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Chapter 423: Unpopular Olympic Games
"The Chinese delegation has arrived!"

"Our flag bearer is Chen Ran!"

"No. 1 in the world, four-time Grand Slam winner, Grand Slam achiever, Chen Ran!"

"Chen Ran is walking at the front!"

"In the back are Chinese athletes, with small national flags waving in their hands."

"Our Chinese representatives sent a huge team of more than 400 people, which is the largest in history."

"It is also gratifying that there are finally Chinese players in the Olympic tennis event."

The CCTV host, who had been suppressing his emotions for several hours, was finally able to open up and explain emotionally.

For CCTV, tennis is another sport worth focusing on in this Olympics, which is also a hot spot for gold medals.

Table tennis, also known as the table tennis team, which is derived from tennis, has already shouted the slogan of winning four gold medals.

Then, amid the cheers of the audience, a Greek athlete who had won an Olympic gold medal held a torch and lit the Olympic flame, pushing the Olympic opening ceremony to a climax.

For example, in this competition, players from the same country are not allowed to meet in the finals, which makes the so-called double insurance useless.

This is mainly because Chen Ran does not have men's doubles points, so he cannot bring a bottle of oil.

Not just Chinese athletes, but athletes from any country who come to participate in the Olympics have this idea.

Especially in the two-year Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, Chinese tennis fell to a low point, with no results, and became a close companion of men's football.

It is no longer possible for Chinese table tennis players to meet in the finals, but will fight each other in the semi-finals.

So the possibility of Chen Ran winning the championship is actually no less than that of a table tennis player, right?
When athletes from all countries entered the stadium, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge and the Greek Olympic Committee President slowly walked into the stadium, stepped onto the platform, and began to deliver speeches.

It's just that the ITTF has racked its brains to prevent the Chinese table tennis team from becoming a dominant player.

According to Director Sun Jinfang of the Tennis Management Center, the table tennis regulations of this Olympic Games have led to the loss of double insurance.

The leader among them is Chen Ran, and Zheng Jie and other female tennis players also play an icing on the cake.

However, in comparison, the pressure on Chinese athletes is particularly huge.

There are many sports in the world, and most of them still need to increase their exposure through the Olympic Games.

The tennis department, which had always had a very low presence in the Olympics in the past, has now begun to dominate.

The wealth of a lifetime is in this moment.

Seize the day!

This is also the main reason why men's table tennis singles lost gold medals.

But in just two years, everything turned upside down.

For most of them, they have been unknown for most of the four years. Only this moment is shining and attracting attention.

At this point, the Olympic Games officially opened.

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But at this moment, the tennis department is not to be outdone compared to the table tennis department, calling out the goal of three gold medals: men's singles, women's singles, and women's doubles, except for men's doubles, there is no registration.

Especially for some projects with less impressive results, once a certain athlete makes a breakthrough, especially in those big projects that occupy an important position in the world, it is easier to gain attention.

Today Liu Xiang is somewhat famous because he won a championship in the World Championships.

However, compared with Chen Ran and Yao Ming, Liu Xiang's current popularity and influence are still far behind. He urgently needs the Olympics to showcase himself.

The Olympics is a big stage and the best opportunity for him to soar into the sky. For track and field athletes, if you cannot win an Olympic gold medal, you are not a true world champion.

After all, track and field is the most important part of the Olympic Games and is known as the mother of sports.

As for those highly professional and commercial sports, each association intends to reduce the weight of the Olympic Games and increase the influence of the competitions organized by its own association.

Such as FIFA and tennis ATP.

In fact, FIBA ​​also wants to do this, but they are too stretched.

In terms of business competition, it cannot compete with the NBA. In terms of national team competition, the World Basketball Championship is far inferior to Olympic basketball. Top stars do not pay attention to it at all, which leaves them helpless.

Even the Chinese Basketball Association said that the World Championships are a warm-up for the Olympics.

When the Olympic Games kicked off, athletes from all over the world geared up and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the competition.

The quadrennial competition is full of randomness and contingency, which also leads to constant upsets.

First of all, the American Dream Team, led by NBA superstars Duncan and Iverson, and now the most popular No. 19 pick James, was defeated by Puerto Rico by points, which was a shocking upset. The American Dream Team was undefeated in the Olympic Games. It was broken.

Surprisingly, the sovereignty of Puerto Rico still belongs to the United States and is a free state of the United States.

This is like the Chinese national team losing to the Hong Kong team.

No shame!
Immediately afterwards, the upset continued.

The top seed in badminton, Lin Dan, known as the "Super Dan", was also upset by an unknown opponent in the first round.

This also shocked many Chinese sports media.

"What's happening here?"

"I must be dreaming!"

"Lin Dan, the No. 1 seed, didn't even get past the first round."

"When did the competition in badminton become so fierce!"

Someone seemed to have thought of something: "Wait a minute! The competition in tennis is much more intense than in badminton."

Others immediately began to echo: "Yes, yes! If we compare the two sports, the number of times the number one seed in tennis has stopped in the first round of the World Series is far more than in badminton."

Indeed, examples of tennis players ranked outside the 100th or even 150th place in the world defeating the top 10 players occur from time to time, whether it is men's tennis or women's tennis.

"Chen Ran, like Lin Dan, is also the No. 1 seed! Could it be that..."

"Bah, bah, bah, you crow's mouth!"

Many reporters had a bad premonition for some unknown reason.

Lin Dan, who was aiming for the championship but failed in the first round, was in a very bad mood and refused all interviews with a livid face.

Immediately afterwards, the Chinese men's basketball team led by Yao Ming, which Chinese fans had high hopes for, was also defeated by Spain.

At the end of the first half, the game lost its suspense. In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to Spain by a full 25 points.

In this game, Yao Ming was so angry that he threw the towel away!
Like Lin Dan, he declined all interviews.

Those reporters could only interview Chen Ranke and ask him what he thought of "the elimination of the number one badminton seed Lin Dan and the disastrous defeat of the China Men's Basketball Team"?
"These guys!"

Chen Ran, who was preparing for the battle, cursed secretly, wasn't this putting invisible pressure on himself?
After thinking for a while, he replied: "It's once every four years. I think they are too nervous. I need to adjust my mentality. I believe they can perform better in four years."

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(End of this chapter)