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Chapter 178 - Recap the Asian record

The audience was shocked!

8.42 meters, a new national record!

The national record for the long jump event was still 8.40 meters created in the 1997 National Athletics Championships. Although the long jump level of domestic athletes has been very good, this national record has remained for nine years, and it was not broken until today by Zhang Guan.

Zhang Guan is the strongest sprinter in the world. After all, his physical talent is outstanding, and the high level of long jump is also expected by many people, but no one has ever thought that Zhang Guan can break the national record of the long jump.

The previous national record of 8.40 meters was also an Asian record at the time. This result was also considered to be a top result in the world. Taking the Athens Olympics as the standard, the champion's score at that time was 8.59 meters, and the runner-up score was 8.47 meters. The third place is 8.32 meters, which means that the national record of 8.40 meters, even in the Athens Olympic Games can also get you third place.

The Athens Olympics is an Olympics with a relatively high level of long jump in recent years. If it is in the 2008 Olympics, the 8.40m game is enough to win the gold medal, because then the champion Saratino's long jump performance was only 8.34m.

The Asian record for a 100-meter sprint of 10 seconds may not even make it to the Olympic finals, and a national record for a long jump can get Olympic medals, which also shows from the side that the national team's long jump level is much stronger than the sprint event. Therefore, from this perspective, the gold content of the national record for the long jump is higher than that of the national record for the 100-meter sprint.

Of course, this result is far from the world record. The world record for long jump is similar to the world record for the 400-meter sprint, both of which are extremely abnormal. The world record of 8.95 meters created by American Mike Powell in 1991 is also considered to be impossible to be break, it was retained for 50 years. So the world record for the long jump cannot be measured according to conventional standards.

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"Zhang Guan broke the national record! He even broke the national record for the long jump!" Coach Zhou's heart suddenly seemed like a galloping horse. Then, Coach Zhou shouted excitedly, along with other coaches and athletes of the provincial team, also cheering together to celebrate.

On the rostrum, Director Ma's mouth almost widened to his earlobe. As a coach of the long jump project, Director Ma naturally has a special feeling for the long jump. In the 1980s, he was the coach of the national team and his disciple once broke the national record, and today, the proudest disciple of his life, once again broke the national record.

For Director Ma, this is a surprise, a big surprise!

The side of Coach Yu is like breaking a variety of condiment bottles, with infinite emotion.

"Since the long jump training for Zhang Guan, this is just the third month!" Yu Gui said quietly.

Director Ma will usually be in the capital, but Yu has always been with Zhang Guan. He knows Zhang Guan's training schedule very well. Zhang Guan officially started long jump training for only three months. In the usual training time, the long jump event only occupies one-third of the training time. At other times, Zhang Guan is still doing sprint training. Zhang Guan spends a lot of time to go abroad for competition, so the training time Zhang Guan spent on long jump events was limited.

But even so, Zhang Guan still broke the long-jump national record in three months. Yu Gui knew that if the news was released, it would cause a sensation in the entire track and field.

This time the test jump contest is too dramatic, the original Zhang Guan 8.12 meters score seems to have lacked the championship, but Zhou can make an 8.14 meters score and tell everyone that the championship competition has just begun, next Li Dalong immediately improved his score to 8.17 meters, making the game even more intense, and Li Run's 8.20 meters result seemed to declare that he was the owner of the championship.

The three athletes took three test jumps, and Zhang Guan changed from first to fourth. When everyone was guessing what Zhang Guan would do next, Zhang Guan directly responded with a new national record!

Li Run stood in the athletes' preparation area, his eyes kept looking at the scoreboard results, his face was helpless.

"National record! New national record!" In Li Run's mind, the new national record of 8.42 meters is constantly rolling, and Li Run also knows that with his achievements, it is impossible to achieve this level, even if it is in training, he never jumped out of this result.

"Come on! Maybe you can do it in the future!" Zhou Can's voice sounded from behind Li Run. Li Run turned around and found that Zhou Can have a smile on his face, and this smile felt so bitter.

Zhou Can went on to say, "I'm not too young now, and it's my physical limit now. I don't think I can touch any better results, but you are still young, you are only 23 years old this year, and you have made great progress!"

"Brother Zhou, don't laugh at me. Zhang Guan is only 20 years old and broke the national record..." Li Run said.

