Zizhao Chuan: The Biggest Sportsman

Chapter 717 Moved to Rome World Championships

"18 seconds 96! 9 seconds 52! Guo Zizhao London Super Grand Prix ended successfully!"

"Defeating the American Legion and the Jamaican Legion in a row, Guo Zizhao's corpses are scattered all over the field!"

"The 400-meter human limit has been broken, will the 100-meter and 200-meter limits be far behind?"

"Deciphering Guo Zizhao's long-stride sprinting method, a unique skill that even Guo Zizhao dare not use lightly!"

"Guo Zizhao made bold promises to be the "King of Speed" forever!"

"Bolt makes great achievements again, but the successor will always be just the successor!"

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Early the next morning, Guo Zizhao's performance at the London Super Athletics Grand Prix once again dominated the headlines of the world's major sports media.

In addition to the two amazing achievements Guo Zizhao created this time, Guo Zizhao's last few words in the interview also became the focus of heated discussions.

Bolt will always be Bolt!And he, Guo Zizhao, is the unique "King of Speed"!
Guo Zizhao's words, in addition to showing his self-confidence and arrogance, were also over-interpreted by many media.

Does Guo Zizhao think that Bolt will never break his own world record?In other words, Guo Zizhao believes that no matter how powerful Bolt is, he will only be a temporary hero in the future, unable to achieve his monopoly position in sprint events?

Or, Guo Zizhao believes that Bolt is not a qualified successor. After all, Bolt is currently just following Guo Zizhao in the men's 100m and 200m events, but in the men's 400m sprint In terms of projects, Bolt is still just a scumbag.As for the 110-meter hurdles event, Bolt didn't touch it at all.

Even when Bolt was asked about such a topic by the media, he said with some depression, "Guo Zizhao is a unique existence in the international field, but I will let everyone remember that the future Bolt is also unique. of!"

Isn't there still 400-meter and 110-meter hurdles?Bolt also began to ponder with some displeasure, hehe... His main project back then was the 200-meter and 400-meter sprints?After Guo Zizhao retires, he will have no opponents in the 100-meter and 200-meter events. If this is the case, then can he pick up the 400-meter sprint event again...

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Just when the international athletic circle was stirred up by Guo Zizhao's words, Guo Zizhao and his party quietly came to Rome, the capital of Italy, the next day.

The 13th World Swimming Championships officially kicked off in Rome a week ago.The Chinese delegation also started the journey of this World Swimming Championships here early.

In the just-concluded diving and synchronized swimming competitions, China's diving "dream team" also once again set off a gold frenzy.In the end, the Chinese team ranked first in the total score with 7 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 7 bronze medals. Whether they can keep the top spot in the gold medal list will depend on the next performance of the Chinese swimming team.

Today, July 7, the swimming competition of this World Championships officially kicked off, and within the next week, Guo Zizhao will lead the Chinese swimming team to start the gold medal battle.

The current Chinese swimming team can also be described as strong and strong.In addition to Guo Zizhao, Zhang Lin and Liu Zige, the two gold medalists at the Beijing Olympics, once again assumed the heavy responsibility of winning the gold in this World Championships.And Sun Yangyang, Chen Zuo, Gao Chang, Chen Jing, Lu Zhiwu and a large number of players who performed well in last year's Olympic Games also made their debut in Rome again.

However, this time the swimming team was led by Deputy Director Shang Xiutang, and the head coach was replaced by another old acquaintance of Guo Zizhao, the head coach Yao Zhengli.

After the Spring Festival this year, Zhang Dongya, the former head coach of the swimming team, also chose to retire bravely and easily after successfully completing the important task of winning gold in the Athens Olympics and Beijing Olympics.Now, head coach Zhang Dongya has returned to Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College as the dean, while Yao Zhengli, the former deputy head coach of the national team, was promoted to head coach at the beginning of the year.

As soon as he took office, he faced the test of this year's World Swimming Championships in Rome, so head coach Yao Zhengli also felt a lot of pressure!

