Chapter 16 sorry for atlanta

The Olympics, just like this, passed me by in a trance!I was just abandoned by the Olympics!Just like that, I sat by the pool alone, my thoughts filled with thoughts.Very free and easy, but also very desolate. On the day of my big victory, Zhang Lian held up the train ticket to go home and refunded it!In the evening, he and several Shaanxi Provincial Sports Bureau The officials sat around the pool and chatted all night.There is no luminous glass of wine and wine, no luxurious celebration ceremony, only a few red faces, and a few beating hearts, drawing my Olympic blueprint and the years of burning passion in the future.

That night, Zhang Lian allowed me to play games all night for the first time.But maybe I was too excited during the day, and at 1 o'clock in the morning, I fell asleep sweetly.I hope that in my dream, I can keep all the good things, and it is best not to wake up forever. Mom and Dad, do you know?That naughty Liangliang who gave you headaches back then, that ugly duckling who was afraid of the cold back then, even had the chance to become a prince and become famous all over the world! Zhang Lian, at this moment you must be as hard to hold yourself as I am!Without your hard work, where would I be where I am today?I am like a blank sheet of paper on which you can write the most beautiful pictures.

Thank you... thank you... I have so much to thank. But while I am grateful for myself, I still dare not wantonly sway my pleasure.Although the list of diving teams with my name on it has been reported to the General Administration of Sport of China, no one dares to guarantee that you will definitely be able to enter until the last moment.It is not without precedent for the Chinese team to make temporary substitutions before the Olympics, especially in the talented diving team. In addition, I am obviously at a disadvantage in terms of comprehensive evaluation of Olympic selection: in terms of performance, I have only won the national championship and the World Cup double champion; in terms of qualifications, I am the youngest.Both Xiao Hailiang and Sun Shuwei have a series of halos on their heads.

Although Xiao Hailiang and I tied for first place in the knockout round, Olympic champion Sun Shuwei was like a time bomb, ready to blow me to pieces at any time, leaving me completely unrecognizable. The taste of waiting for the verdict is really long! The miracle finally did not appear! In June, Tian Liang's name was still on the list that was finally reported to the International Olympic Committee. My hanging heart finally fell to the ground! Prepare yourself, fool, chance favors the prepared mind! When I climbed Mount Tai, I made an oath to win the championship. At the end of July, I came to Atlanta, where the World Cup was held.Before departure, the head coach Xu Yiming confidently predicted to the media: If the east is not bright and the west is bright, if the "two bright" come out, one bright will surely defeat Sautin.

Since the 1980s, following the retirement of the famous American player Louganis, the Russian player Sautin has been "provoking" China in the men's platform event, winning almost all the world championships.The appearance of Sautin is definitely a nightmare for the Chinese diving industry. He made Chinese diving lose half of the country in the world. Whether it is board or platform, Sautin is like a thick wall, blocking It paved the way for the Chinese players to become champions. History has given me such an important opportunity.Think about it, if I could have completed this task at that time, Tian Liang's glorious chapter might have to be rewritten.

But history does not allow assumptions.At the time, I didn't even know who Sautin was and rushed into the game. I made a plan for myself to win the championship.Obviously, this is an extremely inflated self-confidence.I don't know, I have already inadvertently carried the burden of wanting to win and being afraid of losing.I even thought: Even if I can't win the championship, I must not be ashamed. I am representing tens of millions of Chinese people to participate in the competition.If there is a major mistake and a big hit, what face do I have to face the Chinese people? Eight days later, I ushered in my first Olympic competition.

Third in the preliminaries and second in the semi-finals, everything was within my expectations.In the semi-finals, I even deliberately suppressed my state to avoid getting excited in advance. On August 3, the eve of the men's 10-meter platform final, I found that I couldn't sleep.According to past experience and rhythm, I have to turn off the lights and go to bed at 10 o'clock in the evening.But this time, for the first time, I felt insomnia. This is a very scary thing!If you don't know, not being able to sleep means that you don't have the energy to compete. Tomorrow is the Olympic Games that come every four years, and I am always dreaming about it.

The more I thought about it, the more anxious I became, and the palms and soles of my feet began to sweat.I wiped my hands on the sheets, but there was more and more water.So, I wrapped myself up tightly, but it still didn't work.I kept thinking about tomorrow's game, replaying various scenarios that might appear tomorrow, including possible failures, in my mind like a film. The more I think about it, the more excited I feel, and I feel that I have entered a fighting state.To be honest, at this time, if I got up from the bed, I would still be able to complete the final moves. I just thought about it and felt light.At this time, a bed sheet or a pen may hold me down.

I don't know how long it has passed, one light year, one century?I finally fell asleep in the haze. The next day, the grand PARTY started! After all, it is the Americans who built the stands higher than the jumping platform.Walking up to the stage, I saw flashing lights all over the stage, and there were dark heads under the stage. I'm like an actor walking to the stage for the first time, and I have forgotten anyone's instructions and the technical movements reminded by the coach.Now I only let myself go, completing each movement lightly. In the first movement, Xiao Hailiang smashed it, and I was also affected, and the splash in the water was not clean.

