Chapter 39: The Unreliable Phelps
With white walls and a blue roof, this is the most standard building on the Aegean coast. When the sun sets, the clouds on the horizon are dyed red, the waves on the sea twinkle like brilliant jewels, and the sea breeze blows, but it carries the fragrance of olives.
"The view is really nice!" Zhang Guan couldn't help but sigh.
This is Prince Sheikh Rashid's villa in Athens, right on the Aegean Sea, the villa is typical of Greek architecture, not very tall, but it covers a very large area, and almost a kilometer of coast around it is surrounded by this villa.
Zhang Guan walked to the door of the villa with a "translator", and before he could take out the golden invitation, he saw a person who looked like a housekeeper walk out and said to Zhang Guan: "Welcome to Mr. Zhang." I am Mohammed, His Royal Highness's Steward of the Prince, and His Royal Highness the Prince is waiting for you inside, please come with me. ”
"Thank you, I didn't expect you to know me, it's a great honor for me." Zhang Guan spoke Chinese, and the man next to him who played the role of translator helped Zhang Guan translate into English.
The butler obviously did not doubt the identity of the translator, and he said very politely: "This time, His Royal Highness the Prince only invited you a Chinese, and when I saw an oriental face, I knew that you must have come." ”
The butler led Zhang Guan through the front hall, and a burst of violent rock music came from not far away.
At this time, a young Arab man appeared in Zhang Guan's sight, dressed in traditional Arab clothes, a snow-white and wide robe, a snow-white turban, and a black headband, Zhang Guan had already guessed that this person was Prince Sheikh Rashid.
"Oh! The fastest man in the world is here! Sheikh Rashid greeted him with a smile on his face.
"Your Royal Highness, I am very glad to see you." Zhang Guan said immediately.
"I'm very welcome to you, I've just brought in the world's fastest swimmer, and now I've got the world's fastest runner." Sheikh Rashid paused, adding, "I'm talking about Michael Phelps. By the way, do you know? ”
"I've heard Phelps' name, but I haven't had a chance to meet him." Zhang Guan added: "Americans live in star-rated hotels, while we stay in the Olympic Village. ”
"That's right, I'll introduce you to Phelps! I'm looking forward to seeing the world's fastest people on land and the fastest in the water get together. Sheikh Rashid walked to the backyard with Zhang Guan.
The heavy rock sound poured into Zhang Guan's ears, and the scene in front of him surprised Zhang Guan.
Right in the middle is a swimming pool, and it's also equipped with a wave pump that claims a wave every once in a while. In or around the pool, you can see men in swimming trunks and beautiful women in bikinis frolicking. On one side of the pool is a row of loungers and on the other side is a row of white sofas.
A black DJ was DJing in the corner, and the sound of rock and roll was coming from him, and in a small open space in front of the black DJ, the lights were flickering, and there were men and women dancing there, looking very excited, and diagonally opposite, there was a marble bar, and a middle-aged bartender was standing at the bar and waving his. Not far from the bartender is a long table with rows of beers and cut fresh fruit, and on the other side of the table a variety of snacks, where a young waiter stands straight with two glasses of champagne and two glasses of red wine on a tray in his hand.
In the corner on the other side, a man in Arab attire stood in front of the charcoal stove, fiddling with the barbecue in his hand, humming a song, and occasionally brushing the thick sauce on the meat, and the smell of grease wafted from the charcoal fire.
"It's a pool party, I think I'm wearing the wrong clothes, I should be wearing something casual." Zhang Guan couldn't stop complaining in his heart.
In the distance, a white man walked up, wearing a casual T-shirt and shorts, about the same height as Zhang Guan, but with a slender body, a long face and a pair of provocative ears, which made Zhang Guan instantly recognizable that this person was the superstar of the swimming world, Michael Phelps.
"Oh, look who's coming, it's our flyer!" Phelps walked over, without the slightest reserve of the first meeting, and gave Zhang Guan an American-style hug.
"Hello, Michael, it's a pleasure to meet you." Zhang Guan bluntly applied the greetings from the middle school textbook.
"Michael, Zhang is probably the first time to participate in this kind of event, and he seems a little reserved, I'll hand him over to you now, let him have fun." Prince Sheikh Rashid spoke.
