I am waiting for you in Rio

Chapter 2

The next day, Sister Ming and Yang Yang went to buy a bag for girls, it was very valuable, and they planned to give it to Liu Mengzhen as a gift in return, which could be considered as a way of making up for her.

Then when he arrived in the team on Monday, Yang Yang called Liu Mengzhen out alone, gave her the bag, and followed what Sister Ming taught in advance, why do you want to concentrate on training now, and don't have the energy to think about other things? Say it awkwardly.Liu Meng is really much smarter than Yang Yang. As soon as she heard this, she knew that she had been declined, and she was sad for a long time.

The days are still going on, and she has quietly witnessed the small thoughts of those little boys and girls, and also witnessed their gradual progress from immaturity to maturity.

On April 4, the National Swimming Championships kicked off in Shaoxing, Zhejiang.At this time, Zhang Lin's injury had healed, and he made a strong comeback, winning three gold medals in the 5m, 200m and 400m individual events in one fell swoop.Yang Yang followed closely behind, winning silver medals in the 1500m, 200m and 1500m bronze medals. In addition, he also won a silver medal in the 400m individual medley.

In this competition, Yang Yang's 1500-meter time was 14:51, almost 94 seconds higher than his 15:05 in the Beijing Olympics last year. This is a huge leap.Three months later, the 12th World Swimming Championships will be held in Rome, and Yang Yang is waiting for the competition with all his heart.

Just in May of this year, Park Shin-joong participated in an invitational tournament held in Los Angeles, USA. Before that, he basically did not participate in major events this year.In this competition, he won the 5-meter gold medal and the 200-meter and 400-meter silver medals, but his results were not outstanding.

In Yang Yang's anxious anticipation, July finally arrived as scheduled, and the 7th World Swimming Championships opened in Rome.

When warming up on the first day, Yang Yang arrived early, and he was waiting for Park Xinzhong.In fact, he didn't know what to say when they met, but he just wanted to see him.At this time, Yang Yang had already participated in several world competitions and met some foreign players, so he greeted them with his unique English from time to time, while searching for Park Xinzhong in the crowd with his eyes.

After he waited for almost an hour, Pu Xinzhong finally appeared, with a floating board between his arms, and only a pair of small floral swimming trunks on his body.The swimming pool used for the World Championships this time is open-air, and the bright sun shone unscrupulously, shining on Park Shin-jung's healthy wheat-colored skin.His figure was strong and well-proportioned, and the gullies between his muscles were shaded, so in the bright sunlight, he showed a mysterious visual impression.

This was Yang Yang's third meeting with Park Shin-jung after the 07 Melbourne World Championships and the 08 Beijing Olympics. This time he obviously felt that this person was different from before.If last year's Olympic Games, Park Shin-joong still retained some of the childishness and innocence of a boy, but this year, he is already a mature man.Not only has his hair been cut shorter, his muscles have become stronger, and his appearance has changed a lot. In terms of temperament and demeanor, the two diametrically opposed qualities of toughness and gentleness have merged in him, forming a very unique aura.

Yang Yang was originally lying on his side on the floor mat, but when he saw Pu Xinzhong, he got up immediately, but he just stared blankly, forgetting to speak.Fortunately, Park Xinzhong also saw him. After all, Yang Yang was already 1.9 meters four at this time, and his skin was dazzlingly white, so he was still very conspicuous in the crowd.

"Yang?" Park Xinzhong was surprised, greeted him with a smile, and walked over.

"Hi, park." Yang Yang looked at him from head to toe, then fixed his eyes on his right hip bone, and said softly, "There's an extra tattoo."

Park Xinzhong smiled, yes, after the Beijing Olympics, he tattooed a five-ring logo on his body, which was regarded as a commemoration of the Olympics, but Yang Yang didn't expect to even notice this.At this time, Yang Yang's English has improved a bit compared to before. Although he still doesn't speak grammar in many cases, he can say whatever he wants, but he can finally be understood.

"Yang, your grades this year are really good." Park Xinzhong said, using English, and he can only speak simple sentences.

"I, that..." Yang Yang's brain short-circuited after hearing this sentence, he didn't know what to say, all he could think about was that he paid attention to me! .

It is inconvenient for players from the two countries to talk too much before the competition, so Park Shin Joong said: "I'm leaving, goodbye."

"goodbye……"

Yang Yang was still in a daze. At this moment, some teammates came to ask him to go back to the hotel together, so Yang Yang put on his clothes and left with them.On the way back, Yang Yang thought repeatedly, he actually paid attention to me, but why did he pay attention to me?Although every athlete pays attention to his opponent, Yang Yang's current performance is not enough to become his opponent. Shouldn't he pay more attention to Zhang Lin?

