Gu Kun's guess at the psychology of the people of Oceania was quite accurate.
He could even predict that many Oceania people would even have expectations for Ross and Schwenk in the backstroke competition:
What if, when they set the world record before, they also saved their strength?
Everyone knows that every time a world record is broken, it is a huge benefit. Since Gu Kun can break it a few more times, he only breaks it by a few tenths of a second each time.
Maybe Rose and Schwenk also saved their strength when they broke the record at the World Championships the year before last. Maybe their real strength is much better than their predecessors. It's just because between the World Championships last year and this year's Olympics, those adult players did not have other international players.
It is a top-level event, so there is no chance to break the record in a high profile.
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Popular discussions and pursuits among the public can be blind, but professionals must remain calm.
Atlanta, Georgia State University Athletic Center.
Daniel Castleman, the head coach of the Oceania swimming team, was smoking a cigar intently with a stern expression. Several other coaches and assistants in charge of the backstroke team were sitting on both sides, waiting to discuss countermeasures.
As a great sportsman, Coach Daniel certainly didn’t smoke when he was young, and he usually doesn’t smoke when he becomes a coach in his old age. It’s just that this year the pressure is too great and it’s difficult to communicate, so he occasionally relieves his anxiety.
Oceania's swimming team has always been the strongest in the world. Maybe they can't definitely win the gold medal in any specific event, but there is absolutely no problem in ensuring that among the more than 30 gold medals in the swimming category, they will be first in total.
The swimming team contributes an average of a quarter of the gold medals to the country in each session. When the harvest is good, it can reach 30%. In the worst years, it is basically 20%. It is an important gold medal pool for Oceania.
But what about this year? I guess I can’t keep the 20%. For the women’s event, I can still get at least four or five yuan, the same as in previous years.
But on the men's side, although Gu Kun does not swim butterfly, Oceania is not very strong either. Today's butterfly swimming masters are all in Lucia, Germany, and Australia. Their top seed in butterfly swimming, Tom McLuhan, was originally the most promising
I tried to compete for gold in the 200-meter butterfly, but I also failed yesterday and only got the silver medal. As for the 100-meter butterfly, I gave up originally.
If Gu Kun shaved his head in all the events in which he participated, Oceania men would only be able to secure two gold medals in the relay this year.
The men have two gold medals, and the women have five gold medals, which adds up to only seven gold medals. Compared with the national goal of more than 40 gold medals, it is too weak. This year they are the host country, and they are also the first country to compete fairly after the disintegration of Lucia.
In this term, the goal must be set higher.
(At the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, Lucia had also disintegrated, but at that time Lucia had just disintegrated and was still in chaos, so there was no intention to organize a team to participate in the Olympics. The results were disastrous, and Oceania was unable to win)
How does the performance of the swimming team prove the superiority of the free world?
A group of coaches were helpless against the cheating Gu Kun. Finally, a coach who no longer considered his future and was ready to retire proposed:
"Daniel, how about... find a way to smear Gu Kun for doping? You know, it is not impossible to change the urine test package now, and the sampling process is not required to be videotaped and kept confidential..."
When Daniel heard this, he became slightly alert.
Isn't this too underhanded?
Not to mention, Oceania itself is not clean, and it is a bit too despicable to do this-Oceania often criticizes athletes from other countries for doping, but in fact they themselves are only relatively advanced in biochemical technology.
Just like the "Methyl Biclear Testosterone" that was just invented in 1995, it is obviously a steroid sex hormone from the perspective of future generations. However, the hidden effects of this new drug could not be found based on the level of foreign science and technology at the time, so the Oceanic team could give it to
Athletes can legally use it as an "asthma medicine".
Therefore, there is a very classic joke in the circle: All the gymnasts in Oceania have ADHD, and all the swimmers have asthma, so much so that they need to use legal "specific drugs" to suppress their own diseases. It is true that they are physically disabled and determined to continue to exercise.
's role model.
(It is only later discovered that these "specific asthma drugs" can enhance normal people's lung capacity and blood oxygenation efficiency, so swimmers should drink it. "Special drugs for ADHD" can enhance normal people's balance, and those in gymnastics and figure skating should drink it.
drink.)
However, regardless of whether they are clean or not, if there is a possibility of framing Gu Kun, they should still consider it.
Daniel calculated the current rules and procedures.
If this matter had been left at the beginning of the 21st century, in the Internet era, there would definitely be no possibility of manipulation, because by then the entire process would be digitally recorded, as well as the filming time and whether it was encrypted by PS's anti-counterfeiting, and samples taken before the game.
Whether the urine bag has been dropped or not, it will be difficult to fake it.
However, in 1996, the digitization of the evidence process had not yet been established. Nowadays, each athlete can choose whether his or her process should be recorded front-on when taking samples. Some athletes feel ashamed and have to memorize the record, and the Olympic Committee does not force it.
Therefore, it is rare to bring clean urine bags prepared in advance. Although it is disgusting to think about it, for the sake of performance and profit, many people will do anything.
