On the track, the men's 800-meter final is about to begin.
In the stands, some spectators had already put up the slogan "Eighth Gold Medal".
In the athlete preparation area, a competitor looked at the track in front of him with a solemn expression, but he was fighting a fierce battle in his heart.
"The revelation of Ramz's doping is really bad time. It is said that the IAAF and the International Anti-Doping Organization have sent people over, and the next doping testing will be more stringent. So what should I do? What should I do?" Do you want to continue to compete for medals?" The athlete thought silently.
Not every athlete will participate in doping testing, but doping testing is more stringent each time. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, a total of about 3,600 doping tests were conducted, and in 2008 In 2016, the number of doping tests reached 4,500. According to the 2008 doping testing rules, the top five players in all sports must participate in doping testing. In addition, other players will also be subject to random spot checks. In addition, not all tests were urine tests. Among the 4,500 tests, about 900 were blood tests.
Ramzi is definitely not the only athlete who uses doping. Track and field, in particular, has always been a big user of doping. In addition to individuals, doping by national groups also occurs. Under the current doping testing rules, as long as you can't finish in the top five, you can avoid doping testing.
Some athletes use doping based on a sense of luck. They think they can't be found out before using doping. The Ramzi incident has made doping testing more stringent, which also dispelled many people's sense of luck. They must make a choice between performance and career.
This choice is very difficult. An athlete comes to participate in the Olympics, of course, to achieve good results. The Olympics, held every four years, is extremely important to any athlete. The golden age of athletes is only a few years, and some people can only participate in the Olympics once in their lifetime. Of course, they are not willing to give up an opportunity to win a medal.
However, those athletes who have used doping must choose to give up now in order to save their future careers. If they directly abandon the game, it may arouse the suspicion of others. Instead, it is better to deliberately run a relatively backward position in the game. , and then evaded doping tests.
So since the Ramzi incident, some athletes have withdrawn from the competition for Olympic medals in disguise.
Of course, truly capable athletes will disdain to use some despicable means to win the game, and there will be no shortage of capable athletes in the upcoming 800-meter final.
Bahrain's Kamel won the 800m bronze medal at the Athens Olympics four years ago and won the 800m championship at the Track and Field World Cup two years ago. He is the Bahrain team's first hit after Ramzi. Another big hope for the first gold medal since.
At the Asian Games two years ago, Carmel had a contest with Zhang Guan. In the end, Zhang Guan broke the Asian record, while Carmel could only finish second. The two met again in the competition today, and Ramzi's Olympic silver medal was canceled due to doping, so Kamel obviously hopes to complete Ramzi's unfinished business and win a gold medal for the Bahrain team.
Kenyan player Korwa is considered to be the most powerful athlete in the competition. He was the world champion in the 800-meter middle distance race at last year's World Championships. He is the second world champion athlete after Carmel. There is also good news for him. He is that two Kenyan athletes have entered the 800-meter finals, and they can carry out some tactical cooperation during the game.
Another Kenyan player, Bongai, is not the favorite to win the championship. But in fact, the current 800-meter middle-distance running in the world is an era where all heroes come together. Former world champions are not even guaranteed to win a medal, such as Sudanese athlete Ismail, Cuban athlete Lopez, Canadian player Reed is also very capable.
Zhang Guan is obviously the most watched competitor. It is known to the whole world that he will win the eighth gold medal. Among his five events from 100 meters to 1500 meters, only the 800 meters is still alive. No new world record was set.
Even if Zhang Guan wins the 800-meter Olympic gold medal, if he fails to break the world record, it will be intolerable to some obsessive-compulsive viewers. But Zhang Guan, as the 400m and 1500m world record holder, is obviously the most promising person to break the 800m world record.
However, Zhang Guan knows that whether he can break the world record does not depend on himself, but on how fast other players can run. This is the biggest shortcoming of the "following running" skill. At this time, Zhang Guan couldn't help but think back to the 1,500-meter race. If Ramz hadn't led like crazy at the beginning of the race, he might not have had the chance to break the 1,500-meter world record.
