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The London Bowl, the main venue for the 2012 Olympic Games, was completed on 29 March 2011 and a number of events have been held to test the London Olympics.

And today, the London Bowl welcomes a distinguished guest, that is, Mr. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

After all, the Olympic Games are related to the face of a country, and for the current British Prime Minister, hosting the Olympic Games is definitely a very important thing during his tenure. With less than a year to go before the opening of the Olympic Games, the Olympics are on the Prime Minister's agenda, and he listens to reports on the progress of the preparations for the Olympics every week, and from time to time he personally inspects the preparations for the Games.

Many of the venues for the London Olympics are still under construction and are not suitable for the Prime Minister to inspect in person, and the London Bowl, which has been built, as the main venue for next year's Olympic Games, has obviously become an excellent location for the Prime Minister to inspect. So accompanied by the Mayor of London and the President of the British Olympic Organizing Committee, Sebastian, Mr. Prime Minister came to the London Bowl.

Sebastian happily introduced the preparations for the London Olympics to the Prime Minister, as the president of the London Olympic Organizing Committee, Sebastian is definitely the busiest person in London in the coming year, but he enjoys this busyness very much, for a person who is engaged in politics, the position of president of the London Olympic Organizing Committee is definitely a very glorious record in his resume, and a successful Olympic Games is enough to become the brightest part of his resume, which is very helpful for his future development in the political arena.

"In next year's Olympic Games, as the host, we must get a good result before we can explain to the people. What are the plans of the Organising Committee on this point? The Prime Minister asked.

Sebastian knew that the prime minister was asking himself how many gold medals Great Britain could win at tomorrow's Olympics, so he replied: "We have set a target of 25 to 30 gold medals. ”

"25 to 30? I remember in the last Olympics we won 19 gold medals, so if we can win 25 gold medals this time, it will be a good improvement. The Prime Minister then asked, "How many of the 25 to 30 gold medals will you get in the gold medal table?" ”

"We expect to finish third, which is a move up one place in 2008." Sebastian continued: "There is no doubt about the strength of the American team, they will definitely finish first, and the strength of the Chinese team should not be underestimated, they were the hosts of the last edition, and this time they should finish second. If we want to move up to third place, we have to overtake the Russian team. ”

"Surpassing Russia, that's also a very good achievement." The Prime Minister nodded in satisfaction.

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union was undoubtedly the world's number one sports power, and after the end of the Cold War, Russia was still the second only sports hegemon to the United States.

"President Sebastian, I hope your assessment is accurate, this Olympic Games, after all, we are the hosts, if our results do not improve, or even not as good as the previous one, the people will not accept it. In that case, someone has to take on the responsibility. The Prime Minister said, glancing at Sebastian.

Sebastian knew that the person the prime minister said was responsible for himself. For Sebastian, this is an advance warning.

Sebasti snorted coldly, he did not doubt that the prime minister would use himself as a scapegoat, after all, he was from the Conservative Party, and the prime minister was the leader of the Labour Party, and from a political point of view, if the London Olympics failed, the Labour Party would not mind taking a knife on himself as a member of the Conservative Party.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Prime Minister, I am very confident in this achievement, our athletes have been preparing for this Olympic Games for eight years, and our results will definitely be better than the last Olympic Games!" Sebastian said confidently, and his statement was more like a military order. At least the goal of "achieving higher grades than the previous one" must be achieved.

"Then I'm relieved. However, I still hope that our athletes can cheer up, go one step further, beat the Chinese, and become second in the gold medal table. The Prime Minister spoke.

"In the last Olympic Games, although the Chinese team was playing at home, 61 gold medals is still a very terrifying result, and we estimate that in this Olympic Games, the number of gold medals of the Chinese team will remain at about 40, which is still the number after the limit." Sebastian spoke.

"Restrictions?" The Prime Minister sensitively grasped the word.

"It's a limit." Sebastian smiled and said, "The IAAF has just announced a new rule that each athlete can only compete in a maximum of three track and field events in the Olympic Games, including team events such as relays. ”

"Three projects?" The prime minister was slightly stunned, and then immediately thought of Zhang Guan, who knew that no one but Zhang Guan would be able to participate in the fourth track and field event.

"IAAF regulations? Who doesn't know that you, Sebastian, are the president of the IAAF? Thinking of this, the prime minister looked at Sebastian with a smile and asked, "This rule seems to restrict Zhang Guan alone, right?" Is this appropriate? Isn't the IAAF worried that the Chinese will protest? ”

"Since it's a rule, of course everyone needs to abide by it, no one can be special, and there will be no special restrictions on a certain athlete." Sebastian continued: "Besides, the dominance of a family is not good news for the development of a sport. The Olympic Games are meant to be a grand event with the participation of the whole world, and a monopoly is obviously not in line with the purpose of the Olympic Games and is not in the interests of other countries. ”

Sebastian's last sentence is to the point, the rule he formulated in order to restrict Zhang Guan, the reason why it can be passed relatively smoothly is precisely because of the word "monopoly". It is precisely because Zhang Guan's strength is too strong that he has won too many championships in one person, so he has touched the interests of many countries and many athletes.

For example, the United States, Jamaica, Middle Eastern countries, etc., originally they had the hope of competing for the Olympic gold medal in a certain event, and as soon as Zhang Guan appeared, all kinds of world records were broken, which was equivalent to erecting a tall and solid barrier directly in front of other athletes, and other athletes wanted to win the gold medal, they had to rush to break the world record, and the world record in track and field may not be able to break one for many years, and breaking the world record is almost an impossible task for those athletes.

So when Sebastian restricted Zhang Guan's move, it became a matter of public expectation. Even though the General Administration of Sports used a lot of connections, it still didn't stop this from happening.

Since we can't defeat you, then change the rules to limit you!

However, this kind of initiative is often seen in the sports world.

For example, the rules of basketball games have always been more biased towards European teams, although the rules of many professional leagues in the world are closer to the NBA, but FIBA is still reluctant to conform to the rules of the NBA. Because once it is in line with the rules of the NBA, on the world stage, the muscle stick of the United States will be even more rampant.

Another example is the rules of table tennis, which have been changing for many years, such as restrictions on rackets, changes to game balls, restrictions on serving, adjustments to rules, restrictions on the number of participants, and even the cancellation of doubles to team competitions, all of which are aimed at the Chinese team.

It's just that the basketball strength of the American team is too strong, and the table tennis strength of the Chinese team is too strong, no matter how they are restricted, they can't prevent them from winning the championship. Want to stop them from winning the championship unless the sport is canceled.

Most of the rules are useful, such as the 2008 reform of the rules of archery, which increased chance and uncertainty and allowed the Korean team to begin to break the monopoly of archery. In the past, South Korea won four gold medals in archery, but after the rule change, players from other countries will be able to snatch at least one gold medal from South Korea.

And now, the restrictions on Zhang Guan under the new rules have also given hope to track and field athletes from many countries. (To be continued.) )