Chapter 1202 Sports have no borders, but athletes do
"On any day, I can beat anyone, and anyone can beat me." This is the confidence that Tyson Gay, the former men's world sprint champion from the United States, expressed in himself in the IAAF online diary. (This
The words are true)
Although the former three-time champion of the 2007 Osaka World Championships in Japan did not mention the name of Jamaican "Black Lightning" Bolt in his diary of "can beat anyone", he set a time of 9.68 seconds last year, which was only inferior to
Bolt's world record of 9.55 seconds is the second best time in history. He is qualified to say this.
Of course, "anyone" may also be Tyson Gay, referring to Su Shen, who has been particularly popular in the diamond arena these days, and Powell, the former world record holder of Jamaica. Tyson Gay thinks this is like the American football team in the World Cup in South Africa.
Just like his performance, losing is not fun, but it motivates him to win.
Tyson Gay revealed that he is currently preparing for the New York Diamond League at the International Training Center, as well as the following Diamond League games in Eugene, Stockholm, Sweden, London and Brussels, Belgium. He strives to improve his condition to the maximum.
Excellent, especially in terms of technology.
I can outdo anyone this year.
Including myself.
These were the last words Tyson threw to reporters.
On the same day, Su Shen, who came to New York, USA to participate in the New York Diamond League, also expressed his views on this game as soon as he got off the plane————
"I am now number one in Diamond League points."
"Besides, I've been on a plane for so long and I'm hungry."
"I want to eat an apple."
Although the two have not directly faced each other this season, the intensity of the duel has already gathered in the air.
This Diamond League game is definitely full of attractions.
Can SU continue its Diamond League winning streak?
Can it continue to sweep the North American continent, the supreme land of track and field?
Can Tyson Gay fulfill his pre-match promise and show his best self this year?
Be the first person in the world to stop the "Red Lightning"?
It's all happening this weekend at the New York Diamond League.
In addition to this, ESPN also released a poll. There is no doubt that those who support Gay overwhelmingly crushed Su Shen.
At the same time, there was also a big news breaking out in Jamaica, that is, the "drug audit" that has become increasingly strict in Jamaica in recent years.
The Beijing Olympic Games women's 100m champion, the Berlin World Championships women's 100m and 4x100m double champion, Jamaican "female Bolt" Shelly-Ann Fraser has been tested positive for the banned drug oxycodone.
She was provisionally suspended by the IAAF, and the specific punishment will be determined after an investigation. This is the second Olympic women's 100m champion to be found guilty of doping after Marion Jones.
Fraser was born on December 27, 1986. She is only 23 years old this year. Although she is called the "female Bolt", her height is in sharp contrast to the 1.95-meter Bolt. She is only 1.60 meters, which is the highest in today's sprint world.
An outlier. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she became the first women's 100-meter Olympic champion in the history of Jamaica. In the final, Jamaican athletes took the top three places. Fraser's time was an astonishing 10.78 seconds, setting the record for Jamaica.
The second best result in history is second only to the record of 10.74 seconds held by senior Oti. In the 4x100m competition, she cooperated with her teammates to run a good time of 42.24 seconds in the preliminaries, but unfortunately she was eliminated in the finals after losing her baton.
She was only 21 years old at the time.
At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Fraser's dream came true and she won the 100m and 4x100m double championships. Her 100m winning time of 10.73 seconds set a Jamaican women's national record and was the best in the history of the world's women's 100m race.
The fourth best result. In February this year, she was appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Fraser was originally prepared to participate in all subsequent Diamond League competitions this year. However, she was notified before the competition that because she tested positive for drugs during the Diamond League Magic City competition on May 23, the IAAF decided to impose sanctions on her.
With a temporary suspension. Frazier received the news that she tested positive for drugs 3 weeks ago, and was immediately notified of the suspension. She was found to have taken oxycodone, which is a painkiller and sedative that usually does not work.
It can improve an athlete's performance and may even affect a sprinter's performance, and the International Anti-Doping Agency only this year added it to its list of banned substances.
Bruce James, president of Frazier's MVP Track and Field Club, announced the news on his Twitter. James said: "We have decided to withdraw her from all competitions to determine her punishment at a hearing, or to waive the punishment.
.Her coach Francis is not frustrated by this, he is actually proud of her for insisting on participating in the Shanghai competition."
According to James and Frazier himself, the drug test problem occurred because Frazier had a toothache at the Magic City station. The medicine prescribed by the doctor was not effective. Frazier wanted to withdraw from the game for a while, but Francis gave Frazier his usual dose.