"I hope there will be a desperate Saburo leading the way in the 800-meter race!" Zhang Guan thought silently.
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Although there are no American athletes participating in this 800-meter final, many American viewers are also paying attention to this game. Once Zhang Guan wins the gold medal, he will tie Phelps for eight in the first Olympic Games. A gold medal result. In the men's basketball semifinals that just ended not long ago, the Chinese team has advanced to the finals, so Zhang Guan will definitely win a silver medal, 8 golds and 1 silver. Zhang Guan will also surpass Phelps in the total number of medals.
The American audience obviously does not want Zhang Guan to surpass Phelps, but the Chinese audience is looking forward to this gold medal with great hope.
In the stands, a group of spectators had spontaneously made a sign saying "The Greatest Athlete in History", waiting to lift it up when Zhang Guan won the gold medal. The sponsors were gearing up, and many sponsors were already ready. Okay, new version of advertising.
In this atmosphere, Zhang Guan walked onto the field, but beside him, there were several pairs of eyes staring at him.
Carmel, Corva, Bonguey, Ismael... These people are all the best 800-meter athletes in the world. They are all here for the championship. At this point, of course they cannot choose to give up. It was impossible for them to let Zhang Guan win the championship as he wished, or in other words, each of them hoped to snipe Zhang Guan.
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Bangay walked to Carmel and asked: "Carmel, have you considered it? Ismail has decided to join, now it's up to you! You, me, Korva, Coupled with Ismail, the four of us teamed up to attack Zhang Guan! After Zhang Guan is eliminated from the championship team, we will compete again."
Bangayi speaks Swahili, which is a widely spoken language in Africa and the most widely spoken language in Africa. In Africa, Swahili is sometimes even more useful than English. .
Bangayi is a Kenyan, and Swahili is one of the official languages of Kenya. Camel is a player from Kenya who was naturalized in Bahrain. Of course he can also speak Swahili, and the Sudanese player is Smail can also speak Swahili, because Sudan is a country bordering Kenya, and in that area, people in countries such as Congo, Uganda, and South Korea speak Swahili. language.
With seven gold medals and world records in six events, Zhang Guan's good competitive form made every contestant feel scared. They even realized that there was no way they could defeat Zhang Guan with just one of them.
Fortunately, the 800 meters is a parallel event, so they can cooperate. Several people form an alliance and can use more tactics during the competition.
So two Kenyan athletes took the lead. They contacted Sudanese player Ismail and Carmel, who is originally from Kenya. They wanted to form an alliance, an alliance to snipe Zhang Guan.
Bongay spoke Swahili, so he obviously didn't have to worry about being overheard by other players, let alone being overheard by Zhang Guan, who wouldn't understand even if he heard it. But at this time, Carmel was still a little hesitant. After all, he was a world champion athlete, and he had his own pride. He was unwilling to let him cooperate with several other players and use tactics to snipe Zhang Guan.
"Carmel, think about Ramz! He ran so fast, he even surpassed Queroy, but he was still no match for Zhang Guan! And that poor Bolt from Jamaica, both times It was a world record-breaking result, but I met Zhang Guan both times," Bangayi said.
Carmel suddenly woke up first. He knew that he did not have much dominance in the 800 meters. He was far inferior to Ramz in the 1,500 meters, let alone Bolt in the 100 meters and 200 meters.
Carmel couldn't help but think of two years ago, at the Doha Asian Games, in front of many West Asian spectators, he was surpassed by Zhang Guan. At that time, his heart was full of powerlessness, he was helpless, he was depressed, he felt Endless despair, that feeling, he still tastes the pain when he thinks about it today.
He didn't want to experience that kind of failure again.
Carmel woke up and knew that now was not the time to show his pride as a world champion. He had to let go of his pride. What he needed was victory, and if he wanted to win, he had to overcome Zhang Guan!
"Okay, I promise you! This time, I won't fail again." Carmel finally said.
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