Chapter 289: Liu Xiang returns to the top

The most important thing is, what is the use of this thing being shipped back?

Ship it back and put it in the living room? Itun doesn't have this unique fetish.

The Berlin Wall means a lot to the Germans, but to the foreigners, it's just a wall and has no meaning.

Usain Bolt was already speechless, and Eden was even more black.

There is a heart to refuse, but this is difficult to say, people kindly gave such a gift of great commemorative significance, refusal, it is really inappropriate.

(At the '09 World Championships in Berlin, Bolt got a souvenir that was indeed the Berlin Wall, weighing 2.7 tons...... )

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After returning to his residence, Yi Dun still did not slow down.

There is already a large group of teammates waiting for Yi Dun and saying hello to Yi Dun.

"Congratulations, four golds in one competition."

"Seven gold medals, keep up the good work, Yi Dun, try to get nine."

"If we can break the number of gold medals this time, it will be amazing, and it may be possible to squeeze out the United States and become the first in the gold medal list of the World Championships."

In the face of everyone's joy, Yi Dun smiled all over his face.

If it were left in ancient times, Yi Dun would have to make money on this occasion......

"Don't rush to say hello now, help me think of something." Yi Dun said to everyone with a wry smile.

Then he told the organizers of the World Championships that they were going to give themselves 2.7 tons of the Berlin Wall.

The crowd looked strange, 2.7 tons of the Berlin Wall? This souvenir is so interesting.

"Yi Dun, why don't you hand it over to the state directly, it's useless for you to keep it for yourself anyway." Shi Dongpeng suggested.

"What is handed over to the state, what is this country going to do, is it in the Palace Museum?"

"It's just that this thing is really a headache, you can't lose it, and there's no place to put it......"

Everyone laughed, but they didn't expect Yi Dun to receive such a hot potato after winning seven gold medals.

"Hey, let's fly back to China then." Yi Dun said with a sigh.

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"Xiao Zhang, do you have the confidence to win the championship in 50 kilometers tomorrow morning?" Yi Dun saw Zhang Chengliang at the back of the crowd and couldn't help but ask with a smile.

In the previous 20km race walk, Wang Hao had already won the silver medal and almost won the gold.

Tomorrow morning there will be a 50km race walk, which is arguably the most endurance-demanding track and field event, especially the marathon.

Generally, the world's top 50km race walkers have a score of about 3 hours and 40 minutes, and without this result, they will definitely not get the ranking.

And Zhang Chengliang's personal best score is 3 hours and 36 minutes, and he still has a chance to win gold, and Director Xu is also extremely optimistic about Zhang Chengliang.

It's just that because the competition schedule is too long, the possibility of injuries is relatively high, so even the top players dare not say that they will win the gold.

For example, in the 10,000-meter event, if 40 people participate in the final, about 10 runners will abandon the race.

The probability of abandonment of the 50km race walk is much greater, and in some events with worse road conditions, half of the runners may have to abandon the race.

What's even more terrifying is that if the race is scheduled in the evening, some runners may have to run until the second half of the morning to finish the race.

Therefore, this project is quite a test of human endurance, and to win gold in this project, it can really be said to be a well-deserved iron man.

"Brother Dun, I don't have the domineering side leakage like you, who can say the gold medal well." Zhang Chengliang is not very old, almost the same age as Yi Dun, and smiled shyly.

"However, we have three people in the competition this time, and even if I can't win gold, the other teammates should have no problem getting a medal."

When Yi Dun heard this, he couldn't help but feel envious, and the race walking event can be said to be China's dominant track and field event regardless of gender.

There are still many top players in China, and they generally participate in international competitions in three-person teams, which is much more comfortable than participating in a lonely person like Yi Dun.

This makes Yi Dun have an impulse to devote himself to the race walking event, and now Yi Dun is too lonely, not to say the loneliness of being invincible, but the loneliness of not having teammates around.

Whether it's training or competition, he is almost always alone, he doesn't have a teammate, and he usually doesn't even have anyone to discuss.

"I'll start with that, when the next World Championships starts, I'm going to sign up for the race walking event." Yi Dun said with a sudden smile.

This can be regarded as a preventive shot for domestic race walkers, preventing them from suddenly participating in race walking events and making people uncomfortable.

After all, if Yi Dun participated in the race walking event, with his terrifying stamina, the championship would definitely be in his pocket.

The 20km race walk and the 50km race walk are two gold medals, and Eden naturally doesn't want to miss them.

