All-round Athlete

Chapter 201 Challenger

The order of appearance for the fourth trial jump has been listed. Zhang Guan is the first in the first three jumps, so he is the last one to appear on the stage, and Saladino is the penultimate athlete to perform the trial jump.

In the athlete preparation area, Saladino deliberately stood far away from Zhang Guan. He came here for the gold medal. He thought that the championship was a sure thing, but he didn't expect that Zhang Guan would come out halfway. The time of 8.58 seconds also broke the record he kept this year. The best result, so before the game started, Saladino showed strong hostility towards Zhang Guan.

At this moment, a voice sounded from beside Saladino: "8.58 meters, what a terrible result, I think this result can already win the championship in advance!"

Saladino turned around and found that the man speaking was none other than American player Dwight Phelps.

Dwight Phelps is a famous American men's long jump player, and he is also the person who carried the American long jump banner after Mike Powell retired. He was originally a professional 400-meter runner, but later changed to long jump, and won the "double champion" in the long jump event of the World Athletics Championships and the Olympics. Before the rise of Saladino, Dwight Phelps was the most powerful long jump player in the world.

However, in the past year, Dwight Phelps has been plagued by injuries, so whether it is the Athletic Federation's Golden League or the Super Grand Prix, Phelps has not achieved too good results. The double champion of the World Championships and the Olympic Games seems to be sinking.

Seeing that it was Phelps who was speaking, Saladino's eyes showed fear. He knew that Phelps was only temporarily troubled by injuries. If Phelps was healthy, his strength would not be weaker than Own.

I only heard Saladino say: "If I didn't participate, 8.58 meters might become a championship result. But for me, 8.58 meters is just a slightly difficult result. There are three more trial jumps to come. I think I can beat that distance!"

Phelps said with a smile on his face: "Don't forget, Zhang Guan's strength is still unknown. He only jumped once. We don't know where his limit is. What if 8.58 meters is also not his limit?" ?”

"I admit that Zhang Guan is a very talented athlete, but he is a sprinter after all. Maybe the jump just now was just because of his luck. This is just a coincidence!" Saladino said unconvinced .

"Luck? Coincidence? Don't lie to yourself! People who can jump above 8.50 must be really capable players!" Phelps continued: "I used to be a sprinter, and I only practiced long jump later. He was already 22 years old when he practiced long jump, but Zhang Guan is only 20 years old this year, and his achievements in sprinting are much higher than mine. Maybe his achievements in long jump will also surpass me! Don’t forget, There are many examples of sprinters achieving results in the long jump.”

Saladino frowned. Although he didn't want to admit it, what Phelps said made sense.

Saladino did not continue to talk about this topic with Phelps, he nodded his head on the track, and then said: "Dwight, you should warm up quickly, your race is about to start."

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At this time, the player Zhang Guan was most concerned about was also Saladino. The Panamanian player almost won all six games in the previous Golden League, and Zhang Guan knew better that from 2006 to 2008 was the peak period of Saladino, the Golden League, the Athletics World Cup, and the Athletics World Championships , Olympics... Saladino has basically won the championships of all major events in the world.

"Saladino should feel a lot of pressure now with the 8.58m score! I don't know how Saladino is doing today. If he is in a normal state, then my 8.58m should be able to win the championship. But if Saladino is in good shape, this result is not enough!"

Zhang Guan was thinking while observing the performance of the players on the track.

"That player from the European team turned out to be a white man! There are not many whites in the long jump event in international competitions these days."

The player of the European team is the Spaniard Melis. He is a very skilled player, but his physical fitness is indeed not as good as that of the black players. The jump of 8.06 meters is already his limit.

"The next player to play is Dwight Phillips! I heard that he is in a very average state this year."

Phelps is one of the few long jump athletes that Zhang Guan knows, because since the Athens Olympics, Phelps has also participated in the Golden League and Athletic Federation Grand Prix many times, and Zhang Guan also bowed his head and looked up. Although they are not familiar with each other, they will greet each other when they meet each other.

Phillips just skipped 8.10 meters in this jump, which also confirmed the rumors that he was plagued by injuries and was in a very bad state.

Among the next few contestants, South African player Mokuna had the best jumping result after his appearance, with a jump of 8.30 meters, temporarily ranking behind Zhang Guan and Saladino.

