Chapter 427: The Crisis of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team

Who would dare to believe that Yi Dun, who has always been very weak in sprinting and jumping events, has come up with such results at the London Olympics this time.

In the previous 100-meter event, although Yi Dun's performance was outstanding, far better than his previous performance, it was still within an acceptable range, and it was not particularly rare for a professional athlete to sprint 10 seconds and 5 seconds.

But now this long jump result is really unacceptable, the first attempt directly snatched the gold medal of Germany's Rutherford, and this second attempt is even more exaggerated.

It has become the best result in the past 20 years, and this result is also ranked fourth in history!

Eden still has a chance to try the jump, will he directly break the long jump world record that has been in the dust for more than 20 years tonight?

If it were someone else, the audience would definitely not think about it so much, but now that this happened to Yi Dun, everyone can't help but think about it too much.

In everyone's expectation, Yi Dun did not apply to the referee to cancel the third test jump, and it can be seen that Yi Dun also has the idea of breaking the world record tonight.

"I hope it will succeed, the significance of breaking records in the Olympics is still quite large, although we certainly don't doubt that Yi Dun has the strength to break records, but this thing still depends on the performance."

"That's right, the long jump record has been in the dust for more than 20 years, and in terms of the difficulty of breaking the record, it may not be much smaller than the javelin record, if only Yi Dun could break the record."

"It's on, it's Eden's turn."

Amid the crowd's discussion, Eden began his third attempt.

Drawing on the experience of the previous two times, this time Yi Dun's walking posture in the air is very stretched, according to Yi Dun's own estimate, this time the results should be much better.

However, Eden is not absolutely sure that he will be able to break Powell's world record, mainly because the height of this record is still extremely amazing, after all, it has been in the dust for more than 20 years.

Even if he has the strength to win gold easily, it doesn't mean that any record can be easily broken.

In Yi Dun's view, it is not impossible for him to break the long jump record, but it requires a certain amount of luck, and it is impossible to break it by jumping casually.

……

At the end of this last test jump, the surveyor immediately finished the measurement and gave the result.

8.91 meters!

A result that is extremely close to the world record, and the audience, as well as Yi Dun's relatives and friends, can't tell what kind of mood they feel after seeing this result.

After all, this is the second achievement of more than 8.90 meters in human history, ranking second in history, which can definitely be called a great achievement.

But there is still some regret in my heart, Yi Dun failed to break the world record that has been in the dust for more than 20 years.

In addition to regrets, everyone is actually very clear in their hearts that this record will be broken by Yi Dun sooner or later......

……

Yi Dun shook his head and sighed, and walked out of the bunker, this result is quite a pity, compared to Powell's record is only 4 centimeters, even if he plays a little better just now, this record can be broken.

In the morning, Eden only had these two events, and after the competition, he went straight back to the Olympic Village.

Director Xu has already led a group of people waiting for Yi Dun's triumphant return, and this long jump gold medal is undoubtedly a real huge surprise for them.

"Eden, congratulations!"

Director Xu stepped forward to congratulate Yi Dun first, such an unplanned gold medal is indeed gratifying.

Seeing that Yi Dun did not have much joy on his face, everyone also knew in their hearts that eighty percent was because he did not break the world record, which caused Yi Dun to be not as happy as he imagined now.

"Okay, you're still so young, you didn't break the world record this time, and there are countless opportunities to break all the records at once, and each of them is a semi-permanent record, and let others play it." Director Xu patted Yi Dun on the shoulder and said.

Yi Dun nodded and sighed, "Hey, it's a pity, it's only four centimeters, even if I pulled it in the air a little more, it is estimated that the distance of four centimeters will come out." ”

Everyone laughed and began to ask questions around Yi Dun, what they wanted to know most was whether Yi Dun could come up with any surprises in the next decathlon.

Yi Dun didn't give a positive answer, if he said it, it would be a surprise.

