Sports reporter Yang Zhongyi arrived at the pre-match press conference early and occupied a good seat. Soon after, other reporters came here one after another, and several familiar people 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-game press conference started, the reporters simply got together to chat.
"Lao Yang, Zhang Guan did not participate in the sprint event this time!" said a young reporter. The reporter's surname was Sun, and he was a reporter for a certain media specializing in Zhang Guan's line. This media was the same media that first reported on Zhang Guan and Sharapova's romance last year.
"I know, Zhang Guan signed up for the long jump." Yang Zhongyi then asked: "Haven't you always been on the same line with Zhang Guan? Do you know how Zhang Guan is doing in the long jump now? Tell me first! "
Reporter Xiao Sun shook his head: "How could I know that? You also know that the old man who is the gatekeeper at Xinzhuang base, if you don't have oil and salt, you can't even go in for interviews. But you, Lao Yang, are the official reporter of the Athletics Association after all. , but the regular army must know some new information!"
"I don't know either." Yang Zhongyi spread his hands: "National team training is confidential, especially Zhang Guan, the confidentiality level is the highest. What I know is about the same as you. But I think Zhang Guan should be very good at the long jump. It’s amazing, most sprinters have good results in the long jump, Zhang Guan might be able to jump over the eight-meter mark!”
"Is eight meters far? I checked before I came here. The national record in the long jump is 8.40 meters! You see, Zhang Guan broke the Asian record in the sprint event for fun, but he still has to break the national record in the long jump. 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 before, but in the long jump event, our country has always been very strong, at least in Asia. It is the top That's the standard! The 8.40m you mentioned is not only a national record, but also an Asian record!"
"That's not right. I checked when I came here. The Asian record is 8.48 meters!" Xiao Sun said.
"This Asian long jump record was just broken last month." Yang Zhongyi thought about it carefully and then said: "I remember it was July 2. The person who broke this Asian record was a Saudi athlete. The previous long jump He is also the Asian record holder.”
Xiao Sun nodded and continued: "Lao Yang, do you think it would be okay for Zhang Guan to participate in the long jump at the Asian Games? Can he win the championship? This is running 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters, plus a long jump , but there are four events, I’m afraid there is no athlete in the world who can master these four events at the same time!”
"Why not? Isn't American Marion Jones proficient in these four events? And they are all world-class. As for the Asian Games..." Yang Zhongyi paused and continued: "In fact, the long jump record in the Asian Games is higher than that in Asia. The record is much lower, it seems to be 8.14 meters, set by Suliman of Kazakhstan at the last Asian Games in Busan. I am thinking that Zhang Guan might be able to compete for a long jump gold medal in the Asian Games."
"If you add sprinting, wouldn't that be four Asian Games gold medals? If the other athletes from our country work harder in the 4x100-meter race, it would be five gold medals!" Xiao Sun exclaimed, and then spoke Yi Zhuan continued: "Maybe there will be more than five gold medals. This time Zhang Guan also signed up to participate in the 800-meter and 1500-meter races. Maybe he can win two more gold medals in the middle-distance running..."
"You are overthinking this." Yang Zhongyi said with a smile: "As far as I know, the national team has no plans to send anyone to participate in the 800-meter and 1500-meter events of the Asian Games this time! And the middle-distance running and sprinting are completely different. Differently, 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 should be no problem to get a ranking in the domestic 800 meters competition, but the 1500 meters can It’s different. To be honest, I’m not optimistic about Zhang Guan in the 1,500-meter race. I hope he can achieve an ideal result!”
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The National Track and Field Championships will be held for four days. The timing of this competition is also different. In the past, the domestic track and field grand prix was held during the day, but this time the competition is scheduled to be held in the afternoon and evening, unlike the Olympic Games and Asian Games. World-class competitions such as the Games are synchronized, and they are also designed to simulate the competition scene and cultivate athletes' competition feeling.
On the first day, Zhang Guan will participate in the preliminaries of the 800 meters and the qualifying rounds of the long jump. The first thing to be held in the afternoon is the qualifying round of the long jump, and in the evening there is the preliminary round of the 800-meter middle run.
In the track and field jumping event, large-scale competitions such as the Olympic Games will have more participants, so qualifying competitions must be held. If it is some track and field competition with a relatively small number of participants, there is no need for qualifying for jumping events and they can directly enter the finals.
The long jump level of domestic athletes is quite good. There are some excellent long jump athletes in each province, so the number of participants in the long jump event is also large. 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. The best scores of the two groups of athletes will be calculated cumulatively, and the top twelve with total scores will advance to the finals.
