On January 10, the grouping of the 2008 Australian Open tennis tournament was officially announced, and what surprised people was that the defending men's singles champion, world No. 1 Zhang Guan, withdrew from the Australian Open.

The news sent a ripple through the tennis world, with people wondering why defending champion Zhang Guan withdrew from the Australian Open.

What followed was all kinds of rumors, first of all, it was said that he was injured, some said that Zhang Guan's arm was injured, some said that Zhang Guan's leg was injured, and some said that Zhang Guan's lumbar spine was injured.

The second is that he is sick, some say that Zhang Guan has a cold and fever, some say that Zhang Guan has gastritis and appendicitis, and even Parkinson's and AIDS are serious.

In addition, there are some more unreliable reasons, such as being hit by a car, being caught in the bureau for committing a crime, being reported by the enthusiastic Chaoyang masses, and so on.

Amid all the rumours, the champions and the tennis center jointly held a press conference to explain that Zhang Guan's withdrawal from the Australian Open tennis tournament was in preparation for the Olympics, and that Zhang Guan would also give up the other three Grand Slam tournaments this year and only participate in tennis at the capital Olympics.

Giving up the four Grand Slams for the Olympics is inconceivable to many, especially professional tennis players. After all, the prize money of the four Grand Slams is very high, and the popularity of the four Grand Slams can also bring additional benefits to the athletes. Especially in sports with a relatively high degree of professionalism, the Olympic Games are more of an honorary nature, while professional competitions are related to one's own job. Participating in the four Grand Slam competitions without delaying the Olympic Games, and giving up his job for the sake of honor, many people do not understand Zhang Guan's choice.

Another day later, the Athletics Center issued a press release about Zhang Guan's imminent return to track and field training in preparation for this year's Olympics. At the same time, the press release also hinted that Zhang Guan would participate in several events in Olympic track and field.

At this time, everyone realized that Zhang Guan really gave up the Grand Slam competition in order to prepare for this year's Olympic Games. Zhang Guan has to compete in the Olympic track and field events, and he also has to participate in several small events, which will definitely require a lot of time to prepare.

When some media saw the news of the Athletics Management Center, and then thought of the press conference of the Tennis Center, they instantly came to a conclusion that Zhang Guan wanted to participate in the Olympic track and field and tennis competitions at the same time!

An athlete has to compete in two major events in the same Olympic Games! This happened in the early Olympics, but in the modern Olympics. It's simply not possible.

In the early days of the Olympic Games, the competitors were amateurs or sports enthusiasts, so there were cases where the same athlete competed in two or more Olympic events at the same time. However, in the modern Olympic Games, all professional athletes participate, and many athletes have only been trained for one Olympic Games for more than ten years, so both the level of competition and the level of the competitors are incomparable to the early Olympic Games.

In this situation, athletes are becoming more and more "specialized", competing in different events, such as swimming in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, and track and field in the 100m and 200m. It is common for gymnastics to compete in floor exercise, vault and rings at the same time, but it is basically impossible to compete in both events. Because there are certain standards that need to be met in order to participate in the Olympic Games, it is not easy for an athlete to meet the Olympic standards in a major event. Not to mention the two major items.

Zhang Guan once again violated everyone's normal perception, and he also successfully grabbed the headlines of the sports edition the next day.

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There was also a heated discussion on the Internet, some of whom were optimistic about Zhang Guan, and of course some were bearish.

In a sports fan discussion group.

"Have you heard? Zhang Guan wants to compete in both Olympic track and field and tennis events? ”

"Of course, today's sports media headlines are all this, and the following netizen comments are tens of thousands!"

"How many gold medals do you think Zhang Guan can win at the Olympics? I'm at least four! ”

"Four? You think too highly of him. I don't think he can even get one. Zhang Guan has not participated in track and field competitions for more than a year, and now he estimates that he has no competition form at all, and it would be good to win a medal in track and field! Maybe because of the track and field practice, the tennis will be delayed again, and the bamboo basket will be empty at that time! ”

"That's too one-sided! Zhang Guan's advantages in the 100m and 200m events are still obvious, even if the form declines, I think there should be no problem in keeping the gold medal! If you add 400m, 800m, 1500m, and long jump, it's not too ......much to win two or three gold medals in so many events."

"How can Zhang Guan have so many games alone? I don't allow it physically! ”

"There is absolutely no problem with physical strength, didn't Zhang Guan participate in seven events at the same time at the Asian Games the year before last? And won seven gold medals. ”

"Those are all track and field events, don't forget that Zhang Guan will also participate in tennis this year, he is going to win the Golden Slam! One more tennis event, that's a world of difference! ”

"Take a look at this report, Zhang Guan did not participate in the four Grand Slam competitions, and lost hundreds of millions! I'm sending out the news link! ”

This news report first listed the benefits of tennis stars such as Federer and Nadal in the Grand Slam, and then calculated the Grand Slam benefits obtained by Zhang Guan last year, including bonuses, advertising endorsements, etc., and finally proposed that Zhang Guan's failure to participate in the four Grand Slams of tennis will bring him great economic losses, and calculated a very exaggerated figure.

At the end of the article, it is specifically explained that Zhang Guan is doing this for the Olympic Games held in the capital, and in order to win more gold medals, he is willing to bear huge economic losses, which is a manifestation of taking the overall situation into account.

In Zhang Guan's view, this report is a bit too exaggerated, the income figures are exaggerated, and the additional comments are also exaggerated, and he has simply portrayed himself as a hero who sacrifices his family to take care of everyone for the Olympic Games. But in this era of money first, the title of "hundreds of millions of losses" is indeed eye-catching enough, and it is enough for Zhang Guan to win a round of applause.

Of course, this report came from the hands of the champion team, and under the operation of the champion team, the public opinion trend is also one-sided in praising Zhang Guan, of course, at this time, a positive propaganda object is also needed, and the sports world even set off a call to "learn from Zhang Guan".

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Zhang Guan did not participate in the Australian Open, but Sharapova's performance at the Australian Open was very good, he defeated Davenport in the second round, Dementieva in the fourth round, Henin in the quarterfinals, Jankovic in the semifinals, and Ivanovic in the final, winning many women's singles players along the way, and finally won the championship, which is also her third Grand Slam title.

With the end of the Spring Festival, Zhang Guan also ended his vacation, said goodbye to his family and returned to the training center, and returned to the track and field training ground again. (To be continued.) )

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