Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 445 The Big Three are worthy of their name!
Could this be a good thing?
Such a thought flashed through Chen Ran's mind.

In fact, Liu Xiang's victory this time is somewhat similar to that of Sun Yang in his previous life.

Sun Yang was already a household name before the 2012 London Olympics and had already dominated the world of tourism.

So when he entered the Olympics, he was already an impeccable favorite.

You must win this championship, otherwise you will fail.

Sun Yang's final gold medal victory came naturally and was expected.

As for Sun Yang's subsequent suspension, although there was a problem with his arrogant and flamboyant personality, even if he was not framed, there was definitely a problem of being treated with double standards by the international sports court. (Let me explain here that resisting drug tests is actually normal, because it often happens in tennis. Djokovic resisted once at the beginning of this year. The reason is that the inspection process is not in compliance, but the ATP is richer and stronger and can protect its star players. , the worst thing is that tennis will withdraw from the Olympics. In comparison, the International Swimming Federation is more timid. They originally wanted to protect Sun Yang, but they did not dare to fight the sports court, so they had to admit it.)
Liu Xiang, who competed in the Athens Olympics in his previous life, came out as a dark horse and shocked the world.

"The Olympic champion is the real world champion!"

Chen Ran also laughed when he heard this sentence, he understood the meaning.

For many track and field athletes, this is a wise saying.

For them, the Olympic Games is the highest stage.

Without Olympic gold medals, no amount of world championships will matter.

This is true for both Liu Xiang and Bolt.

Over the past year or so, Liu Xiang has been under a lot of pressure.

Since winning the World Championships last year, Liu Xiang, along with Yao Ming and Chen Ran, has become one of the three giants in Chinese sports.

It's just that in the eyes of many sports people, the giant Liu Xiang is somewhat unworthy of his name and is a pseudo-giant, just like Bosh in the eyes of James fans.

Compared with basketball and tennis, the 110-meter hurdles is indeed much less popular.

Because endorsements aside, Yao Ming's salary from the Rockets and Chen Ran's bonuses from playing on tour are both far ahead of other Chinese athletes.

Before Yao Ming and Chen Ran, China's previous Olympic champions and world champions, what was their main source of income?
In addition to a salary within the system, there are bonuses given by the state after winning the championship, as well as commercial sponsorship.

In most sports, many people insist on it out of passion. The prize money given by the competition organizing committee is very low, and they simply cannot make ends meet, so the country or sponsors are needed to cover the bottom line.

For example, there will still be no prize money for the Table Tennis World Cup 20 years from now, let alone now.

The same is true for Liu Xiang's track and field competitions, where the prize money is pitifully low.

Even if there is a Golden League, it is still a drop in the bucket.

With so many people coming to share the meat, even top track and field athletes are still not financially well-off.

Therefore, someone as strong as Bolt has never dared to compete in the UK except for the Olympics.

Because that bonus is not enough to pay taxes.

Similarly, Liu Xiang's income structure is mostly advertising income, and the proportion of bonuses is very low.

This also made many people in the Chinese sports community slightly dissatisfied. If you don't win an Olympic gold medal, you are not a world champion. Why should your income be higher than other Olympic champions?

After all, the 110-meter hurdles is not as popular as the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4*100-meter sprint events.

Chen Ran and Yao Ming have high incomes, and others have nothing to say.

After all, it is a top popular sport with huge commercial value. The bonuses and salaries given to players by the event itself are astronomical.

But why are you Liu Xiang?

Three giants, one of them is a pseudo-giant!
This is also where the pressure lies in Liu Xiang's heart.

Winning gold at the Olympics this time finally released his pressure.

From now on, he is the real world champion.

It can also silence the doubters.

Chen Ran also came down from the stands to congratulate Liu Xiang and hugged him. But Liu Xiang deserves to be Liu Xiang. He has a young and frivolous side, not as smooth as Yao Ming, who is also from Shanghai.

After seeing Chen Ran, Liu Xiang suddenly grabbed the CCTV reporter's microphone and shouted excitedly: "From now on, the Big Three should be worthy of their name!"

"In the future, who will dare to say that the Big Three are not worthy of their name?"

After that, Liu Xiang showed off the gold medal on his chest.

I am an Olympic champion and even tied the world record.

amount……

This scene also shocked Chen Ran who was standing aside.

Is this still the Xiang brother in my memory?
It turns out that Liu Xiang also cares about the title of "pseudo giant" given by others.

I just don’t know if Bosh and Love also care about the term “pseudo giant”, and they should care too.

Athletes, especially top athletes, all care about face, so how can they not care?

"Haha, Brother Xiang is so humble."

"Not just the Big Three, you may be the head of the Big Three now."

Chen Ran also joked in front of CCTV reporters.

"No, no, no, how is this possible!"

"I'm far from the two of you."

"The nature of sports is different."

Liu Xiang acted modestly at this time. Maybe he was convinced by Chen Ran but not by Yao Ming. After all, the latter did not have a world championship, but he could not show this mentality to the outside world.

Chen Ran smiled and said: "A tennis match and a basketball match are too long. Many people watch the Olympics just to have fun. Some people may not be able to keep watching, but the 110-meter hurdles are so fast, so your game ratings Must be the tallest among the three of us."

The time of a sprint race is like the time for some netizens to "hand in their homework". It only lasts a moment. Even a sports layperson who knows nothing about sports can understand it and can persist through it.

So if we talk about the ratings alone, sprint games like these can not only surpass tennis and basketball games, but even World Cup football games. After all, it only lasts a few seconds or ten seconds.

At this time, Liu Xiang's number one fan, Dong Rina, a well-known CCTV reporter, also felt the same way and was very excited.

Then, she asked Chen Ran a question.

"Chen Ran, did you feel the same as Liu Xiang when you won the Olympic gold medal?"

"What do you mean?"

Chen Ran frowned, not understanding what the other party meant.

Seeing this woman, he really wanted to run away, but now he couldn't.

"It was only after you won the Olympic gold medal that you felt you were a real world champion."

"..." Chen Ran was speechless.

The only thing that hasn't changed about my butterfly effect is that this girl is still as weird as ever.

"Do not……"

Chen Ran shook his head decisively. At this time, he chose to defend the glory of the four Grand Slams.

"After I won the French Open, I felt like I was a real world champion, without the need for an Olympic gold medal to crown me."

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(End of this chapter)