All-round Athlete

Chapter 116 The King of Track and Field Lawrence World Sports Awards

On the plane, Zhang Guan looked at the report on the American doping scandal in the sports section of the newspaper.

"I remember that Gatlin's doping scandal was only reported in 2006. Why was it a year earlier? Could it be the so-called butterfly effect caused by my arrival? What does it matter?" Zhang Guan thought to himself.

Zhang Guan didn't know that all this was really caused by him. Zhang Guan became the world champion, and also broke the world record, so Kamezo Kondo was so persistent to investigate Zhang Guan, but he did not expect to find out the problem of Gatling, and then Kamezo Kondo was arrested during the robbery, directly The issue of doping by athletes was reported, and then there were a series of investigations by the IAAF and the current large-scale doping scandal in the United States.

Zhang Guan didn't pay attention to these things anymore, but he knew that at least in the past few years, he was unlikely to meet Gatlin on the field. He closed the newspaper and began to think about the Lawrence Sports Awards.

The nomination list for this year's Lawrence Sports Awards was announced not long ago. Nominated for the best male athlete are six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, tennis king Roger Federer, Olympic 1500m and 5000m champion Hiram Al-Qui Roy and four-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi. Multiple award-winning golfer Tiger Woods was not nominated.

The nominations for the best female athlete include pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva, Olympic heptathlon champion Carolina Crawford, Olympic 800m and 1500m champion Kelly Holmes, seventh Annika Sorenstam, who won the four major golf championships, and Leontian Van Mosel, the Olympic cycling champion.

As for the nominations for the Best Newcomer Award, in addition to Zhang Guan, Sharapova and Phelps, there are 17-year-old French women's swimming champion Rolle Manardo, 19-year-old Spanish motorcycle champion Danny Pi DeRosa and 17-year-old Athens boxing silver medalist Aamir Khan. This Aamir Khan is not the Indian movie star, but an Englishman with the same name.

It is worth mentioning that all the athletes nominated for this year's Best Newcomer are under the age of 20, and the oldest Phelps will not turn 20 until next month.

Judging from the nominations for the best rookie, Phelps is undoubtedly the most popular, followed by Zhang Guan and Sharapova. Compared with these three people.

But Zhang Guan knew that it was unlikely that Sharapova would win the Best Newcomer Award, because this year Federer defeated Schumacher, Armstrong and a series of strong players to become the Best Male Athlete. Balancing the interests of various competitions, it is unlikely that another tennis player will be selected as the best rookie.

But track and field is different. Track and field is a major event, which is divided into many small events. Obtaining remarkable achievements in each small event is enough to enter the nomination, and the same is true for swimming events. Therefore, the Lawrence It is possible for multiple track and field award-winning athletes or multiple swimmers to win awards.

"Phelps! It's still Phelps! With him here, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to win this newcomer award! Forget it, don't think about it, go to sleep!" Zhang Guan changed into a more comfortable position, ready to fall asleep.

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In the judging committee of the Lawrence Awards, all the jury members are also discussing intensely.

"Schumi (Schumacher) dominated F1 again last year. He won 13 times throughout the season. I think he is very suitable to be the best male athlete."

"No, no, Schumacher won the best male athlete last year and the year before last. I think this award should be awarded to Armstrong. It is said that he will retire after this year's Tour de France."

"Isn't Armstrong the best male athlete the year before! I think there should be some new faces in this award, such as Federer! Federer won a total of 11 championship titles last year, including three Grand Slams."

Everyone expressed their opinions, and after a vote, Federer was named the best male athlete.

Then in the voting for the women's event, Isinbayeva, the favorite, lost to the British Holmes, mainly because Isinbayeva was Russian.

Immediately after the voting for the best sports team of the year, the Italian men's football team won the favor of the awards committee, defeating powerful opponents such as the Argentine men's football team, Portugal's Porto Football Club, and the Italian Ferrari team. The so-called Iraqi football team, touted as the most representative of sportsmanship in the Olympic Games, was not even nominated.

Obviously, these award committees are not so fair. Under the same conditions, they would prefer to choose athletes from Western European developed countries, and the public relations behind the nominees will also play a big role at this moment. Like the Iraqi football team, which played so tenaciously in the Olympics, because no one was behind the public relations for it, they couldn't even get nominated.

