Chapter 634: Encounter at the Olympic Village

"Link won another silver medal in the javelin? Is he a superman?"

In the audience of the Ancient Olympia Stadium, Sean Gibbons, Eddie Hearn, and Nora Duva looked at Link standing on the podium, shocked at first, and then helpless.

Originally, after Link won the shot put championship, everyone was worried that $5 million would not be enough to sign him. Now that he has won another silver medal in the javelin, the offer will definitely be higher.

This has both advantages and disadvantages for boxing promotion companies.

The advantage is that as Link's fame increases, it will be easier to promote his games in the future, the effect will be better, the attention will be more, and the commercial value will also increase significantly.

The disadvantage is that opponents will pay more attention to Link, and it will cost more money to sign him.

Bob Arum and Eddie Hearn are going back to hold a work meeting to discuss in detail how to win Link, a potential stock.

After Link won the silver medal in the javelin event, domestic and foreign media reported on the matter and discussed Link's performance in this Olympic Games.

He signed up for four events, and won 1 gold and 1 silver. He entered the quarterfinals in the boxing event and has a great chance of winning a medal. Only one 5,000-meter race has yet to be held.

Judging from the current situation, Linke's performance in this Olympics is very good.

Although he is not the best athlete of the Huaxia Sports Team, the best is Zhang Yining of the table tennis team, who won two gold medals in the women's doubles and singles.

But Linke's 1 gold and 1 silver are the most valuable.

Before him, the Huaxia Sports Team had never entered the finals in the shot put and javelin events, and he filled the gap in these two events with two medals.

The Huaxia team picked up 1 gold and 1 silver in these two events for free.

The same is true for boxing. No Chinese boxer has ever entered the semifinals before.

In a commentary published on the 20th, the People's Daily said that Linke is making history.

"Link, you are awesome. You are the pride of our dormitory."

"Bullshit, I should say you are the pride of our Sports University and our Huaxia team."

"Link, good job, keep it up, we will celebrate your success when you come back."

On the way back to the Athens Olympic Village, Link received a call from Jiang Weixing, but before he could say anything, Jiang Weixing, Bao Xiaohu, and Chang Yijun rushed to speak.

"Got it, I will do my best."

Link leaned back in his seat and said with his mobile phone.

"Link, do you know that CCTV5 has repeatedly broadcast your video recordings of the shot put and boxing events in the past few days, and the javelin competition was also broadcast live. You are very popular in China now, and even Jay Chou and Xiaoyanzi can't compare to you."

Jiang Weixing said in an exaggerated tone.

"Really? It sounds great."

Link laughed.

"Link, is Athens fun? Did you pick up a few girls? Hehe, I saw the pictures on Sina.com. There are many beautiful athletes in the Athens Olympics with very hot bodies."

Bao Xiaohu said with a sly smile.

"Definitely not. Link went to participate in the competition, not to pick up girls. He has so many competitions to participate in. What if he gets tired of picking up girls?"

Jiang Weixing refuted Bao Xiaohu's words for Link before he could speak.

"You two should stop talking nonsense. Link needs to rest after the competition. He doesn't have time to listen to your nonsense."

Chang Yijun criticized the two of them.

Jiang Weixing and Bao Xiaohu stopped talking nonsense and asked some questions about the weather, language, and food in Athens.

Link answered a few questions briefly and hung up the phone.

I saw congratulatory text messages from family and friends on my phone, including my parents, teachers, Zhou Xun, Gao Yuanyuan, Princess Wang, Lin Zhilin, Liang Jingru, etc.

Tang Yan also said that she was also in Athens and was going to attend the closing ceremony of the torch relay. She said she would go to the scene to cheer for him tomorrow.

He picked out a few replies and called Zhang Zilin back.

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The car stopped at the Olympic Village. The Athens Olympic Village is located at the foot of Mount Parnitha, close to the center of Athens. It was originally a wasteland. After the successful bid for the Olympics in 1994, the Greek government built the Olympic Village here.

