The height of the field is 5.98 meters, and there are three players left, two of whom are world champions.
The emergence of a world championship-level contest is obviously something that the audience likes to see, but there is an additional spoiler. Franz Muller, a young man who participated in the Olympics for the first time, actually persisted to this height like the two world champions.
The top three will at least get a bronze medal. In the men's pole vault event, facing two world champions, being able to get a bronze medal is considered a very good result.
People began to pay attention to this young man and began to talk about Muller's handsome appearance. Reporters began to search for Muller's information, but found that his results in the international arena were "zero", and he even had no results in the domestic trials of the United States. nothing.
"You personally selected this Franz Muller for the national team, right?" Team leader Downey continued; "That's him, he didn't even participate in the selection, right?"
"Yes, he missed the U.S. Olympic trials due to some accidents, but his talent is really great, so I selected him." Dai Li replied.
"I really admire your vision. Judging from the results, you made a right choice, but the risk you took in doing so is too great. If Mueller fails to achieve good results, you may have to bear responsibility. "Yeah." Danny said.
"So, he must get good grades." Li Dai replied.
"You succeeded. An Olympic bronze medal. Even if the athletes joined the national team without participating in the trials, it is enough to explain to the people." Downey said happily.
Dai Li glared at Downey and said in a deliberately doubtful tone: "Why do you think that a bronze medal is a good result?"
Downey's eyes exuded surprise: "Are you still planning to let Muller go one step further? This is impossible! You don't even have to look at who his opponents are. Defending champion Patrina, World Championship champion Kula Yev, how could Muller take the gold and silver medals away from them."
"Mueller's talent is great." Dai Li repeated this sentence, and then said confidently: "So everything is possible!"
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"The current height has reached 5.98 meters. If you jump over this height, it means breaking the Olympic record of men's pole vault. The first person to appear next is our American athlete Franz Muller. Franz -Mueller was born in Germany and came to the United States with his parents when he was young. He is currently studying at the University of Oregon. His results in the selection competition were... "
When the American TV commentator said this, his words suddenly stopped because the information he had on hand did not include Mueller's results in the Olympic trials.
"What the hell? How could it not be there? Which intern compiled this information? There is no such important data! I will definitely fire him later." The commentator said with full malice.
The scene was quiet and awkward for a while. Fortunately, the TV kept providing footage of the scene. Even if the commentator didn't speak, the audience could see the scene and hear the scene.
The commentator turned off the public broadcast of the microphone and complained to the director: "Who did the data collection today? There is no data on the athletes participating in the Olympic trials!"
After a little while, the director's voice came from the headphones: "I just checked for you. Franz Muller did not participate in the U.S. domestic Olympic trials."
Hearing this result, the commentator suddenly remembered a report a few days ago that questioned the selection of this national team. It was mentioned above that an athlete entered the national team without even participating in the selection, implying that There is a shady secret behind the selection of the U.S. track and field team.
But now it seems that this conspiracy theory obviously does not exist. Although Franz Muller did not participate in the U.S. Olympic trials, he has entered the top three in the Olympic men's pole vault and firmly won a first place. A bronze medal.
The commentator cleared his throat, turned on the microphone, and continued to introduce: "Mueller did not participate in the Olympic trials. He was directly recruited by the coach into this US team, and he did not live up to the coach's trust in him. We successfully entered the top three in the pole vault finals, and of course, thanks to the head coach’s discerning eye for heroes, we achieved such a good result today.”
As soon as the commentator finished speaking, Muller's body started to activate and began to challenge the height of 5.98 meters.
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The unknown Muller can persist until now, which surprised the Russian team coach Merkov, but he did not take Muller to heart. In his opinion, a young boy like Muller who is just starting out is very surprised. , even if it has some strength, there is no need to care too much. Russia's main competitor is the defending champion French player Patreigne.
When Muller began his trial jump, Melklov simply watched Muller's trial jump with admiration.
Muller was like a big bird, flying high, crossing the crossbar in an elegant gesture, and then landed on the cotton pad inquiringly.
"Oh! The posture is so beautiful!" Melklov couldn't help but praise in his heart.
The next moment, Merklov suddenly realized that this young player whom he did not know had surpassed the Olympic record height of 5.98 meters, and succeeded in only one attempt.
This is an Olympic record. If it can be surpassed easily, it will not become a record.
"This kid is so strong. It seems that his level should be above six meters. I wonder if it will be difficult to catch him at the next height!" Melklov thought to himself.
Merklov is not worried that Muller will take away the gold medal, because he is very confident in his team members. A mere height of 5.98 meters cannot defeat Russian player Kulaev at all.
At the World Athletics Championships two years ago, Kurayev won the men's pole vault championship. In terms of his strength, 5.98 meters is indeed a piece of cake. When he stood on the court, he easily surpassed the Olympic record height of 5.98 meters in just one trial jump.
The Olympic champion of 5.98 meters seems to be relatively easy for the first two athletes to appear.
The last person to appear was French player Patreigne. He is the defending champion of this event. Four years ago, he won the Olympic gold medal in the men's pole vault and broke the Olympic record at the time. His score at the time was 5.97 meters.
What is unexpected is that Patreny did not go on the field, he directly chose to skip the jump.
"Patreny chose not to jump, so that he would cross the height of 5.98 meters and go directly to the next height. He chose not to jump at this height. It seems that he is very confident in his own strength." The commentator said.
There was a look of disdain on the face of Russian team coach Merkov.
