奧運瞬間蒙太奇（上）

奧運會，是無數運動員為之拼搏一生的夢想。他們用汗水、淚水和艱辛，凝結成奧運賽場上那一個個或輝煌、或喜悅、或感動、或悲傷的瞬間。這些瞬間將永遠定格在我們的腦海中。一代又一代的人們，就在奧林匹克精神的鼓舞下，奮勇前行。

突破瞬間:沒有不可能

\"I want to prove to the entire world that Asians can run very fast.\"

The gun sounded. Liu Xiang's start was so perfect that the Cuban athlete Dayron Robles thought his rival1) had jumped early. It's too late when Robles realized his error—the start was fast， not 1.

12.91 seconds later， the chinese audience burst into cheering and many cried when they saw on CCTV live that brave Liu Xiang dashed2) to the line far ahead of his rivals at the Athens Olympic Games， on August 27， 2004.

As Liu Xiang ran to victory in the 110-meter hurdles3)， his legs flying with flawless4) precision5) to clock6) a stunning 12.91 seconds， which equaled the world record set by Britain's Collin Jackson in 1993， the panic in sports announcers' voices was almost obvious. Few in the West knew that China had a good hurdler， much less a record-making one. Stunned by the victory， a Greek TV announcer stammered7): \"In first place， it's...it's a Chinese man.\" Puzzled by the X in Liu's given name， he sidestepped8) the problem: \"He is Mr. Liu. Congratulations to Mr. Liu from China.\"

If there is one everlasting image of the 2004 Athens Olympics， it is of China's champion 110 meter hurdler， Liu Xiang， as he jumped up on the winner's dais9) arms aloft10)， a smile beaming across his face. He had not just won gold， he had rewritten the history books—the first Asian man to win a power track event， the first Chinese man to win track and field11) gold.

The whole world had better get used to Mr. Liu and his given name—Xiang， which means \"flying in the wind.\"

發令槍響了。劉翔的起跑非常完美，以至于古巴運動員戴龍·羅伯斯誤以為他的對手搶跑了。當羅伯斯意識到自己判斷失誤時，已經太晚了——劉翔是起跑太快，而不是搶跑犯規。

12.91秒之后，劉翔挺身沖過終點線，英姿颯爽，將其他對手遠遠甩在身后，當中國觀眾從中央電視臺的直播中看到這一幕時，頓時歡呼雀躍，許多人更是流下了熱淚。那天是2004年8月27日，雅典奧運會。

當劉翔在110米欄比賽中沖向勝利時，他飛躍在空中的雙腿也以無懈可擊的精確度跑出了令人震驚的12.91秒，這一成績平了英國選手科林·杰克遜在1993年創造的世界紀錄。此時，比賽解說員們幾乎難以掩飾自己聲音里的驚愕。在西方，根本沒幾個人知道中國有一名優秀的跨欄運動員，更不用說這樣一位世界紀錄創造者了。劉翔的奪冠讓一位希臘電視臺解說員目瞪口呆，他結結巴巴地說道：“第一名，是……是一個中國人。”由于他不知道劉翔名字里的拼音字母X該怎么讀，只好繞開這個問題，直接說：“他是劉先生。祝賀來自中國的劉先生。”

如果2004年雅典奧運會上有一幅永恒的影像，那么一定非劉翔莫屬。當這名來自中國的110米欄冠軍跳上頒獎臺時，他高舉雙臂，臉上綻放出燦爛的笑容。他不僅僅贏得了金牌，他還改寫了歷史——第一位贏得力量型徑賽項目的亞洲人，第一位在田徑比賽中奪得金牌的中國人。

全世界最好能習慣劉先生和他的名字——“翔”，意思是“在風中飛翔”。

完美瞬間:永遠的1.00分

\"I don't do many things， but if I do one， I don't give half. I don't like not to be perfect.\"

A little girl with the ponytail12) and the white leotard13) spread her hands with chalk， crossed the arena14) and changed her sport forever.

It was time for action， and as the hush came over the Montreal Forum， all the nervousness and little-girl shyness went out of the child-heroine. At times she was motionless15)， using amazing strength to freeze herself above bars in portraits16) of beautiful gymnastic form. Then she would pick up17) the tempo18) and become a ballerina19) in midair flight. At the most difficult points where others hesitated， she became even bolder and more breath-taking.

The silence was broken only by the sounds of clicking—hundreds of cameras capturing the moment.

What they caught was perfection.

Nadia Comaneci， the 14-year-old Romanian， arched in midair for an instant on her dismount20) from the uneven parallel bars21)， and then the feet supporting her 4-foot-11， 86-pound body landed softly on the mat.

