the country is handsome;
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The high tune, the rich singing, and the infectious power of the 10,000 people singing together at the scene, Kong Zhendong, who has always been calm, can't help but be enthusiastic, he and Ye Xiaoya sang loudly, cheering for the motherland and cheering for Asia!
After the exciting ~ emotional opening ceremony, the dignitaries of various countries, the President of the Olympic Council of Asia spoke, followed by the speeches of the athletes.
In accordance with the usual practice, a representative of the flag level athletes of the host country will speak.
Ye Xiaoya has already begun to count with her fingers in anticipation: "Gymnastics Li Lin has broken and retired, and the girls of the women's volleyball team have not had outstanding results and representative figures in the past two years, will they be basketball national players?" ”
Kong Zhendong had never paid attention to the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in his previous life, and he didn't know who would speak, but he spoke according to the convention: "Men's basketball players are generally tall, and they will serve as the flag bearers of the athletes' representative team. Zhang Yining, the great female demon king of later generations, enjoyed this honor at the Beijing Olympics.
For a long time, the status of national table tennis players in the sports delegation is very high. Except for Liu Feiren, who broke the limit of Asians, and Lei Jian, who played cards out of common sense and played a round of bright swords, most of the other Asian Games Olympic flag bearers were dominated by men's basketball and table tennis.
Basketball players rely on their height, and table tennis players rely on the crushing dominance maintained by generations of national players with sweat and injuries.
A few minutes later, the mystery was revealed. The athlete who spoke on behalf of more than 4,000 athletes this time was the men's table tennis national player Cheng Longcan.
Ye Xiaoya shouted excitedly: "It's Uncle Long!" ”
Cheng Longcan is 27 years old this year, and if he is a football, basketball, and track and field athlete, he is the peak age of sports to win the championship. can be a table tennis player, especially an Asian fast-break table tennis player who has high requirements for reaction and pace, at this age, he really has to be called 'uncle'.
Cheng Longcan is a very legendary table tennis player, who has many stronger and more famous athletes than he did in the early days, Rong Guosheng, Lu Yuansheng, Zhuang Shendong, and later Mi Xingbang, who built the table tennis dynasty.
Cheng Longcan's world results are far inferior to them, but he is the only active athlete to win an Olympic title in table tennis, albeit only in men's doubles.
In recent years, the national table tennis has been at an unprecedented historical trough, and people's hearts have fluctuated. Jiang Jialiang, who was at the same time as Cheng Longcan, and Teng Yuan both chose to retire.
On the world stage today, only relying on the veteran Cheng Longcan, Ma Wenhua, who has a bumpy name and bumpy results in the competition, and Wang Tao, a late-blooming impact player, barely supports.
In this Asian Games, can Cheng Longcan lead them to turn the tide and recast the glory of national table tennis? Kong Zhendong will wait and see!