Chapter 32: "Physically Handicapped"
Gu Kun's speculation about the psychology of the people of Oceania is quite accurate.
He can even foresee that in the backstroke competition, many Oceanian people even have expectations for Ross and Swenk:
What if, when they set the world record before, they also kept their strength?
Everyone knows that every time a world record is broken, it is a huge benefit, since Gu Kun can only break a few tenths of a second each time in order to break it a few more times.
Maybe Ross and Swenk also saved their strength when they broke the record at the World Championships last year, and perhaps their real strength is much better than their predecessors. It's just that between the World Championships last year and this year's Olympic Games, those senior athletes did not have other top international competitions, so they didn't have the opportunity to break the record in a high-profile manner.
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The heated discussion and pursuit of the people can be blind, but professionals must be calm.
Atlanta, Georgia State University Sports Center.
Daniel Kasman, head coach of the Oceania Nation swimming team, smoked a cigar intently, his expression grim. Several other coaches and assistants in charge of the backstroke team sat on both sides, waiting to discuss countermeasures.
As a sports player, Coach Daniel certainly did not smoke when he was young, and he generally did not smoke when he became a coach in his old age. It's just that this session is too stressful and not easy to handle, so I occasionally relieve anxiety.
Oceania's swimming team has always been the strongest in the world, and they may not be sure to win the gold medal in any specific event, but it is absolutely no problem to ensure that among the more than 30 gold medals in the swimming category, the total number is the first.
The swimming team contributes an average of a quarter of the gold medals to the country each year, and when the harvest is good, it can reach 30%, and the worst harvest year is basically 20%, which is an important gold medal vault of Oceania.
But what about this year? It is estimated that 20% will definitely not be able to keep it, and on the women's side, at least four or five yuan can be obtained, just like in previous years.
But on the men's side, although Gu Kun does not swim butterfly, he is not very strong on the side of Oceania, and the current butterfly gods are all in Lucia, Germany, and Australia. Their top seed in the butterfly, Tom McClout, was the most promising to win gold in the 200 butterfly, but he also failed yesterday to win the silver medal, and the 100m butterfly was originally abandoned.
If Gu Kun shaved his head in all the events he participated in, the Oceania men's only two gold medals in the relay race would be able to win this year.
The men have two golds, and the women count the hardware, which adds up to only seven golds. Compared with the national goal of more than 40 gold, it is too weak. This year they are the host country, and it is the first year of fair competition since the breakup of Lucia, and the goal must have been set a little higher.
(In the Barcelona Olympics in 92, Lucia had also disintegrated, but at that time, Lucia had just disintegrated and was still in chaos, so she had no intention of organizing a team to participate in the Olympics.
How does the performance of the swimming team prove the superiority of the free world?
A group of coaches were at a loss for what to do in the face of Gu Kun, and in the end, a coach who had no consideration for his future and was ready to retire proposed:
"Daniel, or ...... You know, it's not impossible to take a urine test now, and the sampling process is not mandatory to be videotaped and kept confidential and notarized......
When Daniel heard this, he was slightly alert.
That's too bad, isn't it?
Not to mention, Oceania itself is not clean, and it is a bit too despicable to do so - Oceania often criticizes athletes from other countries for doping, but in fact, they themselves are just relatively developed in biochemical technology.
Just like the "methyl double clear testosterone" that was just made in 95, it was obviously a steroid sex hormone in the eyes of later generations, but the hidden effect of this new drug could not be found out at the level of foreign science and technology at that time, so the Ocean Team could be legally used by athletes as an "asthma special drug".
Therefore, there is a very classic joke in the circle: all gymnasts in Oceania are hyperactive, and all swimmers are asthmatic, so that they need to use legal "special drugs" to suppress their own diseases.
(It's just that later it will be found that these "asthma special drugs" can enhance the lung capacity and blood oxygen binding efficiency of normal people, so swimmers should drink it.) "ADHD medicine" can strengthen the balance of normal people, gymnastics, figure skating should drink. )
However, regardless of whether they themselves are clean or not, if it is possible to frame Gu Kun, they can still consider it.
Daniel thought about the current rules flow.
If this matter is shelved at the beginning of the 21st century and the Internet era, there will definitely be no possibility of doing anything wrong, because there will be a full digital video record, as well as the filming time and whether it is encrypted by PS, and whether the urine sampled before the game has dropped the bag, it will be difficult to fake.
But in '96, the digitization of the evidence process had not yet been established, and now it is mainly for each athlete to choose whether or not their process is to be videotaped positively when they take a sample. Some athletes feel ashamed and want to memorize the record, and the Olympic Committee does not force it.
Therefore, it is also occasionally necessary to carry a clean urine bag prepared in advance, although it is disgusting to think about, but for the sake of grades and interests, many people do everything.
