On December 9, ten gold medals will be decided on the track and field arena of the Asian Games in Doha.
Zhang Guan had only one game in the morning, and that was the men's 100-meter sprint semi-finals. In the 100-meter semi-final, Zhang Guan saw many familiar faces that he hadn't seen in a long time, such as Yuan Xuanzhi, Habebe, and others.
The sixteen athletes participating in the 100m semi-finals were divided into two groups, and the top four of each group entered the finals. Zhang Guan's promotion is bound to have no suspense, and the national team's glasses man Hu Kai also entered the final. The last pair of Japanese pairs, Shenwu, retired due to injury before the match, so the final team of the Japanese team was Yuan Xuanzhi and Naoki Tsukahara. Habebe and another Saudi Arabian athlete also successfully entered the final. The last two places are divided by Qatar athletes and Thai athletes.
After the men's 100-meter semifinals, the women's 100-meter hurdles were followed by a five-hour lunch break. And when the game started again in the afternoon, the men's long jump final was held first.
At the beginning of the long jump competition, it was exactly eight o'clock in the evening of Capital Time. That was the period with the highest ratings which was also the golden moment of the live broadcast game. Also, Zhang Guan will appear in the long jump stadium, so it has become the first choice for live broadcasting on TV.
Guest Sun directed another guest into the live broadcast room, at this time he began to rush to introduce, most of the content has already been said yesterday, such as Zhang Guan won the track and field World Cup championship, Zhang Guan refreshed the world's best this year results twice, etc. At the end of the day, Director Sun only started to introduce today's game.
Director Sun said, "Zhang Guan's main competitor is Saudi Arabia's Aluk Walid. Walid has broken the Asian record of the long jump event twice and is also the Asian record holder before Zhang Guan. However, it is a pity that Walid played abnormally in the qualifiers. All three test jumpers fouled and he failed to reach today's final."
"Does it mean that today's Zhang Guan will be the champion of the long jump event relatively smoothly?" The commentator immediately asked from the side.
"I think this is the case." Director Sun said with a low voice and then said, "But Zhang Guan can't take it lightly, because Saudi Arabia still has two very strong athletes who can enter the finals, they are Al Shaba and Ben Mazuk. Now it is Al Shaba time to appear on the screen!"
On the TV screen, Al Shaba only got a close-up. Director Sun then introduced, "Al Shaba is a seasoned veteran. He has participated in various long jump competitions since the late 1990s and has made many good results. As a native-born athlete from Saudi Arabia, he has been the backbone of the long jump event in the West Asian countries."
"This man next to Al Shaba is Ben Mazuk. He is an African naturalized athlete. His current best result is 8.39 meters. This is a very good result. This result in general international competition can get him a gold medal if Zhang Guan wasn't here." Director Sun said confidently.
At this time, Ben Mazuk realized that the camera was aiming at him. He waved his hand at the camera symbolically and then continued to talk to Al Shaba who was next to him.
"I waited for a whole day and finally its time for the final." Mazuk continued with a look of excitement, "In the finals, if I defeat Zhang Guan, I will be famous in the world!"
"I'm afraid it's not that easy!" Al Shaba seemed to be more pessimistic. He went on to say, "Zhang Guan's best result has exceeded 8.6 meters, which shows that he and Saladino are a different level athlete, both are the best in the world. I'm afraid there is still a gap between us."
"Saladino also lost a game in the Golden League! So I believe that Zhang Guan cannot be in such a good state every game. Moreover, the coach thinks that I have great potential, so I think I can beat Zhang Guan." Mazuk then added, "Don't you believe the coach's judgment? Our coach is the world record holder of the long jump!"
"Coach..." Al Shaba quietly looked back at Coach Mike Powell, then sighed softly. As a veteran, he wasn't like Ben Mazuk who was easily fooled by Coach Powell.
And not far behind, the Saudi Arabia coach Mike Powell was worried.
At that time, Saudi Arabia hired Powell to coach and gave him a 3 + 2 contract, that is, the first three years of coaching are guaranteed. After three years, if Powell leads the Saudi Arabia team to achieve good results, it will continue. It about two years, and now it is the last of the first three years.
Walid broke the Asian record twice, which made Powell feel that there was no problem in renewing the contract, but he did not expect that just one month after Walid broke the Asian record, Zhang Guan was born and appeared in the long jump. On the field, not only did he set a new Asian record, but he also refreshed the best results of the year.
