Zizhao Chuan: The Biggest Sportsman

Chapter 649 The Impact of Retirement
Maurice Green's big revelation naturally caused a shock in the entire international track and field circle.

Everyone can see Guo Zizhao's current strength. He can run 9 seconds even when the water is released. This kind of strength is simply unmatched!Even Bolt's astonishing 57 seconds pales in comparison to Guo Zizhao's result.

But Guo Zizhao, who is so prosperous, actually planned to retire a long time ago?If it is really what Green said, this is really very possible!

After all, Guo Zizhao has really rarely participated in international competitions in the past two years.This year, in addition to the World Indoor Championships and the Olympic Games, there were only a few warm-up matches more than a month ago.

On the contrary, Guo Zizhao's track and field training camp in the past two years has been booming, and his reputation in the entire international track and field circle is not small!It is said that before this year's Beijing Olympics, the national track and field team also went to Guo Zizhao's club for more than a month of training!
Especially at the beginning of this year, Guo Zizhao's track and field club's elimination of athletes in the recruitment system was also a commotion, and everyone knew about it!
Judging from this situation, Guo Zizhao's upcoming retirement seems almost certain!

Let me go... In the men's sprint event in the international athletics world, once there is no giant Buddha like Guo Zizhao sitting in the formation, the scene of competition among the heroes will start immediately!

Bolt, Gay, Powell, Roberts, Dukulei, Liu Feifei, Oliver, Spielmont, Varina, Lashawn and others will fight for the gold medal left by Guo Zizhao. You die!At that time, what a tragic scene will be in the entire men's sprint event!
And in international swimming, Phelps, Sullivan, Bernardo and Cielo Jr. will also celebrate Guo Zizhao's retirement!

In the past few years, the international swimming world has also been abused by Guo Zizhao in the men's short-distance freestyle event.Although everyone's strength has increased rapidly this year, compared with Guo Zizhao's strength, the gap is still too far!

Therefore, once it is confirmed that Guo Zizhao will retire soon, it will have a huge impact on the entire international sports world!This will even change the world structure of men's sprint events...

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This is true for the international sports arena, and even more so for the domestic sports arena.Guo Zizhao is a big brother in the domestic sports world!

With Guo Zizhao here, in the Olympic Games and World Championships, whether it is the national track and field team or the swimming team, this is a strong guarantee for the gold medal!Moreover, this is not just a gold medal!

Especially in the men's sprint event, which time Guo Zizhao didn't contribute 4 or 5 gold medals to the national team!Even Liu Feifei performed well in the 110-meter hurdles, but compared with Guo Zizhao, it is still far behind!

Moreover, apart from the fact that the 110-meter hurdles are still competitive in the world, in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter sprint events, although the strength of the Chinese team has been greatly improved compared with ten years ago, but In the top international competitions, at most, it is a strength that barely enters the finals!
Especially in the men's 4x100m sprint relay event, there is a world of difference between the Chinese team with Guo Zizhao and the Chinese team without Guo Zizhao!This point can be proved from the performance of the Chinese team at the Osaka World Championships last year.

If Guo Zizhao retires, it will be a devastating blow to the Chinese track and field team!From at least 4 or 5 gold medals in every top competition, it suddenly became a maximum of 1 or 2 gold medals. The gap is too big!
Everyone thought of this, and the joy that Guo Zizhao won the Olympic [-]-meter sprint gold medal suddenly diminished a lot.Damn...Guo Zizhao is not really planning to retire, is he?
In this way, Green's revelations when he was a guest commentator on the TV station were quickly reported by major media.

In the early morning of the next day, this news was the same as Guo Zizhao's amazing time breaking through the 9 mark for the first time. It appeared on the front pages of major media at the same time, and soon caused quite a shock in the world.

"Hey... this Green, he really has a big mouth! It's not too early or too late, but he stabbed it out at this time, and he really knows how to pick the time!" Guo Zizhao also had breakfast and talked with his father. Mr. Song and the others complained.

"Poke it out, just poke it out!" Mr. Song Ping said indifferently, "Everyone will know sooner or later, and it's okay if everyone knows it now. Besides, in fact, you have to prepare for retirement. The General Administration and Your sponsors have already figured it out, and the media just took the opportunity to hype it up."

That's right!

Guo Zizhao also nodded silently. Many leaders of the General Administration already knew about his plan to retire after next year, and he was already prepared in his heart.As for the advertiser who endorsed him, he had disclosed it long ago when he signed the contract, so the influence was not that great.

Everyone is so hyped now, but they are just taking advantage of the limelight of the Beijing Olympics.After this gust of wind passes, it will probably be fine...

"However, it is estimated that there will be quite a lot of media interviewing you today. You can explain to everyone at that time, and this will save a lot of trouble." Mr. Song also reminded that Guo Zizhao is still a man of the hour after all, so he took the initiative to explain. , the attitude still needs to be correct.

"Well... Got it, I will take care of it after today's 400-meter preliminaries are over!" Guo Zizhao also smiled and gestured ok, and then continued to eat.

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In the next three days, Guo Zizhao's schedule will also be very busy, and there will be 2 to 3 games every day.

However, the only thing that makes Guo Zizhao happy is that these competitions are just the preliminaries, semi-finals and semi-finals of the 200m, 400m and 110m hurdles. Therefore, these competitions are not difficult for Guo Zizhao. You can pass the test.

At nine o'clock in the morning on August 8, the preliminaries of the men's 17-meter dash were held as scheduled.Guo Zizhao advanced to the semi-finals easily without any effort.

Veteran Xu Ziyu and young player Liu Xiaosheng also participated in the competition, and both successfully advanced.However, with their current strength, Guo Zizhao is not very optimistic that they can go further.

Xu Ziyu can also be regarded as a veteran master of the national team in this event. In the past few years, he has broken into the finals of top international competitions several times, and was also the main player of the men's relay team.

However, due to age and injuries, the 28-year-old Xu Ziyu's condition has declined rapidly this year. This year's best time is less than 45 seconds. It is probably impossible to run into the final again.

As for the young player Liu Xiaosheng, his progress in the past few years was quite fast, but due to his limited talent, he has now reached a bottleneck period, and his time is basically hovering around 45 seconds. Whether he can make it to the finals this time can only be seen. luck.

However, after Guo Zizhao's match ended, he was surrounded by media reporters who asked to interview him.And Guo Zizhao, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, accepted the interviews of the reporters openly, and those who should come will still come...

"Mr. Guo Zizhao, regarding what Green said, you are already preparing for retirement. Is this true?" The reporters couldn't wait to ask everyone the most concerned question.

"Haha...Green is basically right about this matter." Guo Zizhao nodded and admitted without any concealment, "I am 29 years old this year, and I will be 30 next year. As a track and field athlete, I am already It's time to retire. So, I started preparing a few years ago."

"Now, all aspects of my track and field club's operations are on the right track, so it's time for me to prepare to retire!"

Guo Zizhao's affirmative answer also shocked the reporters present.So, is Guo Zizhao's retirement a foregone conclusion?

"But your current strength is still so strong, there is no need to consider retiring so early? In Johnson's words, even when it comes to the London Olympics, you still have the strength to win gold?"

"Haha... Thank you for your trust in my strength!" Guo Zizhao also said with a smile, "However, you also said just now that by the time of the London Olympics, I may still have the strength to win the gold! But this is just to win the gold Instead of winning a gold medal! The difference of one word is a world of difference..."

(End of this chapter)