Chapter 408: Myth Busted
A few minutes after Yi Dun successfully hit the line, Wang Zhen also ended his schedule with the "first echelon".
In this race, although Wang Zhen failed to break his personal best record, the result was also quite gratifying, with a time of 1 hour, 19 minutes and 27 seconds, and won a valuable silver medal.
If it weren't for Yi Dun, Wang Zhen would have won the gold tonight.
However, if Yi Dun does not participate, maybe the situation will not be the case, maybe Wang Zhen's performance will not be so good, with Yi Dun such a leader, Wang Zhen and Chu Yafei are both in good shape tonight.
Wang Zhen won the silver medal, and Chu Yafei's results were also good, winning fifth place.
The Chinese race walking national team participated in the competition with three people, and as a result, they won one gold, one silver and a fifth place, which is simply the Kenya of the race walking world.
Generally, if a country can win a medal in a certain event from time to time, it can be said to be a strong country in this event.
For example, China can win race walking medals in world competitions from time to time, even if it is not a gold medal, it can be called a race walking power.
And if you get one gold and one silver at the same time, like now, if you can keep it all the time, you will not be a strong country, but a hegemonic country.
Yi Dun watched Wang Zhen win the silver, and he was really happier than he won the gold.
Since the Asian Championships when Eden first entered the industry, Eden has never received a medal with his compatriots at the World Championships.
"Congratulations, Brother Wang."
"Yafei, you played well tonight." Yi Dun happily hugged Wang Zhen and Chu Yafei, and could not hide the joy in his heart.
Wang Zhen and Chu Yafei are also quite excited, this World Championships can be said to have created the history of Chinese race walking, even the women's race walking team has never achieved such outstanding results before.
"I'm guessing Director Xu hasn't slept now, he's waiting for the results of our game."
"That's right, now Director Xu can sleep peacefully, and our harvest today is amazing." Wang Zhen and Chu Yafei laughed.
Yi Dun nodded, the harvest of the Chinese track and field team today is really a little terrifying.
Even if you don't count the four gold medals that can be won safely in the decathlon, the Chinese track and field team has won four gold medals plus a silver medal today!
Four golds and one silver, even if the follow-up medal is not won, such a number of gold medals is enough for the Chinese team to enter the top five positions in the medal table.
Yesterday was the first day of the competition, and the Chinese team did not harvest, but today it came directly to a bumper harvest and harvested gratifying results.
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"Beautiful! In this World Championships, we are stable, and we will definitely be able to rank first in the medals! ”
Director Xu and the leaders of the track and field center did not go home at all, and they all stayed in the base and watched the live broadcast of the game together.
When I saw that Yi Dun and Wang Zhen won the gold and silver medals respectively, and Yi Dun also broke the world record of 20 km race walking, the atmosphere of the scene boiled directly.
"Yi Dun is really good, our athletes are good."
"In the last World Championships, we were the first in the medal table, but compared to the American team, there is no overwhelming advantage, I think this time we can not only win the first place, but also the lead will continue to expand!"
"Yi Dun can get thirteen gold medals, which can be obtained steadily, Li Yanfeng also contributed one, and then Liu Xiang and Gong Lijiao are also gold points, we are really likely to win fifteen gold medals, if there are a few more surprises like Li Yanfeng, our Chinese track and field will be in the limelight this time."
There are 47 gold medals in total, and if you get 15 gold medals, you will basically get a third of the gold medals.
There are more than 200 countries and regions in the world, and as a result, China alone won one-third of the gold medals, which is too big.
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When Yi Dun and the others returned to their residence, it was already late at night.
The three of them smiled bitterly, this is just a 20-kilometer race walk, if it is a 50-kilometer race walk, then I don't think I want to sleep tonight.
The 20km race walk usually takes less than an hour and a half, while the 50km race walk takes more than four hours.
"Brother Dun, let's go back and rest first, you should rest early, there is still a game today." Wang Zhen said to Yi Dun.
Yi Dun nodded, the time has passed twelve o'clock now, but there is a game today, if you look at it this way, Yi Dun belongs to the game that has been rotating for two whole days.
On the first race day, seven races were played, and on the second race day, Eden participated in eight races!
Yi Dun participated in fifteen competitions in two days, and other athletes estimated that their scalps would tingle when they thought about the intensity of such a competition.
Fortunately, today's third match day, Yi Dun's schedule is relatively easy, there is only one hammer throw final, and it is still an evening schedule, if it is still like the first two days of the extremely terrifying intensive schedule, then Yi Dun is estimated to have a headache.
After sleeping until 10 o'clock the next morning, Yi Dun and his teammates watched the men's 400m hurdles preliminaries, an event in which two Chinese athletes participated.
In the end, both players failed in the preliminaries and failed to qualify for the next round.
In Asia, the 400-meter hurdles event is still dominated by China, Japan and South Korea, but the overall strength of these three is not strong, and it belongs to the kind of level that can qualify for the competition, but cannot be promoted.
The Chinese players failed to advance, and the same was true for the Japanese and South Korean players, and even the results were very different.
With the elimination of two national team teammates, if you want to win a medal in the hurdles event, you can only look at the 110-meter hurdles, and Liu Xiang will play in the 110-meter hurdles final tonight.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Yi Dun appeared on the chain ring, and what he didn't expect was to see an old acquaintance.
Japan's "hammer throw god" Hiroji Murofushi also participated in this World Championships.
Yi Dun can't remember how old this Fu Guangzhi is now, anyway, he must have seen Ben forty, but he didn't expect him to have the leisure to compete.
After Hiroji Murofushi saw Yi Dun, his expression was extremely complicated.
