Chapter 223: A New Shot Put World Record is Born (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
A few days later, Yi Dun was taken to Shanghai by a special car, and the organizer may have known Yi Dun's situation, so he took the initiative to provide Yi Dun with a training venue.
On September 20th, the Shanghai International Athletics Grand Prix officially began.
Eden had the full list of contestants and the schedule the day before.
All four of his throwing events were scheduled for one day, and the decathlon events were scheduled for the next two days.
Such a schedule is actually a special event, and it is not too much for the organizers to say that they completely regard Yi Dun as the protagonist.
Since the day he agreed to participate in the competition, the organizer Shanghai International Athletics Gold Grand Prix Co., Ltd. has begun to carry out large-scale publicity in Shanghai and several surrounding cities.
Especially the area in southern Jiangsu, which is known as the back garden of Shanghai, has money and is close to Shanghai, and there are many viewers this time.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the Shanghai Stadium was crowded, and there were almost no empty seats on the scene.
Shanghai Stadium is also known as the 80,000-person stadium, but the number of seats is only 56,000, looking at today's attendance rate, at least 50,000 people must enter to watch the game.
The track and field event had an audience of 50,000, which was quite a terrifying attendance.
From this, it can also be seen how popular EDUN is now.
Yi Dun's first event to play is the shot put, originally Yi Dun heard that the Polish demon Majewski did not come to the competition, but he didn't expect the player to sign up again in the last few days.
As a hot Olympic gold medalist, it is naturally impossible for the organizers to refuse Majewski's participation.
In addition to Mayevsky, U.S. bronze medalist Cantwell also signed up for the event.
In this way, many gold, silver and bronze medalists in the men's shot put at the Beijing Olympics have come.
Yi Dun was naturally happy in his heart, during the Beijing Olympics, he lost to the Polish devil, and this time he can get back to the field.
As for the American player Cantwell, although his strength is good, Yi Dun definitely doesn't pay much attention to it, even when he has 97.4 points of strength, this guy can't win against himself, not to mention that he has 99 points of strength now!
In addition to the three big shot putters, Canada's Armstrong, who finished fourth in the Olympic rankings, also arrived.
At first glance, this competition list seems to be another competition in the men's shot put final of the Beijing Olympics.
A total of 10 players participated, and if Yi Dun is included, there are a total of three Chinese players.
This Shanghai Gold Grand Prix, although it is the top 40 in the world single ranking to participate, but the situation of special events is actually prevalent all over the world, Yi Dun is not the top 40 players, and the two are not.
Eden has some impressions of these two men, and has played against them in the previous national track and field championships and Grand Prix.
The strength is not strong, but after the domestic planing of Yidun, it is also a top player.
After the check-in was completed, Yi Dun drew the No. 7 lot.
Looking at the several players around him, Yi Dun became nervously excited, after winning these people today, his strength in the shot put will probably shock the world, right?
The only thing that makes Eden a little regretful is that the current world No. 1 in the shot put, Adam Nelson, who is the American player who missed all three shots in the men's shot put final, did not participate in this competition.
If he can win against Nelson, then Eden can be said to have reached the top of the shot put event.
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The referee blew the whistle and the game officially began.
The performance of the first two competitors was a bit spicy, and they were all under 19 meters.
The next third player was Canada's Armstrong, who also threw 19.22m.
Yi Dun was a little speechless, this performance was really bad.
Cantwell, who came out in the fourth, played a good game, throwing 20.39m, but compared to his performance in the Olympics, it is definitely not enough to see at all.
Eden feels like he has a good chance of replicating the javelin miracle at the Beijing Olympics again.
One shot determines the country.
The fifth and sixth runners appeared, all of whom were under 20 meters.
Then it was Eden's turn.
The 50,000 spectators, almost all of whom were Chinese, entered the game to see the performance, no doubt to see Yi Dun's performance.
Not everyone has the opportunity to go to the Beijing Olympics to watch the competition, and now this Shanghai Grand Prix has a chance to make up for their regrets.
As Eden stepped into the throwing ring, the 50,000 spectators cheered Eden's name.
"Yi Dun's current popularity is indeed high and scary, as Yi Dun walked into the throwing circle, the scene was completely boiling."
CCTV also broadcast the Shanghai Grand Prix live.
The main reason is that after the Olympics, there are no domestic competitions to broadcast live, and the Shanghai Grand Prix is the top track and field event in China, and the CCTV live broadcast is normal.
"I always had a feeling that something extraordinary was going to happen today." Coach Li Meisu said with a smile.
"Oh? Director Li, do you think EDUN has the hope of winning gold today? The CCTV host said with a smile.
"I do have this kind of hunch, think about the previous Beijing Olympics, the gap between Yi Dun and Majewski is not big, today maybe Yi Dun can beat Majewski." Li Meisu nodded and said.
Just as the two were talking, Yi Dun had already let out a low cry and threw the shot put in his hand.
After a while, the scene fell silent.
Everyone is patiently waiting for the result of Eden's first throw!
Because the stands are a little far from the shot put, few people can see where Yi Dun's shot landed.
However, the audience could not see clearly, but the athletes and referees on the scene could see it clearly.
The moment they hit the shot put, the whole person was not good.
Keep your eyes wide open and stare at Yi Dun with the eyes of a monster.
How is this possible?!
Eden's first throw was 23 meters?!
It's not 21 meters, it's not 22 meters, it's 23 meters!
And it doesn't just fall on the 23-meter reticle, the shot put falls at the distance of more than half a palm on the outside of the 23-meter reticle!
The surveyors were stunned, although the level of the contestants this time was very high, but it was not so outrageous that it was so strong, and the first throw was 23 meters away?!
Will it break the world record?!
The current world shot put record was set by American Randy Barnes in 1990 in Los Angeles, USA, with a score of 23.12m!
Eden won't break the world record with this first shot, right?!
Everyone in the shot put arena was stunned, wondering if they were dreaming!
The referee blew his whistle at the surveyor, which finally relieved the surveyor.
The surveyor hurried over and began to measure Eden's first throw.
23.13 meters!
A new world record is born!
The other contestants are vomiting blood, what is this called?
This game has just begun, and then it's over?!
Yi Dun directly broke the world record with his first shot, how can this be compared?