Chapter 581: Unrest
The next day, after breakfast, they were scheduled to take a doping test. The coaches took the players to the testing center. Since the test was conducted one country at a time, the Chinese team was in the middle of the queue. When they arrived, they waited in the lounge.
"This year's tests are divided into two parts: urine test and blood test." Pei Yunxia looked at everyone and said, "Just cooperate and don't act alone."
Everyone nodded. When Gu Sanjing turned her head, her eyes met Mei Aiqun's. Mei Aiqun immediately looked away. Gu Sanjing was sure that Mei Aiqun had done something she shouldn't have done.
But now is not the time to think about this, let's wait until the game is over.
Soon it was the Chinese team's turn. Everyone lined up for testing, then went back to watch the game. After returning from the game, the test results came back, and all the Chinese team members tested negative, with not a single positive.
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they saw a group of more than ten organizers walking upstairs in a hurry. After a while, there was a noise coming from upstairs, and words like eavesdropping device and evidence could be heard faintly.
The curious Chinese team members went upstairs to see what was happening. They saw the organizers searching the Chinese team's room. Some of them were holding syringes and medicine bottles and mumbling something incomprehensible. Although they couldn't understand what was going on, they could guess what was going on.
The organizers must have found evidence that the national team members were using doping, but how they found out is still unknown.
After the organizers left, everyone returned to their rooms. Zuo Mingyan even said to Gu Sanjing, "It's really frightening."
Gu Sanjing leaned against the headboard and closed her eyes, mumbling, "Anyway, we have no problems, so we don't care about anything else."
As they were talking, there was a knock on the door. When they opened it, they saw a staff member from the team. He said, "Let's go to room 806 for a meeting."
Gu Sanjing and Zuo Mingyan were both confused as to why the meeting had suddenly started, but they didn't ask any questions and immediately went to room 806. They arrived early, and when they entered, only the leaders and coaches from the General Administration of Sports were there, along with a few security personnel who were slowly searching for something.
After a while, they found two eavesdropping devices, one under the lamp and the other in the corner of the cabinet. The leaders and coaches all looked unhappy. Gu Sanjing wondered if there were any in their rooms too.
At this time, the team members gradually arrived. After they were all present, Yao Zhixin, director of the General Administration of Sport, said, "Something just happened. The organizers found stimulants and related equipment in the room of the national team members. The reason they knew so accurately that the national team members had used stimulants was because they had installed a bug in the room."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone began to discuss the situation, saying the organizers were violating human rights. Yao Zhixin raised his hand to silence the crowd, then said, "We'll discuss this with the organizers. Now, let's have the comrades in charge of security go back to the room with you to search for any bugs."
Everyone started to go back to their rooms to look for the bug, while the coach and the leaders of the General Administration of Sports stayed to continue discussing the matter.
"Fortunately, we dealt with them severely before we came here, otherwise we would have been embarrassed. Who would have thought that they would install eavesdropping devices?" said a coach.
Not only he thought so, but others thought so too.
Yao Zhixin said, "We don't know what will happen next, so everyone should be careful. Also, comfort the players and let them focus their minds and energy on the game."
"Can you test this bottle of water for me now?" Pei Yunxia said to Yao Zhixin, holding up a bottle of water.
"What's going on?" Yao Zhixin asked.
Pei Yunxia narrowed her eyes, her whole body filled with anger. She said, "I suspect Mei Aiqin and Wang Xiaoshuang from my team replaced Gu Sanjing's water."
These words made the atmosphere in the room solemn. The women's diving team was counting on Gu Sanjing to win the championship, but someone was actually tampering with her at this time.
Yao Zhixin was silent for a moment and then said, "During this sensitive period, go back to China for testing."
Pei Yunxia was unwilling to give in, but she also knew that it was inconvenient to test right now. She gripped the water bottle tightly, trying her best to suppress her anger.
Last night, when she left her room, she happened to meet Mei Aiqun and Wang Xiaoshuang who were coming out of Gu Sanjing's room. It was a normal thing, but when Mei Aiqun saw her, there was a moment of nervousness on her face.
She called out to them in confusion, and Mei Aiqun became even more nervous, holding the water bottle tightly in her hand. She asked a few questions in a harsh voice, and the two became even more nervous, but said nothing.
She was afraid something might happen, so she hurried to Gu Sanjing's room, and then she found out that Gu Sanjing also suspected that her water had been replaced.
"You must keep a close eye on the players who have hopes of winning the championship and make sure nothing goes wrong," Yao Zhixin added.
Gu Sanjing and Zuo Mingyan followed the security guard back to the room, neither of them daring to say a word. The security guard searched the room bit by bit and finally found two eavesdropping devices.
"Okay, it's okay, have a good rest." The security guard left with the bug.
"How could they do this?" Zuo Mingyan said angrily.
Gu Sanjing was also very angry, but as athletes they couldn't solve this problem, so she said, "We can't let this affect our emotions. Let's forget about it."
"We haven't said anything these two days, right?" Zuo Mingyan asked with her eyes wide open.
Gu Sanjing thought for a moment and said, "You seem to snore at night."
Zuo Mingyan glared at her. "It's just snoring. They don't know which of us is snoring."
Gu Sanjing laughed, and Zuo Mingyan laughed too, and the two of them put these messy things behind their minds. A while later, Pei Yunxia came to their room again and repeatedly reminded them not to eat anything given by others, even if it was someone they knew.
Gu Sanjing and Zuo Mingyan both nodded seriously.
The Olympic Village wasn't a monolithic place; what happened inside quickly spread outside. Gu Jianguo and his companions were apprehensive when they heard that the organizers had bugged the room and had found evidence of Chinese doping.
It was obvious that this Olympics was not very peaceful, but there was nothing they could do.
Over the next few days, Gu Sanjing and the others began training at the arena, acclimating themselves to the surroundings. She always had a positive attitude, and those chaotic events hadn't affected her. So on the opening day, the family and friends saw a radiant Gu Sanjing.
She had a competition the next day, and her relatives and friends arrived at the venue early. Everyone held a telescope in their hands, waiting to watch San Jing diving.
It was the first time for Xu Likang and Xue Lizhu to watch the Olympics live. They were just there to join in the fun, but the moment Gu Sanjing appeared, they suddenly felt a sense of pride from the bottom of their hearts, and Xu Likang even stood up excitedly.
Watching Gu Sanjing calmly walk up to the diving platform and perform every movement perfectly, and listening to the radio calling out that Gu Sanjing won first place, Xu Likang felt that although his son was not filial, he was a hero to their Xu family for being able to marry an Olympic champion.
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