All-round Athlete

Chapter 887 Breaking the Record Again (Happy New Year Everyone)

A news that the British Olympic Organizing Committee manipulated the results of the competition and the default champion of the competition spread all over the media around the world.

The final scores of the champion and runner-up of the gymnastics ring final appeared in the newspaper published a few hours ago. This news alone is enough to attract every reader. Many people believed the news.

The thinking of ordinary people is very simple. If the champion is not determined by default, why are the players' scores exposed in advance?

At the same time, the video of the ring finals has also become the most popular video on major portal websites, especially the video of the competition between the champion Zanetti and the runner-up Chen Dabing, which was made into a comparison video and placed on the website. up the video online.

Ordinary spectators may not understand which movement is more difficult and which movement is less difficult, but ordinary people can still see the quality of athletes' completion. Especially the small step back when Zanetti landed, compared with Chen Dabing standing on the ground like a nail, even the audience who watched gymnastics for the first time knew that Zanetti's performance was not as good as Chen Dabing.

But in the end, Zanetti's score was higher than Chen Dabing's. Obviously, this score was not convincing to people, so more people believed that the London Olympic Organizing Committee's pre-determined champion was true.

There are even some gymnastics professionals or famous gymnasts who stood up and made various comments after watching the video to give themselves a sense of accomplishment. From a professional point of view, Chen Dabing's performance is indeed perfect. In comparison, Zanetti is also really flawed. Almost all gymnastics professionals and famous gymnasts believe that Zanetti should not score higher than Chen Dabing.

With the rhythm of this group of professionals who came out to gain a sense of accomplishment, the direction of public opinion became one-sided in an instant. Almost everyone felt that the London Olympic Organizing Committee manipulated the game and decided the gold medal by default. If not by default, why do people who perform worse get higher scores!

What's more, before that, there were more than one scandals in the London Olympics. The incident of bicycle diving and bribing referees was even more noisy, and it has not subsided until now. This is equivalent to a criminal record. Now there is another matter of manipulating the default champion of the game. Many people subjectively believe that it must be the problem of the London Olympic Organizing Committee.

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A disastrous day for the LOCOG.

For the London Olympic Organizing Committee, there is nothing more serious than this kind of accusation of manipulating the game and pre-determining the gold medal. Compared with it, the "bicycle bribery" and "rowing bribery" of the previous few days are nothing at all. What's up.

From the perspective of criminology, bribing referees is of course much more serious than manipulating the game. Bribery can be counted as a commercial crime, while manipulating the game is at best a problem of internal management.

But for the LOCOG, allegations of match-fixing are more serious than bribery.

Bribery is a personal act of some people that can be interpreted as a moral failure of those who take the bribe. The Olympic Organizing Committee can argue that it is not the London Olympic Organizing Committee who asked you to accept bribes. Your moral character is not good, so you can't rely on the Olympic Organizing Committee! Besides, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. With so many staff members in the Olympic Organizing Committee, wouldn't it be normal for one or two black apples to appear?

But manipulating the game is different. The London Olympic Organizing Committee is the organizer of the game, and his task is to ensure that the game goes on smoothly and fairly. Manipulating the results of the game and pre-determining the gold medal, for the London Olympic Organizing Committee, can be simply explained by personal behavior, which can be regarded as an official behavior. For the organizer of the competition, if gold medals can be determined by default, then it is better to just find a few actors and organize a performance according to the script!

No matter what kind of sports competition, fair competition is the first element. For example, during the Cold War, the two camps of the United States and the Soviet Union boycotted games hosted by each other. In addition to political factors and ideological confrontations, one of the reasons was that they were not treated fairly at home.

Even more so in the Olympics. Although there will be some controversial games in every Olympic Games, at least on the surface, the Olympic Games still have to wear the coat of "Olympic spirit". Mutual understanding, friendship, solidarity and fair competition are the core of the modern Olympic spirit and the basis for hosting the Olympic Games.

