Chapter 280: The Gold Medal That Doesn't Cover the Heat
On September 14th, after a day of rest, the national team finally looked forward to the main match of the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
The domestic CCTV sports channel has been broadcasting live since the game early in the morning.
On September 15th, the first game in the morning was the men's shot put preliminaries, Yi Dun did not sign up for this event, and no other Chinese players participated, so it stands to reason that CCTV does not need to broadcast this game live.
But CCTV still broadcast live, not only live, but also invited national team coach Li Meisu as a guest commentator.
The reason why Yi Dun still attaches so much importance to this shot put competition when he is not participating in the competition is nothing more than to see the strength of the shot put players in this World Championships and see if any of them can threaten Yi Dun's shot put gold medal.
The big shot put players in the Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai Grand Prix naturally all participated, such as the Polish devil Majewski, such as the top American players Cantwell, Hoffa, and Nelson.
Germany's local player Raf Bartels, the strength shown in the qualifying round is also quite amazing.
If nothing else, this shot put final will definitely be a battle for the dragon.
But with the quality of these world's top players, they are still a long way from Eden.
Yi Dun is now able to throw more than 23 meters more steadily, Majewski and others are still hovering around 21 meters, and in the case of an outbreak, that is, a score of more than 22 meters, there is no threat to Yi Dun at all.
"After watching the preliminaries, I was almost relieved."
"In the shot put competition of the World Championships, Yi Dun did not participate, and there were no other Chinese players participating in the competition, the main reason why we are still concerned is to see if there are any rising stars who can threaten Yi Dun to win the shot put gold medal in the decathlon."
"Like Beijing Olympic champion Majewski, and the American Legionnaires, their current strength can be said to be no threat to Eden, so there may be some surprising players among the unknown newcomers."
"Of course, this possibility is extremely small, and now we have watched the shot put preliminaries, and we have not found this kind of player, and all the veterans who have been famous for a long time enter the finals."
"Now we can say that Yi Dun's shot put gold medal has been won, and he will not participate in the shot put competition, but the shot put gold medal is 100% in hand, how interesting." Li Meisu explained to the audience why she wanted to broadcast the shot put match live.
After listening to Coach Li Meisu's commentary, the audience became excited, this first competition was only a qualifying match in the morning, and Yi Dun's shot put gold medal was 100% won, which is definitely a good sign.
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Eden didn't pay attention to the shot put preliminaries at all, compared to the shot put preliminaries, he was more interested in the next men's 100m group stage and the men's 20km final.
In the 100-meter group competition, the Chinese team sent the only player, who was Su Bingtian.
At 11:40 p.m., the 100-meter group stage started, because Yi Dun had a hammer throw qualifying group A match at 12 o'clock, so he could watch the 100-meter group stage on the spot at the moment.
Su Bingtian was assigned to the second group, and Yi Dun was far away, only to see Su Bingtian like a red sharp knife, rushing out extremely fast, and the front fifty meters has always been the leading position.
Not only is he ahead, but Su Bingtian's lead in the front 50 meters is quite large.
However, in the next 50 meters, Su Bingtian's advantage became smaller and smaller, and he was overtaken by the opponent behind him, and finally won the second place in the group stage with a time of 10.37 seconds.
This is already quite an outstanding result for domestic sprinters.
According to the promotion rules, the top three players in the group plus the best players in the remaining players advanced to the quarterfinals of the next round, and Su Bingtian undoubtedly got the qualification.
"Congratulations! Xiao Su! Yi Dun was far away and said hello to Su Bingtian.
Su Bingtian also heard Yi Dun's voice, and also raised his hand at Yi Dun.
This is Su Bingtian's first time participating in an international competition, and the main purpose is to improve his experience in the competition, and he is already extremely satisfied with the qualification.
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After Su Bingtian withdrew, the hammer throw qualifying match on Yi Dun's side also officially began.
What Yi Dun didn't expect was that Hiroharu Murofushi did not sign up for this World Championships, and it seems that the former strongest hammer thrower in Asia has now completely cooled down.
In the words of the Japanese media, that is, the era of Hiroji Murofushi's hammer throw god has come to an end, and Yi Dun took over the banner of Hiroji Murofushi and became the world's No. 1 hammer thrower.
This statement of the Japanese media is generally correct, Hiroharu Murofushi, as the hammer throw champion of the 04 Athens Olympics, plus the perennial fear of the world's first hammer thrower, is naturally not too much.
But in fact, before the rise of Yi Dun hammer throw, Hiroshi Murofushi could not keep the world's No. 1 position, for example, in the 08 Beijing Olympics, he failed to win the championship, and he didn't even get a medal.
Therefore, Yi Dun cannot be said to be the banner of Hiroshi Murofushi.
