The incident of diving in track cycling competitions caused a lot of noise, and the "Observer" sales increased greatly because of the correct revelation. Yesterday, 10,000 additional copies were printed, and all of them were sold out.
Editor-in-Chief Charlie was naturally the most excited one. At this time, he was crossing his legs and fiddling with the letters in his hands.
"Advertising, bills, bills, bills, breaking news, advertising...wait, breaking news!" Charlie sat up straight and looked at the envelope with "breaking news" written on it, his hands trembling involuntarily.
"Breaking news, here it comes again!" Charlie opened the envelope without hesitation. This time, there were two checks and several pieces of paper inside.
Charlie was the first to pick up the checks, one for twenty thousand euros and the other for ten thousand euros. Charlie opened the pieces of paper again, and the first page was based on a letter.
The letter told Charlie that the check of 20,000 euros was the final payment, and the check of 10,000 euros was the deposit. If the Observer was willing to publish the following contents, he could still get 30,000 euros. sponsorship fees.
"Here we go again!" Charlie immediately flipped through the next few pages of revelations.
The content this time is: The British team has formulated a winning strategy for the men's lightweight double scull rowing event. Once the start does not go smoothly, it will cause an accident by deliberately damaging the rowing cockpit, and then restart it. race. In order for the referee to cooperate and allow the British team to replay, the UK has sent monetary benefits to the relevant personnel!
The content of this revelation is similar to the last time, except that the project has changed to men's lightweight rowing double sculls, and the method has also changed to deliberately damaging the rowing cockpit.
After reading this revelation, Charlie took a breath of air.
"It looks like tomorrow's newspaper will be printed again!"
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Zhang Guan has two competitions today, the semi-finals of tennis and the qualifying round of long jump.
In the tennis semi-finals, Zhang Guan met the tournament's second seed Djokovic.
Last year, Djokovic won three Grand Slam championships, but this year, Djokovic had some bad luck. After the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, Djokovic won a series of Masters tournaments. After a series of upsets, the French King and Wimbledon also lost to Nadal and Federer respectively.
At the Olympics, Djokovic almost capsized in his first match. Then when he faced Australian Hewitt, he also won with great difficulty. After finally reaching the semi-finals, he met Zhang Guan again.
Zhang Guan defeated Djokovic with two 7-5 scores. Speaking of which, Zhang Guan didn’t play too well today, especially in the first set. After a successful first serve, his scoring rate dropped to 70%. You must know that in normal times, Zhang Guan’s scoring rate after a successful first serve could reach 90%. . In the entire match, Zhang Guan only broke serve in two games.
In another semi-final after that, the host player Murray actually defeated the king Federer with a disparity of 6-3 and 6-2!
In the history of the London Olympics, Murray did not meet Federer until the final, but Nadal did not participate at that time, so Murray was the third seed. But now because of Nadal's participation, Murray has become the fourth seed, so he met Federer in advance in the semifinals.
However, the result of the game did not change. Federer still lost to Murray. Murray, who was playing at home, was really in great shape, and the king of grass Federer was unable to resist.
The tennis final will be held the day after tomorrow, when Murray will compete with Zhang Guan for the final championship.
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At 6:30 in the afternoon, Zhang Guan appeared at the main venue of the London Olympics. He was going to participate in the men's long jump qualifying round. This was also the first track and field event that Zhang Guan participated in.
A total of 42 players participated in the qualifying round, and the top 12 advanced to the finals. The competition was quite fierce.
The world record holder in the long jump event is Zhang Guan, so Zhang Guan did not hide his clumsiness. He jumped 8.23 meters in his first trial jump, and this score was enough to send Zhang Guan into the finals.
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On August 4, Zhang Guan ushered in his most difficult competition day. In the morning and afternoon, he will participate in the preliminary and semi-finals of the individual track cycling competition, and in the evening he will participate in the long jump finals, and in the evening there will be a 10,000-meter track and field battle.
In individual track cycling competitions, only two riders participate in each competition. The race lasts for three laps, and the winner is the one who crosses the finish line first, so the race is also called the race to the top. However, when the results are calculated at the end of the game, only the results of the last lap will be included in the record.
In a bicycle race, the runners behind can take advantage of the wake of the runners in front, while the leading runners need to move forward against the resistance of the air. Therefore, in the first lap of the competition, players often choose to ride slower, or even deliberately run to the outside circle, putting their opponents in front, allowing their opponents to face the air resistance, while they use the wake to move forward.
On the second lap, the athletes began to accelerate, and they wanted to increase their speed to the highest level when entering the third lap. Because the third lap is the one that determines the outcome, it will be too late if you wait until the third lap to start speeding up.
