A total of 18 competitors jumped 7.15m in the morning long jump preliminaries, and they will compete in the final in the afternoon.

The rules of the final are similar to those of the long jump competitions in later generations, after the first three attempts, the top six can continue to the next three attempts, and the best one wins the championship.

In the morning preliminaries, many players used the technique of standing up and taking off, and it can be seen that after four years, the standing up has begun to spread. It's just that in terms of the quality of technical finish, the Japanese stand up and take off, and the details are still slightly better.

There are also individual athletes who try to imitate Chen Qiang's three-and-a-half-step take-off, but the effect is not good. The three-and-a-half-step walk in the air, Chen Qiang has only performed it a few times at the Los Angeles Olympics, and not many people have seen it, and other athletes can't find the key points of this technique.

At that time, the speed of athlete replacement was also very fast, such as the United States team, the three people who participated in the long jump in the last Olympic Games, did not come to Berlin this time, so even after four years, Chen Qiang's three-and-a-half-step take-off still did not spread.

Chen Qiang looked at Jesse Owens not far away, and then remembered the world record of 8.13 meters set by Jesse Owens, and couldn't help but have a headache.

Jesse Owens jumped the world record of 8.13 meters, using the most basic squat in the air, and in the long jump, Jesse Owens has the physical fitness to ignore advanced technology.

"8.13m, the B standard of the Beijing Olympics seems to be 8.05m, if I'm not mistaken, Jesse Owens's world record, which held for 25 years, was only broken by another legendary American athlete, Ralph Boston, in the sixties."

Chen Qiang's brows tightened, sports are constantly developing, and world records are constantly being refreshed, the longer a world record lasts, the greater the gold content of this world record.

And Jesse Owens's world record, in Chen Qiang's view, may be the most valuable world record in the twenties.

World records set in the thirties, which tend to last for a long time due to World War II, are basically broken in the fifties.

In the early fifties, Europe had come out of the shadow of war and returned to the pre-World War II level, and various sports in the United States also re-entered a period of vigorous development, and the world ushered in a great explosion of sports, and the world records set before World War II were broken. By the mid-fifties, almost all pre-World War II track and field world records had been broken.

However, Jesse Owens' long jump world record remained in the sixties, and if it weren't for Ralph Boston, Owens' world record would have stayed longer.

Ralph Boston, who broke the world record of 8.13m, is the greatest athlete in the history of the long jump, breaking the long jump world record six times between 1960 and 1965.

In the seventies and eighties, athletics also set many exaggerated world records, which have not been broken even in the 21st century. But considering that the seventies and eighties were the most widespread years of doping, when athletes made the use of doping basically public, the world records set at that time were not so high.

In today's competition, Chen Qiang's goal is not only to defeat Owens and win the gold medal in the long jump at the Berlin Olympics, but also to regain the world record in the long jump.

But breaking the world record of 8.13m is easier said than done!

Even in the world-class competitions of the 21st century, 8.13m could win a championship, and in the future Beijing Olympics, 8.13m can also rank seventh overall. In other words, the next long jump final, for Chen Qiang, is not an Olympic competition in the past 30 years, but an Olympic competition in the 21st century!

"8.13 meters, it's really too difficult, maybe in today's game, I'm going to use that killer feature! I really don't want to use that trick, after all, it's too dangerous. Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

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In the long jump final, the first to appear was Japan's Ken Tsuchikami.

This time, two players from the Japanese team advanced to the final, namely Ken Tsuchigami and Naoto Tajima, who also participated in the long jump competition at the Los Angeles Olympics four years ago, and also competed against Chen Qiang at that time.

Ken Tsuchi's first attempt jumped only 6.18 meters, which was a big disappointment for the finalists. After all, the threshold for the finals is 7.15 meters, and the athletes participating in the finals have to jump a distance of more than 7 meters to be considered qualified.

"The long jump level of Japanese athletes seems to have dropped. Only two athletes made it to the finals this time, and this one only jumped a little over 6 meters. ”

"Yes, more and more people are using the stand-up to take off, and the technological advantage of the Japanese is no longer there."

Everyone began to discuss.

In the past eight years, Japan has been the world's top long jump power, and under the leadership of Mikio Oda and Tadahei Minami, although Japan's long jump is not as strong as the United States in terms of overall strength, it is much stronger than European countries. Especially when Nanbu Tadahei invented the upright air, it pushed Japan's long jump to a peak.

Now that Mikio Oda and Tadahei Minami are gradually fading out of the front line of the long jump, and the Berlin Olympics did not pass the selection in Japan, in the eyes of many people, the Japanese long jump is now in a period of scarcity, and it is even very likely that it will collapse from now on.

And Ken Tsuchigami only jumped 6.18 meters, which seems to confirm this.

