Chapter 408 King of the Olympic Games
On July 20, Zhang Huasong, Li Na, Zheng Jie and other members of the tennis national team arrived in London a week in advance to prepare for the London Olympic tennis match.
At London International Airport, Zhang Huasong and others were warmly welcomed by many Chinese and overseas Chinese.
Of course, Zhang Huasong has the most fans. Not only Chinese and overseas Chinese, but also foreign fans.
In fact, the courts for the London Olympic tennis match are the same as Wimbledon, using the grassy venues of the Wimbledon Open.
Therefore, Zhang Huasong, who just won the Wimbledon championship, has a very high chance of winning the Tennis Olympic Championship.
The Olympics are usually only held in advance only by football matches, and other matches will be held after the opening ceremony.
However, in order to take care of Zhang Huasong's schedule, the first round of tennis and football group matches of the 2012 London Olympics were held two days in advance before the opening ceremony of the Olympics, in order to end the tennis event early and make time for Zhang Huasong's track and field schedule.
Not only that, in the timetable of the tennis finals, the men's singles final was also the first tennis final to be held. The purpose is to allow Zhang Huasong's tennis matches and track and field schedules to avoid conflicts.
So, on July 25, 2012, before the London Olympics opened, the first round of the tennis competition officially began.
The London Olympic Organizing Committee is willing to listen to the International Olympic Committee and adjust the schedule for Zhang Huasong, so naturally he is planning to attract audiences to buy tickets and increase global ratings.
Therefore, in the first round of the competition, Zhang Huasong's competition was naturally arranged at 9 am on July 25, which was the first official match of the entire London Olympics.
This game not only attracted more than 10,000 live audiences to fill the stands at Wimbledon O2 Stadium, but also attracted sports channels from more than 200 countries and regions around the world to broadcast live.
Any member of the International Olympic Committee has broadcast the game live.
Because other competitions have not started yet, Zhang Huasong's fame is worthy of such great fanfare from TV stations in all countries.
There are not so many countries and regions that broadcast the tennis Grand Slam event.
Even when Zhang Huasong completed the annual Grand Slam achievement the year two years ago, the countries and regions that broadcast that year's US Open final were not as good as the first round of the London Olympics.
It can be seen that although the Olympic tennis matches are not as good as the Grand Slam in terms of industry influence, the Olympics are still better in terms of broadcast coverage.
Of course, this is also because Zhang Huasong's competition was the earliest to start, and there were no other competitions at the same time. As the first official competition of the London Olympics, it attracted so many countries and regions to broadcast.
From the second round, there will not be so many countries and regions broadcasting Zhang Huasong's game. Each country will definitely focus on broadcasting the competitions of its own athletes, so it will not care about Zhang Huasong's game.
There are 64 signings for men's singles in the London Olympics. Zhang Huasong's first round opponent was a player from Finland, ranked 78th at the ATP and played from the qualifying round.
The Olympic singles competition is a three-set and two-win system, which is also the reason why the industry believes that the Olympic tennis competition is not as good as the Grand Slam, because the Grand Slam is a five-set and three-win system, and there are 128 signings.
Against such a player who came from the qualifying round, Zhang Huasong did not let go at all and went all out to easily defeat his opponent with a total score of 2-0.
The Finnish player was shaved without even winning a game.
However, after being shaved, the Finnish player not only turned around and took out a watercolor pen from his backpack, asked Zhang Huasong to sign his racket, and took a photo with him. He acted like a star-chasing fan, not at all like an Olympic tennis player in the top 100 in the world.
Zhang Huasong was surprised, so he naturally did not refuse. This was the first time that Zhang Huasong was asked for autographs by his opponent during the game, which surprised Zhang Huasong.
Seeing this scene, the audience and the audience in front of the TV were stunned.
In fact, both on the scene and in front of the TV knew that Zhang Huasong's victory was not suspense. Even the Finnish compatriot of the contestant, no one had expectations for him and believed that he had a chance to defeat Zhang Huasong.
However, I was shaved and went to Zhang Huasong to ask for autographs after losing the game. Isn’t this too backbone?
