Chapter 405: The First Day of the World Championships

"Yi Dun, your luck is really good this time, there is no time conflict in the 13 projects."

After arriving at Director Xu's office, Director Xu took out a timetable of the World Championships and handed it to Yi Dun.

Yi Dun looked at it, as Director Xu said, this timetable is extremely beneficial to himself, and there is no time overlap for the 13 projects.

To be precise, there are not 13 events in Eden, but 9, mainly in the decathlon, which includes three throwing events plus one 1500m.

The competition day of this World Championships is a total of nine days, and the nine events are completed in nine days, which is quite generous for Yi Dun.

It's just that the schedule of this event is quite different, most track and field events will arrange the decathlon event to the end, but this time on the competition day of the Daegu Track and Field World Championships in South Korea, the decathlon event was arranged on the first day, which is quite strange.

What's even more bizarre is that this time the opening race turned out to be a women's marathon......

However, this strange schedule has little impact on Yi Dun, and it can even be said that it is beneficial to him, and the decathlon is placed in the front, so as not to make the later schedule too intensive.

"Director Xu, how many gold medals is the goal of our track and field center this time?" Yi Dun asked curiously.

Before you set out, you have to give a goal, which may be a requirement for a ranking or a requirement for the number of medals.

Faced with the problem of Yi Dun, Director Xu was very relaxed.

"What is the goal, we won the first place in the medal table at the last World Championships, although this World Championships is not in our country, but it is not far from us, if you don't win the first place, it will be a little too much."

"The indicator given above is to guarantee two and fight for one, and the number of medals is not less than 20."

Yi Dun nodded, it seems that the goal given by the top is not a "lion's mouth", because of his own reasons, this medal table has no reason to fall out of second place.

There are a total of 47 sub-events, that is, 47 gold medals, and Yi Dun alone can win 13 gold medals, which is impossible for the Chinese team to fall to third place in the medal table in any case.

There may not even be any other players who win gold medals, and only with the 13 gold medals of Yi Dun, the Chinese team can sit on the first place in the medal table.

As for the 20 medals, it is not impossible for other players to win seven medals.

"Director Xu, we promise to complete the task." Yi Dun laughed.

"The task is definitely not difficult, and this time we also sent all the top players over."

"Then you can prepare for the battle, and contact me directly if you have anything."

Director Xu is looking forward to the next World Championships in Daegu, and looks forward to the Chinese track and field team under his command to create miracles like the last World Championships in Berlin.

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In the blink of an eye, the time has entered the end of August, and the contestants are already assembled and ready to go to Daegu, South Korea.

"Brother Dun, when you get to Daegu, take us out for a walk, and finally go out to the country."

"That's right, Brother Dun, take us around."

On the plane, some young players sat around Yi Dun and said to Yi Dun with a smile.

The current Yi Dun must be regarded as the old-timer of the national team, and many players in the national team are younger than Yi Dun.

The team leader heard the shouts of the young generals, and immediately signaled everyone to be quiet, "Don't shout, this time we are going to the competition, not sightseeing, after arriving at the hotel, stay in the hotel honestly, and don't run around." ”

The youngsters were so disappointed that they could only return to their seats in frustration.

"Yi Dun, I heard from them two days ago that you signed up for thirteen projects this time?!" Liu Xiang sat next to Yi Dun and chatted with Yi Dun.

Yi Dun nodded, "Brother Liu, how are you recovering lately?" ”

"It's good, I feel like I have a good chance to win this time, I'm in pretty good shape at the moment, and I've been training very well." Liu Xiang said confidently.

After all these years, Liu Xiang has not been so confident for a long time.

Yi Dun is also very happy for Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang is not young at present, I don't know how long he can run, if he can win the World Championships this time, it can be regarded as a perfect ending to his career.

"Okay, then I'll cheer for Brother Liu then."

"Don't, you'd better prepare your own projects, thirteen projects, my scalp is numb when I think about it, I really don't understand where you got so much energy from this guy."

