Barcelona, one of the dreamiest and most romantic cities in Europe.

If Paris is as cosy as a lazy Persian cat, Barcelona is like a samba girl.

Kong Zhendong and others, the first feeling of stepping on Barcelona is heat!

It is both the humid heat of the Catalan sea breeze and the European mania for sports.

After entering the hotel, the athletes' first job is not to acclimatize, but to reverse jet lag.

Kong Zhendong, Liu Guobang, Wang Fei and other sparring partners, who had relatively less pressure, recovered first.

After eating the athletes' meal in the evening, Kong Zhendong and the others were about to go back to their rooms to rest, but they found that the leading officials of the Olympic delegation were coming in and out frequently with serious expressions, and they seemed to be very busy.

Liu Guobang asked curiously: "There are only three or four days before the opening ceremony, right?" Everything should be settled. Why are you still in a hurry like ants on a hot pot? ”

Wang Fei has a lively personality and is the bag of the table tennis team, and he whispered mysteriously: "I don't know if it's good news or bad news." In May this year, the United Nations banned the countries of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from participating in the Olympic Games because of the war in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. However, the International Olympic Committee has not given up, and is still trying to let athletes from these countries compete in their individual names in the past few days, but there are only two or three days left, and it is estimated that it will not work. In fact, Eastern European athletes such as the Yugoslav Federation have had little impact on American track and field and Western European golf. Their strengths are gymnastics, weightlifting, table tennis. ”

Liu Guobang frowned and said: "Is this our country's big gold winner?" ”

Wang Fei sighed: "Isn't it, from the perspective of our young players, of course we hope to see Primorac, Rublescu, Schulbeck and other top athletes show their skills." However, their participation reduced our chances of winning the championship. The coaching staff is certainly a big enemy. I heard that there are already voices from the coaching staff to adjust the direction of our training, Zhendong, you can relax these days, you don't have to imitate Primorac. ”

Kong Zhendong shook his head and did not answer. His simulation training doesn't let up. Because he admired the ability of the old man Samaranch to operate. He didn't believe that the butterfly effect he had crossed could be so big that Eastern Europe couldn't compete.

Once Primorac participates, then this skill is not weaker than Persson, and he will be a hurdle that national table tennis will not be able to overcome.

The next day, the national table tennis coaching staff really had coaches who were conveying that the athletes would put their competitors on France, Sweden, Belgium and other Western and Nordic powers, and stop the technical drills for Eastern Europe.

Kong Zhendong still went his own way, pulling Wang Fei and Wang Tao Lu Ning, and continued to simulate the match between Wang Tao and Lu Ning and the Primorac combination.

The faces of several senior coaches on the coaching staff turned grim. Kong Zhendong, this kid, has recently been very favored by Mi Xingbang and Yin Xiao, who has just joined the team, and his tail has been cocked to the sky?

This kid, gotta bang. also let Wu Jingping and Yin Xiao, the newcomers of the coaching staff, learn to be people with their tails between their legs.

Under the deliberate exaggeration of several senior coaches, Kong Zhendong did not cooperate with the coaching staff's arrangement, and the news of continuing to simulate Eastern European playing training actually reached the leader of the table tennis team.

It is even being passed on to the higher levels of national delegations.

This Olympic participation is different from the fact that thousands of people participated in almost all events in later generations. The Chinese team only sent 200 people to participate in 20 events, so the high-level officials of the table tennis team are very concerned about the wind and grass of such a big gold medalist.

Mi Xingbang did not have absolute control over the national table tennis men's team at this time, and when he got the news, Kong Zhendong's actions had already reached the higher levels of the delegation.

When Mi Xingbang was about to punish Kong Zhendong with a small punishment and block the high-level heavy punishment, just three days before the opening of the Olympic Games, the news that the United Nations had approved the Yugoslav Federation athletes to participate in their personal names reached the Chinese delegation.

At the moment when the penalty notice of the high-level delegation of 'unorganized and undisciplined, and the dismissal of the sparring team' was about to be issued, he hurried to catch it back.

The deputy head of the Olympic delegation personally went to the table tennis team training hall to conduct research. Praise the sparring work for being prepared for danger in times of peace, having a strong vision of the overall situation, and thinking comprehensively.

Mi Xingbang took advantage of Kong Zhendong's magical counterattack to beat several restless senior coaches, which further enhanced his dominance in the national team.

Before leaving, the deputy head of the Olympic delegation held Kong Zhendong's hand and said: "You babies, you are all the sun at eight or nine o'clock, you just have to have this courage and sharpness." The torch relay has arrived in the small town of Anta near Barcelona, where we officials and athletes have to prepare for the opening ceremony. It's up to you to welcome the flame this time! ”

Greet the flame?

Such a sacred event only arranges one class of sparring partners?

When Kong Zhendong and others came to the crowded Anta Town by car, they understood the painstaking efforts of the national delegation.

The 72-year-old grandfather of Samaranch actually set a precedent in history by personally participating in the Olympic torch relay as the president of the International Olympic Committee.

At a time when all the delegations were tossing and turning over whether Eastern Europe could participate in the competition, this wise old man with a pearl of wisdom in his hands, wearing fat pants, was ready to run two kilometers to carry out the torch relay.

Kong Zhendong couldn't help but sigh: What a wise old man like the sea!

Mr. Samaranch is an old friend of China, but his status is sensitive, and the Chinese delegation cannot be too vocal about his actions in an official capacity, so the young sparring team members are allowed to celebrate his feat as civilians.

The secretary next to Mr. Samaranch noticed Kong Zhendong and the others, and after consulting with Samaranch's personal doctor, he suggested: "Mr. President, the Chinese teenagers over there all admire you for coming to watch the ceremony, let them accompany them for a while and share the honor!" ”

Samaranch nodded kindly, the Olympics want to be integrated into the blood of the Eastern Dragon, and the Eastern Dragon needs the glory of the Olympics to accelerate its rise, which is a win-win combination. He chose Kong Zhendong from the Chinese sparring group as his flame guard.

Kong Zhendong felt sacred and responsible when he received this task. In addition to the torchbearers, it is also an integral part of the tradition of the torchbearer. What's more, the old man Samaranch is seventy-two years old, and even if he is healthy, he still needs someone to accompany him for a two-kilometer run.

Samaranch received the torch from the previous torchbearer, and Kong Zhendong accompanied him in his jog.

Samaranch was really strong, jogging, and asked in English, "Son, can you understand English?" ”

Kong Zhendong replied, "Yes, sir." ”

Samaranch smiled: "Seeing you young and sunny teenagers participating in the Olympic events, I feel that our Olympics is successful and meaningful." ”

Kong Zhendong replied in English: "When our generation is 82 years old, or even 92 years old, we can still jog two or even three kilometers like Mr. Samaranch, then the Olympics are the most successful and meaningful." ”

Samaranch's eyes lit up, and he patted Kong Zhendong's shoulder with satisfaction, and this moment was captured by reporters with a keen sense of news.