Chapter 286: The Olympic Journey (9)
Shen Lang's score of 52.62 seconds can be seen by most people that it is far from his limit.
But even the leadership of the Chinese swimming team doesn't know where his real limit is, because since he broke the world records in these four events in training half a year ago, there has been no such rapid progress.
The head coach and team leader naturally let him swim with all his might, but Shen Lang was obviously disobedient and just deliberately improved his score a little more to make the difference.
But it is precisely because it can be seen that he has always retained his strength that the public will have more topics to discuss, and it can also make Shen Lang leave a deeper impression on people in the discussion.
It's like people like to discuss: If Bolt doesn't work hard at his peak, will he run under 9.5 seconds?
Shen Lang is now also left with such doubts, after the end of this race, many people began to discuss, if Shen Lang sprinted in the last 25 meters, will his time exceed 52 seconds? Where is his limit?
This small method used to increase the topic after 30 years was obviously very effective in the 80s.
Shen Lang passed the two gold medals on this day, and he can be regarded as making himself the real king of contemporary swimming.
But the king did a controversial thing after the game, he left the scene without turning his head after greeting his opponent, and he didn't even accept the interview.
This naturally made the personnel of the "Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee" very embarrassed, and soon someone went to stop Shen Lang from leaving, but this kind of verbal obstruction naturally had no effect.
In the end, Team Leader Hu accepted an interview on his behalf and revealed the reason why Shen Lang did not participate in the award: "We will persuade the athletes for their excesses, but we also hope that the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee will apologize to our athletes!" ”
He explained: "The Los Angeles Organising Committee has been intolerably discriminatory against Chinese swimmers in the past two days, and today they conducted four separate tests on Shen Lang, making a total of six in the two days. We have already protested to the International Olympic Committee in this regard, why are Shen Lang only tested alone every time? ”
Of course, his remarks were not broadcast live in North America, and the content of this visit was not given by broadcast signals around the world.
But in this day and age, it is impossible to completely cover up such interviews, because there are also reporters and photographers from the countries of the contestants.
Even if the content of this visit is not officially pushed by Los Angeles, these countries will still broadcast it on their own.
Some departments of the "Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee" are now panicking, and they feel that if this kind of thing is not handled well, it will become a political **, and even a stain on this Olympic Games.
But there are also many departments that feel that the Chinese are deliberately making a big fuss and taking advantage of the problem.
Even if there is indeed something wrong with their separate test, it will not be so drastic as not going on stage to accept the award.
There are more than 30 departments responsible for the preparation and organization of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, and each department has a few dozen people and a few hundred people.
At this moment, the department responsible for the testing of athletes for illegal drugs does not feel the need to apologize, they are completely in accordance with the normal regulations and procedures, and there is no need to apologize to anyone at all.
But now that the awards ceremony is about to begin, wouldn't it be a big scandal if the gold medal is denied?
The current "Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee" is indeed a pain!
If you can't get the gold medalist to come on stage to accept the award, how can this award ceremony be held?
Shen Lang really didn't come to accept the award, will he give this gold medal or not?
If you don't give it, is that in line with the rules?
But if you give it, how can you deal with the aftermath if no one receives it?
Can China send someone to collect it on its behalf?
But would this break the rules and cause a greater negative impact?
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With such a large list of difficult problems, it is almost impossible to negotiate a result in a short period of time.
So the most embarrassing scene in the history of the Olympic Games still appeared, the men's 100m butterfly championship medal ceremony, the champion's podium was empty.
Los Angeles also knew that the broadcast of this picture was definitely a big scandal, so it simply did not push the award ceremony to the world.
The awards were presented as usual, and even the Chinese national anthem was played as usual.
But only the runner-up and the runner-up took the stage to accept the award, and the middle position was like invisible.
The Chinese side proposed that the team leader could be sent to accept the award on behalf of Shen Lang, but the "Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee" still did not agree after considering it, because this did not comply with the regulations, and second, this unprecedented situation is likely to have a greater negative impact.
So this unclaimed gold medal, they simply threw it to the people of the "IOC".
Although it is not good for them to test Shen Lang alone, since they do not violate the rules, then all the problems will be transferred to the "International Olympic Committee", and simply let them talk to the barbaric Chinese.
This gold medal was naturally handed over to the "International Olympic Committee", and the Chinese love it or not, so they don't want to care about it.
As for the apology offered by the Chinese side, that is, of course, impossible.
When did they Americans apologize within the rules?
Even if it's outside the rules, even if they don't stand on the ground, it's just done.
Apologize?
That was a dream!