"But it's also a good thing, you can win thirteen gold medals alone, which makes us a lot less stressed." Liu Xiang said with a smile.

Yi Dun is not modest, if he were someone else, he might be humble, saying that he can't win so many gold medals.

But there is no need to be modest here, if he can't win these thirteen gold medals, who can get them?

These gold medals are destined to be Eden's own.

"It's unbelievable when you think about it, we have a total of 24 gold medals in the men's event, and as a result, you can win 13 gold medals alone, which really doesn't give athletes from other countries a way to live."

"Don't say it, but fortunately track and field is not our country's strong point, otherwise, it would be hilarious, and you would have to become the public enemy of other track and field athletes." Liu Xiang joked.

Yi Dun nodded, although Liu Xiang was joking, but in fact, he was right.

After the group arrived in Daegu, the team leader led everyone to check into the hotel, and the competition will officially start in three days.

On the morning of August 27, the women's marathon, the first event of the World Championships in Daegu, began.

Because the women's marathon is not a track race, Yi Dun can't cheer on his teammates.

What Yi Dun didn't expect was that Bai Xue, the winner of the last women's marathon, did not appear in the list of the Chinese national team this time......

Unlike other events, a country can have up to five runners in the marathon, and this time the Chinese team sent five female runners, but Yi Dun didn't know any of them.

The women's marathon started at 9 o'clock in the morning, and at 10 o'clock, Eden also ushered in its own race, the first event of the decathlon, the 100-meter run.

The decathlon event is arguably one of the most high-profile events of the World Championships, and it may be for this reason that the organizers of the Daegu World Championships have chosen to move the decathlon to the front.

The main reason why this project is so remarkable is definitely Eden.

This is the first time Eden has participated in the World Championships since the decathlon reform, and the whole world is watching Eden to see if Eden can still rule the event under the new rules.

Prior to this, the decathlon can be said to be Yi Dun alone, and the other athletes can only follow Yi Dun's ass to eat ashes, and when they are still working hard for 9,000 points, Yi Dun has already broken the human barrier.

But now that the new rules are introduced, the score gap between Yi Dun and other players is definitely not so big, and many people even think that Yi Dun may be surpassed by other players this time.

If this is the case, it also means that the myth of Eden's undefeated will be ended.

"Yi Dun, long time no see." When the Almighty Prince Shabulle saw Eden, he greeted him warmly.

Yi Dun didn't speak English well, but a simple conversation could still do, "Long time no see, man." ”

A few years later, Schaeble is still galloping in the decathlon, which is greatly admired by Eden.

The career life of some athletes is actually quite short, like a meteor, that is, two or three years of brilliance, such as white snow, which is generally the case.

In the decathlon, it is absolutely rare for a player like Schaebelle to maintain a high level of competition.

For example, the American player Clay, who had been in the limelight for a while before, failed to qualify for the competition this time, you must know that Clay is a junior player of Schaburle, who was originally claimed to be able to catch up with Schaburle, but now Clay has disappeared from the public's field of vision, but Schaburle is still strong.

Of course, the current Shebble certainly doesn't have the strength he had a few years ago, and even without Itun, it would be difficult for him to win the title now.

Who is the strongest athlete in the decathlon circle today? Naturally, it should be Ashton-Eaton, known as the "American Eden", the strength of this little Eden is quite strong, especially after the introduction of the new rules, and is regarded by the whole United States as the most promising player to beat Eden.

However, Yi Dun did not take this "American Yi Dun" seriously, under the new rules, this Eaton can indeed score a lot more points, but to say that he can beat himself, Yi Dun must not believe it.

The 30 contestants were divided into four groups, and after the final results were released, Yi Dun unsurprisingly got the penultimate result, this sprint event has always been Yi Dun's shortcomings, and it is not surprising to get the penultimate one.

There may still be a few power players in the previous decathlon, and when lucky, Yi Dun's 100-meter results may get rid of the embarrassing position of the penultimate one, but now with the introduction of new rules, the power players are too disadvantaged, Yi Dun has become the only power player, and the penultimate has become a sure thing.

