After seeing the big screen at the London Olympic Stadium, showing that Feng Quan's second-round jump was 8.05m, Ashton Eaton's face did not show the shock of the previous time, but replaced it with a faint smile. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

That smile is like a peerless master who seeks defeat alone, and after a long time of not being able to find an opponent who can compete with him, he has no love, but suddenly finds an opponent who can make him have a good fight.

"8.05m!? Hehe, the last time someone made me feel pressure in the long jump, was it? It's an addictive feeling......"

That's right, Ashton Eaton is one such player, the more pressure his opponent puts on him, the more motivated he becomes.

Therefore, when Feng Quan threatened Eaton's honor as the "strongest in the long jump", it also aroused his fighting spirit to win.

So, when Eaton started his last attempt, his eyes flashed like a male lion that had been hungry for days, and suddenly saw a prey that had been waiting for a long time.

This time, Eaton still chose the "active acceleration" running method, just to avoid another foul, and made some fine-tuning in the selection of the starting point.

Although there was still at least 10 centimeters between the tip of Eton's toe and the edge of the springboard, he had to do so in order to defend his dignity as the "strongest man in the long jump" in the final jump.

As soon as Eaton's feet landed in the bunker, he quickly shifted his weight forward to try to avoid a loss of results.

Moments later, when Eaton walked out of the bunker and saw the referee raising the white flag in his hand, he immediately waved his right fist and raised his head to the sky and let out a roar.

Even though his results have not yet been shown on the big screen, his years of competition experience have "told" Eaton that his jump will inevitably surpass that of the Chinese boy.

Sure enough, less than a minute later, the big screen showed that Eaton's last attempt was 8.09m (1084 points).

The next moment, I saw Eaton walking towards the athletes' rest area, with a "winner" smile on his face......

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In the final round of the jump, with only 15 athletes left in Group A, 9 competitors seized the last opportunity to improve their performance.

In particular, France's Kevin Mayer and Britain's Daniel Awad continued their chances of competition by taking a desperate gamble on the last jump when they were all fouled in the first two attempts.

I have to say that the grouping of the organizing committee in the long jump event is not groundless, at least in terms of the results of the last round of the jump.

In contrast to most of the athletes in Group A who set new records on their final attempt, only Ingmar Voss of the Netherlands and Luis Alberto of Brazil seized the last opportunity to improve their results in Group B, including Feng Quan.

In this way, Feng Quan relied on his superior strength in the 100-meter race to maintain his lead after the competition of the two events.

Ashton Eaton, who had the highest call to win the championship before the game, continued to rank second, but relied on his strong performance in the long jump event to close the gap between him and Feng Quan.

Another favourite, Trey Hardey, who beat Eton at last year's World Athletics Championships to win the decathlon, is third.

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Since there are still more than 50 minutes to start the shot put competition after the long jump competition, the athletes participating in the decathlon competition all came to the athletes' lounge to buy themselves more time to recover.

After entering the lounge, everyone found some familiar players to get together, or chat, or share their gains and losses in the game.

"Ashton, it seems that the information that Richie got is still very valuable, and the strength of that Chinese kid is indeed very strong." Trey Haldy said to Ashton Eaton beside him with a serious expression.

"That's right." Eaton nodded, then said with some confusion. "It's just...... I don't understand why he didn't participate in last year's World Championships when he is so strong!? ”

"Well, I asked Richie about that, and he told me that the Chinese kid had a personal best of less than 7,000 points in May last year. However, just a few months later, in one of their domestic competitions, they broke the 8,000-point mark. And after more than half a year, his score skyrocketed to 8539 points. Haldy said with an exaggerated expression.

"Uh...... It's kind of scary......"

As a world record holder in the decathlon, Eaton knows how difficult it can be to continue pushing your limits after reaching a certain height. And a situation like Feng Quan, whose grades skyrocketed by more than 1,600 points in more than a year, is simply unimaginable.

"Hey, Trey, do you think that guy is going to be...... Like athletes in other sports in their country, it's only after using 'those' things that there is such a horrible ......"

Before Eton could finish speaking, Haldi made a silent gesture first, and then lowered his voice and said, "Shhhh Be quiet, and don't let anyone hear you. Haven't you heard about that British!? ”

"What British?" Eaton asked, a little confused.

Haldi sighed and said, "That's the British track and field coach named Graeme Hunt." A few days ago, when he was a guest on the BBC, because there was no evidence, he guessed that the Chinese kid named Feng probably defeated Bolt by taking banned drugs. However, just the day before yesterday, when the drug test results of the athletes participating in the 100-meter final were released and proved the innocence of the Chinese, the leader of the Chinese delegation immediately challenged the IOC to protest Graeme Hunt's baseless denigration of the innocence of their athletes. ”

"Oh, I see. Trey, according to you, this guy called the wind is going to be a roadblock for the two of us! ”

Although he said so, judging from Eaton's expression, it was more like he was joking with Haldi. After all, even if Feng Quan can reach more than 8,500 points again, it is still far from the world record he holds.

Therefore, as long as he "does not drop the chain", Eaton believes that no one can take away the championship that "belongs to him".

"Hehe, although that Chinese kid has the strength to cause us some trouble, if he wants to win the championship...... He wasn't enough to see for the time being. After a pause, Haldy continued: "According to the information provided by Richie, that kid is not very strong in the throwing event, and at least he will lose to us by more than 200 points in the throwing event; At the same time, his stamina seems to be lacking, and it is difficult for him to break 700 points in the 1500m event. So, as long as we don't get more than 200 points away from him after today's game, tomorrow is the time for us to fight back......"

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PS: Decathlon long jump, some athletes' results:

(1) Ashton-Eaton: 8.09m (1084 points);

(2) Fengquan: 8.05 meters (1073 points);

(3) Hans Van Albon (Belgium): 7.64m (970 points);

(4) Kurt Felix (Grenada): 7.63m (967 points);

(5) Qi Haifeng: 7.56 meters (950 points)

(6) Oreksei Kasyanov (Ukraine): 7.55m (947 points);

(7) Damian Warner (Canada): 7.54m (945 points);

(8) Trey Haldy: 7.53m (942 points);

(9) Lionel Suarez: 7.52m (940 points). (To be continued.) )