Chapter 512: Breakthrough and Doping Scandal

After the end of the Modu Short Course Swimming World Championships, Guo Zizhao's life temporarily returned to calm.

In addition to maintaining two hours of daily training every day, most of the time, Guo Zizhao either accompanies Sister Tao to deal with some foundation matters, or goes to see the completion of the training base, and occasionally goes out to participate in a commercial event to maintain exposure.

However, in the past few months when Guo Zizhao has not been out of the mountain, various exciting news in the international athletics world have been one after another, which has greatly attracted the attention of track and field enthusiasts all over the world.

The first thing that attracted everyone's attention was the Cuban teenager Dai Long. Robles.

The young man, who has been invited to participate in Guo Zizhao's international training camp several times, has attracted everyone's attention since he entered the international arena last year, and once broke into the top 20 in the international ranking last year. Especially since the beginning of the year, the 19-year-old Cuban has shown strong upward momentum.

At the World Indoor Athletics Championships in early March, Robles crossed the finish line third behind Liu Feifei and Trammell, with a time of 7.46 seconds, just 0.03 seconds slower than Trammell, who finished second.

In the three IAAF Grand Prix races in May, Robles finished in the top three finals, with a steady time of around 13.20 seconds. In June, Robles won his first Golden League title in Oslo with a time of 13.09 seconds over veteran Johnson and Frenchman Abdoulaye.

In the next four races in July, Robles ran within 13.10 seconds, and won the 110m hurdles championship at the Madrid Grand Prix again.

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And Liu Feifei's performance in the first half of this year is also quite good. After winning his first gold medal at the World Indoor Championships, Liu Feifei defeated Trammell and Arnold in Osaka and Eugene in May.

In the two Golden League and Grand Prix tournaments in June, Liu Feifei's performance was slightly lacking, losing to Trammel and Doucoure respectively. However, after entering July, Liu Feifei finally broke out.

In the Lausanne Super Grand Prix on July 12, Liu Feifei not only won the championship again, but also ran an amazing time of 12.88 seconds, becoming the second runner to successfully break 12.90 seconds! And the American veteran Arnold also played quite well this time, only one position behind Liu Feifei, and won the second place with a time of 12.90 seconds.

12.88 seconds! 12.90 seconds!

In the case that Guo Zizhao did not participate, there were such two amazing results in a competition, which also shocked the international athletics world!

Liu Feifei, after running a time of 12.91 seconds in the Athens Olympics last year, finally successfully crossed the 12.90 mark again and became the top master second only to Guo Zizhao! In the men's 110-meter hurdles, Liu Feifei also became the only player other than Guo Zizhao to step within 12.90 seconds, opening up Johnson, Doucoure and Trammell's three old rivals!

At the same time, American veteran Dominic. With a time of 12.90 seconds, Arnold became the sixth active athlete to cross under 13 seconds, setting a new American record!

Moreover, Arnold's score of 12.90 seconds is also the best result in the world athletics in this event in addition to Guo Zizhao and Liu Feifei's score of 12.88 seconds. For a while, everyone had more expectations for the 28-year-old veteran.

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In addition to the men's 110-meter hurdles, on the track of the men's 100-meter sprint, which has attracted more attention, there has also been a big surprise in the international arena in the past two months.

This year's first pick is Justin. Gatling. At the Doha Grand Prix on May 12, Gatlin once again ran 9.77 seconds to challenge his old rival Powell.

Just when the international athletics world was excited, something happened that no one expected. Just one day later, the organizing committee announced that Gatlin had not passed the post-race urine test and that the A bottle had tested positive.

This is really a stone that stirs up a thousand waves...... Although Gatlin has repeatedly claimed that there is nothing wrong with him, the shadow of doping still hangs over Gatlin.

And at the British Grand Prix not long after, Jamaican flyer Powell also responded to Gatling with a time of 9.77 seconds. In addition, Powell also declared in front of the media that he hoped that Gatlin could clear his suspicions as soon as possible and start a showdown with himself in the upcoming Golden League.

However, Powell's wish could not be realized.

Soon after, the IAAF announced the results of Gatlin's urine test, and the B vial result was still positive! And, with this being the second positive urine test in his career, Gatlin's new generation of American flyers could face a lifetime IAAF ban.

As soon as this news came out, it also caused a great shock in the international athletics world. Former American flyer Montgomery was banned because of the "doping" scandal, and it has only been more than a year, and now there is another Gatling, which makes the American athletics face swept away.

However, Guo Zizhao knows that this farce is just a thunderstorm and a small rain. Gatlin was eventually banned for 8 years for admitting his mistakes, and later reduced to 4 years after appealing. This can be regarded as saving a little face for American athletics......

Powell, who has no competitors, is quite relaxed, winning all three 100-meter championships in the first three stops of the Golden League, with a score of 9.96 seconds, 9.85 seconds and 9.84 seconds, which is quite arrogant!

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And just when the major international sports media were talking about the "doping" scandal in American athletics, another top American sprinter, Tyson. Guy stepped forward.

At the U.S. Track and Field Championships in late June, Guy won the gold medals in the men's 100m and 200m, with a time of 9.89 seconds and 19.84 seconds, respectively, which is also quite good.

In early July, Guy began his European tour. At the Athens Super Grand Prix, Guy won the men's 100m in 9.88 seconds. At the upcoming Lausanne Super Prix, Guy ran a personal best of 19.77 seconds in the 200m event.

In the Golden League Rome on July 14, although Guy also ran a time of 9.90 seconds, he still lost to Powell's 9.84 seconds. But at the subsequent Madrid Grand Prix, Guy also won the championship with a time of 9.84 seconds, beating Powell's 9.92 seconds!

At the same time, the American men's track and field 200m masters Spearmon and Carter also went to Europe in early July, and easily squeezed into the top three in the following international competitions.

And known as Michael. Johnson's successor, the white player Varina, appeared in Europe early, not only won the first three Golden League men's 400m sprint championships in one fell swoop, but also ran under 44 seconds each time. Varina's obvious improvement in this year's results has also attracted the attention of major sports media.

Just as these American sprinters began to make a name for themselves on the European stage, Guo Zizhao was also belated, and only in late July had just embarked on this year's journey to conquer Europe.

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After the Short Course Swimming World Championships in early April, Guo Zizhao also relaxed for more than two months.

At the beginning of June, Guo Zizhao completed all the construction and decoration at the private track and field training base in Xipu, and has entered the stage of equipment installation and commissioning and personnel training. The management personnel and staff recruited by cousin Wang Jia and Mr. Song Ping are also in place one after another.

Guo Zizhao is also fine, but he tossed around in the training camp and felt the feeling of being unrestrained in his private territory.

It's just that with the changes in the international arena this year, Song Ping and his father are also starting to be a little unable to sit still. Especially after Powell, Gatling and Guy, the three sprinters, frequently ran good results, and Liu Feifei broke through 12.90 seconds, Dad and others also felt a little pressure.

It's just that considering that Guo Zizhao is going to prepare for marriage this year, it was not until late July that Guo Zizhao began to step into the track and field arena.

No, no, there are less than two months to go, and this year's international athletics events should be over. If Guo Zizhao, the "king of track and field", does not appear on the international stage again, the major endorsement companies and sponsors will also start to get angry......

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