On the sixth competition day of Olympic track and field events, on this afternoon, a total of three gold medals will be decided, namely the women's long jump, the women's 200 meters and the women's 100 meters hurdles.
The long jump has always been the most advantageous event for the American team, both men and women. The U.S. team also has two players advance to the long jump finals. They are veteran Barrett and Seid, the women's long jump record holder at the World Indoor Championships. Both players have the potential to win gold medals.
Barrett is 31 years old this year. For track and field, Barrett is indeed a real veteran. In the previous domestic trials in the United States, Barrett did not qualify, but the outbreak of doping in the United States made Barrett a beneficiary. Players who ranked ahead of him in the qualifying rounds withdrew, which gave Barrett the advantage. qualify for the Olympics.
Said was the gold medalist in the women's long jump at the last Olympic Games and the world record holder in the women's long jump at the Track and Field Indoor Championships.
Under normal circumstances, the results of the indoor world championships are much lower than those of the outdoor competitions. Taking the women's long jump as an example, the world record is 7.52 meters, the Olympic record is 7.40 meters, and the indoor world record held by Said is 7.22 meters. .
However, world records and Olympic records were all set in the 1980s and 1990s, and there is not much comparison with today. With the current level of athletes, 7.22 meters is enough to win any world championship, including heavyweight competitions such as the Olympic Games or the World Track and Field Championships.
In the last Olympics, Said's jump when he won the Olympic championship was 7.12 meters. According to the predictions of the betting company before the game, if you want to win the championship in this Olympics, you must jump at least 7.10 meters. If you want to win To win a medal, you need to jump more than 7 meters.
Judging from the strength of these two American athletes, it is not very difficult to jump more than 7 meters, not to mention the help of the status scale.
Dai Li really likes the prop of Status Scale now. This prop is tailor-made for the US team. The athletes of the US team are already strong enough. Many players are at the level of world champions. For such high-level athletes, as long as they are If you encounter an overwhelming state once, you can basically lock in the championship.
The actual competition process was similar to what Li Dai planned. In the fourth and fifth trial jumps respectively, the two athletes from the American team jumped over 7.10 meters, almost locking the competition in advance. Top two.
In the end, veteran Barrett won the championship with a time of 7.17 meters, while Said failed to successfully defend his title and had to settle for second place.
Barrett was extremely excited about the championship she had won. She is also the kind of athlete who has persisted for many years and has been at the top of the world, but has never won a heavyweight championship. The 31-year-old also plans to win this championship. She chose to retire after the Olympic Games. Today's Olympic gold medal is obviously the best reward for her more than ten years of career.
With a gold medal in hand, the U.S. track and field team led by Dai Li continued to win gold medals every day.
The next event to be finalized is the women's 200 meters, which is also considered a strong event for the US team. With the exception of Jamaica, the U.S. team probably won't lose to any other opponent.
The Jamaican team's double insurance took the top two places in the women's 100-meter event, but in the 200-meter event, their dominance still existed. The top two places were still won by these two people, and the American team could only settle for third.
Today's finale is the women's 100-meter hurdles final.
In this event, the U.S. team’s advantage is almost unshakable. It is no exaggeration to say that even if the US team sends some second-tier athletes, they can win the Olympics.
In the final result of the competition, the American team not only won the championship in this event, but also took the top three places.
This was originally a gold medal planned by the US team. Dai Li was not too surprised about winning the gold medal, but taking the top three results was indeed beyond Dai Li's expectation.
Over the Maracanã Stadium, three American flags were raised simultaneously for the second time, and the American national anthem was played again.
Next to Dai Li, Downey sang the song "The Starry Flag" at the top of his lungs excitedly. Although Downey's singing voice seemed like noise to Dai Li, Dai Li could feel it. Downey's excitement.
The surrounding American athletes and coaches were in the same situation as Downey. They watched the Stars and Stripes slowly rise, their faces full of contented joy.
Dai Li couldn't help but think of the Asian Games he participated in a few years ago. When the Chinese team won the championship, Dai Li's performance was the same as Downey's now.
"This is the Olympic Games. It brings people not only high-level competitions, not just victory and passion, but also a sense of national honor. In peacetime, this is irreplaceable by anything!" Dai Li couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
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After CCTV reporter Liu Ran completed her interview with Li Dai in the afternoon, she immediately went back to compile the report and sent it back to China. For this reason, she didn't even have time to eat dinner.
The ringtone of the cell phone woke Liu Ran up from his sleep. Liu Ran looked at the time and saw that it was already past two in the morning. He looked at the phone number again and saw that it was a call from his own leader in China.
Liu Ran was a little irritated when she was woken up from a deep sleep. However, she also realized that although it was early morning in Brazil time, it happened to be afternoon in China, which was normal working time. If the leader called her at this time, it would definitely It's for work-related matters.
This is the nature of a reporter's work. Since it was work, Liu Ran had no choice but to answer the phone: "Hello, director, this is Liu Ran."
"Xiao Liu, I have read the interview with Coach Li that you sent back," the director said.
"Director, do you think there is anything that needs to be modified?" Liu Ran asked despite his sleepiness.
"If you want to modify it, there is no need for it for the time being." The director paused and then said, "This report cannot be published at all!"
When Liu Ran heard that her hard-working interview was terminated by her leader, Liu Ran suddenly lost all sleepiness. She immediately asked: "Why?"
"There is a problem with your report, which is the part about the national table tennis. It said that after the national table tennis strike, Coach Li was transferred to the Tai Chi World Heritage Committee, and then he chose to resign. This will make the audience feel confused. There is a misunderstanding that Coach Li was implicated in the strike incident at that time and was suppressed, so he was transferred to the Tai Chi World Heritage Committee." The director said.
"Director, do you think there will be any misunderstanding about this kind of thing?" Liu Ran snorted coldly, and then said: "Let the best coach in our country be responsible for the application of Tai Chi as a World Heritage, isn't this a deliberate suppression? And I just report the facts, there are no directional comments in my reports. As for the audience’s judgment, I think they will have a weighing scale in their hearts.”
"Xiao Liu, I'm pressing down this report. This is for your own good. You have to know that some things are very complicated. If your report is published, it will offend many people. I am also here Protect you." The director said earnestly.
"I think you are afraid of offending others, so you are protecting yourself!" Liu Ran thought to herself. Although she was full of contempt for the director's behavior, she did not express it on her lips. However, the director just held back this interview, and she had no choice but to do it, so her work was in vain.
During the phone call, the director continued: "Xiao Liu, we advocate harmony in everything now. We in the media should do the same. We must have this awareness. We should not publish things that affect harmony. Harmony comes first!"