The third lap is the last lap of the game. When entering the third lap, the speed of the players often increases to the extreme. They will use the fastest speed to complete this lap. For male athletes, it only takes 10 seconds for them to complete a 200-meter lap at full speed.
So for viewers who don't know the sport, they will think the game looks strange. In the first lap, the competition was about who was riding slower, because neither player was willing to ride against the air resistance in front; but in the second lap, the players' acceleration was also full of scheming, and it was probably just a pretense. He accelerated in order to move his opponent to the front; the third lap was the most exciting moment of the game.
In the track cycling individual sprint competition of the London Olympics, the preliminary and semi-final stages are determined by one round. The winner will advance to the next round, while the loser will need to participate in the rematch. The winner of the rematch can also advance to the next round. In the next round, if you also lose in the resurrection match, you will be eliminated directly. In other words, the preliminary round and the semi-finals are actually a single-game double-elimination competition system.
When it comes to the quarter-finals, it becomes a best-of-three-game system. There is no rematch at this stage. The winner advances and the loser is eliminated.
What Zhang Guan will participate in today is the preliminary round and the semi-finals, which are single-game and double-defeat matches.
Zhang Guan's opponent in the preliminary round was Malaysian cycling star Mohd Awang. Awang can be regarded as the most powerful track cyclist in Asia, but if placed on a global scale, he is not worth mentioning. Zhang Guan won without having to use all his strength.
In the rematch, Zhang Guan's opponent was a Czech player named Kramen. Kelamen's strength is not considered to be the best in the world. Zhang Guan won again and successfully advanced to the quarter-finals.
In the track cycling project, the four truly powerful countries in Western Europe are: Britain, France, Germany, and Belgium. As for the United States, the world's strongest sports country, although it is very good at road cycling, it is far inferior to the four Western European countries in track cycling. Therefore, as long as he does not meet players from England, France, Germany, and Belgium, it is not a challenge for Zhang Guan.
What Zhang Guan is more concerned about is actually the Eton Dorney Rowing Center in west London.
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While Zhang Guan was participating in the individual bicycle racing event, the men's lightweight double sculls final was being held at the Eton Dorney Rowing Center 25 kilometers west of London.
A total of six teams advanced to the men's lightweight double sculls final, namely Denmark, France, Portugal, Germany, New Zealand, and the host British team.
The host British team is also quite strong in rowing events, including the lightweight double sculls, which is also one of the events they hope to win gold.
With an order, the six teams started moving at the same time, and the players rowed the oars desperately.
The French team took the lead and was in the leading position, followed by the New Zealand team and the Danish team, while the performance of the host team Great Britain was not satisfactory, ranking only in fifth place, and only a little ahead of the British team.
However, at this moment, British player Pritchett suddenly leaned back and his seat immediately fell off the rowing boat. Without hesitation, Pulischer raised his hand to the referee, who interrupted the game. The referee team then announced that due to an accident, the game would restart.
In the press area on the sidelines, a French reporter widened his eyes in surprise. Then he immediately took out the "Observer" from his backpack and read it carefully over and over again. Then his face suddenly changed. Written with anger.
"The Observer got it right again! The British are repeating their old tricks, and they bribed the referees! Do they think our French team is easy to bully?"
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After the game restarted, Britain was indeed far ahead, but was surpassed by Denmark at the last minute and won the silver medal with a 0.61 second disadvantage.
The French team, which was in the lead when they first started, only ranked fourth and did not even win a medal.
Second place is a very embarrassing ranking. Although the results are good, they just missed the podium.
Julien, the head coach of the French team, looked frustrated, but he still cheered up and prepared to comfort his players.
"Coach Julian!" A voice sounded from the side. The other person spoke pure French, which made Julian immediately turn his head and look in the direction of the voice.
"Coach Julian, I am a reporter from L'Equipe." The other party said.
Julian knew that L'Equipe was a relatively well-known sports media in France, so he responded: "Please wait a moment, and I will accept the interview later."
"Coach Julian, you misunderstood. I'm not here for an interview! I want you to take a look at this report." The reporter reached out and handed the "Observer" to Coach Julian and said: "This newspaper , once broke the news about bribery in the British Cycling Team, and there were also revelations about rowing.”
Julian hesitated for a moment, then took the "Observer" and began to read the news on it.
"Break the seats and then replay? Isn't this what just happened?" Julian suddenly raised his head and looked at the head coach of the British team with a look of hatred.
At this time, the head coach of the British team was still clapping and applauding to celebrate winning the silver medal, and this deeply stimulated Coach Julian.
"When we started for the first time, our French team was clearly in the lead. Because of your cheating, now we haven't even won a medal, but you British guys are celebrating openly!"
Coach Julian was completely angry. He rushed to the British coach and punched him hard.
The next second, reporters all rushed up...
I will send you the 11 arrears, please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket.
(End of chapter)