Chapter 238: A Time to Go Down in History
Zhang Longhao is so nervous!
As one of the world's top archers, he shouldn't have made such a big mistake in the final of the Olympic Games, but he still couldn't withstand the pressure, and the arrow he shot at the last minute almost got off the target. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
One Ring!
This is a heartbreaking achievement!
All Koreans were heartbroken, and as Zhang Longhao's arrow was nailed to the target, many Koreans closed their eyes in pain.
They lost!
If Zhang Longhao can get 8 rings and 9 rings, it is acceptable for the Korean archery team to lose 1 ring and 2 rings, and this arrow can be said to have knocked off the face of the Korean archery team and the halo of the four-time men's archery team champion on them.
Teams and athletes from many other countries suddenly realized: "It turns out that the Korean archery team is not invincible!" They also make big mistakes at critical moments! Their athletes will not be able to withstand the pressure at critical moments! ā
When the halo of the 'four-time Olympic gold medal' is removed, the Korean team is actually just an ordinary archery team, except that the players are stronger, there is no special big deal.
But in fact, if you want to say that the strength of Korean players is not very strong.
When it comes to individual heroism, there is still a gap between South Koreans and European and American players, who have not won an individual gold medal in archery for decades.
In 2000, the men's individual archery champion at the Sydney Olympics was Australia's Simon Fairweather; At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the men's individual archery champion was the American Garstin Heusch; At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the men's individual archery champion was Jay Bars of the United States; Even at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, the capital of South Korea (then Seoul), the men's individual event was won by American Daral Pace.
In the past few decades, almost all of the Olympic champions in the men's individual archery event have come from the United States and Europe, and there is not even a single South Korean among them.
After entering the new century, the strength of South Korea's archery project has increased, but most of the world's top archery players are still from Europe and the United States.
Individual heroism doesn't work, and team events don't go undefeated.
What else is there for the Korean archery team?
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After the referee announced the victory of the Chinese men's archery team, all the spectators who supported the Chinese team, as well as the athletes and coaches of the Chinese archery team, began to cheer heartily.
The media who heard the news flocked to the camera, and the cameras were all focused on the three archers.
Under the camera lens, Shen Yang was smiling and calm, and after the game, he circled around the stands and waved to thank the spectators who came to support him.
Yongfujun and Zhang Haifeng were completely inexperienced.
They just kept laughing, followed Shen Yang's ass and waved to the audience, although some of the viewers who supported Shen Yang were about to die of these two 'pig teammates', but the Chinese men's team competition was victorious, and the two also performed well in the last group, so they forgave the two and responded with cheers.
After walking around the spectator stands, the three of them rested in their seats at the scene, while reporters rushed to the reporters in the venue for interviews.
More than a dozen international media journalists were allowed into the venue.
In principle, the officials of the International Olympic Committee who preside over archery competitions let reporters from every major media send representatives in, but there are too many major international media outlets, and they can only allow some of these reporters to enter.
The people who came were all big media.
There are BBC Radio and Television in the United Kingdom, China Central TV in China, Sky TV in Italy, Bild in Germany, and the national public television station in the United States...... After a group of reporters arrived, they almost all wanted to interview Shen Yang as soon as possible.
And so the awkward scene arose.
Shen Yang was surrounded by a group of reporters, and there was no one in front of Yongfujun and Zhang Haifeng to interview him.
At this time, no one cared about the two guys who were not performing well and were not famous enough, even if the reporters were around the periphery, they must hear what Shen Yang said.
The Huaxia reporter asked first, "Shen Yang, led the Huaxia archery team to win the men's team championship, what do you think in your heart at this moment?" Feeling excited? ā
Shen Yang smiled indifferently and waved his hand, "There's nothing to be excited about, I thought it would be easier to win, but I didn't expect the Korean team to play so well." They are indeed a great team. But in the end we got the win, which was expected before the game. Other than that...... The archery team was led by coach Wang Wenlong, and I was just an athlete participating in the competition. ā
For Shen Yang's emphasis, many reporters completely ignored it.
The coach of the Chinese archery team is indeed Wang Wenlong, but anyone knows that the key to victory lies in Shen Yang's perfect performance, in the finals and semifinals, Shen Yang shot 18 arrows and got 180 rings.
Therefore, Shen Yang is the biggest hero, and there is no problem at all in saying that he 'leads the team to shoot'.