"No problem, dear Prince, there is good food, good wine, and beautiful women! It's paradise! Phelps couldn't say anything, put his arms around Zhang Guan, and then said, "Zhang, I'll take you around first!" ”
Phelps took Zhang Guan and went straight to the Arab uncle who was barbecuing, and stretched out two fingers, and the Arab uncle immediately handed two huge meat skewers to Phelps. Phelps gave Zhang Guan a skewer and continued, "This is the best barbecue I've ever had!" This chef is a top-notch barbecue chef in the UAE. Oh, by the way, it's camel meat, it was only shipped from Dubai this morning. ”
Zhang Guan took a bite, the meat was very delicious, and the heat was just right, the first-class barbecue chef in the United Arab Emirates really lived up to his reputation, and he was not known how many times stronger than the master of the skewers in the provincial sports center.
There are restrictions on the diet of athletes in training centers in China, but this restriction is mainly in the pre-competition preparation stage and competitions. The pre-competition preparation stage mainly refers to the months before the competition, and the restrictions are mainly on diet, at this stage, athletes are not allowed to eat out, but to eat out to eat poultry, pork, beef and mutton, etc., fermented sauces are also forbidden to eat, vegetables and cooked pasta are edible.
Because high temperatures can destroy the active ingredients of the doping, but they cannot eliminate the residue of clenbuterol. For example, there was once a champion gymnastics athlete who needed to eat out because of his father's birthday two months before the competition, and he didn't eat any dishes on the table, but only ordered a bowl of boiled noodles with green vegetables.
In 2004, the requirements for eating meat outside were not so strict, offal was absolutely forbidden, the ban on beef and mutton was not implemented until a few years later, and in 2012 there was a complete ban on poultry, and even the training centers no longer purchased poultry.
The restrictions during the competition are much stricter, athletes are not allowed to eat and drink outside, and the drinks they carry with them cannot leave the sight of athletes or coaches, such as Liu Feiren, who has opened a bottle of mineral water, as long as he leaves his hand, no matter how much is left in the bottle, he will not continue to drink, and the next time he drinks again, he will reopen a new bottle.
After the competition, as long as the urine test is passed, there is basically no control over the diet of the athletes. You can eat and drink as much as you want, and even if you drink, there is no problem. Therefore, I often see the news that some European and American big-name athletes go to nightclubs and bars to drink after the competition.
Some people may think, after the game, what if there is a spot check or review?
The urine collected by athletes is divided into two samples, A and B, which are actually a bubble of urine in two bottles. During the urine test, sample A is checked, sample B is kept, and if re-examination or spot checks are required, then sample B is examined again instead of re-collecting the specimen from the athlete. For example, if an athlete's A specimen is found to be problematic, then specimen B will be checked, and if specimen B is also found to be problematic, the athlete will be directly judged to have used doping, and no re-sampling will be taken from the athlete.
In addition, there are people who are worried about eating outside and being deliberately drugged by someone with a heart?
The doping used by athletes is nothing more than so many types, among which stimulant doping and blood doping belong to short-term doping, which are generally taken before the game, and this doping will definitely be found out as long as it is used, and the metabolism of this doping is also very fast, it may be metabolized in more than ten hours or more than 20 hours, so it is not meaningful to drug before the game.
There is also one of the most widely used stimulants is the synthetic sterol stimulant, which requires long-term use to have an effect, and occasionally uses one or two times to have no effect at all, and it is also eliminated with metabolism in two or three days; However, if it is used for a long time, the body will react, and even if the drug is stopped for a few days, it will be detected.
In addition, although diuretics are not direct stimulants, they can reduce stimulant metabolites through the diuretic effect, making it difficult to detect stimulant components in the test, resulting in untrue stimulant test results, so they are also banned.
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Phelps continued to walk forward with Zhang Guan.