……

At present, in the live broadcast room of a TV station in the United States, O'Neill, the special guest commentator, is already confused, and he doesn't know how to face Yi Dun's long jump result.

He doesn't know much about the decathlon, but he can't stand his "understanding" of Eden, and he has already said that he will go to London to block Eden after the London Olympics, such a big gimmick, O'Neill can naturally participate in the commentary of this game.

In the first two games, everyone knew that this was Yi Dun's weakness, O'Neill commented on these two games, mainly because he didn't want to see Yi Dun play everything, he wanted to explain Yi Dun's weak game, and from time to time he could tease Yi Dun.

As a result, after the first 100-meter race, O'Neill's prepared words were really unspeakable, because Yi Dun's 100-meter results were placed in the decathlon circle, which was already quite outstanding.

Since you can't tease the 100 meters, then aim for the long jump.

As a result, after the long jump event, O'Neill had nothing to say, and with what he knew about Eden, this kind of thing could not have happened at all.

The long jump jumped 8.91 meters? Eden is this sticking two chicken wings on his back?

What worries O'Neill the most now is not that Yi Dun's results are amazing, but that Yi Dun's ability to bounce now makes O'Neill extremely afraid.

The reason why he said before that he could beat Yi Dun was because Yi Dun had no offensive means, so that at least he could be invincible.

Eden can't even score, what can he win himself? At least I can keep a draw.

But now as Yi Dun's jumping ability has become terrifying, the disadvantages of lack of height are also significantly compensated, so will Yi Dun's offensive ability be greatly improved?

The more O'Neill thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, this time he made a bet with Barkley, no matter what, he couldn't release the pigeons, otherwise, Barkley would have something to say in the future, how could he still hold his head up in front of Barkley.

So he had to go to London.

……

Eden had three games in the afternoon, and he didn't eat much at noon, and he happened to meet a group of men's basketball players in the cafeteria, who had trained in the morning, and now they came to lunch together.

"Yi Dun, well done."

"I didn't expect your bounce to be so good?"

"Did you pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger before? Or is it that there is no challenge in the CBA, and you are too lazy to jump on the court. ”

"Good guy, Deng Huade said just now that I hope you can come to help us sooner, our current situation is a little bad."

A group of men's basketball teammates surrounded Yi Dun, and apparently they also knew that Yi Dun almost broke the world record in the morning long jump.

The current situation of the men's basketball team is also quite bad, although it is not in Group A with the United States, but the strength of Group B should not be underestimated.

There are a total of six teams in Group B, namely Spain, Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, China and Russia.

If you want to talk about the strength of this Group B, according to the past record, the weakest may be the host Britain.

There are a total of five games in each group, and now the Chinese men's basketball team has finished one game and lost embarrassingly.

Losing this game to Russia, if it is a narrow defeat, it is not unacceptable, after all, Russia is not a soft persimmon, and the AK47 Andrei Kirilenko in the team is also a famous star in the NBA, at least much higher than Yi Jianlian's status.

But the Chinese team lost to Russia by a big score, and the final score of 52:71 made the Chinese team look quite weak.

When Yao Ming was there, it was impossible for the Chinese men's basketball team to score only 52 points in one game......

It can be clearly seen that without Yao Ming, the influence on the Chinese men's basketball team is too great.

Now the Chinese team is in an extremely passive position, and in order to qualify, the Chinese team needs to win two of the next four games to qualify.

Even two wins don't mean you'll be 100 per cent qualified, but it's still possible to have the same number of wins, as only four teams in a group can advance to the quarter-finals.

It seems that the odds of two of the four games being won are still very high, but considering that one of the four games is against Spain, the odds are immediately 70% smaller.

Spain is the most powerful country in the basketball world today except for the United States, and the Chinese men's basketball team in its heyday can wrestle with Spain, but it is just a wrestling wrist, and the probability of winning Spain is very low.

The current Chinese men's basketball team has undoubtedly entered a low period, and if you want to win Spain, it is really not too much to describe it as difficult.

