Chapter 1178: Zhang Ye commentates the Olympics (Part 4 of 5)

Chapter 1178: Zhang Ye commentates the Olympics (Part 4 of 5)

Translator: Legge Editor: Legge

The next day.

Noon.

The Chinese delegation had won 13 gold medals so far. In the finals of the various events held yesterday night and this morning, the Chinese athletes had performed astonishingly well. Several of the gold medals were expected while a few had come as surprises. The dominance of the Olympic host was finally starting to show. The good results that suddenly started coming over the past two days also stirred up the excitement of the people around the country. Their passion and interest in following the Olympics were now becoming stronger and stronger.

At Zhang Ye's maternal grandma's house.

His grandmother said loudly, "Hurry up and switch on the television."

His grandfather said in annoyance, "It hasn't even started yet."

"It will soon, so just switch it on first. We don't want to miss anything," his grandmother said anxiously.

His mother laughed as she went over to turn the television on and switch it to the Central TV Sports Channel.

His three sisters also gathered around.

"Mengmeng, don't squeeze in here!"

"I wanna sit in front!"

"Aiya, you little rascal."

"It's time for Brother's commentary! I've been waiting a whole day for this!"

"Where are the melon seeds? I want to much on them as I watch."

It was the weekend today and a rare get-together for the family, but everyone was only interested in watching the Olympics.

At Old Yao's house.

Yao Mi got a bunch of her schoolmates from Peking University's Chinese Department to gather at her place.

"It's about to begin."

"Mimi, where's your dad? I want to get his autograph."

"He went out for a commercial appearance. Why would you want his autograph? Let's watch Teacher Zhang's commentary. Did you guys watch his commentary yesterday? Hahahaha, it was really funny!"

"I did, I did!"

"How could we have not watched it? Heehee!"

"Teacher Zhang is really awesome!"

"True, he's our teacher after all!"

"I wonder how Teacher Zhang will commentate today."

All over the country, similar scenes were playing out.

Countless Chinese citizens were waiting in full anticipation for today's events. First, because the events held were the more popular ones, and second, because of Zhang Ye's interesting commentary!

…

The live broadcast began!

The Olympic live coverage started!

It was the finals of the Men's 10m Platform Diving!

Yu Yingyi smiled and said, "Hello, everyone. The competition will be starting soon. Let us first introduce today's guest commentator, my old classmate, Zhang Ye. We also have with us former world champion, Li Yang, who was on the Chinese diving team."

Zhang Ye said, "Hello, everyone."

Li Yang spoke with some stiffness in his voice, "Hello, viewers and friends."

Yu Yingyi said, "In today's competition, a highlight we'll be looking forward to seeing is whether Chen Xing can defend his title. If Chen Xing can win the gold medal, he would achieve the triple crown in this event at the Olympics."

Zhang Ye said rationally, "Actually, everyone has always been too focused on the gold medals. Back when the interest in the Olympics fell, it was due to a lack of gold medal performances by our athletes. However, I feel that it shouldn't be that way. Every one of the athletes present has put in a lot of sweat, blood, and tears to get here. Every medal, every result, every wonderful moment should deserve our applause as well. This is what makes sports so beautiful in the first place."

Li Yang immediately followed with, "That's right. I feel that Professor Zhang's words were well said."

The event began.

The athletes from the various countries gradually arrived to compete for the gold medal in this event!

The Australian athlete committed a huge mistake the moment he came up. After the run-up, he didn't manage to push off the platform properly, which led to him not having enough time to execute his movements. It ended up with him belly flopping!

Sploosh!

The sound of a loud splash!

The water sprayed upwards!

Yu Yingyi said, "Oh, the Australian athlete has made a mistake!"

Li Yang frowned and said, "That shouldn't have happened. It's very rare to make such a rookie mistake in the finals of an event. The Australian athlete does not look like he's in a good form today."

The American athlete was the next to go. Incredibly, he also screwed up his dive!

