Chapter 22 Changing Odds

Sean Crawford walked down in despair, and he still can't understand why he can't outrun a yellow man.

"Sean, you lost to a Chinese! What a shame! Don't forget that you are an American, how can you lose to a thin Chinese? "A very nasty voice rang out to Sean Williams, and the person who spoke was none other than Morris Green.

If there is anyone who is the number one flyer in the world today, 80% of them will say that it is Morris Green.

Maurice Green has absolute strength, he once broke the world record in the 100-meter dash in 1999, and improved the world record to 9.79 seconds, which is the first human world record of 9.8 seconds in the 100 meters, and many experts at the time said that the human limit is 9.8 seconds, because Maurice Green's previous world record was 9.84 seconds.

Since 1997, Morris Green has won dozens of world championships, the most valuable of which was the 100m world champion at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, which means that Morris Green competed as the defending champion.

Morris Green is still talented enough to be in a motorcycle accident in 2002 that resulted in a broken leg that could be fatal for a sprinter, but Morris Green changed some technical habits after recovery and returned to the top of the 100-meter dash. It's not easy to change the habits of such top athletes, and no athlete is short of effort, and Morris Green was able to do that with his amazing sprinting talent.

If you only look at the above three points, then Morris Green can be regarded as a perfect athlete, but in fact, Morris Green's character is very flawed, he is arrogant, irritable, impulsive, likes to pretend to be the boss, empty eyes and so on.

It was a time when Carl Lewis dominated the 100-meter dash, and it was even more remarkable that Morris Green once beat Lewis and put on a very arrogant performance on the spot, and then broke the world record. Two years ago, Tim Montgomery broke Green's world record, and Green targeted Montgomery for two whole years because of this incident, especially after Montgomery was caught in a drug scandal.

The car accident two years ago did not make Green become more restrained, and after his comeback, Green became more flamboyant and coquettish. Especially in the trio of the American team this time, Green often plays the boss in front of Crawford and Gatlin, so Gatlin and Crawford hate Green.

At this moment, hearing Green's voice, Crawford knew that he would definitely be sarcastically ridiculed by Green, and he was very unhappy, but he still defended: "That Chinese is very fast, and he is not weak, and he is taller than you." And he ran 9.87 seconds, which is not many people in the world who can run this time. ”

Gatlin, who was about to play, was obviously standing in a trench with Crawford, and he also said: "Sean is right, we have to admit that this Chinese has the strength to enter the ranks of the world's top players." ”

"So what?" Green sneered: "If it were me, I would definitely not lose to a Chinese." I'll show you how I taught that Jamaican rookie a lesson. ”

The Jamaican rookie Green was talking about was Asafa Powell, and the two were placed in the same group. Previously, the media often hyped that Powell was a genius-level flyer who would break the pattern of Americans monopolizing sprinting in the future, which made Green very unhappy, so Green planned to teach this junior touted by the media a good lesson in the competition.

Gatlin knew that Green was this kind of stinky character, and in normal games, even if Green lost the game, he refused to admit defeat in his mouth, so he no longer paid attention to Green, but walked onto the track.

In Group 3, USA's Justin Gatlin was undoubtedly the strongest competitor, while Briton Jason Gardner and Nigeria's Uchena Ermidoru were also strong enough to qualify for the top three, with first place Gatlin running 9.96 seconds. It is worth mentioning that another Japanese player, Nobuharu Asahara, was also in this group, and he ran fourth and missed the next round, so that both Japanese players were eliminated.

There was no American athlete in Group 4, so Ghana's Aziz Ariza finished first with a time of 10.02 seconds, along with veteran Kim Collins and Jamaican Michael Flatt moving into the next round.

Group 5 match Morris Green vs. Asafa Powell. Green held back enough energy to teach Powell a lesson, but Powell didn't accept the call at all, he didn't plan to fight hard with Green in the rematch, so Powell didn't play his full strength, and finished second in the group with a time of 9.99 seconds and successfully advanced. Green topped the group and Ghana's Mills finished third.

Then, France's Ronald Bergnon of the first group finished first in fourth place in each group with a time of 10.15 seconds and also qualified for the semifinals.

So far, all the sixteen players in the semi-finals have been produced, and only Zhang Guan, the lone seedling, is left among the athletes from Asian countries, and at the same time, the white race has also been wiped out, and the non-black athletes are also the only one seedling.