The painkillers used to treat kidney stones were so effective that Fraser was able to grit his teeth and participate in the competition.
Therefore, James defended Fraser: "The IAAF told us that the banned drug found was oxycodone. You can search it. This drug is not used to improve performance."
Fraser's coach Francis also said: "This drug can neither improve performance nor be used to cover up other drugs." Fraser also said that the drug made him feel tired at the time, so his performance was much worse than usual. In fact,
According to the regulations of the IAAF, if you can report this painkiller to the IAAF in advance before taking it, you will not be punished. As her agent said, this is an oversight, just like "a child going to school"
I entered the examination room but forgot to bring my pen.”
Fraser himself also claimed that he was innocent: "I have nothing to hide. I will go home and have a hearing. I hope they can accept my explanation. I did not know that this drug was classified as a prohibited drug at the time."
She said that although she was innocent, the matter had damaged her reputation anyway: "I should indeed take responsibility for this matter, because athletes must be responsible for the drugs they take. But no matter what, people have begun to doubt
I took the medicine." Currently, only Frazier's sample from bottle A has tested positive. Since Frazier has not appealed, the authorities will not test the sample from bottle B.
IAAF spokesman Nick Davis said that they are currently waiting for the results of the investigation and hearing between Fraser and the Jamaica Athletics Federation, but he also emphasized: "Athletes must pay attention to their behavior because our rules have been formulated very carefully.
clear."
It should have been a very clear thing, but there is a problem here. Just like Fraser's own words - even if she was forgiven in the end, her innocence was no longer there.
The Jamaican sprint is the only team in the world that can compete with the Americans. However, just as the American sprint has been tainted by doping scandals, the Jamaican sprint has repeatedly hit the red line in the past two years. People can't help but wonder: Can Powell and Bolt still survive?
How long does it last?
Fraser and Powell were brothers and sisters, both played for the MVP track and field club in Jamaica, and both were coached by Francis. Therefore, after Fraser's incident, Powell was the first to stand up and defend Fraser. However, even if people forgive
Fraser was at fault, and it is an indisputable fact that the reputation of Jamaican sprinting continues to be damaged. Starting before the BJ Olympics, including Fraser's incident, 9 Jamaican sprinters have been involved with doping in the past two years.
The scale is enough to arouse suspicion of collective drug taking.
Before the 2008 Olympic Games, there were some doping scandals in Jamaica, but they were not as intensive as in the past two years. For example, former sprint star Oti, who participated in seven Olympic Games without winning a gold medal, was found to be doping in 1999.
Before the 2004 Olympics, men's 200-meter runner Mullins was also banned for two years for doping. In addition, several other Jamaican athletes were suspected of purchasing doping through some channels in previous years, but the evidence was insufficient and has not been verified.
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Jamaican sprinters made a splash at the 2008 Olympics, winning six sprint gold medals, and the doping scandals surrounding them also began to grow explosively. Before the 2008 Olympics, Dunkley, a member of the Jamaican men's 4x100m relay team, was confirmed to have taken banned drugs and was expelled.
He was excluded from the Olympic squad and banned for two years. In July 2009, five Jamaican sprinters were exposed for doping. Two of these five team members were members of the "Competitors Track and Field Club" where Bolt belonged.
teammates. However, after final investigation, the Jamaican Athletics Federation could not confirm that the drugs taken by these five athletes were indeed doping, and ultimately did not punish them. However, the IAAF still refused these five people to participate in the Berlin World Championships.
In May 2010, Jamaican female athlete Wilkins was found to have taken doping during the Doha Indoor Games in March. Half a month ago, Stewart, a former Jamaican female sprint star who retired and coached in the United States, was found guilty of assisting athletes to use
He was banned for life for doping. Stewart represented Jamaica in four Olympic Games and won a silver medal in the women's 400-meter relay at the 1984 Olympics.
It is worth mentioning that Ben Johnson was also Jamaican before he was 14 years old.
Faced with this kind of question, Su Shen undoubtedly chose the most positive answer, because as IAAF spokesman Nick Davis said: "Athletes must pay attention to their own behavior, because our rules have been formulated
Be very clear.”
And it is not as unreasonable as everyone imagines. In fact, it is stated above that according to the regulations of the IAAF, if you can report to the IAAF in advance before taking this kind of pain relief drug, you will not be subject to it.
Punishment, so as a rule in black and white, as an Olympic champion and world championship champion with a national record like Fraser, should be subject to stricter control. To be honest, Francis' team did not do as well as Mills.