Hearing that Yi Dun said that he would participate in the race walking event at the next World Championships, several race walkers present laughed.

It is 2009 now, and the next World Championships is 2011, that is, the year before the London Olympics.

Just like the 110-meter hurdles event, Dong Rina said that Shi Dongpeng and Liu Xiang are in the same era, which is a kind of sadness.

This is actually true and incorrect.

The right thing is that because of Liu Xiang, Shi Dongpeng couldn't win the gold medal in China, and he originally had the strength to win the gold in China.

But the wrong thing is also obvious, because of Liu Xiang, Shi Dongpeng actually gained more attention.

If there is no Liu Xiang, how many people in China will pay attention to the 110m hurdles? It is estimated that it is less than one hundredth of the current one, and there are more people who pay attention, and Shi Dongpeng has naturally received more attention.

The more attention you have, the more benefits you can get.

The same is true for race walking now, even if Wang Hao won the silver medal in the World Championships, in fact, there are not many people who pay attention in China, and if you want to talk about popularity, Wang Hao is far from being as good as Shi Dongpeng.

But if Yi Dun came to participate in the race walking event, the situation would be completely different.

Eden will bring huge popularity to the race walking event, and other race walkers can also gain a lot, such as Wang Hao or Zhang Chengliang, whose income is estimated to be at least two or three times in the future.

Although it may not be possible to win the gold medal in the future, how much gold can be in the domestic gold medal is definitely not as cost-effective as the real income.

As for the gold medal in the international competition, their hope of winning the gold is not particularly big, and if Yi Dun takes the gold medal, they are also convinced.

Therefore, no matter from which point of view, these race walkers are eager for EDUN to devote themselves to the race walking project as soon as possible and bring popularity to the race walking project.

The popularity of the current race walking event is too low and too low, and it is not too much to say that it is the least popular event in more than 20 track and field events.

"Welcome, welcome, warm welcome!"

"Brother Dun, this is what you said, if you don't participate in the race walking event at the next World Championships, we race walkers won't buy your account, let me calculate, our track and field team now has a total of twelve race walking national team players, if you don't talk, we will go to your house every day to block you." Wang Hao laughed on the side.

Wang Hao may be the one who is most eager for Yi Dun to devote himself to race walking.

In terms of strength, Wang Hao is much stronger than Shi Dongpeng, but after winning the silver medal before, there is not much information about Wang Hao on the Internet, and Wang Hao is only mentioned in the news.

There is no information about Wang Hao even on the Internet, so naturally it can't attract the attention of the audience.

On the other hand, Shi Dongpeng, in yesterday's 110-meter hurdles competition, there were a lot of related news, the main thing is definitely Liu Xiang, but after Liu Xiang is finished, Shi Dongpeng must be mentioned in passing, which makes the name Shi Dongpeng leave a deep impression on the audience.

Wang Hao also expects the arrival of Yi Dun to change the status quo of race walking.

Yi Dun nodded, "Don't worry, what you Dun Ge'er said, you have never broken your word, and in the next World Championships, we will see you in the race walking arena." ”

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At 9:10 a.m. the next day, the 50km race walk began.

After nearly four hours of ultra-long race, Zhang Chengliang finally failed to win the gold medal, but also won a precious bronze medal, since then the Chinese men's race walking team has won medals in the 20km and 50km events.

Although none of them are gold medals, the contestants are all extremely young, and when they grow up in the future, perhaps China's race walking will achieve the status of world hegemon.

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In the morning 50km race walk, Zhang Chengliang won the bronze medal, and in the afternoon Liu Xiang will participate in the final of the 110m hurdles.

Shi Dongpeng unfortunately failed to enter the finals, there are only eight places in the finals of the 110-meter hurdles event, and it is still quite difficult to enter the finals.

Judging from the previous preliminaries and semi-finals, Liu Xiang now has gradually found the feeling of regaining his peak state, and it depends on whether the next final can reproduce the glory of his peak.

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At 8 o'clock in the evening, the much-anticipated 110m hurdles final began.

Liu Xiang's starting speed suffered a little, but he relied on his strong hurdle ability to make up for it, and finally defeated his opponent with a time of 13.13 seconds, and re-entered the top podium of the World Series after a year.

The significance of this gold medal is quite significant, not only means that Liu Xiang is back to the top, but also means that in this World Championships, the Chinese track and field team has the opportunity to break the number of gold medals!