In the long jump qualifying round of the Olympic Games, basically as long as you jump eight meters, you can enter the final, which is not difficult for Zhang Guan.

Zhang Guan was placed in Group A, a group that included several players Zhang Guan knew, including Greece's Tesa Tomas, Cuba's Cameo, Spain's Meriz and Saudi Arabia's Al Shaba. All of these athletes participated in the Athletics World Cup two years ago, and that was Zhang's first appearance on the international stage of the long jump.

The qualifying round is still three jumps per person, but there are more than 20 competitors in this group, and it takes more than an hour to finish all of them, so the pace of the competition is not fast.

The first few players performed relatively averagely, and the best performance only jumped 7.77 meters, which is obviously impossible to enter the final.

It wasn't until Saudi Arabia's Al Shabah came out that he jumped 8.04 meters, the first time of the day to exceed 8 meters.

The athletes took to the field in turn, some of them tried to jump, and some of them failed.

Finally, it was Zhang Guan's turn to play, and this once again attracted everyone's attention.

The more than 40 athletes participating in the competition may not all know each other, but it is certain that all of them know Zhang Guan, and some good things inevitably start to discuss.

"The next one is Zhang Guan's attempt to jump, I don't know what kind of result he can jump."

"The world champion in the 100-meter dash and long jump, it's been a long time since there has been such an athlete! He reminds me of Carl Lewis back then. ”

"Zhang Guan has the level of Carl Lewis in the sprint, but not necessarily in the long jump. Able to reach the heights of Carl Lewis. ”

"Zhang Guan has just finished running 100 meters, will his physical strength be consumed, maybe his first jump will be very unsatisfactory!"

"Look, Zhang Guan is starting to run, it's so fast!"

In the running area, Zhang Guan has already begun to accelerate. His running speed was significantly faster than the other long jumpers, and he was not affected by the 100m semi-finals, which immediately attracted another piece of astonishment.

"With this running speed, you might be able to jump eight meters!" Someone thought so.

At this time, Zhang Guan had already rushed down the springboard, he stepped on the springboard with one foot, making a crisp sound, and then Zhang Guan exerted his strength and took off into the air.

"The jump is a bit conservative." Someone immediately commented in his heart, because he noticed that although Zhang Guan's feet were on the starting springboard, there was still a certain distance from the marking line of the starting springboard, so this was a conservative test jump.

This is Zhang Guan's first attempt to jump, so it is better to seek stability, jump out of an effective score first, and ensure that he enters the finals.

Zhang Guan's body turned into an arc in the air, and then landed in the sand pool, leaving a deep trace in the sand pool, and the most edge of the trace was obviously more than the eight-meter mark.

"Sure enough, it passed the eight-meter mark! In this way, there is one less place to qualify for the finals. ”

"Zhang Guan's strength in the long jump event is also very strong!"

"After all, the long jump is still a sport that depends on physical talent, Zhang Guan is the 100-meter world record holder, and there is no physical talent, and it is normal to perform well in the long jump."

"Although it has passed eight meters, it has only passed a little, and there is still a lot of gap from Saladino's 8.73 meters!"

"The results are out, 8.12 meters, it should be a steady final!"

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8.12m is not a very good result in the Olympic Games, but it is enough to make it out of the qualifying round and enter the final the day after tomorrow.

The commentator at the scene also understood this, and he immediately said: "Steady! Zhang Guan's score of 8.12 meters must be a steady entry into the long jump final the day after tomorrow. It seems that the semi-finals of the 100m just now did not have much impact on Zhang Guan, and we also congratulate Zhang Guan on successfully qualifying! Considering that Zhang Guan will participate in the 100-meter final in a while, I suggest that Zhang Guan should not play in the next two attempts to save his physical strength and prepare for the 100-meter final. ”

As soon as the commentator finished speaking, South Africa's Mokoyana also completed his test jump.

"Mokoyana jumped so far! It's about the same as Zhang Guan just now. ”

"I think Mokoyana jumped farther than Zhang Guan!"

"The results came out, 8.14 meters, it was indeed farther than Zhang Guan, and he refreshed Zhang Guan's best result."

And just one person away, the next British long jumper Ruther Ford jumped 8.16 meters.

"Rutherford, 8.16m, another finalist!"

"The Olympics are really strong! Just now Zhang Guan jumped out of 8.12 meters, I already thought he was very powerful, I didn't expect someone to be able to jump out of 8.16 meters! ”

"Nonsense, Mokoyana and Rutherford are both full-time long jump athletes, and Zhang Guan is a sprinter and long jumper, how can he be compared to a full-time long jumper!"

On the sidelines, Zhang Guan frowned slightly, he expected that his 8.12-meter score would fall behind, but he didn't expect to fall behind so quickly, and he was surpassed by two opponents in the blink of an eye.

"This is our own Olympic Games, how can we let you foreigners take the lead. It looks like I'm going to have to jump again, even if it's a qualifier, and I'm going to keep the first place in China! Zhang Guan has already made up his mind.

If according to the past situation, since he has successfully advanced to the finals, Zhang Guan will definitely give up the last two attempts. But today is different, this is the Bird's Nest, this is the Olympics held by China, so Zhang Guan will definitely fight for a group first. It's not just for the honor of being first in a group, it's about showing the world a momentum, a momentum that never lags behind!

A few minutes later, Zhang Guan reappeared in the run-up area, and he began his second attempt.

"Zhang Guan still has to play! His 8.12m in the first attempt was already sure he would make it to the final, but he still had to play! The narrator's tone was full of incredulity. He obviously didn't understand why Zhang Guan still played, and in his opinion, reserving his physical strength to cope with the 100-meter final was the best choice.

However, when the audience collectively stood up and cheered for Zhang Guan, the boiling atmosphere around finally made the commentator understand why Zhang Guan chose to try out the jump again.

In the running area, Zhang Guan took a deep breath and started to run again.

Zhang Guan's speed is still very fast, but unlike just now, Zhang Guan is now more focused.

Jump! Glide through the air and then make a landing move.

The fine sand in the sand pool was shoveled away, like a huge wave suddenly appearing on the calm sea, and behind the sand wave was the dark trace left by Zhang Guan.

"It's over 8.2 meters! Zhang Guan jumped farther than the last time. It's also farther than Mokoena and Rutherford! ”

Zhang Guan is once again at the top of the group. So he didn't give his best in his first jump at all! ”

"The surveyor announced, 8.22 meters! It's 10 centimeters more than just now. ”

"Who just said that Zhang Guan is a sprinter and long jumper, and his performance must be inferior to that of a full-time long jump athlete?" (To be continued.) )