All-round Athlete

Chapter 480 The Long Jump Final: The First Jump

"Friends from the audience, we are about to bring you the final of the men's long jump event in the Olympic Games. Our country's player Zhang Guan is about to appear in this event. The competition in this year's Olympic long jump event can be said to be very fierce. There are three players from our country participating In the qualifying round of the long jump event, only Zhang Guan successfully advanced to the final. We also wish Zhang Guan a good performance in the competition and strive to win another gold medal!" Although the commentator said so, his tone was But more or less with a trace of self-confidence.

Because Saladino's personal best is 8.74 meters, while Zhang Guan's personal best is only 8.70 meters. If you look at the personal best, Saladino is even better. Moreover, Saladino's result was created in late May this year, that is, more than two months ago, which shows that Saladino is now in the peak state; and Zhang Guan's personal best of 8.70 meters It was created two years ago. It is indeed doubtful whether Zhang Guan can jump out of the same good result again.

Those who can stand out from the qualifying competition are undoubtedly the best of the best. Like the other two players of the Chinese team, although they also participated in the A standard, they are still far from entering the finals. Long jump is a sport with little uncertainty. Like other track and field events, such as hurdles, a small mistake may ruin the game. In the long jump qualifying competition, each player has to jump three times. If there is one mistake, there are two other opportunities. For capable players, there is more error tolerance, and it is not easy to have a big upset. In the Olympic Games, the athletes will adjust their condition to the best, so the strongest long jumper is basically the champion.

After the introduction of the players, there was no delay, and the competition started directly.

"The first Greek long jumper, Tessa Thomas, should be the strongest long jumper in Europe. In the preliminaries, he jumped 8.27 meters. Run-up, take-off, oh, foul! The referee raised the red flag, Tessa Thomas failed this jump, he should have fouled by stepping on the line!" The commentator was talking, and the big screen and the rebroadcast camera broadcasted at the same time Replay of Tessa Thomas' trial jump.

Replays showed that Tessa Thomas had indeed stepped on the line. This is also a major characteristic of Tessa Thomas. He likes to jump to the limit, so for him, he must either make a foul or jump out of a good result.

Shaking his head, Tessa Thomas walked off the arena with a dissatisfied face, and the sand pit was immediately filled, and the second player entered the arena immediately.

"The next one is the famous Saudi long jump star Al-Shaba, who is the only Asian player who has advanced to the final besides Zhang Guan. Al-Shaba has won the Asian Games long jump champion and was once the first Asian long jumper. Al-Shaba started Run-up, oh, there is still some distance from the eight-meter mark. Al-Shaba's result should be around 7.80 meters... Sure enough, Al-Shaba jumped out of 7.80 meters, and he seemed not satisfied with his own result. Indeed, in the Olympic Games In the final, the score of 7.80 meters did not even make it into the top eight, so if Al-Shabah wants to participate in the next three trials, he has to work harder."

Next, a black player came on stage. The commentator was obviously not familiar with the name of the player, so he looked at the player profile in his hand and said: "Now the player from Botswana in Africa, Galena Mosey, is on stage. Calena Moser ranked twelfth overall in the qualifiers, which means that he has just entered the final... Oh, and there is still a certain distance from the eight-meter mark... Botswana's score is 7.85 meters , for him, being able to enter the Olympic finals is already very good, huh? Botswana seems to be injured!"

On the field, Botswana frowned in pain, and limped off the field with the support of the coach. He should have been injured during the take-off process, and then he was seen sitting directly on the sidelines, while the medical staff lifted him up. Here comes the stretcher.

"It seems that Botswana's situation is not optimistic. He may miss the next game. It's a leaky house and it rains overnight." The commentator said regretfully, and the audience at the scene also gave him encouraging applause.

Botswana's withdrawal is just a small episode, and then it is the focus of people's attention, because the next appearance is Saladino.

"The next one is Saladino. He jumped 8.73 meters two months ago, the best result of this year. He is also the biggest stumbling block on Zhang Guan's way to win the championship. I believe that as long as Zhang Guan can beat Saladino, he will be ten years old. There are nine chances that he will win the Olympic champion in the long jump! Next is Saladino's first trial jump, let us wait and see how he is in state!" The commentator said, like other spectators, stretched He stretched his neck and waited for Saladino's first attempt.

I saw Saladino took a deep breath, and then started to run. At this moment, he transformed into a cheetah that found food, and rushed forward without hesitation.

Run-up and take-off, Saladino jumped very well this time. The next moment, he fell into the bunker, and the trace on the edge of the bunker far exceeded the eight-meter mark.

"It's more than eight meters, and it seems to be much more than eight meters! I'm afraid it's 8.40 meters! I jumped 8.40 meters in the first trial jump. Saladino's condition is a bit good!" The commentator said with some concern . He was obviously worried that Zhang Guan would not be able to defeat Saladino and win the championship.

However, at this moment, the broadcast screen was shown to the referee at the springboard, and the referee raised the red flag.

"Saladino fouled! He was too eager to get it done." The commentator's voice suddenly increased a bit, obviously happy for Saladino's foul.

The big screen also showed a close-up of Saladino's footsteps when he took off, and he did step on the line. But Saladino pouted, obviously very dissatisfied with this.

Saladino really wanted to achieve an astonishing result in the first jump in order to intimidate Zhang Guan. However, there is a saying that everything is reversed. Saladino pursued the limit too much, so he fouled because of it.

The Guma player Wilfredo Martinez then participated in the trial jump. His qualifying result was 8.07 meters, but his first jump was very average, only jumping 7.60 meters. Immediately afterwards, Spanish player Meriz failed in his first jump attempt, and another South African player Mokeyena who had the strength to win a medal also chose to be conservative in the first jump, with a score of 7.86 meters.

Another player from Cuba, Camejo, jumped 7.94 meters and successfully refreshed the best result in the qualifying round. Then Makusha of Zimbabwe jumped 8.19 meters in the first jump. This is also the first time in the final to surpass The result of 8 meters, if there is no accident, this result is enough to guarantee him to enter the next three trial jumps.

This kind of situation where the first jump ensures that they will not be eliminated after three jumps is obviously very beneficial to the athletes. In the next five jumps, Ma Kusha can fight to the limit in each jump. For other options, you have to continue to work hard not to be eliminated.

After Ma Kusha completed the trial jump, it was Zhang Guan's turn to play.

"Finally it's Zhang Guan's turn to appear on the stage. I hope he can jump out with a good result!" The commentator said, and at this time the audience's eyes were all on Zhang Guan, and the audience in front of the TV was also looking forward to it. .

Zhang Guan stood in the run-up area, he adjusted his position, and then started the run-up. Within a few steps, Zhang Guan's speed had reached the extreme.

On the sidelines, Saladino frowned. Judging from Zhang Guan's run-up performance, this may be a very good trial jump.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Guan had already taken off, but before he could blink again, Zhang Guan had already set into the sand pool.

"This, it seems to have passed 8.40 meters!" The narrator shouted.

Zhang Guan's trial jump this time is about the same distance as Saladino's trial jump just now, both of which have passed the 8.40-meter mark.

"Is there any foul?" While the narrator was asking, the camera had already been shown to the referee.

"It must have been a foul, it must have been a foul!" Saladino also looked at the referee at the same time, but saw the referee raised a white flag, which indicated that Zhang Guan's trial jump was successful.

"No foul, the score is valid! A score of more than 8.40 meters!"

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