So manipulating the results of the competition and pre-determining the gold medal is tantamount to taking a big shovel directly on the basis of the Olympic Games. Just like a tall building, the windows can be replaced, the walls can be repaired if the wall is damaged, and even if the frame structure is damaged, it can be repaired, but if the foundation is damaged, the building will really collapse.

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"Sir, we definitely don't have a pre-determined gold medal! I can guarantee it with my personality!" Sebastian looked terrified. Because the call was from Buckingham Palace.

Although the royal family has no authority in the UK, its status is very lofty and it is a spiritual symbol of the British. For Sebastian, the prime minister's residence at 6 Downing Street may not be enough to scare him, but Buckingham Palace is willing to let him offer his knee. This has nothing to do with power, it's all about a British person's lofty respect for the royal family.

The royal family usually does not interfere in political affairs, but the incident of the gold medal that happened just now has affected the face of the United Kingdom. For the royal family, the most valuable thing they have left now is probably face, so at this time, even Buckingham Palace called to inquire about this matter.

"Mr. Chairman, I hope you can properly resolve this matter as soon as possible." The other side of the phone said.

"Yes, I will definitely solve it as soon as possible." Sebastian said firmly.

Although Sebastian's tone was full of confidence, he didn't have any solution in his heart.

The title of the most failed Olympic Games kept popping up in Sebastian's mind. Judging from the current situation, the scandal-ridden London Olympics may really be the most failed Olympic Games.

"What should I do? What should I do?" Sebastian had a premonition in his heart that perhaps his political career in the UK was coming to an end.

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While Sebastian was dealing with this crisis, IOC President Rogge was also holding a meeting.

Every Olympic Games, the host will always have some privileges, or the referees will be more lenient in the penalty, or the game time will be more accommodating... In short, in some respects, the IOC allows the host to be "presumptuous".

However, scandals broke out one after another in this London Olympic Games, and the current incident of the default gold medal has exceeded the scope allowed by the International Olympic Committee.

"We are too tolerant of the London Olympic Organizing Committee." Chairman Rogge continued: "Or, the London Olympic Organizing Committee has gone too far!"

"Mr. Chairman, should we give the London Olympic Organizing Committee some warnings? Ask them to restrain themselves?" Someone next to him said.

"Yes." Rogge nodded, and continued: "Say hello to the Anti-Doping Committee and ask them to organize a temporary random inspection of British athletes. The scope should not be too large, but the London Olympic Organizing Committee must know ...I think the LOCOG understands what we mean."

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The Olympic Velodrome is about to start the final of the track cycling individual competition. The opponents are Zhang Guan and British player Jason Kenny.

In the quarter-finals last night, Zhang Guan had better luck. His opponent, the American player Watkins, was not the most powerful player. Zhang Guan beat Watkins to advance.

In the semi-finals this morning, Zhang Guan encountered a real challenge. His opponent was the famous French player Gregory Beauge.

In 2009, 2010 and 2012, Boge won the official team of the World Cycling Championships and can be said to be the strongest player outside the British team.

The race process was also quite thrilling for Zhang Guan. In the first game, Bore led all the way to the finish line and won the victory.

Perhaps it was too easy to win the first game, and Bore was a little relaxed in the second game, but Zhang Guan won the second game.

In the third round of the contest between the two sides, Zhang Guan chose to strike first and started to lead the rider on the second lap. Bore wanted to follow Zhang Guan and look for opportunities to attack, but he did not expect that he followed until the end of the game. Until Zhang Guan crossed the finish line, he failed to surpass Zhang Guan.

In another contest in the semifinals, British player Jason Kenny faced Costa Rican player Philippe. Philippe was the weakest of the four semifinalists, which obviously meant walking Jason Kenny into the finals.

Jason Kenny is currently the world's number one racing event. He once won the runner-up in this event in the last Olympic Games, and the champion at that time was his compatriot "Jazz" Howy. In the UK, Kenny is also known as Hoy's successor. In this year's Olympic Games, Hoy did not participate in the racing competition, and Kenny took on the important task of winning the gold medal for Great Britain.

