"8.60 meters! Okay, good! "Director Zhao in the coach's seat area of the Chinese team is sour. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Randy, this is very good!" Director Zhao patted American foreign coach Randy Huntington on the shoulder, and he was in a good mood.

"He can actually do better, to push the envelope." Huntington is also happy, but he hopes that Doucle can do better and break the long jump world record.

When Duke saw his first jump of 8.60 meters, he felt that this result was basically safe.

After a small trot, Duke ran back to the rest area, took off his jumping shoes, and changed into running shoes. There is no need to change the sweatshirt, and Duke's one-piece red sports shorts are universal for running and jumping.

After another trot, Douc came to the track, standing on the 4th lane of the 400-meter curve.

The audience at the Havelange Stadium was amazed: "Duke long jump, 400 meters in a row, this is okay?" ”

Huntington looked at Duke who was already on the runway and smiled, "Duke is Jesse Owens of China." ”

Legendary American track and field athlete Owens once broke four world records in succession in 45 minutes, including the men's 100 yards, 220 yards, 220 yards hurdles and long jump, shocking the world.

“on-your-marks！” The starter gave the signal that the men's 400m group 3 semifinals could finally begin.

Duke cut to the wolf's ear, got on the starting gear, and waited for the gun to sound.

Duke walked out of the bunker, changed into running shoes and immediately went to the track, which is a unique scenery in the track and field field of this Olympic Games. However, Duke should not be careless, and his 400m semi-final was quite dangerous. Teacher Yang explained.

"Van Niekerk is in the same group as Duke, the South African ran under 10 seconds in the 100m event this year, and Van Niekerk became the second all-around sprinter to run 10 seconds in the 100m, 20 seconds in the 200m and 44 seconds in the 400m. Duke and Van Niekerk are both in the third group, and the competition in this group is too fierce. ”

Bang!

That's when the game begins.

4 and 5 Duke and Van Niekerk, their strength is better, and after the first corner, Duke and Van Niekerk are ahead.

Van Niekerk rushed fiercely, and he didn't want Duke to easily top the group.

The semi-final position determines the number of lanes in the finals, and the group winners will be divided into the middle lanes in the finals.

Van Niekerk is so fast with a rhythm that Douca can only compete with him.

In the end, Duke won the group with a time of 43.79 seconds, and Van Niekerk was second in the group with 43.97 seconds, and both of them ran under 44 seconds in the semi-finals and directly advanced to the 400m final.

After crossing the line, Duke ran directly to the long jump rest area, squatted down and gasped for breath.

The 400-meter run reached 43.79 seconds, which consumed a lot of Duke's physical strength and energy.

At this time, the progress of the men's long jump final reached the second round of the test jump, and the No. 7 player Henderson was very fast, he got an insurance score of 8.19 meters in the first jump, and began to gamble on his life in the second jump.

Henderson jumped to his feet and flew far into the air, with a visual distance of more than 8.50m and close to 8.60m after landing.

"Ouch, yes." Duke crouched on the ground to rest, but he was also watching Henderson's performance.

Henderson, a small black American athlete, was very excited after his second attempt, thinking that this time his time would not be much worse than Doke's 8.60m, and maybe a centimeter or two better than Doke. He looked at the flag raising referee expectantly, but the referee raised the red flag with an expressionless face.

Henderson's toe exceeded the front of the springboard by 2.1 centimeters when he took off, and he was fouled and his second attempt was invalidated.

“no！” Henderson knelt next to the bunker and pounded the ground, unwilling, very regretful. stepped on the line by 2.1 centimeters, ruining a good score of nearly 8.60 meters. If Henderson hadn't stepped on the line in this jump, he might have been able to refresh his PB score of 8.58m.

The ESPN on-site commentator in the United States lamented: "Henderson's second jump is a pity, if you don't bet on the forward jump position, he can at least jump more than 8.55 meters, which is enough to make Duke feel nervous." ”

Director Zhao breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, there was a foul, Henderson's jump was perfect except for stepping on the line and fouling." If he hadn't gambled so aggressively, he would have been able to jump to almost eight meters and a half. ”

"If he gets a gamble on Henderson once, he might be able to outdo himself." "Once Henderson surpassed his best, Douca's 8.60m wasn't very safe. So Doucle has to do better, in the next attempt. ”

After a few minutes, it was Douc's turn to make a second attempt, and he made a choice, a second no-jump.

Having just finished running a 400-meter run, and his body was still recovering, Duke avoided jumping the second jump to reserve energy for the third jump.

