On July 5, the IAAF Super Grand Prix Lausanne was held in Lausanne, Switzerland.
In the restaurant, Liu Feiren was holding a large plate of food and kept stuffing it into his mouth. He was obviously in a good mood at the moment, as if he had overcome the shadow of his failure to win the Golden League Paris Station.
Lausanne can be said to be Liu Feiren's blessed place. Three years ago, Liu Feiren broke the world youth record and Asian record in the 110-meter hurdles in Lausanne.
"Lausanne is a good place for you! You probably broke the Asian record for the first time here!" Zhang Guan said with a smile on his face.
"Yeah, it's been three years in the blink of an eye. Time flies so fast." Liu Feiren said vaguely, his mouth full of food.
Zhang Guan knew that next year, at the Lausanne station of the IAAF Grand Prix, Liu Feiren would break the world record in 12.88 seconds. Therefore, Lausanne is indeed a blessed place for Liu Feiren.
"Have you eaten so little today?" Liu Feiren looked at the plate in front of Zhang Guan.
"I don't seem very hungry today." Zhang Guan replied, but he was thinking about having dinner with Sharapova for a while.
Sharapova arrived in Lausanne earlier than Zhang Guan, and now she is waiting for Zhang Guan in the hotel.
Liu Feiren didn't think much about it. He thought that the Swiss dishes did not suit Zhang Guan's taste, and then quietly said: "I still have two packs of instant noodles there. Can I give them to you?"
"Have you eaten three bags?" Zhang Guan suddenly laughed, and then said: "I still have one bag that I haven't eaten. If you finish eating, I will help you when the time comes."
"You didn't eat even one packet!" Liu Feiren said slightly surprised: "I didn't even dare to eat it. I soaked one packet when I was really hungry. If you really don't eat, give it to me later."
Considering that there may be problems with European eating habits, the training base specially prepared a few packs of instant noodles for everyone, all of which were fried by the base chefs themselves. However, Zhang Guan goes on dates with Sharapova almost every day, so he has no chance to eat instant noodles at all.
Powell did not participate in the Lausanne International Super Grand Prix this time, mainly because the schedule was too tight.
The first stop of the Golden League is July 1st, while the second stop, Rome, is held on July 8th. Athletes also need to attend a pre-game press conference and adapt to the venue, so they must arrive two days in advance. Rome. The super grand prize of Lausanne Station happens to be held on July 5th, which means that if you participate in the Lausanne Station competition, you must rush to Rome immediately after the game to participate in the second stop of the Golden League. In addition to the previous In the Paris Golden League, athletes compete three times a week, and the competition intensity is quite high. Therefore, many big-name athletes chose to give up the Lausanne game and go directly to Rome to prepare for the second stop of the Golden League.
The Lausanne station was indeed a blessing for Liu Feiren. He ran better than the first stop of the Golden League and successfully won the 110-meter hurdles championship in 13.05 seconds. However, Liu Feiren's main competitor retired midway through the race.
At the same time, in the 100-meter dash competition, Zhang Guan, who was equipped with running shoes, also easily won the championship in the 100-meter dash with a time of 9.92 seconds. Zhang Guan also experienced the effect of running shoes for the first time.
After the Lausanne station and participating in various activities organized by the organizer, the group went to the airport that evening and boarded a plane to fly to Rome.
However, the plane encountered a delay on the way. The flight that was originally supposed to take off at 7pm did not leave Lausanne until 8:30pm, and then flew for another hour. It was already 10pm when we arrived at Rome Airport. And since many contestants from various countries participating in Lausanne also took the same flight, rushing to the hotel became a big problem after arriving in Rome. The vehicle sent by the organizer to borrow the opportunity turned out to be an Iveco, which can seat ten people. It's already pretty good. Add in the luggage, and the athletes inside are like sardines in a can.
"No, I won't sit here anymore, let's take a taxi!" Zhang Guan's height didn't want to squeeze into this small car.
Director Yu and Coach Sun glared at Zhang Guan at the same time, obviously telling him that money was tight for the competition, so he could save it if he could. They sent a car to pick him up, so why spend the unjust money.
Zhang Guan understood immediately and continued: "Take a taxi, I'll pay for it!"
"Haha, we forgot, the person standing in front of us is a billionaire!" Director Yu was obviously talking about the fact that Zhang Guan made a lot of money at last year's Olympics.
"That's right, we're not short of money!" Zhang Guan said as he walked towards the taxi stop.
The hotel booked by the organizer has a very grand name, Royal Hotel Rome. However, when Zhang Guan and his party arrived at the hotel, they were told that the room was full. So they had no choice but to contact the organizer. After a lot of effort, the organizer contacted another nearby hotel.
When Zhang Guan arrived at the hotel, it was already past twelve o'clock. Everyone was still hungry at this time, but he was told by the hotel that catering services were no longer available at this time. If he wanted to eat, he would have to go back to the Royal Palace. hotel.
