Sprint champion: start standing on the Olympic field

Chapter 30 Drug Testing
At 8 a.m. on August 5th, Finland time, Su Feng and others had just left the airport and were about to take the organizer’s bus to the competition site to see the local scenery. Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang were suddenly approached by the IAAF. .

They asked Su Feng and the two to go to the IAAF office of the World Championships immediately for a drug test.

"It's not over yet?" Su Feng immediately had a tendency to explode after hearing the news. He had already gone through an unannounced inspection in the United States, and he came this time. What is the American media trying to do?
With such a sudden request, Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang would naturally not follow each other directly, even if the other party had a certificate.

As the team leader, Zhang Guozheng quickly contacted the city government of Helsinki, the organizer of the event, and then contacted the IAAF personnel who assisted in organizing the World Championships through the city government's channels.

After negotiating with the staff for more than ten minutes, Zhang Guozheng finally understood the whole story.

This is not some conspiracy created by the IAAF under the pressure of the United States, but something happened.

The later famous "Balke Laboratory Doping Scandal" was exposed.

Many famous sprinters around the world have been implicated, causing the image and credibility of the entire track and field event to decline sharply in people's minds.

When people watch competitive sports, especially track and field events, what they see is actually the sports limit that human beings can achieve. If doping is used, what they see is fake, so what's the point?

Therefore, in order to restore credibility, the IAAF immediately decided to increase the intensity of doping inspections.

Especially star athletes and fast-improving athletes.

If it is found out, it will naturally be punished. If it is not found out, it will prove that the athlete's results are true, which can greatly restore the image of the athlete and the IAAF.

So not only Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang, Justin Gatlin from the United States, and Asafa Powell who just broke the world record, none of these people were missed, and they were all urgently notified for unannounced inspections.

Knowing the specific reason, Su Feng and others naturally hurried to the test site prepared by the IAAF, and tested one by one.

Both of them had a clear conscience, and the food they usually ate was prepared by the team. There was absolutely no problem. After knowing that they were not being targeted, they followed the procedures and took the test with peace of mind.

The results of the preliminary test will be known immediately. Both of them are negative. The follow-up test will be carried out by a professional laboratory contacted by the IAAF, but the possibility of problems is not high. After all, the preliminary test is already very comprehensive. .

After learning the result, the entire Chinese delegation breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang are not only the second of the three gold medalists of the Chinese team in this World Championships, but also their influence in the country is not just as simple as athletes.

They have become the name cards of the country and role models for thousands of teenagers to learn from. If there is a doping scandal, the impact on the country will definitely be huge.

Fortunately, everything is fine.

However, this kind of sudden mandatory testing is still very easy to make people's mood fluctuate. After such a disturbance, everyone did not look at Helsinki's mood, and immediately contacted the bus to the Chinese delegation's residence for rest.

The next day, Su Feng and others went to the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki for adaptive training.

Su Feng also ran into Gatlin during the period. After the two greeted each other, they talked about yesterday's unannounced inspection.

Gatlin is relatively stable among black people, but he still inherited the characteristics of black people's relatively outgoing emotions, and he denounced yesterday's test.

After staying in the stadium for three or four hours, after exercising, Su Feng and others returned to the station, waiting for the start of tomorrow's game.

Finland has a small population, but all citizens love sports very much, and the upcoming World Championships is the biggest sports event they have held in recent years.

Therefore, on the third day, the day when the World Championships started, the signs of the World Championships can be seen everywhere in Helsinki, whether it is tall buildings or buildings, whether it is classical buildings or streets and alleys.

There are countless tourists from all over the world, and hotels, large and small, are already full.

Su Feng also learned from the news that for the safety of the World Championships, Finland not only mobilized the police across the country, but also sent a regiment of military troops to assist in the security work of the Olympic Stadium.

This is enough to show that the Finnish government attaches great importance to this international sports event.

Su Feng is a person who has experienced two Olympic Games in his own country, and personally participated in the Athens Olympic Games, so he naturally understands this very well.

This is not only about a country's international image.

During the holding of this kind of large-scale sports event, there will be a large number of people flowing, and if you don't pay attention, there will be big problems. The host country has always had to strictly control it.

That night, the opening ceremony of the World Championships began, but it began to rain lightly.

The men's 100m race is a signature event of the World Championships, and there will be preliminaries and rematch on the first day, so in order to prevent a cold, Su Feng watched the opening ceremony of the World Championships on TV.

How should I put it, compared to the grandeur of the Beijing Olympic Games in 08, there is indeed a gap, but it is also very distinctive. It introduces the culture and history of Finland, as well as the relationship with the World Championships in a very artistic way.

Su Feng also learned through the opening ceremony that day that the first World Championships was held in Helsinki in 1983.

This World Championships, for Helsinki, is a return to the old place after 22 years.

At 8:7 on August 15, BJ time, the first match of the World Championships in Helsinki will begin soon.

This time Yang Ma bought the rights to broadcast the World Championships, and also sent a special reporter and production team to Helsinki to broadcast the event live.

"CCTV, CCTV, I am Yang Jian, the live commentator, what you are seeing now is the scene of the [-]th World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

Now the women's triple jump qualifying competition will be held on the field, followed by the women's all-around competition.

At 16:45 BJ time, the men's 100 preliminaries are about to start, and the famous Chinese sprinter Su Feng will play.

It can be seen from the pictures sent back from the scene that the Finnish people are still very enthusiastic about the events held at their doorstep.The Helsinki Olympic Stadium was already full at this time. According to reports from the scene, even though it was raining last night, thousands of local people participated in the opening ceremony outside the stadium.

And now, outside the arena, the local people also danced the local Finnish folk dance, expressing their excitement for this sports event. "

The live broadcast camera then turned to the auditorium, and saw that the auditorium was densely packed with people, and there were indeed no empty seats. Many people were standing instead of sitting, waving their country's flags in their hands. .

(End of this chapter)