Powell immediately felt pressured, and Saudi Arabia hired Powell with a high salary for nothing more than good results. If the Saudis can't even get the Asian championship, Powell coaching job may be over. Although Powell doesn't like the weather in Saudi Arabia, he likes the money of Saudi Arabia very much, so in this Asian Games, long jump final is a job of defense for Powell.
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In anticipation, the final of the long jump began.
The twelve athletes participating in the final will draw lots to determine the order of appearance. After the first three jumps, the four worst athletes will be eliminated, and then the remaining eight athletes will play in reverse order of the best results.
Under this system, the first three jumps became very important. For the weaker athletes, of course, they hope to enter the top eight, but for the stronger athletes, a good result in the first three jumps can guarantee that they will play later in the middle of the next three jumps. In the long jump, the late athletes will take the initiative to jump farther.
The first athlete to appear was a Filipino athlete, his name was Dagemere. This Filipino athlete was received very appreciatively, he got applauded from the audience after playing, but he spent a long time blindly, but the audience did not buy it. The kind of rhythmic applause was something he didn't expect.
A Filipino, who is neither a high-profile big-name athlete nor a Qatar host, naturally has no applause.
Seeing no applause, Dagemere could only start running awkwardly, and he did not make a good result. He barely ended his first test jump with a 7.15 meter.
Subsequently, the Kuwaiti Al Haddad, who performed very well in the qualifying game, debuted. He continued the good condition of yesterday. He jumped 7.73 meters in the first jump, which is also his personal best.
The third athlete to play was Japanese veteran Terano Shinichi, who is also the holder of the Japanese long jump record, but his first test jump was a foul on the line.
Tereno Shinichi's foul seemed to be contagious. The next three athletes failed to jump. Until Al Shaba, who played next, jumped to 7.65 meters, it was considered the end of the athlete's foul streak.
This was followed by the Qatari native Abdullah Al-Nubi, who had participated in the Athens Olympic Games and was a well-known long jumper among the West Asian countries. Now he is a host country athlete, so naturally, there was a bunch of cheers from the audience. And Nubi did not disappoint the Qatar audience. The 7.62m score temporarily ranked third.
Next came Zhang Guan.
Zhang Guan rhythmically approaches the run, quickly increase the speed to the limit, he chose a more conservative way when running, and then jumped out, made a floating movement in the air, and easily crossed eight meters mark.
"8.20 meters, this is the first result of more than eight meters today! I think this result can already get a medal. As for the gold medal, it depends on whether other athletes can play better." The commentator immediately said.
Director Sun next to him said, "For the first jump, he jumped out of the good result of 8.20 meters. I am afraid that for the next few jumps, Zhang Guan will give up again!"
The game was still going on. Ben Mazuk had good luck in the draw and even got the last appearance, but he had very bad luck in the first test jump. His toe just hit the marking and he failed the test jump.
In the second round of test jump immediately, Al Shaba jumped 8.02 meters in one fell swoop. This result can be regarded as touching the edge of the medal. Ben Mazuk adjusted the state and achieved a good score of 7.88 meters. Zhang Guan, as Director Sun said, simply gave up the second test jump.
In the third round of the test jump, Al Shaba fouled and Zhang Guan still gave up the test jump. The Keweller Al Haddad once again performed well, again refreshing his best score with 7.80 meters. Japanese athlete scored 7.59 meters, and Indian athlete Yadav, who had no results in the first two jumps, was temporarily ranked eighth with a score of 7.58 meters.
However, after Yadav's trial jump, the current performance of all the following athletes was higher than Yadav, so the top eight were determined. The only suspense is the order of the last three jumps.
For the third test jump, the last appearance is still Ben Mazuk.
"I'm already in the top eight. Counting this time, I still have four test jumps! I have four chances to become the Asian Games champion!"
Ben Mazuk has decided that he will use the most extreme jump method to launch an impact on the Asian Games championship.
Mazuk quickly ran up and came to the springboard. The nail shoes stepped on the springboard and made a clear sound. The referee froze for a moment as if to recall whether Mazuk stepped on the line and fouled. He was hesitant on whether to raise a white flag or a red flag.
Mazuk in the air didn't think so much, he made a walking movement in the air, and then rushed into the sand pool violently.
"After 8.4 meters!" Mazuk was ecstatic in his heart when he landed. Then he walked out of the sand pool and looked at the referee. At this time, the referee had raised a white flag, indicating that there was no foul in this jump.
"Okay! No fouls!" Mazuk clenched his fists, growling excitedly, and at the same time he thought silently in his heart,
"Zhang Guan, I skipped 8.4 meters, and I will surpass you now!"