"Why did those riders go to the referee to complain?"

"Why didn't the other riders move, what were they doing, all looking at the last obstacle? What's there to see? Could they have never seen an obstacle bar? ”

"But that obstacle bar seems to be a little higher than the others?"

"That seems like it, but we're too far away to compare the height of the last obstacle bar with the others."

……

In his ears, the sound of discussion intensified, louder than the discussion between Gu Degui and Han Wenjie just now, and even in the audience seats, some horse fans who saw something also shouted and shouted, and looking at this driving, it couldn't be quiet for a while, but there was a feeling of intensification.

This is really a bit unusual in the horse venue, which has always been known for its "quiet elegance, civility and politeness".

"Brother Ma, what obstacle bar height are they talking about, what's going on? Why is it that in addition to the excitement of those riders, the audience is also so excited? Fu Jun didn't understand what was going on, so he could only ask Ma Kun beside him.

Don't look at the professional knowledge of the sports horse doctor that Fu Jun learned, but it was he who worked hard when he was in school, but for equestrian competitions, except for speed horse racing, which he loves exciting sports, other equestrian competitions, he is not interested, he just knows the general rules, but he does not know the others.

Because Fu Jun is not interested in this, he doesn't want to know about it, so naturally it is impossible to understand the show jumping too deeply.

If it were the horse he was interested in, Fu Jun would definitely want to know more about the horse, after all, the horse is the most fun!

"I didn't quite understand what was going on in the track, but when I saw the riders pointing to the last obstacle bar to the referee and comparing the height, I thought it might be that the last obstacle bar was too high. I reckon that the obstacle bar was at least 1.5 meters high, which made those unconfident riders go to the referee to complain about the obstacle bar being too high, hoping that the referee will adjust the obstacle bar lower. Ma Kun looked at the competition venue that was still complaining and said slowly.

"Could it be that the course of this show jumping race is not reasonably designed? Otherwise, how could there be several riders complaining to the judges at the same time? This should be the responsibility of the race route designer, right? Fu Jun also followed Ma Kun, looked at the competition venue and asked.

"Nope! Anyway, this is also the qualifying knockout of the National Games, and the design of the competition venue is not designed by ordinary designers. Ma Kun denied.

"If that's the case, it's the route designer's intention to increase the height of the obstacle bar and thus make the race more difficult." Fu Jun thought to himself and said casually.

"No, it's not like that, you're a beginner and don't understand this." Ma Kun shook his head and said: "Let me put it this way, in our country, there are actually only a few hundred people in the country who can design a show jumping course. Basically, you have to have a long design experience to do a good job in route design, and for events like the National Games, the best group of people are selected from those hundreds of people. ”

"So, if you can be selected to design the show jumping course, the luck is even harder than the big waves, do you think such an elite talent, if he makes a mistake, will make a mistake in the height of the ordinary obstacle bar? Most people can see that the height of the last obstacle bar is high compared to the other obstacles, do you think the designer really can't see it? ”

"To tell you the truth, route design is definitely a very technical job, it's a combination of art and technology. The difficulty of the route designer to set the obstacle is not only reflected in the height of the obstacle bar, but also every detail in the competition field, the route designer must consider. The height of the obstacle bar is really nothing in terms of the difficulty of the competition, and the slalom and angle and distance of the race line are the real difficulty of the show jumping. ”

"Of course, the course design of show jumping is not designed to make it difficult for the rider, but to guide the training and competition of the rider and the horse through the course design. Therefore, when designing a course, a good route designer should take into account the size and shape of the venue, the location of the door, the location of the warm-up field, the location of the stable, the nature of the race, the level, the number of races, the age level of the participating riders, the maturity of the race, and other factors. ”

"So, do you think that the route designers who can design these events well in the difficulty of the National Games will make low-level mistakes in the height of the obstacles? Besides, if there is suddenly an obstacle bar that is obviously much higher than the other obstacles, can't the other event supervisors and technicians of the race not be able to see the last much higher obstacle bar during the pre-race inspection? Ma Kun said this in one breath and asked Fu Jun rhetorically.

"So what the hell is going on? You can't have an extra obstacle bar that high for no reason, right? ”

"Could it be ......" Ma Kun thought silently for a while, suddenly thought of something, and muttered.

"Brother Ma, what did you think of?" Seeing Ma Kun's appearance, Fu Jun hurriedly asked.

Turning his head to look at Fu Jun, Ma Kun replied seriously: "This is my guess, perhaps, the height of the last obstacle bar is actually the arrangement of the leaders of the Sports Bureau above." Otherwise, even if the qualifying knockout round of the National Games is held in a humble way, it should not be said that there will be such a situation where the difficulty of the obstacle course will increase so much, after all, this is also a face event for our Shanyang City to publicize to the outside world, and it is absolutely not sloppy. ”

"The arrangement of the leadership of the Sports Bureau?" When Fu Jun heard this, he muttered, and then asked, "Why did they arrange it like this?" Since the front obstacle bars are all about the same height, why make the last obstacle bar so high? Look at the high obstacle bar, there is almost a 20cm gap with other obstacle bars, right? ”

"I think that there is probably some indication above, and I plan to continue to bring the equestrian difficulty of the National Games in line with international standards, so I will arrange such a high obstacle bar, which is completely to test our Shanyang City participating riders, how much their overall equestrian level is." Ma Kun said hesitantly.

"Test the overall equestrian skills of the participating riders?"

"Hmm!" Ma Kun nodded and said: "I don't know if you have heard the rumors in the equestrian circle, some time ago, a leader proposed to increase the difficulty of the important domestic show jumping competition to the level of 160 cm, so that the country is completely in line with international standards, and then select Olympic talents with a higher equestrian level, right?" ”