Table tennis: Swinging the racket billions of times, achieving a grand slam

Chapter 251: Shouldn’t the qualification for the competition be based on strength?

Beijing time, May 11th.

2 p.m.

A Boeing 787 from Hongqiao International Airport landed safely and on time at Capital Airport after more than two hours.

The boy dragged his suitcase alone, walked through the long corridor, and looked far away in the direction of the exit gate.

Looking around, left and right.

Finally, I saw two familiar figures in the crowd.

The boy's eyes suddenly brightened, and an extremely excited look appeared on his face.

There was a loud "crashing" sound, and the boy ran all the way, dragging his suitcase.

The medal hanging on his chest kept shaking as the boy ran, which was very eye-catching.

This move attracted a lot of attention.

"Brother Jin!"

From a distance, the boy shouted excitedly.

Outside the gate.

Chen Jin and Xie Mingyang, who had been waiting for a long time, had already seen Zhang Jiahao moving like a snake in the crowd.

Chen Jin smiled and waved in response.

Xie Mingyang, who was standing next to him, had an indifferent expression on his face. He put his hands in his trouser pockets, glanced coldly at the medal on Zhang Jiahao's chest, and snorted with disdain.

Soon, Zhang Jiahao ran in front of him.

He pushed the suitcase hard towards Xie Mingyang, then opened his arms, jumped up and pounced on Chen Jin.

"Come on, rely on, rely on..."

Chen Jin did not avoid it either, and took a horse stance to welcome Zhang Jiahao's hug. "It's only been half a month since we last met, is there any need to be so excited?"

"One day without seeing you is like three autumns."

Zhang Jiahao grinned and said, "We haven't seen each other for half a month, it feels like forty-five years have passed."

As he spoke, his eyes turned.

But he saw his suitcase sliding straight forward with no intention of stopping.

"Hey Hey hey."

Zhang Jiahao hurried forward, grabbed the suitcase, turned around and glared at Xie Mingyang, "Mr. Xie, why didn't you stop him?"

"None of my business."

Xie Mingyang's hands were still in his pockets.

"I know."

Zhang Jiahao laughed and said, "You are jealous."

"I envy you?"

Xie Mingyang smiled coldly, "What a joke."

"Still want to pretend?"

Zhang Jiahao grabbed the medal on his chest and deliberately raised it in front of Xie Mingyang's eyes, "Look, what is this? The singles gold medal in the National Championships!"

"How dare you say you're not jealous of me!"

His words and actions were full of pride.

"cut!"

Xie Mingyang looked at him with disdain, "How did you get this medal? Don't you have any idea?"

"If you are really capable, wait for the next national championship and win the championship from me and Chen Jin."

These words immediately choked Zhang Jiahao.

Indeed, none of the main players of the Chinese national table tennis team participated in this National Championships.

His qualification to participate in the competition is to replace Xie Mingyang.

In order to allow him to take this opportunity to return to the national team, Chen Jin did not sign him up for the solo match.

Therefore, his national championship title is indeed a bit lacking in value.

"All right."

Chen Jin stepped out to smooth things over and said with a smile, "Teacher Li is still waiting for us in the parking lot."

"Master Li is here too?"

Zhang Jiahao was happy to change the subject.

"Ah."

Chen Jin smiled and said, "He became our full-time driver."

Just walked out of the airport.

A slightly dry and cold wind blew in his face, and Zhang Jiahao couldn't help but shiver: "It's so cold."

We walked and talked until we arrived at the parking lot.

"Teacher Li."

Zhang Jiaren greeted warmly.

They were old acquaintances and had fought side by side before. Although they hadn't seen each other for a while, they felt very cordial when they met.

"Oh, you're handsome again."

Li Qian smiled.

While driving on the way to the General Administration of Sports, my ears were filled with Zhang Jiahao's incessant chatter.

Xie Mingyang sat in the passenger seat, wearing a Bluetooth headset, with his arms folded across his chest and his eyes closed.

"Brother Jin, when did you come back?"

Zhang Jiahao asked.

"Six-thirty in the morning."

