On May 8, Zhang Guan returned to China, and after being interviewed by reporters, he returned to the Xinzhuang base.

The special car was already in the parking lot of the Xinzhuang base, and Zhuge Wenbo was already waiting in the car.

"Another champion. How many times is this year? Zhuge Wenbo didn't show too much excitement when he mentioned this championship, as if it was seven consecutive championships in January and February, which had numbed him.

"It's the first one in the competition, and the previous indoor competition is nothing." Zhang Guan said.

"When the news of your victory yesterday reached Europe, Daben informed me that you had been shortlisted for the Laureus Sports Award for Newcomer of the Year." Zhuge Wenbo opened his mouth and said.

"It's just a finalist!" Zhang Guan nodded slightly disappointed.

Zhuge Wenbo lifted his glasses and said apologetically: "I was too optimistic before, thinking that with Daben's recommendation, there should be no problem in winning a Laureus Best Newcomer, but later I learned that things are not as simple as I thought, and the difficulty of this athlete winning this Laureus Award is similar to that of an actor winning an Oscar." ”

"Who else is on the shortlist?" Zhang Guan asked.

Zhuge Wenbo shook his head: "I don't know yet, but it seems that there will be Phelps." ”

"That guy!" Zhang Guan remembered Phelps's big long face and a pair of attractive ears.

"The team behind Phelps is also very small, and he also has endorsements and sponsorship contracts from several big international brands, and we are at a disadvantage in this regard." Zhuge Wenbo took a deep breath.

Zhang Guan nodded, he knew that if he wanted to win this Laureus World Sports Award, it was not enough to rely on good results and strong strength, but also the operation of the team behind him.

World-class awards are all similar, such as the Nobel Prize in academia, the Academy Awards in the entertainment industry, the Laureus Sports Awards in the sports industry, etc., among these awards, as long as you are nominated, it means that the award has recognized you, but there is only one trophy. Exactly who to give it to is a very complex issue, and this is when the PR tactics of the team behind the nominee will become particularly important. In this kind of public relations war, the spokesperson, advertiser and production giant behind the celebrity will form their own interest groups, and use the power of capital to help the nominee; In the academic world, the pharmaceutical giants, chemical groups, technology companies, etc. behind the Nobel Prize nominees also provide corresponding resources for the nominees, and even in some cases, there will be national forces behind them.

For a Nobel Prize, the PR team behind the nominee may go to dozens or hundreds of scientists to endorse themselves; An Oscar, the PR team behind the nominees will go through a variety of relationships. reaching a compromise or exchanging interests with the forces of Hollywood's traditional academic school; The Laureus Sports Awards may not be as complicated as the first two, but the spokespeople behind sports stars will definitely be ready to move.

Of course, team public relations can't decide everything, just like the Oscar-winning maniac, who did not hesitate to destroy his image in order to win the award, and even starred in large-scale shots, but after each nomination, it was always a little bit worse.

In the past six months since the end of the Olympic Games, Zhang Guan has also signed several brand endorsements, including international brands. But compared with those endorsements on the back of Flying Fish Phelps, it is still too much worse. If the brand behind Phelps is strong, Zhang Guan is likely not to be Phelps' opponent in the competition for the Laureus Newcomer Award.

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After dinner, Zhang Guan rested for a while. Seeing that the time was almost up, he picked up the phone and dialed Sharapova's number.

"I just wanted to call you, have you already left Japan? I watched the news. You've won Gatling, you've won again. Congratulations. Sharapova said directly.

"Well, I'm going back to China today. It's time to finish dinner. What about you? Zhang Guan asked.

"I just finished breakfast and I'm getting ready to go to training." Sharapova continued: "The French Open is two weeks away, I have to prepare, and Wimbledon is a month after the French Open, so I have to train harder. Do you have time to come to France and watch me play? ”

"The French Open starts on May 23rd!" Zhang Guan thought about it, during that time, there was only one IAAF Henelo Grand Prix held in the Netherlands abroad, and the track and field preliminaries of the 10th National Games in China were not held until late June, and he really didn't seem to have any competitions.

"I didn't play in that period, so I'll try to pass it as long as I can." Zhang Guan said.

"Great!" Sharapova looked excited, then continued: "I have good news for you, I was going to Portugal on May 16th and my agent told me that I was nominated for the Laureus Sports Awards! ”

"Huh?" Zhang Guan immediately asked, "Which award is nominated?" ”

"Newcomer of the Year......" Sharapova began.

