In the National Track and Field Championships held on May 28, 1997, Lao Jianfeng jumped out of 8.40 meters. This result was not only a national record but also broke the Asian record of men's long jump.
Until 2005, Saudi Arabia's Alku Walid Muhammad broke the Asian record with a score of 8.44 meters. On July 2, 2006, a month ago, Muhammad once again set a new Asian record with 8.48 meters.
But today, Zhang Guan jumped out of 8.49 meters, just breaking the 8.48 meters long jump Asian record held by Alku Walid Muhammad. He took back this Asian record and left it again in the record for China.
"8.49 meters! Zhang Guan jumped out 8.49 meters! This is a new Asian record!" A loud shout rang from the sound on the court.
The average audience does not know what the Asian record for the long jump is. Everyone just knows that Zhang Guan's performance is better than before. However, after so much publicity on the audio, the audience realized the meaning behind Zhang Guan's 8.49 meters.
"Wow..." The auditorium boiled again.
The reporters waiting on the sidelines surrounded Zhang Guan again.
Just before the jump, Zhang Guan broke the national record for the long jump and was surrounded by reporters once, and after only seven or eight minutes, the reporters rushed over again.
At this time, even a mature and steady Zhou Can, could not help but praise, "Zhang Guan is amazing! Two jumps broke two records, a national record, an Asian record, this is simply a miracle!"
"Yeah, I still feel a little unreal." Li Run said, then said, "Is this the real strength of Zhang Guan?"
"It seems that our judgments are all wrong. I thought Zhang Guan's jump of more than eight meters was already the limit. It seems that this idea is ridiculous! Skipping eight meters? People don't jump seriously at all." Zhou Can shake his head and then said, "Obviously, Zhang Guan's long jump strength has entered the ranks of the world's top athletes, perhaps comparable to the most powerful people in the world."
Zhou Can sigh after speaking, and Li Run asked, "Brother Zhou, Zhang Guan broke the Asian record. This is a good thing. Why the sigh?"
"No, I don't think I'm up for it. I'm more dead than people." Zhou Can smile self-deprecatingly, and then said, "Look at Zhang Guan, 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters are the world's top, now one more long jump, look at us... "
"Brother Zhou, didn't you tell me just now, don't go comparing yourself with Zhang Guan, he is too powerful. We only need to play our highest level." Li Run comforted.
"Yes. There will be one final test jump next, let's work hard!"
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Because Zhang Guan broke the Asian record in the fifth jump, the game of long jump had to be suspended again. It took a long time before the game was able to continue, and the athlete started the last test jump contest.
Perhaps the interval between the games was too long and the athletes' bodies were cold. In the last test jump, several athletes did not perform as good as they should, some fouls, some failed, even the successful ones also failed to achieve breakthrough results.
In fact, at this time, no one was paying attention to the long jump competition, and the audience began to discuss Zhang Guan's breaking the Asian record. The topicality caused by the Asian record is several grades higher than the national record, especially the Asian record was taken back from foreign athletes, and it instantly rose to the level of national pride, even if you don't understand the track and field events, people can't help but join the discussion.
It wasn't until the previous seven athletes completed their last test jump that the audience's attention returned to the field again because Zhang Guan was about to debut and began his last test jump.
"I think it's almost the same. You have broken the Asian record. This test jump can be released a little bit. It is enough to make a symbolic appearance. The key is to protect yourself from injury." Coach Zhou said with a serious face to Zhang Guan.
When Zhang Guan jumped 8.42 meters before, Coach Zhou said similar words, but he was very worried that Zhang Guan will accidentally hurt his body. A national treasure-level athlete like Zhang Guan, if he was injured for a national track and field championship, Coach Zhou can not afford this responsibility.
Zhang Guan shook his head and pointed to the auditorium, "Coach, you listen to the sounds around..."
"Zhang Guan! Come on! Zhang Guan! Come on! Zhang Guan! Come on!"
The cheers of the tens of thousands of spectators in the audience were together and everyone was looking forward to it. Zhang Guan's jump will bring another surprise.
"Coach, everyone cheering for me! If I give up at this time, how can I stand up to these audiences! And I also want to give it a try and challenge the distance of 8 meters 50." Zhang Guan showed strong confidence and then walked on to the field.
Coach Zhou sighed helplessly. Although he is the head coach of the provincial track and field team, he can't command super-big-name athletes like Zhang Guan, he can only let it go.