Chen Jindao.

"After being in Europe for so long, you must not be able to adapt after coming back."

Zhang Jiahao said.

"Fortunately."

Chen Jin smiled and said, "There's only a seven-hour time difference. It's not like in Lima, where day and night are reversed."

Besides, his ability to adapt is already very strong.

I had a good sleep on the plane and just adjusted to the jet lag.

"Yesterday at five in the morning, you suddenly called me and asked me to come to the headquarters today. What happened?"

At that time, Zhang Jiahao was half asleep, his mind was a mess, and he didn't hear clearly.

When he woke up, he didn't ask any more questions for fear of disturbing Chen Jin's rest.

I thought that since we had to meet anyway, wouldn’t it be better to have a detailed discussion in person?

However, Zhang Jiahao knew with all his heart that this trip to the capital must be a good thing.

Based on his understanding of Chen Jin, he would never let him make a wasted trip and waste the air ticket money for no reason.

Without waiting for Chen Jin to speak.

Li Qian was the first to speak: "Chen Jin got you a chance to participate in the World Youth Championship in front of Coach Liu."

"World Youth Championship?"

Zhang Jiahao was stunned for a moment, surprised and happy.

As a professional player, how could he not know about the World Youth Championship.

For all young athletes, the World Youth Championships is the largest and highest international competition stage. Its professionalism, value and attention are all superior to the Youth Olympic Games.

More importantly, the young players participating in the World Youth Championships are all young talents from all over the world, representing the future of major associations.

Being able to participate in the competition is a symbol of potential.

"Brother Jin, I..."

Zhang Jiahao turned his head and looked at Chen Jin, a hint of gratitude flashing in his eyes.

"Don't get excited."

Chen Jin said, "Whether you can participate in the World Youth Championship depends on your own efforts to prove your strength."

"how to prove?"

Zhang Jiahao was full of fighting spirit, rubbing his hands, eager to try, "Are you going to beat all the enemies? As long as I don't meet you, Brother Jin, I'm not afraid of anyone." "There are only two spots for the singles in the World Youth Championship. I guess you don't have much chance."

Li Qian looked forward, "So, your task is men's doubles."

In fact, he had already heard the news. According to the original plan of the coaching staff, the two singles spots would go to Chen Jin and Xie Mingyang.

Huang Youzheng will cooperate with Chen Jin in doubles and participate in the team competition.

As for the replacement, the original candidate was Wen Ruibo.

But after Chen Jin's recommendation, if Zhang Jiahao's performance is satisfactory, Huang Youzheng will retreat to the bench, and Wen Ruibo will naturally lose the qualification to participate.

"Men's doubles?"

Zhang Jiahao sat up suddenly. "Who is he going to match with? Is he going to be named Xie again?"

In the last Lima Regular Challenge, he was paired with Xie Mingyang in the men's doubles.

Although he won the championship, he still felt a little awkward and unable to display his true doubles strength.

"No."

Li Qian smiled slightly, "It's with Chen Jin."

"What the hell, Brother Jin?!"

Zhang Jiahao slapped the passenger seat hard.

This caused Xie Mingyang to turn around and glare at him in dissatisfaction.

"Invincible!"

Zhang Jiahao straightened his back, and an unprecedented strong confidence burst out, "I'm not bragging, as long as Brother Jin stands next to me, even if Captain Long and Brother Xin come, I won't be afraid."

"Don't talk too much."

Li Qian smiled and said, "It won't be too late to brag about it tomorrow after you and Chen Jin defeat Huang Youzheng and Wen Ruibo."

"You mean, as long as we beat them both tomorrow, I can participate in the World Youth Championship?"

Zhang Jiahao rubbed his palms.

"Maybe, probably, maybe."

Li Qian smiled.

"You are just Huang Youzheng, a defeated general. I will easily defeat you."

Zhang Jiahao is full of confidence.

At the National Championships, he played against Huang Youzheng in the final.

In the end, he won the championship from Huang Youzheng.

"its not right."

Zhang Jiahao suddenly seemed to remember something and frowned, "I just won the National Championships. Logically, I am the best candidate to participate in the World Youth Championships."

