"Xu Hongyu, 6.21 meters!"
"Lin Shiliang, 5.95 meters!"
"He Guolong, 6.42 meters!"
"Dai Chengyu, 6.64 meters!"
"Zhang Yuchi, 6.81 meters!"
One after another, athletes completed their first trial jumps. As Li Dai expected, the results of other athletes were far inferior to Fang Haiquan. A score of over 6.7 meters was already very good. Some athletes even If they make a mistake, they fall directly into the sand pool. Some athletes are too pursuing the limit and step on the line when they take off, so they fail to achieve results.
"It turns out that the level of other players is not that good! I thought the athletes in competitions like the Provincial Youth Games would be better!" Fang Haiquan said, and you can see that he is no longer nervous.
When encountering a group of relatively weak opponents, no one can become nervous.
Among the athletes in Group A who participated in the qualifying round, except for Fang Haiquan, only one athlete's first trial jump exceeded 7 meters. His score was 7.04 meters, which was still far behind Fang Haiquan's 7.33 meters.
In the second trial jump, Fang Haiquan relaxed a lot. He had realized that he was firmly in the main competition, his mentality was also relaxed, and his performance was more stable than the first trial jump.
"7.38 meters!" The surveyor reported Fang Haiquan's score. He had improved compared to his first trial jump.
It is obviously no coincidence that Fang Haiquan has achieved good results in two consecutive trial jumps. Fang Haiquan has attracted everyone's attention.
"The player in the provincial youth team is very good. His score exceeded 7.3 meters twice in a row. I think he has hope of competing for a medal."
"I heard that he is only 16 years old. He can achieve this level at the age of 16. If in two years, when he turns 18, who else in Hanbei Province can match him?"
"I guess by that time, he will have already entered the national team!"
While everyone was talking, the surveyor once again reported the score of an athlete: "7.39 meters!"
"At 7.39 meters, it's Hong Chenglong from the Provincial Sports Team!"
Not far away, Dai Li also noticed this achievement.
"That is Hong Chenglong from the Provincial Sports Team. He trained in our youth team for a year last year and was selected by the Sports Team. His first trial jump failed and he failed to step on the line, so I didn't pay attention to him at the time. I didn't expect that I would get such a good result in my second trial jump. I am a capable opponent." Li Dai thought to himself, but he was not worried at all. As long as Fang Haiquan can eliminate his nervousness and perform normally, 7.39 meters It's not enough to pose a threat to Fang Haiquan.
Immediately afterwards, another athlete named Su Haonan also jumped 7.09 meters. An athlete from a prefecture-level city below him.
In the last trial jump, Li Dai's goal for Fang Haiquan was still very simple, which was to become as familiar with the competition environment as possible.
However, Fang Haiquan didn't think so. Hong Chenglong's result was 0.01 meters further than Fang Haiquan's. Fang Haiquan wanted to overtake him in the last trial jump.
Fang Haiquan stood in the running area for the third time. This time, his mood was different from the previous two times.
When he first appeared on the stage, Fang Haiquan was very nervous. His mind was even blank, and he only relied on instinct to make the long jump.
On his second appearance, his nervousness eased a lot and his thinking began to recover, but he still wasn't in game shape.
On his third appearance, Fang Haiquan suddenly realized that this was a formal game. He gradually felt the atmosphere of the game and the excitement of competitive sports.
"7.39 meters? I want to surpass him!" Fang Haiquan took a deep breath, and the key points of the movements that he needed to pay attention to flashed in his mind involuntarily.
The next moment, he started to take off, gradually accelerating, and before reaching the springboard, he finally increased his speed to the fastest.
Fang Haiquan kicked him on the springboard, and his legs suddenly exerted force. He was boiling high in the air, and his movements were very graceful.
"This jump is very good!" Li Dai thought to himself, but from Fang Haiquan's flying posture, Li Dai could feel that Fang Haiquan's results this time will be very good.
"Hoo!" Fang Haiquan brought up a gust of wind in the air, and then he fell firmly into the sand pool. With an elegant force, he stood up from the sand pool.
"7.54 meters!" When the surveyor shouted this result, he could not hide the surprise on his face.
"What? Did I hear it correctly? What he shouted was 7.54 meters?"
"Yes, that's for sure. Look at the marks in the sand pool, they are obviously over 7.5 meters tall!"
"How could he jump so far? This result can already represent the country in the Asian Youth Championship. Even an 18-year-old athlete rarely achieves such a good result. That athlete is only 16 years old, and the result of a 16-year-old can exceed 7.5 meters, I will definitely break 8 meters in the future!”
"If you break 8 meters, you will be close to the Olympic standard. Is it possible that our Hanbei Province will produce an Olympic athlete in the long jump?"
"This kid is a genius. Maybe he will be able to join the national team in less than two years."
There was a lot of surprised discussion at the scene. At the age of 16, to achieve such results, there is indeed unlimited potential.
Dai Li's face was full of smiles. He could feel that Fang Haiquan had begun to overcome the tension caused by the competition and was slowly entering his own state.
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The competition in Group A ended, the athletes left the competition venue, and the athletes in Group B also began to enter the venue to prepare for the qualifying competition.
According to the rules, after the qualifying rounds of Group AB, only the top 12 athletes in total can enter the main competition, so the athletes who appear later will obviously have an advantage.
When the athletes of Group B appear on the field, their coaches also get the results of the athletes of Group A. At the same time, they can roughly estimate what kind of results the athletes of Group B need to jump to enter the main competition.
The long jump athletes of the Yuzhou City representative team were divided into Group B. At this time, Zhao Shouliang, the coach in charge of the long jump event, was leading his athletes into the competition area.
"Coach Zhao! I heard that you have been transferred to the youth team." Someone greeted Zhao Shouliang.
"Coach Chen, long time no see! I am now in charge of the long jump event of the Yuzhou Youth Team." Zhao Shouliang also came up to greet him. The other party is a long jump coach from a neighboring city, and they have known each other for a long time.
After the two greeted each other, Zhao Shouliang asked, "How was the result of Group A?"
"Among the athletes in Group A, three of them actually jumped over 7 meters, and the first place jumped 7.54 meters! There are also two more than 6.9 meters. It seems that there are at least 5 athletes in Group A, who can It’s relatively safe to advance to the main competition.” Coach Sun said.
"7.54 meters, this should be the first-class level of the National Youth Team! Who is so good?" Zhao Shouliang asked in surprise.
"He's from the provincial youth team. I heard he's only 16 today! I think this year's long jump champion will probably be this 16-year-old boy!" Coach Sun said.
"16 years old? There is so much potential!" Zhao Shouliang said, but there was a sense of hostility and fear in his eyes.
"I came here with a trump card this time. I originally wanted to win the long jump championship, but unexpectedly a 7.54-meter figure suddenly appeared. This may be our strong enemy on the road to winning the championship!" Zhao Shouliang thought of this and looked into the distance. The athletes from Group A who were exiting asked, "Who is the one who jumped 7.54 meters?"
"That's the one, the one with the white sportswear on the upper body and blue pants on the lower body." Coach Sun pointed at Fang Haiquan in the distance.
Zhao Shouliang looked exactly in the direction of Coach Sun's finger, and sure enough he saw Fang Haiquan. At the same time, Zhao Shouliang also spotted the familiar figure of Dai Li next to Fang Haiquan.
"Li Dai! Why is he here!" Zhao Shouliang had a look of hostility on his face: "We are really enemies on a narrow road!"