Chapter 101: The Second Jump (Second Shift)

More than 80,000 spectators at the scene let out earth-shattering cheers at the same time, and this cheer fell into Saladino's ears, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

The same first attempt jump, also jumped the 8.40-meter marking, but the result was completely different, Saladino's attempt ended in a foul on the line, while Zhang Guan crossed the 8.40-meter mark. In contrast, Saladino felt like he had lost the first move.

At this time, the surveyor also gave Zhang Guan's final score, 8.42 meters.

"8.42 meters, Zhang Guan jumped 8.42 meters, which is a very good result, you must know that the best time in the long jump in 2001 was only 8.41 meters! If it is an ordinary long jump competition, this result is enough to win the championship, and I think there are absolutely less than five of the participants who can challenge this result! ”

The commentator is right, among the contestants on the scene, there are only seven or eight players who have jumped more than 8.40 meters, but considering the state of the competition, maybe only three or five people can really jump more than 8.40 meters.

The other competitors showed solemn expressions, and Zhang Guan's first attempt to set such a high threshold was tantamount to blocking most of the competitors from the medal range.

The race continued, and the last Senegalese player to appear, Kabaddi, jumped a good score of 8.03 meters, but at this time everyone was still talking about Zhang Guan's 8.42 meters, and no one cared about Kababadi's good score of more than 8 meters.

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At the end of the first round of the competition, Zhang Guan temporarily ranked first, but all the competitors on the scene knew that this 8.42-meter score was not enough to win the championship, because of the presence of Salardino, Saladino will definitely jump better in the next competition.

After the first round of the 12 competitors was shown on the broadcast screen, the second round began immediately, with Greece's Tesa Tomas taking the lead in the field. Apparently stimulated by Zhang's 8.42m, he jumped more to the limit this time, but luck was still not on Tessathomas's side, and his second attempt failed.

The second to appear was Saudi Arabia's Al Shaba, who only jumped 7.80 meters for the first time, so he chose to fight for the second attempt, and he gambled on his luck as bad as Tesa Thomas and failed to step on the line.

Botswana's Gallinamose retired due to injury, so after Al Shaba's jump, it was Panama's Saradino's turn to play.

"Then it was Salardino's turn, and after a failed first attempt, I thought Saladino should have found some sense of competition and wondered if he would be able to surpass Zhang's 8.42m. He's starting to run! The narrator suddenly stopped talking and looked at Saladino, who had already completed the speed in the broadcast screen.

After failing to do his first attempt, this time Saladino was clearly prepared, and he appeared more confident and more calm.

I saw that Saladino was like a big bird flying, jumping high and gliding in the air, and then falling heavily into the sand pool, the whole set of movements was very perfect, it can be said that it was impeccable.

"It seems to be over 8.50 meters! Were there any fouls? The referee raised the white flag, and there was no foul in this jump! 8.53 meters! Saladino overtook Zhang Guan and temporarily took the first place. ”

The audience at the scene did not cheer, but there was sparse applause, and many people's faces showed a solemn look, obviously worried about Zhang Guan. According to the situation of previous Olympic Games, 8.53m is definitely a result with a hope of winning the gold medal.

Saladino waved his fists excitedly, he looked around, and saw the faces in the audience who were anxious for Zhang Guan, which made Saladino more and more excited.

"I'm the strongest! I'm the winner. Saladino's eyes showed determination, and his expression became more confident.

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Next up was Cuba's Martinez jumped 7.90m, followed by Spain's Meriz in his second attempt, which he jumped 8.02m, South Africa's Mokoena failed and Cuba's Cameyo jumped 8.09m.

Zimbabwe's Makusa already had a time of 8.19m as a guarantee, so the second attempt was an incomparable Hodo, as if he was going to compete with Zhang Guan and Saladino. Marcusa was indeed a strong competitor, jumping over the 8.30m mark and moving up to third place with 8.34m, ahead of Saladino and Zhang.

Marcusa was also very excited to walk out of the sand pool, obviously he was satisfied with his results, he waved to the audience, but not many viewers were willing to respond, because then Zhang Guan appeared, everyone looked at the running area, waiting for Zhang Guan's appearance, no one cared about Marcusha.

Marcusa walked off the field with some loss, and at this time, Zhang Guan stood on the running area for the second time.

There was a continuous cheering sound, and people hoped that Zhang Guan could jump more than 8.53 meters and complete the overtaking of Saladino.

After the first attempt, Zhang Guan obviously made some adjustments, and this time he decided to choose a jump that was more inclined to the limit.

Zhang Guan half-arched, shook his arms slightly, and then began to run.

"Zhang Guan started to run!" The narrator was already holding his breath, staring at the screen for fear of missing a single detail.

On the field, at the springboard, Zhang Guan jumped violently, and the referee immediately raised the white flag.

But the camera did not leave the referee even a moment of time, but directly followed Zhang Guan and moved forward.

Even if Zhang Guan was still in the air, Saladino had already felt a lot of pressure, but judging from the speed of Zhang Guan's running and the height after the jump, the result of this jump must be very good.

"Maybe it can go over 8.50 meters!" Saladino thought as he stared at the markings by the sand pool.

However, when Zhang Guan landed, it was already clearly over the 8.50-meter marking.

"It's 8.60 meters!" Saladino's heart tightened, and he looked at Zhang Guan's close stay in the sand pool, both his expression and his mentality became more and more solemn.

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"8.62 meters! Zhang Guan's time in this attempt was 8.62 meters, and he surpassed Saladino! Now Zhang Guan is ranked first again, and the score of 8.62 meters may already guarantee that Zhang Guan will win this gold medal. The narrator spoke.

The score of 8.62 meters is enough to win the championship in any level of competition, and among the athletes on the scene, there are only two athletes with the best score higher than Zhang Guan himself, one of which is naturally Saladino who jumped 8.73 meters two months ago, and the other is the Greek player Tesa Tomas, who jumped 8.66 meters last year, which was also the best result in the long jump last year.

It can be said that Zhang Guan's attempt to jump this time is equivalent to directly expelling the other 9 competitors from the ranks of competing for the gold medal, and the next suspense is whether Saladino and Tesa Tomas can repeat their highest level and jump more than 8.62 meters.

Even ESPN's commentator voiced: "It looks like Zhang Guan has returned to his personal peak form, I think the big picture of this long jump competition has been decided, unless Saladino plays the same form as two months ago, it is impossible to beat Zhang Guan!" We may be able to congratulate the Chinese in advance on another Olympic gold medal. ”

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