Bolt is as famous as Fraser, but Mills knows how to provide comprehensive protection, because now the International Doping Organization has many people from the United States, including policy promotion and influence, so...if we don’t find out this,
It’s not legal and I definitely won’t eat it.
Would rather bear it hard.
In this regard, Francis is a bit unlucky.
You know you can declare it, but you don't declare it because of "negligence." If it is true, it is a typical example for athletes to take the blame.
It's written very clearly, and there are flexibility in people's circumstances. If you still don't take it seriously, you can only be sanctioned.
This also serves as a reminder to all current athletes.
Not everyone is an American athlete and can qualify for various drug exemptions.
If you don't, as Bolt himself complains, you have to submit to hundreds of drug tests a year.
I honestly don’t dare to eat anything if I have a fever or a cold.
There is no way, why is your country not as powerful as America? It can directly use its own drug prohibition rules to affect drugs, and even obtain direct exemptions for a large number of drugs.
Asthma patients, ADHD patients, and patients with mental anxiety can all take medicine directly.
Sorry, you can't.
And I want to catch you every day.
This is not to say that Frazier has no problems. Su Shen knew before that top athletes must not be negligent.
However, the recent trend has been directed towards Jamaica, while the United States itself has escaped this "scandal". It is really hard to imagine that there is no media deliberately adding fuel to the flames.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Therefore, Su Shen agreed with Bolt’s complaint and said to the media in a relaxed manner:
"It's a pity what happened to Frazier, but the rules are the rules, and you have to bear the responsibility for any negligence. This is the responsibility that athletes should bear."
"but……"
"The investigation must be strict, please let the whole world join in."
"Don't allow certain people and certain countries to have exceptions and privileges."
"This is what makes people outraged."
Su Shen's words immediately resonated with many athletes, because everyone actually knows that there are various "sick athletes" in the US team who take drugs legally, but there is nothing they can do about them. This is really uncomfortable.
, a bit too speechless.
Athletes are definitely not afraid of strict drug supervision.
As long as the whole world is a red line, that's fine.
But if you are unfair, it will inevitably make people think wrongly.
But this thing.
In the final analysis, it is national strength that serves as the endorsement.
Why can the United States do this? Why can’t other countries?
Isn't this because America is now the only superpower in the world?
Isn’t it that the country’s comprehensive strength ranks first in the world?
Otherwise, can you try taking drugs legally?
See if everyone agrees.
Therefore, what movement knows no borders.
The participants in sports are all human beings, and they all have national boundaries.
Without the backing of a powerful country, you will be looked down upon wherever you go.
The older generation knew this truth and came back to build the country when the country was at its most impoverished. They undoubtedly understood this truth more deeply than the peaceful generation who had never experienced national peril.
Even if you are a thousand-year-old bastard who can live a thousand years and have experienced various dynasty changes, you don't care about these, but you must have something to say and do something about China, a land that has gone through five thousand years of wind and frost. The older generation will not
I love Beiyang, the Qing Dynasty, and the Republic of China, but who of them have said they are not patriotic?
This must be clearly distinguished.
So even if you are just an athlete.
Please also hope that your country will be strong and prosperous, because this is the ultimate strength for you to look like a flower grower in the world and not be bullied by foreign countries like the Chinese decades ago.
Otherwise, the rules are set by others.
But people themselves don’t have to comply.
It is actually the greatest injustice.
And even if it is unfair in sports competition, people all over the world are holding back their hearts.
Waiting to be broken.
I just hope that day comes sooner.
Su Shen watched the news, turned off his phone, and slowly closed his eyes.
PS: As someone who has been abroad, I actually understand very well that only when a country is strong can it be respected. Just take a look at the comments of those 500,000 people who have peacefully evolved and various speculators in the media. If you want to understand, you really need to
You have to go out. Only after you go out can you know what it means to be patriotic and give you the confidence to know that the moon is definitely not a foreign round. Anyway, I have experienced it personally. I don’t have a banana heart. I can’t be at ease and be invisible to others. I’m also discriminated against.
You can't do dog-licking outside and show off your power at home at the same time.
Real knowledge comes from practice, and you can only judge when you go out, instead of being blinded by articles and videos from various infiltration forces at home.
Of course, if you want to leave this ancient land, you have to do so voluntarily, but you have to pay attention to the cost of leaving. The application fee is 50 and the certificate is 200.
Total 250.
This may be the last joke this ancient land plays on you.
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