Sprint: This champion is a bit weird

Chapter 282 Elite? What we are fighting are the elites of America!

Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel.

This hotel in Boston's Back Bay is well-known in marathon circles because it is not only the headquarters of the Boston Athletic Association, but also the residence of the Boston Marathon Organizing Committee.

During the Boston Marathon every April, most elite marathon runners from all over the world choose this hotel to stay.

It's only late January, nearly three months before this year's Boston Marathon starts, but there are still many elite track and field athletes gathered here.

The goal of their trip is the Reebok Indoor Games in Boston, which will be held on January 1th!

A Mercedes-Benz nanny car drove slowly, quickly attracting the attention of onlookers downstairs in the hotel.

"It's this car, Wen Hao is here!"

It wasn't just someone who shouted something in the crowd. The reporters with cameras hanging around their necks quickly picked up their weapons and crowded in. The cameras pointed at the nanny car and clicked the shutter.

"There are so many people. Fortunately, I'm mentally prepared, haha."

Looking at the lively scene outside the car window, Li Qing's face suddenly showed a helpless smile.

In the past, I was surrounded by the media and fans in China. I thought I would be more peaceful when training abroad, but gradually I found that I was overthinking it.

If Wenhao was just the World Championship champion, it wouldn't matter. It would be normal to meet some loyal fans while participating in the competition.

The World Track and Field Championships are not very popular in the sports world, especially in a sports powerhouse like the United States. Even Olympic champions and world record holders can have limited impact in this country.

But Wenhao has set off a wave of enthusiasm in this land where pop music culture is the most prosperous. It can be said that his high popularity in the United States is largely due to this.

But it's not without its benefits. At least with Wenhao's presence, their training trip to the United States has gone smoothly so far.

Enjoying the best training resources at the IMG Academy, even biomechanics authorities like Ralph Mann have no pretensions at all and provide theoretical guidance for the Chinese men's sprint team.

In addition, since January, many indoor competitions in the United States have sent invitations. Although their main target is Wenhao, other team members will definitely save a lot of trouble if they want to participate.

"We're here, get off the car." Li Qing patted Wen Hao on the shoulder and motioned for him to get off first.

There are so many reporters and fans waiting, and the hotel arranged by the tournament is also here. People must not be able to run away, so it is better to make a serious appearance in front of the public and satisfy everyone's expectations.

Soon, Wen Hao, who was wearing a mask, pushed open the door and walked out. The reporters who gathered in large numbers recognized him at a glance. The sound of camera shutters sounded like machine gun fire, and microphones quickly responded. In front of him.

"Welcome to Boston!"

"I love you Vin!"

"I can't wait to see you kill it on the track!"

"Can we have a fan meeting after the game? Dear Wen, I really want to hear you sing!"

In addition to reporters, the fans who were watching were also very enthusiastic. It took Wenhao a while to cope with it and successfully entered the hotel.

As for Li Qing and Su Bingtian, almost no one paid attention to them, but this made it easier for them to travel. At least they would not be surrounded like Wen Hao, making it difficult to move even one step.

After entering the hotel, I thought I could breathe a sigh of relief temporarily, but as soon as I checked in at the front desk, two East Asian girls came over and said hello.

"Hi, Wen Hao, can you sign your name for us?"

Although the two girls spoke Mandarin, their accents sounded a bit awkward. In addition, their American makeup and dress were different from domestic girls. Wen Hao felt that if he guessed correctly, the two girls in front of him were most likely ABC. .

However, in order to make sure that he guessed correctly, he still asked tentatively: "Of course, I can sign it for you guys. What are your names?"

"Thank you, my name is Alice."

"My name is Laura, I just turned eighteen this year~"

Wen Hao paused at the pen tip in his hand, "Who asked you this?"

I glanced up and felt that this girl named Laura didn't look like she had just turned 18, because she was so well developed. Of course, it was also possible that she was really gifted.

Seemingly aware of Wen Hao's gaze, Laura showed an intriguing smile to her companion, put a small piece of paper prepared in advance into Wen Hao's hand, then took the signed photo and left with a smile.

Wen Hao glanced at the small piece of paper. There was simply a number written on it - 1507, which presumably was their room number. There was also a red lip mark, so he knew what it meant without even thinking about it.

