"On any day, I can beat anyone, and anyone can beat me." This is the confidence that former American men's sprint world champion Tyson Gay expressed in his IAAF online diary. (This is true)
Although the former three-time champion of the 2007 Osaka World Championships in Japan did not mention the name of Jamaican "Black Lightning" Bolt in his diary of "can beat anyone", he set a time of 9.68 seconds last year, which was only inferior. Yu Bolt's 9.55 seconds world record is the second best time in history. He is qualified to say this.
Of course, "anyone" may also be Tyson Gate, referring to Su Shen, who has been particularly popular in the diamond arena these days, and Powell, the former world record holder of Jamaica. Tyson Gay thinks it's like the United States football team's performance at the World Cup in South Africa. Losing is not fun, but it motivates him to win.
Tyson Gay revealed that he is currently fully preparing for the New York Diamond League game at the International Training Center, as well as the following Diamond League games in Eugene, Stockholm, Sweden, London and Brussels, Belgium. He strives to improve his condition to the best, especially in terms of technique.
I can outrun anyone this year.
Including myself.
These were the last words Tyson threw to reporters.
On the same day, Su Shen, who came to New York, USA to participate in the New York Diamond League, also expressed his views on this game as soon as he got off the plane————
"I am now number one in Diamond League points."
"Besides, I've been on a plane for so long and I'm hungry."
"I want to eat an apple."
Although the two have not directly faced each other this season, the intensity of the duel has already gathered in the air.
This Diamond League game is definitely a spectacle to watch.
Can SU continue its Diamond League winning streak?
Can it continue to sweep the North American continent, the supreme land of track and field?
Can Tyson Gay fulfill his pre-match promise and show his best self this year?
Be the first person in the world to stop the "Red Lightning"?
It's all happening this weekend at the New York Diamond League.
In addition to this, ESPN also released a poll. There is no doubt that those who support Gay overwhelmingly crushed Su Shen.
At the same time, there was also a big news coming out of Jamaica, that is, the “drug audit” that has become increasingly strict in Jamaica in recent years.
Shelly-Ann Fraser, the women's 100m champion at the Beijing Olympics, the women's 100m and 4×100m double champion at the Berlin World Championships, and the "female Bolt" of Jamaica, was tested positive for the banned drug oxycodone. , has been provisionally suspended by the IAAF, and specific punishment measures will be made after investigation. This is the second Olympic women's 100m champion to be found guilty of doping after Marion Jones.
Fraser was born on December 27, 1986. She is only 23 years old this year. Although she is called the "female Bolt", her height is in sharp contrast to the 1.95-meter Bolt. She is only 1.60 meters, which is the tallest in today's sprint world. of aliens. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she became the first women's 100m Olympic champion in Jamaican history. In the final, Jamaican players took the top three places. Fraser's time was an astonishing 10.78 seconds, the second best time in the history of Jamaica, second only to the record of 10.74 held by senior Oty. In the 4×100 meters competition, she cooperated with her teammates to run a good time of 42.24 seconds in the preliminaries, but unfortunately she was eliminated in the finals when she dropped her baton. She was only 21 years old at the time.
At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Fraser's dream came true and she won the 100m and 4×100m double championships. Her 100m winning time of 10.73 seconds set a Jamaican women's national record and is the world's best 100m history for women. The fourth best result. In February this year, she was appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Fraser was originally prepared to participate in all subsequent Diamond League competitions this year. However, she was notified before the competition that because she tested positive for drugs during the Diamond League Magic City competition on May 23, the IAAF decided to impose sanctions on her. With a provisional ban. Frazier received the news that he had tested positive for drugs three weeks ago, and was immediately notified of his suspension. She was found to be taking oxycodone, a painkiller and sedative that usually does not improve an athlete's performance and may even affect a sprinter's performance. The International Anti-Doping Organization only listed it as banned this year. Drug List.
Bruce James, president of Frazier’s MVP Track Club, announced the news on his Twitter. James said: "We have decided to withdraw her from all competitions to determine the punishment for her, or to waive the punishment. Her coach Francis was not upset about this, he actually insisted on participating in the Shanghai Olympic Games for her. Proud to compete.”
According to James and Frazier himself, the drug test problem occurred because Frazier had a toothache at the Magic City station. The medicine prescribed by the doctor was not effective. Frazier wanted to withdraw from the game for a while, but Francis gave Frazier his usual dose. The painkillers used to treat kidney stones worked so well that Frazier was able to grit his teeth and compete.
