Chapitre 61: The most popular championship
Paris, France.
Pieret, an editor of the Paris Daily, is preparing to write a prediction and analysis about the Olympic 100-meter trapeze battle.
For sports reporters, in addition to their analysis, there is an important way to predict the outcome of the game, which is through the odds offered by the major gambling companies. No matter how powerful a sports reporter is, there is only one head, and the gambling company maintains a group of professional intelligence personnel and data analysts, and there is also a professional computer system to calculate the odds, so the odds of the gambling company can intuitively reflect the match prediction of the race.
Many professional predictions of so-called senior sports journalists are based on the odds of the gambling company. They make a detailed forecast analysis based on the odds set by the gambling company. This reverse analysis is always easier than the forward analysis.
"Remember that a Chinese ran into the semi-finals. It's incredible. It's hard to imagine that a yellow man can compete with a black man!" Pierret clicked the mouse gently while thinking.
"Let me see the winning odds set by the gambling company for the 100-meter trapeze battle. The first odds are ..." Pieret's eyes widened sharply, and weirdly cried, "Guan-Zhang? That China athlete!"
The computer screen shows that Zhang Guan's odds for winning the championship are 1 for 2 and the subsequent defending champion Maurice Greene is 1 for 2.5. Others such as Gatling, Crawford, Powell, and others are all at 1 for 2.5 and 1 to 3.5. If you look at these odds, the gambling company is the most optimistic about Zhang Guan to win the championship.
Pieret's first reaction was that the gambling company had made a mistake. Although a Chinese ran well in the previous game, a dark horse posture, how could he become the biggest favorite to win the championship! Pierette immediately entered the website of a British gambling company, but after checking the odds, he found that Zhang Guan's odds for winning the championship were still 1 to 2 and ranked first among all athletes.
"Oh my god? What's the matter? Are all gambling companies optimistic about the Chinese winning the 100m championship?" Pierret was surprised but immediately realized that this is a good news point.
A country where the strength of track and field sprints is at the bottom of the world, a Chinese athlete who has never been optimistic before the game, is regarded as the biggest champion of the 100-meter sprint by the gambling company. The odds of Powell and so on are higher than Zhang Guan! This is simply the story of the scum at the bottom of society suddenly reversing Gao Fushuai overnight! Enough stimulation, enough dog blood! The key is to have enough selling points!
Pieret immediately deleted the original title, but re-enter another title: "Chinese Player Hundred Meters Flying Man vs. Biggest Champion!"
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No one in the US Olympic delegation lives in the Olympic Village. Although the price of star-rated hotels in Athens was very high during the Olympics, it was nothing to the wealthy Americans.
For example, the United States basketball team comes from NBA superstars, with a large annual salary of 10 to 20 million US dollars. It is natural to live in the most luxurious hotels to show their identity.
And the American track and field team does not have to squeeze in the Olympic Village. Track and field have always been a major gold medal in the United States. The American track and field team also has the world's top sponsors, so the American track and field team is not short of money. Now that we have money, we must live in a star hotel and enjoy the best service.
At the moment, Maurice Greene is in the hotel restaurant, he alone occupied a table, enjoying the best lunch in Athens. At a table not far from him was his teammate Justin Gatlin, who obviously couldn't stand Greene's stinky character, and he was unwilling to eat with Greene at the same table.
Shawn Crawford came from a distance, and he had a newspaper in his hand. When Gatlin saw Crawford, he immediately waved to him and motioned for Crawford to sit down. Crawford smiled at Gatlin, shook his head slightly, and then walked to Greene's table.
"Why did Shawn go to Maurice's side! Maurice would make a fuss about his lost to the Chinese yesterday!" Gatlin secretly squeezed sweat for Crawford.
"Shawn, you have to eat more today, or you will lose to the Chinese again in a while! Hahaha ..." Greene did not forget to satire Crawford at breakfast.
"You still want to laugh!" Crawford threw the newspaper in his hand to Greene.
"What is this?" Greene asked impatiently.
"Look at it yourself. The second edition of the Olympic Special Edition." Crawford turned and left after he finished, and got together at the table with Gatlin.
Greene reluctantly picked up the newspaper and turned to the second edition of the Olympic Special Edition. A headline instantly attracted Greene's attention.
"The Chinese are the biggest favorite to win the championship at 100 meters!" Greene's face suddenly showed an angry expression, and the subsequent content was more like a fire.