The silence was shattered22) by an explosion of cheering and applause that， after a few seconds， turned to consternation23).

Flashing on the electronic scoreboard was 1.00.

It took a moment for the 18，000 spectators at the Forum to realize that Comaneci had， actually， outperformed24) modern technology， as the announcer declared， \"Ladies and gentleman， for the first time in Olympic history， Nadia Comaneci has received the score of a perfect ten.\"

Yes， what Comaneci had achieved at the Montreal Summer Games on July 18， 1976， was a perfect ten. The scoreboard showed 1.00 because it was limited to three figures， the maximum being 9.99. Computer technicians had to redesign the scoreboard system， which—like the rest of the world—had been unprepared to handle 10-point perfection.

一個扎著馬尾辮、身著白色體操服的小女孩將手上涂滿防滑粉，穿過比賽場地，然后永遠地改變了她所競技的體育項目。

比賽開始了，蒙特利爾賽場鴉雀無聲，所有的緊張和小女孩的羞澀都已從這位小主角身上消失不見。她時而紋絲不動，在杠上用令人吃驚的力量將自己優美的體操造型定格成一幅幅靜止的畫像。緊接著她又加快節奏，化作一名在半空中翩翩飛舞的芭蕾舞演員。面對那些難度最大的動作，換了別人肯定會猶豫不決，而她卻能變得更加大膽，更加讓人驚嘆得窒息。

只有“咔嚓咔嚓”的拍照聲不時打破賽場的安靜——無數臺相機都在搶著捕捉這一瞬間。

他們捕捉到的是完美。

14歲的羅馬尼亞選手納迪婭·科馬內奇從高低杠上飛身躍下，并迅速地在半空中弧形空翻，隨后，科馬內奇雙腳支撐著她4英尺11英寸高、86磅重的嬌小身軀輕盈地落在了墊子上。

全場爆發出歡呼聲和掌聲，賽場的安靜蕩然無存。然而，幾秒鐘之后，觀眾從歡呼轉為錯愕。

電子記分牌上閃現出的分數為1.00。

賽場上的18，000名觀眾過了好一會兒才意識到，科馬內奇實際上已經超越了現代科技，因為廣播員宣布道：“女士們，先生們，納迪婭·科馬內奇取得了滿分10分的完美成績，這在奧林匹克歷史上還是第一次。”

是的，科馬內奇在1976年7月18日的蒙特利爾夏季奧運會上取得的是滿分10分。記分牌之所以顯示出1.00分，是因為它所能顯示的分數被限制在3個數字以內，最大計分值為9.99分。電腦技術員不得不重新設置記分牌系統，當時的系統——正如世界上的其他人一樣——面對這個10.00分的完美，沒有任何的準備。

友情瞬間:永遠是朋友

African American jumper Jesse Owens sat on the field， dejected25).

It was the summer of 1936. The Olympics came to Berlin and Hitler viewed it as a golden chance to prove that German was superior to26) the rest of the world.

In the long jump on August 4， Jesse Owens fouled27) on his first two jumps. One was just a practice run， but German officials counted28) it as a jump. Rattled29)， Owens fouled on his second jump， too. One more foul and he would not be qualified30) for the long jump final.

At this point， a tall German went to Owens and introduced himself as Lutz Long. This 19-year old， 1.84m tall， blue-eyed， blond German long jumper， who was considered to be Owens's main rival in the event， said to Owens， \"What's eating you? You should be able to qualify with eyes closed!\"

Then Long suggested that Owens make a mark several inches before the takeoff board31) and jump from there to play it safe. Owens took the advice， and qualified.

Long and Owens competed in the long jump final that afternoon. When Owens won the gold medal， Lutz Long rushed up to congratulate Owens in front of everybody. They posed together for photos and walked arm in arm to the dressing room.

\"It took a lot of courage for him to befriend32) me in front of Hitler，\" Owens said. \"You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating33) on the 24-karat34) friendship I felt for Lutz Long at that moment.\"

Owens never again saw Long， who was later killed in World War II， but he continued to remain close to the Long family until his death in 1980.