The total construction area is 372,000 square meters, with 366 buildings and 2,292 houses.

The total cost is 730 million pounds.

During the Olympics, athletes and officials from the Olympic Committee and sports delegations of various countries all lived in the Olympic Village, about 16,000 people.

For safety reasons, restricted access is implemented in various areas of the Olympic Village. Only athletes, officials and certified Olympic Village staff can enter the accommodation area.

There is also the issue of eating. The canteen provides a variety of dishes, respecting the eating habits of various countries, three meals a day, and each person charges 45 euros.

Link had a meal at the Huaxia Restaurant in the dining area and was about to go back to the dormitory to rest. On the way, he met a group of girls wearing the uniforms of the Russian sports delegation. They were blonde, white, and slim. It was just not sure whether they were members of the gymnastics team or the synchronized swimming team.

When they saw him, several people came up to him and greeted him, asking for his autograph, saying that they had just watched his competition, praising his excellent performance and saying that he was very handsome, like an ancient Greek sculpture on the track and field.

Link thanked them in Russian.

Hearing that he could speak Russian, the girls were even more excited and invited him to sit in the bar at the Athlete Activity Center. The bar was called "Bin Laden Bar" and was very popular in the Olympic Village.

Link declined, saying that he had a competition tomorrow and it was not convenient for him to drink. In addition, in order to prevent accidents caused by drinking, the coaches prohibited athletes from visiting bars during the competition.

After wishing the girls a good time, Link said goodbye and walked towards the boys' dormitory. However, he had not walked far when one of the girls left the team and followed him to stop him.

The girl was about 20 years old, wearing a tight T-shirt and sweatpants, with long curly golden brown hair and delicate appearance.

Compared with her teammates, she was plumper and had a curvy figure.

Link looked at her and felt familiar. She seemed to be Kabaeva, the leader of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team. She had won the championship in rhythmic gymnastics in many international competitions such as the World Championships, European Championships, and World Cup, and the bronze medal in rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

"Link, can I visit your dormitory?"

Kabaeva asked with a smile.

"There is no vodka in my dormitory. Are you interested?"

"Yes, will you invite me?"

The girl smiled and blinked.

"Of course, please!"

Link smiled and chatted with the girl while walking. The girl said that she had seen his boxing match, praised him for being very good, and asked him if he had the confidence to win the championship.

Link said he was determined to win. When he passed by the automatic condom dispenser, he took out a few extra large sizes. The girl didn't say anything but just looked at him with a smile.

After returning to the dormitory, Link hung a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door and chatted with the girl standing at the window, talking about the scenery of Athens, the food of Russia and China, and then went into the bathroom together.

In the afternoon, Tian Liang and Yang Jinghui came back from the city gymnasium and were ready to play cards with Link. When they arrived at the door of Link's dormitory, they saw a "Do Not Disturb" sign hanging on the door handle.

"Link, are you there? Do you want to play cards?"

Tian Liang shouted.

No one in the room responded.

"Are you asleep?"

Tian Liang scratched his head and was about to leave when he suddenly caught some strange sounds in his ears, which seemed to come from the door.

Tian Liang blinked his eyes and looked around the corridor. Seeing that no one was coming, he quietly walked to the door and put his ear to the crack of the door. Suddenly, the strange sound became clearer, like a woman's shouting. He didn't know which language it was, and he couldn't hear it clearly or understand it.

But the sound was particularly ambiguous. He felt his face burning after listening to it for only a few seconds, and there were some dirty pictures in his mind.

Bang!

"Liangzi, what are you doing here?"

Tian Liang was listening to the voice in a daze, and suddenly someone patted his shoulder from behind. He was so scared that he almost cried out.

"Brother Hao, you scared me to death."

Tian Liang covered his chest and said unhappily.

"What are you doing lying at Link's door?"

Wang Hao asked.

