More and more people gathered in front of the offices of the London Olympic Organizing Committee. At first, it was the spectators coming out of the Olympic velodrome, then those watching TV at home, and those who had just gotten off work. Gathered here.
Night gradually fell, but more and more people gathered here. Many people gave up watching the live broadcast of the Olympic Games in the evening and came here.
The media reporters have already heard the news. Not only did they bring all kinds of guns and cannons, they even drove over with broadcast trucks.
Not only local British reporters, but reporters from all over the world came here to dig up big news. They went deep into the crowd and started conducting interviews.
"We lost seven gold medals before, and just now, we lost our eighth gold medal. All of this was caused by Sebastian, and he needs to be responsible for it!" A middle-aged man said to the camera. .
"Wiggins lost, Kenny lost, Brownlee lost, and now even Sir Hoy has lost. This should have been the British gold medal. This is a completely unnecessary loss for the British team! It's because of Sebastian, his personal grudge with Zhang Guan has harmed the interests of our UK! He is no longer qualified to continue to be the chairman of the London Olympic Organizing Committee!" A man who looked less than 20 years old The young man spoke.
"Sebastian is the sinner of Britain. London has waited for 64 years for another Olympic Games, but Sebastian ruined this Olympics. He must step down immediately! "The speaker was a woman.
"Look at the results we have achieved in this Olympics. They are not as good as the last one. This is our home court! In the Olympics we hosted, the performance of the host athletes was getting worse and worse. The culprit of all this It’s Sebastian! I really don’t understand how he still has the nerve to stay in the position of chairman of the London Olympic Organizing Committee. He should have resigned on his own initiative long ago!”
Many British people have long been dissatisfied with Sebastian, but they have always kept it in their hearts and have not vented it. Hoy's loss of the game obviously became a trigger and ignited the emotions of the entire UK.
Until late at night, the protesting people had not dispersed. The nightlife of Londoners is relatively rich, especially in the summer. It is normal for many young people to play until two or three o'clock in the morning. Therefore, these protesting people persisted until after two o'clock in the morning, and then gradually dispersed.
But early the next morning, they appeared at the office of the London Olympic Organizing Committee.
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The large-scale protests by London residents appeared in the media around the world the next day.
The most excited people are the French media. Reuters directly moved the protest incident to the front page. They are trying their best to tell the world how failed the London Olympics was. The French feel that the British used unfair means to steal two gold medals in cycling and rowing. Now that they have such a good opportunity for revenge, how can they not make good use of it.
In addition to the French media, the media in Germany, Spain, Italy and other countries did not give positive reports. The major sports powers in Europe have always competed with each other in previous Olympic Games. They are happy to see the British defeated.
The American media should be relatively friendly. Anyway, Britain and the United States have always worn the same pants.
And Sebastian is under increasing pressure. Now Sebastian is like a frightened bird every moment.
On August 9, the day after the cycling competition, Chris Hoy officially announced his retirement!
In fact, Hoy is 36 years old this year and has reached the age of retirement. However, at this time, Hoy's retirement has given many media different interpretations.
"Sir Hoy must have lost the game and chose to retire out of frustration!"
"It's such a pity that I will never be able to see Sir Hoy on the field again."
"This is too sudden! I didn't expect yesterday afternoon's game to be Sir Hoy's last swan song on the court. It turned out to be Sir Hoy's final battle!"
"I think Sir Hoy must be full of regrets! He could have won a gold medal yesterday afternoon, but now he can only leave the field with a silver medal. This will definitely regret him for life!"
"It was Sebastian who destroyed the flag of our British athletes!"
Hoy has accumulated countless loyal fans in the UK for more than ten years, and now, because of Hoy's sudden retirement, those loyal fans have also joined the protest army.
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On the evening of August 10, Zhang Guan ushered in the semi-finals of the boxing event.
Zhang Guan’s opponent is the last gold medal winner in this event, Italian star Roberto Camarele.
Camarele's skills are very good. He is definitely one of the best players in the world at the amateur level. He has won gold or silver medals many times in important competitions such as the World Championships and European Championships.