In fact, in the next few years, Yang Yang always thought that Park Shin-jung only regarded him as an opponent after the Guangzhou Asian Games 10 years ago.But in fact it is not like this. As early as in the Beijing Olympic Games, Park Xinzhong saw the great potential of Yang Yang. Since then, he began to pay attention to his every game.And the more important reason why Park Xinzhong pays attention to Yang Yang is that he knows that Yang Yang really likes him, and he also "likes people who really like him".In addition, it is a great honor and gratitude to him to have a world-class player who regards him as an idol, worships him, and likes him, so deep down in his heart he has a good impression of this big boy who is a little silly with enthusiasm of.

July 7 was the first day of the competition. In the morning, the first big upset of this World Championships broke out: in the men's 26-meter freestyle preliminaries, Park Shin-jung, the Olympic champion of this event last year and the favorite to win the championship, was unexpectedly defeated. eliminated.His score was 400 minutes 3 seconds 46, ranked 04th and failed to enter the final.

At the moment when he saw the results, Park Shinjoong was even a little panicked, but he was not particularly surprised.Because as far as this year is concerned, his condition is really not good, and he rarely participates, so he also thought of this possibility before the game.The most urgent task now is to quickly adjust your mentality and prepare for the next game.

The fact that Park Shin Joong was eliminated in the preliminaries was incredible to Yang Yang.All along in his heart, his idol is invincible, why did such a thing happen today?He was very confused, but at the same time realized that he had deified Park Shinjoong in his heart.After shedding the halo of the double champion of the Olympic Games and the World Championships, he is just a boy who is only two years older than himself.

In this morning's preliminaries, Yang Yang was also eliminated, and he ranked 18th. Zhang Lin was the only one among the three Asian players to reach the final.

In the final of the 400-meter freestyle in the afternoon, Zhang Lin won the bronze medal, and the gold medalist was Biddleman, who broke the world record with a time of 3:40.

On July 7, in the semi-finals of the 27-meter freestyle, Park Shin-jung had another upset and was eliminated again.

Yang Yang didn't report this item, but he went to watch the game on purpose.After the results came out, he looked at Park Xinzhong worriedly, not knowing what to do.Since he was sitting in the front row of the stands, Park Shin Joong also saw him, smiled at him, and did not speak.Can you still laugh?Yang Yang muttered in his heart.

On July 7, in the men's 30m freestyle final, Zhang Lin won the championship with a time of 800:7 and broke the world record.This is the first world championship in Chinese men's swimming, a milestone breakthrough, and the highest achievement in Zhang Lin's personal career.

On August 8, in the men's 1m freestyle preliminaries, Piao Xinzhong was eliminated again with the 1500th place, while Yang Yang entered the final with the first place in the preliminaries.Since the two were not in the same group during the preliminaries, Park Shin-jung waited for Yang Yang in the waiting room after the match.He knows that 9 meters is Yang Yang's strongest sport, and he is looking forward to his performance in this event.

Sure enough, Yang Yang did not disappoint him. After seeing the results, Park Xinzhong was also happy for him.When Yang Yang came to the backstage, Park Xinzhong raised his arm and patted him on the head and said: "goodboy!" Then he said in English: "Work hard the day after tomorrow, I will come and see you."

"Yeah." Yang Yang nodded, and said again: "Park, don't be sad, you will be fine in the future!"

He said this sentence in Chinese, because he couldn't speak English at the time for such a difficult sentence.And the phrase "it will be fine in the future" is indeed the truth in his heart, and he firmly believes that his idol will not just fall into a slump.

Pu Xinzhong only understood the word "sad" in Yang Yang's words, and knew that he was comforting himself, so he nodded with a smile and said, "It's okay."

That being said, he was actually very disturbed.Because South Korea is a country that only focuses on gold medals, Park Shin Joong is the only outstanding swimmer, and he carries the hope of the entire country and nation.Moreover, he didn't dare to watch the news these days at all, for fear of affecting the future games, but the facts could not be escaped after all, he didn't know what he would face after returning this time.

On August 8, the men's 3m freestyle final, Yang Yang stood on the starting platform, and Park Shinjoong sat in the stands.In the past, it was Park Shin-jung who entered the finals to compete for gold and silver. Yang Yang was watching him, but this time it was the other way around, so there was a very subtle feeling in Park Shin-jung's heart.

At this time, Yang Yang on the starting platform was very nervous. He was ranked in the fourth lane because of his first place in the preliminaries, and the third and fifth lanes beside him were Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Cochrane and gold medalist May Luo Li and Yang Yang happened to be caught between two powerful opponents.But he is not nervous because of this. No one has asked him to beat Cochran and Mellory yet. The real pressure because of these two people is Zhang Lin, who has high expectations and is located in the second lane.

Yang Yang's nervousness mainly comes from Park Shin Joong, this is the first time his idol sits in the stands to watch him play.Yang Yang told himself repeatedly: You must play well and swim out your best results!