If it weren't for Yi Dun, he would definitely be the most eye-catching hammer boy in Asia now, with all kinds of honors.
Since the rise of Yi Dun, over the years, Hiroshi Murofushi has not had much presence in the Asian chain ball world, and even in Japan, there are fewer and fewer people who pay attention to Hiroharu Murofushi.
The main reason why Hiroharu Murofushi has enjoyed so much attention in Japan before is definitely not how exciting the hammer throw game is.
In fact, the hammer throw game really has nothing to do with excitement, and it may be one of the most boring and boring sports competitions.
Hiroshi Murofushi received widespread attention mainly because he could win the gold medal and help Japanese track and field occupy a place in the world, but after Hiroharu Murofushi could no longer win the gold medal, this attention naturally dissipated a lot.
is generally similar to Liu Xiang in recent years, and Liu Xiang's attention is indeed very high at present, but compared with the most beautiful moments in previous years, it is completely incomparable.
For Yi Dun, a young man, Murofushi Guangzhi only has awe in his heart, and maybe this awe is more fear.
A few years ago, Hiroharu Murofushi probably never dreamed that a young Chinese man who was only twenty years old would shake his position as the supremacy of the hammer ball.
In his opinion, this is completely impossible!
And now this impossible thing has really happened, and Hiroji Murofushi is very suspicious of whether Yi Dun is a human after all.
Yi Dun didn't pay much attention to Hiroharu Murofushi, the Japanese veteran is now unable to enter Yi Dun's eyes, and even this hammer throw project, for Yi Dun, is just a formality.
The four major throwing events have now all been completely conquered by Yi Dun, and his only purpose in participating in the competition is to go through the motions to help the Chinese team win the gold medal.
"Ho!"
Yi Dun shouted, and threw a score of 86.73 meters in the first test throw, which is naturally not Yi Dun's strongest strength, but it is more than enough to win the championship in the current World Championships.
Yi Dun naturally gave up all the next test throw opportunities, and now that he is participating in the throwing event, there is no need to go to the second test throw.
After the game, Eden naturally won the hammer throw gold medal easily.
However, Hiroharu Murofushi also played extremely well today, winning a silver medal with a score of 81.27 meters.
"Congratulations to Yi Dun for winning his fourth gold medal in this World Championships!"
"But we all know very well that Eden has won far more than four gold medals now!"
"Congratulations to Yi Dun, congratulations to the Chinese track and field team, they won another gold medal on the third day of competition, and the total number of gold medals has risen to five!" In the CCTV commentary room, the host said excitedly.
It's really exciting, the World Championships is only a third of the way through, and so many gold medals have been won.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Liu Xiang's 110-meter hurdles final is about to begin.
The attention of this game is not lower than that of Yi Dun's game at all, mainly because Liu Xiang's results in the preliminaries are too good, so that the Chinese people can see Liu Xiang's hope of returning to the top.
After the Yi Dun game, he immediately followed his teammates back, ready to watch Liu Xiang's final.
As a result, Yi Dun and others watched this game were on fire, Liu Xiang had a chance to win the championship, but the American player Robles kept interfering with Liu Xiang's beaters, causing Liu Xiang to run over the finish line in the third place.
"I'm so angry, is this Yankee going crazy? What do you do with your arms on the runway? ”
"It's a pity that Liu Xiang doesn't have much time left in his career, and such a good chance to win gold was ruined by this Yankee."
"I don't know much about this, does the fighter really affect the player's performance?"
Of course, it will affect, Robles' score is 13.14 seconds, the second-place Richardson is 13.16 seconds, and Liu Xiang is 13.27 seconds. It's just a millimeter, and any small influence can make a difference. ”
"So what now? Robles is such an obvious thug interference? Did you just let him go? ”
"Of course not, the Chinese coaching staff will definitely appeal, but unfortunately, even if the appeal is successful, Liu Xiang can only win the silver medal at most."
After watching this game, everyone was on fire, if Liu Xiang really lost to his opponent as good as others, it would be fine.
Now even if the Yankee Robles is deprived of the gold medal, Liu Xiang will make up for it, and it will only be a silver medal, which does not make much sense to an athlete of Liu Xiang's level.
Yi Dun has been in the industry for so many years, and it is clear that Robles's gold medal will definitely be deprived, after all, his interference with Liu Xiang's beating is not just one time, as long as the referee is not a fool, it is impossible to ignore this matter at the risk of the world's condemnation.
But what's the point of stripping Robles of his gold medal? Liu Xiang still couldn't win the gold medal.
What is unpleasant is that Richardson, who is ranked second, is also an American, so no matter how it is organized, the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles will be taken by the Americans.
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Sure enough, the IAAF announced that night it had deprived Robles of the United States of the gold medal, and the silver medalist Richardson came up to get the gold medal, while Liu Xiang won a silver medal.
After everyone saw Liu Xiang in the evening, they all cried out for Liu Xiang.
Although Liu Xiang is also a little depressed, he is still very open-minded, after all, he has experienced strong winds and waves.
"Okay, it's all over, and there's no way around it." Liu Xiang waved his hand and said to everyone.
The words are relaxed, but everyone knows that Liu Xiang is definitely not so relaxed in his heart.
He was almost thirty years old, and sprinters don't get older and better than throwers, and very few sprinters can keep them in shape beyond the age of thirty.
The failure to win gold at the World Championships may also mean that Liu Xiang, a Chinese sprinting myth, has completely lost the opportunity to win gold in the World Championships.
It may even mean that Chinese track and field will lose the chance to win the sprint gold medal in the World Series in the future, after all, no one knows when the next Liu Xiang will appear.
may be able to produce another Liu Xiang within ten years, and may never be able to produce a sprint myth like Liu Xiang.