Almighty Coach

The height of the field is 5.98 meters, and there are three players left, two of whom are world champions.

The emergence of a world championship level contest is obviously something that the audience likes to see, but there is an extra spoiler in it. Franz Muller, a young man participating in the Olympics for the first time, has persisted to this height just like the two world champions.

For the top three, at least a bronze medal. In the men's pole vault event, facing two world champions, getting a bronze medal is considered a very good result.

People began to pay attention to this young guy, and began to talk about Muller's handsome appearance. The reporters began to search for Muller's information, but found that his performance in the international arena was "zero", and even the results of the domestic trials in the United States nothing.

"This Franz Muller was also selected by you to come to the national team, right?" Team leader Downey continued; "That's him, didn't he even participate in the trials?"

"Yes, he missed the US Olympic trials due to some accidents, but his talent is really great, so I selected him." Dai Li replied.

"I really admire your vision. Judging from the results, you have made a correct choice, but the risk you do is too great. If Muller fails to achieve good results, you may have to bear the responsibility Yes." Danny said.

"So, he must get good grades." Dai Li replied.

"You succeeded. An Olympic bronze medal, even if the athlete joined the national team without participating in the trials, is enough to explain to the people." Tang Nixin said happily.

Dai Li glared at Downey, and deliberately said in a puzzled tone, "Why do you think that a bronze medal is a good grade?"

Downey's eyes showed surprise: "Are you planning to let Muller go further? It's impossible! You don't even look at who his opponents are, the defending champion Patrene, the world champion Cura Yev, how could Muller take the gold and silver from them."

"Mueller's talent is great." Dai Li repeated this sentence, and then said confidently: "So everything is possible!"

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"The current height has reached 5.98 meters. If you skip this height, it means you have broken the Olympic record for men's pole vault. Next up is our American player Franz Muller, Franz -Müller was born in Germany and came to the United States with his parents when he was young. He is currently studying at the University of Oregon. His results in the selection competition are..."

When the American TV commentator said this, his words suddenly stopped, because the information he had at hand did not include the results of Muller's participation in the Olympic trials.

"What's the matter, how come there is no such thing? Which intern sorted out this information, and there is no such important data! I will definitely fire him later." The narrator said maliciously.

The scene was cold for a while, and it was a bit embarrassing. Fortunately, the live footage was always provided on the TV. Even if the commentator did not speak, the audience could still see the scene and hear the sound of the scene.

The commentator turned off the public release of the microphone, and complained to the director: "Who did the data collection today, and there is no data on the athletes' participation in the Olympic trials!"

After a while, the director's voice came from the earphones: "I just checked for you. Franz Muller did not participate in the Olympic trials in the United States."

Hearing this result, the commentator suddenly remembered a report that questioned the selection of this national team a few days ago. It was mentioned above that an athlete entered the national team without even participating in the trials, implying that There is a shady scene in the selection of the US track and field team.

But now it seems that this conspiracy theory obviously does not exist. Although Franz Muller did not participate in the Olympic trials in the United States, he has already entered the top three in the Olympic men's pole vault and firmly won the first place. bronze medal.

The commentator cleared his throat, turned on the microphone, and continued to introduce: "Mueller did not participate in the Olympic trials. He was directly recruited by the coach to join the US team this year, and he has lived up to the coach's trust in him. Successfully entered the top three in the pole vault final, of course, thanks to the head coach's discernment of heroes, he has achieved such a good result today."

As soon as the narrator finished speaking, Muller's body started to start, and he began to challenge the height of 5.98 meters.

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The unknown Muller has been able to persist until now, which surprised the head coach of the Russian team Melklov, but he did not take Muller to heart. In his opinion, a fledgling young boy like Muller , Even if you have some strength, you don't need to care too much. Russia's main competitor is the defending champion French player Patrene.

When Müller started to try jumping, Melcroft simply saw Müller's try jumping with admiration.

Like a big bird, Muller flew high, crossed the crossbar in an elegant posture, and landed on the cotton pad in a questioning manner.

"Oh! The posture is so beautiful!" Melcroft couldn't help but praise in his heart.

The next moment, Melcroft suddenly realized that this young player he didn't know had surpassed the Olympic record height of 5.98 meters, and he succeeded only once.

This is an Olympic record. If it is easily surpassed, it cannot be a record.

"This kid is so strong. It seems that his level should be above six meters. I don't know if the next height will be hard to hold him!" Melcroft thought to himself.

Melcroft is not worried that Muller will take away the gold medal, because he is very confident in his players. A mere height of 5.98 meters is not difficult for Russian player Kulaev at all.

At the World Athletics Championships two years ago, Kuraev won the men's pole vault championship. In terms of his strength, 5.98 meters is indeed a piece of cake. When he stood on the field, he only took one trial jump and easily surpassed the Olympic record height of 5.98 meters.

The Olympic champion of 5.98 meters seems to be relatively easy for the first two competitors.

The last one to appear is the French player Patreigne, who is the defending champion of this event. Four years ago, he won the Olympic gold medal in the men's pole vault and broke the Olympic record at that time. His score at that time was 5.97 meters.

Unexpectedly, Patrene did not go on the field, he directly chose to skip the jump.

"Patelene chose to skip the jump, so that he will cross the height of 5.98 meters and go directly to the next height. At this height, he chose to skip the jump. It seems that he is very confident in his own strength." The commentator said.

