Chapter 405 The first day of the World Championships
"Yidun, your luck is really good this time. There is no time conflict between the 13 projects."
After arriving at Director Xu's office, Director Xu took out a World Championship schedule and handed it to Yi Dun.
Yi Dun looked closely and said that as Director Xu said, this timetable was extremely beneficial to him, and there was no overlap in time for the 13 projects.
To be precise, Yi Dun's projects are not 13, but 9, mainly the decathlon includes three throwing events plus one 1,500 meters.
The World Championships match day is only nine days in total, and nine events are completed in nine days. In terms of time, Yi Dun is quite generous.
However, the schedule of this event is quite different. Most track and field events will arrange the decathlon until the end. However, the decathlon event was arranged on the first day of the Daegu World Track and Field Championships in South Korea, the decathlon event was arranged on the first day, which was quite strange.
What's even more strange is that this opening match turned out to be a women's marathon...
However, this strange schedule has little impact on Yi Dun, and it can even be said to be beneficial to him. The decathlon is placed in front so as not to have too dense schedules in the future.
"Director Xu, how many gold medals are our track and field center's goal this time?" Yi Dun asked curiously.
Before going to war, the superiors must give a goal, which may be a requirement for rankings or the number of medals.
Facing the problem of Yi Dun, Director Xu was very relaxed.
"What are the goals and no goals? We won the first place in the medal list in the last World Championships. Although this World Championships is not in our country, it is not far from us. If we don't win the first place, it will be a bit unreasonable."
"The indicator given by the superior is to ensure two and compete for one, and the number of medals is no less than twenty yuan."
Yi Dun nodded. It seemed that the target given by the superior was not considered "a big talk". Because of his own reasons, the medal list had no reason to fall out of second place.
There are a total of forty-seven events, that is, forty-seven gold medals. Yi Dun can win 13 gold medals alone, which will never make the Chinese team fall to third place on the medal list.
It may not even be necessary for other players to win gold medals. Just relying on Yi Dun’s 13 gold medals, the Chinese team can be ranked first in the medal list.
As for the 20 medals, it is probably not impossible for other players to win seven medals.
"Director Xu, we promise to complete the task." Yi Dun smiled.
"The mission is definitely not difficult. This time we have sent all the top players."
"Next, you can prepare for the battle. Contact me directly if you have any questions."
Director Xu is very much looking forward to the next Daegu World Championships, and looks forward to his Chinese track and field teams that can create miracles like the last Berlin World Championships.
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In the blink of an eye, the time entered the end of August, and the contestants had already gathered and prepared to go to Daegu, South Korea.
"Brother Dun, when you arrive in Daegu, take us out for a walk. We have finally gone abroad."
"Yes, Brother Dun, take us to have a walk."
On the plane, some young players sat around Yidun and said to Yidun with a smile.
Yi Dun is definitely a senior of the national team now. Many players in the national team are younger than Yi Dun.
When the team leader heard the teenagers' shouts, he immediately signaled everyone to calm down, "Don't yell, we are going to compete this time, not for sightseeing. After arriving at the hotel, stay in the hotel honestly and not running around."
The young players were extremely disappointed and could only return to their seats in depressedness.
"Yidun, I heard them say two days ago that you have signed up for thirteen projects this time?!" Liu Xiang sat next to Yidun and started chatting with Yidun.
Yi Dun nodded, "Brother Liu, how have you recovered recently?"
"It's very good. I feel that I have a good chance to win the championship this time. I am in very good shape at present. My previous training results are very good." Liu Xiang said confidently.
After all these years of trough, Liu Xiang has not been as confident as he is now for a long time.
Yi Dun is also very happy for Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang is not young at present, so he can't tell how long he can run. If he can win this World Championship, it will be a perfect ending for his career.
"Okay, then I'll cheer for Brother Liu then."
"Don't, you'd better prepare your own project. Thirteen projects. I'm tingling in my scalp. I really don't understand where you got so much energy."
"But this is also a good thing. You can win thirteen gold medals, which puts us much less pressure on you." Liu Xiang said with a smile.
