All-round Athlete

Chapter 61 The Biggest Favorite to Win the Championship

Paris France.

Pierret, the editor of the "Journal de Paris", is preparing to write an article about the prediction and analysis of the Olympic 100-meter trapeze competition.

For sports reporters, besides their own analysis, there is another important way to predict the results of the game, that is, the odds offered by the major gambling companies. No matter how good a sports reporter is, he only has one head, while the gambling company maintains a group of professional intelligence personnel and data analysts, and also has a professional computer system to calculate the odds, so the odds of the gambling company can intuitively reflect the odds of the match. result prediction.

The professional predictions of many so-called senior sports reporters are based on the odds of the bookmaker, and they make a detailed forecast analysis based on the odds set by the bookmaker. This kind of reverse analysis is always much easier than forward analysis.

"I remember that a Chinese entered the semi-finals. It's unbelievable. It's hard to imagine that a yellow man can compete with black people!" Pierret clicked the mouse lightly while thinking.

"Let me see the winning odds set by the spinach company for the 100-meter flying race. The odds are first..." Pierret opened his eyes suddenly, and called out in disbelief: "Guan-Zhang? That Chinese people!"

The computer screen shows that Zhang Guan’s winning odds are 2 to 1, followed by the defending champion Morris Green at 2.5 to 1, and the odds of others such as Gatlin, Crawford, Powell and others are all at 1 Between 2.5 and 3.5 for 1. If you look at this odds, the bookmaker is obviously most optimistic about Zhang Guan winning the championship.

Pierret's first reaction was that the spinach company had an own goal. Although a Chinese played very well in the previous game and looked like a dark horse, how could he become the biggest favorite to win the championship! Pierret immediately entered the website of a British gambling company, and after checking the odds, he found that Zhang Guan's winning odds were still 2 to 1, ranking first among all athletes.

"My God? What's the matter? Are all gaming companies optimistic about the Chinese winning the 100-meter championship?" Pierrette was surprised, but immediately realized that this was a good news point.

A country whose track and field sprint strength is at the bottom of the world, a Chinese athlete who has never been favored before the game, is actually regarded by the bookmaker as the biggest favorite to win the 100-meter sprint, what Morris Green, Justin Gatlin, Asa Fa-Powell and so on, the odds are higher than Zhang Guan's! This is simply a plot where the scum at the bottom of the society suddenly turns into a rich and handsome man overnight! Exciting enough, bloody enough! The key is to have a selling point!

Pierret immediately deleted the original headline, but re-typed another headline: "China's 100-meter sprinter fights the biggest favorite to win the championship!" "

...

Almost no one in the US Olympic delegation lives in the Olympic Village. Although the prices of star hotels in Athens during the Olympic Games are very high, it is nothing to Americans with deep pockets. For example, the American basketball team is full of NBA superstars with an annual salary of 10 to 20 million US dollars. Naturally, they have to live in the most luxurious hotels to show their status.

The U.S. track and field team also does not need to be crowded in the Olympic Village. Track and field has always been a gold-winning event in the United States, and the US track and field team also has the world's top sponsors, so the US track and field team is not short of money. Since he has money, he naturally wants to live in a star hotel and enjoy the best service.

At this moment, Morris Green is in the restaurant of the hotel. He occupies a table alone, enjoying the best lunch in Athens. At a table not far from him was his teammate Justin Gatlin. Gatling obviously couldn't stand Green's stinky character and was unwilling to eat at the same table with Green.

Sean Crawford came from a distance, holding a newspaper in his hand. Seeing Crawford, Gatlin immediately waved to him, motioning for Crawford to sit over, but Crawford smiled at Gatlin, shook his head slightly, and then walked to Green's desk .

"How did Sean get into Morris's side! Morris will probably make a fuss about yesterday's loss to the Chinese again!" Gatlin secretly sweated for Crawford.

"Sean, you have to eat more today, or you will lose to the Chinese again in a while! Hahaha..." Green did not forget to mock Crawford while eating breakfast.

"You still have the heart to laugh!" Crawford threw the newspaper in his hand to Green.

"What is this?" Green asked impatiently.

"Check it out for yourself. The second edition of the Olympic Edition." Crawford turned away after finishing speaking, and joined Gatlin at the table.

Green reluctantly picked up the newspaper and turned to the second page of the Olympic special edition. A headline instantly attracted Green's attention.

