On the street, nearly two hundred athletes held slogans and walked along the road, looking particularly conspicuous.
Among them, only one-third were cyclists, and the other two-thirds were contestants from other events who came to support them.
Many of the so-called "supporters" are actually here to join in the fun. There will never be a shortage of people in the world who don’t take it too seriously to watch the excitement. Athletes are also a group of guys with excessive physical strength and energy, especially those from Latin America and Africa. Staying in the Olympic Village every day must be boring. Look at it. When there was excitement, I joined in without hesitation.
As a result, this protest march, which was originally only a few dozen people, turned into a scale of 200 people, and the number continued to increase.
During the Olympic Games, more than 200 contestants protested and marched. This was big news, and reporters from various countries were moved by the news. The Associated Press, Reuters, AFP, ITAR, Kyodo News, etc. all sent people to the scene to report and interview. In particular, reporters from AFP were the most active. Because the French team was the victim of Britain's flop in the cycling team sprint, all French people certainly hope to use this to put pressure on the International Olympic Committee to award the cycling gold medal to France.
Zhang Guan was walking in the team with a gloating expression, and beside Zhang Guan, reporters were surrounding French cyclist De Almeida.
"The British team used such despicable means to win the championship, which has violated the Olympic spirit! Our French team immediately filed an appeal after the game..." De Almeida faced the camera with a look of indignation.
"Is the appeal useful?" Zhang Guan curled his lips disdainfully, but the next second, he suddenly remembered another thing.
In the women's track cycling race, the Chinese team was found guilty of a foul and lost the gold medal. At that time, the Chinese team also chose to appeal, but of course the appeal failed. The reason why the appeal failed was not because the Olympic Organizing Committee rejected the appeal after an investigation hearing, but because the London Olympic Organizing Committee issued a communique requiring that no team may appeal the decision of the referee team in the cycling competition. This communiqué directly interrupted the Chinese team’s appeal process.
“In the matter of the bicycle appeal, the London Olympic Organizing Committee obviously used administrative means directly instead of going through the normal investigation and hearing process. I don’t know if the current London Olympic Organizing Committee will do this again! No. , I have to add more fire!"
Zhang Guan stopped when he thought of this, and then said to De Almeida who was surrounded by reporters: "I heard that appeals are useless!"
"Who is talking sarcastically here?" De Almeida and the reporters turned their heads and happened to see Zhang Guan on the outside.
"It's Zhang Guan!" The reporters instantly found a new target.
In terms of fame, Zhang Guan is much bigger than De Almeida. Now that he saw Zhang Guan appear, he immediately focused the camera on him.
"Zhang Guan, what do you mean by appeal being useless?" a reporter asked.
"Don't you know yet? Many people are already spreading a rumor." Zhang Guan deliberately pretended to be surprised, and then said: "The London Olympic Organizing Committee has prepared to issue a communiqué on the referee's regulations in the cycling event. Penalty, the organizing committee will not accept appeals!”
"What?" De Almeida was shocked and asked eagerly: "Why did the London Olympic Organizing Committee do this?"
"Why do you do this? Can't you guys guess it? It's probably to cover up the truth!" Zhang Guan smiled slightly, but left the reporters with unlimited daydreams.
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"Chairman Sebastian, you are too careless in what you do! Bribing referees and organizing committees can only be done secretly and secretly. Others have found out about it, and it has even appeared on dozens of websites in Europe. Home media! What are you doing at the Olympic Organizing Committee! Do you know what a huge crisis this is for us in the UK. It’s the Olympics now, and the whole world is staring at us, but you have done this to me. It’s a big scandal, and now the whole world is watching our joke, how do you want me to explain it to Buckingham Palace, how do you want me to explain it to the people!”
The Prime Minister's angry voice came over the phone, but Sebastian couldn't explain himself.
"Mr. Prime Minister, it's not like that. We have never done it! The bribery of the referee and the organizing committee is absolutely a myth and a lie! Someone is deliberately trying to discredit us! Besides, it is just a diving tactic. If If you need to get the referee to cooperate, just say something to them! Also, the organizing committee is our own, so there is no need to bribe! There is no reason to bribe yourself when you are doing things for yourself!" Sebastian explained.
Sebastian was telling the truth. Britain is the host of the Olympic Games, the London Olympic Organizing Committee is the local leader here, and the cycling event organizing committee is basically all British. Therefore, there is no need for the British team to spend money to bribe the referees and organizing committee.
The Prime Minister thought about it carefully and realized that Sebastian was right. The London Olympic Organizing Committee was taking the blame this time.
The anger in the Prime Minister's heart calmed down somewhat, but he still snorted coldly, and then said: "Chairman Sebastian, I don't care what method you use, just calm this matter down as soon as possible. I don't want to see This negative influence continues to grow!”
After ending the call with the Prime Minister, Sebastian looked unhappy. However, as the chairman of the London Olympic Organizing Committee, Sebastian still has to deal with such a scandal personally.
The French team has appealed, demanding that the gold medal be awarded to France. This is an absolutely unacceptable option for Sebastian. If the gold medal is really awarded to the French team, it means that the London Olympic Organizing Committee has admitted its mistake and may even have confirmed the bribery.
"This gold medal belongs to the United Kingdom, and this cannot be changed! This gold medal must be secured as soon as possible, and the legality of this gold medal must be determined. As long as the gold medal is legal, then the method of obtaining the gold medal will naturally be legal. of!"
Sebastian thought of this and typed a title on the computer; "Decision of the Cycling Committee of the London Olympic Games Organizing Committee".
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Soon after, Sebastian completed the draft of the communiqué and began to review it.
“First of all, during the game, no one on the team is allowed to board the referee’s stand; secondly, all inquiries about the results must be done after the game; thirdly, no appeals will be accepted for the final penalty of the referee team; fourthly, any inquiries about the results must be made after the game. Members are not allowed to stand on the starting platform, aisles, ramps and fences.”
Sebastian nodded with satisfaction. Among these four rules, the most critical ones are actually the second and third rules. These two rules directly prevent the participating teams from challenging the referee's authority, and at the same time, they also directly prevent the French team from challenging the referee's authority. The road to appeal was blocked. The French team cannot appeal, so the gold medal naturally belongs to the British team.
Suddenly there was a loud noise outside the window, and it got louder and louder.
"What's wrong? Why is it so noisy outside!" Sebastian wanted to get up and see what was going on outside the window, but his secretary walked in.
"Mr. Chairman, there are people protesting outside. And the relevant news has started to be broadcast on TV!" The secretary told Sebastian about the cyclists' protest.
"Damn guy, what a mess!" Sebastian cursed secretly, but still turned on the TV.
On the TV, a young and beautiful female reporter is holding a microphone and facing the camera.
Just listen to the beautiful female reporter say: "Some sources said that in order to cover up the truth of the matter, the London Olympic Organizing Committee has prepared to issue a new communique. The communiqué will stipulate that in the cycling event, for the final penalty of the referee team, the organizing committee Complaints will not be accepted.”
"What!" Sebastian's face instantly turned pale.
"How is it possible? How could the reporter know? Some sources said, where did the source come from? I just finished writing the draft, and this source knew it? This well-informed person is a bit too much! This is Well-informed or unpredictable! I won’t have a secret camera in this house. Covering up the truth? What truth have I covered up!" Sebastian couldn't help complaining.
At this time, Sebastian knew that the matter had already made the news, and the communiqué he had just written must not be sent out. Otherwise, it really becomes "covering up the truth."
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