If you say you’ve never played it, you’re lying. The game that requires only a balloon, and with the simplest of rules—do not let it touch the floor. And now, it has an official World Cup—the Balloon World Cup.
如果你说你从未玩过，那你就是在撒谎。这个游戏只需要一个气球，并且有最简单的规则 -- 不要让它接触地板。现在，它有一个正式的世界杯 -- 气球世界杯。
Organized by Barcelona and former Spain football star Gerard Pique and Internet celebrity (网红) Ibai Llanos, the first tournament (锦标赛) took place in Tarragona, Spain, on an 8m×8m court, which had living room furniture and a small car as obstacles. Peru’s Francesco de la Cruz became the very first balloon world champion.
第一场比赛由巴塞罗那和前西班牙足球明星杰拉德·皮克以及互联网名人伊拜·利亚诺斯组织，在西班牙塔拉戈纳的一个8米 × 8米的球场上举行，里面有客厅家具和一辆小汽车作为障碍物。秘鲁的弗朗切斯科·德拉克鲁兹成为第一个气球世界冠军。
“It’s been amazing, it’s something totally different. Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone and try new things,” said Pique, for whom this is not the first sporting business project away from the football field—he was also behind some other sports events.
“这太神奇了，完全不同。有时你不得不走出你的舒适区，尝试新事物，”皮克说，对他来说，这不是第一个远离足球场的体育商业项目 -- 他也支持其他一些体育赛事。
The tournament was inspired by a series of popular videos from the Arrendondo family from Oregon, United States, with brothers and sister Antonio, Diego and Isabel playing the game during Covid-19 lockdown and posting the fun on Tik-Tok. Antonio and Diego teamed up to play in the World Cup, with teams from 32 countries taking part.
这场比赛的灵感来自来自美国俄勒冈州阿伦登多家族的一系列流行视频，其中包括兄弟姐妹安东尼奥，迭戈和伊莎贝尔在新型冠状病毒肺炎封锁期间玩游戏，并在Tik-Tok上发布乐趣。安东尼奥和迭戈联手参加世界杯，来自32个国家的球队参加了比赛。
“We played the game as kids, and then, during the start of quarantine (隔离) for Covid, we wanted to play it again,” Antonio said. “We started arguing with each other over whether it hit the ground or not, so we started taking videos in slow-mo (慢动作) to see if it did, and then finally it got to the point of let’s post this video of us on Tik-Tok.” “When I woke up the next morning it went viral, with a million likes, and then after that we just decided to keep playing and played more and more until one of our rounds got the attention of Ibai and Pique.” Antonio added.
“我们小时候玩过这个游戏，然后，在开始为Covid检疫的时候，我们想再玩一次，” 安东尼奥说。“我们开始互相争论它是否落地，所以我们开始用慢镜头拍摄视频，看看它是否落地，最后，让我们在Tik-Tok上发布我们的视频。” “当我第二天早上醒来时，它像病毒一样传播开来，有了一百万个赞，然后我们决定继续比赛，玩得越来越多，直到我们的一轮比赛引起了伊拜和皮克的注意。”安东尼奥补充道。
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