Chapter 134: The Most Critical Jump

In the arena, the audience's momentum involuntarily weakened a little.

In the triple jump final, three countries had two athletes advance to the final. They are the British team, the Cuban team and the Chinese team. After the first attempt, Great Britain's Eduu was in first place, while another British, Akik, was eighth. For Cuba, Fuentes is second from the bottom, while Gilat is third.

The Chinese team is much more miserable, Li Yanxi is currently in the third place, and Zhang Guan is directly ranked from the bottom, judging from the results of the first round, it is like pouring a bucket of cold water on everyone.

In the eyes of many people, Zhang Guan will inevitably kill all sides like the previous long jump final, but his first attempt failed directly, and he was the only one who failed in the first attempt, and the penultimate position was even more glorious.

Whether it is at the scene or in front of the TV, many viewers feel a little disappointed, but everyone keeps comforting themselves in their hearts, this is just the first time to try to jump, and it is reasonable that Zhang Guan can't find the state, and he will inevitably jump better and better in the future.

After the first jump, the second round began, and the first three players in the competition, Bulgaria's Karailyev, Cuba's Fuentes and Russia's Spasokhovsky, were still playing a soy sauce, their results were not enough to make them into the next three attempts, and the next Brazilian Gregorio jumped 17.14m in the first jump, but his second jump was far worse than the first, and he only jumped 16.55m.

He was followed by world number one Évora, who was overtaken by 20 centimetres by the Englishman Eduu on his first attempt, and he was sure to overtake Eduu in this jump, which he jumped 17.56 metres to overtake Eduu.

Edúu came behind Evola, failing to overtake Evola again with a second jump of 17.31m, while Bahamas' Santz did not cross the 17m mark. The ninth-arriving Cuban titan Girat jumped 17.52m to move up to second and push Eduu into third.

In the applause, Lee Yeon-hee made his second appearance, he summed up the experience of the first attempt to make a mistake, and then jumped 16.35 meters in this attempt, which is much better than his first 15.93 meters, but still in the third to last and still in the ranks of elimination.

Immediately after, it was Zhang Guan's turn to play.

At this time, Zhang Guan really wanted to win his sixth gold medal, so he jumped to the limit in the first jump, and he hoped to jump out of a performance that other competitors could not surpass at the beginning, and because of this, Zhang Guan's first attempt to step on the line failed.

However, in this test jump, Zhang Guan still did not seek stability, and he decided to fight again.

"Zhang Guan, start running! ......The word "jump" was pulled into a long tone in the narrator's mouth, and Zhang Guan also made a continuous movement, he fell into the sand pool, and the edge of the landing point was obviously outside the 17-meter marker line.

"It's over 17 meters! Zhang Guan is a very much distance of more than 17 meters! The commentator shouted, but at this time, the referee raised the red flag very badly.

Zhang Guan's second attempt was also fouled.

The audience at the scene of "Hey......" sighed again, but this time, the sigh was much thicker than just now, and there was even a pessimistic feeling around it.

On the sidelines of the stadium, a large group of foreign photojournalists also began to discuss.

"Oh, Zhang Guan failed two consecutive attempts! This second round is coming to an end, and he has not even achieved results. ”

"Before the game, it was said that Zhang Guan was the number one favorite in the triple jump, and some people said that Zhang Guan would break the world record and win the championship, which seems unlikely!"

"I remember that Zhang Guan has never been defeated since his debut, will today's triple jump final be Zhang Guan's Waterloo?"

"Zhang Guan should have one last chance, if Zhang Guan's next test jump still fails, then he will be eliminated!"

"Even if Zhang Guan succeeds in the attempt, he may be eliminated, and according to the current results, he should jump above 16.80 meters to have a chance to enter the top eight. Zhang Guan not only has to get results in the next attempt, but also has to jump out of a good score! ”

For these journalists, they would certainly like to see Zhang Guan win the world record, because that will be a big headline tomorrow, and if Zhang Guan can't win the triple jump, it would be a good news headline to be eliminated from the competition if he fails to win the triple jump. Some reporters have even begun to think about how to report on Zhang's first failure.

The most delightful of all was Portugal's Evola, who is currently in first place with 17.56m, and his biggest opponent, Zhang Guan, who failed two consecutive attempts, was clearly a great start to the game, and he even felt that the Olympic gold medal was beckoning him again.

After the two attempts, the two players of the Chinese team did not improve their performance, and they were still the third and first from the bottom, and Zhang Guan has not achieved results so far, which is obviously a terrible situation.

The foreign broadcasters began a heated discussion, and some sports commentators who originally supported Zhang Guan also felt shameless, including Edwards. For a commentator, "who hangs the milk" is really a very depressing thing, all the commentators want to be the "spinach light" with accurate prediction, and the last thing they want to be is obviously the "strongest poisonous milk".

The host also seemed to feel Edwards's embarrassment, he looked at Edwards with a smile, and at the same time he was also very understanding to divert the topic, he did not mention Zhang Guan's matter again, but discussed the third-ranked British player Eduu.

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The third round of competition has already begun, and for those who are further in the rankings, this will be their last chance, with four of the twelve athletes sure to say goodbye to the Games after this attempt.

The top three competitors jumped 16.38m, 16.28m and 15.63m respectively, and the other two were arguably eliminated with the exception of Russia's Spasokhovsky. Brazil's Gregorio also made a mistake, but with a guaranteed 17.14m jump on his first attempt, he had already secured a spot.

Eivora, who was in first place, failed in his third attempt, but Eduu, who came in close, jumped 17.62 meters to overtake Evora again and take first place. Bahamas' Sants finally found his form, with a time of 17.59m pushing Evora into third place.

Cuba's Gilat finished his third attempt with a time of 17.24m, followed by Great Britain's Anchiko jumping 17.17m to push Russia's Spasokhovsky into eighth.

Lee is currently in 10th position, while Spasokhowski in eighth place has a best time of 16.79m, so Lee will have to jump 16.80m if he wants to stay. However, in the end, he only jumped 16.77 meters and finished in ninth place, and was eliminated by a fraction of a second.

Lee Yeon-hee's three jumps were 15.93m, 16.35m and 16.77m, and he was adjusting and improving every time, but unfortunately he was not able to perform at his best.

Lee walked off the field disappointed, knowing that his Olympic journey was over, and he still hadn't been able to finish in the top eight. And Spasokhowski in the rest area laughed happily, you must know that 16.77 meters and 16.79 meters are actually about the same in long-distance naked eye observation, and Spasokhowski even thought that Li Yanxi surpassed himself at one time, and at this time he had a feeling of the rest of his life.

But immediately, Spasokhowski couldn't laugh anymore, because he saw that Zhang Guan had already stood in the running area.

For Zhang Guan, this is his most critical jump, whether he can continue to stay in the triple jump, whether he can continue to sprint for the sixth gold medal, it depends on this jump. (To be continued.) )