All-round Athlete

Chapter 172 Jumping eight meters in the qualifying round

Sports reporter Yang Zhongyi arrived at the pre-match press conference early and took a good position. Soon after, other reporters came here one after another, and several acquaintances also came forward to say hello to Yang Zhongyi .

There are only a few reporters who often run track and field in China, and they all know each other. Before the pre-match press conference started, the reporters simply got together and chatted.

"Old Yang, Zhang Guan didn't participate in the sprint event this time!" said a young reporter. The reporter's surname is Sun, and he is a reporter from a certain media who is in charge of Zhang Guan's line, and this media is the first media to report on the relationship between Zhang Guan and Sharapova last year.

"I know, Zhang Guan signed up for the long jump." Yang Zhongyi continued to ask: "Have you not been on the same line with Zhang Guan? How is Zhang Guan's long jump practice now, do you know? Let me know first! "

Reporter Xiao Sun shook his head: "I don't know that! You also know the old man at the gate of Xinzhuang base. You don't get oil and salt, and there is no way to go in for interviews. It's you, Lao Yang, who is an official reporter of the Athletics Association after all. , but the regular army must know some new news!"

"I don't know either." Yang Zhongyi spread his hands: "The training of the national team is kept secret, especially Zhang Guan, who has the highest level of secrecy. What I know is similar to you. But I think Zhang Guan's long jump should be very good. Great, most sprinters have good results in the long jump, Zhang Guan might be able to jump over the eight-meter barrier!"

"Is eight meters far? I checked before I came here. The national record in the long jump event is 8.40 meters! Look at Zhang Guan breaking the Asian record in the sprint event. Record it!" Xiao Sun said.

Yang Zhongyi shook his head slightly: "It's very difficult. The long jump is different from the sprint. In the sprint event, our country was quite weak in the past, but in the long jump event, our country has always been very strong, at least in Asia. The 8.40 meters you mentioned is not only a national record, but also an Asian record!"

"No, I checked when I came here, and the Asian record is 8.48 meters!" Xiao Sun said.

"This Asian record in the long jump was just broken last month." Yang Zhongyi thought about it carefully, and then said: "I remember that it was July 2, and it was a Saudi player who broke the Asian record. The previous long jump He is also the Asian record holder."

Xiao Sun nodded, and then said: "Old Yang, do you think Zhang Guan will be able to go to the Asian Games to participate in the long jump? Can he win the championship? This is 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters, plus a long jump , but four events, there is no athlete in the world who can master these four events at the same time!"

"Why not? Isn't the American Marion Jones proficient in these four events? And they are all world-class. As for the Asian Games..." Yang Zhongyi paused, and then said: "In fact, the long jump record in the Asian Games is better than The Asian record is much lower, it seems to be 8.14 meters, which was set by Suliman of Kazakhstan in the last Asian Games in Busan, I thought, Zhang Guan might be able to win a gold medal in the long jump at the Asian Games.”

"If you add the sprint, wouldn't that be four gold medals in the Asian Games? If the other athletes in our country work harder in the 4 x 100 meter race, it will be five gold medals!" Xiao Sun exclaimed, and then spoke Yizhuan continued: "Maybe there are more than five gold medals. This time Zhang Guan also signed up for the 800-meter and 1500-meter races. Maybe he can win two more gold medals in the middle-distance running..."

"You can think too much about this." Yang Zhongyi said with a smile: "As far as I know, the national team has no plan to send people to participate in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter events in the Asian Games! Different, the two events of 400 meters and 800 meters have some similarities. Zhang Guan is the world's number one in the 400 meters. It’s different, to be honest, I really don’t like Zhang Guan in the 1500-meter race, I hope he can achieve an ideal result in the race!”

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The National Athletics Championships will be held for four days. The schedule of this competition is also different. In the past, the domestic track and field grand prix were held during the day, but this time the competition was arranged in the afternoon and evening. World-class competitions such as clubs are synchronized, and it is also to simulate the scene of the competition and cultivate athletes' sense of competition.

On the first day, Zhang Guan will participate in the 800-meter preliminaries and the long jump qualifying competition. In the afternoon, the long jump qualifying competition will be held first, and in the evening there will be the preliminaries for the 800-meter middle-distance race.

In the track and field jumping event, there will be more participants in large-scale competitions such as the Olympics, so qualifying competitions will be held. If it is some track and field competition with a relatively small number of participants, there is no need for a qualifying competition for the jumping event, and it will directly enter the final.

The level of long jump of domestic athletes is not bad. There are some excellent long jump athletes in all provinces, so there are many participants in the long jump event. Therefore, the long jump event will hold a qualifying competition on the first day. The qualifying competition is divided into two groups. Each athlete can jump three times, and the best results of the two groups of athletes will be calculated, and the top 12 athletes will enter the final.

