At 8.70 meters, Zhang Guan once again set a new best result this year, and this result is also the best long jump result in ten years.
"8.7 meters, we will definitely win! We will definitely win! Zhang Guan! Zhang Guan!" The commentator and Director Sun shouted almost at the same time. After a few seconds, the two gradually calmed down, and then the commentator said: "It's hard to Imagine! Zhang Guan actually jumped to the 8.7-meter mark! This is 0.08 meters more than the Track and Field World Cup more than two months ago! When the long jump event reaches this level of competition, every 0.01 meter forward is extremely difficult, and Zhang Guan suddenly improved his score by 0.08 meters! In my impression, it seems that only the world record holder in the long jump, Mike Powell, and the legendary flying star Carl Lewis can achieve this result!"
Director Sun was obviously more professional than the commentator. He said: "The last result of 8.7 meters dates back to 1993, which was set by world record holder Mike Powell, and then in 1994 and 1995. , American player Wald and Cuban player Pedroso also once jumped beyond 9.7 meters, but after that, no athlete could jump to 8.7 meters. It can be said that this is the first time in the long jump event in the past eleven years. The best result in the world!”
Director Sun took a deep breath and continued: "Now we can announce that Zhang Guan won the men's long jump championship at the Doha Asian Games! With a score of 8.7 meters, no one in the world can surpass it!"
Director Sun said this with full confidence, as if he was stating a fact, and he was indeed stating a fact.
The game was not over yet, but the surrounding athletes came forward one after another to celebrate Zhang Guan, and the referee also paused the game in a sensible manner.
The camera gave a close-up of Ben-Mazuk. Ben-Mazuk, who had been so high-spirited just now, now had a look of despair.
despair! Real despair!
8.7 meters is not only beyond the scope of Ben Mazuk's ability, but also beyond the scope of his imagination. Even though Ben Marzuk's coach was world record holder Mike Powell, he never imagined that he could jump to 8.7 meters.
"8.7 meters! I will never be able to surpass it in my life! It turns out that Zhang Guan is already so strong. It seems that Walidi is right. Maybe in Zhang Guan's eyes, we are all just clowns." Ben - Mazuk sighed silently.
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Coach Mike Powell let out a long sigh, knowing that it was impossible for him to get a lucrative coaching contract for the next two years.
"I really didn't expect that since our generation retired, such a powerful athlete could still appear in the world! The key point is that he is only twenty years old this year, far from reaching the golden age of a long jumper. Perhaps Zhang Guan will be the best in the future. , can surpass me at my peak! Even if he can't, at least in the next ten years, he will dominate the entire long jump event!" Coach Powell sighed, and he suddenly felt that he could not continue to eat the coach's dinner.
Most people can't afford a coach with Powell's worth. Only wealthy countries like Saudi Arabia are willing to spend money to hire Powell as a vocational coach. The big sponsors would definitely not hire Powell as a vocational coach just to get a runner-up. If there is no championship, Powell will have no value.
However, the emergence of Zhang Guan made Powell feel that he might not be able to teach a disciple who could surpass Zhang Guan within ten years. If he kept finishing second but not winning the championship, his value as a coach would be infinitely reduced.
"Perhaps I should take a break and stop being a coach first. I can learn from Johnson. It would be good to be a guest commentator!" Powell has already started planning for his future in his mind.
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A few minutes later, the game continued, and Ben Mazuk came on for his fifth try.
But Zhang Guan's score of 8.7 meters has completely destroyed Ben Mazuk's confidence. As a result, in this trial jump, he failed to even do the most basic walking and flying movements, and made a low-level mistake. The final score was not even good. to seven meters.
The next final round of trial jumps became more of a arena for athletes to fight for honor. Zhang Guan, who ranked first, scored 8.7 meters, which is definitely unsurpassable; Ben Mazuk, who ranked second, scored 8.42 meters. Although this score is not as abnormal as Zhang Guan, it is still based on the level of the contestants at the scene. , is also out of reach.
Al Shaba, who placed third, scored 8.18 meters. There are probably two or three athletes among the remaining athletes who can sprint to this distance. But at this time, there is only one last trial jump left, and the possibility of a reversal of results is not high. .
After the top five players have been adjusted in order, the fourth to eighth place in the men's long jump finals of the Doha Asian Games has been determined. In addition, Zhang Guan is definitely the first place. The only suspense left is the second place battle between the two Saudi athletes.
Although Alshaba tried his best in the last jump, he still could not surpass Ben Mazuk. Then Zhang Guan gave up his sixth trial jump, and then Ben Mazuk also chose to give up his sixth trial jump.
At this time, Ben-Mazuk's mentality was already on the verge of collapse. It can be seen from the low-level mistakes made in the fifth trial jump just now that Ben-Mazuk was no longer interested in competing, so he directly chose to give up.
