Historically, Ramzi won the first ever Olympic gold medal for Bahrain, but in the following year Ramzi was tested for doping. Subsequently, the International Olympic Organizing Committee tested the sealed Olympic B bottle specimens, and the results were positive. Positive, which shows that Ramzi did use doping during the 2008 Olympics, and Ramzi was suspended for two years.
Now, Ramzi has embarked on this old path again. In order to improve his performance, he does not hesitate to use doping.
When athletes use doping, coaches are definitely involved. Sometimes it is the coach who encourages athletes to use doping.
Ramz's new coach is an American. Coincidentally, this coach was also involved in the doping scandal of the American "Balco Laboratory". This scandal ruined the events such as the female flying star Jones, the then World record holder Montgomery and others, so this coach is also familiar with doping and knows many ways to avoid urine tests.
Ramz used an erythropoietin-stimulating stimulant, which was the third generation product of erythropoietin EPO and the most advanced stimulant at the time. This stimulant is a hormone that can increase the number of red blood cells in human blood, increase blood oxygen content, and is used to maintain and promote normal red blood cell metabolism. The use of this stimulant can improve athletes' performance and improve their endurance.
This stimulant is actually a glycoprotein hormone, and this hormone is originally present in the human body. Therefore, as long as the dosage of the hormone is controlled within a certain range, post-match urine tests can be avoided. Of course, if the dosage is relatively large, it will definitely be detected.
Although Ramz had been using this stimulant before, he controlled the dosage very well. He even specially invited an American testing agency to conduct testing, and the results showed that there were no problems. But in today's game, Zhang Guan's performance put Ramzi under tremendous pressure, so he decided to increase his use of stimulants.
In this coach's mind, he does not support Ramz's continued increase in the dosage of stimulants. According to the coach's experience, if the dosage of stimulants is increased, it is very likely that he will fail the urine test after the game.
But after the coach thought about it, what Ramzi said made sense. Bahrain has never won an Olympic gold medal. At present, Ramzi is the only possibility for the Bahrain team to win the gold medal. If Ramzi wins the championship, , he will also receive generous rewards from Bahrain as a coach. And if Ramz cannot win the championship, perhaps his coaching career in Bahrain will come to an end.
As an American coach, he gave up his life in the United States and traveled all the way to Bahrain in the Middle East, enduring the heat and drought, all for the sake of money. Ramz's suggestion can obviously bring huge economic benefits to the coach.
"How about I take a gamble and win the Olympics first and then transfer a lot of money. Anyway, I am an American and cannot stay in Bahrain forever. Maybe Ramzi will be found out in the future, but maybe by then I will have already Back to the United States!" The coach thought of this, nodded silently, and said, "Okay, since you have decided, I support you in doing so."
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Zhang Guaneng successfully advanced to the finals of the men's 1,500-meter middle distance race, which is what everyone expected. After the game ended, Zhang Guan's game for the day was considered over. The next day, Zhang Guan will face the most difficult day of the schedule.
At nine o'clock in the morning on August 18, Zhang Guan will participate in the preliminaries of the men's 400-meter dash; an hour later at 10 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Guan will participate in the preliminaries of the men's 200-meter dash, followed by the qualifying round of the men's triple jump. ; In the afternoon, the men's basketball team will face the Greek team, the last opponent in the group stage; at 8 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Guan will participate in the men's 200-meter dash rematch, and after the rematch, Zhang Guan will also participate in the men's long jump finals . In other words, Zhang Guan will face five competitions in one day.
Fortunately, there are no middle-distance running events scheduled on this day, so the physical exertion will not be very great, and most of the track and field events are preliminaries and semi-finals, so the competition pressure will be much less. As for the last event, it is the long jump final. In basketball, since both the Chinese team and the Greek team have successfully qualified for the group stage and advanced to the quarterfinals, the role of this game is mainly to determine the ranking of the group, and it will not be very intense.
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On August 18, Zhang Guan came to the Bird's Nest early in the morning to prepare for today's game.
The preliminaries of the men's 400-meter dash were the first event in the Bird's Nest today. A total of 56 runners signed up to participate, so the preliminaries were divided into seven groups.
The promotion rules for the men's 400-meter dash are that the top three in each group directly advance to the semi-finals. In addition, the three best athletes can also advance, so a total of 24 athletes can qualify.
Ordinarily, a superstar-level athlete like Zhang Guan, who competes locally, would usually be arranged to appear in the last group of the finale. However, considering that Zhang Guan would participate in the 200-meter preliminaries an hour later, the organizers deliberately placed Zhang Guan Arranged to appear in the third group.
This is a great group for Zhang Guan. After the first and second group competitions, the relevant equipment is already in operation and the personnel are in place. At least the hardware will not cause trouble to the athletes.
As for the contestants, except for Zhang Guan, there is no well-known player in the third group. Except for Zhang Guan, this group is definitely the weakest among the seven groups. It can be said that Zhang Guan has taken up one of the home games. It’s cheap, and it seems like there’s no pressure to advance to the semi-finals.
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As soon as Zhang Guang walked to the athlete preparation area, he saw Varina coming up to him with a smile on his face. Behind him were two American athletes, Merritt and Neville. These three people were also sent by the Americans in the 400-meter sprint event. trio.
In Zhang Guan's memory, there were seven times in the 2008 Olympic Games when one country won the first, second and third place at the same time. That is to say, three identical national flags were raised at the same time during the award ceremony. These are three American players who won the first, second and third place at the same time in the women's individual saber event; the Jamaican team won the first, second and third place at the same time in the women's 100-meter dash; the Russian players won the first, second and third place at the same time in the women's tennis singles; and the men's 400 meter dash also won the first, second and third place. The American team won the first, second and third place in the meter hurdles at the same time, the American team in the men's 400 meters won the first, second and third place at the same time, the Chinese team won the first, second and third place in the women's table tennis singles and the men's table tennis singles won the first, second and third place at the same time. .
So without Zhang Guan, the trio of Varina, Merritt and Neville of the US team would have been the top three in the 400-meter dash. And they will also add another gold medal to the American team in the 4x400m event.
"It's indeed spectacular to have three identical national flags raised at the same time, but this time with me here, you won't be able to hear "The Starry Flag" at the award ceremony for the 400-meter dash!" Zhang Guan thought as he He greeted him with a smile.
Note: "The Starry Banner" is the national anthem of the United States.
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