All-round Athlete

Chapter 514 The most crucial jump

In the arena, the momentum of the audience involuntarily weakened a little.

In the triple jump finals, two players from three countries advanced to the finals. They are the British team, the Cuban team and the Chinese team. After the first jump, Aidu Wu of the British team ranked first, and another British player Ajik ranked eighth. For the Cuban team, although Fuentes is in the second from the bottom, Gilat is in the third from the bottom.

The Chinese team is much worse. Li Yanxi is currently in the third place, and Zhang Guan is directly in the bottom one. Judging from the results of the first round, it is like pouring a bucket of cold water on everyone. cold water.

In the eyes of many people, Zhang Guan is bound to kill the Quartet as he did in the previous long jump finals. However, he failed directly in his first attempt, and he was the only one who failed in the first attempt. It's all lusterless.

Whether it's live or in front of the TV, many viewers feel a little disappointed, but everyone keeps comforting themselves in their hearts. This is just the first trial dance. The better to jump.

After the first round of trial jumping, the second round of competition began immediately. The first three contestants, Bulgaria's Kara Iliyev, Cuba's Fuentes and Russia's Spasokhorsky, still had a fight. Soy sauce, their results were not enough to allow them to enter the next three trial jumps, and although the Brazilian player Gregorio jumped 17.14 meters in the first jump, his second jump was far worse than the first jump. One jump, and finally only jumped 16.55 meters.

Then came Evora, the world's number one, who was surpassed by the British Aidou by 20 centimeters in the first jump. In this jump, he must have surpassed Aidou. Easily jumped out of 17.56 meters, surpassing Aiduwu.

Aiduwu appeared after Evora. His second jump was 17.31 meters, but he failed to surpass Evora again. Bahamian Sanz, who followed him on the stage, still did not exceed the 17-meter mark. Another Cuban giant, Giralt, who came on the field ninth, jumped 17.52 meters in one fell swoop, directly rising to the second position, and at the same time squeezed Aidou to the third place.

Amidst the applause, Li Yanxi made his second appearance. He summed up the experience of his first trial jump error, and then he jumped out of 16.35 meters in this trial jump, which is much better than his first 15.93 meters. Many, but still in the bottom three, still in the ranks of being eliminated.

Immediately afterwards, it was Zhang Guan's turn to play again.

At this time, Zhang Guan really hoped to win his sixth gold medal, so he jumped to the limit in the first jump. He hoped to jump out of a result that other players could not surpass. In this way, Zhang Guan's first attempt to step on the line failed.

However, in this trial jump, Zhang Guan still did not seek stability, and he decided to try again.

"Zhang Guan, start the run-up! Take off..." The word "jump" was drawn into a long sound in the commentator's mouth, and Zhang Guan also made continuous movements. He fell into the sand pool. The edge is clearly outside the 17-meter marking line.

"It's more than 17 meters! Zhang Guan has exceeded 17 meters by a lot!" The commentator shouted, but at this time, the referee raised the red flag in a disgraceful manner.

Zhang Guan's second attempt was also fouled.

"Hey..." The audience at the scene sighed again, but this time, the sighs were much stronger than before, and there was even a sense of pessimism around them.

On the sidelines of the game, a large group of foreign photographers also started talking.

"Oh, Zhang Guan failed two consecutive attempts! The second round is coming to an end soon, and he still has no results."

"Before the competition, it was said that Zhang Guan was the number one favorite in the triple jump, and some people said that Zhang Guan would break the world record and win the championship. It seemed impossible!"

"I remember that Zhang Guan has never been defeated since his debut. Could it be that today's triple jump final will be Zhang Guan's Waterloo?"

"Zhang Guan should have one last chance. If Zhang Guan still fails in the next trial jump, then he will be eliminated!"

"Even if Zhang Guan succeeds in the trial jump, he may be eliminated. According to the current results of the contestants, they should have to jump over 16.80 meters to have a chance to enter the top eight. In the next trial jump, Zhang Guan will not only have to get In terms of grades, you must jump out with a good grade!"

For these reporters, of course they also hope to see Zhang Guan win the championship with a world record, because that will be a big headline tomorrow, and if Zhang Guan cannot win the triple jump event, the triple jump Losing and being eliminated directly is also a good headline. Some reporters have even begun to think about how to report Zhang Guan's first failure.

The most gratifying thing at this time is the Portuguese player Evola, who is currently ranked first with a score of 17.56 meters, and the biggest opponent he faces Zhang Guan failed in two consecutive attempts. Said that it was obviously an excellent start, and he even felt that the Olympic gold medal was waving to him again.

The studio of the domestic TV station was full of sadness. After the two trial jumps, the performance of the two players of the Chinese team did not improve at all, and they were still the third and last. This is obviously a terrible situation.

The foreign broadcasters started a heated discussion, and some sports commentators who originally supported Zhang Guan also felt ashamed, including Edwards. For a narrator, "Whoever gets the milk" is really a very depressing thing. All narrators hope to be the "spinach beacon" with accurate predictions, and the last thing they want to be is obviously the "most poisonous Milk".

The host also seemed to feel the embarrassment of Edwards. He looked at Edwards with a half-smile, and at the same time changed the topic very understandingly. He didn't mention Zhang Guan anymore, but was discussing the third-ranked British player Aidou.

...

The third round of the competition has already begun. For those players who are ranked lower, this will be their last chance. Among the twelve players, four will inevitably bid farewell to the Olympic Games after this trial jump.

The top three jumpers jumped 16.38 meters, 16.28 meters and 15.63 meters respectively. Except for Russia's Spasokhorsky, the other two can be said to have been eliminated. Subsequent Brazilian player Gregorio also made a mistake, but with the guarantee of jumping 17.14 meters for the first time, he has actually locked a spot.

Evola, who ranked first, failed in his third jump attempt, but Aidou, who followed him on the stage, jumped out with a score of 17.62 meters. He once again surpassed Evora and ranked first. The Bahamian player Sanz, who then appeared on the stage, finally found his form, and the score of 17.59 meters pushed Evora to the third position.

After Cuban player Gilat finished his third attempt with 17.24 meters, British player Anchiko jumped 17.17 meters, squeezing Russia's Spasokhoski to eighth place.

Li Yanxi is currently ranked tenth, and the eighth-placed Spasokhorski's best result is 16.79 meters, so if Li Yanxi wants to stay, he must jump out of 16.80 meters. But in the end, he only jumped 16.77 meters, ranked ninth, and was eliminated with a slight difference.

Li Yanxi's three test jumps were 15.93 meters, 16.35 meters and 16.77 meters respectively. He adjusted every time and made progress every time, but it was a pity that he could not play his best form.

Li Yanxi walked off the field with a look of disappointment. He knew that his Olympic journey was over, but he still failed to complete his goal of entering the top eight. But Spasokhorski in the rest area laughed happily. You must know that 16.77 meters and 16.79 meters are actually the same in long-distance naked eye observation. Spasokhorski even once thought that Li Yanxi surpassed himself, and at this moment he had the feeling of surviving after a catastrophe.

But immediately, Spasokhorski couldn't laugh again, because he saw that Zhang Guan had already stood on the run-up zone.

For Zhang Guan, this is his most critical jump. Whether he can stay in the triple jump field and whether he can continue to sprint for the sixth gold medal depends on this jump.

The third chapter has been delivered, it's a bit late, let's update the fourth chapter during the day.