Zhang Guan was really angry this time. He had been struggling for seven or eight hours in a row and was still hungry. This was absolutely intolerable.
Zhang Guan ran to the corner, picked up the phone, and dialed Sharapova's number.
"My dear, I have been waiting for you all night. I also called the airport to confirm. I heard that your plane was delayed. Are you here now?" Sharapova's voice was a little lazy, as if she was a little sleepy.
"Martha, we have arrived, but we encountered some problems. The hotel is full, and there is still nothing to eat. Please help me see if there are any rooms where you live? The best thing is, there is food." Zhang Guan He spoke.
"Okay! I'll call you later." Sharapova hung up the phone. A few minutes later, she called back and told Zhang Guan that she had booked a room and asked the hotel to prepare food.
Zhang Guan immediately walked up to everyone and said, "Come on, let's change to a hotel. I've already found someone to book a place, and there's food! Don't worry about the cost, we're not short of money!"
"So you were hiding in the corner and were booking a hotel? When did you become so powerful and have your overseas connections in Rome?" Coach Sun said as he picked up his luggage and prepared to follow Zhang Guan. After all, he was tired after a whole day. God, he also wanted to find a place to eat something quickly and then have a good sleep.
"Haha, just follow the rich man." Zhang Guan patted his chest and led everyone out and into a taxi.
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"This place looks more upscale than that Royal Hotel!" Liu Feiren said as he looked at the decoration in the hotel lobby.
Zhang Guan smiled and said nothing. Firstly, it is impossible for Sharapova to stay in a bad hotel, and secondly, the Golden League is about to start. At this time, only expensive high-end hotels have rooms, and generally cheaper hotels are fully booked.
There is a reason for the high prices of high-end hotels. For example, even after one o'clock in the morning, the restaurant will still provide food, and there are chefs on duty 24 hours a day. Although the food at night is not as complete as during the day, it is already very good for hungry people. Perfect enjoyment.
By the time we finished eating and washed up, it was already three o'clock in the morning, so everyone almost fell asleep.
The next day, Zhang Guan didn't get up until noon, and everyone else was about the same, so they had lunch directly. After lunch, Zhang Guan and Liu Feiren took a bus to the training venue arranged by the organizer for adaptive training.
But what they didn't expect was that the venue arranged by Rome was not suitable for training at all. Everyone originally thought that a separate stadium would be arranged, but they did not expect that it would be an open stadium. Many Roman citizens came here to exercise. Physically, the middle field even had two amateur football teams competing.
"What kind of training ground is this! It's just a mass activity center. If this were to be done in China, it could organize dozens of teams of square dances!" Zhang Guan complained in his heart. He felt that it was obviously impossible to conduct training in this situation. .
However, Liu Feiren had to work harder. Even though he was surrounded by ordinary citizens, Liu Feiren still conducted restorative training for more than two hours.
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In the evening, in front of the balcony of the hotel suite, Sharapova handed a glass of water to Zhang Guan. She picked up half a glass of red wine, took a sip, then swayed the glass in front of her eyes, and then said: "It's really It’s a pity that you can’t enjoy this delicious red wine.”
"No way, there is a competition tomorrow! Don't eat randomly." Zhang Guan stretched out his arms, and Sharapova sat in Zhang Guan's arms and leaned against him.
"After your game is over tomorrow, I will go back." Sharapova gently stroked Zhang Guan's chest, and then said: "I need to start training. There will be several major competitions next, including the Bank of the West Classic, The Akula Classic, the Los Angeles Open, the Toronto Open and then the U.S. Open.”
Zhang Guan nodded. July and August before the US Open were the peak period for various tennis competitions in the United States, and American sports were highly commercialized. Many large consortiums were willing to spend money to sponsor tennis competitions, so the US Open was held in Tennis tournaments have higher prize money than tennis tournaments in Europe. For example, the total prize money of the Bank of the West Classic is US$585,000, while the Budapest Classic held in Hungary on the same day has a total prize money of only US$140,000. This number is also a normal prize amount in Europe. On the contrary, in North America, the total prize money of the Acura Classic is US$1.3 million; the Los Angeles Open, the total prize money is US$585,000; the Toronto Open, the total prize money is US$1.3 million; and the US New Haven Open, the total prize money is US$585,000. In competitions held in North America, the amount of US$585,000 has become the minimum guarantee, while many competitions in Europe only have a total prize of hundreds of thousands, so many big-name European players,
In sports, sometimes throwing money at it really works!
"Then when are you going to leave?" Zhang Guan then asked.
"The plane will fly to New York the day after tomorrow morning." Sharapova said.
"Then we have to cherish our time?" Zhang Guan picked up Sharapova.
The wine glass rolled on the ground, and the red wine flowing out spread on the white floor. It was as bright as blood, but it reflected the figures of the lovers entangled next to them.
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