Next, everyone began to express their opinions on the best newcomer award.

"Since Federer is already the best male athlete, I don't think it is necessary to give Sharapova the best newcomer award, and she is also Russian, although he grew up in the United States."

Although the Cold War has been over for more than ten years, Western European countries generally still have hostile thoughts towards Russia. In terms of sports, Western Europe has been suppressed by the former Soviet Union for so many years. Russian athlete.

"So what about China's Zhang Guan? He is the first Chinese and Asian to win the track and field sprint event, the first Asian to break the track and field sprint event world record, and last year he broke the 100-meter sprint record twice. World record, and this year, he won seven indoor championships in Europe, and broke the indoor 60-meter world record twice. This kind of achievement is placed on the award of the best male athlete. No one will doubt it. And he is very popular in Europe."

"If this is the case, wouldn't Phelps be more suitable? Phelps won six gold medals in the Athens Olympic Games, and he has also created five world records. His achievements are even more dazzling than Zhang Guan's. , and he's a world-class star."

"Athletics is obviously more concerned than swimming. And recently, a doping scandal broke out in the United States, and more than a dozen big stars have been involved in the case. This makes me a little bit suspicious of Phelps."

All the award committee members fell silent. A series of doping scandals just broke out. Many big names have been caught in this scandal, and the projects involved are extremely broad. Although Phelps has not been exposed to using illegal drugs, everyone here knows what virtue Americans are. At the same time, imagine that Phelps’s usual image is not a good baby. Phelps himself is not to mention the little prince of nightclubs. After the Olympics last year, he was arrested twice for drunk driving. If this kind of person uses illegal drugs, everyone really I don't feel strange.

The higher the award, the more concerned about their own authority. If it was some small awards, he would be eager to come up with some topics to hype himself, but an award of Lawrence's level is obviously unwilling to accept any scandals.

Many of the winners of the Oscars are scandal-ridden, and there are all kinds of chaos in the Hollywood circle, but this does not affect the authority of the Oscars. Even if an actor kills someone, his acting skills are also at the level of an actor Yes, personal acting skills cannot be faked.

But the Lawrence Sports Awards are different, especially when it comes to issues involving prohibited drugs. If a Lawrence winner is exposed to using prohibited drugs, it means that his achievements are also fake. Selecting an athlete who cheated on his results as a winner will obviously directly affect the authority of the Lawrence Sports Awards, and authority is precisely the basis for the survival of the Lawrence Awards. This is like if it is found that the award-winning research of a certain Nobel Prize winner has plagiarized others, the authority of the entire Nobel Prize will be questioned.

So far, Phelps has not been implicated in this doping scandal, but what about the future? Will the doping scandal continue to be investigated? One after another, big-name athletes were found to be using prohibited drugs, and no one knew if Phelps would be the next one to be found out. What's more, the use of doping is even a tradition for Americans.

Although the members of the awards committee have received all kinds of public relations, everyone's attitude on this matter is still very clear. Compared with Phelps, choosing Zhang Guan, who has no negative news, is very important to the entire Lawrence Sports It is obviously safer for prizes.

In the end, as a result of the voting, Phelps did not get a single vote, but Zhang Guan was recognized by the judges.

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Hotel suite.

"How about I wear this dress to the Lawrence Awards ceremony?" Sharapova turned around in front of Zhang Guan wearing a dress.

This is a khaki sleeveless dress with no collar, but a semi-curved neckline just below the collarbone. The shoulders seem to be designed a bit tight, with a waist design in the middle. The pleated skirt came just above the knee, revealing smooth calves.

But Zhang Guan always felt that Sharapova looked a bit strong in this outfit.

"You look so beautiful, my dear." Zhang Guan became sweet in an instant. Sure enough, Sharapova felt very happy after hearing this.

"By the way, shall we enter the arena together tomorrow?" Sharapova asked.

"Okay, I have no problem. But will there be any trouble on your side..." Zhang Guan said hesitantly.

"I'm fine. The media won't think too much about public events." Sharapova sat next to Zhang Guan, leaned into his arms, and said, "If you win an award, the trophy will belong to me." !"

"Then what if you won the award? The trophy..." Zhang Guan asked with a smile.

"The trophy is still mine!" Sharapova leaned up, and the two got tired of being together again.

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