All-round Athlete

Chapter 878 Repeating the old tricks (make up debts 11)

There was a lot of noise about the flopping in the track cycling competition, and because of the correct disclosure of the news, the sales volume of the "Observator" increased greatly. It printed 10,000 copies yesterday, and all of them were sold out.

Charlie, the editor-in-chief, was naturally the most excited one. At this time, he was crossing his legs and fiddling with the letters in his hand.

"Ads, bills, bills, bills, revelations, advertisements...wait, revelations!" Charlie sat up straight suddenly, looking at the envelope with "Revelation" written on it, his hands trembling involuntarily.

"Breaking the news, here we come again!" Charlie opened the envelope without hesitation. This time, there were two checks and a few pieces of paper inside.

Charlie was the first to pick up the checks, one for 20,000 euros and the other for 10,000 euros. Charlie opened the papers again. The first page was based on a letter.

The letter told Charlie that the check for 20,000 euros was the last payment, and the check for 10,000 euros was a deposit. If the "Observator" was willing to publish the contents of the next few pages, he could still get 30,000 euros. sponsorship fee.

"Here it comes again!" Charlie immediately flipped through the revelations on the next few pages.

This time the content is: the British team has formulated a winning strategy for the men's lightweight double sculls. game. In order for the referee to cooperate and allow the British team to rematch, the United Kingdom has sent money benefits to relevant personnel!

The content of this revelation is similar to the previous one, except that the project has changed to men's lightweight double sculls, and the method has become to intentionally damage the cockpit of the rowing boat.

After reading this revelation, Charlie gasped.

"It looks like tomorrow's newspaper will be printed again!"

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Zhang Guan has two competitions today, namely the tennis semi-finals and the long jump qualifying competition.

In the semi-finals of tennis, Zhang Guan encountered the second seed Djokovic in the tournament.

Djokovic won three Grand Slam titles last year, but this year Djokovic had a bit of bad luck. After the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, Djokovic won a series of Masters After a series of upsets, French King and Wimbledon also lost to Nadal and Federer respectively.

When it came to the Olympics, Djokovic almost capsized in the first game, and then faced Australian Hewitt, it was quite difficult to win. After finally reaching the semi-finals, they met Zhang Guan again.

Zhang Guan defeated Djokovic with two 7-5. Speaking of which, Zhang Guan did not play very well today, especially in the first set. After the first serve, his scoring rate dropped to 70%. You must know that in normal times, Zhang Guan's scoring rate may reach 90% after his first serve. . In the whole game, Zhang Guan only broke serve in two rounds.

In another semi-final with all his heart, Murray, the host player, actually defeated the king Federer with a disparity of 6-3 and 6-2!

In the London Olympics in history, Murray did not meet Federer until the final, but Nadal did not participate at that time, so Murray was the third seed. But now because of Nadal's participation, Murray became the fourth seed, so he met Federer in advance in the semifinals.

But the result of the game did not change. Federer still lost to Murray. Murray was really in a brave state at home, and Federer, the king of grass, was hard to parry.

The tennis final will be held the day after tomorrow. At that time, Murray will compete with Zhang Guan for the final championship.

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At 6:30 in the afternoon, Zhang Guan appeared at the main venue of the London Olympic Games. He was going to participate in the men's long jump qualifying competition, which was also Zhang Guan's first track and field event.

A total of 42 contestants participated in the qualifying competition, and the top 12 advanced to the final. The competition was quite fierce.

The world record holder in the long jump event is Zhang Guan, so Zhang Guan did not hide his clumsiness. He jumped out of 8.23 ​​meters in the first trial jump, and this result was enough to guarantee Zhang Guan to enter the final.

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On August 4, Zhang Guan ushered in his most difficult match day. In the morning and afternoon, he will participate in the preliminary and semi-finals of the track cycling individual competition, in the evening he will participate in the long jump final, and in the evening there will be a 10,000-meter track and field battle.

An individual competition in track cycling, where only two players participate in each competition. The race lasts for three laps, and the first to cross the finish line is the winner, so the race is also called the sprint race. It's just that when the final score of the race is calculated, only the score of the last lap will be included in the record.

In a bicycle race, the runners behind can take advantage of the wake of the runners ahead, while the runners in the lead need to move forward against the resistance of the air. Therefore, in the first lap of the race, players often choose to ride slower, or even deliberately run to the outer ring, put the opponent in front, let the opponent face the air resistance, and use the wake flow to move forward.

After waiting for the second lap, the athletes began to accelerate, and they had to increase their speed to the highest when they entered the third lap. Because the third lap is the decisive lap, if you wait until the third lap to start speeding up, it will be too late.