At the moment of entry into the water, he got careless and sent the water splashing two meters high!

After the American athlete got out of the pool, he shook his head with a very dark expression!

Li Yang said, "What's going on today? Everyone seems like they aren't in form?"

Yu Yingyi also said in surprise, "This is a really rare occurrence that we're witnessing."

Li Yang said, "It's Chen Xing's turn. His first dive will be a standard dive."

Yu Yingyi said, "Good one, that was a perfect dive!"

"That was really good!" Li Yang said, "Chen Xing should be in first place now. His score wouldn't be bad."

Zhang Ye did not interrupt throughout the proceedings. His hosting and commentary style wasn't to just stick in a word or two every now and then. He preferred not to speak unnecessarily. But if he did, he would make sure it was good enough to amaze!

The scores were given!

Yu Yingyi was stunned. "What? Why is it so low?"

Li Yang was also surprised. "What's going on? That score is too low. It's definitely not a score that Chen Xing should get for a dive like that. What's with the judges? Oh, three of the judges have given him a low score. After dropping two of the scores given, one of the low scores were used to calculate the final score. That's why Chen Xing's score is low for his first dive! If this is the case, that would mean Chen Xing is only in third place after the first dive? That's pretty unbelievable!"

They did not know which country those judges were from, but it was obvious that they were trying to lower the Chinese athlete's score!

The netizens started cursing.

"What the heck!"

"Again?"

"What the hell are they doing!"

"Those idiots! Are they blind?"

"It's so obvious that it should be a higher score!"

"Why isn't Teacher Zhang saying anything!"

Yu Yingyi seemingly "knew" what the netizens were thinking. She turned her head to ask, "Professor Zhang, what do you see of this?"

Zhang Ye pondered for a moment before saying, "I'm very touched."

Touched?

You're feeling touched again?

You were touched by the table tennis player's celebrations yesterday too. You're not actually feeling that emotional! Tell me just what there is to feel touched about!

Li Yang said dumbfounded, "How are you touched?"

The home viewers pricked up their ears and concentrated on listening.

Zhang Ye sighed emotionally, "These Olympics have really touched me. I am not touched by those athletes who have tried so hard but failed to win a medal. Instead, I am touched because those judges and referees who are blind in both eyes are determined to carry out their duties!"

Yu Yingyi held her laughter in. "Pfft!"

Li Yang nearly burst out laughing!

The viewers were all startled for a moment before laughing uncontrollably!

"Hahahahaha!"

"Blind in both eyes?"

"Aiyo, fucking hell, this fellow is too sarcastic!"

"Savage! Hahahaha!"

"I'm so tickled!"

"If we're talking about who has the sharpest mouth in the world, I will have to fucking give it to Zhang Ye!"

"He doesn't even have to use any vulgarities when it comes to scolding people!"

Following that, Zhang Ye began a series of face-smacking antics. This fellow had now gotten into the groove of being a commentator. He was getting better and better at it!

Several of the foreign athletes committed mistakes again!

Meanwhile, the Chinese athlete maintained his high standard and performed a perfect execution again for his second dive. This time, the judges finally give a high score as two of the lower scores got dropped!

The third dive.

The fourth dive.

Chen Xing was leading all the way. There was no longer any suspense for the results.

For every mistake that the foreign athletes committed, Zhang Ye let out a loud cheer!

Zhang Ye said, "Watching our Chinese athlete dive is really boring. He doesn't even make a splash when he enters the water. But look at the Australian, South Korean, and American athletes. Every time they go into the water, they're always making waves. This is just like wild pigs crossing the river. It's so fun to watch!"

The netizens.

"Making waves?"

"Wild pigs crossing the river?"

"Hahahahaha!"

"Let me laugh at this for ten minutes please!"

"This guy is too vengeful!"

"I just fucking love this eccentric style of commentary!"

On this day, Zhang Ye once again brought out the various jokes regarding the Olympics from his previous world!