The face of the Russian team coach Melklov showed a disdainful expression.

"What confidence in one's own strength? This is nothing more than a tactical avoidance. He wants to put pressure on us. However, our Kulaev has been in the field for a long time and has extremely rich experience in the game. How could he be defeated by this kind of opponent?" Interference with tactics." Melcroft curled his lips.

The height has been increased by 5 cm again, and the next height is 6.03 meters. Although there is still a relatively large gap between the world record of 6.16 meters, it is already a height that most athletes cannot surpass in their lifetime.

Franz Müller picked up the pole, stared ahead, and started off. For him, this height is also a great challenge, which is almost close to his best performance in usual practice.

On the sidelines, Dai Li used Muller's state scale, but this time he put all the weight on the side of the extremely stable state. He believed in Muller's strength. He believed that as long as Muller was stable If you play, you will definitely be able to cross this height.

Muller's body started to start, and then accelerated. With the support and elasticity of the pole, he completed hanging, swinging, leg raising, and pull-ups. At this time, his talent at the S+ level was also brought into full play, and he crossed the bar with a set of extremely smooth movements.

Another pass!

The scene suddenly boiled, and the audience gave Muller the warmest applause.

In the athlete waiting area, the two world champions, Patrene and Kuraev, looked a little serious at this time. The height of 6.03 meters is also a very difficult challenge for these two people. Although they have the strength to cross this height, there is no guarantee that they can succeed 100%.

And in the eyes of the two, Muller, an unknown young player, is just a foil for the two of them. In the end, they still have to watch the contest between the two world champions, but after Muller crossed the height of 6.03 meters, it was already a spoiler success. Moreover, this spoiler still maintained the highest score in the game. Patrene and Kuraev suddenly discovered that there was one more contender for the championship.

Next it was Kurayev's turn to try the jump, and his expression was not as relaxed as before, but very serious.

He raised the long pole and began to accelerate rhythmically. Then, with a sharp push on the long pole, he also jumped high and began to complete a series of movements on the pole.

As the gold medalist of the Athletics World Championships, Kuraev's strength is unquestionable, but this time, his luck was a little bit worse. His calf touched the crossbar, which shook and fell. down.

Kuraev's first jump attempt failed!

The audience around let out a cry of disappointment, and Kurayev shook his head. He stepped off the sponge pad, and at the same time, he was thinking about what he needed to make adjustments.

Then it was Patrene's turn to make his first jump.

Patrene chose to avoid the jump at the height of 5.98. This may be because he is really confident in his own strength, or it may be a tactical avoidance, or he is just bluffing. But no matter what the situation is, after Muller crossed this height, as the defending Olympic champion, he must face it.

However, the previous high-level free jump also put Patrene at a disadvantage. As a pole vaulter, every trial jump is a process of self-adjustment. This kind of exercise requires repeated movements, and every additional adjustment will give you another opportunity.

It's like playing a game of guessing numbers. When you say a certain number and someone tells you that the guess is too big, then subtract a little bit from the next guess; When the number is increased a little bit, if you try a few more times, you can always guess the number.

The same is true for pole vaulters. This time, if the waist is not strong enough, next time they will use more force; if the legs are not high enough, next time they will be raised more. Although athletes will not be able to jump indefinitely, this adjustment has advantages in terms of error tolerance.

From this point of view, Patelene's skipping at the previous height is tantamount to giving up an opportunity for self-adjustment.

And both Müller and Kuraev have jumped 5.98 meters. For these two, 6.03 meters is only a 5 cm increase. But Patrene didn't jump 5.98 meters, so for Patrene, 6.03 meters is an increase of 10 centimeters.

You know, in the high jump, the greater the increase in height, the greater the increase in difficulty.

Seeing that Patrene was holding the long pole tightly, he took a deep breath and started his first trial jump at a height of 6.03 meters.

"Hey!" The audience sighed in disappointment. Patrene also failed in this jump, and he obviously didn't grasp the height well. Judging from this take-off, he had no chance to jump 6.03 meters at all.

"It seems that giving up the height of 5.98 meters has had a big impact on Patrene!" Dai Li sighed.

Now Li Dai is the one who sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight. Anyway, Muller has passed the height of 6.03 meters. Li Dai hopes that Patrene and Kuraev can't jump, and then give the US team a gold medal.

The scene suddenly became weird. The two world champions who had high hopes did not cross the height of 6.03 meters, but the American teenager Muller, who was not famous, inexperienced, and had no achievements in people's eyes, was actually The one with the best grades.

Then Kurayev appeared again and started his second trial jump.

At this time, Kuraev obviously knew the reason for his failure in the first jump attempt. After adjustments, he improved the deficiencies in the first jump attempt and successfully crossed the height of 6.03 meters.

The pressure came to Patrene's side. As the defending champion of this event, he was the most promising one, but at this time, he was the only one who did not cross the 6.03 meters.

At this time, it was not only Patrene's skills that were tested, but also his mentality.

Patrene stood on the field with a solemn expression. Although this was only the second trial jump, it was actually a test of life and death. Because if you can't jump the first two times, the chance of succeeding the third time is not great. Moreover, he is the only one left at this height. If he tries to jump for the second time, he will have to do the third jump in a row, and he will also be at a disadvantage in terms of physical fitness.

Patrene really hoped that he could succeed, but luck was not on his side, and he still failed in the second attempt.

The defending champion is in a desperate situation!