Chapter 154 The opening of the BJ Olympic Games!(1/2)
In mid-July, the Olympic qualifying tournament came to an end.
Germany, Greece and Croatia became the last three teams to qualify for the Olympics.
Croatia was assigned to Group A, and Germany and Greece were assigned to Group B where the Chinese team was located.
The "Group of Death" was officially born.
After all the groups were released, Fiba Secretary-General Bob said this in an interview with a Chinese reporter:
It is very difficult for the Chinese team to qualify in the group stage. If they can do it, it will be a very amazing result.
This is not to be underestimated. Needless to say, the United States and Spain are "one of the best" in the true sense. As the runner-up of the 2006 World Championship, Greece is definitely better than the men's basketball team.
The most likely way for the Chinese team to appear is to win the "African brother" Angola, and then compete with the German team for qualifying rights.
But in addition to Nowitzki, the German team also naturalized strong inside man Chris Kaman.
Kaman played for the Clippers last season, averaging 15.7 points, 12.7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.8 blocks per game.
The biggest advantage of the Chinese team is the inside line. In this wave of Kamanganowitzki and the German team, the inside line is already strong. It will not be easy for the Chinese team to win.
Also in late July, the men's basketball team participated in the Stankovic Cup. This was the first time Yao Ming appeared in an official game after returning from a serious injury.
The men's basketball team won the final 3 games and won the championship.
Because the quality of the participating teams is not high, the outcome of the game is not the most important thing, the main thing is the running-in.
Looking through the pipe, the fans have seen something.
Although Yao Ming doesn't have much playing time, he seems to be in good shape.
The men's basketball team couldn't find anyone to feed Yao Ming before, but now there are half a dozen.
Half of them are Liu Wei and one is Lin Ying!
Therefore, after watching the Sri Lanka Cup, domestic fans' expectations for the men's basketball team in the Olympics continue to be raised.
However, fans in this tournament also saw Yunas struggling.
In three games, Lin Ying played three positions.
Lin Ying played as a small forward in the first game, as a power forward in the second game, and as a shooting guard in the third game.
So no one really knows which position Lin Ying will play in the end, or even whether he will.
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A week later, the world focused on the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Lin Ying went to the Olympic Village with the men's basketball team.
The Bird's Nest, Water Cube, and Folding Fan (National Stadium) were all visited by the national team after entering the Olympic Games.
The biggest feeling when walking around is that there are so many people!
You know, the Olympic Games haven’t even started yet!
As the first Olympic Games in Chinese history, it can be said that the national attention to sports reached its peak at this time.
And it’s not just Chinese people who are paying attention, but foreigners as well.
China, as an oriental civilization, has always attracted the attention of people from all over the world. If there is such an opportunity to contact us, people will naturally come in droves.
In particular, they were originally worried about security issues, but China has invested 100,000 anti-terrorism troops and even dispatched the most mysterious "aunt" team on duty, so they have a full sense of security.
The only pity is that Wukesong is closed now and they were unable to see the competition venue.
We can only wait until after the opening ceremony.
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On August 8, the Beijing Olympic Games officially opened.
The scene was crowded with people and colorful flags were flying.
The 80,000-seat stadium was packed with seats in the center, including President Hu Jintao, Olympic Committee Chairman Rogge and some leaders from other countries.
Quite a number of spectators held small red flags in their hands, and some even put the national flag on their faces. They were all filled with happy smiles.
And many people are holding cameras with a contemporary flavor in their hands, ready to record the wonderful moments in front of them.
After the audience followed the countdown, fireworks were set off and the opening ceremony officially began!
Writing, martial arts, opera, ritual music...
This opening ceremony directed by Zhang Yimou has a strong atmosphere of painting, and the screen is full of cultural atmosphere.
Five thousand years of Chinese civilization, a great country!
A visual feast!
Lin Ying and the men's basketball team members were preparing to enter the stadium.
Teams from each country are inside the Bird's Nest Stadium, waiting for the final entrance ceremony.
So they couldn't see the excitement outside and could only wait.
Lin Ying's teammates were all around, except Yao Ming.
Yao Ming went to the front of the team as the flag bearer.
He was the flag bearer in 2004, this is the second consecutive year.
From this we can also see the status of the men's basketball team in the national team during this period.
Among the three major sports, men naturally receive more attention than women, and the only men's sport that is likely to compete for medals is men's basketball.
Lin Ying stood and felt flashes of light around him from time to time.
I turned around and took a few glances, and found that they were many female members of the national team.
Although everyone is in the same national team, this national team includes too many sports, and it is the first time for many people to meet Lin Ying.
With that appearance and that hairstyle, he is just like a male star joining the national team.
Next to Lin Ying was Sun Yue. Sun Yue finally asked the people around him to squat down very interestingly.
Now Standing Out among the Crowd has no obstruction to his vision, and the flashlight is so bright that he thought it was a press conference!
"The leader is here!"
In the end, it was Lin Ying who shouted intelligently and asked his teammates to stand up.
Then there was a group of laughter and complaints.
A small episode shows how popular Lin Ying is now.
It can be predicted that if Lin Ying develops smoothly in the NBA, he will be the flag bearer of the next Olympic Games.
After waiting for nearly an hour, the performance outside was finished and it was finally the turn for the entrance ceremony.
The rules for Olympic entrance ceremonies vary, but most of the time they follow alphabetical rules.
However, the Beijing Olympics has Chinese characteristics, which are based on the number of strokes in Chinese characters.
The Chinese team is the host and the last one to appear.
Another hour.
There are many athletes who can no longer stand and squat down.
But when the leader said it was almost there, everyone stood up and cheered up.
Fighting at home, everyone hopes to show their best side in front of the country.
Lin Ying touched her hair unconsciously.
Wu Liuqi has been invited by him, and his hairstyle is quite well maintained.
Join the large army and enter the venue!
Yao Ming entered the stadium holding the national flag, and cheers erupted throughout the stadium.
Host treatment!
Lin Ying naturally had no chance to come to the scene before.
Even when he was in school, he couldn't watch many games. Some of them were organized by teachers and watched live on the TV in the classroom.
When I was young, I looked at a painting from a distance, and when I saw you again, you were already the person in the painting!
It feels very different.
He feels like he can get into the boxing ring and fight Tyson now!
Whether you can beat it or not is secondary, the main thing is the feeling of blood boiling.
This is what it feels like to fight on your doorstep!
These cheers are the best drum sounds before the war!
These familiar faces are why he fights!
Because the clothes were yellow at the front and red at the back, and the number of participants was exaggerated, when the team entered the square, it looked like a red dragon, and the image was too strong.
When the Chinese team also completed its entrance, the entrance ceremony also ended.
The live camera panned among the athletes.
Djokovic, Phelps, Parker, and then the legendary Kobe Bryant's "10-second shot" arrived as promised.
To be continued...