The decathlon pole vault competition is about to begin, and Duke carries a bundle of poles to the preparation area. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The IAAF has imposed some restrictions on the size of the struts, requiring that the surface of the struts must be smooth.

According to their own technical characteristics and the height of the test jump, pole vaulters generally bring several poles with different lengths, curvatures and hardness.

Today's poles are almost all made of fiberglass, and female players generally choose 4.4 m ~ 4.6 m long crossbars, and male players mostly use 5 m ~ 5.2 m long struts.

In the men's pole vault, Bubka's world record of 6.14m was not rewritten until 2014 when it was rewritten by Frenchman Lavillenie to 6.16m.

In the men's pole vault individual final that ended a few days earlier, Lavillenie failed to challenge 6.18m, but he still won the men's pole vault individual championship with a time of 6.08m.

Bubka, who retired as a leader and is now an official of the IOC Athletics Committee, came to the London Bowl.

Ravillenie, the men's pole vault champion and current world record holder at the World Championships, sat next to Bubka.

Athletics records are counted separately for outdoor and indoor records, with the exception of pole vault, where indoor and outdoor pole vault results and records are not separated. In February 2014, at the International Athletics Indoor Grand Prix held in Bubka's native Ukraine, Ravillenie successfully crossed a height of 6.16 meters, surpassing Bubka by 2 centimeters, setting a new world record in the men's pole vault.

After the game, Bubka personally presented the award to Lavillenie, and the Ukrainian king admired the new French king, and the two became friends.

"He seems to have jumped 5.40 meters in China?" Bubka looked at Duco in the audience and said to Lavillenie beside him.

Lavillenie smiled bitterly: "China's domestic results can't be taken seriously, just look at Duke's performance in hurdles, shot put, and discus." For him, China's domestic competition is just up to the mark, and he has no interest in creating good results. ”

"But the World Championships is a different stage." Bubka nodded.

"I think so." Lavillenie nodded.

On the field, the decathlon pole vault competition began. At the same time, the men's discus throw final was held.

The 32 all-rounders were divided into two groups to compete in the pole vault at the same time, with Duke in group B and the draw number 7.

The starting height was set at 4.10m, and only Czech Republic's Hercellet tried to jump 4.10m in Group B, while the other 15 competitors, including Duke, all jumped 4.10m, and they all chose to start with 4.40m.

4.10 meters, 4.20 meters, 4.30 meters of the three heights, Hercelette is very happy to play alone, the Czech young man is very real, I just this pole vault level, be down-to-earth, don't be too ambitious.

Hercellette failed to jump 4.30m in her third attempt, and the bar in Group B rose to 4.40m.

The remaining 15 all-rounders began to take turns jumping 4.40m, which is not too difficult for most World Championships-level all-rounders.

Everyone is very cautious, first pass 4.40 meters, and get a guaranteed score of 732.

Douc is not always free of jumps like in the high jump, and he plans to jump a few heights before jumping 6 meters.

The height above 6 meters is mainly against Lavillenie, against other all-rounders, and a maximum of 5.60 meters is enough.

Several all-rounders in front of Duke played well, and they all passed 4.40m in one go.

At this time, Duke came out with a pole with a length of 5 meters, and he chose a longer run-up distance, standing at the end of the run-up track, and then taking two steps back to the runway.

The length of the pole vault track in the London Bowl is 42 meters, and excellent pole vaulters generally use a running rhythm of 18~20 steps.

Doucle's speed is his biggest weapon in the jumping category, and he certainly opts for the longer run-up distance, which he uses in 20 steps.

Duke holds the pole with both hands, he holds the tail of the pole, puts his hands over his shoulders, and props the clubhead diagonally on the ground, waiting for the referee to give the signal for a test jump.

The referee signaled: It's time to try the jump, and the test jump can be completed within 1 minute.

Duke lifts the pole, holds the pole with both hands down to the waist position, and the club head is raised and pointed obliquely to the sky, and the angle between the shaft and the ground is about 65 degrees.

Hanging on the [eagle's wings], Douc began to run with a pole.

The kinetic energy acquisition of pole vaulting mainly depends on the run-up, and in the case of little difference in take-off techniques, who runs faster and who jumps higher.

After 10 steps, the horizontal speed of the Duke run-up has been raised, of course, it can't be compared with the speed of the 100-meter run after 10 steps, but it is also faster than the speed of other jumpers.

As Duke progressively adjusts the angle of the clubhead during the run-up, the angle between the shaft and the ground is getting smaller and smaller, and it is approaching a parallel position.

Running to the penultimate step, Duke slammed into the pole and prepared to jump.

There is a bucket under the 4.40 meter crossbar, which sinks into the horizontal ground.

Insert the rod this time, the strut should be inserted in the bucket.

Duke jumped with a pole and stretched his legs off the ground aggressively and quickly.

The pole vault technique is the most complex, with athletes having to use both hands and feet, running, jumping, and twisting their limbs in the air to play gymnastics.

When jumping with a pole vault, except for the special requirements for holding both hands on the pole, other movements are very similar to the long jump. The long jump is a must-practice training course for pole vaulters.

Duke is the world record holder in the long jump and is a standout in the pole vault.

The head of the pole is inserted into the bucket, and Duke jumps into the air, quickly completing the hanging and swinging movements in the air.

Hanging and swinging the body is similar to twisting Yangge in the air, Du Ke's hips drive the whole body hard, and he can do gymnastics in the air.

Aerial gymnastics is no showmanship, with Duke using his body to force the pole to bend as much as possible.

Brush!

When the pole bent to the limit, Doucle let go, and the pole bounced him out.

After releasing the pole, Du Ke gradually stretched his body from the state of the group and began to cross the pole.

From swinging to stretching, players who have practiced high jump will have a strong advantage in pole technique.

High jump?

Duke, who is also the world record holder, easily crossed the bar pad and crossed the bar with 4.40m.

La Velene in the stands stood up: "Duco's jump is estimated to be 6 meters!" ”

Bubka: "Almost, he crossed the bar at least 1.5 meters above the bar. ”

6 meters, few men's pole vault special players can cross the height of 6 meters, and only a few people such as Lavillenie.

Jumping 4.40 meters, Du Ke is still quite serious, he used the most standard technical movements of pole vaulting, jumping out of the level of about 6 meters.

At this time, in the men's discus throw, Germany's Harding scored 66.08 meters in his first attempt.

Duke was a little nervous, his discus throw throw was 67.66m, and Harding was sure to get the last three throws with 66.08m.

That means Harding has five chances to surpass Douca's 67.66m.

In addition to Harding, Poland's discus thrower Malaczüski, two Estonian players Kupe and Kantell, and another German player Jasinski, are all likely to hit 67.66m.

The top five fat in Europe are the top five winners of the men's discus throw at the Rio Olympics, and the difference in strength between them is not very large.

Duke's mind flew to the discus throw, where he jumped all the heights before 5.50 meters.

Lavillegne is looking at Ducco, and Duke is looking at the discus fats.

The men's 110m hurdles and 1500m individual finals will follow, and in the coming hours, the open and dark battles will alternate at the London Bowl.