"Justin Alexander, cross the finish line!" the on-site commentator's voice was extremely excited, and the timer was fixed at 9 seconds 78.
"In 9.78 seconds, Justin Alexander set the best time in the 100-meter dash this year. It was also the first time under 9.80 seconds after Gittel retired!" the commentator said in an exaggerated tone.
Alexander won the championship with a time of less than 9 seconds and 80 seconds. Alexander's Olympic gold medal is full of gold.
After crossing the finish line, Alexander did not smile, and his expression was not even excited at all. He beat his chest with his right hand and roared forward, as if he had not yet finished venting his emotions.
McNee of the Jamaican team looked devastated. For him, it was really a catastrophe that the Jamaican team failed to retain the gold medal in the 100-meter dash. As the top player of the Jamaican team, McNee is extremely self-blame.
"We lost, and I have to bear the main responsibility." Fraser, the head coach of the Jamaican team, said in a deep voice.
"Coach, this is not your fault, nor is it the fault of our players. It's just that Alexander ran too fast, a time of less than 9 seconds and 80 seconds. Unless Gittel plays in person, no one can take advantage of Alexander. Take this gold medal," the assistant said.
"What we have to do now is not only to prove to the world that Gittel is not irreplaceable, but also to tell the world that even without Gittel, our Jamaican team is still the world's number one sprint power! Fraser suddenly let out a long sigh: "It's a pity that we failed! We lost the gold medal in the 100-meter dash. Maybe now the whole world will feel that without Gittel, our Jamaican team is nothing!"
"Coach, we just lost one of the more important gold medals. We still have the 200 meters and the relay race. We still have four gold medals to fight for. As long as we can successfully win those four gold medals, we can still win it." Prove to the world that we, Jamaica, are the strongest sprinting nation," the assistant continued to persuade.
The assistant's words seemed to wake up Fraser. He regained his courage and then said: "Yes, you are right. The game is not over yet. We still have to win the remaining four gold medals!"
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"Coach Li, congratulations! You helped the U.S. team regain the gold medal in the 100-meter dash! Our U.S. team has not won the men's 100-meter dash championship for three consecutive years. The last time we won this gold medal was back in 16 Years ago!" Donnie said with a cheerful look on his face.
"Yes, this gold medal is indeed hard-won." Dai Li looked at Alexander who was still celebrating at the finish line with a look of relief.
Dai Li knows that Alexander has endured too many tests for this gold medal. He constantly challenged Gitel, was suspended at his peak, and came back again in his thirties. The tortuous process of more than ten years, countless hard work and comebacks. , finally paid off.
Although he still failed to defeat Gitel, at this moment, Alexander was still standing at the top of the world.
"We also won the gold medal in the 100-meter dash. In total, we got two golds and two bronzes today. It's another harvest day." Dai Li had a harvest expression on his face.
On this competition day, there were only four gold medals in the track and field competition. The American team led by Li Dai was able to win two of them, which can indeed be regarded as an outstanding result.
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Today, USATF CEO Williams has not missed any track and field competitions.
When the final event, the men's 100-meter dash, was decided and the awards ceremony ended, Williams was still sitting next to the TV, staring at the TV screen in a daze.
After a long time, he sighed and said to himself: "Sixteen years later, I finally won back the Olympic gold medal in the men's 100-meter dash!"
For American track and field, the men's 100-meter gold medal has a different meaning.
The strongest man in the 100-meter race is also known as the fastest man in the world. This is not just a gold medal or an honor, it also symbolizes the best in the world, the limit of mankind, and influence. The largest track and field event.
In the past few decades, the United States has dominated the men's 100-meter dash event. The United States has many "flying men", and the world record for the 100-meter dash has always been held by Americans. Until the rise of Jamaica's Gittle, the United States' monopoly on sprinting was broken, and Americans had not tasted the 100-meter Olympic gold medal for more than ten years.
A U.S. track and field team without a 100-meter world champion is like a rice dumpling without fillings. It looks the same on the outside, but when you eat it, you always feel that it is missing the most important thing.
Therefore, the men's 100-meter world championship has always been a worry for Williams. Now that this gold medal has returned to the hands of the American team, Williams feels that American track and field has become complete again.