"Guo Zizhao, let's not talk about unnecessary things. You can rest well today. Tomorrow morning will be your 200-meter freestyle preliminaries. In this World Championships, you can't miss one of these three gold medals." !" After Guo Zizhao reported, Coach Yao also gave Guo Zizhao a task with a smile.

"Haha... don't worry, Director Yao. Look when I missed it!"

"Haha... That's good! But this year's international swimming performance has improved a lot! The performance of other players in the national team still makes me a little worried!" Head coach Yao Zhengli also frowned and said, "Morning In the just-concluded men's 400-meter freestyle event, Zhang Lin successfully entered the evening finals, but Sun Yangyang was eliminated. The strength of the opponents is not weak..."

"Hmm... this is normal. This year's World Championships is probably the last madness for high-tech swimsuits. Everyone wants to work hard to get a good result before high-tech swimsuits are banned!" Guo Zizhao was also disdainful. She pursed her lips, "However, by next year, it is estimated that the performance in the international swimming world will drop a lot again!"

"You're right! Hehe...But this is a good thing for our national team. Anyway, it's too expensive, and we can't afford it..." Head coach Yao Zhengli said I also laughed here, "You still have the foresight, haha... you never wear high-tech swimsuits, so it's free for others to make irresponsible remarks in the future!"

"That is, with my ability, it is not difficult to win the championship. Do I still need to wear a high-tech swimsuit?"

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What Guo Zizhao and head coach Yao Zhengli discussed was a major event that happened in FINA this year.That is the news that high-tech swimsuits represented by sharkskin swimsuits may soon be banned by FINA.

As early as the beginning of this year, USA Swimming and the Australian Swimming Federation submitted a proposal to FINA to ban the use of high-tech swimsuits in major international competitions.At the FINA executive meeting held in March this year, in addition to 3 countries including the United Kingdom and Germany, which also issued the same proposal, top international sports equipment manufacturers such as Adidas and Nike also jointly began to implement measures to FINA. Pressed.

The reason is also very simple. Last year, because of the preparation for the Beijing Olympics, more than 100 world records were broken by athletes wearing high-tech swimsuits.Although there are athletes like Guo Zizhao who always insist on wearing traditional swimsuits and still achieve amazing results in swimming, they are still rare after all.

Now everyone generally believes that the proliferation of high-tech swimsuits has made swimming competitions lose their original meaning. Athletes no longer pursue hard training to improve their performance, but instead compete with each other on the level of their equipment.

In particular, sports equipment manufacturers such as Adidas and Nike hate Speedo, the leader in high-tech swimwear.

Since the release of the fourth-generation high-tech swimsuit by Speedo at the beginning of last year, this swimsuit has quickly swept the entire international swimming world with its excellent speed-enhancing function, and even reached 80% of the global high-tech swimsuit sales. %above.This time also caused Nike and Adidas to lose a lot of market share.

What is even more unbearable for these two industry giants is that on the eve of last year's Beijing Olympics, many athletes under Nike and Adidas abandoned the swimsuit brands they endorsed and chose Speedo's in order to achieve better results. The fourth generation of high-tech swimsuits.

This is simply slapping Nike and Adidas in the face!If this continues in the long run, not only will these two giants be defeated step by step in swimming equipment, but it may even shake their dominance in other sports equipment fields.

Although under the circumstances at the time, Nike and Adidas also pinched their noses and admitted their failure, allowing their athletes to freely choose swimsuit brands.But at the end of the year, the two companies began to use various relationships to attack FINA.These two international giants are the most important competition sponsors of FINA!
Therefore, under the excitement of the crowd, FINA also made a decision at the Dubai meeting in March this year, and will consider banning the use of high-tech swimsuits in official international competitions next year.Of course, this is only a preliminary resolution, and the formal resolution will be formally voted by the Executive Committee after the current World Swimming Championships.

However, with the capabilities of Nike and Adidas, since the preliminary resolution has been passed, it is not a problem to pass a formal resolution.

(End of this chapter)