Therefore, James defended Fraser: "The IAAF told us that the banned drug found was oxycodone. You can search for it. This drug is not used to improve performance."
Fraser's coach Francis also said: "This drug can neither improve performance nor be used to cover up other drugs." Fraser also said that the drug made him feel tired at the time, and his performance was much worse than usual. In fact, according to IAAF regulations, if you can report this painkiller to the IAAF in advance before taking it, you will not be punished. As her agent put it, it was an oversight, like "a child going to the exam room and forgetting to bring a pen."
Fraser himself also claimed that he was innocent: "I have nothing to hide. I will go home and have a hearing. I hope they will accept my explanation. I did not know that this drug was classified as a prohibited drug." She said that although she was innocent, the matter had damaged her reputation anyway: "I should indeed take responsibility for this matter, because athletes must be responsible for the drugs they take. But no matter what, people have begun to suspect I took the medicine." Currently, only Frazier's bottle A sample has tested positive. Since Frazier has not appealed, the authorities will not test the sample from bottle B.
IAAF spokesman Nick Davis said they are currently awaiting the outcome of the investigative hearings between Fraser and the Jamaica Athletics Federation, but he also stressed: "Athletes must be careful about their behavior because our rules have been very well established. clear."
It should have been a very clear thing, but there is a problem here. Just like Fraser's own words - even if she was forgiven in the end, her innocence was no longer there.
The Jamaican sprint is the only team in the world that can compete with the Americans. However, just as the American sprint has been tainted by doping scandals, the Jamaican sprint has repeatedly hit the red line in the past two years. People can't help but wonder: How long can Powell and Bolt continue to be successful?
Fraser and Powell are brothers and sisters in the same school. They both play for the MVP track and field club in Jamaica and are both coached by Francis. Therefore, after what happened to Fraser, Powell was the first to stand up and defend Fraser. However, even if people forgive Fraser's "mistake", it is an indisputable fact that the reputation of Jamaican sprinting continues to be damaged. Starting before the BJ Olympics, including Fraser's incident, nine Jamaican sprinters have been involved in doping in the past two years. This scale is enough to raise suspicions of collective doping.
Before the 2008 Olympics, there were some doping scandals in Jamaica, but they were not as intensive as in the past two years. For example, Oti, a former sprint star who participated in seven Olympic Games without winning a gold medal, was found to be doping in 1999. Before the 2004 Olympics, men's 200-meter runner Mullins was also suspended for two years for doping. In addition, several other Jamaican athletes were suspected of purchasing doping through some channels in previous years, but the evidence was insufficient and has not been verified.
The Jamaican sprint team made a splash at the 2008 Olympics, winning six sprint gold medals, and the doping scandal surrounding them also began to explode. Before the 2008 Olympics, Dunkley, a member of the Jamaican men's 4×100m relay team, was confirmed to have taken banned drugs and was expelled from the Olympic lineup and suspended for two years. In July 2009, five Jamaican sprinters were exposed for doping. Two of these five team members are teammates of Bolt's "Competitors Track and Field Club". However, after final investigation, the Jamaica Athletics Association was unable to confirm that the drugs taken by the five athletes were indeed doping, and ultimately no punishment was imposed on them. However, the IAAF still refused these five people to participate in the Berlin World Championships.
In May 2010, Jamaican female athlete Wilkins was found to have taken doping during the Doha Indoor Games in March. Half a month ago, Stewart, a former Jamaican sprint star who coached in the United States after retiring, was banned for life for assisting athletes in doping. Stewart represented Jamaica at four Olympic Games and won a silver medal in the women's 400m relay at the 1984 Olympics.
It is worth mentioning that Ben Johnson was also a Jamaican before he was 14 years old.
Faced with this kind of question, Su Shen undoubtedly chose the most positive answer, because as IAAF spokesman Nick Davis said: "Athletes must pay attention to their own behavior because our rules have been formulated. Be very clear.”
And it is not as unreasonable as everyone imagines. In fact, it is stated above that according to the regulations of the IAAF, if you can report this painkilling drug to the IAAF in advance before taking it, you will not be subject to it. Punishment, so as a rule in black and white, as an Olympic champion and world championship champion with a national record like Fraser, should have been subject to stricter control. To be honest, Francis' team did not do as well as Mills.