非洲裔美國跳遠運動員杰西· 歐文斯坐在地上，垂頭喪氣。

這是1936年的夏天。奧運會在柏林舉行，而希特勒將這次奧運會視為證明德國人比世界上其他種族優越的大好時機。

在8月4日的跳遠比賽中，杰西·歐文斯在前兩次跳遠中犯規。其中有一次只是他起跳前的試跑，然而德國官方裁判員卻將其算作正式跳。又驚又惱之下，杰西·歐文斯的第二跳再次犯規。如果再犯規一次，他就將失去參加跳遠決賽的資格。

這時，一名高高的德國人走向歐文斯，并介紹了一下自己——他叫盧茨·朗，這位身高1.84米、金發碧眼的19歲德國跳遠運動員被公認為是歐文斯的頭號競爭對手，他對歐文斯說：“你這是怎么啦？你應該是閉著眼睛都能獲得決賽權的！”

接著，朗建議歐文斯在起跳板前幾英寸的地方做一個標記，以便從那里起跳，確保順利過關。歐文斯采納了他的建議后，獲得了決賽權。

當天下午，朗和歐文斯在跳遠決賽中展開較量。歐文斯贏得了金牌，在所有人的注視下，盧茨·朗沖上去祝賀歐文斯。他們倆一起接受拍照，并挽著手臂走進更衣室。

“他在希特勒面前向我表示友好并提供幫助，這需要相當大的勇氣，” 歐文斯說，“那一刻，我與盧茨·朗之間的友情就如24開純金般珍貴。即使熔掉我所有的金牌和獎杯，它們也不足以為這樣的友情鍍上一層金。”

雖然歐文斯此后再也沒有見到朗——朗后來死在了二戰戰場上，但歐文斯仍然與朗的家人保持著密切的聯系，直到他于1980年去世。

勇敢瞬間:英雄跌倒仍會爬起

They hugged， although they rarely did so on the ice. This time， they hugged not for the silver medal， but for the bitter-sweet experience they shared in the Turin 2006 Olympic Games.

It was in the figure skating35) final. Chinese Figure Skater Zhang Hao threw Zhang Dan into the air for a jump， a jump so difficult it had never been landed in competition. Unfortunately， Zhang Dan missed the landing. When she hit the ice in a painful split36) and then smashed37) into the boards， the crowd gasped38).

Their background music stopped and the smile of the skater was replaced by a grimace39) of pain. Her partner， Zhang Hao， rushed to her side and carried her off the ice. With Zhang Dan bent over， they struggled to the sideboards.

\"I thought this was the end，\" Zhang Dan said. Most of the spectators likely thought so too， but what followed was one of the most extraordinary40) moments so far in the 20th Winter Olympic Games.

Zhang Dan took a few moments trying to compose41) herself. After wiping away tears， she decided to continue skating. Then she started slowly circling the ice again to show that she was ready to carry on. The crowd roared and she even managed a slight smile.

\"We didn't say any words of giving up，\" Zhang Dan said. \"It's because we were at the Olympics.\" Then the Zhangs nailed42) everything.

They amazed the crowd again by picking up the program where they left off43). Despite the pain Zhang Dan was in， they finished every other jump and throw in the program. Their reward at the end was deafening44) cheering—louder than for the gold-medal pair—and a standing ovation45) from the entire crowd.

他們擁抱在一起，盡管他們在滑冰場上很少這樣做。但這一次，他們不是為贏得了銀牌而擁抱，而是為了2006年都靈冬奧會上苦樂與共的經歷。

這是在花樣滑冰的決賽場上。中國花樣滑冰選手張昊將張丹拋向空中準備一跳，這一跳的難度相當大，所以在比賽時從未有人嘗試過這樣落地。不幸的是，張丹沒能平穩著地，而是兩腿劈叉痛苦地砸在了冰面上，接著重重撞向邊上的廣告牌，全場觀眾都不禁為她倒抽一口冷氣。

背景音樂停止了，張丹臉上的笑容被痛苦扭曲的表情所取代。她的搭檔張昊沖到她身邊，扶著她離開冰面。張丹彎著腰，兩人掙扎著滑向冰場邊上的護板。

“我以為一切都結束了。”張丹說。大多數觀眾可能也是這么想的，然而接下來卻發生了第二十屆冬季奧運會上最超乎尋常的一幕。

張丹花了一會兒工夫盡量使自己鎮定下來。她擦干眼淚，決定繼續比賽。然后，她開始緩慢地繞著冰場再次滑行，以表示她做好了繼續比賽的準備。觀眾們沸騰了，張丹甚至試著擠出了一絲微笑。

“我們從未說過放棄，”張丹說，“因為我們站在奧運會的賽場上。”接著，張丹和張昊穩住了整個局面。

他們接著剛才中斷的動作開始表演，這讓全場觀眾再次震撼。盡管張丹忍受著劇痛，但他們還是完成了接下來的每一個拋跳動作。最終，他們博得了全場震耳欲聾的喝彩聲——比那對金牌得主的還要響亮——以及全場觀眾的起立鼓掌。