Chapter 400: Creating History
The small suburban building in Thuen has three floors in total, with a total of more than 300 square meters. There are two large locust trees planted in the small yard at the door. The environment is quite quiet. Next door is a suburban park. There are many small trees planted on two large pieces of grass. Judging from the new and old aspects of the aisle, it should have just been leveled. Thuen explained that it was made for the Olympics.
On the afternoon when Chen Kangjie and the others left, a policeman went to Hilton to find Samidov. Naturally, no one was found. When the police wanted to review Samidov's check-in records, they were rejected by the hotel. This is the privacy of the guests. If there is no real evidence or a search warrant approved by the judge, the Hilton Hotel will not disclose the information of the guests. It is not like the Flower Hotel in Chucheng, where you can ask about the information of the guests at any time at the front desk.
In the future viewing, Chen Kangjie not only pays attention to the athletes' competitions of the Chinese team, but what attracts him is the basketball court and track and field stadium.
This Olympics opened the door for professional basketball players for the first time, allowing American professional basketball NBA star players who have long been popular all over the world to participate in the Olympics. The American "Dream Team" composed of professional basketball players such as "Flying Man" Jordan, "Magician" Johnson and other professional basketball players sensation the whole city with their extremely wonderful performances. They not only easily won the championship with all-win results, but also spread their basketball skills to more audiences around the world through TV, expanding the influence of basketball.
Chen Kangjie is not a basketball fan, but like many Chinese people, his understanding of the NBA started with Jordan. Jordan was almost synonymous with the NBA in the 1990s. He helped the Chicago Bulls achieve impressive results and also established his sacred status in the field of basketball.
During the Olympics, Chen Kangjie watched three American basketball games. To be honest, he came for Jordan. When he dunks with a cool leap, Chen Kangjie rarely applauds fiercely. Seeing it with his own eyes and seeing it indirectly on TV, the visual effect is still very different. The only regret is that the opponents they face have no suspense of winning, and everything was decided at the beginning of the game. This performance show without a real opponent makes it difficult for the American team to fully display its top strength.
As often said in Chinese martial arts, a top master is lonely because he has no opponent. In order to find a suitable opponent, they are willing to give up a lot of benefits, not knowing whether it is to improve themselves or to resolve the rare loneliness.
"Mr. Jie, do you know how to play basketball?" Ouyang Zhenhua asked Chen Kangjie in the stands in the basketball court.
"Yes, I rarely play." Chen Kangjie started to get involved in basketball in the first year of junior high school. During physical education classes, during free activities, the physical education teacher would throw one or two basketballs out and let the students play by themselves.
"I'm not talking about whether that will be the one, I'm talking about whether you will be on the court." Chen Kangjie obviously misunderstood Ouyang Zhenhua's question, so Ouyang Zhenhua explained it again.
"I guess I can't do this. My basketball skills are very irritating." Chen Kangjie is quite self-aware. His physical fitness is good. He is easy to deal with his peers on the basketball court, but he is not confident in his basketball skills.
"Didn't you win the eight championships in the school sports meet?" Ouyang Zhenhua is also familiar with Chen Kangjie's small achievement.
"Tsk, good track and field does not mean that basketball is good. The distance between the two is like a mountain. I really don't know what logic you are talking about." Chen Kangjie despised Ouyang Zhenhua's idiotic reasoning.
"I thought you were so passionate about the US team's game, and I wanted to play in this regard." Chen Kangjie's contempt was not at all lethal to Ouyang Zhenhua, and Ouyang Zhenhua still said whatever he thought.
"There is no idea about this, and it is still possible to get track and field," Chen Kangjie stared at the competition field and said casually.
Today, only Chen Kangjie and Ouyang Zhenhua came to watch the basketball game. He Wanrong and Tan Meiyun did not come. They were not interested in it at all. Instead, they chose to go to the women's diving competition. Chen Kangjie was not very interested in the "two-second beauty", so he did not follow him, but just asked Xiong Ziqiang and others to accompany him.
"Track and field? Do you want to join the national team?"
"Do you think I look like a professional athlete?" Chen Kangjie turned his head and stared at Ouyang Zhenhua and asked.
Ouyang Zhenhua's head was shaking like a rattle. Chen Kangjie could not be a professional athlete anyway. That was a chore. Besides, Chen Kangjie also had a huge career, so he would not go through those procedures and receive rigorous training. Even if he needed a team, Chen Kangjie could hire a first-class coach and training team by himself.
