Chapter 943: Honoring the Family
Panshan Group Headquarters.
Liu Tao and others are watching CCTV-5, where the mixed 4×100m medley relay race is about to begin.
This Olympics has attracted more attention from Liu Tao's family than ever before.
As for the reason, it is naturally because Liu Tao's eldest son and daughter are participating in this Olympics.
"Jingming and Yingqing are great, they have brought honor to the family, and the family tree can have a separate page!" Liu Zhenbang said happily, "I hope they can achieve more success tonight!"
In the past competitions, Liu Jingming won the 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle championships, the 100m butterfly silver medal, and the 200m butterfly bronze medal, setting a new record for the Chinese men's swimming team. Before this, men's swimming competitions were the strengths of Europeans and Americans, and the Chinese men's swimming team had never achieved good results. This time, winning 2 golds, 1 silver, and 1 bronze is a huge surprise.
Liu Yingqing won the gold medals in the 100m butterfly and 200m butterfly, the silver medals in the 50m freestyle and the silver medals in the 4×100 freestyle. She has now won 2 gold and 2 silver medals. Even the commentator of CCTV Sports Channel couldn't help but call her the "Chinese Butterfly Queen".
The mixed 4×100m medley relay race tonight is the last race they will participate in.
The rules of the mixed 4×100m medley relay race are that there are 4 swimmers, two men and two women. Each team member chooses one of the 4 swimming styles (backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly stroke and freestyle) to complete their own 100-meter race. The swimming styles of the players cannot be repeated.
The relay order is backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly stroke, freestyle!
The butterfly stroke is Liu Yingqing, and the freestyle is Liu Jingming.
At this time, they are warming up.
"Dad, don't have too high hopes. It's good if you have it, but it's okay if you don't!" Liu Tao smiled. He was proud of the children's achievements, but he had a good mentality.
Liu Zhenbang arrived at the station this year and officially retired.
At this time, the capital was hot, so Liu Zhenbang came to Kun City to escape the heat. Every day, he and Chen Fang and others watched the Olympics in front of the TV and helped take care of the two children.
Liu Zhenbang didn't think that he was still strong and wanted to start a business. Liu Zhenbang didn't have such ambitions. He just wanted to enjoy his retirement life.
After the Spring Festival, Liu Zhenbang and Chen Fang had already visited the Five Mountains, West Lake, Taihu Lake, Dongting Lake, and Poyang Lake.
If it weren't for the Olympics, the two might still be traveling outside.
With their pensions, plus the ones Liu Tao and Liu Ziyu usually gave them, it was enough for them to travel around the country every day.
The two were not power-loving people. They had a good mentality after retirement and enjoyed their retirement life. This made them not like some people in the system who aged rapidly after retirement. At this time, others saw them and said that they were in their fifties, which was normal.
Unknowingly, the game had already begun.
Liu Tao and others didn't care about eating, and their eyes were fixed on the TV.
Swimming competitions are very fast, and it doesn't take long to swim 100 meters.
When Liu Yingqing swam the 100-meter butterfly, she was ranked 6th. Liu Yingqing was very fast and kept surpassing the front.
Liu Tao and the others couldn't help holding their breath, getting excited, and praying in their hearts.
Even Liu Tao was no exception!
Liu Jingming and Liu Yingqing like swimming very much, and they are also very talented in swimming. Liu Jingming is better at freestyle, and Liu Yingqing is better at butterfly.
Sometimes it's like this, hard work seems vulnerable in front of talent.
With excellent talent and hard work, there is a possibility of success.
When arriving at the finish line, Liu Yingqing ranked third, very close to the second place, which created an opportunity for Liu Jingming.
Liu Jingming quickly surpassed the front and ranked second, competing with the first place. The two sides fought for each other. When halfway through, Liu Jingming was very close to the first place.
And when there were 10 meters left, Liu Jingming finally surpassed his opponent and came to the first place.
When the commentator shouted excitedly and the first place appeared on TV, Liu Tao and the others couldn't help cheering.
On TV, Liu Jingming and Liu Yingqing hugged each other excitedly, and they hugged their teammates.
This is China's first swimming team gold medal!
Since late July, the whole world has entered the Olympic time.
As the world's largest competitive sport, it has the greatest influence and the largest audience in terms of countries.
This Olympic Games is a family portrait of the Olympic family. More than 200 member countries attended and more than 10,000 athletes participated, setting three highest records in the number of participating delegations, number of participants and competition events since the modern Olympic Games.
China's enthusiasm for the Olympic Games is very high. From the beginning of the Olympic Games, every game has been broadcast live.
Any athlete who wins a gold medal will become famous and regarded as a hero.
Every gold medal winner is talked about with relish and becomes a heroic figure.
Liu Jingming and Liu Yingqing became famous overnight and are widely known.
However, when the two were reported, their family backgrounds were not reported.
As for why they were not reported, it was naturally inappropriate.
In this regard, Liu Tao had already informed the relevant departments.
On the evening of August 4, the Olympic flame that had been burning for 16 days was extinguished at the Atlanta Olympic Sports Center Stadium. The Centennial Olympics came to an end. The Millennium Olympics will be held in Berlin, and the Olympics will enter the Berlin cycle.
In this Olympics, the United States is far ahead in the gold medal list, ranking first. China surpassed the polar bear and ranked second. This is the first time that China has entered the top three in the Olympic gold medal list.
The athletes of the Chinese delegation have achieved such excellent results, which makes people all over the country talk about it with great pride.
The excellent results achieved in the Olympics can always inspire people's national pride, especially when seeing the national flags rising and the national anthem playing.
As the Olympics ended, the aftermath continued.
The media intensively reported on athletes, and athletes began to receive various commendations and participate in various activities.
Some athletes naturally became the darlings of brand owners and won endorsements one by one.
Liu Jingming and Liu Yingqing did not need to accept endorsements, as they had already been approached by brands one by one.
The global spokespersons of more than 20 brands, such as Jinlong Computer, Huaxia Automobile, Huaxia Motorcycle, Shenzhou Mobile, Gree Home Appliances, Standard Chartered Bank, Huaxia Petroleum, etc., have made them the most profitable sports stars in China.
Liu Tao didn't even need to signal them, the people under him did it tacitly.
After all, Panshan Group has always liked to find athletes as spokespersons. In every Olympic Games, gold medalists, silver medalists, and bronze medalists will be endorsed by companies related to Panshan Group. Now Liu Jingming and Liu Yingqing have achieved good results in this Olympic Games, so what else needs to be said?