Wu Jie was very satisfied with this result, he was actually very worried that the Americans would really bow their arrogant heads and apologize to Shen Lang under the premise of political correctness.
If that were the case, they would have no excuse to refuse to accept the prize, and wouldn't the mission be a failure?
So the Americans refused to bow their heads, and Wu Jie and Shen Lang were relieved.
As for Shen Lang not receiving this gold medal, will he not give it in the end? Or is it cancelled?
Of course not, because there is already a precedent for this kind of thing.
Shen Lang's gold medal will still be counted on the Chinese team, and the winner is still Shen Lang.
However, it is indeed unlawful to send someone to collect it on its behalf, and the "International Olympic Committee" will never allow such an operation.
The gold medal can only be managed by the "International Olympic Committee", and then placed in the Olympic Museum in Switzerland to wait for Shen Lang to collect it in person.
If he is no longer alive in the future, then only his immediate family members are eligible to collect it on his behalf.
This is also the reason why the members of the U.S. basketball team wanted to make a will not allow their descendants to receive the silver medal, but of course Shen Lang would not make this medical order, and he did not refuse to accept the award because of an unfair punishment on the court, so he would let his descendants take the gold medal back after his death.
But this kind of thing naturally added fuel to the fire of the Chinese delegation, especially Shen Lang, who had just broken two world records in a row in one day.
The next day, the world's news media reported on the first gold denial in the history of the Olympic Games**!
12 years ago, the U.S. men's basketball team refused to receive the silver medal because they thought they had encountered the greatest darkness in basketball history, and that silver medal was not only a shame for them, but a shame for the entire history of basketball, so they thought that receiving this medal was a basketball sinner!
Shen Lang refused to receive the gold medal for the first time this time, which was also the first time in the history of the Olympics!
He released his reasons for refusing to accept the gold medal through several Chinese media that night, and the next day in an interview with the British media, he once again reiterated the reason for his refusal of the gold medal.
Shen Lang's reason is quite sufficient, anyone who has to take off his pants before and after the game will definitely not be in a good mood.
If it's group testing, and it doesn't treat everyone equally, then forget it.
But every time I catch him alone, anyone will have to be scum!
"We understand your displeasure, but this is the first time in Olympic history that you have refused to receive a gold medal, so shouldn't you be able to tolerate it?"
This is a question from a British journalist, and it is not at all clear whether it is friend or foe.
But in fact, this is already Wu Jie's own person arranged through Isabella.
"I'm not opposed to frequent urine tests, but I want them to be treated the same and treat me with the respect I deserve. It's a pity that my protest didn't have an effect, and my 6 forbearances were only exchanged for intensified targeting and discrimination! So I don't plan to continue to give in now, because there is a bottom line for forbearance, and blindly forbearance is the most pitiful, and it is something that makes you more aggrieved and makes bad people more rampant! ”
Shen Lang's answer was quickly reported by the Chinese and British media, the latter of which rarely did not undergo reprocessing.
In the 80s, there was no such thing as the Internet, and the British media had a very large influence in world opinion.
This is also the reason why Wu Jie must get Isabella done, he needs a platform that can help himself and the tools speak out at a critical time.
This time, the British media carried out a complete report, which will definitely allow Shen Lang's refusal to accept the gold medal to be spread normally, so as to gain the public's understanding and support, because this kind of inspection, which is full of targeting and discrimination, is indeed too easy to tell the truth.
In addition, Shen Lang's other intention to make this matter bigger is also through his own fierce reaction, so that in the future, Western event organizations will not dare to make it so difficult for Chinese athletes.
At this time, another benefit of the Cold War also became apparent, because there was still a social camp in the West that sang against the United States, and they liked to see the Americans make a fool of themselves.
Therefore, this matter will definitely be used by the Hammer and Sickle Gang, and Shen Lang, a victim who is not a victim, will soon get the support and support of public opinion from all sides.
But the Americans still did not apologize, but when Shen Lang came to the preliminaries of the 200-meter medley the next morning, he was finally not asked to test alone.
Of course, he was still tested, but this time it was Shen Lang's entire team that was tested.
This is the reply of the Americans, of course, it is impossible to admit mistakes, but you can be treated equally!
In the future, every time Shen Lang participates in the competition, everyone in the group will be tested together, now see what else you have to say!
Shen Lang naturally had nothing to say, but the contestants who were tested by a piece of the test were bitter and couldn't speak, and many people were still scolding Shen Lang in their hearts for being troubled and affecting the neighborhood, how could they add chemical ingredients now?
