"8.22 meters! Zhang Guan's score in this trial jump is 8.22 meters, which is even better than before!" The commentator continued: "Zhang Guan's second trial jump was still very stable. It seemed that he jumped very easily, but The results are much better than before! He is now ranked first in the group again."
"Zhang Guan! Zhang Guan! Zhang Guan! Zhang Guan..."
The audience at the scene began to collectively shout Zhang Guan's name. Zhang Guan once again ranked first in the group and conquered the entire audience.
"8.22 meters, Zhang Guan's score has improved again. He has surpassed your score and mine. Are you ready to challenge again?" The speaker was South African athlete Mokeyena, who just jumped 8.14 meters. score.
Opposite Mokoena, Britain's Rutherford shook his head: "I'll just go up and find the feeling. Now it's just the qualifying round. There's no need to fight so fiercely. Since my 8.16 meters can already guarantee qualification, , there is no need to compete for first place in that group, and after all, this is Zhang Guan’s home court, so we still have to give him some face.”
While the two were talking, someone next to them suddenly exclaimed: "8.27 meters, Tessa Thomas jumped 8.27 meters! Zhang Guan was passed again!"
At this moment, beside the sand pool, Greek player Tessa Thomas saw his results, made a fist pump, and roared excitedly.
Tessa Thomas is a famous long jump player in Europe. He participated in the Athens Olympics four years ago, but was eliminated in the qualifying round. He also participated in the Track and Field World Cup two years ago and achieved good results. In recent years, he has made great progress and can be said to be one of the strongest long jumpers in Europe.
Tessa Thomas is an athlete who pursues extremes. When other athletes encounter a foul when stepping on the line when taking off, they will often be more conservative in their next jump attempt, but Tessa Thomas will choose to jump to the extreme. Therefore, Tessa Thomas is often able to achieve some great results, but he often fails in trial jumps.
For example, in today's Olympic Games, many athletes in the long jump will choose to be stable in the first jump and achieve a result first. Tessa Thomas is different. His first jump was very extreme. As a result, he stepped on the line and was kicked off. A foul is called. But in the second trial jump, he continued to choose the extreme jump method, which also brought him rewards. He jumped 8.27 meters in one fell swoop.
8.27 meters, in general long jump world competitions, it is already possible to win the gold medal. In the Olympic Games, athletes can only achieve this result if they perform well.
"8.27 meters, I think this should be the number one result in today's qualifying round!"
"This is just the qualifying round, and it feels so intense. Zhang Guancai just jumped out with a score of 8.22 meters, and was immediately surpassed by Tessa Thomas."
"Zhang Guan still has a chance to try out. Do you think he will still play?"
Many people's eyes were on Zhang Guan, and even the broadcast camera gave Zhang Guan a big close-up.
Zhang Guan's face remained as usual, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
The second round of test jumps is over. Some people are happy, and some are worried. Except for one Algerian player, all other contestants have achieved guaranteed effective results, and some strong players have basically locked in the group qualifying quota.
The third round of trial jumps begins, which is the last jump of the qualifying round. For those athletes whose results are not ideal, this is their last chance to reach the Olympic finals. In this jump, the athletes jumped more unrestrainedly, and the chance of failure also increased significantly.
"Cuba's Cameyo jumped 8.23 meters! This is another result exceeding 8.2 meters!"
Cameyo walked off the field with excitement on his face. He was also a player qualified to compete for medals, but his performance in the first two jumps was not satisfactory. His best score was only 7.97 meters, and he was on the verge of being eliminated. , and this time with a score of 8.23 meters, he can safely enter the finals.
Zhang Guan's score of 8.22 meters was pushed to third place again.
One contestant after another came on stage, and finally, it was Zhang Guan’s turn for his third trial jump.
The previous contestant had just finished dancing, and before Zhang Guan even stood in the running area, the audience had already started cheering crazily. Obviously they are looking forward to Zhang Guan playing on the court again.
Zhang Guan did not disappoint them. He slowly walked into the running area and was greeted with even warmer cheers and applause.
"Zhang Guan is on the court! He will definitely challenge Tessa Thomas' score of 8.27 meters! It's been a long time since I've seen such a fierce long jump qualifying competition."
This time, Zhang Guan spent more time preparing, and the referee also cooperated and delayed for a long time before pressing the timer.
Zhang Guan started to run, like a galloping horse, and then he jumped up high, like a shooting star, gliding over the sand pool.
Soaring, rising, falling, and landing, Zhang Guan completed the entire long jump movement neatly.
"It's over 8.3 meters!" someone said while looking at the measurement display next to the sand pool.
Although everyone still doesn’t know Zhang Guan’s distance and score at this time, the traces left by Zhang Guan are indeed clearly beyond the 8.3-meter marking line.
"8.32 meters!" the surveyor announced the result of this jump.
The players watching the game immediately fell into a brief commotion.
"Is this really a qualifying round? The 8.27 meters just now surprised me enough, but I didn't expect another result of 8.32 meters."
"This is definitely the number one result in the qualifying rounds. No one can surpass it. I think no one may be able to surpass this result in the next few Olympic Games."
"Zhang Guan is really getting braver with each passing day. He is 8.12 meters, 8.22 meters, and now 8.32 meters. His performance has improved so fast. Where is his limit?"
"Maybe Zhang Guan has returned to his peak form. In the Track and Field World Cup two years ago, Zhang Guan jumped 8.70 meters, his best result that year!"
"Sprinting and long jump, and both are so good, I seem to see Carl Lewis coming back to the world back then! Isn't that what Carl Lewis was like back then, a world champion in sprinting and long jump."
"Yes, sprinting and long jump were very popular at that time, but after entering the new century, such athletes have become extinct!"
"Carl Lewis, Zhang Guanhui will become the second Carl Lewis!"
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Zhang Guan returned to the athlete preparation area, and another player from the Chinese team, Li Run, immediately came forward to express his congratulations.
"Zhang Guan, you danced really well, congratulations!" Li Run said.
Li Run also completed three trial jumps, but his best result was 7.70 meters and he missed the finals.
Just listen to Li Run continue to say: "You know, when you just completed your last trial jump, there were still people here saying that you were the second Carl Lewis!"
In Li Run's view, Carl Lewis is one of the greatest track and field athletes in history. Some people compare Zhang Guan to Carl Lewis, which should be a praise and praise for him.
But Zhang Guan didn't think so.
"Carl Lewis?" Zhang Guan smiled and then said: "I want to surpass him!"
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