"This is already the fifth gold medal that the track and field team has won! In just three days of competition, they have won five gold medals. Moreover, the strength of this national team is weaker than previous ones. To be able to achieve such results, that Dai Li’s coaching level is really great. Maybe the plan needs to be changed. The press conference that was planned to shift the responsibility for the failure to him will be changed to his celebration banquet!"
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The Olympic track and field competition has entered its fourth competition day, but the topic of the 100-meter trapeze battle still continues. Although no new world record was set this time, the news that Alexander won the Olympic gold medal still occupied the headlines of many sports media.
Dai Li didn't pay much attention to what was written in the news. He still had to focus on the fourth match day.
On the fourth day of competition in track and field events, the first event in the morning was the men's triple jump qualifying event. This event is the gold medal for the United States, and two athletes from the American team successfully entered the finals. That includes defending champion Taylor.
However, what surprised Li Dai was that the performance of the European Legion was not good. No one from Britain, Italy and Germany, the three traditional powers in the triple jump, entered the finals, and only one person from Russia entered the finals. Among them, it was the Chinese team, with all three athletes entering the finals.
The first round of the women's 200 meters was held at the same time as the triple jump qualifying round. The three players of the American team easily advanced.
The third event was the preliminary round of the men's 3000-meter obstacle course. The three young men of the American team performed very well and all advanced to the finals.
After the men's 3000-meter obstacle course, the first gold medal in today's track and field competition is about to be born, which is the final of the women's hammer throw event.
What Li Dai likes most now is the field event. Whether it's high jump, long jump, or the four major throwing events, this is when the balance of status comes into play, and it feels like a bet, full of excitement.
However, what Li Dai did not expect was that although he won the bet this time and the American players were in excellent form three times, they did not win the game.
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During the third trial of the women's hammer throw, Polish athlete Ulodarczyk stood on the throwing area. He held the handle of the hammer with both hands. Both the ball and the ball began to spin at the same time. After three rounds, the hammer dropped from his hand and flew into the air. .
"Plop..." The hammer hit the ground, but the impact point surprised Dai Li.
"This distance is definitely more than 81 meters!"
The Olympic record for women's hammer throw is 78.18 meters, while the world record is 81.08 meters. According to the world's top competitions in recent years, if you can throw more than 76 meters, you may win a gold medal.
"Could it be a world record?" Dai Li looked at the scoreboard.
After careful measurement by the surveyor and repeated confirmation by the referee, a number of 82.29 meters appeared on the scoreboard.
"Sure enough, a new world record, and it is 1.21 meters higher than the original world record!" Li Dai suddenly took a breath of air. He knew that the American team had no hope of winning the women's hammer throw gold medal. It’s not just the American team. Faced with a world record, it’s impossible for athletes from other countries to surpass it.
This is no longer a problem that can be solved by the balance of state. The athlete's strength cannot reach the level of breaking the world record. Even if the state is extremely good, this game cannot be won.
In the end, the American team won a bronze medal in the women's hammer throw event. Although this result made Dai Li a little disappointed, he could only be forced to accept it. Who allowed his opponent to break the world record!
Then came the final of the women's 3000-meter obstacle course, which was also the second gold medal born in today's track and field competition.
This game was basically a three-nation competition for hegemony between the United States, Kenya and Ethiopia. In the end, Kenyan athletes were superior and won the championship. The American team ranked second and won a silver medal, and Ethiopia came in third.
Although the American team did not win the gold medal in the first two final events, they did win a silver and a bronze, which was quite rewarding.
The next three events are the first round of the men's 400-meter hurdles, the first round of the men's 110-meter hurdles and the women's discus qualifying round.
The 400-meter hurdles and 110-meter hurdles are both events in which the U.S. team holds gold medals. In the women's discus, the U.S. team's athletes performed poorly and no one advanced to the finals.
Then the third track and field gold medal of the day will be decided - men's pole vault.
The rules of high jump and pole vault are different from the long jump. The long jump event involves the first three trial jumps. The top eight players can enter the last three trial jumps. In the end, whoever jumps farther will be the champion.
The high jump event is to first determine a height, and then increase the height little by little. At each height, athletes have three attempts to jump. As long as they succeed once, they can challenge the next height. If they fail in three attempts, they will be eliminated. As the height continues to increase, until you meet the last person left, that is the champion. .