"Ben Mazuk gave up the game! We congratulate Zhang Guan. This is his first gold medal in this Asian Games and his first personal Asian Games gold medal!" The commentator seemed very calm. When the crown jump was 8.7 meters, the commentator had already vented a lot of excitement, so at this moment, it was more like he was following the script.
Just listen to the commentator continue to say: "But those who still want to continue to enjoy Zhang Guan's competition, please don't go away. In two hours, Zhang Guan will participate in the men's 800m preliminaries, and at twenty-three:30, Zhang Guan will Guan will also appear in the men's 100-meter race, and I believe Zhang Guan will definitely win another gold medal."
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The number of participants in the 800-meter middle-distance race is similar to that of the 1500-meter middle-distance race, and the composition of the participants is also very similar. The average middle-distance runners are both 800-meter and 1500-meter runners, so most of the athletes who participated in the preliminaries of the 1500-meter event yesterday appeared in the 800-meter preliminaries today.
The first 100 meters of the 800-meter starting stage are run in separate lanes, so each race can only accommodate eight runners. Therefore, the 800-meter preliminaries are one more than the 1500-meter preliminaries, but the competition between athletes is even more cruel. . For the same number of runners, there are twelve qualifying places for the 1,500 meters, while there are only eight qualifying places for the 800 meters.
In the three 800-meter preliminaries, the top two in the group and the two top three with the best results will advance to the finals the day after tomorrow, so the grouping of athletes becomes more important. For capable players, it is good to be assigned to a weaker group and the top two will advance directly; being assigned to a stronger group and striving for third place will definitely have an advantage when comparing results. .
Zhang Guan was very lucky. He was assigned to a group with weak overall strength. Promotion was not a problem for him.
In the middle and long-distance running events, Zhang Guan's height and weight have become a liability. He consumes more energy than other runners. Therefore, the longer the distance of the race, the smaller the advantage Zhang Guan has, and vice versa. The distance of 800 meters is nearly half that of 1500 meters. Zhang Guan's physical strength consumed when "following" is less than half, which means that Zhang Guan's strength in 800 meters is stronger than that of 1500 meters.
However, since the overall strength of the athletes in this group is weak, their speed must be relatively slow. The speed at which Zhang Guan follows depends on the speed of the athlete in front. If the athlete in front runs slowly, Zhang Guan will naturally run slower, so In the end, although Zhang Guan qualified first in the group, his results were not so impressive.
After an hour's rest, the highlight of today's competition, the men's 100-meter flying competition, officially started.
In any track and field event, the 100-meter flying contest is the highlight, but today's 100-meter flying contest made the audience uninterested because the level gap between the athletes was too big.
Zhang Guan is the world record holder and has already run within 9.7 seconds. The best time among the remaining players is also outside 10 seconds. This is a gap of more than 0.3 seconds! In the men's 100-meter race, at the last moment of the race, the athletes are basically the fastest. There is a gap of more than five meters in 0.3 seconds. With such a big gap in the 100-meter race, it can be said that this race has already There is absolutely no appreciation at all.
So Zhang Guan easily won his second Asian Games gold medal. Saudi athlete Habeib won the runner-up in the 100-meter dash, while the third place was taken away by Japanese star Naoki Tsukahara.
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On this day, more than one player from the national track and field team, Zhang Guan, won the gold medal. The track and field team also made great achievements in other events. For example, the women's shot put event took the top two places and the women's marathon event also won the gold medal. There were only nine gold medals in the track and field competition on this day, and the national team won four of them. So on the return bus, the team members were full of laughter. As the team leader, Director Luo, and the deputy team leader, Ma The director also looked cheerful.
"Our record today is pretty good, and we won all the gold medals we should have won." Director Ma said.
"Yes, especially Zhang Guan, who seems to be in good condition! To be honest, when the Saudi Arabian jumped out of 8.42 meters, I was really worried about Zhang Guan!" Director Luo said with a smile.
Director Ma lowered his voice and said: "According to the schedule, tomorrow is the 1500-meter final. What if Zhang Guan really wins the championship? Will we really let him run the middle distance in the future? We originally asked Zhang Guan to run the middle distance. Coming back with six gold medals, now he’s got two and still has four to go.”
"If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten about this!" Director Luo nodded silently: "Judging from the state Zhang Guan showed today, he might actually be able to win the 1,500-meter championship. But he really won the championship. That’s fine, who would think there are too many gold medals?”
"What about the mid-level race? Will he continue to participate in the future?" Director Ma asked.
Director Luo spread his hands and said ruthlessly: "You can't ask me about this matter. You have to ask Director Qu. Then let him have a headache..."
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