"If this arrangement is indeed effective and will not expose us, we can consider it..." Daniel thought about it again and again, and almost agreed to take action.
Fortunately, at this moment, another coach raised an objection: "Head coach! But Gu Kun's results last year were already so outrageous. He must have left a full set of sampling evidence in Japan. With him being so outrageous,
If my performance could reach such a high level without using drugs, would it cause an uproar?
When the hype reaches the forefront, it may not matter to him at all, but we will be involved - you have to know that he is not a professional athlete. I did some research and found out that he is a wealthy businessman, engaged in cultural tourism, shipping,
Commercial real estate, etc. He will be very happy to see media exposure and continuous hype. However, we are a professional sports team and not a commercial club. These are detrimental to us, at least we don’t need it.”
Daniel was slightly startled and felt that these words made sense.
Gu Kun is very prepared to leave evidence in advance.
He has broken so many records in Japan, and he must have been checked repeatedly by others, which shows that he can still significantly surpass the current achievements of humans without the help of drugs.
Daniel may have legal certainty, but he does not have social public opinion certainty and cannot block people's conspiracy theories.
As Gu Kun is not a professional athlete, this means that the benefits of frame-up will not be that great, and the opponent's counterattack does not have to be limited to the methods within the circle.
You old scumbags, the things you have to calculate are too complicated, and you will fall into a trap if you don't turn your brain a little.
Daniel thought over and over again: "Then it's better to be on the safe side and don't frame her formally first. Let's wait until the backstroke competition is over, and then let our reporters spread the word to stimulate the other party's reaction first, and then make a long-term plan."
What he meant was to first spread rumors about Gu Kun's medication among the people, and then ask reporters to ask Gu Kun what he thought about it.
You must first test out how Gu Kun will fight back after "making him feel that he has been framed", and then decide whether you really want to frame him. This way, you still have room to stop in time to avoid endless death.
After all, everyone works for the country, and there is no need to offend a powerful giant to death for the sake of political achievements.
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The preliminaries of the two backstroke events in the morning of July 20 and the semi-finals in the afternoon ended quickly.
Daniel still used some power to influence the grouping, so that neither of his two famous generals were in the same group as Gu Kun.
So even though Gu Kun once again broke the world record for four consecutive times, Rose and Schwenk were not directly affected by their competition mentality.
In the semi-finals of the 200-meter backstroke, Trump's Schwenk also broke the record that Gu Kun broke last year. It's just that his result came a little late, and the old record had long been refreshed by Gu Kun himself, so Schwenk didn't
A world record was caught.
But anyway, this also gave the Oceanic team extra confidence.
Backstroke is their final pride in the men's individual competition!
July 21, morning.
Today at 9:30 and 11:30, the men's 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke finals will be held respectively. Since the beginning of the Olympic Games, this is also the largest audience at the Georgia Tech University Swimming Center, because they know in advance that this is the most popular event for domestic athletes.
If we lose this event, which we hope to win the gold medal, the men's team will be doomed.
Naturally, Pablo and Nash also came to watch the game. There were more and more foreign girls standing on Gu Kun's side in the stands.
They all looked like they had blond hair and big boobs, and they were swaying wildly during the cheers, as high as at a Michael Jackson concert.
All we can say is that the issue of women worshiping the strong exists in all countries and nations and is a normal phenomenon.
(What is abnormal is just indiscriminate worship of foreign trash, ignoring the overall quality of the other person, and criticizing him only because he is a foreigner. Worshiping the strong is normal. If a person is an elite, you cannot prevent women from your country from liking him just because he is a foreigner.
)
Charles Nash felt a little uneasy. Yesterday, he was approached by someone from the swimming team and asked him to introduce a reporter from Fox TV through his connections. It seemed that something was going to happen after the game.
Nash didn't know why the other party found him or how he got on this line - maybe it was just because he knew his identity and saw him coming to swimming competitions every day, so he thought he was patriotic and could make a friend?
However, since the other party wanted to deal with Gu Kun, he was still happy to see it succeed. It was just introducing a few reporter resources, and it was none of his business.
Suddenly, the starting whistle sounded and the game started.
Backstroke starts underwater, there is no diving action, and in the first few meters, you are twisting your body face up underwater, so it is not easy to see clearly the advantages and disadvantages in the first few seconds.
"Swink has come up! Ross has come up too! Schwenk is number one!"
For a moment, Nash's heart was in his throat. Oceania is indeed the beacon of the world! The free world is superior!
The Oceanic players, coaches, and administrators who were watching the game in other corners probably had the same mentality.
Unfortunately, this excitement only lasted for more than a second, and then a terrifying speculation came to mind.
"Where's Gu Kun? Why did he disappear?"
Just when they thought they couldn't understand it, Gu Kun finally surfaced.
He only twisted underwater for two seconds longer than others, and by the time he came out of the water, he was already five meters ahead of Schwenk.