"F% @% @% @% @!" A series of American scoldings spewed out from Greene's mouth: "What are these gambling companies doing? I am the biggest hit in the 100-meter championship when it is the turn of a Chinese! Are you blind? Or is your brain blocked by a stool! These shit newspapers! No, it's a shit company of shit ... "
Gatlin looked at Greene in confusion, and whispered to Crawford: "What did you show him?"
"Some gambling companies' odds only." Crawford whispered: "European major gambling companies have quietly changed their odds yesterday. The current odds for the 100-meter sprint to win the championship are the lowest among Chinese, which means the Chinese have become the number one hot spot for the spinners to win the 100m championship! "
Gatlin immediately realized that Crawford was looking for opportunities to retaliate against Greene. According to Maurice Greene's stinky and impulsive character, seeing this kind of news must be furious.
According to the competition schedule, the Olympic 100-meter sprint event, the semi-finals, and the finals are only more than two hours apart. If it is just a normal-intensity game, the two-hour interval between the two games will have little effect, but to say the intensity of the game The very high game, two hours is not enough for athletes to recover their strength.
The three American athletes came to say that their goals are to win the championship, so they all seek to retain physical strength as much as possible in the semi-finals, and then fully explode in the final two hours later!
The next semi-finals are divided into two groups, Gatlin and Crawford are in Group A, while Greene is in Group B, and Greene has Zhang Guan in the same group!
Green is an extremely arrogant person. He has great self-esteem, so when he knows that Zhang Guan has become the top favorite to win the 100-meter, during the 100-meter semi-final in the evening he will inevitably fight Zhang Guan to the end. This way to tell the world, he is the biggest favorite to win the championship, he has to defend his face. Once Greene does this, no matter whether he can beat Zhang Guan in the semi-finals, he will consume more physical energy, which will directly affect the performance of the finals.
Although Greene, Gatlin, and Crawford are teammates, they are also competitors. The three Americans came to the Olympic stadium and all wanted to win the gold medal. These three are also the three players with the most strength and the most possibility to win the championship. Too many words, the biggest beneficiaries are undoubtedly Gatlin and Crawford.
Gatlin understood the meaning of Crawford, but Gatlin is not a good man. Since it is beneficial to himself, why not take advantage of it! Gatlin and Crawford smiled at each other. Although they had no verbal communication, they had formed a tacit understanding.
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In the restaurant of the Olympic Village, Director Guo sat in a position near the door with a serious face, and Officer Zhao sat beside him, staring closely at every Chinese athlete who entered or left the restaurant.
"Director Guo, people from the track and field team are here!" Officer Zhao said suddenly. Later, I saw several athletes and coaches headed by coach Sun of the hurdles project walk into the restaurant with a tired face. They had just completed their daily training.
"Great, I finally waited for them." Director Guo lowered his head and confirmed the document in his hand again, with a smug smile on his face.
The title of the document is "Decision on Comrade Zhang Guan's Discipline for Violating Discipline". On a thin piece of official paper, the red official seal is very conspicuous.
Director Guo is not a big official. He doesn't have the power to punish an athlete directly, but he can write a report that distorts the facts and exaggerates, and then attach a punishment proposal to the superior. Naturally, superiors do not have time to investigate such matters in person, so in every case, nine out of ten times, they will decide the punishment of athletes based on Director Guo's report.
As for the report 's distorted facts and exaggerated statements, Director Guo was not worried. After returning to Beijing, the Olympic delegation will be dissolved. According to the unspoken rules of domestic affairs, such as transfer, promotion, group dissolution, or retirement, even if it was a wrong decision, and no one would be held accountable.
And the facts are as expected by Director Guo. A few days after the report was reported, the superior leaders gave instructions and gave Zhang Guanji the punishment according to Director Guo's suggestion. However, he did not agree with Director Guo's proposal to ban the game. It will make the matter worse, and make things more serious. It is still inappropriate for the athletes to be suspended during the Olympic Games.
After Director Guo got this punishment decision, he immediately got excited and he couldn't wait to run to Zhang Guan to read the punishment face to face. He wanted to take a look at Zhang Guan's expression after he was punished. Zhang Guan will know the consequences of colliding with him!
As the time to retreat to the second line gradually approached, Director Guo cherished his power more and more, so he wanted to show his authority.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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Power Stone 
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