"If this arrangement really works, and it won't expose us, you can consider ......" Daniel thought about it again and again, and almost agreed to do it.
Fortunately, at this moment, another coach raised an objection: "Head coach! But Gu Kun's results last year were already so rebellious, and he must have left a full set of sampling evidence in himself." With his ungodly results, if he could reach such a high level without drugs, would it cause an uproar?
When the hype comes to the forefront, maybe he doesn't care at all, but we're going to be stirred up – you have to know that he's not a professional athlete. I checked a little that he is a wealthy businessman, engaged in cultural tourism, shipping, and commercial real estate. He'd be more than happy to see the media exposure and the continued hype, and we're a professional sports team, not a commercial club, and that's not good for us, at least we don't need to. ”
Daniel was slightly startled, thinking that this statement made a lot of sense.
Gu Kun, the preparation hand for leaving evidence in advance is good.
He has broken so many records in this book, and he must have been checked repeatedly, which shows that he can still significantly surpass the current achievements of human beings without the help of drugs.
Daniel can be sure of the law, but he is not sure of public opinion and cannot block the people's conspiracy theories.
And Gu Kun is not a professional athlete, which is destined to make the benefits of framing not so great, and the other party does not need to be limited to the means in the circle when he fights back.
The old yin is too complicated to calculate, and the brain will fall into the pit with one less turn.
Daniel thought again and again: "Then it's better to be safe, don't be formally framed yet." We wait for the backstroke competition to end, and then let our reporters let the wind out, stimulate the opponent's reaction first, and then think about it in the long run. ”
What he meant was to first spread rumors about Gu Kun's medication from the people, and then ask the reporter to ask Gu Kun what he thought about it.
It is necessary to first test out how to fight back after "making Gu Kun feel that he has been framed", and then decide whether to really frame him. In this way, there is still room to stop in time, so as not to die.
After all, everyone works for the country, and they can't offend a giant with huge power to death for the sake of political achievements.
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On the morning of July 20, the preliminaries of the two backstroke events and the semi-finals in the afternoon came to an end quickly.
Daniel still used some strength to leave and right the grouping, so that his two famous generals were not in the same group as Gu Kun.
So although Gu Kun once again broke the world record four times in a row, Rose and Swenk were not intuitively hit by the game mentality.
Trump Swenk also broke a record broken by Gu Kun in the semi-finals of the 200m backstroke. It's just that his result came a little late, and the old record had already been refreshed by Gu Kun himself, so Svenk didn't break the world record.
But in any case, this also gave the Ocean team extra confidence.
The backstroke is their last pride in the men's individual competition!
July 21, morning.
At 9:30 and 11:30 today, the men's backstroke 100m and 200m finals will be held successively. It was also the largest spectatorship at the Georgia Tech Aquatics Center since the start of the Games, knowing in advance that it was the sport in which their country's athletes had the best chance of winning gold, and that if they lost, the men's team would be finished.
Naturally, Pabrie and Nash also came to watch the game. There are more and more foreign girls standing on Gu Kun's side in the stands.
They all look blonde, swaying wildly when cheering, just as hi as McJackson at the concert.
It can only be said that the problem of women worshipping the strong exists in all countries and nationalities, and it is a normal phenomenon.
(What is not normal is just indiscriminate worship of foreign garbage, ignoring the comprehensive quality of the other party, and just looking at a foreigner and pasting it upside down.) And it is normal to worship the strong, if people are elites, they can't not be allowed to like their own women because they are foreigners. )
Charles Nash was a little apprehensive, and yesterday he was approached by a member of the swim team who asked him to introduce a Fox TV reporter to something that seemed to be going on after the game.
Nash didn't know why the other party found him and how he got on this line - perhaps, just because he knew his identity and watched him watch the swimming competition every day, he felt that he was patriotic and could make friends?
However, since the other party wanted to deal with Gu Kun, he was still happy to see it. It's just a few journalist resources, and it's none of his business.
In the middle of the panic, there was a starting whistle in the field, and the game began.
The backstroke starts underwater, there is no diving, and the first few meters are faced up and twisting the body underwater, so it is not easy to see the advantages and disadvantages in the first few seconds.
"Swenk is up! Ross is up! Swenk is number one!"
For a moment, Nash's heart rose to his throat, our Oceania is indeed a beacon of the world! The free world is superior!
The players, coaches, and administrators of the Ocean team, who watched the game from other corners, probably have this mentality.
Unfortunately, this excitement only lasted for a little more than a second, and then a terrifying speculation came to mind.
"What about Gu Kun, why did he disappear?"
Just when they felt incomprehensible, Gu Kun finally surfaced.
He only writhed underwater for two seconds more than the others, and by the time he came out of the water, he had already surpassed Swenk by a full five meters.
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