On August 7th, at the lottery ceremony, on the one hand, the emcee read the names of the teams on the stage, and on the other hand, the projector next to him projected the photos and names of the three players of the team on the curtain. When the draw goes to the third team, it should be decided which team, the United States or the Croatian team, will be paired with the China women's team. At this time, the MC loudly announced "Croatia, Group A". Next to the reporter, Mr. Yao, chairman of the technical Committee, lamented: "Finally, a team full of foreigners has been drawn." According to the reporter's rough calculation, among the 32 male and female teams and 96 athletes in this team competition, excluding the China team, there are nearly 40 athletes in China.
Lottery equipment has a unique image.
At the Olympic table tennis team lottery site, the equipment related to the lottery is somewhat interesting. First of all, all the names are printed on a big paper table tennis bat, which looks very vivid. Then there's the guy who used to draw lots. Write down the names of each team and different groups on the table tennis, and then put the table tennis into a steel ball. Every two steel balls are in a transparent container similar to a Russian roulette wheel, which is quickly rotated by the official's hand, and then the representatives of the two teams come up and take one each. Two international officials next to the reporter made a joke when they saw this scene. "Is it like gambling?" "Like, it has no money. It's just a little different from gambling. "
I'm glad I can't get China.