This is the first time Zhang Guan has appeared in an international competition in the triple jump, and it is also an important competition like the Olympic Games. For other contestants, Zhang Guan is almost in an unknown state in this project.
In fact, some athletes will suddenly appear in every Olympic Games, but these newcomers often do not attract everyone's attention. In fact, there are only a few athletes who are capable of competing for medals. Players like Aidou and Evora who are capable of competing for Olympic championships will not care about the strength of a new player.
However, Zhang Guan is obviously an exception. As the most famous athlete in the world, Zhang Guan will attract attention wherever he goes. Although Zhang Guan is a newcomer in the triple jump event, Zhang Guan's own fame will attract people. The eyes of many big-name players.
Another point is that Zhang Guan has achieved very good results in the long jump event, and he also defeated the others in the qualifying competition of the Tiansou Plan, ranking first in the group. There are similarities between long jump and triple jump. Even if a world champion long jump player can't jump well in triple jump, he will definitely jump well.
The national team sent three athletes to compete in the Olympic triple jump event, so there is no doubt that Zhang Guan reached the Olympic A standard. At this time, many people were asking about Zhang Guan's best result in the triple jump.
In the long jump and triple jump events, personal best results are the most important data to measure an athlete's level. A personal best represents something that has been done before, and in the event of winning the triple jump in the long jump, having done it before means that it is possible to do it again in the future, or even do better.
Soon, Zhang Guan's personal best score of 17.37 meters spread among the contestants and became known to everyone.
Some people were surprised, some felt depressed, some felt pressured, and some even expressed disdain.
For average athletes, Zhang Guan's 17.37-meter result is obviously a very good result. Considering that Zhang Guan is involved in multiple track and field events, and has reached the world's top level in other events, this 17.37-meter individual The best score becomes a really big deal.
And those players who were in the mid-range and were likely to advance to the finals realized that they had another competitor. There are only 12 competitive places in total, and top players such as Aiduwu and Evora must have reserved a promotion place, so there are actually not many places that can be allocated. With one more competitor, everyone loses a lot of chances to advance.
Only capable athletes mostly expressed disdain for the result of 17.37 meters. In the triple jump competition in Asia, this result is the top result, but in international competitions, especially in competitions like the Olympics, 17.37 meters is nothing at all. People who can jump 17.50 meters in the Olympics There are many people there.
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After a brief introduction of the athletes, the qualifying round for the triple jump began.
The Qatari athlete who appeared first did not perform well and only jumped 15.59 meters. This result should be regarded as the bottom result in the qualifying round. However, considering that he is only a B-standard player, in such a nerve-wracking competition as the Olympics, it is natural to achieve this result.
Immediately afterwards, other candidates also appeared one after another, with high and low results. The one with low results only jumped over 16 meters, while the one with high results was close to 17 meters.
After all, it is the first jump, and many athletes choose to be stable. Even Aidou or Evora did not show great effort in the first jump.
British player Aidoou's first jump score was 17.15 meters. This score is probably on the edge of promotion, but it is not very safe. Before that, Portuguese player Evola jumped 17.17 meters. Although it was two centimeters more than Aidouu, there was no guarantee of 100% advancement.
Russian player Spasokhosky jumped 17.23 meters, which is the best result so far, and this result can also ensure that he advances to the finals.
When it was Zhang Guan's turn, he performed very conservatively in the first jump. In the end, his score was the same as that of Portuguese player Evora, also 17.17 meters.
"At 17.17 meters, Zhang Guan's first jump was very good. He may have a chance to advance to the finals."
"There is definitely a chance. The current result is the second best result in Group A, and the best result in Group B is only 17.18 meters, so Zhang Guan is now ranked third in the overall score!"
"Zhang Guan is so awesome. He advanced on the first jump. He must be as good as the top triple jumpers!"
The audience at the scene naturally gave Zhang Guan thunderous applause, but the faces of British player Aidou and Portuguese player Evora were not so good-looking.
"My first jump was too conservative. I only jumped 17.15 meters. Not only was Evora surpassed me, but even Zhang Guan's jump was farther than me! I have to be more serious about the next jump." British player Aidou secretly said thought.