If you don't count the Spanish game, there are three games left, and the Chinese men's basketball team needs to get at least two wins.

The three opponents are Australia, the United Kingdom and Brazil.

Brazil is very strong, with defensive giants like Hilario and Vallejo on the inside and outside, and first-class players like Barbossa on the outside, even if there are shortcomings on the front line and point guard, their strength should not be underestimated.

As for Australia, the country's athletes can be said to be at odds with Edenna, their backcourt duo has outstanding offensive firepower, and there are defensive villains like Bogut on the inside, and it is not so easy to win.

Originally, the two opponents that the Chinese team had the best chance to win were Russia and the United Kingdom, but now they lost to Russia, so they are extremely passive.

Yi Dun also knows the current difficulties of the Chinese men's basketball team, but he can't do anything, at least today and tomorrow, he will definitely not be able to play.

The men's basketball competition is important, but winning gold in the decathlon is even more important, and it is impossible to completely give up so many gold medals in the decathlon in order to get a better ranking for the men's basketball team.

Even if Yi Dun was willing, Director Xu was unwilling, and even the basketball management center did not dare to take this responsibility.

The first four Olympic Games, it can be said that the Chinese men's basketball team is in its golden heyday, since the eighth place in the Olympic Games in 96, the ranking of the next three Olympic Games is quite good, even in 2000, it is also the tenth place This is the second best result in history.

Looking at this year's posture, it is obviously going to be a tragedy, if there is no miracle, it will be difficult for the Chinese men's basketball team to appear in the group stage.

"Brother Lian, play Spain tonight?" Yi Dun asked Yi Jianlian in a low voice.

Yi Jianlian nodded dullly, "Don't call me Brother Lian, call me Lian." ”

"Tonight against Spain, we'll give it our all and try to win, Eden, you'll play the night after tomorrow, right?"

After playing Spain tonight, the Chinese men's basketball team will play against the British team the day after tomorrow, which is also their hope, and they naturally hope that the stronger the battle, the better.

"I'm definitely going to play, I didn't play the night after tomorrow, so it's definitely okay to play against the British team." Yi Dun patted his chest and said.

This time, Eden signed up for the men's basketball project, which was different from the situation in the Asian Games.

The men's basketball team of the Asian Games, in the group stage in front, it doesn't matter if Yi Dun plays or not, anyway, the Chinese men's basketball team will definitely be able to qualify, and even in the next series of games, Yi Dun can only play the role of icing on the cake.

But now it's different in the Olympics, qualifying is an extremely difficult thing for the Chinese men's basketball team, if Yi Dun doesn't play in the group stage, he may not be able to participate in any games.

So Eden has to play in the next game against England anyway, and even Eden wants to play in every remaining game.

With three games remaining, if China wins all of them, they will have a chance to finish third in the group, so that they do not have to meet the United States, the top team in Group A, in the quarter-finals.

And if you only win two of the three games, even if the Chinese team advances and enters the quarterfinals, the result of the first game against the United States team is self-evident.

In a high probability, the Chinese men's basketball team will be eliminated directly.

In order to make a breakthrough in this Olympic Games, the next three matches in the group stage must be won.

Yi Dun does not have the luxury of leading the Chinese men's basketball team to win the championship, but leading the team to a historic performance, this idea must not be said to be an extravagant hope.

Yi Jianlian smiled, although he didn't think that Yi Dun's play would definitely change the fate of the Chinese men's basketball team, but something is better than nothing, Yi Dun has created so many miracles in other arenas, and he may be able to help the Chinese men's basketball team create miracles this time.

It can be said that Yi Jianlian estimated that he was looking for Yi Dun to find a good fortune?

"Okay, then we'll wait for you, come on for the next game, we're waiting for your good news!" Yi Jianlian smiled shyly.

"Well, just wait for my good news, I may have to surprise you this time." Eden laughed.