Chapter 318: Kingly Bearing
Perhaps inspired by Feng Quan's good results, Zhao Feng, who was the last to appear, actually created the best score of 16.01 meters in the first round of his first test throw. This is also the only result in www.biquge.info first round of test throws that broke through the 16-meter mark.
Compared with Feng Quan and Zhao Feng, the two "junior brothers", the senior brother Qi Haifeng's results in the first round of trial voting were not very ideal.
Because he strained his arm during a throwing practice half a month ago, Qi Haifeng did not dare to fully exert force when he completed the throwing action. If the injury recurs in the shot put, it will be difficult to compete in the discus and javelin throw.
As a result, Qi Haifeng, who only threw 13.96 meters (726 points) in the first round of test throwing, ranked third from the bottom among all participating athletes in the shot put competition.
Not only that, after the end of the first round of test throwing, Qi Haifeng, who felt a slight discomfort in the muscles of his right arm, also gave up the next two rounds of test throwing opportunities like Feng Quan.
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When Ashton Eaton saw that Feng Quan actually threw nearly 16 meters in the first test throw, the whole person immediately fell into a sluggish state.
Although it has long been known from Chris Quinn's mouth, Feng Quan has made significant progress in the throwing event. But he never expected that Feng Quan's performance would improve so significantly. And just a year ago at the London Olympics, Eton's performance in the shot put event was even better than Feng Quan's.
In fact, Eaton, who has struggled to make further progress in sprinting and jumping events in order to break his world record again, has been focusing on his throwing since the London Olympics last year.
Although due to the strengthening of strength exercises, Eaton's explosiveness has been affected to a certain extent. However, the improvement of strength in the throwing event not only "made up" Eaton's "loss of achievement" in the sprint and long jump events. Moreover, the improvement in his performance in the throwing event has also improved his overall performance in training by about 30 points.
It is precisely for this reason that Eaton will focus on breaking the world record of 9039 points, rather than making it their primary goal to beat Feng Quan and become the "King of Athletics". In his opinion, Feng Quan, who participated in the Bundesliga for most of the season and only conducted "recovery training" for about half a month before the start of the World Championships, could not pose any threat to himself who was at the peak of his competitive state.
However, after Feng Quan scored a terrifying 3,058 points in the first three events, Eaton, who was full of confidence before the game, experienced a strong sense of crisis.
In the end, Eaton, who was shocked by the "terrifying strength" shown by Feng Quan, caused his confidence to decline, and in the last two rounds of test throwing, he was never able to throw more than 15 meters.
Even Eaton picked up 2,900 points after the first three races for the first time. But after Feng Quan showed his almost perverted strength, he had to face it helplessly, and was once again opened up by Feng Quan The embarrassing situation of the points gap.
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Perhaps inspired by the excellent performance of his younger brother Feng Quan, Zhao Feng, who was already very good at throwing, became the only athlete to break the 16-meter mark among all the athletes participating in the decathlon competition with a score of 16.19 meters (863 points).
Not only that, with the excellent performance of the shot put event, Zhao Feng also scored 2830 points, and temporarily ranked third after the first three competitions.
Although the "big brother" Qi Haifeng is far from playing as well as his two juniors in the shot put competition. However, his 2,614 points after the first three races still put him in sixth place overall.
Although the overall level of Chinese track and field is only barely able to reach the "second-rate level" in world track and field. But three Chinese athletes ranked in the top six in the decathlon, an event that has long been monopolized by European and American athletes. Moreover, Feng Quan and Zhao Feng ranked first and third respectively.
Even if there are three Chinese athletes, they will still have to face the tough test of the remaining seven events, and the rankings after the first three competitions do not represent the final results of the competition. But even so, it was a surprise to the audience at the Luzhniki Stadium, as well as athletes and coaches from all over the world, as well as countless track and field enthusiasts who sat in front of the TV to follow the World Championships.
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Although Feng Quan's performance in the shot put competition really shocked Ashton-Eaton. So much so that in his last two attempts in the shot put, he ended in fouls because of his impatience, and failed to go further in his results.
However, as the world record holder in the decathlon, Ashton-Eaton, who has extremely rich competition experience and strong psychological quality, still used the time between competitions to quickly adjust his mentality.
In the fourth high jump, although all three Chinese athletes played their true level relatively normally. However, none of the three brothers were able to break through the two-meter mark, and Feng Quan, who had the most ideal results, only fixed his score at 1.96 meters (767 points), and Zhao Feng ended his journey in the high jump event at a height of 1.93 meters, leaving a little regret for many supporters in China.
Ashton Eaton, the biggest contender in the decathlon, won 850 points with a score of 2.05m for his excellent performance in the high jump. As a result, after the end of the first four competitions, the gap between himself and Feng Quan was once again narrowed to within 100 points.
At the same time, Canada's Damian Werner also jumped 2.05m in the high jump. It was also with his excellent performance in this project that the gap between himself and Zhao Feng, who ranked third, was narrowed to less than 50 points.
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Since he has long known the wind now, he has basically had the strength to hit the 44-second mark in the 400-meter event. So even though Ashton-Eaton recovered a gap of nearly 90 points in the high jump, it didn't feel any easier. After all, with his current strength, not to mention hitting the 44-second mark, he has never broken the 45.50 seconds (1034 points) mark in an official competition.
Even if Feng Quan did not perform well in the 400m race, I am afraid that the time would be within 44.50 seconds (1086 points). As a result, after the end of the event, Ashton-Eaton will once again be stretched out by the wind to more than 100 points.
However, Ashton Eaton, who holds the world record in the decathlon, is clearly not overwhelmed by the psychological pressure. On the contrary, the pressure from Fengquan was transformed into the motivation for him to constantly surpass himself in the competition.
In the first decathlon 400m Group A competition, Ashton-Eaton not only won the group with a large lead. Moreover, the time of 45.48 seconds (1035 points) also allowed him to break the 45.50 seconds mark for the first time.
The moment Ashton-Eaton crossed the 400m finish line first, he let out a long howl to express his excitement at the moment......