Chapter 218: The Embarrassing and Desolate Opening Ceremony

It is conceivable that sports elites like Neelkin will face overwhelming honors after their success. Naturally, Tang Huan didn't take these small compliments to heart, and just said thank you very politely .

Nelkin's father is Korean and her mother is Tatar, so compared to her teammates next to her, she has an oriental face.

In addition, Neelkin's success is quite inspirational. Her gymnastics talent is not very good, and she didn't even have enough flexibility at first. On the contrary, her younger sister who participated in the training together looks even better.

However, with hard work, Nelligin soon became the best gymnast in Kazakhstan at that time.

In the last Montreal Olympics, Nelligin and Nadia Comaneci, who was only 14 years old at the time, both scored 10 points and almost shared all the gold medals, becoming the two most dazzling stars.

After getting married in 1977, Nelgin moved from Kazakhstan to Belarus. She should be 23 years old this year, and she has passed the peak moment of an athlete. This will be the last sports meeting she can participate in as an athlete.

Feeling that Nelkin was a little older, it should be more convenient to speak, so Tang Huan chatted with the other party a few more words.

In fact, this is also the case. Compared with her companions who are a few years younger, Nelligin is quieter. Others are rushing to operate the game console, and she just admires it.

After a while, the team leader]≮长]≮风]≮文]≮学, w☆wx.n▽et called away these athletes who were about to go crazy. Tang Huan checked the time, and he wanted to Getting ready to attend the opening ceremony of the upcoming Olympic Games.

After having lunch and resting for a while, Tang Huan followed the arrangement of the Soviet Union, and other people who were invited together. Enter the Lenin Central Stadium, which can accommodate more than 100,000 spectators, from a special passage.

The weather is not very good today. The Soviet Union had to dispatch 6 planes. Spray chemicals in the clouds to disperse the dark clouds floating over the stadium.

Because he had a deep impression of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in his previous life, Tang Huan knew all kinds of activities at the opening ceremony of this Olympic Games. These processes were basically passed down in one continuous line, and now it is enough to reverse them. .

Regarding the schedule for the Olympic Games, the Soviet Union painstakingly set it as July 19 to August 3, which coincided with the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games.

The month and day of the two sessions are exactly the same. It is the only time in the history of the Olympic Games.

The 15th Helsinki Olympic Games was the first time that the Soviet Union participated in the Olympic Games.

It goes without saying that the coincidence of the two sessions is not a historical coincidence, but a careful arrangement by the organizing committee, which symbolizes that the development of the Soviet Olympic Movement has entered a new period.

The time soon reached two o'clock in the afternoon, and the party and government leaders of the Soviet Union and the main officials of the Olympic Committee were already in place, and the opening ceremony was about to begin officially.

Tang Huan glanced at Brezhnev in the distance, and suddenly felt emotional.

Yugoslavia's Tito just passed away in May, ending his 37-year rule.

And develop according to the historical trajectory. Brezhnev, who put his predecessor Khrushchev under house arrest, also died in 1982.

This is an era of great change.

The last 1976 Montreal Olympics. The ingenious use of modern science and technology, the use of satellites to transmit the Olympic fire, although amazing, but this approach was later criticized.

Because the original purpose of passing the torch in the traditional way is to spread the Olympic ideals and spirit around the world, but the Canadian practice has lost its original meaning.

Therefore, according to the decision of the International Olympic Committee, the traditional way was restored this time, and the torch relay was carried out.

Carrying the torch into the Central Stadium was Victor Saneyev, the three-time Olympic triple jump champion of the Soviet Union. After he ran around the field for a week, he handed over the torch to the famous Soviet basketball player Sergey Belov, who finally completed the mission of lighting the flame on the tower.

Brezhnev, head of the Soviet Union, announced the opening of the Olympic Games. On behalf of the athletes, Vladimir Andrianov, the star gymnast of the previous Soviet Union, took the oath. On behalf of the referees and officials, the famous Soviet athlete and three-time Olympic wrestler took the oath. Champion Alexander? Medved season.

Tang Huan yawned secretly, and cast his gaze on the mascot of the Moscow Olympics, a little bear named . .

I remember that in the closing ceremony of the current Olympic Games in the previous life, the organizer would create an effect of a tear in the eye, which can be described as extremely sensational.

History always likes to repeat. In the future, Putin will make the Sochi Winter Olympics, and the scene will be similar to the embarrassment like this one, but the degree will not be so serious.

As the planner and organizer of the joint boycott of the Moscow Olympics, US President Carter has put in a lot of effort.

In line with official U.S. policy, the U.S. Olympic Committee voted to forego participation in the Moscow Olympics.

In order to appease the protests and tears of the American Olympic athletes, the US Olympic Committee awarded each athlete a commemorative gold medal. Carter also specially invited all members of the Olympic delegation to the White House.

However, some countries that also support the boycott movement, such as France, allow athletes to decide whether to participate in the Moscow Olympics.

When the athletes entered the arena, Tang Huan discovered the embarrassment.

Since 1956, the least number of countries has participated in the Olympic Games. A total of 80 countries have come, and many participating countries only send one flag bearer and enter the venue with the Olympic flag instead of the national flag.

As for the participating athletes, there are more than 5,000 people, among which the Soviet Union has the most.

It is an exaggeration that Cuba, which is far away across the ocean, sent a huge team consisting of 239 male and female athletes.

There are also more than 5,000 journalists participating in the coverage of this competition. After careful calculation, the total number is even more than that of participating athletes.

Especially during the Olympic flag handover ceremony, because Canada was among the boycotting countries, the mayor of Montreal, the last host city, only sent a representative to hand over the Olympic flag to Moscow.

All of these naturally dilute the warm atmosphere of the venue.

Tang Huanneng could see a hint of sarcasm and gloating on the face of the person next to him who was also invited, and he couldn't help shaking his head secretly.

Think again of the low oil prices throughout the 1980s, which hit the Soviet economy that relied on exporting energy to earn foreign exchange. This is similar to the methods of attack that Russia, which was deeply involved in the Ukraine crisis in its previous life, encountered. (to be continued...)

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