Chapter 267: The True 8 Gold Myth

The final result of the men's 400m final at the Peking Olympics was Zhang Huasong winning the championship in a record-breaking time of 43.17 seconds, Jeremy Varina finishing second with a personal best of 43.38 seconds, and Lasean Merritt finishing third in 43.79 seconds.

Zhang Huasong broke the world record for the eighth time and won the eighth gold medal, creating a greater result than Phelps.

At the award ceremony, when the commentator called Zhang Huasong's name and Zhang Huasong jumped on the highest podium, the audience erupted in the warmest applause and cheers.

Zhang Huasong's gold medal was awarded by the President of the International Olympic Committee himself!

After putting the gold medal on Zhang Huasong, the 60-year-old IOC helmsman shook Zhang Huasong's hand and said: "Zhang Huasong, you are the greatest Olympic athlete, you are a miracle of mankind! I hope you will continue to create greater miracles in the javelin final at night!"

Zhang Huasong was indeed exhausted in this 400-meter race, and he was still panting when he received the award. Hearing what the President of the Olympic Committee said, Zhang Huasong calmed down and smiled: "Thank you for your affirmation, I will continue to work hard!"

After receiving the medal, in the chorus of the national anthem in unison with tens of thousands of Chinese spectators, the five-star red flag was raised in the National Stadium for Zhang Huasong's victory for the eighth time.

After the award ceremony, Zhang Huasong was surrounded by reporters and asked for an interview.

However, at this time, Feng Shuyong, the head coach of the Huaguo track and field team, stood up and asked everyone to move to the news center, and the Chinese delegation will hold a press conference on Zhang Huasong's eighth Olympic gold later.

Zhang Huasong won the eighth gold, tied Phelps's record of eight gold, and broke all world records, greater than Phelps, and it is indeed necessary to hold a special press conference to provide news to media reporters from all over the world.

Moreover, the Chinese delegation also needs to express its attitude towards some things that happened during the competition.

Everyone saw the process of the game clearly, Zhang Huasong was interfered with by David Neville, a player from the Stars and Stripes, and almost couldn't break the record, Neville definitely fouled, and the referee made the right decision.

But was Neville intentional or unintentional, his own personal actions or was there someone behind it?

It's definitely worth digging into!

Reporters surrounded Zhang Huasong for an interview, in addition to congratulating him on winning the eighth gold, but also to ask him about his personal feelings on the court and what he thought of Neville's foul.

Feng Shuyong was also afraid that Zhang Huasong would say something inappropriate, so he immediately stood up to stop the reporter's interview and asked everyone to go to the press center to attend the press conference.

After the reporters flocked to the news center, Zhang Huasong followed Feng Shuyong to a separate room, where there were the head of the Chinese delegation, the leader of the track and field team, and others.

After congratulating Zhang Huasong on his achievement of winning the eighth gold, they began to ask about the competition.

After careful questioning of Zhang Huasong and watching the game video replay, everyone determined that Neville's foul must have been deliberate.

Neville's purpose is to stop Zhang Huasong's winning streak and prevent Phelps' eight-gold myth from being caught up by Zhang Huasong, or even broken.

As a result, at a later press conference, the Chinese delegation strongly condemned the deliberate foul play of David Neville in the competition, and claimed that it would file a complaint with the International Olympic Committee to investigate Neville's intentional foul behavior and motives.

Based on David Neville's performance in this match, which was very different from usual, the Chinese delegation had reason to suspect that Neville deliberately committed a foul to prevent Zhang Huasong from winning the championship.

The Stars and Stripes delegation responded immediately, holding a press conference claiming that David Neville's actions were only unintentional fouls and that there was no deliberate attempt to interfere with Zhang's game.

David Neville also apologized to Zhang Huasong at a press conference, claiming that he definitely did not deliberately foul Zhang Huasong to interfere. He just wanted to get a good result so much that he was too close to the inside of the track line to save distance and so on.

Originally, Zhang Huasong broke the record and won the eighth gold is a big news, and there are opponents suspected of stumbling during the race, and the press conference of both sides after the game insists on shouting in the air, so that the media around the world after the 400m final are collectively in a high tide.

Not to mention the online media that can report the news in real time, many TV media have inserted the results of the men's 400m final regardless of the program being broadcast. Many newspapers also urgently printed special issues to report on Zhang Huasong's eighth gold medal and what happened on and off the field in the men's 400m final.

"Peking Olympics Men's 400m Final Zhang Huasong Continues to Break the World Record and Win the Eighth Gold!"

"The real myth of eight golds, Zhang Huasong broke the world record in eight consecutive finals and won 8 gold medals in the Peking Olympics!"

"Olympian Greatest Than Phelps: Zhang Huasong!Eight World Record Breaking Championships Surpassing Phelps!"

"Zhang Huasongping Phelps has a single Olympic gold record of 8 golds, tonight's javelin final will detonate the global ratings frenzy!"

"The men's 400m final is over, Zhang Huasong continues to break the record to win the championship and win the eighth gold!

"In the men's 400-meter race, David Neville stumbled, Zhang Huasong closed his hand and accelerated instantly, and finally broke the record and won the championship!"

"The Chinese delegation held a press conference to accuse David Neville of deliberately committing a foul to prevent Zhang Huasong from winning the championship, and the Stars and Stripes delegation claimed that Neville was an unintentional foul!"

"Zhang Huasong has become the biggest asset of the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee intervened in the investigation, and David Neville is in a bad situation!"

"It is doubtful whether David Neville's foul on Zhang Huasong had another purpose!"

"Fouls can't stop Zhang Huasong's winning streak, tonight's javelin final, whether Zhang Huasong surpasses Phelps to win the 9th gold, it's worth looking forward to!"

After winning the eighth gold, Zhang Huasong broke one more world record than Phelps, but the number of gold medals was still the same.

For ordinary viewers who usually don't pay attention to sports at all and even lack sports knowledge, they don't know what world records are, they only know gold medals.

Therefore, Zhang Huasong's eighth gold did not cause as much of a sensation as Phelps' eighth gold. After all, Phelps is the first to record eight gold medals at a single Olympic Games.

However, with the sensational effect caused by Phelps, Zhang Huasong equaled his eight-gold medal record and will sprint for a ninth-gold medal tonight, which attracted more interest from the audience than Phelps' eighth-gold match.

In addition, the live broadcast time of the game in the evening is the evening in Asia, the afternoon in Europe, and the morning in the Americas, and viewers in most parts of the world can watch the live broadcast without having to stay up late in the morning.

Therefore, the men's javelin final of the Peking Olympics on the evening of August 23 will cause a real ratings frenzy.

Media experts estimate that more than 400 million people around the world could tune in to watch the men's javelin final, 100 million more than Phelps' eighth-gold match.

As for the people who learned about the game after the game through the news and videos, there are definitely even more.

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