Afterwards, I danced 5 movements in a flat manner, without embarrassment, and without particularly good quality.However, Xiao Hailiang, who was desperate, showed a very high level in the last few movements, and finally ranked third. And I only got a fourth. After just half an hour, I suddenly woke up: but it was too late.I pinched my thigh and it still hurts.I have waited for so many years, and the opportunity was given to me, and I also participated, but I was just in time for the Olympic Games, and I was lost like this! I was lost by the Olympics just like that! Lost so completely, so carefree, now, it's time to consider retiring!

Just like this, a person sat by the pool, full of thoughts.Very free and easy, but also very desolate. I also thought that my ability to come here is not an absolute factor, it's just a little bit of luck.Those famous generals who are older than me are already stronger than me, and they will come to me for revenge soon; and those 80 generations are also eyeing my position! I thought so, talking to myself, in the dormitory, in the public area of ​​the Olympic Village, at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games that I was absent from. However, this sleepwalking state only lasted for one day, and I accepted this fact on the plane back to the delegation one day later.I told Zhang Lian that it was no big deal.I am physically fit and young. If I work hard for another 4 years, I may still be able to create another miracle. Now is the time to face up to all kinds of difficulties.From today on, luck is on the sidelines, I want to practice my skills solidly, and start all over again! What moved me was that when I returned to my hometown in Chongqing, I could feel the warmth everywhere. "Fourth place is not bad. You are still so young, you should have the opportunity to create your own era!" I am often encouraged by people I don't know. At that moment, my heart was full of sunshine. Countless failures and successful lessons have told me that stability is more important than anything else, and stability is also the most essential difference between masters and quasi-masters.You can defeat him, but you must not surpass him! The most typical example of this is the Russian Sautin. I really don't have a very intuitive memory of a generation of superstar Sautin. In 1994, I competed with Sautin for the first time abroad. I competed on the same stage, but I was still an ignorant teenager at that time.I don't know that this big brother who looks like a farmer has such a profound skill.His game experience, technical stability, and especially his skills in entering the water can all be said to be perfect. The 1996 Olympic Games is the one I remember most.But because he has been in a state of sleepwalking, before he had time to appreciate his unique Russian dance steps, the performance ended. In the past two years, I have been ranked behind him, just like Xiong Ni was always suppressed by Louganis back then.Undoubtedly, Sautin is the last hurdle on my way to the world championship. But maybe it's because she's so inexperienced, from the bottom of her heart, she's never been afraid of him.In this world, apart from Sun Shuwei, I have never served anyone. In the FINA Austrian Open in the second half of the year, Sautin and I met again after the Olympics. Enemies met each other, and I was extremely jealous. In that competition, I felt that the potential in my body was released to the greatest extent, and finally defeated Sautin to win the championship. Sautin and Hu Jia ranked second and third. This is the first time I beat Sautin in an official game, but the attitude of foreign reporters still deeply stimulated me. In my impression, I should be the real number one male when I defeated the Olympic champion.But the reality made a joke with me: on the podium, all the shots ignored me who was ready to go and receive the cheers, but aimed at the Russian who won the second place; come off the stage, veterans Hula again, everyone surrounded Lao Sa, interviewing and signing autographs.I was left alone, standing aside in embarrassment, not knowing whether to laugh or get away. In that situation, it's like in a boxing ring, you obviously knocked down your opponent, but the referee finally declared the winner to be the opponent, accepting the congratulations of the audience.I am a little sorry, but also a little puzzled. I don't particularly pay attention to the audience's applause, after all, the initiative is in their hands, but I care more about others' evaluation of me and their recognition of my value after hard work.Later, Fu Mingxia said that she also encountered such embarrassment: when she just debuted, a reporter made an appointment to interview her, but after the competition results came out, the reporter never approached her again.Because of this game she is second. However, I must have misunderstood that time. Only now did I realize that the emergence of an era must require the repetition of countless successes, and even the accumulation of some failures.In people's minds at that time, Lao Sa was the real hero, and Tian Liang was just a shooting star.It's like now, maybe a newcomer will beat me in a certain competition, but Tian Liang is the first person people are looking for. If I want everyone to give me a thumbs up, I have to keep moving forward, keep accumulating first, and create an era of my own. My time has not come yet, but I am very confident, I am already on the road, even though I still lost to Lao Sa in the next two world competitions. In the World Cup in Mexico in September, the team sent me and Xu Hao to participate.In the preliminaries and semi-finals, I led Sautin by more than 30 points. You must know that optional moves have always been his strong point. But in the final, I was not OK, but was KO by Sautin.Maybe it was because I had too many thoughts before the competition (this is my third time to participate in a world competition, and I hope to defeat Sautin in one fell swoop and become famous all over the world), I failed to adjust my mentality, and appeared in the best 207C knee tuck action. A major mistake, and finally only scored thirty points. This jump left