Chapter 64: Qualifying Tournament One Throw Advances
The World Championships began, and on the morning of the 25th, the men's marathon fired the first shot for this World Championships.
Kenya's Kibet won the first gold medal at the 11th World Athletics Championships in 2:15:59, with Kater's Shami finishing second almost two minutes behind. Surprisingly, Switzerland's Roslin lurked in the first group, followed the two people in front of him in the final sprint, and was not thrown away by Shami until 1 km before entering the stadium, and finally finished third, grabbing a bronze medal in the long-distance running event monopolized by Africans.
A total of 5 Chinese players participated, and because of their strength, the best result ranked 33rd among all athletes. However, the men's marathon is not a popular event for track and field teams.
The second event was the men's shot put competition, because Osaka was still in hot weather, so the organizing committee arranged the competition throughout the morning, and the opening ceremony was scheduled for 4 pm.
In order to reduce the excess consumption of elite athletes, the qualification round of each large-scale track and field competition will be set up, and only the competitors' results above the qualification line will enter the finals. If there are less than 12 players who have exceeded the qualification line, the remaining places will be filled according to the results of the final.
Although you can qualify for the finals if you pass the qualifying line, under normal circumstances, there will be no more than 12 players who have passed the qualification line. The technical personnel who set up the qualification line should formulate the qualification line based on the results of the participating team members in the current year and the situation on the day of the event, and in principle, there will be no more than 12 team members participating in the finals.
The 40 team members who participated in the qualifying round were divided into two groups and tried to throw on each side of the track and field field.
The qualification line for advancing to the finals was set at 20.10 meters, and Lu Wei smiled as soon as this qualification line came out.
However, after the trial casting order came out, Lu Wei shook his head helplessly, a group of 20 people, Lu Wei ranked 15th in the trial throw, calculated according to the consumption of 1 and a half minutes per person, and waited for Lu Wei to play 20 minutes later.
The strongest country in this project is the United States, and they sent a total of 4 team members to participate in this competition, including Hoffa and Adam. Wilson is considered the favourite to win the tournament.
Lu Wei was placed in Group B, along with the Japanese player Takayuki Shimakawa who was seen in the gym yesterday. After watching this teammember's trial throw, Lu Wei knew why he didn't dare to rush the 150-kilogram bench press yesterday.
Shimakawa not only has ordinary strength, but also doesn't look very good in his mental quality, and he is probably a raw melon egg with no competition experience. His throwing technique is simple, using a back-to-back slide throw.
The simpler the technique, the higher the requirements for the athlete's core strength, and Shimakawa does not seem to have very good waist and abdominal strength, and his steps are too scattered when throwing, and his first throw score is only 17.5 meters.
"It's so bad, I'm better than him when I stand on the spot......" Lu Wei had nothing to do after the warm-up, sitting on a chair and watching the games of other players, if it wasn't for the fact that he had a meeting a few days ago, Lu Wei would never pay attention to the competition of Asian athletes.
The reason is simple, the strength of Asian athletes in the throwing event is really not strong.
Maybe it's because of the big game, a lot of players who seem to be good have a hard time playing at their normal level, and the opponents with superior strength can be seen at a glance.
Hofa, the American team member who came in seventh place, made it through the qualifying round first, and this team member appeared to be at most 1.8 meters tall, covered in fat and fat, and looked like he had added a head to a square.
Hoffa was of average height, but his hands were large, and he held the shot put in his hand like a small leather ball. Seeing Hoffa clamp the shot put on his chin and standing on the edge of the throwing area with his back, Lu Wei felt that his upper body had almost covered half of the throwing area.
He took a breath, then yelled. After a rotation and a half, the lead ball was pushed out with the help of the acceleration of the rotation.
Don't look at this brother's body like a meat ball, but this one turns to show his strength, his core strength is excellent, his steps are coherent when spinning, and the shot angle of the shot put is also good.
The distance of the shot put landing obviously exceeded the qualification line marked by the referee before, and when Hoffa saw his results, he yelled again, and turned around and left the field with his sports bag without waiting for the referee to announce the results.
His throw was 20.89 meters, which shows that he has reservations, and he still easily advanced to the final.
The Dutch player Rodger who came on next. Smith also made it to the final with a throw of 21.04m. Lu Wei visually inspected it, this opponent was taller than him, about 2 meters tall, and he could be said to be a giant in the human world.
The German player Ralph Brown who came on next. Bartels made it through the qualifying round, not very strong, but he also has excellent waist and abdominal strength.
After waiting for nearly 30 minutes, it was finally my turn to play.
Lu Wei took the shot put with his back to face the throwing area, and silently recalled the essentials of the throwing in his heart. Because the practice of back rotation is not long, Lu Wei always has to recall the left and right details of the throw before practicing, so as not to get used to the wrong movements and not be able to change them in the future.
Put the shot put on the chin, and then slowly reverse the rotation a little, then take the left foot as the axis, rotate quickly, alternate the left and right feet in the rotation process, and after a week and a half of rotation, with the help of the inertia generated by the rotation to push the shot put, at this time Lu Wei has not forgotten to pluck the shot put with his index finger to increase the rotation of the shot put in the air.
When the shot put was launched, Lu Wei's balance was almost not mastered due to a little too much force, but fortunately, at the last moment, he forced to continue to rotate with the help of waist and abdominal strength, and turned his right leg back from outside the throwing area and stood in the throwing arc.
"Oh!" The audience exclaimed in amazement following Lu Wei's movements.
"Poof, it's so hanging!" Lu Wei let out a sigh, he turned his head to the throwing area, and his throw also crossed the qualification line, but because his movements were not proficient, the score should not exceed the qualification line much.
At this time, the referee raised the white flag, indicating that the test result was valid, and then the big screen in the field showed Lu Wei's results: 20.62 meters, he was the first member of the group to pass the qualifying round.
At this time, the audience applauded Lu Wei, Lu Wei waved his fist excitedly at the stands, and the feeling of the World Series was really exciting.
After the end of the shot put qualifying competition, a total of 8 team members exceeded the qualification line of 20.15 meters and directly qualified, and the other 4 promotion places were promoted according to the results.
Lu Wei became the only Asian player in the shot put final.