Chapter 111: "The Beast"
Unlike the first round of the B group, where only one person successfully crossed the pole, the first round of the A group saw four athletes successfully jump to a height of 2.05 meters. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, in one thing, Cuban player Lionel Suarez in Group A, like Damian Werner in Group B, finished himself at this height, setting the previous record for a "one-shot" at multiple heights.
Although Lionel Suarez ended his first round of the jump with a failed result, his previous performances at multiple heights made a huge impression on Ashton Eaton, who was sitting in the athlete waiting area.
"Hehe, I really hope this guy will also fail in the last two rounds of trial jumps. That way, I'll finally be able to beat him once......"
Since the height of athletes participating in the decathlon is generally close to 1.90m, Lionel Suarez, who is only 1.80m tall, ranks last among all the athletes participating in this Olympic Games in terms of height (Feng Quan, who is 1.84m tall, ranks second to last).
But even so, Lionel Suarez, who has amazing bounce power, is the strongest of all the athletes participating in the high jump. Eaton, who is also very good at high jump, has never beaten Suarez in the high jump at any world competition, which is the best proof of this.
While Eaton would love to beat Suarez once in a "dignified" way, it has proven to be really hard to do that......
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In fact, the reason why Suarez failed in the first round of the jump has something to do with Ashton Eaton.
In the first round of the jump, when Eaton successfully jumped over 2.05m and got off the cushion, he shouted to Suarez, who was about to start the jump: "Hey, man, I'm passing the pole again this time, you must not fall behind." ”
Therefore, Suarez, who was a little emotional during the game, was a little impatient under the "interference" of Eaton. And, because of a slight imbalance in mentality, he failed in the first round of the jump.
However, when Suarez returned to the athletes' waiting area and calmed down, he thought about his "poor" family. If you want your extended family of 20 or so to live a good life, you have to rely on Suarez's prize money after winning good results in the World Series to improve the family's life.
Especially his little nephew Javier, who suffers from autism, every time he sees Suarez "defeating all opponents in the high jump", little Javier will rarely show a smile.
"No, I can't lose, I can't lose. Even if I don't win the decathlon, I can't afford to lose to that guy in the high jump. Today, I must let the whole family see the smiling face of little Javier again! ”
After adjusting his mentality, he came out again to challenge Lionel Suarez, who was 2.05 meters tall, and started his second round of trial jump.
After about 10 steps, Suarez's body leaped to his feet. Immediately afterwards, he completed the technical movements of vacating, turning, crossing the pole, raising his head, inverting his shoulders, and spreading his body, and finally conquered the height of 2.05 meters effortlessly.
Unlike Qi Haifeng and Feng Quanshi, who mainly rely on standard technical movements, Suarez relies more on his talent when he participates in the high jump competition. Moreover, it is still the kind of instinctive talent like a beast on the prairie.
So, when Suarez successfully conquered the height of 2.05 meters, he let out a "howl" like a beast, and relieved the depression in his heart. In the direction of Ashton Eaton, who was in the athletes' waiting area, he shouted in English: "OurcontestisJustBeginning!"
After hearing the other party's provocation, Eaton was not to be outdone, and responded: "Youcanneverreallybeatme...... (You'll never really beat me)".
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In the second round of the attempt, all of the athletes in Group A successfully jumped 2.05m, except for Russia's Ilya Shkulenev, who failed. In Group B, Damian Werner also successfully passed the second round of the attempt, while the elder brother Qi Haifeng once again regrettably failed.
In the next round of the second round of test jumps at a height of 2.05 meters, Ilya Shkulenev and Qi Haifeng in the A and B groups both ended their last test jumps and ended their high jump competition journey with failed results.
With that, when the bar was raised to a height of 2.08m, there were still seven athletes in Group A to continue the competition, while only Darmian Werner and Feng Quanquan were left in Group B.
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When the crossbar was raised to a height of 2.08 meters, in the first round of the jump, except for Lionel Suarez, who successfully jumped over the crossbar, the remaining eight people in the A and B groups all ended their first round of the jump with a failed result.
Even in the next two jumps, no athlete managed to jump above 2.08m.
While it was true that Suarez struggled to "really beat" (or overall) Eaton, at least in the high jump event, Suarez did beat Eaton, and also beat all the opponents in this competition.
So, when the bar was raised to a height of 2.11 meters again, Lionel Suarez was the only one in the entire high jump field, and the competition continued.
However, when the crossbar was raised to a height of 2.11 meters, even if it was as strong as Suarez, it lost the calmness of its previous height. After two failed attempts in a row, he barely managed to jump over the bar in the last attempt with the enthusiastic and rhythmic encouragement of the audience, and a little luck, just like Feng Quan did before.
However, the height of 2.11 meters has also become Suarez's "swan song" in the high jump competition. Because then, when the crossbar was raised to a height of 2.14 meters again, he tried his best to challenge three times, but he knocked the crossbar out three times.
But despite this, the 2.11m score was not only enough to make Suarez proud in the high jump, but also allowed him to score more than 50 points more than the competitors who tied for second place......
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PS: Results of some athletes in the high jump competition:
(1) Lionel Suarez: 2.11m (906 points)
(2) Wind full: 2.05 meters (850 points)
Ashton-Eaton: 2.05m (850 points)
Damian Werner: 2.05m (850 points)
Hans Van Albon (Belgium): 2.05m (850 points)
Gonzalo Barroylhet (Chile): 2.05m (850 points)
Kurt Felix (Grenada): 2.05m (850 points)
Kevin Meyer (FRA): 2.05m (850 points)
William Kerzen (South Africa): 2.05m (850 points) (To be continued.) )