"How come in the end, Huang Youzheng, the defeated opponent, is qualified to participate, but I am not?"

This statement came out.

Li Qian and Chen Jin both shrugged their shoulders slightly and remained silent.

There was a pause.

Li Qian then said, "Maybe it's because... uh, Huang Youzheng is a few years older than you. If you don't participate in the World Youth Championship, you will be too old."

"Shouldn't the qualification to participate be based on ability?"

Zhang Jiahao curled his lips. "Besides, when he was my age, why didn't he participate in the World Youth Championship? Was it because he didn't want to?"

It was obvious that he was not very satisfied with Li Qian's somewhat far-fetched answer.

"Cough cough..."

Li Qian coughed a few times and said, "No matter what, the opportunity is now in front of you. Don't wait until you lose it to regret it."

"Yes, sir!"

Zhang Jiahao said loudly.

He knew in his heart that this opportunity was something Chen Jin had fought hard for him.

Even if it is just for this friendship, I must try my best and not let it down!

after an hour.

Arrived at the General Administration of Sports.

Looking at the familiar gate from afar, Zhang Jiahao rolled down the car window and shouted to the outside: "National team, I, Zhang Jiahao, am back again!"

"Shall I take you to the dormitory building?"

Li Qian turned the steering wheel and said, "Let's go back to the dormitory and rest first?"

"No."

Zhang Jiahao shook his head and said, "Go directly to the training hall."

"So hard?"

Li Qian was a little surprised and glanced back at Zhang Jiahao, thinking he was a stranger.

"Strategically, we must despise the enemy, and tactically, we must pay attention to the enemy."

Zhang Jiahao said, "Besides, Brother Jin and I haven't played doubles for a long time. It's not a bad thing to practice more."

Then he turned to Chen Jin and said, "Brother Jin, what do you think?"

"Ruzi can be taught."

Chen Jin smiled and nodded.

It has to be said that every failure makes one wiser. Zhang Jiahao has indeed become much more mature than before.

Of course, I don’t think I can change the habit of gossiping in a short time.

Li Qian drove the car and sent the three of them to the door of the training hall.

After helping to unload the suitcases, he chatted with the three people for a while: "I just came back from Europe and I'm still jet-lagged. I'm going to go back and catch up on some sleep and brush up on my Black Myth. See you tomorrow."

Having said this, he drove away.

After watching the exhaust from Li Qian's car disappear around the corner of the road, Chen Jin and the other two walked side by side into the training hall.

"correct."

Zhang Jiahao suddenly remembered something, "Brother Jin, Xuperman recently released a new blade. Brother Xin asked me to bring it to you. Try it out when you have time to see how it feels."

Immediately, stop.

He took out a piece of bottom plate from the suitcase and handed it to Chen Jin.

"Uh……"

Chen Jin took it and took a look.

The baseplate design and overall feel are somewhat similar to Stiga's Xu Xin Blue Label.

However, the stripes have a stronger sense of design.

Moreover, there is no spray painting.

It's obviously a test base board.

Chen Jin bent his finger and flicked lightly, and the bottom plate suddenly made a crisp sound.

The lingering sound is very transparent.

"No noise, pretty good."

Xie Mingyang suddenly asked, "5+2 carbon built-in?"

"Can you hear this?"

Zhang Jiahao glanced at Xie Mingyang, "I heard from Brother Xin that the carbon material of this bottom plate is some new technology. It has both control and bottom plate. It was specially customized according to Brother Jin's playing style."

"Brother Xin is thoughtful."

Chen Jin smiled.

"Brother Xin said that after you try it, if you have any opinions, you can always raise them and he will ask someone to adjust it right away."

Zhang Jiahao added another sentence.

"Tell me the truth, did Brother Xin give you any benefits?"

Chen Jin looked at Zhang Jiahao, "You work so hard to lobby for Brother Xin."

"Brother Jin has a keen eye."

Zhang Jiahao smiled and said with great joy, "I am now a contracted athlete of Brother Xinxuperman."

(End of this chapter)