A waiter came over with a plate with a few glasses of champagne on it. Zhang Guan was just about to prepare that cup, but was stopped by Phelps. ”
"Our flyer doesn't need this kind of drink! That's what we need. Phelps pointed to the marble bar and said, "See the bartender?" His name was Heinz, and he was the most famous bartender in Austria, and I heard that His Royal Highness had paid a lot of money to bring him in. ”
Phelps took Zhang Guan to the bar and sat down, and said to the bartender, "Heinz, I've brought a new friend." China's Zhang recently won the men's 100-meter dash championship and broke the world record! It's amazing that our friend from China was able to break the world record in the 100 meters. ”
The bartender Heinz nodded at Zhang Guan with a smile, and then said to Phelps: "Michael, you'd better stay away from me, I don't like to be nagging when I am bartending." ”
"Heinz, you see that our new friend is a little reserved, should you make him a drink of that to make him happy!" Phelps spoke.
The bartender hesitated for two seconds, but finally nodded, and then he began to add various liquids or powders to the mixo, and then a dark green liquid appeared in front of Zhang Guan's eyes.
"Taste it, dear Zhang, it's a good thing! That's enough wine to buy a car. Phelps said with a smile.
Zhang Guan didn't know whether the car Phelps was talking about was a luxury sports car or a three-jumper, but since Phelps said so, then this glass of wine should be very valuable, he picked up the wine glass, took a small sip, and tasted it carefully.
"It's sour, it's bitter." Zhang Guan said.
"This is not how this wine is drunk, you have to drink it all." Phelps gestured to his glass.
"Okay." Zhang Guan followed Phelps's advice and drank the glass of wine in one go.
"Sorry, I don't seem to be used to the smell. Can you give me something else? Zhang Guan said to the bartender.
"This wine is not meant to be drunk." The bartender said as he began to make a second glass of wine for Zhang Guan.
Zhang Guan obviously didn't understand what the bartender meant, and Phelps explained: "The main ingredient of that glass of wine just now is a special herb from Africa, so it doesn't taste very good. ”
"African herbs?" An ominous premonition rose in Zhang Guan's heart.
"Yes, African herbs, herbs that men especially love, can get you excited! Let you forget the pain! It will also make you look like a monster when facing beautiful women! As Phelps spoke, his eyes sneaked a glance at a bikini girl not far away, and the girl also spotted Phelps' gaze and immediately threw out a wink in response.
Then Phelps turned his gaze back to Zhang Guan, and continued: "In some primitive tribes in Africa, some martial arts competitions are held every year, and the warriors of the tribes will take this herb before the competition, so they will be much braver in battle!" Today, the herb is much more expensive than gold and is only available to royal families in the Middle East. ”
Phelps lowered his voice and continued, "But they are not looking for this grassland to fight, but to fight with beautiful women for three hundred rounds!" ”
Zhang Guan's face changed greatly: "Michael, shouldn't this thing be ......?"
"Don't worry, it's not a stimulant! Scientists once analyzed this herb and found that there was a special ingredient in it, the name was too long for me to remember. I tried this stuff before, and I just drank a cup, this herb has no side effects, the effect time is very short, and it will slowly disappear with the circulation of body fluids the next day, even we athletes can use it with confidence, and there is no need to worry about drug testing. ”
After listening to Phelps's introduction, Zhang Guan couldn't wait to pull Phelps out and beat him, thinking about the negative reports about Phelps in the future, visiting nightclubs, soaking young models, nostalgia for casinos, drunk driving, and even exposing the big hemp, the more Zhang Guan felt that Phelps was unreliable.
"I promise not to kill you, how do you say it in English?" Zhang Guan thought helplessly.
"Well, you should be full of strength by now! It's time to find beautiful women. Phelps pointed to a few bikini girls not far away, and then said to Zhang Guan: "All of them are young models from Europe, with first-class figures, these girls will definitely like a strong and young man like you." See that door, there are a lot of rooms in there, if you like, you can bring a few girls in. But even if you don't bring a girl, maybe the generous Prince will arrange a surprise for you! ”
Zhang Guan naturally knew what the "surprise" in Phelps's mouth was, and he was a little unaccustomed to this kind of occasion.
"Michael, you go first, Hinds is still bartending for me." Zhang Guan looked at the bartender next to him.
"Okay, come to me later, I'll introduce you to beautiful women!" Phelps, apparently unable to resist the temptation, walked over to the bikini girl who had just flattered him.
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