It's just that Camarele has never entered the professional boxing world. And he is already 32 years old this year. For a heavyweight boxer, it is unlikely that he will switch to professional boxing again.
It is difficult for people who have never fought professional boxing to understand the cruelty of professional boxing. Perhaps in terms of technique, the top amateur boxers do not look much worse than professional boxers, but in terms of the lethality of their fists, they are far from the same.
Amateur boxing has protective gear, so it is difficult to knock down the opponent. Amateur boxers also pursue effective hits, because each effective hit can get one point.
What professional boxing pursues is lethality. If you can KO your opponent in one round, you will never delay it until the second round.
This difference in the lethality of fists was also brought into the competition by the two players.
Although the score of the first round of the contest was 3 to 3, the two people felt completely different now. Camarele's three effective hits did not cause much damage to Zhang Guan, but Zhang Guan's three effective hits made Camarele's whole heart tremble. Camarele was even worried that he would spit out a mouthful of old blood.
At this time, Camarele already felt that this game could not continue. If he received two more punches, he would definitely be carried away on a stretcher.
A boxer is not a character we control in a game. If you play a game, you can still be alive and kicking and continue fighting even if you lose half of your blood with one move. But in reality, after receiving a heavy punch from a professional boxer, it is fine not to mention being alive and kicking, not to mention fighting 120, let alone continuing to fight.
What's more, Zhang Guan's fists are still heavy punches of the same level as Tyson. An amateur player like Camarele received three punches and his whole body felt like it was about to fall apart. Now Camarele can only Reduces 50% of normal combat effectiveness.
"I surrender!" The champion of the last Olympic Games announced his surrender at the beginning of the second round.
Zhang Guan successfully advanced to the boxing finals.
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At the Prime Minister's official residence in Downing Street, several dignitaries were gathering together to discuss this matter.
"Buckingham Palace called this morning and paid attention to this matter. His Majesty hopes to get a satisfactory result." The Prime Minister looked at the people around the long table and continued: "We have done a great job in hosting this Olympics. It didn't go well. As you all know about the scandal a few days ago, the French even took us to the International Court of Justice. This has greatly affected the relationship between us and France, and is about to turn into a diplomatic incident! And Now, even the people are venting their dissatisfaction.”
An old man snorted coldly: "Not only did it not go well, other countries are now saying that the London Olympics is the most failed Olympics in history! The Olympics were originally meant to challenge the power of the British Empire to the whole world, but what about now? The face of our British Empire is about to be lost!”
"Someone needs to stand up and take responsibility for this!" A woman with short hair next to her said: "The chairman of the London Olympic Committee should take the blame and resign!"
"Sebastian is, after all, the biggest contributor to London's bid for the Olympics. Wouldn't it be too cruel to ask him to resign before the London Olympics is over?" a man wearing glasses asked.
"Sebastian deserves credit for London's successful bid for the Olympic Games, but we have already made him the chairman of the London Olympic Committee." The short-haired woman continued: "I don't deny that in preparation for the London Olympics these years, Sebastian has Ann has done a lot of work, but everything he does should be to make the London Olympics better, instead of what it is now. I hear new scandals almost every day!"
"And we must respect public opinion. Look at the people protesting on the street. They only stood there for two days and it has spread all over the world. Some people think that the UK has hosted a failed Olympics! If If they continue to stay, the whole world will continue to watch the British Empire's jokes! Everyone, for the benefit of the British Empire, Sebastian should resign as soon as possible!" The short-haired woman spoke decisively, quite like the "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher back then. of style.
The woman's words attracted the approval of many people.
"Can't we wait any longer? There are only two days left for the London Olympics!" The man wearing glasses wanted to intercede for Sebastian again.
"Wait for two more days? Do you hope that when we hold the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, the venue will be filled with protest slogans?" the short-haired woman asked.
The man wearing glasses suddenly fell into silence.
It would be really embarrassing if there were protests at the closing ceremony!
Therefore, Sebastian must resign as soon as possible!
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