Schaebuler's time was terrible, with a time of only 11.25 seconds in the 100m, which was the worst time ever known since Eden met him, and it seems that Schaebulle is about to reach the limit of his career.

As a speed player, the speed of the 100m is only 11.25 seconds, and it is obviously impossible to achieve a good ranking in the end.

After the competition, Shebulle looked disappointed, and he also knew very well that not to mention winning a medal this time, whether he could enter the top eight or not was a matter of two words.

It's really a bad time of 11.25 seconds, and it's no exaggeration to say that many non-professional eighteen or nineteen-year-olds can run faster than him.

Yi Dun didn't step forward to comfort Shabourle, he didn't want people to comfort him, especially his opponent on the field, if he was in Shabblele's situation.

It's less like a consolation, more like a sympathy.

After returning to the backcourt, Yi Dun saw several teammates gathering together, and after seeing Yi Dun coming, everyone surrounded him.

"Brother Dun, just now our Sister Li won the first place in the group stage, I feel that our Sister Li has a chance to win the championship this time." Gong Lijiao said excitedly.

Yi Dun looked at Li Yanfeng, "Congratulations, Sister Li." ”

Li Yanfeng is a 32-year-old female discus veteran from Heilongjiang, and her career has not been very brilliant so far.

"What's the congratulations here, but fortunately I'm not in the men's discus throw, if it's the men's discus, let alone the first place in the group, it's the championship, and I can't be happy." Li Yanfeng laughed heartily.

The reason why I say this is because after the men's discus won the championship, this gold medal was not hot at all, and it would definitely be snatched away by Yi Dun later, so the athletes in the men's discus group were quite sad, whether they could win the championship or not depends not on the strength of the opponent in the same competition, but on whether Yi Dun participated.

In the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase and men's pole vault events, Yi Dun sat in the backcourt with a few teammates and chatted, waiting for his second competition.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, Eden's decathlon long jump event began, and Eden was unsurprisingly another penultimate result, and Schaebule was even more embarrassed than Eden, he only finished 11th in the group.

In a total of two groups, Schembler only finished 11th in the group, which means that his results are also the bottom.

The expression on Scheble's face was now not just disappointment, but more despair, and he knew very well that his time was truly and completely over.

To be precise, when Eden appeared on the international stage, his era was over, but he could still "survive" these years, even if he couldn't win the championship, at least he could get a medal.

But looking at this year's results, I really can't do it.

The next women's 100m still has no Chinese athletes, and at 12 o'clock in the morning, Yi Dun ushered in his third event in the morning, not the decathlon, but the men's 800m group competition.

According to the previous Eden prize distribution rules, as long as you can qualify, you can basically get the Eden prize money, unless it is a traditional advantage event such as race walking, there may be competition.

But the embarrassing thing is that whether it is the decathlon or the current men's 800 meters, Yi Dun competes alone, and there is no national team teammate.

Eden doesn't know how long this situation will last, but he is looking forward to competing with his teammates on this field more than anyone else.

In the men's 800m group stage, Yi Dun won the qualification with an absolute advantage, and for a world record holder, it is certainly not difficult to qualify for the group stage.

An hour later, the decathlon shot put competition began, and this time it was obviously impossible for Yi Dun to be the first to last, and he directly crushed the results of the whole field to advance.

Since then, the morning's events have all ended, the whole morning, the Chinese team did not win any medals, mainly most of the morning events are preliminaries and group rounds, the only women's marathon that can give birth to medals, the results of the Chinese team five runners are not particularly outstanding, the best one only won the sixth place.

It is worth mentioning that the gold, silver and bronze medals in this women's marathon were all won by Kenyan runners, which is a miracle in the history of sports.

What's even more speechless is that in the women's 10,000-meter final in the evening, there was exactly the same scene, and the gold, silver and bronze medals were won by Kenyan athletes......

Kenya's long-distance running kingdom is well deserved.