"That's the previous Asian record holder, Alku Walidi from Saudi Arabia!" Zhang Guan looked at a player in gray and white sportswear, and immediately guessed the identity of the opponent.

The Asian United team's game uniform this time, the top is mainly gray, and the shorts are black, so although Zhang Guan does not know Walidi at all, he can judge the opponent's identity through the game uniform.

"The current long jump coach of the Saudis is Mike Powell, the world record holder, so the level of long jump in Saudi Arabia can be described as leaps and bounds. Oh! He stepped on the line!"

Seeing the referee raised the red flag, Walidi shook his head helplessly and walked out of the sand pool.

"As far as I can remember, Walidi was only relatively active in the past two years, but Al-Shaba's performance has always been good. If it wasn't for Li Jinzhe's appearance, maybe Al-Shaba would still be able to dominate Asia for a few more years! "

Watching Validi walk out of the sand pool, Zhang Guan also got up and walked to the run-up area. The next player to play was Saladino, and after Saladino was Zhang Guan's fourth jump attempt.

Saladino slowly walked up to the starting point, stretched his muscles and bones again, and only then did the timer start to show the countdown. As a big-name star player and the number one favorite to win the championship before the game, of course there will be some special care, such as tens of seconds more preparation time than other athletes.

Saladino started his run-up. His run-up speed is actually not very extreme, but he is very particular about rhythm. This kind of run-up is also a development trend of long jump events in recent years. Especially those athletes from European and American long jump countries, more and more began to pay attention to the sense of rhythm in the run-up. However, domestic training generally still emphasizes the limit speed of the run-up.

This time, Saladino chose a more aggressive jumping method. He deliberately pursued the jumping position, and the toes were closer to the marking line on the springboard. In order to better ensure the balance of his body in the air, he did not choose the squatting vacant, but chose the most commonly used stride by professional athletes.

"Whoosh..." In the Saladino bunker, he quickly got up and walked out of the bunker, and then looked back at his own results in the bunker.

"It's over 8.5 meters! But it doesn't seem to have reached the level of 8.58 meters. It's about 8.55 meters!" Saladino just took a look and confirmed his score.

Afterwards, the surveyor reported Saladino's final result after taking measurements: 8.54 meters, a little bit more than Saladino predicted, but there was still a gap of four centimeters from Zhang Guan's 8.58 meters.

"Oh..." The audience at the scene let out a voice of disappointment, obviously feeling sorry for Saladino. The difference of two centimeters was almost insignificant from a distance. Even before the results were reported, many audiences I thought that Saladino's jump had reached or surpassed Zhang Guan.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Guan was the eighth to appear in the trial jump.

I saw Zhang Guan dragged his pace towards the referee, said a few words, and then the referee announced that Zhang Guan gave up this trial jump.

Under normal circumstances, when an athlete abandons the competition, it will often attract boos from the audience. If someone reports it, it may lead to an investigation by the competition. However, today, when the referee announced that Zhang Guan gave up this trial jump, It did not attract boos from the audience, but many people gave Zhang Guan an encouraging applause.

"Zhang Guan gave up this trial jump! In fact, we can also understand Zhang Guan's choice. Within 20 minutes, he competed in the 100-meter sprint and 400-meter sprint. One trial jump, I think the result of 8.58 meters just now has overwhelmed Zhang Guan's physical fitness! He really needs more time to rest! And judging from the current competition situation, 8.58 meters is still ranked second One result." The commentator took the initiative to defend Zhang Guan.

Indeed, for the audience, Zhang Guan has brought them two wonderful sprint races and a trial jump with the best result this year. Even the most picky audience can understand that Zhang Guan gave up this trial jump. Behavior.

Next, the fifth trial jump will begin immediately.

With Saladino jumping out of 8.54 meters, the other six players can actually be said to have withdrawn from the championship and runner-up competition. The best results of most of them are around 8.40 meters. Some people may have the ability to jump 8.50 meters, but no one can jump more than 8.55 meters. Phelps, the only American with a strength of more than 8.55 meters, was also affected by injuries.

Therefore, the competition for the gold medal will be between Zhang Guan and Saladino, and the other athletes can only fight for the bronze medal.

Six athletes completed the trial jump one after another. Then it was Saladino's turn.

"This is Saladino's fifth trial jump! Zai Zai just jumped with a good result of 8.54 meters, but it is still not as good as Zhang Guan's 8.58 meters. I hope he can perform better this time!"

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