It’s the end of August in the blink of an eye, and on August 29, the Provincial Youth Games kicked off.
A total of 36 athletes participated in the long jump competition. These athletes came from various prefectures and cities under the jurisdiction of Hanbei Province. The competition was quite fierce.
The first thing to start is the qualifying round. 36 athletes are divided into two groups to participate in the qualifying round. In the qualifying round, each person has three trial jump opportunities. The twelve people with the best final results will enter the main competition. This rule is the same as that of the Olympic Games. .
Fang Haiquan was assigned to Group A in the qualifying round and took the lead in the competition. It was his first time participating in a competition of this level, so he seemed a little nervous. Dai Li comforted him from the side: "Don't be nervous, you are the strongest." of."
Dai Li was not talking nonsense. He had already detected several competing athletes around him, and their abilities were far behind Fang Haiquan's.
In fact, the actual strength of the vast majority of contestants is at or above the level of national first-level athletes.
National first-level athletes in track and field must achieve corresponding standard results in official competitions. Such so-called official competitions include national-level competitions, competitions sponsored by the National Athletics Association, and comprehensive sports games hosted by the provincial level. If you want to be recognized as a national-level athlete, you must achieve standard results in national-level competitions. Comprehensive games hosted by the provincial level are not qualified to evaluate national-level athletes.
The Provincial Youth Games is a comprehensive sports meeting hosted by the province. If you can achieve the required results in the competition, you can be awarded the title of national first-class athlete, so many participating athletes come here for this purpose.
In fact, in the provincial youth competition at the U18 level, national first-level athletes are already the highest level of competitors. Only at the U20 level will there be national-level athletes.
Fang Haiquan is also a second-level athlete, but he was originally an athlete with A-level talent. Coupled with Li Dai's training, Fang Haiquan's current strength has far exceeded that of the national first-level athlete. If coupled with the blessing of the explosive aura, Li Dai I feel that Fang Haiquan can reach the level of a national-level athlete.
In comparison, many other contestants could barely reach the level of first-level athletes. Li Dai could already foresee that other athletes would be crushed by Fang Haiquan.
It's just that Fang Haiquan had some bad luck today. In the pre-match draw, he got number 1, which was the first one to play. It felt like going to a landmine on the battlefield.
"Come on! Relax. Remember the essentials of the movements and don't make mistakes. This is your first trial jump. Your goal is to successfully complete the jump." Dai Li encouraged.
After all, this was his first trial jump. Li Dai did not have high requirements for Fang Haiquan. It was enough that he could complete the movement smoothly without making fatal mistakes.
Fang Haiquan walked onto the run-up area, and the eyes of the competitors and coaches around him were all focused on Fang Haiquan. After all, he was the first among all athletes to appear, so he would naturally attract everyone's attention, and even some coaches began to Discussed in a low voice.
"The luck of this athlete who got the No. 1 lottery is not very good. Young athletes lack competition experience. Stage fright is inevitable when they get to the competition stage. It is not easy to be the first to appear on the stage and perform normally. .”
"This athlete is from the provincial youth team. To be selected by the provincial youth team and sent to participate in the Youth Games, he must have two skills!"
"That's not necessarily the case. I just looked at the participating athletes' information. This athlete from the provincial youth team is only sixteen years old this year and is a newcomer."
"Sixteen years old, you dare to come to the Youth Games at such a young age. So this young player is just here to try to reach the standard of a first-level athlete. But at the age of sixteen, if he can really reach the level of a national first-level athlete At this level, he can still be considered a good young talent."
For young athletes, the participation age limit is 16 to 18 years old. Those above this age should participate in U20 level competitions or adult competitions.
Although the official registration requirement is 16 to 18 years old, in fact the participants are basically 18-year-old athletes, and even 17-year-old athletes are rare, let alone 16-year-olds.
For ordinary people, there is a big difference in physical development between 16 and 18 years old, especially for athletes. Many athletes have reached the adult level when they are eighteen years old, but at the age of sixteen they may be only slightly stronger than juvenile athletes.
Therefore, most of the athletes participating in the Youth Games are 18 years old. If you participate at the age of 16, you will have to compete with 18-year-old athletes, and you will have inherent physical disadvantages.
At this time, I heard that the first athlete to appear was only 16 years old, and everyone at the scene lost interest. In the eyes of everyone, the 16-year-old athlete was just here to show off, and it didn’t matter how well a soy sauce player performed. .
Fang Haiquan took a deep breath and started to run. He has A-level talent and his body's explosive power is already very good. Coupled with the bonus of the explosive aura, his speed looks very fast.
"Young man, you run pretty fast." Someone sighed softly, and at this time, Fang Haiquan had already rushed to the front of the springboard and jumped up high.
Fang Haiquan was still too nervous. He was worried that he would make a mistake in stepping on the line, so he did not make full use of the take-off board. His toes were still a long way from the edge of the take-off board before he jumped.
From a pure take-off point of view, Fang Haiquan was not successful. Professional long jump athletes know how to make full use of the take-off board, but Fang Haiquan failed to do this because of excessive nervousness.
However, this did not affect Fang Haiquan's flight. He flew high like a big bird and made walking movements in the air with the swing of his arms.
After rising into the air, Fang Haiquan's movements obviously became much more relaxed and natural. It was obvious that he had begun to enter the state and the tension began to subside.
"Whoosh!" Fang Haiquan's body turned into a parabola in the air, and then fell towards the sand pool.
Fang Haiquan straightened his legs forward and shoveled the sand into the air. The sand turned into a yellow wave, rose into the air, and then fell in pieces. Fang Haiquan took advantage of this inertia, exerted force on his waist, and stood up directly from the sand pool. The originally flat sand pool also had potholes of different colors due to Fang Haiquan's trial jump.
"The jump was pretty good, there were no major mistakes." A coach commented while looking at the score line outside the sand pool, and then he had a surprised expression.
"It's over 7 meters, and a lot more!" the coach gasped.
Even in the national-level youth competition, if the score exceeds 7 meters, you can still advance from the qualifying competition. In the provincial-level youth competition, you generally only need to jump a score of 6.6 meters to enter the top. Twelve. Calculating according to this standard, Fang Haiquan can already be sure to advance to the main competition on the first jump.
At this time, the surveyor also gave Fang Haiquan’s final score: “7.33 meters!”
The standard line for national first-level athletes in the long jump event is 7.30 meters. If Fang Haiquan can jump this result in the competition, he can already apply to become a national first-level athlete.
"Did you hear that? At 7.33 meters, he has reached the standard of a first-class athlete!"
"This young man is so lucky. He successfully reached the standard on his first try!"
There were envious looks from all around. Most of these contestants came here to meet the standards of national first-class athletes.
However, Fang Haiquan's expression was not very happy. He walked up to Dai Li and said slightly frustrated: "Coach, I didn't perform well!"
"It doesn't matter, this is just a qualifying round. With your current results, you can already advance to the main round." Dai Li said with a smile.
With Fang Haiquan's level, 7.33 meters is indeed not a very good result, but Li Dai knows that among the more than 30 athletes with the parameters, at least 20 people cannot even reach the score of 7 meters.
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