When he returned to the preparation area of the Chinese team to rest, Du Ke couldn't help but start thinking about his big business again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info he can only conceive by himself now, and there is no one to communicate with.

Of course, this kind of big project can't confide in the leaders of the track and field team, swimming team, any center, and sports federation, and the few people Du Ke trusts the most, his parents and Su Yun are not around, so he can only silently sketch out the blueprint.

Su Yun didn't come to Portugal this time, she will graduate from college in a few months, and recently she didn't go to Sulang online class, but went back to school to prepare for her graduation thesis and defense.

"Money, people, and success stories to learn from." He subconsciously looked at the rostrum of the Magellan Stadium and said: "The Portuguese Athletic Club has a mature and perfect management model and nearly 100 years of experience, it would be good if I had the opportunity to visit and learn from their headquarters." ”

Before he knew it, an hour passed, Du Ke changed into jumping shoes, a new pair of socks, and a new vest, and then moved to the field field to participate in the men's high jump qualifying competition, accompanied by his teammate Zhang Guowei.

A total of 33 high jumpers from all over the world signed up for the men's high jump event in Lisbon, and the qualifying round began at 11:30 a.m., and the final will be held in the evening.

The format of the high jump competition in this Grand Prix is exactly the same as that of the World Championships and the Olympic Games.

There are five test jumps in the qualifying round: 2.17m, 2.22m, 2.26m, 2.29m, and 2.31m.

The 33 male applicants will first participate in the qualifying round, starting from a height of 2.17m, and those who skip the height of 2.31m will advance to the finals.

If there are more than 12 players (inclusive) and less than 14 (inclusive) players skipping 2.31m, they will all advance to the finals, and a maximum of 14 players can participate in the finals.

If there are less than 12 players who have jumped 2.31 meters, the players with the highest success rate will be added to the 2.29 meters height to enter the finals, so that 12 players will participate in the finals.

If the number of competitors who have jumped 2.29 meters is insufficient, the competitors who have jumped 2.26 meters will be supplemented with those with a higher success rate to enter the finals, and so on.

In the high jump, the success rate is very important.

For example, if both A and B have jumped 2.31 meters, and A successfully crosses the pole in one attempt, then A has a 100% success rate at 2.31 meters. Player B failed to jump 2.31m on his first attempt, but succeeded in his second attempt, and his success rate was 50%.

Skipping the two players A and B at the same height, the A player with a 100% success rate will have the priority of winning medals/promotion, which means that the gold medal and medal will be given to the A player first, and the promotion quota will also be given priority to the A player.

The wave that Du Ke tirelessly pursued, in the term high jump, is "the success rate of the first stroke".

Regardless of the height of the jump, a competitor who can successfully cross the pole on the first attempt will have a very advantageous advantage in a high jump competition.

At 11:30, the men's high jump qualification round began.

Thirty-two of the 33 competitors started their jumps at 2.17m in the first round, including Duke.

With one exception, Keinard, a black high jumper from the United States, was the athlete.

The 23-year-old black guy Kenard is quite handsome, and looks like NBA star Kobe Bryant, he is a silver medalist in the men's high jump at the London Olympics, with a personal best of 2.37m.

Kenard told the referee: "I don't have to jump 2.17m, I started with 2.22m." ”

Referee: "Then you jump." ”

Then the assistant referee began to raise the pole to 2.22m, and Kenard ran and jumped, and crossed 2.22m.

The competition system of the Olympic Games and the World Championships has a "no jump" rule, and this Grand Prix follows the system of the Olympic Games and the World Championships.

There are five heights in the high jump qualifying round: 2.17m, 2.22m, 2.26m, 2.29m, and 2.31m.

Competitors can start the jump from a height of 2.22m or higher instead of 2.17 meters, which is called "2.17 meters without jumping".

Of course, competitors can also directly try to jump 2.31 meters, that is, the first four heights without jumping.

