Chapter 15: Bad Luck?

After nearly an hour and a half of napping in the hotel room, Feng Quan was woken up by his coach Yue Wenjun and prepared to go to the stadium to start the afternoon game. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, since the afternoon shot put event would start at 2:30 a.m., in order to allow Feng Quan to have as much time to rest as possible, the master and apprentice duo did not take a bus to the stadium with other members of the LN track and field team. Instead, he chose to take a taxi to the race venue again.

On the way to the competition venue by car, Yue Wenjun did not forget to say a few more words to Feng Quan. In some previous games, Yue Wenjun would also give some instructions to Feng Quan before the game, or make some simple deployments to the game tactics. But whenever this happens, Feng Quan will show absent-mindedness, or a little impatient.

However, what surprised Yue Wenjun was that during this process today, Feng Quan not only listened to Yue Wenjun's "teachings" very carefully, but also kept a happy smile on his face. Feng Quan's sudden change made Yue Wenjun a little uncomfortable for a while. So much so that many of the words that I wanted to tell him forgot to say them.

When the taxi arrived at the main entrance outside the stadium, the master and apprentice got out of the car.

Looking at the apprentice in front of him, who was already more than half a head tall and had a little confidence in his relaxed expression, a satisfied smile also appeared on Yue Wenjun's slightly old face.

Patting Feng Quan's shoulder, Yue Wenjun smiled and said, "The afternoon game is a good match, Dad believes in your strength." ”

"Haha, Director Yue, this is the first time you admit that you are my 'daddy'!" Feng Quan laughed.

"Get out of here, stinky boy, you didn't take you to the river yet." While speaking, Yue Wenjun raised his right foot and "kicked" Feng Quan's ass.

And Feng Quan, who was kicked, grinned with exaggerated teeth: "Oops! It hurts to death, and I can't participate in the afternoon game! With that, he ran in the direction of the athletes' lane.

After running more than ten meters away, Feng Quan suddenly turned his head and shouted at Yue Wenjun: "Dad, sooner or later I will come back with a world championship for you!" ”

Listening to Feng Quan's words, Yue Wenjun was stunned at first. I thought: "This stinky boy, so far he hasn't even broken through the 7,000-point mark, where did he get this confidence?" Also world champion? Let's break through the 7,000-point mark first......"

However, in order not to discourage Feng Quan's enthusiasm, Yue Wenjun did not say what he thought in his heart. But in order not to make his apprentice too proud, Yue Wenjun said loudly: "You better get the gold medal back for me in the City Games first, and then think about the world championship......

Looking at Feng Quan's back that was gradually moving away, Yue Wenjun sighed in his heart: "With this kid's talent, if he works harder in training, even if he can't win the world championship, there is still a lot of hope for surpassing his senior brother (Qi Haifeng)......

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At 1:40 p.m., all 21 athletes participating in the men's decathlon came to the athletes' check-in office on time to prepare for the pre-competition check-in.

It took less than 10 minutes, and when the referee checked the identities of the 21 athletes accurately, he signaled the on-site staff to take the 21 athletes to the field of the shot put competition.

After arriving at the shot put field, under the organization of the referee on the sidelines, the draw for the order of appearance of the game began. Soon, all 21 athletes completed their respective draws.

When the referee at the scene was about to announce the order of the athletes, Guan Heyou, who was sitting closest to the referee, suddenly "stood up" with his ears as if they were a radar

When the referee pronounced the first two names, Guan Heyou even jumped out of his chair with joy......

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"The Shenyang team, the wind is full; Dalian team, Zhao Feng; Wenzhou team, why Yixiang...... Capital team, Guan Heyou. ”

I don't know if Guan Heyou is unlucky, or if several of his direct competitors are too unlucky. After the first two competitions, the first, third and fourth respectively, Feng Quan, Zhao Feng and He Yixiang, ranked in the top three in the shot put competition.

Compared to the three of them, Guan Kazuyou, who ranked second in the morning, was much luckier than them, and he drew the third from the bottom to play.

Although the order of the athletes does not really determine the final result of the competition, in a competitive distance event such as the shot put competition, the players who come later can still have a certain psychological advantage. Once the athlete in the front row has finished their race, if the athlete in the back of the line has made a better result, you can only watch the opponent overtake him.

However, for some athletes whose psychological quality is not passable, it is not necessarily a good thing to play in the last position. Because, if the opponent in front of you has made a very good result, even if you still have a chance to surpass the opponent, you will not be able to give full play to your true ability normally because of the lack of mental quality. Therefore, in a field event like this kind of throwing distance, although the order of athletes cannot really determine the final ranking of the competition, it still has a certain impact on some athletes.

