Almighty Athlete

Chapter 183: Mass withdrawal

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Zhang Guan was lying on the bed, holding his mobile phone and talking to Sharapova about his lovesickness.

Continuous training and competition have meant that Zhang Guan and Sharapova have not seen each other for several months, and the two can only contact each other through mobile phones.

"The 800 meters and 1500 meters should be considered middle-distance races! Can you win the championship?" Sharapova asked.

"You know, the level of middle distance running in our country is not very good. It is far from the top in the world!" Zhang Guan continued: "I haven't congratulated you yet. You won the championship in the Araku Classic." .”

"It's the Akula Classic." Sharapova corrected: "What are your plans for the next match?"

"The Zurich Tournament of the Golden League is about to begin. I have to go to Switzerland. Next, there will be Brussels and Berlin tournaments in the Golden League. My tournament will not end until September 3rd." Zhang Guan asked in turn: " how about you?"

"I will continue to stay in the United States. The US Open is about to start. I have to prepare." Sharapova thought for a while and asked: "After the Golden League Berlin game, do you have time? Can you come to the United States? ?”

"Two weeks after the competition in Berlin, there will be an Athletics World Cup. I should have some free time in these two weeks. How about I go to the United States to find you?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Really! That's great!" Sharapova's voice seemed very happy: "Then it's settled, I'll wait for you in New York!"

"I will definitely be there! I want to witness my dear Martha win the US Open with my own eyes!" Zhang Guan said with a smile.

"Tiantan reported another big scandal, female trapeze artist Jones tested positive for A bottle":

According to the Washington Post, American female trapeze artist Jones failed a drug test at the U.S. National Track and Field World Championships in Indianapolis and tested positive for bottle A...

"Jones announced his withdrawal from the IAAF Golden League Zurich competition":

The American female flying star Marion Jones, who just made a comeback not long ago, announced that she would withdraw from the Zurich competition of the IAAF Golden League due to "personal reasons". It is reported that at the recent US National Track and Field Championships, Jones failed a drug test, but whether Jones The case of doping cannot yet be finalized because the B bottle sample has not yet been tested, and Flying Jones also said that he will do his best to prove his innocence.

"Richards announced his withdrawal from the IAAF Golden League Zurich competition":

According to reports, American female athlete Saya Richards announced today that she would withdraw from the Zurich competition of the IAAF Golden League due to the recurrence of an old ankle injury. Richards had failed to compete in the previous IAAF Golden League. If you win all three races, you are very likely to win the final gold award. However, some media pointed out that the real reason for Richards' withdrawal is because the IAAF is about to start establishing a "biological passport" for athletes at the Zurich Golden League...

"Ethiopian long-distance runner: Biometric passport is unfair to Ethiopian athletes":

Kenenisa Bekele, the men's 10,000-meter gold medalist at the Athens Olympics, said in a recent interview with the media that the IAAF's establishment of a "biological passport" for athletes to monitor long-term blood traits is a new way for Ethiopian athletes. It is very unfair, because athletes’ altitude training will also affect the monitoring of blood traits and may be mistaken for doping. Ethiopia is known as the “Roof of Africa” and its territory is dominated by mountainous plateaus. Athletes have long Time for altitude training, so the new "biological special passport" is very detrimental to Ethiopian athletes...

"Famous women's long-distance runner Dibaba withdraws from the IAAF Zurich competition due to a strained leg muscle":

Women's long-distance runner Dibaba announced that she had to give up the Zurich leg of the IAAF Golden League due to a calf muscle strain. It is reported that Dibaba will be out for two weeks, but she said she will not miss the upcoming Brussels leg of the Golden League. Contest.

As soon as the news spread that the Zurich Golden League Station would establish special biological passports for athletes, in the next week, more than a dozen players withdrew from the Zurich Golden League Station for various reasons, including Bekele. Top athletes have spoken out and expressed that they do not support the establishment of special biological passports.

Since the doping scandal broke out in the United States last year, it is no secret that athletes have used frequent blood transfusions and infusions of trace amounts of human erythropoietin to increase red blood cell counts to evade urine tests. This method tends to be temporary. After a period of stoppage, the body It will naturally return to normal levels, so those athletes who find reasons to withdraw from the competition, as long as they need to wait for a while, maybe their bodies will return to normal levels by the next Golden League Brussels station.

However, at this time, some media also had some eye-catching special reports.

