Chapter 1019 Millennium Olympics

As July approaches, the atmosphere of the Olympics is getting stronger and stronger.

As early as June, the Chinese delegation set off.

This time, the Chinese delegation consists of 1,099 people, including 639 athletes, which is larger than any delegation in history.

They went to Europe more than a month in advance to adapt to the environment and train.

In order to show the style after peaceful reunification, Germany invested a total of 55 billion US dollars to build competition venues, Germany's high-speed rail system, subway system, bus system, etc.

This is the first time Germany has held the Olympics again after 1936.

Finally, the time came to July 26, and the opening ceremony was held at the Berlin Olympic Stadium in the evening local time.

Liu Tao and his family stayed in front of the TV. The opening ceremony started at 17:30 Berlin time, which was exactly 1:30 in the morning Beijing time.

Although it was late, Liu Tao and others were in high spirits and watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

There were stewed food, melon seeds, peanuts, fruits and fruit wine on the table.

Finally, it was the turn of the Chinese delegation.

Liu Jingming, who had just won the NBA championship, served as the flag bearer.

In all previous Olympic Games, from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics to the present, basketball players have served as the flag bearers of the Chinese sports delegation, and this tradition continues to this day.

Liu Jingming, who is 207cm tall and handsome, walked at the front of the Chinese delegation with the Chinese flag.

The TV commentator was introducing Liu Jingming. Liu Jingming is now the most well-known athlete in the country. He first achieved good results in the swimming world and won several world championships. Because of his development, he had to bid farewell to the swimming world and choose the basketball track. He is now the main small forward of the Los Angeles Lakers. In his first regular season, he averaged 14.9 points, 4.6 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game. Although he did not win the Rookie of the Year, he was also selected for the All-Rookie Team. In the playoffs, Liu Jingming's performance did not decline, helping the team to finally win the championship.

This is the first Chinese athlete to win the NBA championship. Currently, all the records created by Liu Jingming are records of Chinese athletes in the NBA.

The commercial value of the three major sports is the highest, and the exposure is also the highest.

Liu Jingming, at the age of 20, is the flag bearer this time, which is also what everyone expected.

At present, the Chinese men's basketball team has Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Bater as centers, Hu Weidong as guards, Liu Yudong as power forwards, and Liu Jingming as small forwards. Although Yao Ming is only 20 years old and looks immature, he was selected by the New Jersey Nets as the first pick, becoming the first Chinese basketball player to be selected as the NBA No. 1 pick.

Yao Ming was traded to the Panshan team due to an injury in 1998. After treatment and recovery at the Panshan Hospital, he scored 28.9 points per game, grabbed 17.8 rebounds, and blocked 6.8 times in the 1999-2000 season.

This summer, Yao Ming participated in the NBA draft. When Yao Ming went to the NBA, the Panshan team did not make things difficult for Yao Ming, but gave him a green light all the way.

Even, they helped Yao Ming build momentum.

This is why Yao Ming was elected as this year's NBA No. 1 pick.

At this time, Yao Ming was truly the Great Wall of China, and his height had surpassed that of Liu Jingming.

Liu Tao and his friends also saw that Liu Yingqing, who was only 18 years old, was already the "Butterfly Queen" of China, and had won many gold medals in recent years. Every time she participated in a competition, she would win gold medals like she was going to the market to buy goods.

Although Liu Yingqing was only 18 years old, she was already very beautiful and inherited Zhu Lin's beauty.     Last year, Liu Yingqing's total income from salary, bonuses, and advertising endorsements exceeded 200 million yuan, second only to Liu Jingming's 400 million yuan.

The TV commentator also solemnly introduced Liu Yingqing, believing that she was a stable gold medal winner in women's swimming competitions.

Behind them were Liu Qing'an and Liu Manhua, who were participating in the Olympics for the first time. They were both 17-year-old young players this year and began to gain fame in the tennis world.

Although today was the opening ceremony, some events actually started on July 24.

The opening ceremony of the Olympics was quite exciting, showing the unique culture of Germany, and countries around the world also came to support it.

As the opening ceremony progressed, the world time entered the Olympic time.

At the Olympics, all parties will have a tacit understanding to avoid war as much as possible.

Even the wars in the Middle East and Yemen have subsided, and the temporary ceasefire allows everyone to watch the Olympics.

During the Olympic time, the biggest hot news is the Olympic Games, and everything else has to be put aside.

Liu Tao's family also watched the Olympic Games, and watched the replay if they couldn't watch the live broadcast.

The first gold medal of this Olympic Games was born in the women's 3-meter springboard final. Fu Mingxia, who announced her retirement after the end of the National Games in 1997, announced her comeback in July 1998, and won the 3-meter springboard championship at the China International Diving Open held in Vancouver in 1999, and then won the championship again in the women's 10-meter diving platform competition of the World University Games, and also won the women's 3-meter springboard championship. In this year's Sydney Diving Cup women's 3-meter springboard final, she won the championship again.

In these competitions, Fu Mingxia defeated Guo Jingjing.

This time, Fu Mingxia defeated Guo Jingjing again to win the 3-meter springboard championship. Guo Jingjing was even photographed wiping tears in a corner.

Hard work is nothing compared to talent!

Later, in the women's double 3-meter springboard competition, the two teamed up to win the championship.

These two gold medals are also the two most stable gold medals for the Chinese delegation.

In the men's basketball competition that Liu Tao and his family were paying attention to, the Chinese men's basketball team made it to the semi-finals for the first time in history, but was defeated by the American team in the end.

In the tennis competition, Liu Qing'an and Liu Manhua both stopped in the quarter-finals and failed to go further. However, in the mixed doubles competition, the two defeated strong opponents and won the precious gold medal in the mixed doubles event, setting a record for the Chinese team in the Olympic tennis competition.

In the swimming competition, the 18-year-old Liu Yingqing won the gold medals in the 100-meter butterfly and 200-meter butterfly, the silver medal in the women's 50-meter freestyle, the silver medal in the mixed 4×100-meter medley relay, and the bronze medal in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay final. With two golds, two silvers and one bronze in friendship, she ended her journey in this Olympic Games and opened the Athens Olympic cycle.

National table tennis player Kong Linghui, despite the injury, beat the "evergreen" Waldner in the table tennis world 3-2 and became the terminator of the small ball era. After winning the championship, Kong Linghui kissed the national flag on his chest, closed his eyes, looked up to the sky and cried, this precious gold medal also made this "Prince of Table Tennis" achieve a "Grand Slam"!

This session saw a sad and moving scene. Chinese athlete Wang Liping won the 20km race walk championship in track and field. As a result, the Chinese coaching team was eliminated and left the venue. Wang Liping looked around and found that there was no national flag to drape over her shoulders. Tears fell from her eyes.

In this Olympics, the Chinese delegation ranked second in the gold medal list for the first time, but because it fell behind the polar bears in silver and bronze medals, the polar bears ranked second in the gold medal list, and China ranked third.

From the Olympics, Chinese sports continue to maintain an upward momentum, which is also a reflection of China's current comprehensive national strength.

The Americans are only two gold medals ahead of China and the polar bears in the gold medal list.