Yi Dun was not humble either. If it were someone else, he might be humble and said that he could not win so many gold medals.
But Yi Dun has no need to be modest here. If he can't win these thirteen gold medals, who can get them?
These gold medals are destined to be Yi Dun's own.
"It's hard to believe that we have 24 gold medals in the men's event. As a result, you can get thirteen yuan by yourself. It's really not a way out for players from other countries."
"You really don't want to say it. Fortunately, track and field is not our country's strengths. Otherwise, it would be lively and you have to become the public enemy of other track and field athletes." Liu Xiang joked.
Yi Dun nodded. Although Liu Xiang was joking, he was actually right.
After the group arrived in Daegu, the team leader led everyone to check in the hotel, and the competition will officially start in three days.
On the morning of August 27, the Women's Marathon, the first event of the Daegu World Championships, began.
Because this women's marathon is not a field race, Yi Dun couldn't cheer for his teammates.
What Yi Dun didn't expect was that Bai Xue, the winner of the last women's marathon, did not appear on the Chinese national team's list this time...
Unlike other events, a country can have at most five athletes in a marathon event. This time, the Chinese team sent five female athletes, but Yi Dun didn't know any of them.
The women's marathon started at 9:00 in the morning, and Yidun also ushered in his own competition at 100 o'clock, the first event of the decathlon.
The decathlon event can be said to be one of the most eye-catching events of this World Championships. It may be because of this reason that the organizers of the Daegu World Championships chose to move the decathlon competition time to the front.
The main reason why this project is so eye-catching is definitely Yi Dun.
This is Yi Dun's first time participating in the World Championships after the Decathlon Reform. The whole world is staring at Yi Dun, wanting to see if Yi Dun can still dominate this project under the new rules.
Before this, Yi Dun was the dominant player in the decathlon event, and other players could only follow Yi Dun's butt to eat dust. While they were still working hard for nine thousand points, Yi Dun had already broken the tremendous mark of mankind.
But now that the new rules are introduced, the scoring gap between Yi Dun and other players will definitely not be that big. Many people even think that Yi Dun may be surpassed by other players this time.
If this is the case, it also means that Yi Dun's invincible myth will end.
"Yidun, long time no see." After seeing Yidun, the almighty prince Shebler greeted him enthusiastically.
Yi Dun is not good at English, but simple conversations can still be done, "Long time no see, man."
Several years have passed, and Shebral is still galloping in the decathlon arena, which Yidun admires very much.
The career life of some athletes is actually quite short, like a meteor, which is just two or three years of glory. For example, Bai Xue, this is basically the case.
In this decathlon event, it is absolutely rare to be a player who has maintained a high-level competitive state like Shebleler.
For example, the American player Clay, who had been in the forefront for a while, failed to qualify for the competition this time. You should know that Clay is a junior player of Shebler. He was known to be the one who could surpass Shebler at the time. Now Clay has disappeared from the public's vision, but Shebler is still firm.
Of course, Sheblele is definitely not as powerful as it was a few years ago. Even without Yidun, it will be difficult for him to win the championship now.
If you want to talk about the strongest player in today's decathlon circle, who is the strongest player in Yidun? It should naturally be Aston Eaton, who is known as the "American Yidun". This little Yidun is quite strong, especially after the new rules were introduced, it is regarded by the whole United States as the most promising player to defeat Yidun.
However, Yi Dun did not take this "American Yi Dun" seriously. Under the new rules, Eaton can indeed get a lot more points, but if you want to say that he can defeat him, Yi Dun must never believe it.
Thirty contestants were divided into four groups. After the final results were released, Yi Dun won the last score without surprise. This sprint event has always been Yi Dun's shortcomings, and it was not surprising to get the last score.
There may be several power players among the previous decathlon players. When you are lucky, Yi Dun's 100-meter score may get rid of the embarrassing ranking of the last one. But now with the introduction of new rules, the power player is too disadvantageous. Yi Dun has become the only power player, and the last one is a foregone conclusion.