"Hey, it's really tiring to run 400 meters after a shot, and it's right for Duke to skip jump." Director Zhao suddenly became worried, "Then what about tomorrow night?" Twenty-five minutes after the 400-meter final, the 100-meter final begins, so you can't avoid running the 100 meters. ”

At 19:40, all the long jumpers completed their second attempt, with Douc in first place with 8.60m and Britain's Rutherford second with 8.29m.

The third attempt begins, and 9~12 contestants will be eliminated after the end of this attempt.

Duke sat on the ground, his eyes closed.

In the third attempt, South Africa's Manwenga jumped 8.37m to move up to second place.

Henderson continued to play aggressive tactics and was fouled again.

"Duke, please prepare for the third attempt." At this point, the referee signaled to Duke, "Of course, you can also choose to continue to skip the jump." ”

Duke opened his eyes and stood up, indicating that he couldn't help jumping.

All the cameras in the audience were aimed at Duke, and more than 50,000 viewers and media from all over the world wanted to know what kind of results Duke could achieve in this jump.

"Duke jumped 8.60m on the first jump, and the last time someone opened 8.60m at the Olympics was 24 years ago, at Barcelona 1992." Mr. Yang can always have data full of historical age at his fingertips, "Because just after running a shot consumes a huge 400 meters, Du Ke is exempt from jumping the second jump, let's see what distance Du Ke's third jump can reach?" Can you open the 70 mark? Or 80? Can he set a new personal best of 8.81m? ”

Duke came to the starting position and looked intently at the bunker more than 50 meters away.

The eagle's wings were hung up again, and Duke walked a few steps slowly and then started running.

One step, two steps...... Nine and ten steps, when Duke runs to the tenth step, he turns on the [Fast Frequency Assault], and the horizontal speed of the run-up is significantly accelerated.

At the on-site commentary seat, Mr. Yang's blood was boiling: "Rush up!" Duke rushed! Amazing running speed! ”

In the coach's seat of the Chinese track and field team, Huntington couldn't help but shout in English: "duke-duke, tiger-step!go-go-go!" "Translated into Chinese, Du Ke Du Ke, Tiger Step! Let's get started!

Duke kept running at high speed until the last five steps, and the acceleration effect of [Fast Frequency Assault] reached its extreme value at this time.

Douce quickly stepped onto the board, pushed and swung his legs hard, and with the impetus of high-energy horizontal speed, he leaped into the air at an angle of more than 25 degrees.

Duke, who was full of energy, instinctively changed his steps in the air, and because the jump force was too strong, he took four and a half steps in the air.

The jumping force and rising angle of the long jumper at the moment of take-off determine the landing distance, whether it is a step change in the air or a standing up, the body adjustment action in the air glide stage will not extend the distance, and the air step change and air lift are all to reduce the forward rotation force of the body and avoid the deviation of the landing.

Compared with the zombie jump, the aerial step change is undoubtedly more ornamental, Du Ke volleyed four and a half steps, and many professional long jumpers simply can't take four and a half steps.

"Fly, fly! Duke: He's really flying! Teacher Yang shouted excitedly, commenting on the track and field competition for so many years, he knew at a glance that Du Ke's flying jump would definitely be able to jump out of a great result!

Kan guide: "It's so beautiful! It seems that there is an invisible ladder in the air, and Du Ke climbs the ladder! ”

"Wow!" Tens of thousands of spectators in the audience took a breath of cold air, surprised and excited. Duke landed, and the visual distance was more than 8.90 meters!

"Look at what flag the referee raises!" Mr. Yang is very nervous, Du Ke is expected to make a historical jump, but don't foul.

The referee in a blue suit sat on the edge of the springboard and raised the white flag decisively.

Without relying on any advanced equipment, the referee could immediately tell with the naked eye that Douc was seven or eight centimeters away from the tip of the springboard when he took off.

There is no problem, the result of Duke's jump is valid.

The results bulletin board showed Duke's time attempt: 8.92m, +0.4m/s.

With a tailwind of 0.4 m/s, Duke jumped 8.92 meters!

The IAAF president was there and he stood up, excited and regretful.

8.92 meters! After more than 20 years, someone finally opened the 8.90 meter mark again!

Duke opened 8.90m, but was only 4 centimeters short of breaking the world record of 8.95m.

"Ahh Duke looked up to the sky and yelled, unable to tell whether it was cool or unhappy.

Coach Huntington shouted to Doucle from a distance of a few dozen meters: "Douco, you have three more chances!" Calm down and push the limits! You're only 4 centimeters away from the limit! (To be continued.) )