Chapter 250: High Jump Final
In addition to the Chinese, other foreign media and spectators were also surprised by Zhang Huasong's record-breaking championship three times in a row, and paid more attention to Zhang Huasong's next games.
Phelps is already breathtaking enough, could there be an athlete more demonic than Phelps in the same Olympics?
In the waiting of countless people around the world, the time enters August 19, Zhang Huasong will participate in two competitions: the men's 200m semifinals and the men's high jump final.
Among them, the men's 200m semifinals are held in the morning and the men's high jump final is held in the evening.
At 10:40 a.m., the men's 200m semifinals began. The 16 athletes are divided into two groups, with the top four from each group advancing directly to the finals.
After the first run, Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay both ran into the 20-second mark to advance.
Moreover, Bolt ran a time of 19.76 seconds, which also surpassed the men's 200-meter championship result at the Athens Olympics, which caused applause from countless spectators and reporters at the scene.
Sure enough, as everyone expected, only Usain Bolt had the ability to fight with Zhang Huasong reluctantly.
Subsequently, the second group of Zhang Huasong's competition began.
This time, Zhang Huasong did not run the first starting reaction time, and only ranked third with 0.124 seconds. Someone managed to run with a gun and ran a 0.103 second reaction time, and another ran a 0.122 second reaction time.
However, Zhang Huasong's 200-meter skill of 19.4 seconds made him second to none in the later races.
In the end, Zhang Huasong's time was further than the second round of preliminaries, running a time of 19.52 seconds to advance to the finals, which is simply breathtaking!
In the same group as Zhang Huasong, Kuranti Martina and Athens champion Sean Crawford also managed to break the 20-second mark and make the cut.
Although Zhang Huasong's promotion to the 200m final was expected by everyone and was not news, readers and viewers loved to watch Zhang Huasong's news.
After all, Zhang Huasong's attention is getting higher and higher, even if it is one of his semifinals, it is more concerned by the audience and readers than the finals of some unpopular events that produce gold medals.
Therefore, after the semi-finals, many domestic and foreign media reported that Zhang Huasong advanced to the men's 200-meter final with a terrifying time of 19.52 seconds.
This is only the semi-finals, and Zhang Huasong ran a much higher result than the winner of the Athens final.
In the finals, what kind of results will Zhang Huasong run when he plays his best?
The world record of 19.32 seconds set by Stars and Stripes track and field superstar Michael Johnson in 1996 has been in the dust for 12 years, and it is not far from the long jump world record.
However, now it seems that Michael Johnson, who has held this world record for 12 years, may be more dangerous.
Even the dusty 17-year-old long jump record was broken by Zhang Huasong, and Michael Johnson's 12-year record is probably also broken by Zhang Huasong!
Zhang Huasong is moving towards his goal of breaking records and winning championships in various events, and the expectations of domestic and foreign media and audiences for Zhang Huasong to surpass Phelps are getting higher and higher!
Of course, if you want to exclude the Stars and Stripes, no one in the Stars and Stripes will want Zhang Huasong to surpass Phelps and suppress the Olympic god they have just produced!
However, all this will not be transferred by the will of the people of the Stars and Stripes, and Zhang Huasong is still rushing forward on the road of one gold per day!
In addition to the 200m semi-finals, everyone is also looking forward to the upcoming high jump final in the evening.
This is the final of Zhang Huasong's fourth gold medal!
If Zhang Huasong succeeds, he will surpass Li Ning and become the athlete with the most gold medals in a single Olympic Games. Together with Deng Yaping, Guo Jingjing and others, he became the Chinese athlete with the most total gold medals in the Olympic Games (4).
At the same time, it will also reach half of Phelps' Peking Olympic gold medals, becoming the athlete who has won the most Olympic gold medals in Peking except Phelps.
All other athletes at home and abroad participating in the Peking Olympics, except for Phelps, won a maximum of three gold medals.
The key thing is that this is Zhang Huasong's fourth final!
If Zhang Huasong wins this gold medal and continues to maintain a 100% winning rate, what will happen to him with six finals left?
Countless people are full of anticipation!
The men's high jump final was the first competition at the Bird's Nest on the evening of August 19, kicking off at 7 p.m. sharp.
After the morning game was over, and the spectators, referees, reporters, and staff had rested for a few hours, at 17 o'clock in the afternoon, the spectators began to check in and get ready to watch the evening game.
After three consecutive victories in the previous finals, plus 19.52 seconds in the 200m semifinals in the morning, the audience was full of confidence in Zhang Huasong's victory in the high jump final.
In an interview with reporters, many Chinese viewers expressed their confidence in Zhang Huasong's victory and fourth gold medal.
Many people swear that Zhang Huasong will definitely surpass Phelps and become the real Olympic god!
Even some foreign audiences, in addition to the Stars and Stripes, have expressed their expectations for Zhang Huasong to win the championship!
For these neutral spectators, it is natural that the more competitive the game, the better, and the more intense it is, the more they enjoy watching it!
As for Zhang Yiqing, Xie Lingzhi and other Zhang Huasong's relatives and friends, after the previous few days of competition, Zhang Yiqing and others have relaxed a lot, and they are also full of confidence in Zhang Huasong, and they are no longer as nervous as they were watching the game on the first day.
In an interview with reporters, Zhang Yiqing said that he believed that his son would win the championship smoothly and would not disappoint the expectations of the people of the whole country!
Approaching 7 p.m., all the spectators had entered and seated, and all media reporters from various countries were ready to wait for the game to begin.
At 6:50 p.m., the people from afar entered.
When Zhang Huasong walked out of the athletes' tunnel, the audience immediately burst into warm applause and cheers, and tens of thousands of spectators were excited about Zhang Huasong's appearance.
Zhang Huasong waved to the audience and followed the other contestants to the high jump finals venue, ready for the competition.
The men's high jump world record is 2.45 meters set by Cuban high jumper Sotomayor on July 27, 1993, which has been in the dust for 15 years, not far behind the long jump world record.
Zhang's previous high jump skill was 2.45m, and his personal best was 2.40m.
With a skill of 2.45 meters, it is impossible to break the world record of 2.45 meters under any circumstances.
Therefore, before the start of the competition, Zhang Huasong first called up the all-around system and upgraded his high jump skills to 2.50 meters before starting the competition.
The 2.50-meter high jump skill, as long as he plays with all his strength, is enough for him to break the record and win the championship!
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