All-round Athlete

Chapter 803: New Events (Addition)

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where the 2011 Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony was held.

For Zhang Guan, this award is no longer very attractive. The Lawrence Trophies in Zhang Guan's house are already in a row, but for other players in the men's basketball team, this is a very important honor, especially those few A young player, regardless of the Chinese New Year, has long been eager to come to the UAE to receive the award.

The best team award is a very important award in the Lawrence Awards. It is second only to the best male athlete and the best female athlete in ranking. It is very difficult to win the award, and the competitors of the Chinese men's basketball team are not ordinary.

The biggest competitor of the Chinese men's basketball team is the Spanish men's football team. The most popular sporting event last year was undoubtedly the World Cup in South Africa, and the Spanish men's football team was the champion of the World Cup in South Africa.

According to the situation of the Lawrence Awards in previous years, the 2007 Best Team Award for the Italian Men's Football Team, they are the champions of the World Cup in Germany; the 2003 Best Team Award for the Brazilian Men's Football Team is also the champion of the Korea-Japan World Cup. That is to say, the World Cup champions won the Lawrence Best Team Award the following year. According to this practice, the Best Team Award should be awarded to the Spanish men's football team, so the Spanish team's voice for winning is also very high.

In addition, the Italian giants Inter Milan, which won five championships last season, the Los Angeles Lakers, which won the NBA championship last year, the Red Bull Racing team, which won the F1 team championship last year, and the European Ryder Cup golf team also won Nominated for Best Team Award.

In normal times, Inter Milan's five-time champion would already be eligible to win the best team award, but it is a pity that last year there was a competition of the World Cup level. Moreover, as a football sport, the gold content and influence of the Hercules Cup far exceed the sum of the Serie A champions, cup champions, Super Cup champions, Champions League champions and Club World Cup champions. Inter Milan is also doomed to only accompany the Spanish men's football team. up.

Football is undoubtedly the biggest sport in the world. In terms of influence, the Men's Basketball World Championships are far behind the Football World Cup. Compared with the football World Cup champion, the basketball world championship champion is definitely in a weak position.

But in terms of strength, the Spanish team is the favorite to win the World Cup, while the Chinese team is a mid-range team in the Men's Basketball World Championships. The difficulty of winning the championship between the two is very different. Although it is not easy for Spain to win the World Cup, it is not difficult to walk, and it is really difficult for China to win the World Championships. In particular, the five overtime finals showed the difficulty of the game, far exceeding Spain's victory over the Netherlands in the World Cup final.

The most important thing is that the country attaches great importance to this kind of award. The National Sports Federation or the Basketball Association are willing to spend money to operate it. For them, if they finally have a chance to nominate, they must not miss it. You don't have to wait ten or eight years! Once you get the award, you will gain face, and you will naturally gain political achievements.

In the end, the best team award still fell on the Chinese team. When the senior executives of the Basketball Association came to the stage to accept the award, their faces were full of smiles.

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Feeling hungry after sitting for a long time, Zhang Guan unceremoniously picked up a piece of dessert with a fork, swallowed it, and almost died!

Not too salty, but too sweet.

Many people think that Arabs like to eat barbecue and other things. In fact, they prefer to eat sweets. Arab sweets not only need honey, but also sugar, so they are very sweet. Abu Dhabi is rich in oil, so it is natural not to save on ingredients. This must be delicious for Arabs, and it may be acceptable for Europeans, but it does not conform to oriental eating habits.

Zhang Guan swallowed half a glass of champagne in one gulp, and then he felt better. The waiter next to him immediately brought black tea.

"Give me another glass of champagne!" Zhang Guan said immediately. He knew that when people in the UAE drink black tea, they also add a lot of sugar to it.

"Hey, Zhang! Long time no see!" A voice sounded from the side, Zhang Guan turned his head and saw a bald man with a long face standing there.

"Congratulations, Zinedine! Congratulations on receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award!" Zhang Guan said immediately.

This bald man is the famous football player Zinedine Zidane, who retired after the 2006 World Cup and won the Lawrence Lifetime Achievement Award this year.

The two began to chat, and after a few pleasantries, Zidane led a half-bald middle-aged man closer and said, "Zhang, let me introduce a friend to you, this is Mr. Prudhomme, Tour de France Chairman of the Cycling Race."

Zhang Guan already understood that Zidane ran to him for a chat, most likely to introduce Prudhomme to himself, and also to introduce himself to Prudhomme.

The three chatted for a few more words before Prudhomme got to the point.

"Zhang, I heard that you are proficient in many sports. I wonder if you are interested in bicycles?" Prudhomme asked.

"Bicycle? You know, every Chinese team can ride a bicycle. When I was in elementary school, I used to go to school by bicycle every day." Zhang Guan said with a smile.

Prudhomme nodded: "Actually, I'm inviting you to participate in this year's Tour de France. Of course, it can't be regarded as an official competition, but more of a charity performance."

I just heard Prudhomme continue: "This year's Tour de France will start on July 2, and we plan to invite some famous people as guests to participate in the opening ceremony. Of course, it is not necessary for the guests to ride the entire distance. It’s just a show on the first day of the race, and you can just ride a few kilometers for show. We have a special car for each guest, and you can get on the car to rest at any time. You can even take the car to the finish line, and then It’s enough to ride a few kilometers to cross the line before the finish line. The time will not be very long, and it will delay you for a day at most.”

Zhang Guan nodded. This is similar to asking guests to cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony of some activities, the purpose is to create momentum. It's just that when it came to the Tour de France, the ribbon-cutting was replaced by a real ride for two laps.

"Is the guest's equipment the same as that of the athlete?" Zhang Guan asked with interest.

"It's the same, and it will be provided by the team." Prudhomme continued: "We initially invited ten guests, each of whom will wear a team's race uniform, and the race car will also be provided by the team."

"I remember that there are more than 20 teams participating in the Tour de France?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Twenty-two teams, so we will conduct an auction at that time." Prudhomme pointed to Zidane beside him, and then said: "Let me give you an example, if the Cofiniti team photographed Zidane Ding, then Zinedine will appear on the field in the racing jersey of the Cofiniti team. All the proceeds from the auction will be donated to Africa for malaria prevention.”

"It turns out that Zinedine will also participate!" Zhang Guan looked at Zidane with a smile.

"Besides, we also invited Hollywood movie star Tom Cruise, singer Justin Timberlake..." Prudhomme said three or four names in succession.

Zhang Guan thought about it, and felt that one day can be spared, and the Tour de France is also quite influential, so it doesn't hurt to participate in more of this kind of fame-making activity. So Zhang Guan said: "Since it's for charity, then I have no problem, I will definitely participate when the time comes."

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