Chapter 123: Verbal Sword
Nearly a minute later, Feng Quan was the first to come to his senses. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Damn, 76.94 meters (996 points)? That's a terrible result, isn't it!? ”
Feng Quan is not wrong at all, Suarez's result, even if it is placed in the javelin individual competition, can guarantee that he will enter the final final. Suarez's performance in the javelin event, although not as terrifying as Feng Quan's performance in the 100m event, is definitely an "overwhelming" advantage.
You know, even the second-best Trey Haldi (66.65 and 838) is 10 meters behind Suarez.
At this time, Qi Haifeng also came to his senses, and after shaking his head with a wry smile, he said to Feng Quan beside him: "Just like the contest between you and Eton, it is very difficult for me to defeat Suarez once." ”
However, Qi Haifeng, who knows his foreign friends very well, is still full of confidence in his victory. Not to mention that he still has a chance to try to throw, even if he really doesn't lose to Suarez by more than 30 points after the javelin competition, Qi Haifeng is more than 90% sure that he will complete the reversal in the last game.
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In the first round of the test throw, Feng Quan, who did not break through the 55-meter mark, finally improved his score to 55.69 meters (673 points) in the second round of the test throw.
But even so, instead of being able to extend their lead, the wind was overtaken by Ashton Eaton in the aggregate minutes later.
Eaton, who was unable to score due to a foul on the first attempt, extended his shot back more than a meter in the process of the second attempt. In this way, I avoided another foul situation due to inertia.
Perhaps this will be a loss in terms of results, but Eaton's throw of 61.96m (767 points) still allowed him to temporarily surpass Feng Quanquan by 22 points in terms of total points after the second round of trial throwing.
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As soon as Eaton returned to the athletes' waiting area, Haldy approached him and gave him a big bear hug.
"Well done, Ashton. That way, the decathlon champion will definitely be yours. That Chinese kid has never broken the 56-meter (679 points) mark in the javelin throw. Haldy said with joy on his face.
Even though they temporarily overtook Feng Quan in the overall score, Eaton did not look as optimistic as Haldy when the javelin throw competition was not all over.
Because Feng Quan has refreshed his personal best results in many previous competitions, it is already difficult for Eaton to determine the accuracy of the information about Feng Quan that Haldy has provided him. Therefore, only after he truly defeated Feng Quan, Eaton could completely put his mind at ease.
In the next third round of trial throwing, the vast majority of participating athletes were not able to improve their performance again. On the contrary, Feng Quan, who was weak in the javelin, once again set a new personal best with a score of 57.45 meters (700 points). And, again, in terms of overall points, they established a five-point advantage over Ashton Eaton.
In the end, after the first nine competitions, Feng Quan, Ashton Eaton, Trey Haldy, Qi Haifeng, and Lionel Suarez ranked in the top five in terms of overall points.
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Inside the BBC live room.
When the last athlete in the decathlon completed his third attempt, host Ralph Dimo said: "The ninth of the decathlon, the javelin competition, is temporarily broadcast here for everyone. Thank you to the two guests for their wonderful comments, take a break, and then we'll come back after a commercial to continue to give you a final review of the 1500m race. ”
Immediately afterwards, when Ralph Dimo saw the director outside the live broadcast room and handed him a signal that "it has entered the advertising time", he smiled and said to the broadcast guest Derek Raymond next to him: "Hey, Derek, I don't know if the euro cash in your wallet is enough for 2,000 yuan?" ”
Listening to Ralph Dimo's words, Raymond was stunned for a moment, and then understood the meaning of the other party's words.
"Hehe, I just wanted to ask you two if you two had enough cash with you, but I didn't expect you to take the lead." After a slight pause, Raymond pointed to the points of the participating athletes after the first nine events of the decathlon were displayed on the big screen in the live broadcast room. Then he continued: "Ralph, before you ask me that question, shouldn't you take a look at the temporary points situation?" ”
Before Ralph Dimo could speak, another guest on the air, Graeme Hunt, smiled and preemptively said, "That's right, that Chinese kid does still hold a five-point lead." However, with his stamina, it is almost impossible to maintain such a slight advantage until the end of the 1500m race. ”
"Oh? Do you, Mr. Hunt, have the ability to predict the future? Otherwise, why would you assume that the Chinese boys would lose to American Eaton in the final 1500m race before the race even started? Raymond said with a serious expression.
After listening to Raymond's words, the smile on Graeme Hunter's face disappeared without a trace in an instant, and then he said with an ugly face: "Derek, I don't know why you always have trouble with me. Although I don't have the ability to 'predict the future' as you say. However, the information I have in my hand ......" After a slight pause, Graeme Hunter looked through the materials at hand and continued: "That Chinese kid's best time in the 1500m event was only 4:37.59 (696 minutes). However, Eaton's worst time in the 1500m event did not exceed 4:35 (712). Moreover, Eaton's average score in this event is basically around 4 minutes and 25 seconds (778 points). Based on the above factors, I can draw a conclusion, that is, Eaton can win at least 30 points or more in the last competition. ”
"Hehe, Mr. Hunt, do you still believe the information you have? Have you forgotten that the Chinese boys have set new personal bests in eight of the first nine events? And even in the only long jump event that didn't break the new level, he equaled his personal best. Could it be ......" Raymond paused deliberately, then glanced at Graeme-Hunter with a smile. "Mr. Hunt, are you sure that Chinese lad won't break his personal best in the 1500m again?"
“ok! Even if the Chinese kid can set a new personal best in the 1500m event again, if he improves according to the improvement of other events, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to break through to less than 4 minutes and 35 seconds, right? In this way, the final victory must still belong to the American Eaton. Graeme Hunt said.
"So, what if Eaton didn't play at their normal level today and ran the worst time?" Raymond said with a smile on his face.
"You're ......!" Graeme Hunt, who was angry with Raymond, didn't know what to say for a while.
So, in order not to make the atmosphere in the live broadcast room too embarrassing, the host Ralph Dimo had to accompany the smiling face and said, "Okay, okay." You two don't deserve to be so unhappy for a Chinese brat. The director told me that the 1500m race is about to start, so let's focus on the race......"
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PS After the end of the first nine races, the points of the top 6 finishers:
(1) Wind full: 8230 points;
(2) Ashton-Eaton: 8225 points;
(3) Trey Haldy: 7997 points;
(4) Lionel Suarez: 7779 points;
(5) Qi Haifeng: 7777 points;
(6) Hans Van Albon (Belgium): 7652 points. (To be continued.) )