Chapter 1962 Supplementary Award Ceremony
"Then I am very concerned about one question, about who belongs to the men's 4x100m event champion in this Olympics? Now that the Olympics have ended, are you just pausing like this? I wonder how the International Olympic Committee ruled on this issue?" A CCTV reporter stood up without raising his hand and asked one after another.
This issue is the most concerned issue for the people in China, or it can be said that all Chen Kangjie's fans are concerned about.
The competition of a event has ended, but I still don’t know how to allocate the medals. This has to be said to be a rare and bizarre event in the history of the Olympics.
After this domestic reporter asked, the other reporters agreed. In addition to knowing the whole story, they were also very concerned and curious about the distribution and ownership of gold, silver and bronze medals.
If this problem is not solved, the medal lists of the Olympic Games lack an authoritative conclusion. Although the International Olympic Committee has released the medal list in the past few days, the second and third places are vacant. However, in the media in Russia and China, each company has released the appropriate medal lists they think, but the rankings are somewhat different in their different releases. The Russians think they are the second place because judging from the currently confirmed gold medals, they are the same as China, but there are ten more silver medals, so of course they have to be second.
However, the medal list released by China ranked itself second. They also have their own reasons, that is, since the International Olympic Committee did not award the gold medal to the first place in the United States, it naturally has to be recorded in the name of China. So although we actually got only 32 gold medals, the nominal gold medals should be 33. In this sense, it is understandable that we are ranked second.
Davis took a sip of water, cleared his throat and gave a positive answer to the question.
Davis knew very well that this question would definitely be asked. Fortunately, the International Olympic Committee made a ruling, otherwise he would really not know how to deal with these reporters.
"Although it is only a temporary proof that Antonio Petgeru has the ingredients of banned drugs in his body, it will take a certain amount of time to analyze and report it in more detail. However, since Antonio Petgeru lied to investigators at the beginning, he could not prove that the banned drug remains were taken nine months ago. Therefore, according to the recommendations of the Ethics Committee and the Sports and Law Committee, the Executive Committee decided to award the gold medal to the Chinese team with the second place, with the silver medal and bronze medals being won by the Brazilian team and the Cuban team, which were third and fourth respectively. Of course, three months later, the International Olympic Committee held a plenary meeting, and the final determination of the matter will be made at that meeting unless the United States can confirm that the banned drug residues in Antonio Petgeru were taken before this drug was listed as banned."
"If the United States can confirm that it was taken before being listed as a banned drug, would it overturn today's ruling and distribute the medals in another way?" asked a reporter from a local Australian TV station.
"If they can really prove it, then the possibility you are talking about is not without." Davis answered so that he would not die and leave room for maneuver.
However, these journalists here are not rookies. They also know that since they have made such a ruling today, even after three months, the possibility of overthrowing is slim. Even from a technical point of view, Americans can hardly prove this kind of thing. From the current technical perspective, if they take banned drugs in a short period of time, the remains in the blood would be about one billion, and the remains in Antonio Petgeru's blood would be one billion, which would at least prove that it would not be too long.
Antonio Petgeru is a very strong track and field athlete. His endocrine system is not a problem. The drugs he took nine months or even a year ago still have such a large academic remains, which makes sense. I am afraid that no matter how much Americans proved it at that time, it would be difficult for the international community to be recognized.
In fact, there is really a lot of disputes within the International Olympic Committee about giving the gold medal to Chen Kangjie and others now, especially the representatives of the United States, who shouted that this is unfair and irrational. Without clearly investigating the causes and consequences, the gold medal cannot be awarded to China so hasty.
However, after a fierce debate, Samaranchi finally made the decision and did so.
In fact, in this matter, those who support such arrangements are out of public interest, rather than really having a deep relationship with China.
If it were an ordinary athlete, the medals in this competition would be delayed for a long time, and it would be possible to wait for the next Olympics four years later to determine them. However, the problem lies in the second place Chen Kangjie.
