All-round Athlete

Chapter 830

London, England.

As the main venue for the 2012 Olympic Games, the London Bowl was completed on March 29, 2011, and some events have been held successively to test the London Olympic Games.

And today, the London Bowl ushered in a distinguished guest, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

After all, the Olympic Games is related to the face of a country. For this term of British Prime Minister, hosting the Olympic Games is definitely a very important thing during his tenure. It is less than a year before the opening of the Olympic Games, and the Olympic Games has also entered the agenda of Mr. Prime Minister. He listens to the progress report of the Olympic preparations every week, and personally inspects the preparations for the Olympic Games from time to time.

Many venues for the London Olympics are still under construction and are not suitable for the Prime Minister to personally inspect. The already completed London Bowl, as the main venue for next year's Olympics, is obviously an excellent place for the Prime Minister to inspect. So, accompanied by the Mayor of London and Sebastian, the chairman of the British Olympic Organizing Committee, Mr. Prime Minister came to the London Bowl.

Sebastian happily introduced the preparations for the London Olympics to the prime minister. As the chairman of the London Olympic Organizing Committee, Sebastian will definitely be the busiest person in London in the coming year, but he enjoys it very much This kind of busyness, for a person who devotes himself to politics, the position of chairman of the London Olympic Organizing Committee is definitely a very glorious record in his resume, and a successful Olympic Games is enough to become the most eye-catching part of his resume , which is very helpful to his future development in the political arena.

"Next year's Olympics, as the host, we must get a good result before we can explain to the public. Does the Olympic Organizing Committee have any plans for this?" the Prime Minister asked.

Sebastian knew that the Prime Minister was asking himself how many gold medals Britain could win in tomorrow's Olympics, so he answered, "Our goal is to win 25 to 30 gold medals."

"25 to 30? I remember that in the last Olympic Games, we won 19 gold medals. If we can get 25 gold medals this time, it will be a very good improvement." The Prime Minister then asked: "What about 25 gold medals?" If you have 30 gold medals, how many places can you get on the gold medal list?"

"We estimate that we can win the third place, which will rise one place in 2008." Sebastian continued: "There is no doubt that the US team is strong, and they will definitely win the first place. The strength of the team should not be underestimated either, they were the hosts of the last session, and they should get the second place in this session. And if we want to rise to the third place, we have to surpass the Russian team.”

"Overtaking Russia is also a very good achievement." The prime minister nodded in satisfaction.

During the Cold War period, the Soviet Union was undoubtedly the number one sports power in the world. After the end of the Cold War, Russia is still the sports hegemony second only to the United States. For those Europeans who have experienced the Cold War era, Russia is like a mountain , Conquering the mountains is something to be proud of.

"Chairman Sebastian, I hope your assessment is accurate. After all, we are the hosts of this Olympic Games. If our results do not improve, or even worse than the previous one, the people will not accept it. Once In that case, someone must take this responsibility." The Prime Minister said, looking at Sebastian.

Sebastian knew that the person who the prime minister said was responsible must be himself. For Sebastian, this was an advance warning.

Sebastian snorted coldly in his heart. He didn't doubt that the Prime Minister would use himself as a scapegoat. After all, he was from the Conservative Party, and the Prime Minister was the leader of the Labor Party. From a political point of view, if the London Olympics failed, the Labor Party would not I don't mind taking a knife on myself, a member of the Conservative Party.

"Mr. Prime Minister, please rest assured that I am very confident in this result. Our athletes have been preparing for this Olympic Games for eight years. Our results will definitely be better than the previous Olympic Games!" Sebastian is confident Said full, and his statement is more like a military order. At least the goal of "higher grades than the previous one" must be achieved.

"Then I'm relieved. But I still hope that our athletes can work hard and go one step further, defeating the Chinese and becoming second in the gold medal list." The prime minister said.

"In the last Olympic Games, although the Chinese team played at home, 61 gold medals is still a very scary result. We estimate that in this Olympic Games, the number of gold medals of the Chinese team will remain at 40. About, this is still the restricted quantity." Sebastian said.

"Restrictions?" The Prime Minister grasped the word sensitively.

"It's a restriction." Sebastian smiled slightly and said, "The IAAF has just announced a new rule that each athlete can only participate in a maximum of three track and field events in the Olympic Games, including the relay race." kind of group project.”

"Three events?" The Prime Minister was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately thought of Zhang Guan. He knew that except for Zhang Guan, no one could participate in the fourth track and field event.

"IAAF regulations? Who doesn't know that you, Sebastian, are the president of the IAAF?" The Prime Minister thought of this, looked at Sebastian with a half-smile, and asked, "This regulation seems to be only Restricting Zhang Guan alone? Is this appropriate? Isn’t the IAAF worried that the Chinese will protest?”

"Since it is a rule, of course everyone needs to abide by it. No one can be special, and will not specifically restrict a certain athlete." Sebastian continued: "Besides, in the case of a dominant family, for a certain athlete It is not good news for the development of the sport. The Olympic Games is a grand event for the whole world to participate in, and monopoly is obviously not in line with the purpose of the Olympic Games, nor is it in the interests of other countries."

Sebastian's last sentence hit the point. The regulation he formulated to restrict Zhang Guan was able to pass relatively smoothly precisely because of the word "monopoly". It is precisely because of Zhang Guan's strength that he has won too many championships by himself, which has touched the interests of many countries and many athletes.

For example, the United States, Jamaica, Middle Eastern countries, etc., originally they had hoped to compete for the Olympic gold medal in a certain event, but as soon as Zhang Guan appeared, all kinds of world records were broken, which was equivalent to erecting a tall and powerful line in front of other athletes. Strong barriers, other athletes who want to win gold medals have to aim to break the world record. It may not be possible to break a world record in track and field for many years. Breaking a world record is almost an impossible task for those athletes.

So when Sebastian restricted Zhang Guan's move, it became a thing that everyone expected. Even though the General Administration of Sports used a lot of connections, it still didn't stop all this from happening.

Since I can't defeat you, then change the rules to limit you!

However, this kind of move is often seen in the sports world.

For example, the rules of basketball games have always been more in favor of European teams. Although the rules of many professional leagues in the world are closer to the NBA, FIBA ​​is still unwilling to integrate with the rules of the NBA. Because once it conforms to the rules of the NBA, on the world stage, American muscle sticks will be more rampant.

Another example is the table tennis rules, which have been changing over the years. There are restrictions on rackets, changes on the game ball, restrictions on serving, adjustments to the rules, restrictions on the number of participants, and even the cancellation of doubles and changing to team competitions. All adjustments are aimed at the Chinese team.

It's just that the American team's basketball strength is too strong, and the Chinese team's table tennis strength is also too strong. No matter how restrictive they are, they can't prevent them from winning the championship. If you want to prevent them from winning the championship, unless you cancel the sport.

Most of the rules and restrictions are very useful, such as the 2008 reform of the archery rules, the new rules increased contingency and uncertainty, and the Korean team's monopoly in archery began to be broken. In the past, the South Korean team won the four gold medals in archery, but after the rule change, players from other countries can at least steal one gold medal from the South Korean team.

Now, the restrictions on Zhang Guan by the new rules have also given hope to track and field athletes from many countries.

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