Zhang Guan was assigned to Group A of the qualifying round. There were 18 athletes in this group. The order of appearance was determined by lottery. Zhang Guan got the eleventh appearance in the lottery. There are also many well-known players in the same group as Zhang Guan, such as Zhang Xin, the champion of the 10th National Games, and Gu Junjie, a famous player who is proficient in long jump and triple jump.

Since the competition system is that the top 12 athletes from the two groups of qualifying rounds enter the final, Zhang Guan not only has to compete with the athletes in this group, but also faces the challenge of the athletes in Group B. Moreover, Group A will play before Group B, which is obviously at a disadvantage under this competition system.

After the competition started, the referee signaled the athletes to get ready, and then let the first athlete try to jump.

There are three trial jump opportunities in the qualifying competition. Athletes often adopt a relatively safe jump method in the first jump to ensure the success rate and obtain a guaranteed result first.

Maybe it was to achieve this guaranteed result, or maybe it was because of his own limited level. The first athlete only jumped 7.25 meters in the first jump. It's worse.

The situation of the second athlete was slightly better, he jumped 7.41 meters, and the third and fourth athletes did not jump 7.5 meters. Until the fifth famous player Gu Junjie appeared on the stage, he jumped 7.66 meters, which is a good result.

The next few athletes were relatively average in strength, and their scores were all around 7.5 meters. Two of them chose more bold tactics, but they didn't score because of fouls.

Although there were 18 athletes participating in this group of qualifying competitions, it took each person only one minute to prepare and complete the jumping action, so the speed of the competition was still very fast. It took less than 20 minutes after the start of the competition , it was Zhang Guan's turn to play.

"Look at the long jump, Zhang Guan is going to play!"

Everyone's attention was focused on the long jump field, but at this time Zhang Guan had just stood on the run-up area.

"How far do you think Zhang Guan can jump? Can he jump 7.5 meters?"

"I don't think it's a big problem. All 100-meter sprinters can achieve good results in the long jump, and Zhang Guan is the world's number one in the 100-meter sprint. Even if his long jump skills are poor, his physical talent is there, and he can jump 7 meters. 5 is still fine."

"Stop talking, Zhang Guan is starting to run!"

"Wow, you run so fast!"

"As expected of the world's number one flying man, this speed!"

Zhang Guan in the run-up area started to run, and then increased his speed to the limit rhythmically, and then attracted exclamations and cheers from around.

As an athlete, other people can't achieve Zhang Guan's run-up speed. There are many knowledgeable people in the arena. Judging from Zhang Guan's run-up speed alone, one can predict that Zhang Guan's jump must not be easy. Maybe It will surpass Gu Junjie's 7.66 meters just now.

Zhang Guan approached the take-off board, he stepped on the board, his toes were still far away from the performance, and then started to jump.

"It's so high! Huh? Is this a squatting pose?" Zhang Guan soared into the air, and his height looked very good, but someone noticed that Zhang Guan was still using a squatting pose.

"Using the squatting posture, you are indeed a beginner!"

The squatting posture is a vacating posture with the lowest technical content, which is used by most beginners, but not many squatting postures are used in high-level competitions. Even domestic athletes mainly use the striding posture.

"It's an ugly pose."

"The technology is relatively average, and the sense of control rhythm is poor."

"The sense of body balance in the air is barely qualified!"

When Zhang Guan was still in the air, the professional coaches and long jump athletes who watched the game began to comment in their hearts.

"Pfft..." Zhang Guan landed in the bunker.

During the competition, markings were placed directly beside the bunkers. At this time, according to the mark left by Zhang Guan, he had already jumped over the eight-meter marking line!

"Passing the eight-meter line!" Someone exclaimed directly. The vast majority of people turned their attention to the referee at the springboard, and they wanted to know whether Zhang Guan's jump was valid.

The referee raised the white flag, the result is valid!

"The result is valid! Breaking eight meters! Is this breaking eight meters?"

"It feels so easy for him to jump! With just such a run-up and a random jump, he broke eight meters!"

"As expected of Zhang Guan, a genius, what a genius! The first jump broke eight meters!"

"8.05 meters!" The referee said the final score after measurement.

There was another eruption in the arena.

"This is the qualifying round. I just jumped 8.05 meters. It's a pity that the results of the qualifying round are not included in the final. If it is tomorrow's result, I might even be able to win the championship."

"That's right, last year's 10th National Games long jump champion seems to have achieved a final score of 7.99 meters, not breaking eight meters yet!"

"But that's good too. Zhang Guan will definitely make it to the finals."

"Nonsense, 8.05 meters, even the finals of the Olympic Games, let alone our National Athletics Championships."

"You said that in the next Olympic Games, will Zhang Guan participate in the long jump?"

"Probably not, 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, if we add another long jump, Zhang Guan will be too busy!"

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Whether it is athletes, coaches or spectators on the field, heated discussions have begun.

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