Chapter 222: The first gold medal in the track and field event
At the end of the first three rounds, the athletes ranked 9 to 12 were eliminated, and the top eight players entered the tournament in order of best results.
In fact, for the game, the order of the last three shots is no longer important. Because Lu Wei's third throw was like a mountain that could not be climbed, making several athletes with championship hopes lose their rhythm.
Among them, Lu Wei's two biggest opponents, American players Cantwell and Hoffa, have lost their sense of normalcy since the second round. In the third round, after Lu Wei broke the Olympic record, the state of both of them had fallen to the lowest point.
Compared with these strong players, the Polish player Majewski, who is not in the championship ranks, ranked second with a score of 21.51 meters at this time.
His results today are even better than his World Championships in Osaka and the Indoor Championships in the first half of this year, and he has not only played at his own level, but also at a high level in the face of many high-profile performances.
At the end of the first three throws, Hoffa finished sixth with a score of 20.53m, which was a huge gap from his last year's strike of over 22m in Osaka.
Cantwell's best time also didn't exceed 21m and is now just 4th. Compared to his overall form this year, this tournament did not show his level of training at all.
However, there is no time for them to have a respite, and the eight players are usually competitive and will continue to play in less than ten minutes.
Today, Lu Wei's results have surpassed the best results of everyone present, so several players who aspire to the championship can only challenge this unprecedented result by fighting.
At this time, there were no other games on the track, and the spectators on the field were focused on the shot put field.
"Although it sounds a bit awkward to live at this age, I hope that time will pass quickly, but I hope that the competition will end quickly now, the field competition is too torturous, and I can't give people a pleasure at once!"
The other people around him also nodded frequently when they heard his words, and the faster the time passed, the closer Lu Wei was to the champion.
In the 5th throw of the game, the top 4 players in this throw still gave it a go, and this shot Huo Fa fouled again. Cantwell was guaranteed to score every throw, but none of his five attempts exceeded 21m.
He looked at the results on the electronic screen and kept shaking his head, as if he didn't believe that such a result could be the result of his own throwing.
"Audience friends, the men's shot put final has been thrown for 5 rounds, and in the first 5 rounds, Lu Wei has left the other team members far behind with a score that exceeds the Olympic Games. It's less than 10 minutes away from the moment of celebration! ”
Yang Li said impassionedly, this round of Hoffa was obviously broken, and after throwing a throw just over 20 meters, he walked to the athletes' tunnel with his running head.
For him, this year's Olympics are over.
Cantwell barely threw 21.09m in his sixth throw, placing third in the final.
"You can finish in the top three like this, but today's results are too low. There is still no way to compare the Olympics with peacetime, everyone wants to win, but there is only one champion, all the team members are burdened with heavy baggage, and no one can easily play their own results, except for us Lu Wei! ”
Director Sun is also full of emotion, at the Athens Olympics four years ago, Liu Yangyu was also at this age. Before the start of the competition, almost no one was optimistic about this young man who was just showing his talents, but what everyone thought was impossible happened.
Liu Yangyu has been acting like a battle-hardened fighter since the preliminaries, especially in Alan . After Johnson went out because of a mistake, almost no one could stop Liu Feiren.
Unexpectedly, four years later, Liu Feiren's main enemy changed from an opponent to himself, and the biggest natural enemy was Alan Feiren. Johnson became his own Achilles tendon.
Sometimes when I think about it, no one can really guess in this life, and no one can calculate what tomorrow will be like.
"I said a long time ago, Lu Wei is fine. He was the only one who fought out in this game, and the others had no way to control their emotions at all. Since his first competition, I felt that he would definitely be able to make a difference, and now he is 10 minutes away from standing on the top podium, and I still say the same thing, Lu Wei is no problem! ”
Liu Feiren, who was sitting next to Director Sun, was in a good mood at this time, and he was not in a good mood in the past few days of hard training in the gym alone.
Like all team members, Liu Feiren is also under pressure from all walks of life, but the biggest pressure is himself. He felt that if the Chinese track and field team did not gain anything in this competition because of his injury, he would have to bear a lot of responsibility.
Seeing Lu Wei's brave performance with everyone in this game, Liu Feiren felt that the pressure on his body was suddenly a lot lighter. When there was another leader in the track and field team, he was himself again, and he was the young man who was not afraid of the sky and the earth four years ago.
In the final round of the game, 4 of the first 7 players fouled, and everyone wanted to fight to see if the bicycle could be turned into a motorcycle.
It's just that the game still has to speak with strength, and the Polish players roared, and when the game was finished, the whole audience finally boiled. He didn't even exceed 21 meters in this throw, and everyone became a witness to the championship.
"Lao Feng, that's good! The Chinese delegation did not win the first gold medal of the Olympic Games, but won the first gold medal in the track and field competition. ”
Director Liu and Feng Yong sat together, but in the crowd, he almost shouted and spoke to make Feng Yong hear his voice.
In the rhythmic applause of the audience, Lu Wei completed the last throw, and the result of this throw was no longer important at this time.
"Congratulations Lu Wei! Congratulations to the Chinese track and field team for winning the first track and field gold medal for the delegation, which is the 25th gold medal of the Chinese delegation in this Olympic Games! ”
Yang Li almost roared to explain, and the cheers at the scene made him unable to hear his own voice at all, and he could only feel the existence of his voice by commenting loudly.
In front of the TV, Lu's father was also choked, he didn't dare to blink his eyes at all now, for fear that once the tears in his eyes flowed out, his emotions would be completely uncontrollable.
In the audience of the Bird's Nest, Wang Qiao's tears have welled up in his eyes, he has worked hard for his dream for so many years, and this year his dream finally came true.
"You have survived, others always think that you have hugged your thighs, but no one sees your hard work day after day, and you have won the title of champion coach!"
Hearing Jiang Jianjun's words, Wang Qiao's emotions could no longer be controlled, and the tears of joy and tears finally proved himself.
In the women's 10,000m race that followed, the crowd was rarely cheering for all the team members. The race wasn't much more exciting than usual, but everyone didn't want to get out early, and everyone was pressing the tempo and preparing to fight for the last few laps.
The reason why the audience's reaction was so enthusiastic was because after the women's 10,000-meter race, the medal ceremony of the men's shot put competition was to be held, and this moment was too important for every Chinese player.
On the podium, Lu Wei faced the national flag, the rousing music sounded, and when nearly 90,000 people sang the national anthem together, he felt that he had found a sense of belonging in this world.
"Audience friends, the first day of the track and field competition is here, congratulations to the Chinese delegation for winning the first gold in the track and field competition. There are still many games to look forward to, and I wish all the players to continue to move forward in the subsequent games, I am the commentator Yang Li, we will see you tomorrow morning! ”