However, Wen Hao did not hesitate at all about this suggestive little note. He chuckled disdainfully and threw it directly into the trash can next to him.

"Eh? This doesn't look like you, Brother Hao." Su Bingtian on the side teased with a hint of confusion.

Having been with Wen Hao for more than half a year, Su Bingtian definitely still remembers his playboy image.

Not to mention the scandals with various female celebrities and even rich women like Li Fuzhen and Ivanka, even during the training period at IMG Academy, Wen Hao actually never settled down.

Although there is a certain degree of isolation from the outside world, rough guys like them are not the only ones in IMG Academy.

As the world's top sports academy, in addition to track and field, IMG also provides training in a series of sports such as baseball, basketball, rugby, golf, football, tennis, hockey, etc., and the students are basically professional or semi-professional. of elite athletes.

The hormone secretion of most athletes is far higher than that of ordinary people, and physiological needs must always be met. An honest person like Su Bingtian "does it by himself" while others like Zhang Peimeng, who likes to play more, only do it on their days off. Sometimes I go to the bar to find "love" for a night.

Only Wen Hao, during the nearly two months of winter training, could always see female athletes from different sports entering and leaving his room at regular intervals.

Some practice hockey, some practice tennis, and some practice golf. Anyway, none of them are bad in appearance. In less than two months, I conservatively estimate that they have changed at least six faces.

Why is it that when a girl came to my door today, I ignored her?

Facing Su Bingtian's teasing, Wen Hao chuckled: "What do you think of the figures of those two girls just now?" Su Bingtian replied without thinking: "Not bad, especially Laura, the bulge and back are very sexy."

Wen Hao asked again: "If it were you, would you like to play with them?"

Lin Yanfang's innocent and lovely appearance appeared in his mind, and Su Bingtian shook his head firmly: "Let's forget it. I don't like them, and I feel that there is something indescribably strange about their faces."

"Really? This kind of Chinese-American girls who were born in the United States have a lot of biased aesthetics. In order to blend into the social circles of other ethnic groups, they even put on makeup that is discriminatory against Asians to please themselves. , so it looks haha ​​at first glance.”

Not to mention Shi Geng, he was even shocked!
1 month 26 day.

The atmosphere in Boston's Reebok Indoor Stadium, which has been deserted for some time, is very lively today. All the 4,000 auditorium seats open to the public are full.

The Boston Indoor Games are held once a year and were sponsored by Adidas a few years ago. Later, Adidas, the world's second-ranked sporting goods company, acquired Reebok, which was ranked third in the world at the time.

So in 2006, the Boston Indoor Games, which was originally sponsored by Adidas, was changed to its sub-brand Reebok founded in Massachusetts to sponsor the title.

The Boston Indoor Games has a long history and attracts many international elite athletes every year, the vast majority of whom are North American athletes.

Today, for the first time in the history of the Boston Indoor Games, two Chinese athletes with black hair and yellow skin stood on the field.
In the inspection area, Li Qing looked at the entry list in his hand and felt that it was quite good.

In the past, the men's 60-meter event at the Boston Indoor Games has always been determined by one group. This year, perhaps because Wen Hao announced the schedule in advance and attracted many elite athletes to participate, the number of applicants has reached more than .

After eliminating the bad ones, the organizers finally selected 60 contestants and divided the men's -meter event into two groups, A and B.

Single-handedly driving the participation of elite athletes, this is the appeal of being a historical star!

Su Bingtian was placed in Group A, and Wen Hao was placed in Group B, which was held later. Putting aside Wen Hao, a bug-level player who holds a world record, there was no significant difference in the overall strength of the two groups.

“炳天你这组的对手实力还是很强的啊。”黎庆看着参赛名单笑道：“像这个帕吉特，室内60米的PB是6秒56，100米的PB是10秒09。”

“还有这个布兰顿，60米PB是6秒58，100米是10秒07。奥摩尔，60米PB是6秒55，100米是10秒10。”

“还有去年世锦赛决赛上和文浩交手过的勒罗伊·迪克森，他的60米PB虽然只有6秒62，但100米PB却有10秒07”

After listening to Li Qing read out the list of opponents, Su Bingtian felt very worried.

Among the seven opponents in Group A, four of them have a 100-meter PB of 10 seconds or less. Even if some of them are erratic in strength and only have the strength of 10 seconds or less in the outdoor season, it is still enough for him to drink. The pot is ready.

