On the plane, Zhang Guan looked at the report on the American doping scandal in the sports section of the newspaper.
"I remember Gatlin's doping scandal was only reported in 2006. Why was it a year earlier? Was it the so-called butterfly effect caused by my arrival? But I have never even been to the United States, and I am What does it have to do with it?" Zhang Guan thought to himself.
Zhang Guan didn't know that all this was really caused by him. Zhang Guan became the world champion, and also broke the world record, so Kondo Kamezo was so persistent in investigating Zhang Guan, but he did not expect to find Gatlin's problem, and then Kondo Kamezo was arrested during the robbery. After reporting the issue of doping among athletes, there was a series of IAAF investigations and the current large-scale doping scandal in the United States.
Zhang Guan paid no attention to these things, but he knew that at least in the next few years, he was unlikely to meet Gatlin on the court. He closed the newspaper and began to think about the Laureus Sports Awards.
The nominations for this year's Laureus Sports Awards were announced not long ago. Nominated for the best male athlete are six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, tennis king Roger Federer, and Olympic 1,500-meter and 5,000-meter champion Hiram El-Quay. Roy and four-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi. Tiger Woods, the golfer who has won many awards before, was not nominated.
Nominated for the best female athlete are pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva, Olympic heptathlon champion Carolina Crawford, Olympic 800m and 1500m champion Kelly Holmes, seventh Annika Sorenstam, winner of four golf majors, and Olympic cycling champion Leontien van Moser.
As for the nominations for the Best Newcomer Award, in addition to Zhang Guan, Sharapova and Phelps, there are also 17-year-old French women's swimming champion Rolle Manado, and 19-year-old Spanish motorcycle champion Danny Pi DeRosa and 17-year-old Athens boxing silver medalist Amir Khan. This Aamir Khan is not the Indian movie star, but an Englishman, just with the same name.
It is worth mentioning that all the athletes nominated for the Best Newcomer this year are under the age of 20. The oldest among them, Phelps, will not turn 20 until next month.
Judging from the nominations for Best Newcomer, Phelps is undoubtedly the first favorite, followed by Zhang Guan and Sharapova. As for several other young athletes, they are not as successful in terms of achievements or fame in the sports field. Compared with these three people.
But Zhang Guan knew that Sharapova was unlikely to win the Best Newcomer Award, because this time Federer defeated a series of strong players such as Schumacher and Armstrong and became the Best Male Athlete. Balancing the interests of each major event, it is unlikely that another tennis player will be selected to win the best newcomer.
But track and field events are different. Track and field is a major event, which is divided into many small events. Obtaining eye-catching achievements in each small event is enough to be nominated. The same is true for swimming events, so the first Lawrence It is possible that multiple track and field award-winning athletes or multiple swimmers will win the award.
"Phelps! It's still Phelps! With him here, it will be difficult for me to win the Newcomer Award! Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore, go to sleep!" Zhang Guan changed to a more comfortable position and prepared to fall asleep.
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In the Lawrence Prize Awards Committee, the award committee members were also having heated discussions.
"Schumi (Schumacher) once again dominated the F1 field last year. He won 13 times throughout the season. I think he is very suitable to be the best male athlete."
"No, no, no, Schumacher won the Best Male Athlete award last year and the year before last. I think this award should be given to Armstrong. It is said that he will retire after this year's Tour de France."
"The best male athlete the year before last was Armstrong! I think there should be some new faces in this award, such as Federer! Federer won a total of 11 championships last year, including three Grand Slams."
Everyone expressed their opinions, and after a vote, Federer was named the best male athlete.
Then in the voting for the women's event, the favorite Isinbayeva lost to the British Holmes, mainly because Isinbayeva is Russian.
Immediately following the voting for the best sports team of the year, the Italian men's football team won the favor of the awards committee, defeating powerful opponents such as the Argentine men's football team, Portugal's Porto Football Club, and Italy's Scuderia Ferrari. The Iraqi football team, which was touted to be the most representative of sportsmanship in the Olympics, was not even nominated.
Obviously, these award committee members are not so fair. Under the same conditions, they are more willing to choose athletes from developed countries in Western Europe. Moreover, the public relations behind the nominees will also play a big role at this moment. Like the Iraqi football team, which played so tenaciously in the Olympics, because no one was behind it to publicize it, they couldn't even be nominated.
