The final of the triple jump began, and Zhang Guan also took the stage.
This is the most competitive event in the men's track and field event. Zhang Guan is competing with five athletes who have already reached the Olympic A standard, and other players also have a chance in impacting the Olympic A standard and have great opportunities.
Zhang Guan's draw in the fifth game was neither good nor bad. Although the position was in the middle of the twelve players, considering that after three test jumps, the name will be re-made according to the results, so for Zhang Guan, the lottery rankings are almost the same as long as they are in the middle.
The first player to play was a 17-year-old teenager named Cao Shuo. He broke into the finals of the Athletics Open and has set his best record.
However, in the first jump of the final, Cao Shuo still maintained a hot state and jumped a good result of 16.25 meters in one fell swoop. This is perfect for a 17-year-old young teenager.
After the third appearance is also a young player, Dong Bin, who is nearly 20 years old, Dong Bin is better than Cao Shuo, he jumped 16.28 meters.
Zhang Guan debuted in a cheer, he jumped directly out of the 17.12-meter score, but many professionals believe that Zhang Guan's jump is still reserved.
"Zhang Guan seems to have reservations, the situation is not good." Gu Junjie frowned. Gu Junjie is the youth record holder of the domestic triple jump and reached the Olympics A standard with a score of 17.11 meters, and his personal best score is 17.23 meters. Originally, he was expected to participate in the Olympics, but Zhang Guan was in the preliminary round. In the jump of 17.15 meters, he is likely to squeeze out his quota.
The next domestic long jumper, Li Yanxi, was unlucky and failed the first jump; Zhong Mini's first jump was also very unlucky, and he only jumped 15.59 meters. Both of them reached the Olympic A standard with a score of more than 17.2 meters last year. It can be said that two Olympic places have been locked.
After that, Wu Bo, who had just reached the A mark at 17.10 meters, appeared. Since Wu Bo's result was just reaching the Olympic A mark, even if there is no Zhang Guan, there are three players in front of Wu Bo who are better than him. His chance to participate in the Olympics is very slim unless he can jump a score of more than 17.20 meters.
The score of 17.10 meters was close to his limit for Wu Bo. His first test jump was only at 15.62 meters.
Then Gu Junjie came on stage. He didn't want to be squeezed out of the quota by Zhang Guan, so Gu Junjie looked very hard in the first jump, and this kind of hard work also gave him a huge profit. His first jump score reached 16.88 meters, this is a good result that surpassed the Olympic B target. This result also made Gu Junjie rise to second place, second only to Zhang Guan.
The final twelfth appearance was Zhu Shujing. He was the champion of the triple jump in the 10th National Games. He also had multiple results of more than 17 meters, but he has not yet reached the A mark of this Olympic Games, and he is also one of the players who wish to reach the Olympic A target. This open track and field event is also an opportunity for Zhu Shujing to sprint the Olympic A target. In his first jump, he chose a relatively stable jump method. The 16.03-meter result is also an excellent guaranteed score.
...
In the second and third rounds of trial jumping, Zhang Guan still gave up the trial jumping, but no player could exceed Zhang Guan's 17.12 meters. After the three rounds of trial jumping, the four lower-ranking players were eliminated. The appearance quickly re-ranked, and Zhang Guan also won the final ranking.
In the fourth round of test jumping, the players played either very well or badly. Li Yanxi jumped out of a 16.98-meter score and rose to second place, but no one except Zhang Guan could still exceed 17 meters.
"It's Zhang Guan's turn to appear next. He might choose to give up trying to jump! Oh, no, Zhang Guan didn't give up this time, he stood in the running zone!"
The audience immediately burst into warm applause.
"I jumped to 17.15 meters in the preliminaries, and I jumped 17.12 meters just now. Although both of these results exceeded 17.10 meters, it was not enough to ensure that I participated in the Olympics. Zhong Minwei's best result was 17.27 meters. Gu Junjie also jumped 17.23 meters before, so I need to jump more than 17.3 meters. It looks like I need to work harder!" Zhang Guan stared at the front, his expression gradually became serious, and then began to run.
"Huh? Zhang Guan's momentum is not the same as before!" Those athletes who are closer to Zhang Guan have already felt the difference.
"Run-up is faster!"
Everyone took a breath of air, and everyone could feel that Zhang Guan's jump will exceed the previous 17.12 meters.
One foot, step, take off and then landed in the bunker. The trace of the final landing point has exceeded the 17-meter mark, and it has exceeded a large section.
"Wow!" everyone exclaimed involuntarily.
"I feel Zhang Guan's jump is very far! It is estimated that it has exceeded 17.2 meters."
"I can't stop but this is about 17.3 meters!"
"I've never seen anyone who can jump so far."
"Don't talk, the surveyor is going to announce the results."
At this point, the surveyor had finished measuring, and he had an incredible expression on his face, and then confirmed with another referee for a long time, and finally reported a result,
"17.37 meters!"
"Wow la..." The athletes in the preparation area waiting to play immediately made a mess.
"What? I heard correctly, 17.37 meters?"
"It's impossible, Zhang Guan jumped 17.37 meters! Isn't that..."
"Yes, that's a new triple jump record! It broke the previous national record of 17.34 meters!"
There was a round of applause in the audience. Everyone knew that Zhang Guan's performance was much higher than others, but he didn't know that this was a record-breaking performance. The straight commentator said,
"17.37 meters! My God, 17.37 meters, this is a new national record and a new Asian record! Before that, the national record and Asian record for the triple jump was 17.34 meters. This national record has been maintained for 27 years and no one broke it for 27 years! Congratulations to Zhang Guan, he broke the record held for 27 years! Congratulations to Zhang Guan!"
Listening to the commentator's words, the audience understood what the result of 17.37 meters meant.
A thunderous sound rang out in the national tranquil center, and even the earth seemed to be shaking, the audience cheering, jumping, shouting, and roaring. They waited a whole night and finally waited for the scene they were expecting.
In the coaching staff on the sidelines, a coach in his fifties turned out to have a smile of relief.
"Broken, this record was finally broken! Unexpectedly, my national record will persist for a full twenty-seven years, and now someone has finally broken this record! Great, really great, this is what we need, Sports should be like this, higher, faster and stronger, constantly challenging themselves and constantly setting new records!"