At the same time,
Some countries were celebrating their victory.
Some countries were regretting their results.
On the other hand, the China delegation and China's citizens were all enraged by the 62kg men's weightlifting competition. Even the media in China were annoyed!
"China's First Day Without Gold!"
"China Delegation Suffers Repeated Setbacks!"
"Weightlifting misjudged?"
"Li Jiaxi loses his gold medal!"
"China Delegation's Gold Medal Taken Away by the Referee!"
"Ineffective appeal? Are the referees blind? "
"Four years ago, the Australian referee wrongly disqualified the results of a China contestant!"
"Four years ago, it was Ding Lei. This time, it's Li Jiaxi?"
[How did the China delegation offend the Australian referee?]
Before the weightlifting award ceremony even started, the news was already flying everywhere!
Central TV's live broadcast had already been turned back to the live broadcast room. It was not good to continue broadcasting the scene of the live audience cursing "idiots" in unison.
The scene was very chaotic.
The head coach of the weightlifting team had already complained to the officials of the organizing committee. They were the organizers of this year's Olympic Games. Yet, on the first day of the competition, a few foreign referees were blatantly and selectively making wrong calls. Who could stand that?
This was clearly a slap to their faces!
This was clearly a slap to China's face!
The first day of the Olympic Games was over. The coaches and athletes of many events in the China delegation heard the news and went to watch the games. Then, many people stood up angrily!
A member of the table tennis team posted on Weibo: "Li Jiaxi should be the champion!"
The assistant head coach of the badminton team criticized angrily, "Li Jiaxi didn't lose to himself or his opponent. He lost to the referees!"
Weightlifting men's team coach: "I strongly question this decision!"
Celebrities from all walks of life also appeared!
Yao Jiancai's Weibo: "This is f * cking shady!"
Huo Dongfang's Weibo: "Isn't this too obvious?"
Chen Guang's Weibo: "What's going on?"
Famous director Li Ke: "This is the Beijing Olympics! Aren't they looking down on us too much? Shouldn't this kind of referee be disqualified? "
Grandma Zhang Xia: "Why can't the complaint mechanism be activated?"
The Chinese athletes were cursing!
The celebrities were cursing!
The netizens were also cursing!
"Bastard!"
"You can't bully people like that!"
"Working together to defame us?"
"I'm angry! This is too shocking and infuriating! "
"Four years ago, some people suspected that some of the referees were deliberately targeting the China team. At that time, the relevant organizations also punished them. But why can some of them still appear on the Olympic referees' field four years later? They could even blatantly set up the China team? Who gave them the right? Who allowed and connived at their gross violation of sportsmanship? This kind of referee should be banned for life! "
"F * ck! It makes me want to hit someone! "
"Even a fool can see that we've won!"
"Even the last move was done. There's no problem at all!"
"Zhang Ye, well scolded! That bunch of idiots!"
"I also saw Zhang Ye leading the scolding in the live broadcast!"
"What's the use of scolding him? He had lost the gold medal! This is too aggrieving! "
"When I saw Li Jiaxi cry, my wife cried too! It was too depressing! My heart aches for him! "
This decision was too controversial!
Whether it was the China delegation or the public, none of them could accept this!
There were also some foreign media outlets who made an objective assessment of the event after watching it.
An English media outlet reported: "I didn't understand the 62kg weightlifting final. The champion should have been the China team?"
The Spanish media outlet: "A huge controversy has arisen in the weightlifting event. Looking at the replay and slow-motion footage, the North Korean athlete's last move was clearly a foul. Meanwhile, the China athlete's last move was analyzed by some professionals and there were no problems with it. It should have been passed."
The Portuguese media outlet: "In the weightlifting final, the referee made a major mistake, but the gold medal may not be changed!"
The Russian media outlet: "After four years, the China's weightlifting team has once again lost to the same Australian referee in another kilogram event!"
Many of the foreign media outlets expressed their shock and disbelief. This was an obvious misjudgment by an amateur referee. How could such a thing happen in the Olympics?
But the award ceremony had already ended!
There was no way to change the gold medal!
These were the rules of this world's weightlifting competitions!
And it just so happened that the Australian media was adding fuel to the fire!
An Australian media outlet openly said: "The China team caused a scene at the venue. The China audience scolded and insulted the referees. Such behavior is very worrying. The results of this year's Beijing Olympics can no longer be changed. This is sports. The results are always unpredictable, so why not try to accept it? Finding fault with themselves?