Hiroshi Murofushi was the only world's top hammer thrower in Asia before, and now that he is cool, Yi Dun has taken his place, and even stood much higher than Murofushi Guangji, Yi Dun is not only the world's top, but also the undisputed world No. 1, and even the first person in the history of hammer throw.
In this qualifying competition, Eden tried to throw for the first time, and threw an 83-meter score casually, allowing himself to qualify for the finals.
"We can see that Eden's investment is extremely casual, why do you say that? Looking at his expression, there was no sign of strength at all. ”
"But even if it is this random throw, Yi Dun's score of 83.73 meters can basically win the hammer throw gold medal in this World Championships."
"From this, it is easy to see the gap between EDUN and other top players in the world."
"Nowadays, Yi Dun is completely unique in the chain throw world, as long as Yi Dun participates in the hammer throw competition, the only thing other players can do is to compete for the silver medal." The CCTV commentator said confidently.
This kind of remark may seem a bit arrogant when applied to others.
But when it comes to Yi Dun, it is really appropriate, and no one will question the statement of the commentator.
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After the hammer throw qualifying tournament, Eden's schedule for today is completely over.
Yi Dun himself was also thinking about waiting for the hammer throw game to end and go to see Wang Hao's 20km race walk final, but after looking at the time, it is estimated that the race has already started.
Wang Hao's game was not compared in the gymnasium, and when Yi Dun rushed over, it was estimated that everyone would have finished the competition.
At half past two in the afternoon, Yi Dun saw Wang Hao in the hotel.
Wang Hao's expression was a little depressed, looking very unhappy, Yi Dun was chatting with Liu Xiang, and after seeing Wang Hao, he couldn't help but go up and ask.
"What's wrong? Hao? Didn't play well? Yi Dun asked curiously.
"Look at it, you're still so young, and there will be almost a big tournament in the future, don't lose confidence because of one game." Liu Xiang was also comforted on the side.
Wang Hao smiled bitterly and waved his hand, "Two brothers, I won a silver medal." ”
Yi Dun and Liu Xiang were both happy at the same time, although they both won gold medals, but they also knew the meaning of silver medals.
This silver medal is already a breakthrough that has broken the zero medals of Chinese men's track and field at the World Championships, which is of great significance!
"Good guy, you kid won such a significant silver medal, and he is still Yang Zi with an unhappy face, he is too good to pretend!" Yi Dun patted Wang Hao's shoulder and laughed.
He is also happy for Wang Hao, this silver medal will make Wang Hao a pillar of Chinese track and field.
It is impossible for a country's track and field career to be supported by only one or two people, and the pillars of Chinese track and field will be added to Wang Hao in addition to Yi Dun and Liu Xiang and others.
"No, I didn't pretend, I just felt like I lost too much!"
"I played very well in this competition, and according to today's results, I can actually win the championship at the Beijing Olympics."
"But that Borchin doesn't know what the hell is today, the state is so good that it bursts, and it directly broke his personal record, and I feel that I lost very unjustly, so I am very unhappy." Wang Hao said with regret on his face.
is only one step away from the gold medal, no wonder Wang Hao feels pity.
The Borqin in Wang Hao's mouth is the gold medalist in the men's 20km race walking event at the Beijing Olympics.
In the last Beijing Olympics, Wang Hao's result was fourth, and it seems that in this year's time, Wang Hao's progress has been extremely great.
"Relax, if you lose, you will lose, continue to work hard in the future, Borqin is not young, you are still so young, you can surpass him sooner or later."
"Besides, whether this gold medal Borqin can hold it safely, it's hard to say, maybe this gold medal can be returned to you in the future?" Yi Dun said in a joking tone.
Yi Dun is now also participating in many international competitions, and he is very aware of the "miserable" experience of Russian players, and the probability of being deprived of medals if the drug administration does not pass, the Russian players are undoubtedly the largest.
Maybe Borchin will be targeted by the drug testing organization in the future, and then deprived of the qualification for this gold medal, Wang Hao, as the silver medalist, can directly replace it and get the gold medal.
Even Yi Dun himself didn't expect that he would become a prophecy, and eight years later, Borqin was really deprived of the gold medal at the World Championships, and the silver medalist Wang Hao won the gold medal one after another.
"Yes, I'm still young, and sooner or later I can win against that Borchin." After being comforted, Wang Hao was in a much better mood, and his fighting spirit was rekindled.
Although he failed to win the gold, a significant silver medal can also bring countless benefits to Wang Hao.
In the evening, there was a women's 10,000-meter final, but unfortunately, the Chinese players did not play well and only finished 16th.
The shot put final also started tonight, and in the end, American player Cantwell won the shot put gold medal with an excellent performance of 22.05 meters.
But everyone knows that this gold medal is not hot at all, and it will be snatched away by Yi Dun in a few days.