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"I thought Bore would be my opponent in the final, but I didn't expect it to be Zhang Guan!" Kenny was feeling a little irritable at this time, because he didn't understand Zhang Guan's technical characteristics at all.

The French player Beauge is Kenny's old rival. The two of them have almost won the top two places in the World Series in recent years. They are also very familiar with each other's technical characteristics and riding rhythm. It can be said that they have already known each other.

But in Kenny's eyes, Zhang Guan is a completely unfamiliar opponent, especially on such an important stage as the Olympic finals, Kenny does not want to encounter an unknown.

Next to him, the coach of the British team, who was supporting Zhang Guan's bicycle, let out a dry cough, which brought Kenny back to his senses and focused his attention on the field!

Track cycling races need to start at a standstill, but the athletes' shoes are buckled on the pedals, so someone needs to help hold the bicycle to avoid falling. In order to ensure fairness, the game requires the coach to hold the opponent's bicycle, that is, the British The head coach is Zhang Guan, and the head coach of the Chinese team is Kenny.

The starter gave the order, and the race started. The coaches of both sides let go almost at the same time, and the two drivers also started to move forward, but the speed of the two was relatively slow, and the two kept a relatively safe distance.

Kenny didn't understand Zhang Guan's reality, so he seemed very conservative. He didn't dare to speed up until the second lap.

Zhang Guan didn't pay much attention to it, and started speeding up on the second lap. Seeing this, Kenny immediately leaned forward, ready to take advantage of Zhang Guan's wake when he was riding.

However, what Kenny didn't expect was that Zhang Guan's acceleration was very fast. Just halfway through the second lap, Zhang Guan almost accelerated to the fastest speed.

"Why is Zhang Guan so fast? It's not the last lap yet. There's no need to be so fast. Is it a trap? To lure me into it? Do I want to follow?" Kenny hesitated.

It was precisely because of this hesitation that Zhang Guan did not follow up immediately, and Zhang Guan had already widened the distance, and Kenny could not continue to use Zhang Guan's wake.

"Don't worry, Zhang Guan accelerates ahead of time, which means that he has exhausted his energy in advance. By the last lap, I will explode with all my strength, and I will definitely be able to catch up." Kenny thought to himself.

When it was about to enter the last lap, Kenny increased his speed to the extreme.

However, the distance between him and Zhang Guan has not narrowed in any way, and Zhang Guan's speed and speed have also reached the extreme.

Cycling is not sprinting. In track cycling, there is not much difference in the fastest speed between the players. The real competition is who can sustain the explosive power for a longer time, and this is what Kenny is good at.

It's a pity that in today's game, Kenny picked the wrong opponent. No matter how strong the continuous explosive power of a cyclist is, how can he compare to a sprinter!

"Oops, I can't catch up! I should have followed him just now." By the time Kenny realized this, it was already too late.

Zhang Guan was a long way ahead of Kenny, and crossed the finish line first, winning the first game.

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"Zhang Guan's speed in this round is very fast, maybe within 10 seconds!" Kenny looked at Zhang Guan in front of him while skating on the track.

In track cycling races, although there are three laps to be ridden, only the last lap is recorded. When entering the last lap, the speed has been increased to the extreme, so the last lap is riding at full speed. The distance of a bicycle lap is 200 meters, and the world's top male athletes cycle at full speed in about 10 seconds. Even the top players in the world can hardly achieve a result within 10 seconds.

At this moment, there was a noise and exclamation in the arena.

Kenny turned his head and looked, and saw that Zhang Guan's score had been given on the score board on the wall.

9.757 seconds!

Kenny suddenly took a deep breath.

"9.757 seconds! My God! The record held by Sir Hoy was broken by Zhang Guan!"

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I wish you all a happy new year, with auspicious stars shining, good luck, and good luck in the Year of the Rooster! Last year, I didn’t ask for a day off during the Spring Festival. This year I have to make up for my family, so tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the day after tomorrow, the second day of the Lunar New Year. I will take two days off to pass the customs, and I will resume the update on the third day of the Lunar New Year! We ask for your understanding.

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