This incident can be said to have put the International Olympic Committee under great pressure. At the beginning, there was still some debate in the world's public opinion, but gradually, everyone began to turn to support the transfer of medals. Especially on the emerging Internet, it was simply one-sided. More than 90% of people believed that since Antonio Petgeru took banned drugs, the relevant regulations of the International Olympic Committee must be strictly implemented. There was even a US website and a European and German website that held a voting event. In just two days, 3.7 million people had already voted to award the gold medal to the Chinese team represented by Chen Kangjie, and the combined number of people who agreed to award the gold medal to the US team and freeze the medal to the next Olympics was less than 200,000.
Everyone at the International Olympic Committee knows that Chen Kangjie has hundreds of millions of fans around the world. If they arouse their dissatisfaction, it will be very unfavorable to the development of the International Olympic Committee. Moreover, they are now criticized for not doing their job well. If they do not show some courage and sincerity to turn the situation around, will the incident really ferment for a few years and the International Olympic Committee has also been criticized for several years? This is not possible.
Now Chen Kangjie has not said anything to the outside world and has not made any comments. If he is dissatisfied with saying anything too much, it is very likely to trigger a confrontation against the International Olympic Committee.
Back then, he was wronged in the United States, and the nationwide protests caused by the consequences made many cities frustrated, and the US government became extremely passive, with a sharp decline in approval ratings, and in the end he had to compromise and admit defeat.
Samaranchi doesn't want to encounter such similar things. He has made outstanding achievements and is about to retire. If he fails to protect his fortune in the evening, he will suffer a great loss.
What's more, the preliminary evidence has proved that Antonio Petgeru had taken banned drugs, and Samaranchi liked and appreciated Chen Kangjie in his heart. So, after several rounds of debate and supporting the cancellation of the US team's performance as a majority, Samaranchi made the decision and made the final decision.
Seeing that the US representatives and some of them supported them had to shut up. Who said that the reason was wrong first?
After the Olympics, Chen Kangjie had already packed his things and went to the airport to return home, but just before leaving, he was informed by the delegation leaders that they wanted to stay for the time being and attend the award ceremony held in the Olympic Village.
"Attend the award ceremony? Did the investigation conclusion be so soon?" After hearing this news, Lin Zhidong was the one who had been recently.
"I also find it strange. Judging from past experience, this kind of thing is not clear in just a few months. What are the tricks to attend the award ceremony now?" Niu Qihua was also puzzled.
At this moment, Coach Lu, who also received the notice, hurriedly knocked in the door.
"Coach Lv, you came here because of the award ceremony, right?" Chen Kangjie asked him.
"Yes, I just received the notice that I was leaving, but I asked them to stay. It was very sudden. Could it be that the American did not take banned drugs and just made a mistake?" Coach Lu seemed a little worried about gains and losses in an anxious manner.
Because Coach Lu and Niu Qihua have the same idea, they both have some experience and understand that it is impossible to have a detailed investigation result in such a short time, unless Americans do not take banned drugs at all, only in this way can time be so fast.
But if this is the case, it means that they can get the silver medal, not the gold medal.
In the notice of the International Olympic Committee, they did not clearly tell them what the medals were allocated.
"No matter how he is, let us attend the award ceremony, then we can attend. If not, we can still get a medal back. It doesn't matter." Chen Kangjie said very calmly, as if he didn't mind any medals.
Chen Kangjie's words choked Coach Lu, who was burning in his heart.
You don't mind, you have won four gold medals, and with your four gold medals, you are already a well-deserved hero and overlord. But we are different. So many of us rely on that gold medal to transfer luck. If you get one more gold road or silver medal, it is just icing on the cake for you, but gold medals and silver medals are essentially different for us, and their role is to help you in time.
Of course, Coach Lu couldn't say this in front of Chen Kangjie, he could only hold it in his heart with depression.
In fact, Chen Kangjie is not so generous in terms of this kind of national honor, and seems indifferent, otherwise he would not have tried his best to exhaust himself in the final game. The reason why he said that was because he was already more than 90% sure that the gold medal could not be given to the Americans.
In history, the gold medal was finally recovered by Americans, so the International Olympic Committee should not make such a low-level mistake now.
Chapter completed!