Chapter Thirty-Four: Iron Disc

  Without a doubt, the men's short-distance running event was one in which all of their school's athletes finished fifth or sixth in the heats, with no hope of advancing to the finals. Next, seven or eight more heats took place, and every time an athlete from their class competed, the students in the class would start cheering them on loudly.

  And the host will also read out on stage the encouraging words written by the class for the contestants, under this atmosphere, Zhan Fei's mood is also very comfortable, because at this time, he can clearly feel that everyone is a collective, sharing honor and shame together.

  While the contestants may not have thought they had a big chance of winning, when they heard their classmates cheering them on, they were also excited and released all their energy. The group competition still has some time to go, and at this point, various track and field events have also begun.

  Zhan Fei and Liu Yuan also left their seats and went to the middle of the playground, where the shot put and discus events were being held. Guo Xin and Zhou Tai followed them, while others still needed to stay in the main camp, as the track and field events were still underway, and they had to cheer on their other classmates.

  As for the shot put and discus throw, relatively speaking, there are fewer people paying attention to these events. Zhang Fei and his team are from the Mathematics Department, which is ranked first in the College of Science. The class names are also 1111 and 1112. Therefore, Liu Yuan and Zhang Fei were both the first to take the field in their respective registered events.

  Zhou Tai accompanied Zhan Fei to the discus throwing venue, while Guo Xin accompanied Liu Yuan to the shot put competition venue. These two events are considered relatively dangerous, so after the project started, the school's responsible personnel used a red line to plan out a danger zone inside the playground to prevent injury to students.

  And that's also the reason why there are so few spectators at the track and field events. After all, there are just too many students in each class. If they didn't squeeze together to sit on the steps around the field, it would probably be packed with people even on the playground. At that time, these shot puts and discuses could be thrown out randomly, and one throw might directly hit two people, guaranteed to hit one every time!

  Very soon, Zhan Fei and Zhou Tai entered the protective railing, and Zhan Fei also took out a cloth strip with four red ones from his pocket and walked to the throwing area. The person in charge of the iron disc project said: "Are you Zhan Fei from Class 1111?"

  Zhan Fei listened and said: "It's me, teacher."

  "Alright, due to time constraints, you can have one trial throw. Your second throw, regardless of how it goes, will be your final score. Alright, you can start now."

  "Alright, I'll give it a try."

  Zhan Fei said, weighing the iron disc in his hand. As for throwing the iron disc, Zhan Fei also had some basic understanding of it and knew some throwing methods. However, he had never actually tried or trained before. The reason he participated in this project was that he relied solely on his current strength value of 10 points. So, trying once was still very necessary.

  Immediately, Zhan Fei took a deep breath, then turned his back to the throwing direction, with his legs shoulder-width apart. He slightly swung his arms and moved his right arm to loosen it up. After three seconds, he suddenly whipped his right hand forward, and his entire body almost spun around with it. The iron disc shot out in front of him with tremendous force.

  The physical education teacher in charge of the discus throw project shook his head slightly when he saw it.

  Obviously, for Zhan Fei, he didn't think much of it, because Zhan Fei's movements were really too amateurish, and there was no technical skill to speak of. Throwing a discus isn't just about having a few points of brute strength; technique is also very important. And at this time, the student who was counting scores in the distance shouted loudly: "The contestant from Class 1111 has thrown a trial throw of 56 meters!"

  When the physical education teacher heard what the student said, his face changed suddenly. He saw Xuan Fei's throwing motion very clearly. As for throwing the shot put, Xuan Fei had never trained before and his technique was poor. The teacher estimated that if Xuan Fei was lucky, he could throw it thirty meters at most. Unexpectedly, Xuan Fei actually threw fifty-six meters!

  This distance is far from close. The world record for discus throw is over 70 meters, while the record at Bogazici University was set by a physical education student three years ago.

  That athlete was tall and strong, a sports talent from Bozhou University of Technology, who had undergone years of discus training and threw a record 61 meters, still the record holder to this day, while Zhan Fei threw 56 meters.

  No surprise, Zhan Fei will probably be the champion of this discus throw. The most crucial point is that Zhan Fei seems to have achieved such a result without any training, if he is trained properly, wouldn't it be possible for him to become a national-level athlete?

  Thinking of this, the teacher got excited. Teachers of ordinary specialized courses hope to discover talented students in their own field, while physical education teachers naturally want to find someone with great potential in sports and then cultivate them into a national-level athlete.

  So this physical education teacher has already taken a liking to him, and Zhan Fei naturally doesn't know that he's been remembered by a physical education teacher. The student in charge of helping brought the discus back and said to Zhan Fei: "Brother, 56 meters is really not bad! If you throw well this time, maybe you can break our school record!"

  Zhan Fei listened and smiled: "Good!"

  After that student left the throwing range of Zhan Fei, Zhan Fei again threw the discus in a very unprofessional manner, and this time, the excited voice of that student also rang out: "Sixty-two meters! Breaking the school record!"

  The physical education teacher heard this and became even more excited, immediately saying: "Student, your strength is very good, are you interested in developing in this direction? I think you have the potential to become a national athlete!"

  Zhan Fei listened and immediately shook his head, saying: "Sorry teacher, I'm not interested in this aspect."

  Zhan Fei said, and immediately left the throwing area. At this time, a player from another class also came over. The physical education teacher couldn't just ignore the competition here, so he went to chase after Zhan Fei. He had his own thoughts, anyway, everyone knew Zhan Fei's class number now. After things were over, he would go find him and have a good chat with him. Such a great seedling, he couldn't miss it.

  It's hard to find a good horse, and it's even harder to find one that can run a thousand miles! Moreover, this physical education teacher believes that Zhan Fei will be interested in his proposal. Although Bogotá Polytechnic is not a bad school, there are only a few good majors, and the math department where Zhan Fei is located is clearly not a good major, and it's not very good for employment either.

  Not bad students, just graduated can have a salary of five or six thousand, most people are earning three or four thousand, but if they take the path of an athlete, with Tian Fei's talent on display, in the future, at least become a provincial-level athlete, and if you work hard, there is also a great hope to become a national-level athlete, he doesn't want this genius to be buried.