Chapter 471: Psychology of the Arena

"Duke jumped 8.52 meters for the first time, and the pressure on the players behind him was great. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info" Teacher Yang explained the long jump final, and couldn't help laughing as he spoke, which was the feeling of stealing joy but not holding back laughter.

Mr. Yang's commentary partner has changed, Liu Xiang is only a guest commentator for sprinting and hurdles, and the guest commentator for the long jump is Huang Li, the best male long jumper in China more than ten years ago.

After retiring, Director Huang, who became a coach, interpreted Du Ke's jump from a technical point of view: "Du Ke's first jump on the board is a bit backward, and it seems that Du Ke wants a safe result to ensure the opportunity of the last three jumps." Duke is at least 8.50m, but he was cautious in the final, and watching him play was safe. ”

"With 8.52 meters to guarantee the top eight, Du Ke is really rich, according to the results of the previous World Championships, about 8.10 meters, sometimes about 8 meters can enter the top eight." Teacher Yang said, and then communicated with Coach Huang: "Coach Huang, you created the best place in the Asian men's long jump at the World Championships in Seville in '99, and the sixth place in the World Championships. With three Chinese men competing in the long jump final at the World Championships in Capital tonight, can you look forward to their results? “

"My sixth place in the World Championships is about to be gone, and it's actually gone." Director Huang smiled, relieved and proud, "It is impossible for Duke to not be in the top five with 8.52 meters, even in the era of Lewis and Powell, 8.52 meters can also be ranked in the top five." Chinese track and field can produce such a figure as Du Ke, as a Chinese track and field person, I am proud of him. Li Jinze and Wang Jiannan are also in good form in the qualifying round, so let's pay attention to their first jump in the final to predict the follow-up situation. ”

Duke's first jump was 8.52m, a distance that was quite oppressive and could even affect the direction of the championship. In addition to teammates Li Jinze and Wang Jianan, many other players were forced to adjust their first three jump tactics.

The No. 2 player, Russia's Menkov, the men's long jump champion at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, won the gold medal two years ago with a score of 8.56m, which is also his PB.

Defending champion Menkov was nervous when he saw that Duke's first jump was 8.52m, and 8.52m was already close to Menkov's peak score of 8.56m.

Menkov helped run, jumped, and the distance was enough, and the visual inspection was above 8.50 meters, but the referee ruthlessly raised the red flag - foul.

Menkov also felt that he had stepped on the red line in this jump, and even if he did, he would have to gamble on the first jump with all his might, because he was eager to defend his title.

Director Huang lost no time in analyzing Menkov's gambling mentality to the TV audience: "Menkov's style of competition is to stabilize first and then gamble, taking the World Championships in Moscow two years ago as an example, when he did not get on the board in the first jump, he asked for a safe score of 8.14 meters to ensure the chance to jump three times, and his championship score of 8.56 meters was gambled in the fifth jump. And now, Menkov gambled on the line on his first jump, and his foot was too abrupt and half a foot crossed the red line. ”

Overlooking the springboard, it is rectangular in shape, with a length of 1.22 meters and a width of 20 centimeters. A 1.22-meter-long red thread was pulled against the front end of the springboard, which was actually a 1.22-meter-long red flat stick.

If an athlete steps on the red line during the jump, it is a foul, and the result of this jump attempt is invalid. The closer your toes are to the red line, the farther you will naturally jump. However, in high-speed running, it is impossible for long jumpers to look down at their feet, and the upper board is completely based on feeling, and the position of the upper board can be controlled in a general range, but it is difficult to be accurate to one centimeter.

Anyway, it's a gamble, try to jump as close to the red line as possible, and the risk is that the probability of foul play is greatly increased.

Menkov wanted to bet on a strong result in the first jump, but he had no choice but to step on the line and foul it, and it was in vain.

American player Henderson also chose to bet on the first jump, his PB was also above 8.50m, but he stepped on the line and fouled, and the first jump was invalid.

The fiercest was another player on the American team, Hatfield, who jumped an amazing distance, visually above 8.60 meters, but also stepped on the line, and the result was invalid.

Li Jinze and Wang Jiannan knew Du Ke's strength, and they played steadily and steadily, playing cards according to the conventional routine, and the first jump of the two jumped 8.01 meters and 8.14 meters respectively.

At this time, 8 players completed the first test jump, five of them fouled, Du Ke, Wang Jianan, and Li Jinze ranked in the top three with 8.52 meters, 8.14 meters, and 8.01 meters.

The situation on the field has changed, several powerful players have committed fouls, and the players in the draw order of 9~12 have changed their mentality.

The No. 9 player is Briton Rutherford, and the Olympic champion sees that everyone is fouling, so I can't foul it, so I want a safe result.

Rutherford's small calculation is that even if he can't beat Duke, he will at least have to win a medal. Several competitors Menkov and Henderson have fouled, and if they continue to foul on the second jump, the pressure on the third jump will be very high, and they won't even be able to score in the top eight.

"So I don't have to jump too far forward, jumping above 8.20m can continue to put pressure on them, and it's better to squeeze them out of the top eight!" Rutherford thought so and began to run.

Rutherford, who was in the center of the board with his toe 10.2cm from the red line, jumped 8.22m and the referee raised the white flag.

After the next three contestants' attempts, the results and rankings of the 12 contestants on their first attempts are:

first, Doucle, 8.52m;

second, Rutherford, 8.22m;

third, Wang Jianan, 8.14m;

fourth, Lapierre, 8.10m;

fifth, Polyansky, 8.03m;

sixth, Li Jinze, 8.01m;

The other six players fouled and had no results for the time being.

"At the end of the first round of the jump, there were six players who had no results, and the foul rate was so high that they couldn't even rank in the top eight." Teacher Yang found it interesting, "Our three Chinese athletes are ranked in the top six, I hope the three young men can make history, three Chinese advance to the World Championships long jump final, if they all get the top eight places or even medals, this is a major victory for Chinese long jump sports and will have a far-reaching impact!" ”

At the end of the first attempt, there is no break, and the second attempt is carried out directly.

Doucle is back on the pitch for his second attempt.

The audience shouted Duke's name in unison, and they wanted to see Du Fei continue flying.

The long jump and sprint are a pair of brothers, and the 100-meter flyer Duke Mercedes is on the long jump runway.

With the first jump of 8.52m, Douc took a risky approach in the second jump, where he had to grab the front jump position to jump farther.

Duke jumped on the board, the running and rising angle of this jump were very powerful, Duke flew out, and the landing position was visually measured at about 8.70 meters!

"Awesome!" The audience screamed, but after only 2 seconds, they began to sigh: "Foul ......"

Du Ke stepped on the line this time, exceeded the red line by 5.2 centimeters, and the referee raised the red flag. (To be continued.) )