Opposite Edowu, the Portuguese Evola also felt that his first trial jump was too conservative, and he decided to be more bold and unrestrained in his next trial jump.
Soon entering the second round of trial jumps, Cuban player David Gilat took the lead. With a score of 17.30 meters, he had surpassed Spasokhoski and was sure to advance to the finals.
Finally, it was Portuguese player Evo's turn to play.
I saw Evola take a deep breath, and then start to run. After jumping on one foot and stepping, Evola finally jumped high and fell into the sand pit with a graceful posture.
"17.34 meters!" the surveyor announced the result, and the surrounding people exclaimed. There were many contestants at the scene whose best score was never higher than 17.34 meters, but Evola actually achieved this result in the qualifying round, and it seemed that Evola jumped very easily.
"As expected of last year's world championship champion Evora, he jumped 17.34 meters so easily."
"This is the strength of the world's top players, and there is one less place in the finals."
"It will be Eduwu's turn soon. I don't know what kind of results he will perform."
Amidst the discussion, Evora walked off the field. Before leaving, he did not forget to glance at Aidou, as if to challenge him. As for Zhang Guan, he was ignored by Evola.
Evora's provocative look when he came off the field certainly made Eduwu very unhappy. He snorted coldly and was determined to show Evora some color.
Not long after, I saw Eduwu walking onto the field. After accelerating during the run-up, he also completed the trial jump with a very beautiful movement.
"Ai Duwu's jump seems to be farther than Evora!"
"Of course, Evola jumped 17.34 meters just now, but Aidou's jump exceeded 17.40 meters!"
"The surveyor announced, 17.44 meters! It's a full 10 centimeters further than Evola!"
"Ai Duwu is so strong, this must be the first place in the qualifying round!"
"This is the true strength of the world's top athletes. The previous jump of 17.15 meters was just for fun for Aidou!"
Aiduwu walked off the field with a proud look on his face and also waited for Evora.
There is a strong smell of gunpowder between Aidou and Evora, but both of them know that neither Eduwu's 17.34 meters nor Aidou's 17.44 meters are their strongest strength.
After all, this is a qualifying round. Players who aspire to compete for the championship will not give their best performance here. They will save their best form for the finals in a few days.
The next few players never rose to the level of Edowu or Evora. Most of their results are between 16.80 meters and 17.10 meters.
As the audience cheered, Zhang Guan once again walked onto the field.
"The Englishman just jumped 17.44 meters, and the Portuguese also jumped 17.34 meters. It seems that they are no longer deliberately retaining their strength, so I will try a little harder and jump seriously." Zhang Guan thought. Here, the start begins.
"Huh? It's so fast! It's much faster than his first jump." The players watching the game realized that Zhang Guan's starting speed was very fast this time and was definitely faster than the other players.
"Huh, so what if you're fast? Triple jump is not a sprint, and it's not just about speed. In the triple jump event, technique is the most important! Even if you have speed but no technique, you won't be able to jump far." Ai Duwu curled his lips and tried his best to show his disdain.
Ai Duwu knew that he couldn't run as fast as Zhang Guan, and a trace of jealousy would inevitably boil in his heart. He could also predict that Zhang Guan might achieve very good results with this jump, but he just didn't want to admit it.
On the other side, Portuguese player Evora didn't care about Zhang Guan at all, or in other words, he didn't care about who was playing on the field. He was plugging in his headphones and swaying to the rhythm of the music.
On the field, Zhang Guan finished his approach and stepped on the starting board. Then he jumped three times in one go. He slid in the air for a while and then fell into the sand pool.
"Oh! So far! Jump so far."
"Passed 17.50 meters! Zhang Guan jumped over 17.50 meters."
"It's 17.54 meters. Zhang Guan is further than Ai Duwu, a full 10 centimeters further!"
"Zhang Guan is so strong! At 17.54 meters, this is definitely the top level in the world. Maybe he has the strength to compete for medals!"
"I have said that Zhang Guan is so good in the long jump, and he will definitely not be weak in the triple jump."
"17.54 meters, this is definitely the best result in the qualifying round."
"Zhang Guan surpassed Aiduwu and Evora. He surpassed all the contestants!"
Amidst the cheers of the audience, Ai Duwu's face looked as ugly as ever.
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