The position of Zhang Guan's feet on the ground has exceeded 8.55 meters. Even if there is no virtual red line painted on the broadcast square, the audience can distinguish from the position of the ruler, but with the red line, it looks more visual and intuitive.
"Zhang Guan has passed!" Saladino suddenly seemed to have drunk a large bowl of old vinegar mixed with bitter gourd. The bitterness of those two was mixed, but he never imagined that Zhang Guan also completed the comeback in the final jump.
At the next moment, Saladino's eyes stared straight at the place where Zhang Guan dropped his feet. The originally smooth bunker left a clear trace due to the athlete's landing. At the very end of the trace, the position of the marking has crossed the 8.6 meters mark.
"Broke the 8.6-meter mark!" Although Saladino did not know Zhang Guan's final precise result, he knew clearly that Zhang Guan's final result exceeded 8.6 meters.
The effective result in the official competition, which can exceed 8.6 meters, also traces the 8.65 meters that Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso jumped out six years ago. Pedroso was once the three-time champion of the World Championships long jump. He is the world's strongest long jumper after Mike Powell retired. He once jumped more than 8.7 meters. Later in his career, Pedroso also played with American athlete Phillips many times and was even seen as a weakened version of Powell vs. Lewis.
Besides, the best result in the last six years is Dwight Phillips' 8.60 meter. Whether it was Phillips before the injury or Saladino at the peak, they have the strength to jump 8.7 meters. This is already recognized by the long jump world. What they lack is only better play and some luck in the game. Both of them will also skip the 8.70m mark in the next three years. It's just that in today's game, the two did not play their best at their peak.
So at this moment, Saladino looked at Zhang Guan's achievement of more than 8.6 meters. In addition to some losses in his heart, he was still more unwilling.
"Did he skip 8.6 meters? I can do it too! If I play better and have better luck, I can skip further!" Saladino clenched his fists fiercely, then I thought, "It's just that you have better luck today. Next time we will fight, I will not lose to you!"
Phillips' face not far away was slightly dignified. Due to injury, he almost gave up this year's competition. Whether he met in the national level competition, this year's IAAF Golden League or today's track and field World Cup, Phillips's main goal is to restore his body and adjust the game If he manages to achieve his state again, he is confident that he can return to the top shortly. And Phillips also knew that the biggest obstacle on his way back to the top was Saladino.
And now Phillips has confirmed that the obstacle in front of him is not only Saladino but also a younger, more talented king. Judging from the current performance of Zhang Guan, he may be more difficult to deal with than Saladino.
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"Won! We won! We won! We won! We won! Woo woo woo woo..." Coach Li screamed wildly, tears also came out of his eyes, he was crying with joy and then coach Li's hugged the nearest person to him which was Yu Gui, he wished to kiss his bald head.
Coach Li is just an ordinary coach of the national team, younger in age, and Yu is the deputy head coach of the national track and field team. The relationship between the upper and lower levels between the two is several grades worse. If it is placed in peacetime, Coach Li would not dare to be so instructive, but today he was too excited. His current thinking ability can be said to have been completely lost, and the rest is just instinct.
Indeed, it is normal for Coach Li, a coach who has little chance of going abroad, to see his disciples win the world championship.
Coach Yu did not blame Coach Li, even if Coach Li was wiping his tears and his nose with his clothes. Coach Yu can feel the feeling of Coach Li, just like the moment when Zhang Guan won the men's 100m championship in the Athens Olympics, the performance of the sixty-year-old Yu has been similar to today's coach Li, maybe a little more runny nose.
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"Crossed, more than 8.6 meters! Unbelievable! We are still discussing whether Zhang Guan can jump to 8.55 meters, he has crossed 8.6 meters, Zhang Guan had no intention of comparing with Saladino for the second-best result, He was going to surpass him! Although the final result has not yet been measured, Zhang Guan has certainly won the championship! We congratulate Zhang Guan! At the same time, we also congratulate Saladino for winning the runner-up, thank to him, could see such a wonderful game!"
The narrator on the TV set continued, "This is arguably the most exciting long jump competition I have ever seen! Going beyond, comeback, and then another comeback! There is still suspense at the last jump of the game, and the victory and defeat have not been decided till the end. It was only revealed in a moment! If you are a track and field fan, then I strongly recommend you to watch this game! This is a wonderful game that you can't miss!"