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Today is the third day of competition, and it is still how fast gold medals will be produced in swimming, shooting, weightlifting, and judo, in addition to archery, diving and other events.
The Chinese team, the gold medal champion on the first and second days, still has a chance to lose a big lead and complete the honor of winning the gold medal for three consecutive days.
At this moment, the Chinese team won a total of 10 gold medals, plus 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals through the magical performance of the first two competition days.
The second-place team of the United States has only three gold medals and three silver medals, while West Germany, Japan, South Korea and Italy are tied for third with one gold medal each, and no other country has won a gold medal.
In this way, looking at the first appearance of the Chinese delegation, it is a bit of a dragon out of the water, and it has soared into the sky, and the total number of gold medals won by various countries is not as good as that of China.
In the morning 200m medley preliminaries, Shen Lang once again became the focus of attention, because he not only swam the first place in 2:00.25, but also broke the world record in the preliminaries.
This result was a full 3 seconds faster than Pablo Morales, who was second in the preliminaries, and the media from all over the world felt that Shen Lang was really angry, so he changed his habit of releasing water every time.
Of course, Wu Jie knew that Shen Lang was just making a look like he was angry, and the so-called release of water was only the difference between more and less water, but no matter what, it was necessary to put some water.
Shen Lang still has three races to swim today, one is the 200-meter freestyle final, which is scheduled in the evening, and the other two are the 200-meter medley preliminaries in the morning and the 400-meter medley preliminaries in the afternoon.
This world record-breaking preliminaries naturally made the world more interested in the Chinese flying fish, which refused to win the gold medal for the first time.
If he only wins two or three gold medals, although it is also a rare situation in the history of the Olympic Games, it will not become a news that shocks the world, at most it will make Shen Lang a man of the year in this Olympic Games.
But from this preliminaries, it can be seen that Shen Lang definitely has the strength to win at least four championships, if he can really win 5 fast and 6 gold medals, it will be more than just a man of the year in the Olympic Games.
At that time, Shen Lang will be one of the most legendary figures in all sports in the 100-year history of the Olympic Games.
At the same time, he will become one of the most legendary leaders in the field of contemporary sports, and his status will definitely not be inferior to Wu Jie, enough to be called the first "swimming king" or recognized "swimming emperor".
But it's not just Shen Lang that China can report on this day, because the group stage of China's team events will start again the next day, and the group stage of football, basketball, volleyball, handball, water polo and other events will be reopened today.
The Chinese handball team first brought good news to the Chinese people in the morning, they narrowly defeated the Brazilian women's handball team with a score of 36:33 and directly qualified for the group one round ahead of schedule.
This made Wu Jie relieved, but also glad that he could use a few fewer cards.
In addition, the group stage of the men's volleyball team also ended in the morning, and this team, which has been ignored and despised by Wu Jie and the domestic audience, actually defeated West Germany 3:1 in the second game of the group.
Wu Jie checked the comparison of the strength of the two teams, in fact, the overall strength of the West German men's volleyball team is higher than that of the Chinese men's volleyball team.
But in the game, the Chinese men's volleyball team was very aggressive in tactics and playing style, and at the same time, everyone was also very open, which really showed the spirit of daring to fight.
On the other hand, the West German men's volleyball team seems to have failed to realize that they are the stronger side, not only playing timidly throughout the game, but also obviously putting themselves on the weak side in interviews before and after the game.
Wu Jie thought for a long time before coming up with a guess, could this be because of the strong performance of Chinese football, basketball, handball, including the women's volleyball team, which made the West Germans misestimate the strength of the Chinese men's volleyball team?
As for why the men's volleyball team dares to fight so hard, Wu Jie's guess is that the exposure rate is too low and it is too unappreciated by all walks of life, but it has aroused the fighting spirit and performance of these guys.
In addition, there is no attention and being despised by the Chinese people, which means that there is no pressure on them.
Anyway, if you lose, you should lose, and if you win, you will earn for nothing, of course, it is a desperate fight with the opponent, proving that the Chinese men's volleyball team is by no means the only waste in the three major balls!
The combination of these factors should be a reasonable explanation for the overturn in West Germany.
"Made, if the Chinese men's football team in the original plane had this kind of blood, it would not be a shame for the country!"
Wu Jie shook his head, and suddenly another thought came to him.
Now the men's volleyball team has won a series of strong opponents, self-confidence has improved again, and the momentum has become more and more high.
In addition, China's volleyball tactics are indeed at the world's advanced level, and if it is matched with the momentum of daring to fight and move forward bravely, this actually has all the elements of a dark horse.
So, aren't these guys going to be in the dark?