In the 2012 London Olympics, the Chinese sports delegation had a total of 622 people, including 397 athletes.
Of course, such a large team did not go together. Instead, they were divided into different teams and arrived in batches according to different projects.
Although Lu Yan caused a stir due to his boxing event, during his schedule, he was with the track and field team.
After all, in the leader's view, boxing may not necessarily lead to medals, but winning the sprint championship is the most important thing.
On July 23, in the early morning of Beijing time, Lu Yan arrived at London Airport with the track and field team. Accompanying him were Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, etc.
Liu Xiang also participated in this year's London Olympics, but he was not in the same starting batch as Lu Yan.
Due to the delay, the plane arrived an hour later than planned. After another hour of customs clearance, document activation and other procedures, at 8pm local time, Lu Yan and others dressed in team uniforms walked out of the airport lobby one after another.
There were Chinese reporters waiting here, but most of the athletes did not stop, and the reporters did not come forward to interview them.
But when Lu Yan walked out, he was stopped.
He is so interesting that just a few words in an interview can make a hot news story.
"Well, the flight was a little delayed, but everyone is in good condition and there is nothing uncomfortable. I will go to the Leeds training camp first and then go to the competition venue."
"Are you feeling any pressure about the boxing match?"
Lu Yan shook his head gently, "No, it's not a difficult thing for me!"
The reporters did not delay Lu Yan for too long, and it was impossible for head coach Feng Shuyong to keep him interviewed endlessly.
Everyone quickly got in the car and went to the Leeds training camp.
In the following days, under the arrangements of the sports delegation, we will train, adapt to the venue, etc.
Time will soon arrive on the 27th, and the opening ceremony will be held.
The opening ceremony of the London Olympics took "Wonderful Island" as its theme, showing the history, culture and modern social customs of the British Isles, inspired by Shakespeare's masterpiece "The Tempest".
The opening ceremony officially started at 9 pm local time and lasted for 3 hours. With an investment of approximately 27 million pounds, the effect was quite good.
Pastoral scenery, the Industrial Revolution, the Beatles, "Trainspotting", 007, "Mr. Bean", Harry Potter... cultural symbols that the British are proud of appear one by one.
Lu Yan, who was sitting in the stadium watching, couldn't help but miss Ruan Xiaoxiao who was far away in the capital. If she hadn't been pregnant, it would have been great to be by his side at this time!
Ruan Xiaoxiao is not here, but Su Li is here.
But he couldn't come over to accompany Lu Yan. In fact, the leaders of the field management center have always hated this matter, which affected Lu Yan's business image and advertising revenue!
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According to the event process, the first event Lu Yan will participate in is boxing, which will start at 13:30 on the 28th, and the competition will be held on 1/16.
At 20:30 on August 2, participate in the 1/8 competition.
At 10 a.m. on the 4th, the first round of the men’s 100-meter classification competition in track and field events began.
Starting at 18:50 on the 5th, the men’s 100m semi-finals and finals.
Starting at 18:50 on the 6th, there will be a men's 100-meter award ceremony. At 20:30 that night, there will be a 75kg boxing quarter competition.
On the morning of the 7th, the first round of the men’s 200 meters.
On the evening of the 8th, the men’s 200m semifinals.
On the evening of the 9th, the men's 200m final and award ceremony.
On the afternoon of the 10th, the men’s 75kg boxing semi-finals.
On the evening of the 11th, the men’s boxing middleweight (75kg) finals and awards ceremony were held.
It can be said that starting from the 4th, Lu Yan has been busy with games every day.
Fortunately, the sprint and boxing competitions do not conflict. Only on the 6th, there is a men's 100-meter award ceremony and a boxing quarter event that are slightly closer in time. I guess I won't be able to receive the award in person.
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Olympic boxing, which has always been called amateur boxing, is very different from commercial events in terms of the nature of the competition, time, protection, weight, publicity and ruling.
The entire competition adopts a single-elimination elimination system, and opponents are determined by drawing lots. There are no seeded players. Athletes who lose in the semi-finals will tie for third place.
The game is divided into 4 rounds, each round is two minutes, and there is a one-minute rest between rounds.
On the morning of the first day of competition, all participating athletes must undergo a physical examination and weigh-in. During the competition, only those competing on that day need to undergo a physical examination and weigh-in, and the interval between weigh-in and competition must not exceed three hours.
On the morning of the 28th, Lu Yan first went for a physical examination and weighed himself, and then in the afternoon, he came again because there was a middleweight (75kg) competition on 1/16.
In the afternoon of that day, there were a total of 6 middleweight (75kg) 1/16 matches. Lu Yan was ranked in the second match and faced Azerbaijani player Soltan Migitiyev.
This person is a little-known person, and against Lu Yan, who has no experience in international competitions, he finally made the coach feel more at ease.
At the London Convention and Exhibition Center, Chaolu explained the fighting style and strategy to Lu Yan, who was about to enter the ring.
"Your disadvantage is that you are severely inexperienced in the game, so you have to be more conservative and wait for him to show flaws!"
Lu Yan smiled and said: "Why bother with so much effort? It will be over by KO!"
"This is a single-elimination elimination system. If you lose once, you have no chance!"
Lu Yan smiled and nodded. He had his own thoughts in mind and felt that there was no need to hide his strength too much.
After taking the stage, with the referee's "box", the game officially began.
Because of Lu Yan, this event was broadcast live on five CCTV channels and the signal was transmitted back to China.
Too many spectators stayed up late to watch the match, just to see Lu Yan’s boxing debut.
I don’t know whether he won the battle with difficulty after a few rounds, or whether he was defeated by the opponent.
On the screen, Lu Yan did not take the initiative to attack. After Migitiyev tried a few punches, he suddenly came up with a right hook.
Just when the audience's hearts were in their throats, Lu Yan hit Migitiev with a straight punch, and the latter fell to the ground and passed out.
The field was quiet for a few seconds, then erupted into a deafening roar.
In front of countless TV sets in the country, there were also bursts of exclamations.
"Damn it, KO, this guy is too cruel!"
"It's not human!"
"He is good at both sprinting and long-distance running, and he can also box. Is this a superman?"
In Beijing, Ruan Xiaoxiao lives in a villa in the west of Beijing and does not dare to watch Lu Yan's game at all.
Xiao Wanru couldn't let her watch, but she stayed in front of the TV early to watch her son-in-law's game.
When she saw Lu Yan knock out his opponent with one punch, she jumped up from the sofa in surprise.
He shouted upstairs: "Daughter, Lu Yan won, but he won easily. He knocked down the opponent with one punch!"
Ruan Xiaoxiao was in the bedroom upstairs with the door open. She heard Sheng Sheng's voice in the distance and hurriedly shouted: "He is not injured, is he?"
Xiao Wanru had already gone upstairs and said loudly: "What kind of injury did you get? He looked so light. He was knocked down with just one punch. Let us ladies worry about this child at home!"
Ruan Xiaoxiao leaned on the bed and smiled reassuringly, "That's good, that's good, I know that with his strength, nothing will happen!"