the gold medal at your fingertips, and I only got fourth. After the game, Sautin’s coach ran to Zhang Lian’s side and exaggeratedly said: “No way, Tian leads so much, he still can’t beat us!” When he said this, he shrugged and spread his hands, which means : This kid Tian Liang is capable, but he didn't win the championship! This is simply a face-to-face provocation!I felt all the blood rushing to my face.Such a provocative behavior will be remembered for a lifetime! In January 1998, the Perth World Swimming Championships in Australia. Sun Shuwei and I participated in that competition, and first won the double gold medal calmly. In the 10-meter platform single, I jumped more than 700 points.This result should be placed in normal times, and it can definitely guarantee that you will have a gold medal. But unfortunately, our opponent is Sautin.This veteran actually won the championship with a score more than 50 points higher than mine. What is even more surprising is that in the 3-meter springboard final, Sautin also defeated his teammate Zhou Yilin with a huge advantage of more than 50 points. After the game, I watched the game video again and again, discussed every technical detail with the coach repeatedly, and finally came to only one conclusion: he is impossible to beat!At most, I can tie with him in a certain movement, but in other aspects, I will definitely lose; Maybe I will make a mistake in a certain action, but he will not. I thought about it over and over again, but there was still no answer, and there was only one explanation I could give: this guy is crazy! In other Olympic events, the men's team almost all lost, and the women's team also fell in the most confident 10-meter platform pair.All of a sudden, Chinese diving circles were crying wolf everywhere! But I can't control that much anymore, let's fill in this gap first.Whatever Sautin is, it's not that I don't want him to come.Even if he comes, I still have the courage and confidence to destroy him. The 626 flexion that I started to practice hard last year began to come in handy.In the preliminaries, I made a mistake in completing this action. In the final, I learned the lessons from the preliminaries, and I performed the 626 pistol very well.In the end, I won the first single world championship with 488.13 points. As it turns out, my pre-World Cup predictions weren't teenage madness.At the FINA Grand Prix Finals in Mexico in September, I met Sautin again.From the third move in the final, I didn't give him any more chances, and finally won the championship.In the end, my score against Sautin was nearly 100 points. This hearty win greatly boosted my confidence. In 2000, FINA reformed the World Cup competition system, stipulating that the World Cup will be held in even-numbered years, and the World Championships will be held in odd-numbered years, which are held every two years. In the World Cup in January 2000, I beat Sautin again As the people of the whole country are fully preparing for the Spring Festival, I let the Russian god named Saudin, who was feared by everyone and talked about by all divers, crash to the ground in Sydney, the distant place where the Olympic Games was held! I beat Sautin by more than 10 points.He made a serious mistake in the third round and was once squeezed out of the top 4.Although he scored the highest score of 98.94 points in the fifth round, he failed to recover and finally ranked second. In that competition, I won four gold medals in the men's 10-meter platform pair, single, men's team and mixed team.It can be called the "big winner" of the team. The "mock test" before the Olympics gave the sluggish Chinese diving the dawn of victory.Because defeating the majestic Sautin before the Olympics will mean that the Chinese men have the hope of a new rise, and it also means that the powerful Chinese diving team has the possibility of dominating the world again in the Olympics. This kind of bright prospect has made Chinese people full of confidence in diving again. At this time, the most watched Olympic selection began. According to the regulations of the International Olympic Committee, each country is limited to two people in each diving event (three people can be reported in the Athens Olympic Games).This also means that these two people must also jump singles and doubles. I am the natural number one male in the team: in the 5 selections held by the national diving team, I won 4 championships and 1 runner-up; and in terms of comprehensive evaluation, I was also the absolute number one.The only time I lost was at the Diving Grand Prix in Xi'an on May 26.In that competition, Huang Qiang and I won the doubles championship, but in the singles competition Jingzhou lost to the young player Hu Jia. But that doesn't affect my participation in the Olympics.And there is not much suspense about the No. 2 figure in the Olympics, that is Huang Qiang.Huang Qiang, who is only 18 years old, was once regarded as the No. 2 man in the men's platform. His performance in international competitions is second only to me, and the duo of Tian Liang/Huang Qiang is also internationally renowned.But perhaps God is jealous of talents. During a training session in March, Huang Qiang fractured his scaphoid bone.Although Huang Qiang has always adhered to the principle of "not going to the line of fire for minor injuries", he is actively preparing for the Olympics.However, the results of the re-examination in July may still affect the game, and the diving team had to make a decision to substitute. However, the short distance and the ideal missed each other, Huang Qiang never got rid of the shadow of this incident, and a new diving star fell away. The opportunity fell on the 17-year-old Hu Jia who was training for the national team.Hu Jia's excitement can be imagined when the great luck came to him that day. His training level and attitude have quickly improved to a new level. However, this is not good news for me. I used to partner with Huang Qiang, but this time I was suddenly paired with Hu Jia. Why should we challenge the world powers?You know, the Sydney Olympic Games is less than two months away, and there is not much time left for us to adjust.