"The Chinese are the biggest favorites to win the 100-meter championship!" An angry expression appeared on Green's face, but the content that followed seemed to add fuel to the fire.

"F%@%@%@%@!" A series of American curses came out of Green's mouth: "What are these spinach companies doing? I am the biggest favorite to win the 100-meter championship. When will it be the turn of a Chinese! They Are they all blind? Or are their brains blocked by poop! These shitty newspapers! No, shitty spinach companies..."

Gatlin looked at Green puzzled, and whispered to Crawford on the opposite side: "What did you show him?"

"It's just the odds of some bookmakers." Crawford whispered: "The major bookmakers in Europe have quietly changed their odds yesterday. At present, the odds of winning the 100-meter sprint are the lowest, that is to say The Chinese have become the number one favorite to win the 100-meter championship in the eyes of spinach companies!"

Gatlin instantly understood that Crawford was looking for an opportunity to get revenge on Green. According to Morris Green's stinky and impulsive personality, he must be furious when he sees this kind of news.

According to the schedule of the competition, in the Olympic 100-meter sprint event, the semi-finals and the finals are only separated by more than two hours. If it is only a general-intensity competition, the two-hour interval between the two competitions will have little effect, but the intensity of the competition A very high competition, two hours, is obviously not enough for athletes to recover.

The three athletes from the United States said that their goal is to win the championship, so they all seek to preserve their physical strength as much as possible in the semi-finals, and then explode with all their strength in the final two hours later!

The following semi-finals were divided into two groups. Gatlin and Crawford were both in Group A, while Green was in Group B. Zhang Guan was also in the same group as Green!

Green is an extremely conceited person, he has extremely strong self-esteem, so when he knew that Zhang Guan had become the number one favorite for the 100-meter championship, he would definitely fight Zhang Guan to the end in the 100-meter semi-final at night, and he would use this This is a way to tell the world who is the biggest favorite to win the championship, and he wants to defend his face. And once Green really does this, no matter whether he can defeat Zhang Guan in the semi-finals, he will inevitably consume more physical strength, which will directly affect his performance in the finals.

Although Green, Gatlin and Crawford are teammates, they are also competitors. The three Americans came to the Olympic arena for the gold medal. In fact, these three are also the three most powerful and most likely to win the championship. If the most powerful Green is exhausted in the semi-finals If there are too many, the biggest beneficiaries are undoubtedly Gatlin and Crawford.

Gatlin understood Crawford's intentions, but Gatlin is not a gentleman, since it is beneficial to him, why bother pointing it out! I saw Gatlin and Crawford smiling at each other. Although they did not communicate verbally, they had already formed a tacit understanding.

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In the restaurant of the Olympic Village, Director Guo sat near the door with a serious face, while Officer Liu sat next to him, staring at every Chinese athlete entering and leaving the restaurant.

"Director Guo, people from the track and field team are here!" Officer Liu said suddenly. Then I saw several athletes and coaches headed by Coach Sun of the hurdle event walked into the restaurant with tired faces. They had just finished their daily training.

"Great, we finally got them." Director Guo lowered his head and confirmed the documents in his hand again, with a smug smile on his face.

The title of the document is "Decision on the Punishment of Comrade Zhang Guan for Violating Discipline". On a thin piece of official paper, the red official seal is very conspicuous.

Director Guo is not a high-ranking official. He doesn't have that much power to directly punish an athlete, but he can write a report that distorts the facts and exaggerates, and then attaches a punishment suggestion to his superiors. Naturally, the superiors don't have time to investigate this kind of thing in person, so in all likelihood, they will decide the punishment of the athletes based on Director Guo's report.

As for the distorted facts and exaggerated statements in the report, Director Guo is not worried. Anyway, after returning to Beijing, the Olympic team will be disbanded. It was a wrong decision, and I will no longer pursue personal responsibility.

And the facts are as Director Guo expected. A few days after the report was reported, the superiors gave instructions and gave Zhang Guanji punishment according to Director Guo's suggestion, but he did not agree with Director Guo's suggestion of suspension. It is worse, and the matter is more serious. It is definitely not appropriate to suspend athletes as it is still during the Olympic Games.

Director Guo immediately became elated after receiving the punishment decision. He couldn't wait to go to Zhang Guan and read the punishment decision face to face. He really wanted to see Zhang Guan's expression after receiving the punishment. Zhang Guan knew the consequences of contradicting himself!

As the time for retiring to the second line is approaching, Director Guo cherishes his power more and more, so he wants to show his authority.

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