Zizhao Chuan: The Biggest Sportsman

Chapter 514 Breakthrough and doping scandal
After the end of the World Short Pool Swimming Championships in Shanghai, Guo Zizhao's life temporarily returned to peace.

In addition to maintaining two hours of daily training every day, most of the time, Guo Zizhao either accompanies sister Tao to deal with some foundation affairs, or goes to see the completion of the training base, and occasionally goes out to participate in a business event, keeping Look at the exposure.

However, in the few months when Guo Zizhao did not come out of the mountain, all kinds of breaking news in the international track and field world continued, which greatly attracted the attention of track and field fans all over the world.

The first thing that caught everyone's attention was Cuban teenager Dairon Robles.

This young man who has been invited to participate in Guo Zizhao's international training camp several times has attracted everyone's attention since he entered the international arena last year. Last year's international ranking once broke into the top 20.Especially since the beginning of this year, the 19-year-old Cuban player has shown a strong upward trend.

At the World Indoor Athletics Championships in early March, following Liu Feifei and Trammell, Roberts crossed the finish line third, with a score of 3 seconds, only 7 seconds behind Trammell, who won the runner-up. That's all.

In the three IAAF Grand Prix events he participated in in May, Robles ranked among the top three in the finals, with a stable time of around 5 seconds.Entering June, Robles defeated veteran Johnson and French star Doucoure in the first Golden League Oslo station in 13 seconds and won his first Golden League championship. .

In the next four games in July, Roberts's results were all within 7 seconds, and he won the 13-meter hurdles championship in the Madrid Grand Prix again, which can be described as full of stamina.

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And Liu Feifei's performance in the first half of this year is also quite good.After winning the first gold medal at the Indoor World Championships, Liu Feifei defeated Trammell and Arnold in the Osaka and Eugene competitions in May, and successfully won the championship.

In the two Golden League and Grand Prix matches in June, Liu Feifei's performance was slightly insufficient, losing to Trammel and Dukure respectively.However, after entering July, Liu Feifei finally broke out.

In the Lausanne Super Grand Prix on July 7, Liu Feifei not only won the championship again, but also ran an astonishing 12 seconds, becoming the second player to successfully break through 12 seconds!The American veteran Arnold also performed very well this time, only one position behind Liu Feifei, and won No.88 with a time of 12 seconds.

12 seconds 88! 12 seconds 90!

In the absence of Guo Zizhao's participation, such two amazing results appeared in one competition, which shocked the international track and field circles!

Liu Feifei, after running 12 seconds in the Athens Olympics last year, finally successfully crossed the 91 mark again and became the top player second only to Guo Zizhao!In the men's 12-meter hurdles event, Liu Feifei became the only player other than Guo Zizhao who broke within 90 seconds. Turned up a notch!
At the same time, American veteran Dominic Arnold became the sixth active athlete to break within 12 seconds with his time of 90 seconds, and set a new American record!

Moreover, Arnold's time of 12 seconds, besides Guo Zizhao's and Liu Feifei's time of 90 seconds, is the best time in the world of athletics in this event.For a while, everyone had more expectations for the 12-year-old veteran.

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In addition to the men's 110-meter hurdles event, on the men's [-]-meter sprint track that has attracted more attention, there has also been a surprising show in the international arena in the past two months.

This year's head start is Justin Gatlin.At the Doha Grand Prix on May 5, Gatlin once again ran an excellent result of 12 seconds, challenging his old rival Powell.

Just when the international track and field circle was full of excitement, something happened that no one expected.Just one day later, the competition organizing committee announced that Gatlin had failed the post-match urine test, and the urine test on bottle A was positive.

This really caused a thousand waves with one stone... Although Gatlin has repeatedly claimed that he has no problems, the shadow of doping still hangs over Gatlin.

In the British Grand Prix not long after, Jamaican flying man Powell also responded to Gatlin with a score of 9 seconds.Moreover, Powell also declared in the face of the media that he hoped that Gatlin could clear up his suspicions as soon as possible and start a duel with himself in the upcoming Golden League.

However, Powell's wish could not be realized.

Not long after, the IAAF announced the retest results of Gatlin's urine test, and the result of the B bottle was still positive!Moreover, because this is the second time in his career that Gatlin has a positive urine test, this new generation of American trapeze may face a lifetime ban from the IAAF.

As soon as this news came out, it also caused a great shock in the international track and field circle.The former American flying man Montgomery was suspended because of the "doping" scandal. It has only been more than a year, and now there is another Gatlin, which has completely wiped out the face of the American track and field circle.

But Guo Zizhao knew that this farce was nothing more than thunder and rain.In the end, Gatlin would only be sentenced to an 8-year suspension because of his good attitude in admitting his mistakes, and after a later appeal, it was reduced to 4 years.This can be regarded as saving a little face for the American track...

而没有了竞争对手的鲍威尔则是相当的轻松，在前三站的黄金联赛中一口气包揽了全部的三个百米冠军，成绩分别是9秒96、9秒85和9秒84，气焰那是相当的嚣张啊！
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And just when major international sports media were making irresponsible remarks about the "doping" scandal in American track and field, another top American sprinter, Tyson Gay, stepped forward.

在6月下旬的美国田径锦标赛上，盖伊包揽了男子100米和200米的金牌，成绩分别是9秒89和19秒84，也是相当的出色。

7月上旬，盖伊开始出征欧洲赛场。在雅典超级大奖赛上，盖伊以9秒88的拿下了男子百米冠军。而在随不久的洛桑站超级大奖赛上，盖伊又在200米的项目上跑出了19秒77的个人最好成绩。

在7月14日的黄金联赛罗马站的比赛中，盖伊虽然也是跑出了9秒90的成绩，不过依然惜败于鲍威尔的9秒84之下。但是在随后的马德里大奖赛上，盖伊同样是以一个9秒84的成绩拿下了冠军，战胜了鲍威尔的9秒92！

At the same time, American men's track and field 200-meter masters Spielmon and Carter also went to the European arena in early July, and easily squeezed into the top three in the subsequent international competitions.

And the white player Wariner, who is known as the successor of Michael Johnson, appeared in the European arena early. Not only did he win the men's 400-meter sprint championship in the first three Golden League games in one fell swoop, but he also won the championship every time. It ran into 44 seconds.The obvious progress of Variner's performance this year has also attracted the attention of major sports media.

When these American sprint masters began to make a name for themselves in the European arena, Guo Zizhao also came late, and he just embarked on this year's journey to conquer Europe in late July.

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After the Short Pool Swimming World Championships in early April, Guo Zizhao also relaxed for more than two months.

At the beginning of June, Guo Zizhao completed all the construction and decoration at Xipu's private track and field training base, and has entered the stage of equipment installation and commissioning and personnel training.The managers and staff recruited by cousin Wang Jia and Mr. Song Ping have also been in place one after another.

Guo Zizhao was fine too, just tossed around in the training camp and had a good feel of the feeling of being unrestrained in his own private territory.

However, with the changes in the international competition this year, Song Ping and his father began to feel a little unable to sit still.Especially after the three sprint masters Powell, Gatlin and Gay frequently ran good results, and Liu Feifei broke through 12 seconds, Dad and others also felt a little pressure.

However, considering that Guo Zizhao was going to prepare for his marriage this year, it was delayed until late July before Guo Zizhao started to step into the track and field.

It’s impossible not to go, there are less than two months left, and this year’s international track and field competitions should end.If Guo Zizhao, the "King of Track and Field", does not appear in the international arena again, the major endorsement companies and sponsors will also start to get angry...

(End of this chapter)