All-round Athlete

Chapter 115 The King of Track and Field: The Doping Scandal Explodes

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

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

"Another championship. How many times is this this year?" Zhuge Wenbo didn't show much excitement when he mentioned this championship, as if the seven consecutive championships in January and February had already made him numb.

"The competition is the first one, the previous indoor competition is nothing." Zhang Guan said.

"When the news of your victory reached Europe yesterday, Daben informed me that you have been shortlisted for the Best Rookie of the Year Award at the Lawrence Sports Awards." Zhuge Wenbo said.

"Just shortlisted!" Zhang Guan nodded slightly disappointed.

Zhuge Wenbo adjusted his glasses, and said regretfully: "I was a little too optimistic before, thinking that there should be no problem in getting the best newcomer from Lawrence with Daben's recommendation, but I found out later that things are not what I thought So simple, the difficulty for an athlete to win this Lawrence Award is about the same as for an actor to win 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 thought of Phelps' long face and a pair of protruding ears.

"The team behind Phelps is also very important. He also has endorsement and sponsorship contracts with several major international brands. 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 the Lawrence World Sports Award, it was not enough to rely on good results and strong strength, but also needed the operation of the team behind it.

World-class awards are similar, such as the Nobel Prize in academia, the Academy Award in the entertainment industry, the Lawrence Sports Award 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, and it is a very complicated issue to give it to whom. At this time, the public relations method of the team behind the nominee will become particularly important. In this kind of public relations war, the endorsers, advertisers and production giants behind the stars will form their own interest groups and use the power of capital to help the nominees; Groups, technology companies, etc., also provide corresponding resources for nominees, and even sometimes, there will be national forces behind them.

For a Nobel Prize, the PR team behind the nominee may find dozens or hundreds of scientists to endorse him; for an Oscar, the PR team behind the nominee will use various relationships to reach an agreement with traditional Hollywood academic forces. Compromise or exchange of interests; and the Lawrence Sports Awards may not be as complicated as the first two, but the endorsers behind the sports stars will definitely be ready to move.

Of course, team PR can't decide everything. For example, the award-winning maniac at the Oscars did not hesitate to destroy his image in order to win awards, and even starred in large-scale scenes, but every time he was nominated, he always missed a little bit.

In the past six months since the end of the Olympic Games, Zhang Guan has also signed several brand endorsements, including international big brands, but compared with those endorsements carried by Flying Fish Phelps, they are still far behind. If the brand owner behind Phelps exerts his strength, Zhang Guan may not be Phelps' opponent in the competition for the Lawrence Newcomer Award.

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After dinner, Zhang Guan rested for a while. After checking 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 read the news. You beat Gatlin and won the championship again. Congratulations." Sharapova said directly.

"Well, I'm back home today. I've finished dinner. How about you?" Zhang Guan asked.

"I just finished my breakfast and I'm about to go to training." Sharapova continued: "The French Open is about to start in two weeks, I have to prepare, and Wimbledon is one month after the French Open, so I have to train hard OK. Do you have time to come to France to watch me play by then?"

"The French Open will start on May 23!" Zhang Guan thought for a while. During that time, there was only one IAAF Hengelo Grand Prix held in the Netherlands, and the track and field preliminaries of the 10th National Games in China were not held until late June. , I really don't seem to have any competition.

"I didn't have a game at that time, and I will try my best to pass it." Zhang Guan said.

"Great!" Sharapova looked very excited, and then continued: "There is another good news to tell you, I will go to Portugal on May 16, and my agent told me that I won Nominated for a Laureus Sports Award!"

"En?" Zhang Guan immediately asked, "Which award is nominated for?"

"Rookie of the Year..." Sharapova began.

Zhang Guan suddenly laughed, and then said: "It seems that we will meet soon."

"What do you mean? You are coming to Portugal too? Could it be that you were also nominated?" Sharapova was a little surprised, and then asked: "Is your nomination also..."

"You guessed it right, I am also nominated for the Best Newcomer Award." Zhang Guan said.