"That's it."
Just yesterday, a game deeply stimulated him. In the 100-meter track and field finals of the 100-meter track and field in the 100-meter track and field finals of the 100-meter track and field in the 1992 Olympic Games, all eight athletes were black. It was interesting that these black people were not the original Africans, they all participated in the competition on behalf of the United States and the United Kingdom and other developed countries. Some of them had changed their nationality from the previous generation of their families, and some had changed their nationality shortly before the competition due to money or other interests.
In the end, the 32-year-old British veteran Christie won the championship with a time of 9.96 seconds, and then the long jump competition was held at the same venue. The strong contenders for the gold medal were two American star Carl Lewis and Michael Powell. These two famous athletes were also black. As a result, Lewis achieved three consecutive Olympic long jump championships with 8.67 meters; Powell ranked second with 8.64 meters.
When others were running wildly on the field with the star and striped flags and the rice-shaped flags, Chen Kangjie could not see a Chinese or a yellow person. After the competition, journalists from all over the country quickly issued a press release. Chen Kangjie saw the Associated Press send a message that yellow people, even Asians, are unlikely to have any competitiveness in such a project that emphasizes speed and explosiveness, let alone win the championship. This news reminded Chen Kangjie of the European youth who were pranked by him. Although their discriminatory remarks were ridiculous, they did have a certain realistic basis to support them.
Since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the Chinese delegation has achieved good results, both medals and gold medals can have a good ranking, but the numbers cannot tell everything.
There are too few events in the Chinese team that have achieved good results and are limited to several effective events, such as diving, table tennis, shooting, gymnastics, etc., and in the major field of medal contribution, the Chinese team has rarely performed outstanding athletes. Ma Jiajun has trained some excellent athletes, but that is a flash in the pan, a rapid rise and a rapid decline. In addition, the main female athletes are trained. The number of times Chinese male athletes appear in the world track and field are estimated to be less than that of solar eclipses.
"There are Chinese athletes participating in the UFO shooting event tomorrow. Do you want to go and see it?" After leaving the basketball court, Ouyang Zhenhua asked Chen Kangjie.
"Of course I have to go," Chen Kangjie replied decisively.
Not only did Chen Kangjie want to go by himself, he also pulled He Wanrong and Tan Meiyun up. At first, the two ladies heard that they were going to see the flying saucer shooting, and shook their heads repeatedly, not planning to go. Later, they heard that there were female athletes from the Chinese delegation participating in the competition, so they reluctantly agreed to go and cheer together.
Why did they have this attitude? Because until the 1992 Olympics, UFO shooting did not have women's group competitions, and they adopted a mixed method of men and women. It was because of this setting that the champion's medals were almost always on the heads of male athletes, and female athletes were just foiling. Because of this, He Wanrong and Tan Meiyun were so reluctant. In their opinion, this was just a repetition like in previous years. The final result must be those Western male athletes standing on the highest podium, but they were surprised.
The female shooting athlete named Zhang San from the Chinese delegation showed the world what it means to be "women are as good as men". From the outside, this thin girl with a ponytail is too weak, compared with those tall and burly white athletes, but when he raised his gun, his cold eyes told others that she had locked in the target.
At the beginning, this Chinese athlete was not very conspicuous, and his grades were not very outstanding. He just followed several male athletes closely. However, if you observe carefully, her scores and mentality were relatively stable, and her shooting rate was steadily improved every time she raised the gun. This helped her a lot, and it was also clear that his mental quality was very good.
The male athletes who were in front of her were bitten to death, which put a lot of pressure on them. The further they went back, the better Zhang San's performance, while the more mistakes other male athletes made.
"Come on, come on, hold on," He Wanrong and Tan Meiyun cheered more and more than Chen Kangjie.
Zhang San must have heard the call from his relatives in the motherland. Before raising the gun again, he turned around and smiled and waved to the stands where there were not many people.
"She heard it, Meiyun, she heard it, she waved to us." He Wanrong stood up and swung Tan Meiyun's arm excitedly.
"Sister Wanrong, no matter how you say it is a big star, is it necessary?" Chen Kangjie joked.
"I tell you, I really didn't think I was a star," He Wanrong pouted and said to Chen Kangjie.
Indeed, He Wanrong has no celebrity image except avoiding reporters and fans, especially at this time, she is jumping and dancing, she is simply a lively young girl who has become someone else's fan.
Chapter completed!