Chapter 161: Farewell, Latvia
The U19 World Youth Men's Basketball Championship has come to an end in Latvia.
The most shocking thing in this competition is undoubtedly that the Chinese youth team overthrew the defending champion United States youth team as a "dark horse" and won the championship of this World Youth Championship.
The U19 World Youth Championship has been held since 1979, when the venue was Brazil, and the Chinese men's basketball team did not send a team to participate, and the United States team won the gold medal with a record of 8 wins.
In the 1983 World Youth Championship in Spain, it was the United States men's basketball team that won the championship. The Chinese men's basketball team participated in the first competition in 1983 and only won 4 wins and 3 losses, finishing 11th.
In the next seven tournaments, the United States won the Under-19 World Junior Championship in 1991 and 2009, making them the team with the most U-19 World Championships in history.
With the exception of the United States, most of the Under-19 World Youth Championship titles have been split between European teams such as Spain, Greece and Serbia, and no Asian team has ever won the tournament.
In the history of the U19 World Youth Championships, the Chinese youth team has never won a medal. In the 1995 World Youth Championships in Greece, the Chinese national youth team, which had many good players such as Wang Zhizhi, Li Nan and Hu Weidong, won the ninth place with 4 wins and 4 losses.
And this year's youth army, which was not favored, has created a great miracle - the world championship, which is what a longed-for title for Chinese basketball.
Although the Chinese basketball team is accustomed to Asian championships, the best result in all competitions on the world stage is only seventh in the U17 World Youth Championships.
But now, the Under-19 team is on top of the world.
And defeated the powerful American youth team in the final, making this championship more "golden".
Because the legend of the Chinese youth team won the championship, the basketball fans of the whole China were boiling.
"Legend: China's Hope" Sports Weekly immediately published a large article to summarize and report on the World Youth Championships, and the CCTV Sports Channel sent three reporters to conduct a comprehensive follow-up report on the new "world champion", and it was a live broadcast of the whole process of the celebration of the Chinese youth team.
The American and European media published "The Sinking of the Aircraft Carrier", "An Unexpected Failure", and "The Rise of China...... commented on this year's World Youth Championships.
In the article "Lady Luck's Favor, the Chinese Youth Team Won the World Youth Championship", the media in South Korea repeatedly emphasized that the key two free throws of the American youth team Hardaway missed all and the luck of the tall and strong team.
In addition to the glory of the team, Gao Dazhuang also once again won a heavy MVP trophy, averaging 36 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists per game, plus the "triple-double" data of 52 points, 16 assists, and 15 rebounds in the finals, making the tall and strong MVP no suspense.
In addition, Gao Dazhuang was also selected for the best team of this World Youth Championships:
Centre-forward, Lithuanian youth team - Jonas Valanciunas;
Power forward, Serbian youth team - Bjelica;
Small forward, Latvian youth team - Davis Bertans;
Scoring guard, Chinese youth team - tall and strong;
Point guard, U.S. youth team - Tim Hardaway.
Guo Allen, the captain of the Chinese youth team, was selected for the best team, and Wang Huaiyu, the head coach of the Chinese youth team, also won the best coach.
Happiness came too suddenly, trophies, flowers, and wine filled the exhausted players with energy.
In the face of interviews with countless reporters, Gao Dazhuang and his teammates just danced excitedly and shouted frantically "We are champions, champions, champions......
"Did you expect to win the championship in the race?" At the post-game press conference, countless questions were thrown at the new MVP, Gao Da Zhuang.
"Of course, we are playing every game with our hearts"
"Do you think it was the mistakes of the American team that made you?" It was an American journalist who asked the question.
"Mistakes are part of the game, we did better than the USA in the last moments, we deserve the title of champion"
"Can you tell us what Hardaway of the U.S. Youth Team said to you after the game?" A beautiful reporter asked.
"Heh, of course, he said he was waiting for me in the United States. And I told him that I would go."
"Do you think you're the best young player in the world?" The reporter's questions became more and more acute.
"It's my dream to be the best player in the world"
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After dealing with the reporters, Gao Dazhuang couldn't wait to start a celebration banquet with his teammates, Chinese reporters, and fan representatives.
On the night of the championship, Gao Dazhuang remembered that he hugged Coach Wang Huaiyu, team leader Zhang Xiong, assistant coach Zhang Yunsong, team doctor Du Wenliang, Guo Allen, Wang Zhelin, Zhai Xiaochuan, Xing Zhiqiang, Wang Zirui, Luo Hanchen and a large number of teammates.
But now it is Yang Leng who is tall and strong.
In the hotel room late at night, Gao Dazhuang met Yang Ling, a Shanghai girl who had been waiting for a long time to go to Latvia to cheer for him.
Maybe it was the impulse to win the championship, or the catalyst of alcohol, the tall and strong opened his arms and hugged Yang Leng.
Yang Ling smiled slightly, also gently opened his arms, hugged the tall man, and put his cheek to his ear, and said slowly: "Congratulations, World Champion"
The tall and strong body trembled slightly, and reached out to wrap around Yang Ling's waist tightly, a burst of body fragrance wafted into his nose, and the tall and strong slowly closed his eyes.
He was really a little tired, and after playing the whole final, the excitement was slowly fading.
Neither of the two people in the room spoke again, but a faint sense of warmth enveloped the quiet room.
Yang Ling felt the tall and strong breath, and as his chest rose and fell, the tall and strong breath seeped into her collar and sprayed on her, this discovery made her whole body stiffen, and her heart beat faster unconsciously.
"Why don't you rest first?" Yang Ling suddenly broke her calm and asked softly, her voice was very special, very soft but with a tactful and uplifting tone, which is the soft style that only those women in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River have.
Yang Ling's voice woke Gao Dazhuang from his thoughts, and at this time, Yang Ling's mature and soft delicate body was tightly attached to Gao Dazhuang's body.
The tall man subconsciously stretched out his hand and stroked Yang Ling's face.
"Huh? ......" Before the voice in Yang Ling's mouth came out, he was covered by a sudden kiss from Gao Dazhuang.
A gasp appeared, and both of them couldn't help but feel a little restless.
Suddenly, an irresistible force picked Yang Ling up by the waist, and the tall and strong turned over and pressed Yang Ling on the bed.
At this time, Yang Ling's waist is slender and powerful, his buttocks will be round and full, strong and elastic, and a pair of legs can definitely make men unable to resist.
There was no need to resist, and then the creak of the bed as it moved, and the increasingly rapid and ambiguous gasps filled the room......
After winning the championship, the Chinese youth team made a short adjustment and returned to China after visiting Riga, the capital of Latvia, which was once known as the "Paris of the North".
"Farewell, Latvia" At the moment of boarding, the tall man couldn't help but look back at this small Baltic country, which left him with too many good memories.
Yang Leng was separated from Gao Dazhuang in Latvia and went to Paris alone, and the relationship between the two became more and more delicate.
After Gao Dazhuang hurriedly met with the fans who returned to China with the Chinese youth team and picked up the airport, he avoided a large number of reporters and returned directly to the Shanghai Sharks Basketball Club.
Returning with Gao Dazhuang was Yao Ming, the owner of the Shanghai Shark Club.