Zhou Can interrupt Li Run's words, "Don't compare with Zhang Guan! How many foreigners with abnormal bodies can't even be compared to him, how can we compare with him? This kid is a genius, a monster! So don't consider going beyond Zhang Guan, it's enough to play your best in the game."

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The rhythm of the athletes in the long jump competition is very fast. It takes more than a minute for an athlete to prepare to complete the jump. The former athlete leaves the competition field, and the latter athlete has already stood in the running zone.

However, the birth of a new national record affected the rhythm of the entire long jump competition. The long jump competition was suspended for nearly ten minutes before continuing.

Now only four jumps are made, followed by the last two jumps. Although the attribution of the long jump championship is a foregone conclusion, the contest between the second and third places is still not over.

In the fifth round of the test jump, the original athletes who were determined to win the championship also knew that the championship was hopeless but relaxed. The results of the jump were quite good, among which Zhou Can also jump out of the good result of 8.20 meters.

In the competition rules of the long jump, if the best results of the two athletes are the same, the second-best result is compared. Zhou Can and Li Run both scored 8.20 seconds, but Zhou Can's second-best score is higher, so Zhou Can is now the most likely athlete to win the silver medal.

The first seven athletes finished playing in sequence, and Zhang Guan started his fifth test jump.

When the champion is in hand, many athletes will choose to give up the game, especially some old athletes who have old injuries, they will choose to jump for a symbol. Of course, there will be athletes who will challenge the extreme results without such worries.

Standing in the running zone, Zhang Guan moved his body a little and was ready for the game.

In the entire stadium, all eyes were on Zhang Guan's body, and the pictures on the big screen were converted into Zhang Guan's game. No one knows what choice Zhang Guan will make next, whether to give up the game or go further and challenge the distance.

"Brother Zhou, do you think Zhang Guan will give up the next two test jumps like in the qualifying match? He may have an 800-meter final in the evening, and he should choose to save his energy now!" Li Run asked Zhou Can beside him.

Zhou Can shook his head, "Of course not, I guess Zhang Guan will continue to challenge for a new distance! He is a world champion in sprinting, and anyone who can become a world champion has a champion heart, and none of them will give up easily!"

Zhou Can's words just fell, and Zhang Guan had already started to run.

Director Ma leaned forward and stretched his neck vigorously, looking at the running crown.

"He didn't give up the game, Zhang Guan wants to fight!" Director Ma said.

Director Ma's judgment is based on Zhang Guan's run speed. In this test jump, Zhang Guan's run speed is still the same as before, reaching the limit.

In the long jump competition, if you want to get a better result, of course, the faster the run speed, the better. If Zhang Guan is going to give up the game, a symbolic jump is enough. There is no need to use extreme speed to run.

When Director Ma finished this sentence, Zhang Guan had completed his jump. His body drew a perfect trajectory in the air as if flying like a giant eagle.

Zhang Guan has already surpassed the eight-meter line after closing his legs and preparing to land. Although Zhang Guan has not landed, professionals have speculated that Zhang Guan's performance in this jump must be very good.

The referee's white flag was raised while Zhang Guan landed, then took advantage of the situation and got up.

"Zhang Guan landed further than 8.40 meters! It seems farther than before!"

"No, it's 8.50 meters!"

In the fourth jump just now, Zhang Guan exceeded 8.40 meters, but from the trace of the pit jump, it only slightly exceeded a little, and this time the pit jump has already reached the 8.50 mark. So Zhang Guan's jump must be farther than the last jump. As for the final score of 8.50 meters, it depends on the final measurement results.

"Longer than last time, this seems to be another national record!"

"It's amazing to break the national record twice in one day!"

"Not in one day, but two consecutive test jumps and two national record breaks..."

The surveyor walked over to the sandpit and carefully measured Zhang Guan's final result. This must be another result that broke the national record.

The surveyor's complexion change instantly. He had measured Zhang Guan's score, and this score was enough to surprise him.

The surveyor took a deep breath and shouted Zhang Guan's final result in the eyes that everyone expected.

"8.49 meters!"

At the next moment, in the coaching area and the athletes' area, everyone burst into applause.

On the podium.

"Old Yu, pinch me!" Director Ma said.

Coach Yu pinched Director Ma's arm, and then asked, "Does it hurt?"

Director Ma nodded seriously, "It hurts! This is true."

"8.49 meters! This is the new Asian record! The Asian record for the long jump, we won it back!"