Almighty Athlete Chapter 427: New competition items

Abu Dhabi, UAE, the 2011 Lawrence World Sports Awards ceremony was held here.

For Zhang Guan, this award is not very attractive anymore. The Lawrence trophy in the Zhang Guan family has been placed in a row, but for other players of the men’s basketball team, this is a very important honor, especially It was those young players who did not care about the Chinese New Year. They had long been waiting for the UAE to receive the prize.

The Best Team Award is a very important award in the Lawrence Awards. It is ranked second only to the best male athletes and best female athletes. The difficulty of winning is very high, and the competition of the Chinese men’s basketball team is not general. generation.

The biggest competitor of the Chinese men's basketball team is the Spanish men's football team. The most popular sporting event last year was undoubtedly the World Cup in South Africa, and the Spanish men’s football team is the champion of the World Cup in South Africa.

According to the situation of the Lawrence Awards in previous years, the best team award in 2007 was the Italian men’s football team, they were the champions of the German World Cup; the best team award in 2003 was the Brazilian men’s football team, and also the champion of the Korea-Japan World Cup. In other words, the World Cup champions won the Lawrence Best Team Award the following year. According to this practice, the Best Team Award should be awarded to the Spanish men’s football team, so the voice of the Spanish team for winning is also very high.

In addition, the Italian giants Inter Milan who won the five championships last season, the Los Angeles Lakers who won the NBA championship last year, the Red Bull team who won the F1 championship last year, and the European Ryder Cup golf team also All were nominated for the Best Team Award.

If it is placed in peacetime, Inter Milan’s five champions are already qualified for the best team award, but unfortunately last year there was a World Cup competition of this level. And for the same football, FIFA World Cup trophy's gold content and influence far exceed the sum of Serie A champions, Cup champions, Super Cup champions, Champions League champions and World Club champions. Inter Milan is also destined to only run with the Spanish men's football team.

Football is undoubtedly the world’s largest sport. In terms of influence, the men’s World Championships are much worse than the football World Cup. Compared with the basketball World Championship champion and the Football World Cup champion, it is definitely in a weak position.

But in terms of strength, the Spanish team has always been a favorite for winning the World Cup, while the Chinese team is a midstream team in the men's basketball world championship. The difficulty of winning the championship is quite different. Although winning the World Cup in Spain cannot be said to be a breeze, it is not difficult. However, it is really difficult for China to win the World Championship. In particular, the five-time overtime finale shows the difficulty of the game, far exceeding the World Cup final in Spain's victory over the Netherlands.

Importantly, the domestic prize is very important for this kind of awards. Both the sports association and the basketball association are willing to spend money to operate. The next nomination does not necessarily have to wait ten or eight years! When the awards are handed over, the face is gained, and the political achievements are naturally gained.

In the end, the best team award still fell on the head of the Chinese team. When the senior team of the basketball association came to the stage to receive the award, they all smiled.

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After sitting for a long time, I was hungry. Zhang Guan used a fork to fork a piece of dessert. He sipped down and almost died!

Not too salty, but too sweet.

A lot of people think that Arabs like to eat barbecue and other things. In fact, they prefer to eat sweets. Arab sweets are not only honey, but also sugar, so they are particularly sweet. Abu Dhabi’s rich oil and natural ingredients will not be saved. This is definitely delicious for Arabs. For Europeans, it may be acceptable, but it does not meet the dietary habits of the East.

Zhang Guan swallowed half a glass of champagne in one bite, which made it feel better. The waiter at the side brought black tea immediately.

"Or give me another glass of champagne!" Zhang Guan said immediately. He knows that UAE people drink black tea, and they add a lot of sugar.

"Hey, Zhang! Long time no see!" A voice sounded from the side, Zhang Guan turned around and saw a long-faced bald man standing there.

"Congratulations, Zinedine! Congratulations on winning the Lifetime Achievement Award!" Zhang Guan said immediately.

The bald man is the famous football player Zinedin Zidane. He retired after the 2006 World Cup and this year won the Lawrence Lifetime Achievement Award.

The two began to talk. After a few words of greeting, Zidane led a semi-bald middle-aged man to the front and said, "Zhang, I will introduce you to a friend. This is Mr. Prudom , Chairman of the Tour de France."

Zhang Guan already understood that, Zidane ran to himself and talked about it, in order to introduce Prudom to himself, and to introduce himself to Prudom.

The three of them chatted a little bit more, and Prudom entered the topic.

"Zhang, I heard that you are proficient in many sports. I don't know if you are interested in bicycles?" Prydom asked.

"Bicycle? You know, every Chinese team will ride a bicycle. When I was in elementary school, I would ride a bicycle to school every day." Zhang Guan said with a smile.

Prudom nodded: "Actually, I invited you to participate in this year's Tour de France. Of course, it can't be regarded as an official competition, but more of a charity performance."

Just listen to Prudom and then say: "This year’s Tour de France will start on July 2nd, we are going to invite some famous people as guests to participate in the opening stage. Of course, there is no need for guests to really ride The whole journey is just to show a picture on the first day of the race, just ride a few kilometers to make a look. We have equipped a special car for every guest, you can get on the bus at any time, you can even arrive in a car Finish, then ride a few kilometers across the line before the finish line. The time will not be long, at most it will delay you a day."

Zhang Guan nodded. This is similar to finding guests to cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony of some events. The purpose is to create momentum. It's just that at the Tour de France, the ribbon-cutting was replaced by a real two laps.

"Is the guest's equipment the same as the athlete's?" Zhang Guan asked with interest.

“It’s the same~IndoMTL.com~ and it will be provided by the team.” Prudhom added: “We initially invited ten guests, each of whom will wear a team’s racing suit and race car Is also provided by the team."

"I remember more than twenty teams participating in the Tour de France?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Twenty-two detachment teams, so we will auction." Prudom pointed to Zidane next to him, and then said: "I will give an example, if the Kofinidi team photographed After Zinedine, Zinedine will appear on the field wearing the Kofiniti team's uniform. The cost of the auction will be donated to Africa for malaria prevention."

"It turns out that Zinedin will also participate!" Zhang Guan looked at Zidane with a smile.

"In addition, we also invited Hollywood movie star Tom Cruise and singer Justin Timberlake..." Prydom said three or four names in a row.

Zhang Guan thought about it, and felt that one day can be drawn, and the Tour de France is also very influential. It is no problem to participate more in this prestigious event. So Zhang Guan said: "Since it is for charity, then I have no problem, I will definitely participate at that time." (To be continued.)