Zhang Guan suddenly laughed, and then said, "It seems that we are going to meet soon." ”

"What do you mean? Are you coming to Portugal too? Did you get nominated too? Sharapova was a little surprised, then asked: "Will your nomination be ......?"

"You guessed it, I'm also a nominee for the Best Newcomer award." Zhang Guan said.

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The IAAF immediately intervened in the case of Kondo Kamizo, and as Kondo Kamizo handed over the test report of the Yokohama Star Race to the IAAF, the IAAF immediately formed a special investigation team and went to Japan to investigate the incident.

According to Kondo's account, at last year's Yokohama Star Game, he detected the athlete's use of illegal drugs, but he was forcibly suppressed by a certain deputy minister of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Kondo Kaizo also added fuel and vinegar to say that this Osaka Grand Prix, his laboratory was deprived of testing qualifications, which is also the reason for the deputy minister, who is worried that Kondo Kamezo will detect the athlete's use of illegal drugs again.

According to Kondo's account, the deputy chief's behavior has seriously affected the fairness and justice of the event, but the IAAF is an international organization and has no way to punish Japanese government officials, and considering that what Kondo Kamizo said may not be true, the IAAF investigation team began a series of complex investigations.

First of all, the IAAF has to determine whether Kondo's test report at last year's Yokohama Stars is true. Although the samples had been destroyed at that time, the detailed data of the specimens after testing were still there, and it was necessary to confirm that the testing methods used by Kondo Laboratories were correct and reliable, which not only needed theoretical demonstration, but also needed to be verified through actual experiments.

The results of the scientific theory and verification proved that the test method used by Kondo Laboratories at last year's Yokohama Star Race was correct, and thus proved the authenticity of the test report at that time. But after all, after more than half a year, a test report alone does not mean anything, and it would be great if there were recent test results. However, at the recently concluded Osaka Athletics Championships, there was no problem with the testing of all specimens, but fortunately, after the robbery, the IAAF immediately sealed the samples that had been tested.

The IAAF needs to confirm the test method, and Kondo Laboratories has developed a more advanced test method this year, and Kondo Kamezo claims that this is the most advanced test method in the world. Therefore, the investigation team also needs to verify the latest test method of Kondo Laboratory to confirm whether this new method is effective.

Once the method was confirmed to be effective, the IAAF needed to test the previously sealed samples, which showed that Gatlin's urine sample did indeed contain the illicit drug.

At this time, the IAAF immediately notified Gatlin and asked him, Gatlin's coach or a notary public to test the spare specimen in the presence of both parties. But Gatlin's coach Graham did not dare to come at all, so he found an excuse not to go to Japan, and applied for the dispatch of a special international notary public in accordance with the regulations, and then tested the spare specimens under the witness of a special notary public, and at the same time recorded the whole process for evidence, and the test results found that Gatlin and some American athletes really used illegal drugs.

But that didn't end there, the IAAF released the test report and gave Gatlin the opportunity to appeal, and if Gatlin did not approve of the IAAF test, he could appeal, and then the IAAF would take another sample of the athlete involved, and then test again.

On the U.S. side, Gatlin and his coach Graham immediately held a press conference, claiming that the IAAF test was wrong, and Gatlin also denied that he used any illegal drugs, but Gatlin said that he would not complain and would not conduct another test, posing as a clear person.

Gatlin's performance immediately drew criticism from everyone, and since you think the IAAF is wrong, why don't you appeal? Since you're not using any illegal drugs, why don't you get tested again? This is obviously a manifestation of the absence of three hundred taels of silver here.

Gatling was a boiled duck with a hard beak and decided to carry it to death, but the other athletes involved couldn't bear it, and soon the first person admitted to using illegal drugs, and then a second person also admitted to it. Then even the FBI stepped in.

The FBI intervened because evidence pointed to Arnold, a famous chemist known as the father of prohormones and a former worker at Balco's lab.

Two years ago, the doping scandal at Balco's lab erupted, leading to the suspension of world record holder Tim Montgomery, as well as a number of other athletes, including baseball and football stars and the legendary flyer Marion Jones. At the time, it was the FBI that was in charge of the investigation, and today, considering that the incident may be related to the scandal in the Balkan laboratory two years ago, the FBI is out again.

Once again, the American sports world is mired in a doping scandal. The doping scandal in the United States, which was supposed to break out in 2006, was brought forward! (To be continued.) )

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