Zhang Guan was placed in Group A of the qualifying round. There were a total of 18 athletes in this group. The order of appearance was determined by drawing lots. Zhang Guan was chosen to appear eleventh. There are many well-known athletes 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 format is that the top twelve athletes from the two groups in the qualifying round advance to the finals, Zhang Guan not only has to compete with the athletes in this group, but also faces the challenge from the athletes in Group B. Moreover, Group A appears before Group B, which is obviously at a disadvantage in this competition system.
After the game starts, the referee signals the athletes to prepare, and then lets the first athlete go on the court to try out the jump.
When given the opportunity to try three jumps in the qualifying competition, athletes will often adopt a relatively safe jump method in the first jump to ensure the success rate and achieve a guaranteed result first.
Perhaps in order to achieve this guaranteed result, or perhaps because his own level is relatively limited, the first athlete's first jump was only 7.25 meters, which is considered an average result in an event of the National Track and Field Championships. It's relatively bad.
The second athlete's situation was slightly better. He jumped 7.41 meters, and then the third and fourth athletes did not jump 7.5 meters. Until the fifth famous player Gu Junjie came on the stage. He jumped 7.66 meters, which was considered a good result.
The following athletes were all relatively average in strength, and their scores were all around 7.5 meters. Two of them chose more unrestrained tactics, but failed to score due to fouls.
Although there are eighteen athletes participating in this qualifying group, it only takes one minute for each person to prepare and complete the jump, so the competition is still very fast, less than twenty minutes after the start of the competition , it was Zhang Guan’s turn to appear.
"Look over there in the long jump, Zhang Guan is about to appear!"
Everyone's attention was focused on the long jump competition venue, and at this time Zhang Guanze had just stood on the approach 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. Athletes in the 100-meter sprint can achieve good results in the long jump, and Zhang Guan is the world's number one in the 100-meter dash. Even if his long jump skills are a little worse, his physical talent is there. He can jump 7 meters. 5 is still no problem.”
"Stop talking, Zhang Guan starts running!"
"Wow, you run so fast!"
"He deserves to be the world's number one flying man, with such speed!"
Zhang Guan, who was in the approach area, started to run, and then rhythmically increased his speed to the limit, which later attracted exclamations and cheers from around him.
They are also athletes. Others cannot achieve Zhang Guan's approach speed. There are many knowledgeable people in the field. Judging from Zhang Guan's approach speed alone, it can be predicted that Zhang Guan's jump will not be simple. Perhaps It will exceed Gu Junjie’s 7.66 meters just now.
Zhang Guan approached the take-off board. He stepped on the board with his toes very early, and then started to jump.
"So high! Huh? Is this a squatting position?" Zhang Guan jumped into the air. The height looked very good, but someone immediately noticed that Zhang Guan was still using a squatting position.
"Use the squatting position, you are indeed a beginner!"
The squatting posture is the lowest technical flying posture and is used by beginners. However, not many people use the squatting posture in high-level competitions. Even domestic athletes mainly use the stepping posture.
"This pose is quite ugly."
"The technique is average and the sense of rhythm control is poor."
"My body balance in the air is barely acceptable!"
While Zhang Guan's body was still in the air, the professional coaches and long jumpers watching the game commented in their hearts.
"Poof..." Zhang Guan fell into the sand pit.
During the competition, there were line markings erected directly next to the bunker. At this time, according to the marks left by Zhang Guan, he had already jumped over the eight-meter marking line!
"Crossing the eight-meter line!" someone exclaimed. The vast majority of people turned their attention to the referee at the takeoff board. They wanted to know whether Zhang Guan's jump result was valid.
The referee raised the white flag and the score was valid!
"The result is valid! It's broken eight meters! Is it now broken eight meters?"
"I feel like he jumped so easily! With just one run-up and a casual jump, he broke eight meters!"
"As expected of Zhang Guan, a genius, really a genius! He broke eight meters in the first jump!"
"8.05 meters!" the referee said the final score after measurement.
The venue was filled with excitement again.
"This is the qualifying round. I just jumped 8.05 meters. It's a pity that the qualifying round results will not be counted in the finals. If the results are the same tomorrow, maybe we can win the championship."
"Yeah, last year's 10th National Games long jump champion's final score seemed to be 7.99 meters, not even eight meters yet!"
"But that's fine, Zhang Guan will definitely make it to the finals."
"Nonsense, 8.05 meters, you can even enter the Olympic finals, let alone our national track and field championships."
"Do you think Zhang Guan will participate in the long jump in the next Olympics?"
"Probably not, 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, if we add a long jump, I'm afraid Zhang Guan will be too busy!"
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Athletes, coaches and spectators all started heated discussions on the field.
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