Chapter 80: Arriving at the Big Board
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After all, as an official press conference, they can't just predict what an athlete from their country will do at a press conference.
If you don't run out by then, you'll be embarrassed.
Still, it's okay to say a few ambiguous official words of confidence. How the reporters go back and analyze and write the news on their own is the reporter's own business.
Sure enough, although the press conference of the national track and field team did not directly say that Zhang Huasong may run into 10 seconds at the World Championships, the reporters sent this as the same news as Liu Xiang winning the championship, predicting that Zhang Huasong may become the first Asian and yellow to run in 10 seconds.
Moreover, based on Zhang Huasong's previous performance, this prediction does not seem to be an estimate, not a guess, and eight out of ten will become a reality.
As a result, many sports fans have paid much more attention to this World Championships in Athletics. In addition to watching Liu Xiang's performance, everyone also gave some attention to Zhang Huasong.
Because the start time of the competition is early and late, the national track and field team is not all going to Dongying together.
The opening ceremony of the World Championships was held at 4 p.m. on August 25, but the first round of heats for the men's 100m began at 11 a.m.
Therefore, some athletes, including Zhang Huasong, who started earlier, set off in the first batch on the morning of August 24 and flew to Dongying Daban under the leadership of Feng Shuyong, the head coach and leader of the national track and field team.
As soon as they got off the plane, everyone almost didn't suffocate to death!
The temperature of this slab is also too high, higher than the temperature when the Universiade was held in Bangkok, Southeast Asia.
Zhang Huasong estimates that it is at least above 36 degrees.
In this kind of weather, it is estimated that few athletes can perform normally.
With a hint of worry, everyone took the organizer's bus to a big hotel next to the Daban Changju Arena for the World Championships.
This hotel is one of the hotels designated by the organizers of the World Championships to stay for athletes, and the cost of accommodation is borne by the organizers. But if you don't want to stay in this hotel and want to choose another hotel by yourself, then you will have to pay for your own accommodation.
When we got off the plane and arrived at the hotel, we were already soaked with sweat despite the air conditioning on the bus.
After the accommodation was arranged, everyone hurriedly took a shower and changed their clothes before going to dinner.
In the hotel restaurant, Dongying's TV station is also broadcasting reports on the high-temperature "baking" of the World Championships, and the organizers are also doing a lot of work to make the World Championships run smoothly as much as possible.
Zhang Huasong acted as a translator, watching the news while translating the news content on Dongying TV for other coaches and teammates of the national team.
Zhang Huasong's fluent Japanese caused a burst of amazement among the national team coaches and teammates.
When I was training in China, I just watched him learn Japanese by himself after training every day, and occasionally practiced speaking with a translator. Unexpectedly, in just a few weeks, Zhang Huasong was already able to understand the words of Dongying TV and be able to act as a translator for others.
Just when everyone was complaining about the hot weather on the big board and marveling at Zhang Huasong's learning speed, a sudden statement from the IAAF appeared on TV.
The IAAF issued its latest statement on August 24, solemnly warning all athletes and coaches participating in the World Championships that no one should use doping in order to improve performance.
Once discovered, the first-time offender will be banned for four years and will definitely not be able to participate in the Peking Olympics. Those who have a criminal record will be punished by a penalty of 4 to 10 years, up to a lifetime ban, depending on the circumstances.
This is the latest decision of the International Anti-Doping Agency (IADA) in recent days.
Prior to the World Championships, first-time offenders were only required to be banned for two years. But from now on, even first-time offenders will face a minimum of four years of ban. As for those with a criminal record, the risk is even greater.
Subsequently, the TV station announced the prize money for the World Championships, which was extremely hot for everyone.
The World Championships in Athletics set a high prize money for the athletes.
Individual events 1 to 8 place will be awarded $60,000 for the winner, $30,000 for the second place, $20,000 for the third place, $15,000 for the fourth place, $10,000 for the fifth place, $6,000 for the sixth place, $5,000 for the seventh place, and $4,000 for the 8th place.
The prize money for 1st to 8th place in the team competition is $80,000 for the winner, $40,000 for the runner-up, $20,000 for the third place, $16,000 for the fourth place, $12,000 for the fifth, $8,000 for the sixth, $6,000 for the seventh, and $4,000 for the 8th place.
If he wins the individual championship, the prize money of 60,000 US dollars will be a huge amount of more than 400,000 yuan according to the exchange rate of the RMB against the US dollar in 2007.
Moreover, the bonuses of the World Championships, the Olympic Games, and the World Cup, the three top international events, as well as the awards of departments at or above the provincial level obtained because of these three events, are not tax deductible in China, and the more than 400,000 yuan are all owned by athletes except for a part of the national team.
If Zhang Huasong can win the championship, according to the income distribution ratio between Zhang Huasong and the national team, even if 5% is handed over to the national team, he can still get about 400,000 yuan.
Based on Bluestar's consumption level in 2007, more than 400,000 yuan still has a lot of purchasing power, which is almost equivalent to Zhang Yiqing's salary for more than ten years without eating or drinking.
With this money, my father can quit his job in the furniture factory, which was full of wood chips and dust, and go home to build a new house and find something else to do, so that he no longer has to be a carpenter master and breathe a lot of dust every day.
In addition to the championship bonus, in order to encourage the players to hit the world record, the World Championships also set up a separate world record-breaking bonus, the amount of which is up to 100,000 US dollars.
Zhang Huasong was a little dizzy when he saw it.
If he can break the world record and win the championship, even after deducting 5% of the money handed over to the national team, he can still get a huge sum of 1 million?
In that case, not only would my father not have to work in a furniture factory, but my mother would not have to get up early and go to the field every day to grow and sell vegetables.
Zhang Huasong looked at the available reputation value in his profile, and after the accumulation of this period of time after the Bangkok Universiade, it has approached the 128,000 required to upgrade to 9.8 seconds.
If you run 10 seconds in the preliminaries and semi-finals, it will definitely cause a sensation in the whole of Asia, and upgrading to 9.8 seconds will definitely be no problem. Even if you upgrade to 9.7 seconds, it's not impossible.
In that case, it would be possible to break Powell's world record of 9.77 seconds in the final.
Thinking of this, Zhang Huasong didn't care about the hot weather of the big board. He's got a lot of fighting spirit and really wants to start the race quickly, not only to run 10 seconds, but also to break the world record to win the title.
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