The third lap is the last lap of the competition. When entering the third lap, the speed of the contestants is often increased to the extreme, and they will use the fastest speed to complete this lap. For men, it only takes 10 seconds for them to complete a lap of 200 meters at full speed.

So for spectators who don't know the sport, the game looks weird to them. In the first lap, it was a competition to see who was riding slower, because both riders were unwilling to ride against air resistance in front; and in the second lap, the rider's acceleration was full of scheming, and it was probably just a fake In order to get the opponent to the front; the third lap is the most exciting moment of the race.

In the track cycling individual sprint event of the London Olympic Games, the preliminary round and the rematch stage are determined in one game. The winner will enter the next round, while the loser needs to participate in the rematch. The winner of the rematch can also be promoted In the next round, if they also lose in the resurrection match, they will be eliminated directly. In other words, the preliminaries and semi-finals are actually a single-game double-elimination system.

When it comes to the quarter-finals, it becomes a best-of-three rounds system. There will be no rematch at this stage, and the winner will advance and the loser will be eliminated.

What Zhang Guan will participate in today is the preliminary round and the rematch, that is, a double-lose match in a single game.

The opponent Zhang Guan met in the preliminary round was the famous Malaysian cyclist Mohd Awang. Awang can be regarded as the most powerful track cyclist in Asia, but if it is placed in the world, it is not worth mentioning. There was no need for Zhang Guan to use his full strength to win.

In the rematch, Zhang Guan met a Czech player named Klamen. Crammen's strength is not considered the top in the world, Zhang Guan won again and successfully advanced to the quarter-finals.

For track cycling, the truly powerful four countries of Western Europe: Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium. The United States, the most powerful country in sports in the world, although it is very good in road cycling, is far inferior to the four Western European countries in track cycling. So as long as he does not meet players from England, France, Germany, and Belgium, it is not a challenge for Zhang Guan.

Zhang Guan was more concerned about the Eaton Dorney Rowing Center in the west of London.

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While Zhang Guan was participating in the individual cycling competition, the men's lightweight double sculls final was being held at the Eaton Dorney Rowing Center 25 kilometers west of London.

A total of six teams advanced to the men's lightweight double sculls final, namely the Danish team, the French team, the Portuguese team, the German team, the New Zealand team, and the host team, the British team.

The host British team is also quite strong in rowing events, among which the lightweight double sculls is also one of the events they hope to win gold.

With an order, the six teams moved at the same time, and the players rowed their oars desperately.

France took the lead and took the lead, followed by New Zealand and Denmark, while the hosts, Great Britain, did not fare as well, finishing fifth and just ahead of Great Britain.

However, at this moment, the British player Puliqisi suddenly leaned back, and his seat immediately fell off the rowing boat. Puliqisi raised his hand to the referee without hesitation, and the referee interrupted the game. The referee team then announced that due to an accident, the game was restarted.

In the reporter area on the sidelines, a French reporter's eyes widened in surprise, and then he took out the "Observer" from his backpack for the first time, read it carefully over and over again, and then his face suddenly Anger is written all over it.

"It was hit by the "Observator" again! The British are repeating their tricks, and they bribed the referee again! Do they think our French team is easy to bully?"

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After the game restarted, the UK really led the way all the way, but at the last moment, it was overtaken by the Danish team and won the silver medal with a 0.61 second disadvantage.

The French team, which was leading at the first start, only ranked fourth and did not even win a medal.

The fourth place is a very embarrassing ranking. Although the results are good, they just missed the podium.

The head coach of the French team, Julian, looked frustrated, but he still cheered up and was going to comfort his players.

"Coach Julian!" A voice sounded from the side, and the other party spoke very pure French, which made Julian immediately turn his head and look in the direction of the voice.

"Coach Julian, I'm a reporter from L'Equipe." The other party said.

Julian knew that L'Equipe was a relatively well-known sports media in France, so he responded: "Please wait a moment, I will accept the interview later."

"Coach Julian, you misunderstood me. I'm not here for an interview! I want you to read this report." The reporter reached out and handed the "Observator" to Coach Julian, and said, "This newspaper , once revealed the bribery incident of the British Cycling Team, and there were also revelations related to rowing.”

Julian hesitated, took the Observer, and began to read the news on it.

"Break the seat and replay? Isn't this what happened just now?" Julian raised his head suddenly, and looked at the head coach of the British team with a look of hatred.

At this time, the head coach of the British team was still applauding, celebrating his silver medal, which deeply stimulated Coach Julian.

"When we first started, our French team was clearly in the lead, because you cheated, but now you haven't even won a medal, but you Brits are celebrating openly!"

Coach Julian was completely angry. He took two steps in three steps, rushed to the coach of the British team, and punched him hard.

In the next second, all the reporters rushed forward...

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