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Athletes 'run-up preparations have a time limit. The time limit for each test jump is one minute. A timer is usually set on the head of the run-up zone to remind athletes to pay attention to the time. Generally, when the athlete enters the run-up zone, the timer will be pressed, when the time limit is only 15 seconds, the timekeeper will raise the yellow flag. When the time limit is zero, the yellow flag in the hand of the timekeeper falls. If the athlete has not started this test jump, then it counted as a fail.
But when Zhang Guan stood on the field, the referee didn't press the timer. He let Zhang Guan takes his time, and not worry.
Zhang Guan didn't bother, he adjusted the rhythm of his breath a little, and then made a running start.
When the timekeeper finished preparing for Zhang Guan, he pressed the timer. As soon as the timer started to count down, Zhang Guan immediately started running.
"This speed, Zhang Guan is still fighting! Even in the last test jump, even if he just broke the Asian record, Zhang Guan still did not give up the game! In this jump, can he play a better level than just now?" Director Ma, who was about to calm down, was nervous again at this moment.
Zhang Guan once again drew a parabola and landed in the sand pond. Numerous sand particles scattered. There was a trace on the originally flat sand surface. The edge of the trace had exceeded 8.50 meters.
"Zhang Guan skipped the pass the 8.50 m level!" Coach Zhou couldn't help saying.
After confirmation, Zhang Guan's final score was 8.52 meters.
"8.52m! Old Yu, did you see that, 8.52m! This is the world championship level! We finally have a world champion level athlete in the long jump event!" Director Ma looked very excited, his voice was also trembling.
Director Ma at this time was excited. After all, he was born as a long jump coach. Zhang Guan's long jump results can touch Director Ma's heart.
Yu Gui's performance is not as exaggerated as Director Ma's. In the sprint event, Zhang Guan has brought too many miracles to Yu Gui. Yu Gui has long been accustomed to this feeling. His subconscious has already formed a concept, as long as Zhang Guan participates in the competition, anything is possible.
Tried three consecutive jumps and jumped out of three records, one national record, two Asian records, the last one even exceeded the 8.50-meter mark! This is the most sensational event in domestic track and field competitions in recent years. Although the national record and the Asian record are not comparable to those world records that Zhang Guan broke, it will certainly cause a wave of sensation.
But he hasn't worked hard to think about it yet. He wants to participate in the men's 800-meter final in the evening.
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As night fell, the temperature seemed to drop a bit, but the intense summer heat and the enthusiasm of the audience intertwined, making the stadium like a boiling kettle.
The final of the 800-meter race is about to start. When Zhang Guan appeared in everyone's field of vision, it immediately caused a climax of the atmosphere on the spot. Even those who were preparing to line up for the toilet ran back, fearing that they would miss Zhang Guan's game.
How many of the audience are familiar with track and field competitions? For the audience, spending money to watch the game is nothing more than to see a few big-name athletes. Now Zhang Guan is about to debut. Of course, this game cannot be missed.
Although Zhang Guan participated in the long jump final a few hours ago, it will consume some physical strength, but no one questioned Zhang Guan's physical reserve. Zhang Guan's final sprint speed in the 800m and 1500m preliminary matches has been equal to telling everyone that his physical reserve can be described by the word "abnormal".
In the 800-meter final, there was no strong opponent. Among the seven opponents, the 10th National Games champion Li Xiangyu had an absolute strength advantage, and the other athletes were not strong.
The domestic 800-meter running level is relatively weak. There was also a 9th National Games champion Li Huiquan who was also very strong. He once defeated Japanese athletes, but he was banned because of illegal drugs. It will not be until two months after the suspension period ends.
The eight athletes in the finals stood on their respective starting tracks. Zhang Guan was on the fourth track this time. Everyone was ready soon, and with the order, they started to run.
With the experience of the preliminary match, Zhang Guan did not sprint in the initial split-run but chose to run forward at normal speed, which made Zhang Guan not gain any advantage before grabbing the lane line. Zhang Guan began to merge. Although it is not the easiest to merge into the fourth track, it is not difficult. Although Zhang Guan does not have a good merging technique, it is considered to be completed smoothly. When the end of the straight runway arrived, everyone entered the innermost runway. At the time, Zhang Guan was in fifth place.
Zhang Guan is very satisfied with this result. He has already used the skills of following and running. He only needs to follow others honestly, run for more than one lap, and then leave the inner path and sprint.
According to this rhythm, the 800-meter champion will belong to Zhang Guan.
But at this moment, the situation on the track was suddenly changed!