Sean Crawford walked off the field in despair. To this day, he still can't understand why he couldn't outrun a yellow man.
"Sean, you lost to a Chinese! What a shame! Don't forget that you are an American, how could you lose to a thin Chinese?" A voice that made Sean Williams very annoying sounded. , the person who spoke was none other than Morris Green.
If you were to say who is the number one flyer in the world today, 80% of people would say it is Maurice Green.
Maurice Green has absolute strength. He once broke the world record for the 100-meter dash in 1999 and raised the world record to 9.79 seconds. This was the first human world record for the 100-meter dash within 9.8 seconds. At that time, many experts said that the human limit was 9.8 seconds, because Morris Green's previous world record was 9.84 seconds.
Morris Green has rich competition experience. Since 1997, Morris Green has won dozens of world championships. The most valuable one is the 100-meter world championship in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In other words, Morris Green is Participating as the defending champion.
Morris Green still has enough talent. He was in a car accident while driving a motorcycle in 2002, resulting in a broken leg. This can be said to be a fatal injury for a sprinter, but Morris Green After recovering, I changed some technical habits and returned to the peak of the 100-meter dash. You must know that it is not easy for such top athletes to change their habits, and athletes will not lack effort. Maurice Green's ability to do this fully reflects his amazing sprinting talent.
If you only look at the above three points, then Morris Green can be regarded as a perfect athlete, but in fact Morris Green’s character has big flaws. He is arrogant, irritable, impulsive, and likes to pretend. Boss, arrogant and so on.
There was an era when Carl Lewis dominated the 100-meter dash. Maurice Green once defeated Lewis and performed arrogantly on the spot, and then became even more arrogant when he broke the world record. Two years ago, Tim Montgomery broke Green's world record. Green targeted Montgomery for two years because of this incident. Especially after Montgomery was involved in a doping scandal, Green even made it worse.
The car accident two years ago did not make Green calm down. After his comeback, Green became even more flamboyant and showy. Especially in this trio of U.S. teams, Green often acts as the boss in front of Crawford and Gatlin, so both Gatlin and Crawford hate Green.
At this moment, when he heard Green's voice, Crawford knew that he would be ridiculed by Green. He was very unhappy, but he still defended: "The Chinese is very fast, and he is not weak. He is also tall. Taller than you. And he ran 9.87 seconds. There are not many people in the world who can run this time."
Gatlin, who was about to play, was obviously standing in the same trench as Crawford. He also said: "Sean is right. We have to admit that this Chinese has the ability to enter the ranks of the world's top players."
"So what?" Green sneered: "If it were me, I would never lose to a Chinese. I'll let you see how I taught that Jamaican rookie a lesson."
The Jamaican rookie Green was talking about was Asafa Powell, and the two were placed in the same group. In the past, the media often hyped that Powell was a genius-level flying man who would break the American monopoly on sprinting in the future. This made Green very unhappy, so Green planned to teach this junior who was touted by the media a lesson during the game.
Gatlin knew that Green had such a stinky personality. In normal games, even if Green lost the game, he would not admit defeat, so he ignored Green and walked onto the track.
In the third group of games, American player Justin Gatlin is undoubtedly the strongest player. In addition, British player Jason Gardner and Nigerian player Uchenna Ermidolu also have strong capabilities. , these three people also qualified in the top three, among which Gatlin, the first place, ran a time of 9.96 seconds. It is worth mentioning that another Japanese player, Nobuharu Asahara, was also in this group. He finished fourth and missed the chance to enter the next round. In this way, both Japanese players were eliminated.
There were no American players in the fourth group, so Ghana's Aziz Ariza won the first place with a time of 10.02 seconds. In addition, veteran Kim Collins and Jamaican Michael Flatt entered the next round.
In the fifth group match, Maurice Green vs. Asafa Powell. Green tried his best to teach Powell a lesson, but Powell did not accept the move at all. He had no intention of fighting Green in the rematch, so Powell did not exert his full strength and finished second in the group with a time of 9.99 seconds, which was a smooth success. Advance. Green ranked first in the group, and Ghanaian Mills ranked third in the group.
Subsequently, French player Ronald Bergnon of the first group ranked first among the fourth in each group with a time of 10.15 seconds, and also qualified for the semi-finals.
At this point, all sixteen semi-finalists have been selected, and only Zhang Guan is the only one left among Asian athletes. At the same time, all whites have been wiped out, and only Zhang Guan is the only one left among non-black athletes.