Sheblel's score was very bad, with a 100-meter score of only 11.25 seconds. This is the worst result that Yidun has known since he met him. It seems that Sheblel is about to reach the limit of his career.
As a speed player, the speed of 100 meters is only 11 seconds 25. It is obviously impossible to finally get a good ranking with such a result.
After the game, Sheblele looked disappointed. He also knew very well that he would not only win the medal this time, but whether he could enter the top eight was a matter of two things.
It's really a bad result of 11.25 seconds. It's no exaggeration to say that many non-professional 18 and 19-year-olds can run faster than him.
Yi Dun didn't go up to comfort Sheblel. If he was in a situation like Sheblel, he wouldn't want someone to comfort himself, especially his opponent on the field.
It's not like comfort, it's more like sympathy.
After returning to the backcourt, Yi Dun saw several teammates gathering together. After seeing Yi Dun coming, everyone surrounded him.
"Brother Dun, we Sister Li won the first place in the group stage just now. I feel that our Sister Li has the chance to win the championship this time." Gong Lijiao said excitedly.
Yi Dun knew to look at Li Yanfeng, "Congratulations, Sister Li."
Li Yanfeng is a 32-year-old female discus veteran from Heilongjiang. Her career has not been very outstanding so far. This time she won the first place in the group stage. It is really a bit amazing. She can be called a late bloomer.
"What are the congratulations about this? Fortunately, I am not a member of the men's discus group. If it were a men's discus, I wouldn't be happy even if I win the championship." Li Yanfeng laughed boldly.
The reason for saying this is that after the men's discus wins the championship, the gold medal will not be kept warm at all, and it will definitely be snatched away by Yi Dun. Therefore, the athletes in the men's discus group are quite sad. Whether they can win the championship is not the strength of the opponents in the same competition, but whether Yi Dun participates.
No Chinese players participated in the following women's 3,000-meter obstacle course and men's pole vault events. Yi Dun sat in the backcourt and chatted, waiting for his second game.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, Yidun's decathlon long jump started. Yidun was not surprised to have another last result. Shebler was even more embarrassed than Yidun, and he only won the 11th place in the group.
There are two groups in total, and Shebrle only got 11 in the group, which means that his grades are also the last.
Now the expression on Sheblele's face is not just disappointment, but more of despair. He knew very well that his era was truly over.
To be precise, when Yi Dun appeared in the international competition, his era was over, but he was still able to "stay away" over the years. Even if he couldn't win the championship, he could at least win a medal.
But depending on this year's results, I really can't do it anymore.
There were still no Chinese players in the women's 100 meters. At 12 o'clock in the morning, Yi Dun ushered in his third morning event, not in the decathlon, but in the men's 800-meter group stage.
According to the previous Yidun bonus distribution rules, as long as you can get the competition qualification, you can basically get Yidun's bonus, unless it is a traditional advantageous event like the competition, competition may occur.
But what is embarrassing is that whether it is the decathlon or the current 800-meter men, Yi Dun participates alone, and there is no teammate of a national team.
Yi Dun didn't know how long this situation would last. He was more than anyone else looking forward to being able to compete with his teammates on this field.
In the men's 800-meter group stage, Yi Dun was qualified for promotion with an absolute advantage. For a world record holder, it is definitely not difficult to get the qualification to advance in the group stage.
An hour later, the decathlon shot put game began. This time Yi Dun obviously couldn't finish the last place, and directly crushed the entire game and advanced.
Since then, all the events in the morning have ended. The Chinese team did not receive any medals throughout the morning. The main reason is that most of the events in the morning are preliminaries and group stages. The only women's marathon that can produce medals. As a result, the performance of the five Chinese players is not particularly outstanding, and the best performance only won the sixth place.
It is worth mentioning that the gold, silver and bronze medals of this woman's marathon were won by Kenyan players, which is a miracle in sports history.
What makes people even more speechless is that in the women's 10,000-meter final at night, the same scene actually happened, and the gold, silver and bronze medal was won by Kenyan players again...
Chapter completed!