In the distance, there was some movement, and Fu Jun followed the prestige, but saw a group of more than ten people wearing referee clothes, walking towards the venue of the obstacle course, which had been closed.

After they opened and entered the closed playing field, they immediately followed the designed route, walked the obstacles themselves, and fully understood the route, so as not to cause penalty errors in the game.

In show jumping, many times, referee mistakes are also common, that is, because they did not memorize the route after the race route was announced, resulting in the participating riders running the wrong route, and there was a misjudgment, and the rider who ran the wrong route was not punished, causing other riders and fans to question the audience.

In any competitive sports competition, once there is a question about the fairness and impartiality of the game, it will be absolutely fatal for the competition, which is not only a problem for the referee, but will even make the competition completely extinct in the area where the fairness and justice are questioned.

Therefore, the higher the level of the game, the referee will familiarize himself with the field in advance, even if it will delay the time of the game.

Regardless of their level of decision, they can at least guarantee that there are very few misjudgments due to unfamiliarity with the course in show jumping.

After all the judges said they were familiar with the route, the chief referee asked the race staff to open the venue and let the participating riders enter on foot to experience the venue up close.

Of course, the time it takes for the riders to enter the stadium should not be too long, after all, the crowds of fans who come to watch the race cannot be waited for a long time.

Therefore, it is usually the chief referee who gives the riders who enter the field for the first time a time to feel the field up close based on his experience in the penalty race, plus the advice of other judges.

This time, the referee gave 15 minutes, neither long nor short, and how the riders used the 15 minutes of the hike to familiarize themselves with this unfamiliar venue depends on their talent and experience.

Tang Yao followed the other riders, and after entering the venue, she followed the race route and used her own walking pace to measure the distance between each two obstacle bars step by step, and at the same time observe whether there are any changes in terrain, height and other changes between the obstacle bars, and try to keep in mind those factors that may have an impact on her race performance, and consider how to deal with them during the race.

The other contestants were basically doing the same thing as Tang Yao, and the venue was very quiet.

Experienced riders like them will take advantage of this time to carefully calculate their course in combination with the opportunity to observe the course before.

This process is especially important for professional riders who compete in show jumping.

Because every rider and every racehorse is different, they have their own riding style and running style, and experienced riders will use this field trip to decide what to pay attention to and how to jump each obstacle course according to their own riding style, horse characteristics, skill level, field changes and many other factors.

With the development of modern equestrian to the present, the fierce competition in show jumping has reached a gap of one hundredth of a second, which requires the participating riders, in addition to honing their equestrian skills, to grasp every detail of the competition, and shorten the details of each step of the competition as much as possible.

Only through accurate calculations and excellent technique can you win in the show jumping competition, how to cut some obstacles diagonally, how to change direction in the air, how to reduce the radius of turns, etc...... The calculation of every detail is actually the key to success.

When he observed the last obstacle bar, Tang Yao was obviously stunned, because the height of this obstacle bar was obviously much higher than the obstacle bar in front of him.

Of course, not only Tang Yao, but also the other participating riders also changed their faces when they saw the height of this obstacle bar.

Soon, a few riders with embarrassed faces went to the chief referee, saluted the chief referee, and then reported to the referee that the jump height of the last obstacle in the race was too high.

For a while, the originally quiet atmosphere in the venue was broken.

However, only a small number of riders feel that there are high complaints, like Tang Yao and others, although they are a little surprised that there are obstacles in the field that are much higher than the height of other obstacles, but it is not too difficult for them to cope with this height, and they will not complain to the referee about it, only those riders who are not strong enough to cope with this height will use the obstacle bar that suddenly appears at this height to complain to the referee.

Before the show jumping competition, it is not uncommon to change the course of the competition, after all, the designer who designed the competition venue is also a human being, and it is inevitable that mistakes will occur.

For example, inexperienced designers did not think well and designed obstacles that could not be jumped by racing horses and riders; Or there may be an unexpected change in the venue, and the original route needs to be changed......

For example, in China, where the level of equestrianism is not high, there have been cases of inexperienced route designers posing obstacles of Olympic difficulty in youth competitions, which are important in China, and even turn in one direction throughout the whole process, which is fundamentally contrary to the original intention of testing and testing riders and horses in both directions.

At this time, experienced referees and referees are very important, and they can decide to change the course of the game in order to ensure that the game does not happen and goes smoothly.

Of course, generally speaking, it is rare for such riders to complain and force the referee to change the course of the race.

Because, after the game designer gives them the game roadmap, experienced referees will judge whether there are problems with the competition venue and route and whether to make changes in the time they are familiar with the venue before the game.

Only referees who are inexperienced or do not pay attention to the game have a systematic and serious understanding of the venue before the race, and in the end, the riders and horses will not be able to pass the obstacle bar higher than their skill level, and there will be problems on the ground of the field, and they will not be able to race.