The Finns naturally felt a little unhappy, but audiences from other countries felt that this indirectly proved Zhang Huasong's popularity and charm: even their opponents are fans of Zhang Huasong, which shows how awesome Zhang Huasong is.
Zhang Huasong’s fans admire Zhang Huasong even more!
This is a small episode in Zhang Huasong's first round of the game, and the most important thing is the influence of this game.
According to rough statistics after the game, the number of viewers watching this tennis match reached hundreds of millions, which is similar to the Grand Slam final.
And this is just the first round of the game. Although this game is the highlight of the first game, it also perfectly proves Zhang Huasong's ratings and appeals, and does not waste the hard work of the International Olympic Committee and the London Olympic Organizing Committee.
In addition to Zhang Huasong's game, the first round of tennis and the football group match took two days.
Then, on the evening of July 27, the 2012 London Olympics officially opened, and Zhang Huasong attended the delegation entrance ceremony as the flagbearer of the Chinese Olympic delegation.
Not to mention that Yao Ming has retired, even if Yao Ming has not yet retired, Zhang Huasong is now a representative figure in the Chinese sports world, and Zhang Huasong can only be the flagship bearer.
When Zhang Huasong held the five-star red flag and led the Chinese delegation into the venue, warm applause and cheers rang out from the London Olympic Stadium, which could accommodate 80,000 people. Countless people shouted Zhang Huasong's name or nickname in the accents of various countries, and were very excited.
Zhang Huasong is not only likely to win the Olympic tennis championship for the first time, but also may defend the ten championships and win 11 gold medals.
In that case, Zhang Huasong's Olympic gold medal number will reach an unprecedented 21, becoming the athlete with the largest number of gold medals in the history of the Olympic Games.
At that time, I'm afraid they will be not only the king of track and field, but the king of the Olympics.
So, after seeing Zhang Huasong appear, the audience and guests at the scene applauded and cheered him so enthusiastically.
Everyone is welcoming Zhang Huasong and is honored to have the honor to witness the greatest Olympic athlete in history.
After the opening ceremony, on July 28, the London Olympics officially kicked off.
On the first official competition day, in addition to the second round of tennis, there are also swimming, football, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, table tennis, badminton, shooting, archery, weightlifting, judo, fencing, rowing, equestrian and other competitions, and there are several events that will produce gold medals.
Therefore, it is inevitable that Zhang Huasong's game ratings have been shared by many games, and Zhang Huasong's game is no longer a grand event broadcast in more than 200 countries and regions around the world.
However, this has no effect on Zhang Huasong.
In the second round, Zhang Huasong faced the Argentine player ranked 45th at the Atp and continued to win 2-0 without any suspense.
The audience on site and in front of the TV were not watching the competition, but just to see the style of Zhang Huasong, the international superstar.
In the subsequent third round, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, Zhang Huasong won 2-0 without any suspense.
However, since the third round, Zhang Huasong was unable to shave his head for his opponent. After all, in the Olympics, the performance of the players not only concerns their own achievements, but also national honors, and everyone is working very hard.
Even if you know that you can't beat Zhang Huasong, you can't shaved your head by Zhang Huasong.
In the end, Zhang Huasong successfully entered the finals.
The opponent in the final surprised everyone. It was neither Federer, nor Nadal, nor Djokovic, nor Andy Murray, but Argentine player Del Potro, who ranked tenth in the Atp.
This is really surprising and unpopular.
However, when Zhang Huasong's final opponent was determined to be Del Potro, everyone in the world knew that there was no suspense about Zhang Huasong's victory.
Whether in terms of strength or game atmosphere, Del Potro is definitely at a disadvantage.
If Zhang Huasong's opponent was Andy Murray, the American audience at the scene would naturally cheer for Andy Murray.
But if Zhang Huasong's final opponent is an Argentine player, the American audience will definitely cheer for Zhang Huasong.
Because of the British-Arab War in history, whether it is football or other sports, American audiences will definitely cheer for Argentine players' opponents.
This final is naturally no exception.
On August 2, the 2012 London Olympics tennis men's singles final, Zhang Huasong vs. Argentina player Del Potro.
From the first minute of the game, most of the audience were really cheering for Zhang Huasong. Whether it was Chinese or American, or even other European audiences, they were cheering for him.