Next up was a Brazilian who ended in a foul on his attempt, followed by China's Hao Chunde's turn.

Being able to advance to the finals, Hao Chunde is already very satisfied, and with Chen Qiang's thigh, the task of competing for the long jump championship has nothing to do with Hao Chunde, but now Hao Chunde has no pressure, he seems very relaxed. And this gave Hao Chunde an excellent performance, he jumped a 7.23m, which is a good result for Hao Chunde.

After all, this is the first time to try the jump, and the pressure on the athletes is relatively small, and many people choose relatively large-scale technical movements, which also leads to frequent fouls by the players. Masters such as Bob Clark of the United States and Wilhelm Lysim of Germany failed on their first attempts.

Germany's Luce Lang jumped 7.54m, which immediately caused a cheer from the audience, which was also the first time to exceed 7.50m in today's competition.

Chen Qiang has some impressions of the German player, who is the German long jump champion. According to Jesse Owens' recollections, at this Olympic Games, Luce Lang and Jesse Owens established a deep friendship, and even when the award was awarded, the two were on stage hand in hand, but the German Führer was very dissatisfied with this, in his opinion, Luce Lang was an excellent German, how could he get along with blacks!

Although Luce Lang had a good relationship with Jesse Owens, in the end Luce Lang died at the hands of the Americans. Luce Lang was drafted into the Army in 1941, and in 1943, during a battle with the Americans, Luce Lang was shot in the thigh and died of blood loss.

After Luce Long, Japan's Naoto Tajima took the stage, and he jumped a 7.65m in one fell swoop.

"Naoto Tajima has improved a lot." Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

Chen Qiang still remembers that at the Los Angeles Olympics four years ago, Naoto Tajima's best score was only 7.15m, and four years later, he directly improved his score by 50 centimeters. And this is only the first time to try the jump, maybe Naoto Tajima's limits don't stop there.

Next it was Chen Qiang's turn to appear.

Since Naoto Tajima jumped 7.65 meters, Chen Qiang was naturally not willing to lag behind, he stepped onto the field and directly used three and a half steps to take off in the air, jumping a score of 7.78 meters.

"Is that the legendary three-and-a-half-step take-off?" Jesse Owens nodded silently.

Jesse Owens once heard the head coach of the U.S. team talk about Chen Qiang's walking and flying skills, which are three and a half steps, and the U.S. team is currently working on this technique, and now Jesse Owens has finally witnessed this technique with his own eyes.

The last to appear was Jesse Owens. He still used the simplest squat style to take off, but he jumped 7.74m.

After the first round, Chen Qiang temporarily ranked first with a score of 7.78m, and with this result, he was able to advance to the next three attempts.

Jesse Owens was second with 7.74m, a result that also allowed him to enter the last three attempts early.

Naoto Tajima is third with 7.65m, and the probability of him advancing to the next three jumps must be eight or nine percent. As for Luce Lang, who finished fourth, 7.54m is not safe.

Soon, the second round of trial jumps began, and the cannon fodder players who appeared in front of them did not attract attention, and people still paid attention to the masters.

Bob Clarke, an American who failed in his first attempt, jumped 7.60 meters and instantly rose to fourth place, possibly advancing to the next three attempts.

Germany's Luce Lang jumped 7.74m, a result of more than 7.70m, which can be regarded as a place in the last three jumps in advance. Japan's Naoto Tajima failed in his attempt.

Chen Qiang adjusted slightly and started the second test jump, this time he jumped 7.82 meters, which was better than the first attempt.

However, Jesse Owens, who appeared next, was also better than the first jump, he jumped 7.87 meters, surpassing Chen Qiang and jumping to the first place.

After the second attempt, Jesse Owens was in first place, Chen Qiang was second, followed by Germany's Luce Lang, Japan's Naoshima and the United States' Bob Clark. At this time, the fifth place Bob Clark's score is already 7.60m, so if it is estimated, the score below 7.60m is likely to not be able to advance to the next three attempts.

The important third attempt has begun, and those who are falling behind must seize this last chance.

Germany's Wilhelm Lessim failed in his first two attempts, and in the face of the last chance, William Lysim burst out and jumped 7.73m, knocking Naoto Tajima out of fifth place and squeezing Bob Clark into sixth place. In an instant, the entire audience stood up and gave him the wildest cheers.

The 1934 European long jump champion was William Lesim, who is technically Germany's ace in the long jump. During World War II, he was also drafted into the army and was killed during the German attack on the Soviet Union.

William Lysim jumped 7.73 meters, which made the situation even more tense, and the sixth place at this time was the American Bob Clark, and his score was 7.60 meters, which means that the score below 7.60 meters really couldn't advance to the next three attempts.