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The IAAF immediately intervened in the case of Kamezo Kondo. After Kamezo Kondo handed over the inspection report of the Yokohama All-Star Game to the IAAF, the IAAF immediately became a special investigation team and went to Japan. Investigate this incident.

According to Kamezo Kondo, last year's Yokohama All-Star Game, he detected the use of prohibited drugs by the athletes, but was forcibly suppressed by a deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The deprivation of the testing qualification of his own laboratory is also the reason for the deputy chief. The deputy chief is worried that Kamezo Kondo will detect the athlete's use of prohibited drugs again.

According to Kondo Kamezo's narration, the behavior of the deputy chief has seriously affected the fairness and justice of the event, but the IAAF is an international organization, and there is no way to punish Japanese government officials, and considering Kondo Kamezo What the three said may not be true, so the investigation team of the IAAF started a series of complicated investigation activities.

First of all, the IAAF needs to determine whether Kamezo Kondo's test report in last year's Yokohama All-Star Game is true. Although the samples at that time have been destroyed, the detailed data of the samples after testing are still there. At the same time, it is necessary to confirm that the detection method used by Kondo's laboratory is correct and reliable. This requires not only theoretical demonstration, but also practical Experiment to verify.

The results of scientific theory and verification have proved that the detection method used by Kondo's laboratory in the Yokohama Star Game last year is correct, which can also prove the authenticity of the detection report at that time. But after all, after more than half a year, a single test report can't explain anything. It would be great if there were recent test results. However, at the just-concluded Osaka Track and Field Games, there was no problem with the testing of all specimens. Fortunately, after the robbery, the IAAF immediately sealed up the tested samples.

The IAAF needs to confirm the detection method. Kondo's laboratory has developed a more advanced detection method this year. Kondo Kame Sangen claims that this is the most advanced detection method in the world. Therefore, the investigation team has to verify the latest detection method of the Kondo laboratory to confirm whether this new method is effective.

When the method was confirmed to be effective, the IAAF needed to test the previously sealed samples, and the results showed that illegal drugs did appear in Gatlin's urine samples.

At this time, the IAAF immediately notified Gatlin and asked him, Gatlin's coach or a notary to test the spare specimen under the witness of both parties. But Gatlin's coach, Graham, did not dare to come at all, and found an excuse not to go to Japan. According to the regulations, the investigation team applied for the dispatch of a special international notary, and then tested the spare specimens under the witness of the special notary. , At the same time, the entire process was videotaped to preserve evidence. As a result, the test results found that Gatlin and some American athletes really used prohibited drugs.

But this is not over. The IAAF announced the test report and gave Gatlin the opportunity to appeal. If Gatlin does not approve of the IAAF test, he can appeal, and then the IAAF will deal with the athletes involved. The specimen is sampled again, and then tested again.

In the United States, Gatlin and his coach Graham immediately held a press conference, claiming that the IAAF's test was wrong. Gatlin also denied that he had used any illegal drugs, but Gatlin said he would not appeal. , and will not conduct re-testing, pretending to be clear.

Gatlin's performance immediately aroused everyone's verbal criticism. Since you think the IAAF is wrong, why don't you appeal? Since you are not using any illegal drugs, why not get tested again? This is obviously a manifestation of the lack of three hundred taels of silver here.

Gatlin was hard-boiled and decided to die, but the other athletes involved couldn't bear it. Soon the first person admitted to using prohibited drugs, and the second person also admitted. Then even the FBI got involved.

The FBI got involved because there was evidence pointing to the famous chemist Arnold, known as the father of prohormones, who had worked in Balko's lab.

Two years ago, the doping scandal at Balko Labs broke out, which directly led to the suspension of world record holder Tim Montgomery. In addition, many other athletes were also involved in the case, including famous baseball and football players, as well as the legendary flying man Marion Jones . At that time, the FBI was responsible for the investigation of this matter, but today, considering that this incident may involve the scandal of the Balkan Laboratory two years ago, the FBI is dispatched again.

The American sports world has once again been caught in a doping scandal. The doping scandal in the United States, which was not supposed to break out until 2006, has been brought forward!

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