"What confidence in one's own strength? This is nothing more than a tactical avoidance. He wants to put pressure on us. However, our Kulayev has been on the battlefield for a long time and has extremely rich competition experience. How could he be defeated by such a Interferenced by tactics." Melklov curled his lips.
The height increased again by 5 centimeters, and the next height was 6.03 meters. Although there is still a big gap between this world record of 6.16 meters, it is already a height that most athletes cannot overcome in their lifetime.
Franz Muller picked up the pole, stared ahead, and started. For him, this height is also a great challenge, and it is almost close to his best result during usual practice.
On the sidelines of the game, Li Dai used the status scale for Muller, but this time he put all the weight on the side of extremely stable status. He believed in Muller's strength. He believed that as long as Muller is stable, If you exert yourself, you will definitely be able to surpass this height.
Muller's body started to start and then accelerated. With the support and elasticity of the pole, he completed hanging, swinging, leg raising, pull-ups and other movements. At this time, his S+ level talent was fully utilized, and he crossed the crossbar with a set of extremely smooth movements.
Another pass!
The scene immediately became excited, and the audience gave Mueller the warmest applause.
In the athletes' waiting area, the two world champions Patraine and Kulaev looked a little serious at this time. The height of 6.03 meters is also a very difficult challenge for these two people. Although they have the strength to cross this height, there is no guarantee that they can succeed 100%.
And in the eyes of the two of them, Muller, an unknown young player, is just a foil for the two of them. In the end, they still have to watch the battle between the two world champions. But after Muller passed the height of 6.03 meters, he was already a spoiler. success. Moreover, this spoiler still maintained the highest score in the game. Patreny and Kulayev suddenly discovered that there was another contender for the championship.
Next it was Kulaev's turn to try the jump. At this time, his expression was no longer as relaxed as before, but looked very serious.
He raised the long pole and began to accelerate rhythmically. Then the long pole was pushed hard, and he jumped high and began to complete a series of movements on the pole.
As the gold medal winner at the World Track and Field Championships, there is no doubt about Kulaev's strength, but this time, his luck was a little bit worse. His calf hit the crossbar, and the crossbar shook and fell. Come down.
Kulaev’s first try jump failed!
The surrounding spectators let out cries of disappointment, and Kulaev also shook his head. He walked off the sponge mat while thinking about where he still needed to make adjustments.
Then it was Patreny's turn to complete his first trial jump.
Patreny chose not to jump at a height of 5.98. This may be because he is truly confident in his own strength, or it may be a tactical avoidance of jumping, or he may just be bluffing. But no matter what the situation is, after Muller reaches this height, as the defending Olympic champion, he will have to fight.
However, the previous height to avoid jumping also put Patreyne at a disadvantage. As a pole vaulter, every trial jump is a process of self-adjustment. This kind of exercise requires repeated movements, and each additional adjustment will provide more opportunities.
It's like playing a guessing game. You name a certain number and someone tells you that your guess is too high. Then you will subtract a little bit from your next guess. If you are told that your guess is too small, then you will have to say it next time. When adding a number, increase it a little. If you try a few more times, you will always be able to guess the number.
The same is true for pole vaulters. This time, if the waist force is not enough when trying to jump, use more force next time; if the leg lift is not high enough, raise the leg more next time. Although athletes will not have unlimited trial jumps, this kind of adjustment has advantages in terms of error tolerance.
From this perspective, Patreny's avoidance of jumping at the previous height was tantamount to giving up an opportunity for self-adjustment.
Moreover, Muller and Kulaev both jumped 5.98 meters. For these two people, 6.03 meters is only an increase of 5 centimeters. But Patrine did not jump 5.98 meters, so for Patrine, 6.03 meters is an increase of 10 centimeters.
You know, in high jump, the greater the height increase, the greater the difficulty increases.
I saw Patreny holding the long pole tightly. He took a deep breath and started his first trial jump at a height of 6.03 meters.
"Hey!" The audience sighed in disappointment. Patreny also failed in this jump, and he obviously did not master the height well. From this jump, he had no chance to jump 6.03 meters.
"It seems that giving up the height of 5.98 meters has had a big impact on Patreyne!" Dai Li sighed.
Now Dai Li is the one who is sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers and tigers. Anyway, Muller has already passed the height of 6.03 meters. Dai Li hopes that both Patreny and Kulaev can't jump, and then gives the American team a gold medal.
The scene suddenly became weird. The two world champions who had high hopes did not cross the height of 6.03 meters. However, in people's eyes, the American teenager Mueller, who had no fame, no experience, and no achievements, was The one with the best grades.
Next, Kulaev appeared again and began his second trial jump.
At this time, Kulaev obviously knew the reason for his failure in the first trial jump. He made adjustments, improved the shortcomings in the first trial jump, and successfully crossed the height of 6.03 meters.
The pressure came to Patreny's side. As the defending champion of this event, he was the most favored one, but at this time, he was the only one who did not cross 6.03 meters.
At this time, it was not only Patreny's skills that were tested, but also his mentality.
Patreny stood on the field with a solemn expression. Although this was only the second trial jump, it was actually a life-and-death test. Because if you can't jump the first two times, the chance of succeeding the third time is not great. Moreover, he is the only one left at this height. If he tries to jump for the second time, he will have to try to jump for the third time in a row, and he will be at a physical disadvantage.
Patreny very much hoped that he could succeed, but luck was not on his side. He still failed in his second try.
The defending champion is in dire straits!