Next, everyone started to express their opinions on the Best Newcomer Award.
"Since Federer is already the best male athlete, I think there is no need to give Sharapova the Best Newcomer Award, and she is also Russian, although she grew up in the United States."
Although the Cold War has ended for more than ten years, Western European countries are generally still hostile to Russia. In sports, Western Europe has been suppressed by the former Soviet Union for so many years. Now that it is finally no longer afraid of Russia, naturally it does not want to choose a Russian athletes.
"So what about China's Zhang Guan? He is the first Chinese and Asian to win the track and field sprint championship, and the first Asian to break the world record in track and field sprint. Last year he broke the 100-meter dash twice. This year, he won seven indoor championships in Europe and broke the indoor 60-meter world record twice. This kind of achievement must be placed in the award of the best male athlete, and no one will doubt it. And his popularity in Europe is still very high.”
"If that's the case, wouldn't Phelps be more suitable? Phelps won six gold medals at the Athens Olympics, and he also set five world records. His achievements are more dazzling than Zhang Guan's , and he’s a world-class star.”
"Track and field events obviously attract more attention than swimming events. Moreover, a doping scandal just broke out in the United States recently, and more than a dozen big stars have been involved in the case. This makes me still a little confused about Phelps."
All the award committee members fell silent. A series of doping scandals had just broken out. Many big names were involved in this scandal, and the projects involved were extremely wide. Although Phelps has not been exposed to using illegal drugs, everyone here knows what American virtues are. At the same time, think about Phelps's usual image of not being a good boy. Not to mention that Phelps himself is a little prince of nightclubs. He was arrested twice for drunk driving after the Olympics last year. If such a person uses illegal drugs, everyone will really Unconsciously strange.
The higher the level of awards, the more you care about your authority. If it were a small award, they would be eager to have some topics to hype themselves up, but for an award of Lawrence's level, they are obviously not willing to accept any scandal.
Many of the winners of the Academy Awards are involved in scandals, and there are also various chaos in the Hollywood circle, but this does not affect the authority of the Oscars. Even if an actor kills someone, his acting skills are still at the level of an actor. Yes, personal acting skills cannot be faked.
But the Laureus Sports Awards are different, especially when it comes to issues involving banned drugs. If a Laureus winner is revealed to have used banned drugs, it means that his achievements are also fake. Selecting an athlete with fraudulent performance as a winner will obviously directly affect the authority of the Laureus Sports Awards, and authority is precisely the basis for the survival of the Laureus Awards. This is just like if a Nobel Prize winner's winning research is found to have been plagiarized from someone else's, the authority of the entire Nobel Prize will be questioned.
So far, Phelps has not been implicated in this doping scandal, but what about in the future? Will the doping scandal continue to be investigated? One after another, big-name athletes have been found to be using illegal drugs, and no one knows whether the next person to be found out will be Phelps. What's more, doping is even a tradition for Americans.
Although the members of the awards committee have received various public relations, their attitude on this matter is still very clear. Compared with Phelps, choosing Zhang Guan, who has no negative news, will have a negative impact on the entire Lawrence Sports. It is obviously safer for the prize.
In the end, according to the voting results, Phelps did not get a single vote, but Zhang Guan was recognized by the judges.
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Hotel suite.
"How about I wear this dress to attend the Lawrence Awards Ceremony?" Sharapova turned around in front of Zhang Guanshen in the dress.
This is a khaki sleeveless dress with no collar, but a semi-arc neckline just below the collarbone. The shoulders look a bit tight, and there is a waist design in the middle. Under the dress, The pleated skirt reached just above the knees, showing off her smooth calves.
But Zhang Guanzong felt that Sharapova looked a bit strong in this outfit.
"You look stunning, my dear." Zhang Guan suddenly became sweet-talking. Sure enough, Sharapova felt very happy after hearing this.
"By the way, are we going to enter the court together tomorrow?" Sharapova asked.
"Okay, I don't have any problem. But will you have any trouble over there..." Zhang Guan said hesitantly.
"It's okay with me. The media won't think too much about public events." Sharapova sat next to Zhang Guan, leaned into his arms, and continued: "If you win an award, the trophy will belong to me. !”
"What if you win a prize? The trophy..." Zhang Guan asked with a smile.
"The trophy is still mine!" Sharapova leaned up, and the two of them were tired of being together again.
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