After the competition.
An Australian reporter interviewed the Australian weightlifter who won the bronze medal.
That athlete shook his head and said, "The China team's performance was disappointing. They can't afford to lose. The competition was delayed for so long because of them, so we should be the ones protesting!"
With that, it stirred up the anger of countless people!
There was a wave of scolding on Weibo!
"They're even asking us to accept it?"
"Fuck your grandpa!"
"You Australian referees blew the black whistle to set us up, yet you're asking us to find fault with ourselves?"
"Fuck your grandpa!"
"Ptui!"
"What a bunch of dogs!"
"Ahhh! I'm so pissed off! "
"I'm exploding with anger too!"
"They're too arrogant!"
The matter had blown up!
However, the people, athletes, and coaches could do nothing other than curse and swear. They could only keep their anger bottled up in their hearts and couldn't vent it!
A similar scene had happened four years ago, but the gold medal was lost and the matter was left unsettled. Could it be that the same scene would happen again in this year's Beijing Olympics? The referees would at most receive a light warning and punishment, and the matter would continue to be left unsettled?
Of course it wasn't over yet!
Even if others agreed to it, Zhang Ye wouldn't agree to it!
…
It was already dark outside.
But the Olympic stadium was still brightly lit.
Zhang Ye used the special staff pass that was issued to him during the opening ceremony yesterday to enter the venue through the staff passageway. He strolled forward. This was a place where normal spectators could not enter. Even after today's competition ended, this area was still completely closed off to the spectators!
Across from him, five referees walked out from the entrance of the venue.
The one leading them was the Australian referee from the weightlifting competition. Beside him were several other foreign referees from today's weightlifting competition!
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They were muttering something. It was probably English, but they were speaking too fast for Zhang Ye to understand. Well, with his English, he probably wouldn't understand even if they spoke slower.
The Australian referee was smiling.
The Korean referee looked calm.
Beside him, another referee had a worried look on his face.
They all had different expressions on their faces as they walked towards Zhang Ye.
Zhang Ye did not even look at them. He slowly walked in their direction while swinging his arms. He was even humming the song "Beijing Welcomes You."
The atmosphere was very normal.
The staff and volunteers who passed by didn't notice anything wrong either. It was the same for the weightlifting referees. The Australian referee suddenly looked at his watch and said something in English to the other referees. They nodded and quickened their pace, probably wanting to go somewhere. The referees still had a lot of work to do.
But at the moment when they brushed past Zhang Ye's shoulders!
They had brushed past him, but they could not get past him!
Zhang Ye was humming this song when he suddenly extended his leg to the side. The Australian referee, who was walking forward at a brisk pace, did not even have time to react. He tripped and lost his center of gravity. It was as though his entire weight had been caught by something and he fell forward! The Australian referee cried out in surprise and tried to grab onto something. In the end, the Korean referee beside him was caught off guard and fell over! At this moment, one of the referees who was walking behind Zhang Ye "accidentally" bumped into Zhang Ye's shoulder. That referee felt a huge impact hit him in the shoulder. With a horrified look on his face, he fell sideways and crashed into the two other referees who had not expected this at all!
The Australian referee fell face first onto the ground. His nose started to bleed!
The Korean referee fell to the ground and knocked his hand. He clutched his arm and screamed in pain!
The third referee fell face first onto the ground!
The fourth referee knocked his head onto a nearby platform!
After the fifth referee fell, he was also hit hard by the other two referees who weighed more than 80 kilograms. His eyes rolled back and he nearly fainted from the pain!
One second!
It was only a short second!
The two sides had brushed past each other a moment ago, and the next moment, Zhang Ye had walked past them. Meanwhile, the five referees had all fallen to the ground screaming in pain. None of them were still standing!
It was too fast!
It had all happened in the blink of an eye!
This scene was so strange that it was scary!
When they heard the screams, many of the volunteers and staff, as well as some of the foreign referees and athletes, either looked over or rushed over!
"Holy shit!"
"What happened?"
"The weightlifting referees have been beaten up!"
Several of the female volunteers screamed!
Meanwhile, Zhang Ye's silhouette had already drifted away, leaving behind a mess of staff members and five wailing weightlifting referees!
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