Chapter 1: World Records

The new semester will start in two days, so Feng Quan, who lives in other places, returned to the dormitory of Shenyang Institute of Physical Education in advance. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Because the other roommates haven't come back yet, after dinner, Feng Quan, when he was bored, turned on the TV hanging in the dormitory. Since Feng Quan himself doesn't like to watch TV dramas and some entertainment programs, he locked the program on CCTV's sports channel after turning on the TV.

Since the 15th World Athletics Championships were held in the capital, CCTV Sports Channel broadcast the largest sporting event held in China this year in prime time.

At the moment inside the National Stadium is the last event of the men's decathlon, the 1500m race. The race is in the final stages, with American star and world record holder Ashton Eaton in the second group just over 200 metres from the 1,500-metre finish line.

The narrator's voice came from the TV screen: "He needs to run for 4 minutes and 18 seconds, and Eaton starts to accelerate, hit with all his might, and let go...... Sprint to the limits of humanity. ā€

Ashton Eaton has scored 8,215 points in nine competitions that have ended so far. As long as he can run under 4:18.10, he will score 825 points, thus breaking the original world record of 9039 points held by himself.

Feng Quan, who was lying flat on his bed, stood up suddenly, and looked intently at Ashton Eaton, who was getting closer and closer to the finish line in the TV screen. From the close-up of the photographer at the scene, the expression on his face seemed to be a little distorted by extreme fatigue. Even so, Ashton Eaton gritted his teeth and tried his best to increase his speed.

Just when there were more than 100 meters left to the finish line, the voice of the commentator in the TV screen suddenly became excited: "Accelerate, accelerate with all your might, Eaton fight...... Full sprint, 100 meters away......"

Although Ashton Eaton was being gradually distanced by the runner in the first place in the TV picture, he still gritted his teeth and persevered, trying to move towards the finish line step by step.

"There are still fifty meters left...... The final thirty-meter sprint. At this moment, the narrator's voice was already a little hysterical.

In the final 10-plus meters of sprint, Ashton Eaton, who was already a little stumbling under his feet, almost fell on the track. As he staggered across the finish line, he immediately collapsed on the track and began to gasp for breath.

The "4:16......." commentator was about to report a time of 4:16.62 when he paused because he realized that it was not Ashton Eaton's final time, but the result of the first runner to cross the finish line.

"4:16.62 is the time of the champion...... Eaton's time should have been 4:18...... 4:17.52 Eaton should have broken the world record. He also set a personal best this season...... "At this moment, in the hearts of the commentators, it is as if it was a Chinese player who set the world record.

And Feng Quan, who was standing in his dormitory, unconsciously took a few steps closer to the direction of the TV, as if he wanted to "shuttle" from the TV screen to the game site.

In 4:17.52, Eaton broke his own world record of 9,039 points...... At the World Championships, the all-around king once again created a new human limit...... It's a challenge to history, to his own inner ideal, or to the highest level, and he transcends the championship itself...... Beyond the rankings, beyond the results, is the ultimate pursuit of track and field......" When he said this, the commentator was even a little incoherent.

There was silence for a moment, and when the commentator saw that Ashton Eaton's final score was 9045 points, he broke out again: "9045 points, Eaton broke the world record...... A new world record was set at the Bird's Nest, where Eaton went crazy again...... The last 1,500 meters were really the extreme......"

While the narrator was full of emotion about Ashton Eaton's world record, Ashton Eaton's wife came up to him and hugged him warmly.

At the same time, the narrator's voice reappeared in the picture: "Everyone remember this moment of gentleness, the power of love is great...... Believe in yourself, believe in love...... I believe that every day and every moment of hard work I put in, I will definitely pay off, and I will definitely become the best athlete in the world......"

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"Believe in yourself, believe in love? Is it true that if you put in the effort, you will definitely become the best athlete in the world? Feng Quan, who was already close to the TV, muttered to himself.

Feng Quan, 22 years old this year, is a typical "Northeast man". Although he doesn't look very handsome on the outside, there is a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, and his height of 1.83 meters is not particularly tall, but with a strong muscle, he is still very attractive to the opposite sex.

