The Asian Games will be held from September 28 to October 13 in Kyoto, the ancient city of culture in Japan. The reporters from Yun Duo and other newspapers went to Kyoto in three batches. She was the second batch, who arrived three days before the opening ceremony.
As soon as he landed, Lin Zi took Yun Duo to go to the hot spring. Yun Duo simply doesn't want to care about him, my sister is here to do business, how can she go fooling around first
Lin Zi said, "I've already booked a hotel. Anyway, you always have to stay in a hotel at night, wherever you stay."
"But I still have an interview today. We can't go to the hot spring in the middle of the night, can we?"
"Who is interviewing? The national team will come tomorrow. Are you going to interview the swimming team in Kazakhstan now? Even if you do the interview, will the club let you post it?"
"Uh, I want to visit the athletes' village."
"Then there's no need to go anymore," Lin Zi said with disapproval, "What's so good about small Japan? Can't you watch it when all Chinese athletes live in tomorrow? The newspaper didn't add a new issue this time, you are interviewing today and tomorrow. The interview is not published in the same issue, it is meaningless to rush to do the interview, and it is not a major news."
In this way, Yun Duo was fooled by Lin Zi to the point of being a little unwilling to make progress, and the two of them really left the organization and ran to play.
Arashiyama is located in the western suburbs of Kyoto City, and has been a good place for princes and nobles to travel since ancient times. Now is the season when the maple leaves are thick. The fiery red maple forest is like a brocade hanging on the sky. The blue waves and flowing water under the bridge are surrounded by light blue mist. The scenery is really beautiful. Yun Duo took a picture and said, "If I post this picture to the circle of friends, everyone will definitely think that I am in Qixia Mountain."
Lin Zi smiled, "Qixia Mountain is beautiful?"
"Yes, prettier than here."
"Would you take me to see it?"
"Okay, there is a chance."
The two stayed for a while after reaching the top of the mountain, and saw a lot of monkeys. The monkeys were especially cute, and they were not afraid of people at all. The clouds were amused.
Then go to the hot springs. They traveled and traveled, and the hot springs really relieved their fatigue. After soaking in the hot spring, the two of them went shopping, watched the pale-faced geisha perform, and bought a lot of gadgets, puppets, candies, mascots, folding fans, and oil-paper umbrellas. These Japanese-made things, no matter whether they are practical or not, delicious or not, are very beautiful, and people just can't help but want to buy them. The oil-paper umbrella is made of bamboo, with a few fiery red maple leaves of different sizes hand-painted on the white background of the umbrella surface. Yun Duo likes it very much, but she didn't buy this umbrella, it was Lin Zi, because she couldn't afford it...
It is said that this umbrella is made of exquisite materials and handmade by old artists. The price is equivalent to more than 4,000 yuan. So the things in the scenic spots are expensive, no matter Chinese or foreign.
Then dinner was local cuisine. The taste is average, but the food is exquisite and well done.
After dinner, they returned to the hotel together with a beautiful oil-paper umbrella. Lin Zi was walking on the path of Hongyepu, looked down at the clouds, and saw her playing with a puppet holding the corner of her mouth. block shape.
He smiled and suddenly wanted to hold her hand.
The next day, it started to rain lightly, and the rain was very soft, and it seemed to be covered with a thin layer of mist. Yun Duo looked out the window, thinking about where to buy an umbrella, but Lin Zi had already knocked on her door with the oil-paper umbrella. Yun Duo was frightened by him: "Are you going to use this umbrella to go out?"
Lin Zi was a little strange, "What's wrong? Isn't this an umbrella?"
"It's not an umbrella, it's money!"
"Because I spent money, I have to make the best use of everything, otherwise the money is not wasted?"
Can it be understood that way? Yun Duo found that Lin Zi always refreshed the thinking of normal people in an eclectic manner. No wonder he is a genius and she is just an ant. This is the gap.
So the two of them went out with this umbrella. The two of them turned heads along the way, especially back in downtown Kyoto. One is that there are really too few people who use this traditional handicraft to prevent rain on the streets, and the other is that they are really eye-catching. The man is handsome and the woman is beautiful, tall and slender, with a beautiful umbrella, walking in the sky blue mist and rain, it is like walking out of a painting, it is really pleasing to the eye.