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On August 21, the Chinese team won a total of three gold medals. Among them, in the badminton women's doubles event, the final was held between two groups of Chinese athletes. The gold medal was no longer in suspense. In the table tennis men's doubles final, the national team's opponent was a player from Hong Kong, China. , which made the competition less explosive; in the final competition of the women's weightlifting competition above 75 kg, Tang Gonghong staged a shocking reversal at a disadvantage and broke the world record in one fell swoop.
In addition to these three gold medals, the end point of domestic media reports is that the 100-meter dash event has entered the semi-finals historically. The time of 9.87 seconds used to only belong to black people, and even yellow people would not dare to think about it, but now Zhang Guan But it broke the tradition of blacks monopolizing sprint events. For a time, not only the domestic media, but also East Asia and even the entire Asia were cheering for Zhang Guan.
Although there were no Caucasians in the men's 100-meter semi-finals, European Caucasians did not feel depressed because in the women's 100-meter final, Belarus's Nesterenko miraculously won the championship. White people in Europe were already cheering that they had broken the black monopoly on sprinting. Especially for some countries in Eastern Europe, their economies are far inferior to those of Western European countries. This gold medal is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for them.
Moreover, Nesterenko's victory also allowed major gambling companies to make a small profit, because as a white athlete, Nesterenko was definitely not favored before the game, whether it was the men's sprint event or the women's sprint event. No one would bet on a non-black player.
Of course, there are also many people who like to beat the odds, and most of them are small bets of one or two euros. Although the odds of making a big bet with a small bet are really too low, the odds are equally astonishingly high. This kind of small bets can add up to a considerable amount of money.
In the data analysis department of Ladbrokes, analysts are extremely busy. They have to carefully analyze every game and then adjust new odds.
A young analyst sent the data report to supervisor Williams and said at the same time: "Director, the odds of the men's 100-meter dash in track and field have been revised, and there are currently no abnormal bets."
Supervisor Williams nodded. He took the data report, looked at the young man who was hesitant to speak, and then asked: "Little Tommy, do you have any questions?"
"Yes sir. I don't understand why you want to lower the winning odds of that Chinese athlete. The odds of 1 to 2 are already the lowest among all athletes. In this case, the Chinese will become the biggest favorite to win the 100 meters. .Although the Chinese will improve his performance in every game, I have watched his game videos and I think his speed has reached the limit. At the Olympic level, I am afraid it will take 9.8 seconds to win the championship, but the Chinese obviously It is impossible to achieve this result." The young man said.
"Little Tommy, your analysis is very reasonable. The Chinese's performance may have reached the limit. Maybe he has the ability to enter the finals, but the possibility of winning the championship is very slim!" Williams changed his voice and continued: " But don’t forget one thing. Although the possibility is slim, it does not mean it is completely impossible. What if other athletes perform abnormally, but this Chinese is the only one who performs abnormally?"
"Although there is a possibility, the possibility is so low that it can be regarded as zero by statistical standards."
"If I didn't know that the Chinese were betting heavily on themselves, I would think the same." Williams picked up the coffee at hand, took a sip, and then continued: "In our previous predictions, the Chinese The time was around 10 seconds, but now he has run into 9.9 seconds, and maybe it can be faster. Considering that he has bet heavily on himself, I think he has something to rely on."
Williams paused and then said: "I know this reason cannot convince you, so let's take a look at the data! The Chinese made a big bet on themselves when the odds were high. If he really wins the championship , we have to pay him more than one million euros, so we may lose money on the 100-meter dash, so we must lower his odds to limit other customers from betting on him. I think even if we This Chinese is regarded as the favorite to win the 100-meter championship, so not many people will bet on him! Just imagine, who would buy a Chinese to win the 100-meter championship at the odds of 1 to 2? Rice champion?"
"If the Chinese hadn't made such a bet before the game, I definitely wouldn't have lowered his odds so low. Maybe I would have adjusted his winning odds to the same standard as Powell, but he was You have made a big bet on yourself! Don’t forget, we are a gambling company! Our industry is like a huge casino, and gambling companies like ours are the bankers. You know that in gambling, the banker always makes money, because the banker What we seek is stability, but what gamblers fight for is probability. In a gambling game, for gamblers, they either make a lot of money or lose it all; but for the banker, there is only a difference between making a big profit and a small profit. So we would rather Make less money and never lose money. This is our principle! Little Tommy, believe me, other gambling companies will make the same choice as me. I think maybe in a few dozen minutes, the odds of the Chinese will change. Become the No. 1 favorite to win the 100-meter championship.”
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