There was no one else who cheered for Del Potro except dozens of audiences who might be Argentinians.
Obviously, even those neutral audiences who should have no tendencies are looking forward to Zhang Huasong winning the championship and completing the most important step in the annual Golden Slam career of tennis, not to mention the Americans who already have a grudge against the Argentines.
And Zhang Huasong did not disappoint everyone who supported him.
With the cheers of the audience, Zhang Huasong easily won with a total score of 2-0.
Moreover, Zhang Huasong, who performed exceptionally well, even gave Del Potro a bald man in this globally striking Olympic tennis final: Del Potro did not win a single game in two sets.
Federer finally no longer was lonely. In addition to him, there was someone shaved his head by Zhang Huasong in the tennis final. Federer was finally not the most tragic person.
After the competition, live TV broadcast commentators from all over the world were excitedly commenting:
"After the game, Zhang Huasong easily defeated Argentine player Del Potro in the Olympic men's singles final with a total score of 2-0, and shaved his opponent's bald head, thus winning Zhang Huasong's first tennis Olympic gold medal in his career. Next, as long as he wins this year's US Open Grand Slam championship, Zhang Huasong will complete the second annual Golden Slam achievement after Steffy Graff in tennis history. In addition, no one has ever completed in history, such as the successive annual Grand Slam, the annual Golden Master, and the 11 consecutive Grand Slam championships, Zhang Huasong will become the first person in tennis in a century and be completely crowned in the tennis world."
"Zhang Huasong successfully won the men's singles tennis medal in the London Olympics and took a solid step in the journey of the annual Golden Slam. As long as Zhang Huasong won the final US Open Grand Slam, Zhang Huasong will become the undisputed king of tennis. It is the luck of our generation to witness the birth of the king of tennis. Let us wait and see and wait for Zhang Huasong to be the king of the tennis field for the second time in the field of track and field queens."
Indeed, after winning the Olympic gold medal, Zhang Huasong's annual Golden Slam has completed a 4/5th progress. Only one US Open Grand Slam is gone, Zhang Huasong will be completely crowned.
However, Zhang Huasong did not relax himself. Because, after the tennis match, his track and field competition began again.
On August 3, the track and field competition officially kicked off.
Zhang Huasong will compete in the men's 100m, 200m, 400m, 10,000m, marathon, high jump, pole vault, long jump, three-level long jump, javelin ten events in the ten-day competition on August 3, and participate in a final every day.
In fact, before Zhang Huasong participated in the track and field competition, Phelps had raised his personal Olympic gold medal number to 16, and was already the athlete with the largest number of gold medals in Olympic history.
Moreover, Phelps' swimming competition has not ended yet, and there are still three events that have not participated in the finals, Phelps still has the opportunity to increase his total number of Olympic gold medals.
However, why are the global media and audience not very much talking about Phelps' number of Olympic gold medals, the number one in the history of Phelps? Because everyone is waiting for the results of Zhang Huasong's track and field competition.
If Zhang Huasong defends the Olympic Track and Field Championships, plus the men's singles gold medal in tennis, Zhang Huasong's Olympic gold medal will reach 21, and Phelps's more than ten gold medals are not enough.
As time passed day by day, the progress of the London Olympics was as expected by the media and the audience. Zhang Huasong, who had always been terrifyingly stable in a competitive state, made no mistakes. He took one gold medal every day step by step, and accumulated his total Olympic medals to a higher level than Phelps.
On August 12, 2012, on the last competition day and closing ceremony, Zhang Huasong successfully won the London Olympic men's marathon gold medal, frozen his London Olympic gold medal number at 11, and the total Olympic gold medal number at 21.
Although Phelps won two more gold medals later, increasing his total Olympic gold medals to 18, he still couldn't catch up with Zhang Huasong's 21.
With just two Olympic Games participation experience, Zhang Huasong raised his total number of Olympic gold medals to the highest level in history.
At the closing ceremony, when Zhang Huasong received the gold medal in the men's marathon, the slogan of "The King of Olympics" resounded throughout the audience.
Obviously, this is the audience tribute and cheering for Zhang Huasong's great achievements in the Olympic Games. Of course, Zhang Huasong is also well deserved.
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