On the morning of August 15, Eden had two events, namely the men's shot put qualifying tournament and the men's hammer throw qualifying competition.

The men's shot put qualifying round started at 9:05, and Yi Dun went to the game check-in at 8:40.

According to the previous order book, a total of 45 athletes participated in the men's shot put qualifying tournament.

It's just that three athletes were directly disqualified, and the reason is naturally because they failed to pass the pre-competition doping test.

In an event of this level at the Olympic Games, the doping test is extremely strict, with pre-competition testing and post-competition testing, and the three disqualified athletes just failed the pre-competition test.

Three players, one of whom is Russian and the other two are Belarusian.

What is more embarrassing is that the strength of these three people was the most favored to win gold before the game.

Without such three strong competitors, many participating athletes are naturally happy.

I'm afraid that even the remaining two Russian players and the Belarusian solo player will not have any sad thoughts......

The 45 players were divided into two qualification groups, with Eden being placed in Group B.

Because the shot put match takes up a relatively small amount of space, it can be played on both sides at the same time, and there is no need to stagger the time like a hammer throw.

"Dear viewers and friends, welcome to today's men's shot put qualifying round, in this game, our Chinese Olympic athlete Yi Dun will represent the Chinese team."

"We invited the national team shot put coach Li Meisu to explain this shot put game for us." Before the start of the game, the CCTV host introduced Coach Li Meisu next to him.

"Coach Li, since Yi Dun entered the national team, he has been training with you, what do you think of Yi Dun's current competitive state?" The moderator asked.

"Eden is a young athlete who can be described in one sentence, and that is always ready, and he is always at the top of his game, and he is one of the hardest working and most talented shot put players I have ever met." Li Meisu smiled and praised Yi Dun.

"Then for today's qualifying round, do you think Yi Dun has a good chance of qualifying?" The moderator asked again.

"It's definitely not a big problem, Yi Dun's current skills and tactics are extremely skilled, it is unlikely that all three attempts will fail, and he can also throw more than 20.40 meters stably, and it is definitely not a problem to appear in the qualifying round." Coach Li Meisu said with confidence.

She is full of confidence in Yi Dun, although she thinks that Yi Dun has little hope of winning gold, but at least there is no problem at all in qualifying for this qualifying round.

"Well, we have noticed that the draw is over, and the competition is about to officially start, let's wait and see how Eden performs, and hope that Eden can achieve good results."

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On the shot put field, Yi Dun looked at his signing position with a tangled face, and the No. 14 sign was another evil signing.

However, this signing position is actually very good, and it is very suitable for athletes to play their best strength.

Because it is a qualifying event, the athletes will definitely retain some strength, and only one of the thirteen players in front of Yi Dun passed the 20.40 meter qualification standard for the first time in the first trial.

Itun noticed that the man was an American athlete named Adam Nelson, who was quite strong, with a personal best of 22.51m, which was well above Eden's personal record.

According to the pre-match predictions, this Adam Nelson is the player with the best chance of winning the championship.

With this first throw over 20.40m as a foundation, Adam Nelson actually didn't need to try to throw next.

The purpose of the qualifying round is to qualify for the finals, and now that he has all the qualifications, there is naturally no need to continue to cast.

This also shows the brutality of athletics.

It's already extremely difficult to reach the Olympics by itself, and there is a qualifying tournament as a result.

The shot put A standard is 20.30 meters, and the B standard is 19.80 meters.

Yi Dun naturally has no trouble in this regard, and his shot put strength is enough to ensure a solid entry into the final.

Soon, it was the turn of Yi Dun, who was the fourteenth pick, to play.

Yi Dun took a deep breath, and this throw directly threw a score of 20.57 meters, which was even better than that of Adam Nelson.

Of course, this certainly does not mean that Eden is better than Adam Nelson.

A test throw directly exceeded 20.40m, and Eden also qualified for the final, just like Adam Nelson.

The CCTV commentary room was full of laughter.

"It seems that Director Li does have a deep understanding of Yidun, Yidun's current results rank first in the qualifying group, and he has steadily qualified for the finals, here we wish Yidun can make persistent efforts in the finals and get good results." The host said with a smile.

"Director Li, why don't you help us predict the prospect of the final in Yiden?"

Li Meisu nodded, "We all know that Yi Dun is strong in the decathlon and is the first athlete in all mankind to break through the 9,100 point mark, but Yi Dun's strength in the shot put, even if it is not as good as the decathlon, is not bad." ”

"I predict that Yi Dun will be able to win at least one medal in the men's shot put final this time, breaking the history of China's unlicensed men's shot put Olympics."

This is not that Li Meisu put gold on Yi Dun's face, but that she really thinks so.

Since the end of the last National Track and Field Grand Prix, Yi Dun's shot put strength has improved again, and Li Meisu must not know.

According to the current extreme results of Yidun and the previous Olympic men's shot put medal results, Yidun has a good chance to win a medal.

"Okay, then borrow the auspicious words of Coach Li, let's wait and see, waiting for Yi Dun to help us achieve a breakthrough in the men's shot put!"

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Although it is only a qualifying match, the audience still watched it with relish, and because of the relatively weak Chinese men's shot put, there was not much attention to the men's shot put in China.

Now because of Yi Dun, many people have watched a shot put game in its entirety and found that this group of super strongmen still have a lot of opinions about the shot put competing in the same field.

By the end of the qualifying rounds, the best of the two groups was Poland's Tomáš Majewski with 21.02m, while Eden was second in all the athletes.

As for Adam Nelson, he is third behind Eden.

Of the more than 40 athletes, a total of six threw more than 20.40 meters, and the remaining six places were filled in turn according to the results of everyone.

Interestingly, among the more than 40 players, the three disqualified players were removed, and six players failed to throw all three times and failed to get results, and one simply did not participate in the competition......