"Golden League Zurich: Many top players have withdrawn. Will Zhang Guan be the next one to withdraw?" 》

This is a report from the British media. It first introduced the situation that international track and field is about to establish biological special passports for athletes, and then it is said that many well-known athletes have withdrawn from the Zurich Station of the IAAF Golden League. Then it is pointed out in a subtle way that athletes The withdrawal was related to the long-term blood trait monitoring of the biological special passport. Finally, it began to predict which athletes would retire next. Among them, Zhang Guan was emphatically predicted to be the next one to announce his retirement.

After the release of this report, it actually attracted a lot of attention. It is said that there are many famous people, but Zhang Guan is currently the most popular track and field athlete in the world. As long as some news can have the word "Zhang Guan" in the title, even if It’s just a headline, but many people will watch it.

Zhang Guan's hacking is not something that happens in a day or two. Ever since he won the Olympics, "Zhang Guan's hacking" has always existed, especially with so many media outlets questioning Zhang Guan's stance. At the beginning, the "Zhang Guanhei" people started to keep saying that Zhang Guan was just a flash in the pan, and predicted that Zhang Guan would lose the game soon. However, since Zhang Guan must win every game and broke the world record many times, the talk of losing the game became It's a joke, so these "Zhang Guanhei" people began to take up the doping issue as their main means of attacking Zhang Guan.

However, the next day, the Athletics Management Center announced that Zhang Guan and Liu Feiren were about to participate in the Zurich Station of the IAAF Golden League.

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The young Bolt looked excited because he had just won the 200-meter dash test event, which qualified him for the Athletics World Cup in the middle of next month. What made him even more excited was that he would have the opportunity to compete with Zhang Guan. sports.

Another teenager from the Jamaican team, John Blake Xing, hurried over, handed a newspaper to Bolt, and said: "Usain, Zhang Guan has arrived in Zurich, Switzerland, and he has not withdrawn from the competition. !”

"I've said it before, Zhang Guan will definitely not retire!" Bolt curled his lips: "It's just a temporary blood test. How could Zhang Guan be afraid of this."

"It's not as simple as a temporary blood test, but a biological special passport!" Blake corrected: "The biological special passport is a process of continuous monitoring of athletes. Each blood trait monitoring result will be included in the biological special passport. If If an athlete has used doping, it can be easily detected."

"Strong athletes don't bother to do such dirty things. You see, our Asafa is also continuing to participate in the Track and Field Golden League! There is also Varina from the United States. It is said that he is ready to challenge Zhang Guan again. Ready." Bolt waved his hand.

Blake continued: "I really admire Varina. He has lost to Zhang Guan three times in a row. I didn't expect that he is still so high-spirited!"

"That's because the gap between Varina and Zhang Guan is not big. In the last game, the difference between the two was only 0.05 seconds, which is easy to make up for in the 400-meter race." Bolt continued: "In the three games, the two people's scores have continued to improve from 44 seconds to 43.5 seconds now. Maybe the two of them will be faster in the future. There are still three games in the Golden League, maybe one of them It will break the 400-meter world record!”

"Breaking the 400-meter world record? This is definitely impossible!" Blake shook his head. The 400-meter world record is too difficult. It is simply an inhuman result!

The withdrawal of many big-name players with bounties made the Zurich Station of the Golden League less exciting than the first three stations. However, the month-long break between the Rome Station and the Zurich Station also prevented some athletes from competing in the first time. Find match status, which includes Varina.

In the men's 400-meter race, Varina's score was 44.20 seconds, which is said to be a very good result, but it was slightly worse than Varina's in the previous two races.

Zhang Guan also had reservations. He relaxed his pace at the end of the game and scored 43.80 seconds.

In the 100-meter dash, Montgomery and Crawford withdrew from the Zurich competition on the pretext of participating in domestic competitions in the United States. However, Powell performed very well and ran a good time of 9.77 seconds, but still ended up with 0. He lost to Zhang Guan by a gap of 04 seconds. The third place was American Tyson Gay.

In the 110-meter hurdles, Liu Feiren also won a championship. The second place was American veteran Alan Johnson, and the third place was Cuban teenager Robles.

After the Zurich Golden League, only Zhang Guan remains undefeated in four events, while four athletes have won three out of four events, including Richards in the women's 400 meters and Di in the women's 5,000 meters. Baba, Bekele in the men's 5,000 meters and Saladino in the men's long jump.

After the Zurich match of the Golden League, Zhang Guan did not return to China. Instead, he rushed to Belgium to prepare for the upcoming Brussels match of the Golden League.

This will be a very special Golden League.

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