"Oh, the result came out, 8.63 meters! It is a pity that he could not exceed the 8.65 meters of Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso in 2000, but this is still the best result in the world's long jump competition in the past six years! Don't forget, Zhang Guan is a sprinter. This is the first time he has appeared on the long jump field of international competition. He participated in the international competition for the first time. It took only two jumps to refresh this year's best long jump result!"
"Zhang Guan is worthy of being the most talented athlete in the world. Even in the long jump field, which he has never been in contact with, he can achieve a world championship achievements. I think those who questioned Zhang Guan's long jump strength before the game, now can shut up. Zhang Guan proved his strength with a gold medal."
"Today, Zhang Guan participated in a total of three events, including men's 100-meter sprint, men's 400-meter sprint, and men's long jump. In all three events, Zhang Guan won the championship, and tomorrow, Zhang Guan will also participate In the men's 200-meter sprint final, we also look forward to Zhang Guan winning the fourth championship of this competition! If he wins four gold medals in the first track and field World Cup, Zhang Guan will once again achieve unprecedented achievements!"
"Unfortunately, Asian United did not participate in the 4x100m and 4x400m races, otherwise Zhang Guan might be able to get his fifth and sixth gold medals."
At the time when the narrators were talking endlessly, the men's 5,000-meter final was also over. Qatar's 3,000-meter obstacle king Shahien played a strong part-time running power in the men's 5,000-meter long-distance race and won a gold medal.
There are still many similarities between the 3000-meter obstacle course and the 5000-meter long-distance race. Although the two sports are separated by a distance of 2000 meters, the 3000-meter obstacle course needs to cross the obstacles, so the physical energy consumption is not very different from 5000 meters. And the athletes running the 3000-meter obstacle course are better than the athletes running the 5000-meter, so it is not surprising that a world-record athlete like Shahien also won the 5000-meter championship. Moreover, this time the World Cup of track and field, the long-distance Ethiopian king Beckler did not participate, so Shahien easily achieved the gold medal.
This is also the fifth gold medal in the Asian United men's event. In this track and field World Cup, the men's event will have a total of 10 gold medals on the first day of the competition. The Asian team won half of the events, and are naturally standing at the top of the standings. This has been a huge upset for the Asian League, which has always been in the bottom line.
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The first day of the game ended before 9 p.m. For the organizer of Athens, 9 p.m. is the beginning of good nightlife, plus the next day's competition will not start until 4 p.m., so the rest time of the participating athletes is also adequate.
Since time permits, the organizer has freed up several venues for the press conferences of the participating teams after today's game.
The Asian United team won five gold medals in a row on the first day, and Zhang Guan also won three gold medals, including a debut long jump event, of course, is the focus of media attention, so even if this is a competition held in Europe, the press conference of the Asian United team still gathered the most journalists.
In addition to the spokesperson of the Asian United, Director Ma was arranged to sit in the most prominent position. Of the athletes who won the gold medal, only the Japanese team's Shigeru Muroji attended the press conference. Zhang Guan and Sha Xien did not come. The two of them will have a game tomorrow. Zhang Guan is going to participate in the 200-meter sprint, while Shahien is going to participate in the 3000-meter obstacle race of his old event.
The spokesperson introduced the relevant situation endlessly and then began the media questioning session. The media reporters were a bit impatient, and the goal of their questioning was of course Director Ma.
A blonde reporter stood up and said, "First of all, I congratulate Zhang Guan on winning three projects on the first day of the competition. I am not surprised that Zhang Guan won the gold medals in both 100m and 400m projects. What I didn't expect was that Zhang Guan even had such a strong strength in the long jump event. Since when did Zhang Guan come into contact with the long jump?"
"Thank you for your congratulations." Director Ma smiled slightly and said in fluent English, "Actually Zhang Guan started to practice long jump in the first half of this year after the end of the World Indoor Athletics Championships. However, Zhang Guan was going to participate in the Gold League and was going to participate in two events at the same time, so the training time is very limited, even on a normal training day, he can only guarantee three hours for long jump training!"
Director Ma said that he paused deliberately, allowing reporters to digest the consultation he just revealed, and among the reporters below came a murmur of whispers.
"Three hours a day? You can get the world championship! It's incredible!" The blonde reporter sighed involuntarily.
"It's impossible! Three hours is enough for my dinner!" A Greek reporter whispered.
A German reporter next to him glared at the Greek reporter disdainfully, saying that Greece is indeed the laziest country in Europe. Look at the Chinese people and using your dinner time to compare to the world champion!