Next came a question from a British BBC reporter, who asked the key question, "Can you tell us why you were able to play consistently and hit the yellow heart with every arrow?" What are the tips? ā
Shen Yang thought for a while and said, "If you want to talk about skills, I think the most important thing is mentality, I am not a full-time archer, this is just my hobby, mine is a sports science researcher and an amateur coach, so I know how to adjust my mentality, I know how to adjust my state before the game." That's why I've been able to play consistently. ā
The third question was asked by Sky TV in Italy, and Italians seem to be more concerned about private life," said Galliazo, an Italian athlete who wants to rely on the runner-up to find a girlfriend. In this Olympic Games, you won two gold medals in archery and broke the archery record in a row, I think you will definitely get a lot of money and become more famous, what will you do with these fame and bonuses? ā
Shen Yang looked at the reporter inexplicably and said, "In terms of fame, in fact, I plan to retire after the Olympics, and I don't want to continue this sport." ā
Immediately, the reporters were in an uproar.
Shen Yang's words continued, "As for the bonus, I only plan to deposit the bonus in the bank ......"
Many reporters suddenly thought that 'Chinese really like to keep money in the bank', and then Italian reporters couldn't help but ask, "Do you plan to retire?" Why? ā
"Because archery is not my main job, it distracts me from a lot of energy."
"And what is your main business?"
Shen Yang smiled, "I have a sports science research institute called 'Yangyang', and I have technical cooperation with Real Madrid, and I hope to seriously run my institute and my sports industry." ā
If you want to say something to the Europeans about the American company, they certainly don't know much, but if you want to say about the Spanish club Real Madrid, they know too well.
When the European reporters present heard that there was a cooperation with Real Madrid, they immediately had a definition in their hearts: "This sports science institute called Yangyang must have developed to a certain extent, and it is technically the world's top", with this definition, the reporters recorded it one after another, planning to have an understanding of the Yangyang Sports Science Institute in the future, and also conducted an in-depth investigation of their cooperation with Real Madrid, and then continued to comment on the matter of "Shen Yang's retirement".
After the interview with Shen Yang, the reporters remembered that there were two other athletes.
So they conducted interviews on the routine past, and the first to go was the CCTV reporter, and the other reporters just followed the record.
He didn't show much interest at all.
Yongfujun and Zhang Haifeng could only smile bitterly, and Wang Wenlong next to him comforted the two with his eyes, "Just you, learn more from Shen Yang, and be calm in the face of reporters." ā
In fact, the focus is still on performance.
The most fundamental thing in sports is the strength and performance of athletes, if Yongfujun and Zhang Haifeng can have Shen Yang's performance, even if they will not face reporters again, there will be many reporters vying to interview, maybe their shy smile can become a big news for reporters, and be given a 'shy little student' nickname by the audience who like it.
What a pity!
In the game, the two were held back.
One can imagine how much interest the media reporters can have.
At the next award ceremony, the archery team received the gold medal, this is the second gold medal won by Shen Yang, but there is nothing to be excited about, and when the competition is over, he begins to care about the competition of the track and field team.
On the same day, there was also the semi-finals of the men's 400 meters, Wang Jian took Li Bin to participate in the competition, Li Bin's strength was there, and the performance was still very good, and finally won the first place in the preliminary group with a time of 44.32 seconds and successfully advanced to the final.
By this time, many people were starting to look at the track and field sprint.
Chinese track and field sprinting has always been a weak point, every outstanding athlete can be focused on, athletes who stand out in track and field sprints, but more attention is paid to the weightlifting team, table tennis team, etc., even if they do not win the gold medal, but also catch up with the gold medalists of other teams.
This time, the track and field sprinters were not doing well.
Gu Nana passed the first round of the women's 400m with excellent results, Li Bin successfully advanced to the men's 400m final, and Xie Chunfeng also entered the semifinals in the 100m event.
The performance of the three athletes made many Chinese viewers look forward to the track and field sprint.
Many people also think of an athlete - Liu Shen, Liu Shen is a world record-breaking player, the men's 110m hurdles event has not yet been held, he has attracted international attention, and the chances of winning the gold medal are very high.
The Chinese track and field sprint has four athletes who have the strength to compete for the gold medal, which is definitely the first time for the Chinese Olympic team in the Olympic arena.
The Chinese Olympic Committee has begun to pay attention to track and field pairs.
Some leading officials began to constantly inquire and care about the preparation of the track and field team, as well as the training and living conditions of several key athletes, the training ground and the competition field, and more Chinese media came to interview.
Everyone hopes that the Chinese track and field sprint can really win the first gold medal!
That will be a moment that will go down in history!
Under the attention of many people, Xie Chunfeng ushered in the semi-finals of the 100-meter event......