"Nothing, I'm going to play cards with Link. Link is not here. Let's go. It's just right that you're here. We are short of one person."

Tian Liang pulled Wang Hao and said.

"There's a sign hanging on his door, maybe he's there, why don't you knock on the door?"

"I knocked, but no one answered. He's probably sleeping."

"Why is your face so red?"

"It's too hot, stop talking nonsense, let's go for a walk!"

Tian Liang pushed Wang Hao into the dormitory opposite.

The Olympic Village dormitory is a double room, where teammates from the same event live together. Tian Liang and Yang Jinghui live together, but Link is a special case, so he lives in a single room alone.

After Wang Hao joined, several people started playing upgrade, but after Tian Liang sat down, the shouting he heard outside the door just now still echoed in his ears, and there were always many discordant images in his mind, making him a little absent-minded.

"Liangzi, what are you doing? We are playing upgrade, why are you playing a pair?"

Yang Jinghui said dissatisfiedly.

Tian Liang scratched his forehead, took back the cards and played again.

After playing two rounds, he ran to the bathroom to wash his face before he calmed down again.

After playing for more than an hour, the sky darkened. Wang Hao threw down his cards and said he would not play anymore. He had to train tomorrow and got up to leave.

Tian Liang also went out for a walk and found that the sign on Link's door was still there. He was hesitating whether to go and listen to see if the sound in the room was still there. With a creak, the door was opened.

Link led a foreign girl out. The girl had wet blonde hair and a hot body. Her T-shirt was turned up, revealing a white and slender waist.

The two chatted in a language he couldn't understand, and walked down the stairs while talking.

The air wafted the scent of shower gel.

Tian Liang sniffed, returned to the dormitory and said to Yang Jinghui who was doing push-ups: "Believe it or not, Link will definitely lose tomorrow's game."

"Huh, how do you know?"

Yang Jinghui asked while supporting himself on the floor.

"I bet that Link looks serious, but I didn't expect him to be a playboy in private."

Tian Liang complained.

Yang Jinghui ignored him and continued to do push-ups on the ground.

The two of them won the men's 10-meter diving platform championship on the 14th. Another men's 10-meter diving platform competition was on the penultimate day. There were no competitions in the past few days, so they could arrange their own training.

Tian Liang decided to go to see Link's competition tomorrow. He didn't know if his legs would be weak.

Hehe, if his legs were weak, he would definitely tease him.

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Of course his legs wouldn't be weak. After dating Kabaeva, Link felt refreshed, and the fatigue brought by the competition in the past few days was swept away.

Especially on the second day, after waking up from a good sleep, his whole body was very relaxed and transparent, just like drinking sweet spring water after being thirsty for a few days, and suddenly it rained coolly after being hot for a few days.

On the way to the competition, coach Zhao Liwei also looked at him a few more times in confusion, saying that he looked in good spirits.

Link said he had a good rest last night.

Coach Zhao Liwei nodded and said that was good, and then talked to him about the opponent of this game, Kazakhstan's Atyaev, a very strong opponent.

Link remembered that the opponent had defeated Aragon in this Olympics and won a boxing gold medal.

Now Atyaev has become his opponent, Link also needs to treat it with caution.

Atyaev is 176 cm tall, with a wingspan of 181, a strong body, and strong resistance to blows.

This year, 31 years old, although he is from Kazakhstan, he has been training in Germany for many years. He entered the amateur boxing world in 1994 and won many amateur championship titles. His current amateur record is 97 games, 95 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. He only lost to his opponent in the second game of his debut, and he never lost in the subsequent games.

Link has watched the opponent's game video. He has good skills, a Soviet style, a hard fist, and does well on both offense and defense. He can often beat his opponent by a large score in amateur games.

It is not easy for Link to defeat his opponent cleanly.

The car arrived at the Kaleskaki Stadium. Before entering, we saw many people queuing at the south gate to enter the stadium, as well as some TV reporters and cameras.

Judging from the scene, today's game seemed more lively than the day before.