However, almost no competitor will skip all the heights in front of them, and the referee who jumps directly to the highest will set the height.

Because once you directly try to jump 2.31 meters, it means that you can't turn back, and you can't try to jump 2.17 meters, 2 meters 22 meters, 2 meters 26 meters, and 2.29 meters in front of you.

It's good to be able to cross 2.31 meters, but if you can't jump 2.31 meters in three attempts, the player's qualifying score will be 0 meters, and even 2.17 meters will not be given to him.

In the qualifying round, everyone will generally slowly look for the feeling of the competition, and gradually start the test jump from the lowest height, which is also a safer approach.

However, with Keinard's strength, it is not a big problem for him to choose to skip jumping 2.17 meters and start jumping from 2.22 meters, this black American guy who looks like Kobe Bryant is more anxious, always thinking about getting it in one wave and taking it away in one wave, he is the most fanatical follower of the wave.

Another international master, Ukrainian Prochenko, is much more sedate, with an expressionless poker face, unsmiling and sharp eyes, similar to the KGB in the former Soviet Union.

With a personal best of 2.39m, Prochenko is the top seed in the men's high jump at the Grand Prix, and he chose to start with 2.17m.

With ease, Prochenko crossed 2.17m and was ready to try the next round of height.

In recent years, the high level of men's high jump in the world has shown an explosive trend, and there are four active kings in the men's high jump world: Russian Yukov, Ukrainian Bondarenko, Qatari Bashim, and Canadian Delauin.

The personal best of the four kings is above 2.40m, and the international high jump community generally believes that one or more of the four kings in active service will have a chance to break the 21-year-old 2.45m world record.

Although the Four Heavenly Kings did not come to Lisbon, Kinard and Prochenko, among the Four Little Heavenly Kings, came, and with them participating, the men's high jump competition of the Lisbon Grand Prix will not be very boring.

However, Du Ke and Zhang Guowei are not the masters who are afraid of things, they have to come out and make a fuss about it if they have nothing to do, it doesn't matter if the four little kings come, they will also toss hard.

"Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai, how do you mess with them?" Zhang Guowei asked Du Ke.

Duke: "Xiao Hei (Keenard) is in a hurry, so he has to fight violence with violence. Xiaobai (Prochenko) is a conservative and steady technical player, he is a typical Soviet/CIS style high jumper, and against someone like him, who is as steady as his mother-in-law, he has to attack violently. Of course, tactical play or something, in the finals, we will respond flexibly according to the actual situation, let's not look at the masters, let's go through the qualifying round first. ”

As the men's high jump qualifying round continued, Douc suggested that Cheung Kwok-wai join him in adopting a latent strategy to jump the qualifying rounds, that is, to jump five rounds in the order from low to high, without jumping without jumping, so as not to attract hatred. After advancing to the finals, let's go all out and suppress violently.

Du Ke and Zhang Guowei both started to try to jump from 2.17 meters, and the four heights of 2.17 meters, 2.22 meters, 2.26 meters, and 2.29 meters were all once passed.

With a 100% success rate in the first four jumps, Du Ke and Zhang Guowei have basically entered the finals.

There are still 15 people left who jumped 2.29 meters, except for them, as long as 3 of the other 13 players can't jump 2.31 meters, Du Ke and Zhang Guowei can advance to the finals even if they can't jump 2.31 meters in three attempts, because their first four jumps have a success rate of 100%.

In the end, a total of 6 people from Du Ke, Zhang Guowei, Kinad, Prochenko and two other players jumped 2.31 meters, and the referee team added six players with a higher success rate to the finals among the players who did not jump 2.31 meters but jumped 2.29 meters.

Du Ke and Zhang Guowei joined hands to advance to the men's high jump final, Zhang Guowei can rest, but Du Ke can't rest for the time being, because Du Ke still has to continue to compete in the men's 400-meter preliminaries. (To be continued.) )