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Perhaps in the eyes of other athletes, the first signing that Feng Quan drew to play was not ideal. However, for Feng Quan, who has weak throwing ability, there is actually no real difference whether he is ranked first or last.

Because in the shot put project, neither his head coach Yue Wenjun nor Feng Quan himself had much hope. As long as you don't get too far behind other athletes in this event, it's a good result. Moreover, what Feng Quan wants to do most now is just to make a score of 12.75 meters or more in order to surpass his best score and get the reward for the third task set by the system.

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After the athletes' appearance order was announced, the 21 athletes came to the shot put competition field according to their respective appearance order, preparing to make a test throw before the official start of the competition.

The first one to make a test pitch was Feng Quan.

Although Feng Quan's ability in the shot put event is a little weak, and this is only a test shot before the start of the game. However, Feng Quan still completed the whole set of shot put actions very seriously.

After completing the test throw, Feng Quan visually inspected it, and even if he couldn't reach 13 meters this time the test throw, at least it was very close......

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PS: Introduction to the throwing project

(1) Venue and equipment

Throwing Zone:

In shot put, discus throw, and hammer throw, players start throwing while standing in a throwing circle. The ring is bordered by metal, 6 mm thick, and white-painted at the top. When throwing, the athlete must not touch the top of the iron edge or the ground outside the throwing circle. The throw circle of the shot put and hammer throw is 2.135 meters in diameter, and the throwing circle of the discus is slightly larger at 2.5 meters in diameter.

The floor inside the circle is made of cement or a material of similar hardness and non-slip resistance, and its height is slightly lower than the ground level. Directly in front of the shot put ring is a wooden toe board to prevent the athlete from slipping out of the ring. Athletes can touch the inside of the toe plate, but not the top of the toe plate.

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Drop Area:

In all throws, the landing area is a flat fan of grass or other material that can leave a mark. Each sector is separated by a 5 cm wide white line (the 5 cm wide white line is not included in the drop area). The fan angle of the shot put, hammer throw and discus throws is 34.92 degrees, and the javelin is about 29 degrees.

The shot put used in Olympic Games and world athletics competitions should be made of solid iron, copper or any other metal of no hardness lower than copper. The shape of the lead ball must be spherical and the surface must be smooth.

Men's shot put: 7.257 kg, diameter between 110 and 130 mm.

Women's shot put: 4 kg; Diameter 95-110 mm.

Men's discus: weighs about 2.005-2.025 kg and has a diameter of 21.8-22.1 cm.

The women's discus weighs about 1.005-1.025 kg and has a diameter of 18-18.2 cm.

Men's javelin: 800 grams, 260-270 centimeters long.

Women's javelin: weighs 600 grams, 220-230 centimeters long.

(2) Competition rules:

During the course of the competition, an athlete who violates the rules will be judged as a foul and the result will be invalidated: (1) exceeding the time limit;

(2) the technique of throwing the shot put and javelin does not comply with the rules (the rules require that the shot put and javelin must be thrown from the shoulder with one hand);

(3) During the throwing process, no part of the body and equipment shall touch the ground on or outside the throwing ring and any part of the ground outside the javelin throwing arc, extension line and line, including the top of the lead ball against the toe plate, otherwise the throwing fails;

(4) Athletes are only allowed to leave the throwing lap or runway when the equipment has landed. The javelin-thrower cannot turn his back to the javelin thrown by him before the thrown gun hits the ground. Once the throw is complete, the hammer throw, discus throw, and shot put player must exit behind the extension cord in the second half of the throw circle. The javelin-thrower must withdraw from the throwing arc and the extension line;

(5) In the absence of a foul, the participant may stop the start of the throwing attempt, temporarily leave the throwing area after putting down the equipment, and start again, but must complete the throw within the specified time limit;

(6) Participants may leave the competition area during the competition, but must be allowed by the referee and accompanied by the referee;

(7) Athletes are not allowed to use the following electronic devices in the competition venue: video cameras, portable video recorders, radios, CD players, intercom players, mobile phones, MP3 and similar electronic devices during the competition.

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The above is just a small popularization of competition-related knowledge, maybe some book friends will feel that these contents are very watery, but I feel that these knowledge is still necessary to understand. Especially when the Olympic Games in Brazil are about to open, if we know about it, can it also help us when watching live TV?

In a word, please "don't spray if you don't like it" (it's not a paid chapter anyway)!