Bolt is as famous as Fraser, but Mills knows that he needs to provide comprehensive protection, because now the International Doping Organization has many people from the United States, including policy promotion and influence, so...if we don’t find out this, It’s not legal and I definitely won’t eat it.
Would rather bear it.
In this regard, Francis is a little bit off.
You know you can declare it, but you don't declare it because of "negligence." If it is true, it is a typical example for athletes to take the blame.
It's written very clearly, and there are some flexibility in people's circumstances. If you still don't take it seriously, you can only be sanctioned.
This also serves as a reminder to all current athletes.
Not everyone is an American athlete and has various drug exemptions.
If you don't, as Bolt himself complains, you have to submit to hundreds of drug tests a year.
I honestly don’t dare to eat anything when I have a fever or a cold.
There is no way, why is your country not as tyrannical as America? It can directly use its own anti-drug rules to affect drugs, and even get direct exemptions for a large number of drugs.
Asthma patients, ADHD patients, and patients with mental anxiety can all take medicine directly.
Sorry, but you can't.
And I want to catch you every day.
This is not to say that Frazier has no problems. Su Shen knew before that top athletes must not be negligent.
However, the recent trend has been directed towards Jamaica, while the United States itself has escaped such a "scandal". It is really hard to imagine that there is no media deliberately adding fuel to the flames.
Therefore, Su Shen agreed with Bolt's complaint and said to the media in a relaxed manner:
"It's a pity what happened to Frazier, but the rules are the rules, and you have to bear the responsibility for any negligence. This is the responsibility that athletes should bear."
"but……"
"The investigation must be strict, please let the whole world join in."
"Don't allow exceptions and privileges for certain people and certain countries."
"This is what makes people outraged."
Su Shen's words immediately resonated with many athletes, because everyone actually knows that there are various "sick athletes" in the US team who take various legal drugs, but there is nothing they can do about them. This is really uncomfortable and speechless.
Athletes are definitely not afraid of strict drug regulations.
As long as the whole world is a red line.
But if you are unfair, it will inevitably make people think wrongly.
But this thing.
In the final analysis, it is national strength that serves as the endorsement.
Why can the United States? Not in other countries?
Isn't this because America is now the only superpower in the world.
Isn’t it that the country’s comprehensive strength ranks first in the world?
Otherwise, can you try taking drugs legally?
See if everyone agrees.
Therefore, what movement knows no borders.
The participants in sports are all human beings, and they all have national boundaries.
Without the backing of a powerful country, you will be looked down upon wherever you go.
The older generation understands this truth and came back to build the country when the country was at its most impoverished. They undoubtedly understood this truth more deeply than the peaceful generation who had never experienced national peril.
Even if you are a thousand-year-old bastard who can live a thousand years and have experienced the changes of various dynasties, you don't care about these, but you must have something to say and do something about China, a land that has gone through five thousand years of wind and frost. The older generation does not love Beiyang, the Qing Dynasty, and the Republic of China, but who of them do you think is not patriotic?
This must be clearly distinguished.
So even if you're just an athlete.
Please also hope that your country will be prosperous, because this is the ultimate strength for you to look like a flower grower in the world and not be bullied by foreign countries like the Chinese decades ago.
Otherwise, the rules are set by others.
But people themselves don’t have to comply.
It's really the biggest injustice.
And even if it is unfair in sports competition, people all over the world are holding back their hearts.
Waiting to be broken.
I just hope that day comes sooner.
Su Shen watched the news, turned off his phone, and slowly closed his eyes.
PS: As someone who has been abroad, I actually understand very well that only when a country is strong can it be respected. Just take a look at the comments of those 500,000 people who have peacefully evolved and various speculators in the media. If you want to understand, you really need to I want to go out. Only after you have been out can you know what it means to be patriotic and give you the confidence you need, and you will know that the moon is definitely not round like a foreign country. Anyway, I have experienced it myself. I am not a banana-hearted person, so I cannot be at peace with myself and be discriminated against invisibly. You can't do dog-licking outside and show off your power at home at the same time.
Practice brings true knowledge, and you can only judge it when you go out, instead of being blinded by articles and videos from various infiltration forces at home.
Of course, if you want to leave this ancient land, you have to do so voluntarily, but you have to pay attention to the cost of leaving. The application fee is 50 and the certificate is 200.
250 in total.
This may be the last joke this ancient land plays on you.
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