At 8 o'clock in the morning on August 5, Finland time, Su Feng and others had just left the airport and were about to take the organizer's bus to the competition venue and take a look at the local scenery. Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang were suddenly approached by someone from the IAAF.
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They asked Su Feng and the two to immediately go to the IAAF office for the World Championships to undergo drug testing.
"Isn't this over yet?" Su Feng immediately had a tendency to explode after hearing the news. He had already experienced an unannounced inspection in the United States, and he was here again this time. What did the American media want to do?
With such a sudden request, Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang would naturally not follow each other directly, even if the other party had documents.
As the team leader, Zhang Guozheng quickly contacted the Helsinki City Hall, the organizer of the event, and then contacted the IAAF personnel assisting in organizing the World Championships through the city hall channels.
After Zhang Guozheng negotiated with the staff for more than ten minutes, he finally understood the whole story.
This is not some conspiracy created by the IAAF under pressure from the United States, but something happened.
The famous "Balk Laboratory Doping Scandal" was exposed.
Many famous sprinters around the world have been implicated, causing a sharp decline in the image and credibility of the entire track and field event in people's minds.
When people watch competitive sports competitions, especially track and field events, they are actually looking at the extreme limits of exercise that humans can achieve. If doping is used, then what they see is fake, and what’s the point?
Therefore, in order to restore credibility, the IAAF immediately decided to increase the intensity of doping inspections.
Especially star athletes and athletes who improve quickly.
If it is found out, it will naturally be punished. If it is not found out, it will prove that the athlete's results are real, which can greatly restore the image of the athlete and the IAAF.
So not only Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang, but also Justin Gatlin from the United States, and Asafa Powell who just broke the world record, none of these people were left out, and they were all urgently notified for unannounced inspections.
Knowing the specific reason, Su Feng and others naturally took a car to the testing site prepared by the IAAF and conducted tests one by one.
Both of them had a clear conscience, and the food they usually ate was prepared by the team. There was absolutely no problem. After knowing that they were not being targeted, they followed the procedures and took the test with peace of mind.
The results of the preliminary test will be known immediately. Both of them are negative. Subsequent tests will be conducted by a professional laboratory contacted by the IAAF, but the possibility of problems is unlikely. After all, the preliminary test is very comprehensive.
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After learning the results, the entire Chinese delegation breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Feng and Liu Yuxiang are not only two of the three Chinese players who can win gold medals at this World Championships, but their influence in the country is not just as simple as athletes.
They have become the country's business card and a role model for thousands of young people to learn from. If there is a doping scandal, the impact on the country will definitely be huge.
Fortunately, everything is fine.
However, this kind of sudden mandatory testing is still very easy to make people's emotions fluctuate. After such a fuss, everyone did not look at Helsinki's mood, and immediately contacted the bus to the Chinese delegation's residence to rest.
The next day, Su Feng and others went to the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki for adaptive training.
During this period, Su Feng also met Gatlin. After the two said hello, they talked about yesterday's unannounced inspection.
Gatlin is relatively stable among black people, but he still inherited the characteristics of black people who are more extroverted and denounced yesterday's test.
After staying in the stadium for three or four hours and exercising, Su Feng and others returned to the station and waited for the start of tomorrow's game.
Finland has a small population, but all its citizens are very passionate about sports, and the upcoming World Championships is the largest sports event they have held in recent years.
Therefore, on the third day, the day when the World Championships begins, in Helsinki at this time, whether it is high-rise buildings or mansions, whether it is classical buildings or streets and alleys, the World Championships logo can be seen everywhere.
There are countless tourists from all over the world, and hotels of all sizes are already full.
Su Feng also learned from the news that for the security of the World Championships, Finland not only mobilized police across the country, but also sent a regiment of military troops to assist in the security of the Olympic Stadium.
This is enough to show that the Finnish government attaches great importance to this international sports event.
Su Feng has experienced two Olympic Games in his own country and participated in the Athens Olympics personally, so he naturally understands this very well.
This is not only about a country's international image.
During such a large-scale sports event, there will be a large amount of movement of people, and big problems will occur if you are not careful. The host country has always had to strictly control it.
That night, the opening ceremony of the World Championships began, but it started to rain lightly.
As the signature event of the World Championships, the men's 100-meter race has preliminaries and semi-finals on the first day. Therefore, in order to prevent catching a cold, Su Feng watched the opening ceremony of the World Championships on TV.
How can I put it, compared to the grandeur of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it is indeed different, but it is also very unique. It provides a very artistic introduction to Finland's culture and history and its relationship with the World Championships.
Su Feng also found out through the opening ceremony that day that the first World Championships was held in Helsinki in 1983.
This World Championships, for Helsinki, is a return to the old place after 22 years.
At 15:00 pm on August 7th, bj time, the first game of the Helsinki World Championships is about to begin.
This time, Yangma purchased the broadcast rights for the World Championships and sent a dedicated reporter and production team to Helsinki to broadcast the event live.
"CCTV, CCTV, I am Yang Jian, the on-site commentator. What you are seeing now is the scene of the 10th World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
What will be held on the field now is the women's triple jump qualifying competition, followed by the women's all-around and other events.
At 16:45 BJ time, the men's 100 preliminaries are about to begin, and my country's famous sprinter Su Feng will compete.
It can be seen from the pictures sent back from the scene that the Finnish people are very enthusiastic about the event held on their doorstep. The Helsinki Olympic Stadium is already full at this time. According to the reports sent back from the scene, even if it rained lightly last night, there were thousands of people.
Tens of thousands of local people participated in the opening ceremony outside the stadium.
And now, outside the stadium, local people also danced local Finnish folk dances to express their excitement for this sports event."
The live broadcast camera then turned to the auditorium. I saw that the auditorium was densely packed with people. It was indeed packed. Many people were not sitting, but standing, holding the flag of their country in their hands and waving it.