Chapter 48: The Athens Olympics
On August 13~29, 2004, the Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece.
It's summer vacation, so Li Tianran also has leisure to watch the game.
The Olympic Games, known as the "international social sport for maintaining world peace", are the most convincing sports events in the international sports arena held every four years.
But in fact, in the case of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the Horton and Sun Yang incidents caused conflicts between Australia and China, which was the opposite of the original purpose of friendship and communication.
and the Chinese women's volleyball team is being "booed" by Brazilian fans all the time during the game, as the host, they have no friendly intentions......
Chinese athletes have encountered black whistles many times in the arena, and they have not lost to their opponents but to the referees......
Therefore, Li Tianran believes that the Olympic Games may have been used to communicate mutual understanding between peoples of all countries, but now it is actually the "most civilized world war"!
On August 14, at the Marco Polo shooting range in Athens, the final of the women's 10-meter air rifle was underway......
Du Li calmly picked up the rifle in her hand, 10.6 rings!
Du Li surpassed the previous lead of Galkina by 0.5 rings.
And this is the last shot to decide the ownership of the women's 10m air rifle championship in this Olympic Games!
The Athens Olympics gave away her first gold medal for this shot.
"We won the first gold medal of the Olympics!"
Li Tianran and his father Li Jianjun high-fived excitedly, and Li Tianran excitedly ran to the supermarket to tell his mother Zhao Yue the good news......
It was still on TV, and Du Li's results also set a new Olympic record.
And this precious gold medal is also the first gold medal won by the Chinese delegation in the history of the Olympic Games.
On the podium, Du Li's name and her bright and confident smile were deeply remembered by the world through TV and the Internet at the speed of light.......
In the following days, under the influence of Li Tianran and his father Li Jianjun, even her mother Zhao Yue, who never paid attention to sports events, began to care about the event, and often asked Li Tianran how many gold medals he won in China.
On August 27, Liu Xiang created a big surprise for Chinese athletics and world athletics, letting the world know what China's speed is......
Li Tianran had also watched Liu Xiang's championship hurdle video before, but he didn't remember much about the Olympics at first, but as soon as he saw the competition list, Li Tianran thought that the gold medal was ours.
"Liu Xiang is in the fourth way."
"It's game on."
"Liu Xiang's start was very smooth!"
"He's number one at the moment!"
"He's in the lead, Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang won!"
"Liu Xiang won!" "Liu Xiang made history!"
"A Chinese with black hair and yellow skin has become a world flyer!"
Liu Xiang won the Olympic gold medal, 12.91 seconds! Equalled the world record held by British star Colin Jackson in 1993! ”
The narrator shouted excitedly......
At lightning speed? Rushing fast? …… At this point, it is so pale to use these words to describe it.
Never before has a gold medal made us so happy!
From the starting point to the finish line, when the other players were looking for the rhythm hurdles, Li Tianran saw Liu Xiang's very well-matched hurdles, and winning was so relieving!
It is conceivable that the whole process will be played on a loop in Li Tianran's brain for a long time!
This gold medal is the first track and field gold medal won by a Chinese male athlete in the history of the Olympic Games, writing a new history of Chinese track and field!
Liu Xiang ran up with the national flag in both hands, draped the national flag behind him, and waved to everyone while running......
"I'm so excited, I'm so excited, who said that yellow people can't finish in the top eight in the Olympics, I have to prove it to everyone today, I'm the Olympic champion, I think the dream will become a reality after all.
I believe that in my future sports career, there will be more and more miracles, waiting for me to create, waiting for me to be brilliant! Thank you! ”
In the post-match interview, Liu Xiang in front of the camera is sunny and confident, at this time he is a milestone figure in the history of Chinese sports and the pride of the Chinese.
Unfortunately, fate is impermanent, and during the 08 Beijing Olympics, Liu Xiang retired due to injury.
The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment, Liu Xiang, who was once regarded as a hero, suffered great criticism and countless abuse, and Liu Xiang was pushed to the forefront for a while.
In fact, for the withdrawal from the Beijing Olympics, I believe that Liu Xiang is the most painful, because the people of the whole country demand that he must win, and the pressure he is under is too great.
He's training too hard, and if he trains more conservatively and isn't affected by any outside factors, at least he won't quit.
Therefore, Li Tianran believes that people should not ignore his other countless championships because of his two Olympic defeats, and Liu Xiang's contribution to Chinese sports is absolutely irreplaceable.