Chapter 251: Record-breaking height

At 19 o'clock in the evening of August 19, 2008, the men's high jump final of the Peking Olympic Games officially began, and Zhang Huasong ranked 9th. X

The starting height stipulated by the referee team is 2 meters, and the first 8 players basically choose 2.1 meters or 2.2 meters as their first jump, and all of them pass the first attempt.

When it was Zhang Huasong's turn, Zhang Huasong chose a height that surprised the audience and reporters: 2.40 meters!

This is Zhang's previous personal best, set at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, and it is also the only time in the last two years that he has reached the 2.40m mark in the international high jump.

Moreover, this height is already 4 centimeters higher than the 2.36 meters of the Athens Olympic champion's winning result!

It can be said that if Zhang Huasong really jumped 2.40 meters on his first attempt at the starting height of the Peking Olympic long jump final, he could almost announce that he would lock the championship in advance.

Although not as steady as yesterday's first jump in the long jump, it is also unlikely that other athletes will overtake it. After all, apart from Zhang Huasong, no other athlete has reached the 2.40-meter mark in the last two years.

The professional commentators of the live TV broadcasts from various countries also exclaimed: "Oh my God, Zhang Huasong chose a height of 2.40 meters for his first jump, which has already exceeded the height of the men's high jump in the last Athens Olympic Games! Moreover, this is also the height reached by no other athlete except Zhang Huasong himself in the past two years." Is he going to be like the long jump, and lock up the championship on the first jump?"

This height is indeed shocking enough!

If he jumps over, Zhang Huasong will be the same as the long jump, and the first jump will lock the championship.

But at the same height, if you can't jump three times, you will be completely eliminated.

And Zhang Huasong didn't go through the warm-up and attempt, and chose such a high height for the first jump. If he is unlucky and can't jump above the height of 2.40 meters in three attempts, his score in the high jump final of the Peking Olympics will be 0.

In order to be on the safe side, to have an effective result, and also to warm up and find the feeling of the competition, the first jump will choose a relatively low height as the starting height for the first test jump, just like other athletes choose 2.1 meters or 2.2 meters as the first jump.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Huasong chose 2.40 meters in the first jump, which is the height that can lock the championship in advance!

Is Zhang Huasong confident or arrogant? Everyone will wait and see!

The eyes of the audience in the Bird's Nest widened to see if Zhang Huasong could pass this height, which had surpassed the Athens Olympic championship results!

On the field, Zhang Huasong knew that he chose a height of 2.40 meters as the first jump without a warm-up attempt, which was a bit risky.

But there are three opportunities to try to jump at a height, coupled with the stability of the system's skills, as long as he plays at full strength, he is not too nervous, just concentrating on measuring the route and distance of the run.

He has three fights to play tomorrow and he hopes he can break the record now to seal the title early, rest early and save himself for tomorrow's game.

That's why he chose 2.40 meters, a shocking height, as his starting height.

After everything was ready, under the attention of the audience, Zhang Huasong began to run.

I saw him run around a J-shaped running route to the starting area, and then suddenly jumped upward, stretched his whole body, and successfully crossed the height of 2.40 meters in a back-crossing style, and the crossbar was not taken down by Zhang Huasong.

Zhang Huasong's first attempt of 2.40 meters was a success.

Suddenly, the audience burst into warm applause and screams.

"Damn, I didn't even warm up, and I jumped over 2.40 meters!"

"Zhang Huasong's strength is really perverted!"

"It's so awesome, I bet Zhang Huasong's second jump he will definitely choose to break the world record!"

"Not necessarily, right? Every time he upgrades 2 centimeters, he might choose 2.42 meters!"

"Hehe, it's definitely 2.46 meters! After locking the championship on the first attempt, Zhang Huasong must have retained his physical strength and energy for tomorrow's competition. So, his second attempt must be a world record height of 2.46 meters! Just like the long jump, he won the championship in two attempts!"

"That's true!"

In addition to the shock of the spectators and reporters, the other long jumpers who participated in the competition also had bitter faces.

This competition has just started the first round, and the gold medal is no longer their play, what a hard time!

After Zhang Huasong, there are three more athletes. As a result, I don't know if it was hit by Zhang Huasong, one athlete played abnormally, and even failed the first test jump of 2.1 meters, so he could only wait for the next round of test jumps.

In the second round of the jump, the first 8 players were probably stimulated by Zhang Huasong, and all the lifting heights they chose were not only 2 cm, but at least 5 cm or more, and even 2 people directly chose a height of 2.30 meters.

As a result, one person passed the first attempt of the 2.30-meter jump, but the other person did not jump over, and had to try the jump again!

No matter how much altitude they choose, there is no threat to Zhang Huasong.

Therefore, after the second round of the first 8 contestants finished the test jump, when it was Zhang Huasong's turn, Zhang Huasong chose a height of 2.46 meters for the test jump according to the established plan in his heart.

Seeing that Zhang Huasong chose a height of 2.46 meters, the hosts and guests of live TV broadcasts from all over the world looked like this.

The hosts from various countries said to the audience: "As expected, after basically locking the championship in the first attempt, Zhang Huasong chose to break the 2.46-meter world record height in the second attempt. Let's see if Zhang Huasong's first attempt of 2.46 meters can be successful! If Zhang Huasong jumps, he will break the men's high jump world record that has been in the dust for 15 years, and break the record four times in a row to win his fourth gold medal at the Beiping Olympics. ”

In the eyes of hundreds of millions of viewers at the scene and in front of the TV, Zhang Huasong made preparations for 1 minute, and then started to run with vigor.

After running to the starting area, Zhang Huasong used all the strength, experience and strength of the 2.5-meter high jump skill, and jumped up with all his strength.

Then, Zhang Huasong's whole body and limbs in the air were fully stretched, and his head, neck, back, waist, hips, big legs, calves, and ankles crossed the 2.46-meter crossbar in turn, and fell heavily on the cushion behind the crossbar.

In the two seconds when Zhang Huasong jumped and crossed the pole, the entire bird's nest was quiet, silent!

The eyes of tens of thousands of spectators, reporters, and other athletes at the scene were staring at the crossbar representing a height of 2.46 meters, to see if the crossbar would be taken off by Zhang Huasong's body!

["Urban Almighty Superstar" was first released from the original version, and the latest chapters were updated as soon as possible, asking for subscriptions and monthly ticket support!] r