Then Bob Clark came on and he only jumped 7.54m, as if to give the other competitors a chance.

Unfortunately, the other athletes did not take the chance, and after that, no one jumped 7.60m until Germany's Luce Lang took the stage.

Luce Lang's appearance made Bob Clark breathe a sigh of relief, because after Luce Lang, only Naoto Tajima, Chen Qiang and Jesse Owens did not appear, and their scores were all above 7.60 meters, so it can be said that they got the three jumps after the promotion early. So no matter what kind of jump they make, it won't affect Bob Clarke's ability to qualify for the next three attempts.

The long jump is also a big improvement over four years ago, when silver medallist Ed Gordon was 7.64m and bronze medallist Lambert Rader was 7.60m at the Los Angeles Olympics four years ago. If it is placed in the Berlin Olympics, that is, it is barely into the last three attempts, and the medals will definitely not be their turn.

In the third attempt, Luce Lang suddenly burst into a 7.84m jump, surpassing Chen Qiang and rising to second place. Naoto Tajima, who appeared next, jumped 7.74m, which also surpassed his previous record of 7.65m.

When it was Chen Qiang's turn to appear, he once again adjusted his technical moves and jumped 7.90 meters directly to regain the first place again.

Jesse Owens' third attempt was not ideal, jumping only 7.75m.

After the three attempts, Chen Qiang was in first place with 7.90m, Jesse Owens was second with 7.87m, and the third place was Germany's Luce Lang's 7.84m, followed by Japan's Naoto Tajima's 7.74m, Germany's Wilhelm Resim's 7.73m and the United States' Bob Clark's 7.60m.

In the next three attempts, the order of appearance is also according to this ranking, starting with Bob Clark in sixth place, and Chen Qiang in first place will appear last.

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At this time, Chen Qiang already had a rough judgment on Jesse Owens' long jump strength.

"This Jesse Owens uses the simplest squatting vacancy, but he is very skilled in this squatting vacancy action, which is a trick that is eaten all over the world!"

"However, the squatting vacancy is too simple after all, and there is not much room for improvement at the technical level, and it is impossible for him to be like me, and he can improve his performance by adjusting the technical details a little."

"In my judgment, Jesse Owens' improvement in the long jump is not by improving the technical details, but by playing his explosiveness. And this kind of relying on physical explosiveness to improve performance is full of uncertainty. Maybe in a certain attempt, he suddenly came to an extraordinary performance, and he was really able to jump out of a very terrifying result. ”

Chen Qiang was pondering that the fourth attempt had begun, and Bob Clark, who appeared first, jumped another 7.60m. After that, Germany's Wilhelm Resim played a little erratically, jumping 7.38m.

It wasn't just William Lysim who was out of order, Naoto Tajima, who appeared in the third game, also only jumped 7.52m, which was far worse than his third jump of 7.74m.

Luce Lang, who appeared in the fourth, played steadily, jumping 7.73m, while Jesse Owens, who appeared in the fifth, failed to jump.

The last to appear on the stage was Chen Qiang, who planned to adopt a more unrestrained jumping style and jump a score of more than 8 meters first. However, Lady Luck was not on Chen Qiang's side, and his attempt to jump failed.

Judging from the results, in this fourth attempt, none of the four contestants handed in a satisfactory answer.

On the fifth attempt, American Bob Clark jumped 7.67m, an improvement from the previous one, while Germany's Wilhelm Lysim jumped worse and worse, this time only jumping 7.25m. Naoto Tajima, who appeared in the third stage, jumped 7.60 meters, and the result was still very unsatisfactory.

To the cheers of the audience, Luce Lang walked on the field for the fifth time, and this time he played very well, jumping 7.87m, which was the same as Jesse Owens's second jump of 7.87m, but not surpassing Chen Qiang's 7.90m.

Next up is Jesse Owens.

I saw Jesse Owens standing on the running area with a solemn face, taking a deep breath, and then starting to run quickly.

This time, Jesse Owens still uses a squatting style to take off, but the whole take-off action is more unrestrained.

"Flutter!" Jesse Owens fell into the sand pit, and after countless grains of sand fell, people looked up and saw that the traces in the sand pit were clearly more than 7.90 meters.

"7 meters 94!" The referee was quick to announce Jesse Owens' results.

"Yay!" Jesse Owens yelled excitedly, and it could be seen that his emotions had been mobilized by this attempt.

Chen Qiang did not wrinkle slightly. Owens' test jump has surpassed Chen Qiang's previous jump of 7.90 meters.

"In this attempt, I had to jump over the 8-meter barrier so that I could leave one last chance to try and challenge Owens' world record!"

Thinking of this, Chen Qiang strode onto the running area.

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