More than four years ago, Feng Quan was a professional athlete on the LN track and field team, and he was involved in the same event as Ashton Eaton - the decathlon.

Feng Quan, who only started practicing the all-around event at the age of 15, has improved very quickly, especially in terms of speed and explosiveness.

He has just turned 16 years old, and his performance in the 100-meter sprint event can already be stable at about 10.70 seconds; In the long jump, he also made a best score of 7.55 meters.

Compared with other decathlon athletes of the same age group in China, Feng Quan's strength in these two individual events is already at a very top level. Even in the world, few decathlon athletes of the same age group can achieve such results in these two events.

Therefore, the talented Feng Quan, which has attracted the attention of the LN Provincial Track and Field Team, was originally only responsible for guiding the Asian Games champion Qi Haifeng to train alone, and Yue Wenjun, the coach of the famous domestic decathlon project, was designated as the coach of Feng Quan by the superior leaders.

After worshipping under Yue Wenjun's disciple and becoming Qi Haifeng's "junior brother", Feng Quan continued to make steady progress in his own advantageous projects. After more than half a year of training, his 100-meter dash has been stable at about 10.60 seconds, which is close to the level of a national athlete in the 100-meter dash; The long jump event also once jumped a best of 7.72m, which is also very close to the national athlete level of the long jump event (7.80m). At the same time, in other running and jumping events, Feng Quan has also made some progress.

The reason why Yue Wenjun agreed to accept Feng Quan as his disciple was because he felt that Feng Quan had the potential to become "China's second athlete to break the 8,000-point mark in the decathlon"; It may even become the hope of the first decathlon athlete in the world to stand on the podium of the world championships in Chinese track and field. Because, even his most proud disciple Qi Haifeng, when he was 16 years old, his performance in the running and jumping events was inferior to Fengquan.

However, as time passed, Coach Yue Wenjun found two problems.

First of all, Feng Quan's endurance quality is a little weak, and in the 1500m event, it is difficult for him to even run into the 5-point mark. You must know that even an ordinary high school student, after one to two years of systematic training, has reached the national second-level athlete score of 4 minutes and 15 seconds in the 1500-meter event. However, Feng Quan, a decathlon athlete who has been engaged in professional training for more than three years, is still a considerable distance away from the national third-level athlete's time of 4 minutes and 40 seconds......

Another point is that although Feng Quan's strength quality is not bad, his technical mastery of the throwing event is a bit outrageously poor. Especially in the discus and javelin events, due to the poor technical movements, Feng Quan's results are not even as good as those of the outstanding student athletes who practice throwing on some middle school campuses.

After more than two years of training and observation, Yue Wenjun found Feng Quan for a long talk and made a difficult decision.

If Feng Quan still can't break the 7,000 point mark in various domestic track and field competitions in 2011, then Feng Quan will not continue to practice in the decathlon, but switch to sprinting or long jump.

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Time flies, in a blink of an eye, it has entered October 2011, Feng Quan has participated in the previous three competitions, the closest one to the 7000 point mark is held in the capital of Lu Province in early June, the 7th National Urban Games qualifiers, 6899 points. Therefore, the track and field competition of the 7th National Urban Games held in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province in late October, became the last chance for Feng Quan to continue practicing the decathlon.

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On the morning of October 23, 2011, the track and field decathlon competition of the City Games officially began.

Feng Quan, who represented Shenyang City, ran a personal best of 10.52 seconds in the 100-meter sprint, which he was best at, in the first event. After the end of the first race, he was temporarily in first place with 970 points.

Guan Heyou from the Capital Team ranked second with a time of 10.68 seconds (933 points).

At this moment, the second long jump event is being competed on the competition field.

Since this competition was the last chance, Feng Quan, who was under too much psychological pressure, did not score because of fouls in the first two attempts.

Feng Quan, who was ranked fourth to last among all the athletes, sat quietly in the athletes' waiting area, preparing for his last chance to try jumping.

Guan Heyou, who had just improved his score to 7.35 meters (898 points) in the third attempt, looked at Feng Quan sitting on the bench with a provocative look in his eyes.

Looking at the other party's provocative eyes, the hot-tempered Feng Quan forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, suddenly stood up from the bench, and slowly walked towards the direction of the competition venue......