Chapter 488: It's all to blame on the IAAF
With four days left before the start of the Olympic Games, the athletes are starting to arrive one after another. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info has long been waiting around the clock at Heathrow Airport for opportunities to interview big-name celebrities.
As soon as the national team walked out of the passage, a group of reporters surrounded them, and the reporters sent by the country took a few photos of everyone who was wet with rain and dew, while the foreign reporters all came for Zhang Guan.
"It's all coming for you, you can deal with it. Otherwise, we'd have been fenced at the airport today. The team leader said to Zhang Guan.
Zhang Guan nodded: "You don't have to wait for me, let's go by bus first, I'll find a car and go back by myself." ”
The team leader knew that Zhang Guan had connections in London, and besides, a wealthy man worth 20 billion US dollars, with a team of dozens of bodyguards, it was normal for him to take a special car, so he took the other team members to leave the airport first.
Zhang Guan, on the other hand, was surrounded by reporters.
"Zhang Guan, how many gold medals are you going to win in this Olympics?" A reporter asked.
"Like the last Olympics, I signed up for a total of 10 events, and of course my goal is to win 10 gold medals!" Zhang Guan continued: "As for the 10 events, I think they are certainly not a secret to you, and they can be found on the official website of the International Olympic Committee and the official website of the London Olympic Organizing Committee. ”
"Zhang Guan, in addition to tennis and long jump, the events you signed up for this time are all events that you have never participated in in the Olympic Games, and we are more concerned about this." Another reporter spoke.
"That's the IAAF reason. Last year, the IAAF introduced new rules that limited an athlete to three Olympic track and field events, and so far I was probably the only athlete who had been restricted. This also forced me to choose other events to participate in, and the IAAF should not be able to restrict me from participating in non-track and field events. Zhang Guan shrugged.
"I noticed that you didn't do the sprint and middle run in the track and field event, but chose the long run. Supposedly, you are the world record holder in both the sprint and the middle run, so it should be easier for you to defend your title. But why did you choose a long-distance run this time? Another reporter asked.
"That's why the IAAF." Zhang Guan said.
"The IAAF? We only know that the IAAF has limited the number of events to participate in, but have we heard of any restrictions on athletes' participation. The reporter who had just spoken spoke.
"The sprint and middle run competitions have to go through the process of preliminaries, semi-finals and semi-finals, and the IAAF has to give up the sprint and middle run when it comes to the track and field schedule, which conflicts with the other events I participate in. When it comes to long-distance running, everyone knows that a fight is the winner, and for me, there will be no conflict in the schedule. Zhang Guan said with a smile.
The surrounding reporters were speechless for a while, and everyone said that Zhang Guan really complained about the IAAF, and the conflict of the schedule depended on the IAAF.
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On the evening of July 27, local time, the London Olympics held a grand opening ceremony, and this time, Zhang Guan did not continue to hold the position of flag bearer, he did not even go to the opening ceremony, because on the morning of the next day, he will usher in his first race: the final of the bicycle road race.
The road race is 250 kilometres, which is a long distance even in the Tour de France.
For a distance of 250 kilometers, the competition time will be close to six hours, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., so there is no preliminaries and semi-finals, and all competitors will decide the winner and loser. There will be no sprint points or climbing points during the race, only general timing points.
Cycling is a traditional advantage of the British, whether it is road bikes, track bikes or BMX, British athletes are very strong. What's more, this time the UK is still playing at home.
In this kind of long-distance competition, there is obviously a great advantage to playing at home, and the British have a big advantage just in terms of familiarity with the track. The 250-kilometre track takes a long time to drive, and it is unlikely that competitors from other countries will have any chance to familiarize themselves with the track and can only adapt to the competition, but the British team is playing at home, and they can start training many days in advance. For the same 250 kilometers, the effect of the first ride and the nth ride is definitely different.
And the men's road race is also the most promising event for Britain to win the gold medal on this day.
On the first day of the Olympic Games, six gold medals will be decided, namely men's road race, men's 10-meter air pistol, women's 10-meter air pistol, women's weightlifting 48 kg, women's judo 48 kg and men's judo 60 kg.
Great Britain is the hosts, and the symbolism of winning a gold medal on the first day of the competition, or the first gold medal of the British team at this Olympic Games, is huge.
So the British team also sent the best players. The leading leader is none other than Bradley Wiggins.
Wiggins was the favourite to win the Tour de France in 2011 when Zhang Guan came out of nowhere to take the Tour de France. And in 2012, Wiggins finally lived up to the hype and became the first Briton to win the Tour de France. He is also the favourite to win the Olympic road cycling title.
Team GB's No. 2 finisher is Christopher Fromm, who finished in the 2012 Tour de France. But his potential is much greater than Wiggins's, as Fromm went on to win the Tour de France three times in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
Britain's No. 3 is Cavendish, an old acquaintance of Zhang's own, who finished second in the sprint points in 2011 and beat Zhang Guan several times. In addition to this night, Britain also has two strong players, Stannard and Miral.
The British team is among the best in the world in terms of squad strength and squad depth, so it is only natural that the British should have high hopes for this gold medal.
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The boulevard in central London connects Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square, a route built in Britain specifically for major ceremonies. At the London Olympics, the boulevard will be the start and finish of the three events: road cycling, marathon and race walking.
With some of the world's best riders like Wiggins, Fromm and Cavendish in the world, the British team is an all-star line-up of road bikes, so there are plenty of people heading to the boulevards to watch the action, and the voices cheering for the British riders are even louder.
In the eyes of the British, their country's players are strong and have a home advantage, and winning the gold medal is obvious, and even winning the top three is not impossible!
"Britain will win!" The five British riders circled the city, put their hands together and shouted loudly. And the surrounding audience gave the warmest applause.
Not far away, road cycling powerhouses such as France, Belgium, the United States, and Australia are feeling the pressure. Even though they all have star players, they are still psychologically defeated on British home turf against a strong British side.
Zhang Guan had a deep smile on his face.
"Britain will win? Maybe that's the case if I'm not there! ”
Said the passer
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