除了这四个实力强劲的对手外，其余三名对手中100米PB最次的也有10秒19，单论成绩的话可比他这个PB暂时停留在10秒25的新人小将要强上不少。

However, Su Bingtian was not discouraged by the strength of his opponents. He just sighed: "I really envy these Americans. With such good training conditions, each PB is faster than our national record two years ago." , if only we had such a good environment in our country."

Wen Hao smiled slightly and said: "The training environment is indeed the main reason, but in fact there are a lot of tricks in it, but you just didn't know it before."

"Huh? Something fishy?"

"Well, let's take drug testing as an example."

In the men's 60-meter event at the Boston Reebok Indoor Games, in addition to the two "foreigners" Wen Hao and Su Bingtian, there is also Richard Thompson from the Caribbean island country of Trinidad and Tobago.

And including Richard Thompson, all players have played in the NCAA league during college.

For now, the development level of doping in the field of sports competition has always been ahead of the detection level.

Take the notorious Balco Laboratory, for example, which was established in 1984 (the year of the Los Angeles Olympics) and brazenly provided doping to athletes from all over the world. It was not raided by the IRS and the local Drug Administration until 2003. The real "unexpected incident".

In the field of competitive sports, each sport has a different tolerance for doping. Among them, competitive bodybuilding should be the sport with the highest tolerance for doping, because the development of this sport has been inseparable from doping for a long time.

Traditional competitive sports such as track and field have a relatively low tolerance for doping. However, due to relatively backward detection technology, there will always be some athletes who are willing to risk being suspended for taking doping.

For example, Tim Montgomery was deprived of the previous world record of 9 seconds. The steroid drug THG he and his girlfriend Marion Jones took had a 78-day metabolism period. In order not to be discovered by outsiders, they both Hide and sleep during the day, and then train again at night.

Not only that, they also installed cameras outside the gate of the training camp. If they see doping test personnel knocking on the door, they will stay behind closed doors to avoid "unannounced inspections."

According to the relevant regulations of the IAAF on unannounced doping tests, athletes must provide specific itinerary plans 90 days in advance to prepare for unannounced doping tests. If they fail to provide their whereabouts or miss a doping test, it will be considered a doping violation. Three doping violations within one year will result in a suspension of 3 to 1 years.

The reason why the United States has so many track and field talent reserves is not only because its training environment is better, but also because college leagues like the NCAA only have post-game drug testing, but there are no rigid "unannounced tests."

In other words, NCAA athletes only need to take doping before the competition. By stopping the drug or taking diuretics before the competition, they can metabolize the remaining drug components in the body and then successfully pass the required post-game drug test. .

This is also an important reason why some track and field athletes from the NCAA have experienced declines instead of rising after officially becoming professional athletes.

With the existence of "unannounced testing", athletes who have taken doping, unless they can obtain more advanced doping drugs from the laboratory that are difficult to detect by existing methods, can only use avoidance measures to combat anti-doping. Agency plays a game of “hide and seek”.

But things like avoiding inspections are bound to explode sooner or later.

比如原时空的2020年6月时，世界田联诚信委员会便对外宣布，2019多哈世锦赛男子百米冠军科尔曼于2019年12月9日错过药检，由于他此前已于2019年1月16日、4月26日两次错过药检，一年内累计3次兴奋剂违规自动被初步禁赛。

实际上由于曾在2018年6月6日错过药检，科尔曼早在2019年便被美国反兴奋剂机构认定为一年内3次错过药检，后经律师团队努力，辩称错过药检的时间应为信息申报时间，将首次违规日期从2018年6月6日提前到2018年4月1日，这才躲过了美国反兴奋剂机构的指控。

After hearing what Wen Hao said, the young Su Bingtian fell into silence.

It has been less than two years since he joined the Guangdong track and field team, and he has never even seen what doping looks like. What Wen Hao said is really beyond his knowledge.

You developed countries are really good at playing!
"Okay, don't think about what you have and don't have. Just warm up and try to bring out the skills you mastered in winter training."

"These guys are indeed elites, but" Wen Hao glanced at the black guys who were queuing up for inspection, and smiled confidently: "What we are fighting are his elite Americans!"

(End of this chapter)