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On August 21, the Chinese team won a total of three gold medals, including the badminton women's doubles event, the final was launched in two groups of Chinese athletes, and the gold medal has long been out of suspense; In the table tennis men's doubles final, the opponent of the national team was a player from Hong Kong, China, which made the game a lot less gunpowder; In the women's weightlifting finale competition above 75 kg, Tang Gonghong staged a shocking reversal under a disadvantaged situation and broke the world record in one fell swoop.

In addition to these three gold medals, the end point reported by domestic media is the historic semi-finals of the 100-meter sprint project, with a score of 9.87 seconds, which used to belong only to blacks, and yellow people can't even think of it, but now Zhang Guan has broken the tradition of black monopoly on sprint events, and for a while, not only the domestic media, but even East Asia and even the whole of Asia are cheering for Zhang Guan.

In the semi-finals of the men's 100 meters, although there were no Caucasians, the Caucasians in Europe did not feel depressed, because in the women's 100m final, Nestrenko of Belarus miraculously won the championship, and the whites of Europe have begun to cheer, they have broken the monopoly of blacks in the sprint event. In particular, some countries in Eastern Europe, whose economies are far inferior to those of Western European countries, are undoubtedly a shot in the arm for them.

And Nesterenko's victory also made the major spinach companies make a small profit, because as a white player, Nesterenko is definitely not favored before the race, whether it is the men's sprint event or the women's sprint event, no one will bet on a non-black player.

Of course, there are many people who like to undershoot, and most of them are small bets of one or two euros, although the odds of a small bet are too low, but the odds are also amazingly high. This kind of small bet can add up to a lot of money.

In Ladbrokes' data analysis department, analysts are extremely busy, carefully analyzing each game and then adjusting new odds.

A young analyst sent the data report to the supervisor Williams, and at the same time said: "Supervisor, the odds for the men's 100-meter dash in track and field have been revised, and there are no abnormal bets yet. ”

Director Williams nodded, he took the data report, looked at the young man who wanted to speak, and asked, "Little Tommy, do you have any problems?" ”

"Yes sir. I don't understand why you lowered the odds of the Chinese athlete to win the championship, the odds of 1 to 2 are already the lowest among all the athletes, so that this Chinese will become the biggest favorite to win the 100-meter championship. Although it is said that this Chinese will improve his performance every game, but I have seen his game video, I think his speed has reached the limit, at the Olympic level, I am afraid that he will have to run to 9.8 seconds to win the championship, but the Chinese obviously cannot achieve this result. The young man spoke.

"Little Tommy, your analysis is very reasonable, the Chinese's results may have reached the limit, maybe he has the ability to enter the final, but the possibility of winning the championship is very small!" Williams changed his voice and continued, "But don't forget that although the possibility is very small, it does not mean that it is completely impossible. What if all the other athletes play abnormally, and only this Chinese performs abnormally? ”

"Although there is this possibility, the probability is so low that it can be regarded as zero by statistical standards."

"If I didn't know that the Chinese had placed heavy bets on themselves, I would have thought the same." Williams picked up his coffee, took a sip, and then continued: "In our previous prediction, the Chinese was about 10 seconds, but now that he has run into 9.9 seconds, maybe it may be faster." Thinking about the fact that he has placed a heavy bet on himself, I think he has something to rely on. ”

Williams paused, then said, "I know this reason can't convince you, so let's take a look at the data!" The Chinese bet heavily on himself when the odds are high, if he really wins, we have to pay him more than one million euros, then we may lose money on the 100-meter sprint, so we must reduce his odds to limit other customers from betting on him, I think even if this Chinese is regarded as the first favorite to win the 100-meter championship, there will not be too many people betting on him! Just imagine, who will buy a Chinese to win the 100-meter championship at odds of 1 to 2? ”

"If this Chinese hadn't made such a bet before the game, I would definitely not have lowered his odds so low, maybe I would have adjusted his odds to the same standard as Powell, but he bet heavily on himself!" Don't forget, we're the spinach company! Our industry is like a huge casino, and our spinach company is the banker, you know that in the gambling game, the banker will always make money, because the banker seeks stability, and the gambler fights for probability. In a gambling game, for gamblers, either they make a big profit or lose everything; And for the dealer, there is only the difference between big and small earnings. So we would rather make less money than lose money, that's our principle! Tommy, believe me, other spinach companies will make the same choice as me, I think maybe in a few minutes, the Chinese's odds will become the first favorite to win the 100-meter championship. ”

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