There was even someone who approached the road, presumably thinking they were locals, and the person babbled a lot of Japanese.
Lin Zi really understood. Yun Duo asked Lin Zi what he said, and Lin Zi replied, "He said we would look better if we wore kimonos."
Yun Duo pouted, "I won't run around with a pillow on my waist."
When approaching the Athlete's Village, the rain had stopped, but Lin Zi was still reluctant to put away her umbrella. Buses passed by on the road, Yun Duo's eyes were sharp, and she saw a very familiar face through the glass of a bus, she pulled Lin Zi's arm and said in surprise, "Isn't that Lin Dandan? China? The athletes are here!"
It was too late to chase the car, and the two simply stopped to watch. Lin Zi took out a small national flag from his pocket and shook it on his chest. This move really caught the attention of many athletes in the car. Everyone greeted them through the car window, whether they were Olympic champions or those who had never won a medal. Little transparent, all smiles at them, very kind.
Cloud was a little moved.
Another car drove by, and she saw the familiar face. He was still incomparably beautiful, but the tiny drops of water left on the window obscured his vision. She couldn't see his expression, only knew that he was looking at her.
Cloud looked at him blankly, not knowing how to react.
And Lin Zi was still shaking the little red flag like a tireless robot.
Tang Yibai stared blankly at the two people outside through the car window. It's not that I didn't expect to meet again, but I didn't expect it to be like this. Unprepared, I saw her and another man strolling around holding a beautiful paper umbrella, poetic and picturesque, like a couple.
couple.
These two words slashed his heart like a blade. His heart began to ache again, but he was already numb. He tried to force himself to turn his head away from her, but he couldn't. As soon as he met her, he couldn't help himself. He looked at her like this, and as the car drove in, he slowly twisted his neck without blinking, his eyes even a little obsessed. He watched helplessly as her figure was left behind until he could no longer see it.
He couldn't do anything.
Tang Yibai turned his head and sat upright. He leaned back in the seat, closed his eyes, and sighed deeply.
My heart is sore, it hurts so much, I almost cry. Why is this happening and where is the problem? He never doubted the choices he made, he had clear goals, a cool head, and absolute rationality. However, after doing so much psychological construction, when he met her suddenly, everything turned into floating sand. He only knew that he was sad, sad for that choice, sad to death...
When Yun Duo arrived at the athletes' village, all the athletes had entered the village. She only interviewed the leader of the national swimming team and a few coaches. She was a little absent-minded, and after the interview, she wrote some messy events to watch.
The swimming event of the Asian Games lasted for 6 days. From September 30 to October 5, 38 gold medals were awarded. All events only have preliminaries and finals, no semi-finals.
The core of the pool battle in the Asian Games is the battle between China and Japan.
In Asian swimming, if you only look at the number of medals, China is undoubtedly the number one power. However, this number one power is supported by the girls of the women's team. As far as the men's team is concerned, to be honest, China's strength has always been inferior to the Japanese team, but in recent years, there has been a trend of catching up, at least the gap is narrowing step by step. In the last Asian Games, the number of medals in the men's event of the Chinese swimming team was equal to that of the men's event of the Japanese swimming team, but there was a difference of two in the gold medals. This national team hopes to narrow the gap in the number of gold medals to one, or even zero. China has a big gold medalist like Qi Ruifeng and a dark horse like Tang Yibai. Such a goal is worth looking forward to.
Compared with the pattern in which the girls of the women's team dominate the swimming world, the struggle in the men's event is more intense, the process is more worrying, and the results are more unpredictable. Judging from the existing results, Qi Ruifeng has the strength to win the men's 200m, 400m and 1500m, and he has great hopes, but as long as Tang Yibai plays normally, he will be the gold medalist in the men's 100m. It's because it's not something Asians are good at. As for the men's 50-meter self, Tang Yibai broke the Japanese Asian record once before, and this record was set by a Japanese named Matsushima Yutian in March this year. Matsushima Yuda is currently the strongest in Japan's short-distance freestyle, and his 100-meter self-time performance is also good.
In addition to the two of them, tomorrow's breaststroke will also have the strength to win a medal. As for the gold medal, I don't dare to look forward to it, because breaststroke has always been the strength of the Japanese and has a world-class level. Zheng Lingye's situation is similar, although the Japanese butterfly stroke is not as exaggerated as breaststroke, but looking at Asia, it is also very powerful.
