Zizhao Chuan: The Biggest Sportsman

Chapter 124 Lausanne
Guo Zizhao was not familiar with the place name of Lausanne in Switzerland before.The only impression I have of this place is that in his previous life, Liu Feiren won several grand prix championships here, and also set a new world record of 12 seconds.But after arriving here, I was immediately attracted by the natural environment like a paradise.

Lausanne is located in the southwestern part of Switzerland, surrounded by mountains and lakes, with a beautiful environment and a pleasant climate. It is only 50 kilometers away from Geneva.The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee is located in Lausanne, so it is also known as the "Olympic Capital".

Lausanne is also a famous cultural capital and ancient architectural capital. Many great European writers in history, such as Voltaire, Byron, Rousseau, Hugo and Dickens, have settled here.The ancient buildings of various ages in the city are well preserved, making people feel like traveling in the middle ages.

There is no airport in Lausanne, so Guo Zizhao and his party took a 40-minute train ride to reach their destination after flying to Geneva.Tomorrow, the IAAF Super Grand Prix will be held here.

Since there will be the World Athletics Championships in late August this year, the schedule of the Athletics Grand Prix and the Golden League will be particularly intensive throughout July and early August.There are a total of 8 games to be completed in about 7 days, and the competition for the championship of each event is also extremely fierce.In the 8 days since Guo Zizhao participated in the Universiade, he has already completed a Grand Prix in Croatia and two Golden League matches in Paris and Oslo.

In the men's 100 meters event, Green only won the championship in Croatia.Bolton also played a big role, beating Green to win his first championship of the season in the Golden League in Paris.However, in the just-concluded Oslo race, Bolton fell down unexpectedly during the race.The thigh muscles and ligaments were severely strained. According to the doctor's preliminary judgment, it is estimated that it will take about half a year to recuperate.It seems that Bolton's trip to the World Championships next month is definitely going to fail.

The American star Green and the [-]-meter champion of this race, the Canadian veteran Surin, also looked extremely tired after the game.In the media interview after the game, in addition to sending condolences and blessings to Bolton, they all expressed that they would rest and adjust for a few days.It is estimated that tomorrow's Lausanne race may not necessarily participate.

In the 110-meter hurdles event, the British veteran Jackson also chose to take a truce for a period of time after participating in the Paris race.Garcia of Cuba and Rose of the United States have participated in every race, but their results are not very stable, which is probably affected by the continuous participation in the past two months.

However, Guo Zizhao just got the news two days ago that the famous American player Alan Johnson will make his comeback in the Lausanne race.Johnson has been recovering from an injury he suffered at the Indoor World Championships in early March.Now that they have come back, it is estimated that it will be a battle between dragons and tigers.

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The next morning, the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Lausanne officially kicked off.

Sure enough, as Guo Zizhao expected, among the men's 100m competitors, both Green and Su Lin chose to take an off-season adjustment.In addition to Chambers, Montgomery and Bailey, Guo Zizhao's competitors have added Namibia's veteran Fredericks this time.

This buddy was also a world-class sprinter with outstanding strength. He once won two Olympic silver medals in the men's 100-meter event.In the men's 2-meter event, which is more advantageous, it has won 200 gold medal and 1 silver medals in the World Championships.However, due to his age and suffering from injuries in the past two years, the world ranking has gradually dropped to around 3.

In the list of participants in the 110-meter hurdles, Guo Zizhao really got his wish and saw the name of Alan Johnson, as well as two old opponents, Garcia and Trammell.The American players Creel and Rose also chose the off-season adjustment this time, and it is estimated that they will choose to come back in Madrid a few days later.

"You have a great chance of winning this race!" Song Ping and his father assisted Guo Zizhao in the preparations, while analyzing the situation for Guo Zizhao, "Green and Su Lin are suspended, and Bolton is seriously injured. It can be said that you are now The favorite to win the 100m championship is here. Although Fredericks has never fought against each other, his best time in the 100m this year has not broken into 10 seconds, so there is no need to worry. The rest are your subordinates The loser, so as long as you play normally, the championship is yours."

"As for the 110-meter hurdles, the chances are not small. Although Johnson is well-known, this is his first race after his comeback, and his condition may not be very good. Garcia also participated in three consecutive races this month. Coupled with the few races in June, it is estimated that it is already at the end of the battle, so your chances of winning are also very high. Run with confidence, we will wait for you to win this championship again, and then celebrate properly."

"Okay, no problem!"

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Compared with Guo Zizhao's relaxed warm-up, the mood of other participating athletes is a little bit less wonderful.

Both Chambers and Montgomery now have stinky faces, as if they owed him 800 taels of silver.Since this year's Grand Prix, the two have not won a championship.At the beginning, he lost to Guo Zizhao. Later, Green, Bolton and Su Lin entered the competition and lost to these big guys again.Now it's hard to wait until these big guys are injured and have a rest. Unexpectedly, Guo Zizhao appears again this time.

There's no end to this... Could it be that this year's competition has to be accompanied for a year?

Montgomery also complained to his coach while warming up, "Guo Zizhao's state is too stable. From the beginning of the year until now, every time it is around 9 seconds, how did he stabilize this state? No It was horrible to drop out of 95 seconds once."

"Well, in the mysterious ancient oriental country, there are always some mysterious powers that we don't know about." Montgomery's coach also had a look on his face, "I heard that some of them can also "Chinese Kongfu", very powerful Just like Bruce Lee back then, it is said that some orientals have a more powerful thing called "qigong". Let's not mess with them!"

"Well, I didn't intend to provoke him. Guo Zizhao is still very good, but I said that I would definitely beat him!" Montgomery also said through gritted teeth, "I will do what I say, but I won't believe it. This Chinese will always be so powerful."

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At this time, Garcia was full of resentment.

In the years of Garcia's rise, Johnson and Jackson have always been like two mountains, suppressing themselves to death.The only glorious time for me was the 1997-meter hurdles championship at the 60 Paris Indoor World Championships.However, in the following two years, almost all the championships of international competitions were divided between these two.

This year, Johnson was seriously injured and Jackson was getting old. Garcia thought his chance had come.But unexpectedly, Guo Zizhao started to rise suddenly again.At the Indoor World Championships at the beginning of the year, Garcia had a premonition that this young Oriental would become his rival in the future.Unexpectedly, only half a year later, Guo Zizhao's performance in the 110-meter hurdles was no less than his own.In particular, Guo Zizhao participated in such frequent international competitions for the first time this year, and his results remained terribly stable.If he waits for him to adapt to the intensity of this competition, he will have a hard time next year!
And unexpectedly, Johnson is now back.If I had known this earlier, I would have chosen to suspend this race.I have been competing for a month, and I am already exhausted. I knew it would be better to take a good rest for a week. How good it is to come back in the Madrid Grand Prix two days later... I regret it...

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Among these warm-up athletes, apart from Guo Zizhao, Alan Johnson was the most relaxed.It has been 3 months since I was injured at the Indoor World Championships in early March.Less than half a month after recovery training, Johnson couldn't wait to get back on the field.

Because the international arena in the past six months is really interesting...

　The place name of Lausanne reminds me of a genius who died young. "Lausanne Learning Art".

　　
　
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