At the same time, pole vaulting allows athletes to skip the jump. The so-called no-jump means that in high jump and pole vault competitions, in order to save physical energy, athletes can request not to jump in any trial jump at each height. This skipped jump will not be counted as trial jumps. To put it simply, athletes can cross a certain height without a trial jump and directly enter the trial jump at the next height.
In addition, if an athlete fails the first or second trial jump at a certain height, he or she can also request to skip the jump and cross this height. However, the number of trial jumps at the next height can only be the number of attempts that failed at the previous height. The remaining number of unhopped times. For example, at a certain height, a contestant fails his first jump and applies for exemption. When he reaches the next height, the previous failed jump will also be counted in the number of trial jumps. He will only have two jumps left. Trial jump opportunity.
At the same time, the rules also stipulate that after an athlete requests to skip a jump at a certain height, he is not allowed to resume trial jumping at that height. In other words, after skipping, he can only challenge the next height.
In addition, when the height is raised to the point where only one athlete remains, that athlete must perform a trial jump and must not skip.
According to this no-jumping rule, theoretically athletes can choose to skip jumping until they are left alone. Of course, when that time comes, it will definitely be the highest level in the field. Once it is passed, it will be the first place, but if it cannot be passed, it will be zero result.
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The first height of today's competition is 5.50 meters. For this height, athletes from France and Russia have chosen to skip the jump. Perhaps they feel that this height is not challenging for them, and they can't even warm up. So Just don't jump and save some energy.
The other ten athletes all chose to try the jump. After all, this is a relatively low-difficulty height. They can be used as a warm-up, to familiarize themselves with the competition venue, or to find the state of the competition.
5.50 meters is not very difficult for sports that can enter the Olympic finals. Only one Latvian athlete did not jump this height and was eliminated. The others passed smoothly.
There are eleven athletes left on the field, and the next height directly increases by 0.15 meters to 5.65 meters.
According to IAAF regulations, the height of the pole vault should be increased by at least 5 centimeters each time. In the Olympic Games, the athletes are among the best in the world. At the beginning of the competition, the height increases in steps of 5 centimeters. Otherwise, the athletes will perform many trial jumps, which will slow down the pace of the game and consume more physical energy, thus affecting the viewing pleasure of the game and the final results of the players. Therefore, the competition will directly increase the height by 15 centimeters.
And at the level of the Olympic finals, 5.65 meters can be considered a bit difficult. If you can't even jump this height, you won't be able to compete for the gold medal.
As a result, five players were eliminated at this height. At this time, there are six participating athletes left on the field.
The third height increased to 5.75 meters, and another player was eliminated. At this time, there were still five players on the field.
The fourth height is 5.85 meters, which is 10 centimeters higher than before. Four players jumped this height, and another player chose not to jump after failing two trial jumps, so that he would jump in the next one. There is only one chance for a trial jump left.
The next height is 5.93 meters, this time the height is increased by 7 centimeters instead of 10 centimeters. The reason for this is because the Olympic record is 5.97 meters.
Since the Olympic record is 5.97 meters, the height setting of the Olympic competition must have an Olympic record-breaking score of 5.98 meters. According to the IAAF rules, the height of the pole vault is increased by 5 centimeters each time, so the previous one The height is 5.98 meters minus 5 centimeters, which is 5.93 meters.
At this height, two players were eliminated, and there were still three athletes left on the field. A French athlete, a Russian athlete, and an American athlete, and their next challenge is the Olympic record of 5.98 meters!
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"The height that the athletes will try to jump next is 5.98 meters. There are three athletes on the field, the defending champion Patreine from France, the world championship champion Kuraev from Russia, and Muller from the United States. "The commentator started to introduce.
French player Patreigne was the champion of the last Olympic Games. The Olympic men's pole vault record of 5.97 meters was set by him.
Russian player Kulaev was the champion of the World Athletics Championships two years ago and is naturally very strong.
With the strength and fame of these two people, it is natural to challenge the Olympic record.
American player Franz Muller is a rookie participating in the World Series for the first time.
At this time, Russian head coach Merklov looked at the handsome Muller with a baffled expression.
"Who can tell me who this Muller is? Where did he come from? How did he persist to this level? This guy I don't know at all wants to compete in the Olympics with our world champion Record!"