Among the team events, the men's 4x200m freestyle relay is the most worth looking forward to. This event led by Qi Ruifeng can be described as a private place in China. As long as there is no accident, the Japanese can stand aside. The men's 4x100m freestyle relay is a bit of a hang-up. After all, Qi Ruifeng and Tang Yibai are the only ones who can compete in the 100m freestyle from China. Although no one in Japan can match Tang Yibai, Japan can at least have four standards. of players, which China cannot match. Another event is the 4x100m medley relay, which is basically hopeless. After all, Japan is very strong in the first three strokes of backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. It is difficult to match the previous gap with the last stroke of freestyle alone.
After analyzing the hot spots for winning gold, Yun Duo analyzed the expectations of the people. After all, Japan is the old rival of the Chinese people. If you ask the Chinese people which country they most like to see in the arena, the answer must be Japan. Moreover, this time it is at Japan's home court, and China is here to play the stadium, and the situation will definitely be particularly hot...
After writing, she showed the manuscript to Qian Xudong to read. Teacher Sun went to the diving event, and this time Qian Xudong became her partner. After reading the analysis she wrote, Qian Xudong felt that the previous statement was quite satisfactory. After seeing it, he couldn't help frowning, "This is all a mess, how can sports be related to historical grievances."
"that is the truth."
"Just put the facts in your stomach, you can't talk nonsense. Some idle people just like to grab this kind of handle."
On September 30, the first event of the swimming competition was the men's 200-meter freestyle with Qi Ruifeng participating. Since the Korean star Li Zhuji has declined with age, Qi Ruifeng has no opponents in the Asian middle and long distance freestyle. In the eyes of many people, this medal has almost been pocketed by him, and many Chinese people are sitting in front of TV sets or computers watching live broadcasts, waiting for the moment to cheer.
The final result, however, was a surprise.
Qi Ruifeng lost.
Lost to a Japanese player named Tanaka Courage, and the difference between the two was only 0.03 seconds.
Tanaka's main swimming event is medley. When Qi Ruifeng saw him participating in the freestyle, he thought he was just using the side events to get a medal.
However, he gave Qi Ruifeng a fatal blow.
Qi Ruifeng felt that if he had known Tanaka's courage and strength earlier, he would definitely swim better.
But no if, lose is lose.
He left the pool dejectedly, not in the mood to be interviewed by reporters at all. He searched for Yuan Shitai in the crowd, and after finding it, he lowered his head and said to Yuan Shitai, "I'm sorry."
Yuan Shitai saw him caressing his wrist, frowned and asked, "Injured?"
"No." He lowered his head, but did not see Yuan Shitai's expression loosen slightly.
Yuan Shitai's voice immediately became cold and stern, "You swim like a bear without getting hurt? You still have the face to apologize? Does an apology work?"
Qi Ruifeng was about to cry, "I'm sorry..." He really didn't know what to say except sorry.
"Remember," Yuan Shitai said, "the arena is like a battlefield, and any slack in the slightest is driving yourself to a dead end."
"Hmm." He nodded heavily.
"If you still swim like this tomorrow, you don't have to come out and drown in the pool."
Qi Ruifeng's spirit was shocked, and he expressed his determination, "Master Yuan, I will have a good swim tomorrow!"
Yuan Shitai nodded, then waved his hand lightly, "Okay, let's go for the interview."
Qi Ruifeng's face drooped down again, "I'm not in the mood." Every time he was interviewed as a champion, this time he was abused by an unknown person, and he felt ashamed just thinking about it.
"What a big deal, isn't it just a gold medal in the Asian Games. You have enough to cook a pot of soup. It's rare! Come on, who dares to talk nonsense and slap him in the face with the Olympic gold medal."
Master Yuan rarely speaks like this in one breath. Qi Ruifeng knew that she was comforting him, his eyes were warm, and he turned away.
The next night, in the men's 4x200m freestyle final, China won the first men's gold medal since the start of the Asian Games.
On the third day, October 2, there will be the preliminaries and finals of Tang Yibai's 50-meter freestyle.
This day happens to be Yun Duo's birthday.