Chapter 421 Long Jump Finals
"Hello, Sister Xue?"

After dinner, it was already dark. When returning to the athletes' village, He Zhongqiu called Yang Xue.

"We're preparing it. We're going to burn it on the rooftop. We've already drawn a circle."

"Oh okay."

At this time, on the rooftop of Qiuxue Building, Yang Xue drew three circles with the prepared white chalk.

She didn't ask anyone to do it for her, but did it herself. Two nannies watched by the side, holding the two babies, and bodyguards Zhou Ling and Zhang Rong helped.

As she was burning it, she kept repeating, "This belongs to grandpa, Xiaoxue and Yangyang's great-grandfather. This belongs to grandma, Xiaoxue and Yangyang's great-grandmother."

In fact, He Zhongqiu didn't know where his grandparents' graves were, because they had been leveled long ago. He only knew that they were on the outskirts of Huairou Town. However, he still had to send off his grandparents every year.

"This belongs to Dad, Xiaoxue and Yangyang's grandfather."

"These belong to wandering ghosts. Take some and leave."

"Dad, you must be sure that Xiaoxue and Yangyang are your legitimate grandchildren. They have kowtowed at your grave, and my name and theirs have also been added to the tombstone."

"call!"

Just at this moment, a gust of wind blew, and the smoke and dust in the circle swirled upwards, forming a small tornado.

"what?"

Yang Xue was so scared that she took a step back and fell to the ground.

"Boss Yang..."

Zhou Ling and Zhang Rong hurried over to help Yang Xue up, and the two nannies holding the children took a step back.

"fine."

Yang Xue, who was a little nervous, reacted and squatted down again, continuing to chant while burning paper.

"You have recognized them, right? Do you like these two grandchildren?"

"But let me make it clear, you can like them but you can't scare them or touch them, otherwise San Jin will go to your grave and make trouble, and I can't do anything about it."

"call!"

A gust of wind blew away the tornado.

On the morning of the 28th, He Zhongqiu first participated in the 400-meter preliminaries, and then in the 200-meter preliminaries an hour later, and advanced as the second and first in the group respectively.

At 7:10 p.m., he competed in the 200-meter quarter-finals and advanced as the second in the group.

Day 29 of the World Championships, th.

He Zhongqiu has many competitions today. There is the long jump preliminaries in the morning, the men's 8m semi-finals at 25:400 pm, and the men's 9.20m semi-finals at 200: pm. There are three competitions in total, which will be a great test of his physical fitness.

Fortunately, the most important long jump event is ahead. Even if he fails in the 200m and 400m, it will not have much impact on him. The important thing about these two events is just participating.

At 9:20 am, He Zhongqiu ushered in the crucial gold medal event that attracted worldwide attention, the men's long jump qualifying round.

This was not difficult for him. In order to advance, he was conservative in his first jump and only jumped 8.75 meters to advance.

Even though it was only 8.75 meters, it was a result that made current long jump athletes despair, because apart from his own result, it was the best long jump result in the world in the past 16 years.

He did not go back to training, but waited at the Changju Arena, because the preliminaries of the 10-meter hurdles were at 40:110, and he was waiting to see Liu Xiang's performance.

As a result, Liu Xiang did not disappoint him and advanced to the semi-finals with the first place in the group and the third place in the preliminaries.

"Liu Xiang, do you have a chance to break the record this time?" he asked after the game.

"I can't compare to a pervert like you who can break the world record even against the wind." Liu Xiang shook his head.

"Hehe, if there's a tailwind, with a wind speed of +1 meter per second, I might be able to run under 9.6 seconds." He Zhongqiu said with a little pride.

Liu Xiang said: "I still need to adjust my condition just now. I am not in the best condition yet."

"Then let's go train." He Zhongqiu said.

Liu Xiang nodded and immediately packed up to leave.

The two left the arena and went back to the Athletes Village for lunch. After resting for an hour, they went to Osaka University for training.

He Zhongqiu mainly practices long jump. In the past half month, his level 90 long jump has been upgraded to level 91 a week ago. Now he is not far from level 92. He has 275 proficiency points and should be able to upgrade before tomorrow's final.

Although only 300 proficiency points are required for level one, it is not that easy to upgrade.

Unlike sprinting, the proficiency of the four stages of long jump is not calculated separately, but requires a complete set of technical movements.

From the run-up to the take-off, the aerial technique, and the final landing in the pit, all four links need to meet the standards in order to achieve a level of proficiency.

He practiced for two hours in the afternoon and jumped 36 times, but by 15:12 he had only achieved proficiency points, more to go.

Basically, on average he reached the target once every 2.4 times, which is actually a pretty good rate. After all, his skills are now at level 91, which has long reached the first-class level.

When you were at the third-rate level in the past, it might take ten tries to reach the standard once. When you were at the second-rate level, it might take four or five tries to reach the standard once. The upgrade speed was much slower.

He immediately stopped training and the national team's physiotherapist gave him a massage to relax him.

After half an hour of massage, they left Osaka University at four o'clock and returned to the Athletes' Village for dinner before going to Nagai Stadium.

In the evening, he advanced to the finals in the 400m and 200m semi-finals respectively.

Bolt, who had failed to qualify for the 100m final, was in the same group with He Zhongqiu in the 200m semi-final and advanced to the final as the first in the group. He Zhongqiu was the second in the group.

He Zhongqiu watched the video of the game after the race. Bolt's 200-meter technique was completely different from his previous 100-meter technique. This once again shows that Bolt's 100-meter technique is not yet mature and he is still in the process of exploration and adaptation.

The sixth day of the World Championships, August 8th.

He Zhongqiu and Liu Xiang did not have any games in the morning; they were training at Osaka University.

CCTV only sent one photographer to follow the filming. Reporters including Li Hong did not follow the training, but conducted interviews at the Changju Arena. They also returned when He Zhongqiu had dinner.

"Mid-Autumn Festival, are you ready?" Li Hong asked as soon as they met.

"Of course." He Zhongqiu said.

Li Hong leaned in and whispered, "The long jump track is in the same direction as the 2-meter track. Today, the wind is still against us. The weather forecast says tomorrow's wind will still be level 1, and it should be level 899 inside the venue, no less than today. Are you mentally prepared to break ?"

He Zhongqiu said without hesitation: "In terms of technology and physical fitness, I had the chance to break 9 meters last time in Shi City, and it's the same this time. As long as I'm lucky and in good shape, I'll have a chance." "Great! Come on!" Li Hong raised his fist.

"Hey, could you two please stop whispering? We also want to hear about the competition, unless it's not true." Dong Ri said unhappily.

Li Hong was speechless. What do you mean unless not?

The reason why she spoke in a low voice and didn't want others to hear was that she didn't want to put more pressure on He Zhongqiu. It wasn't a whisper at all, okay?

He Zhongqiu helped Li Hong out of the predicament and said, "Li Hong asked me if I was mentally prepared to break the record later, and I said yes."

"Wow!"

"Break 9 meters!"

"Hey, calm down, don't be so loud, keep your voice down."

Everyone exclaimed, including Luo Chaoyi and Feng Shuyong.

Luo Chaoyi immediately said seriously: "Before the finals, what Zhongqiu said just now cannot be reported. Is everyone clear?"

"Okay, Director Luo."

"Got it, Director Luo."

At critical moments, these domestic sports reporters are still very obedient.

At this time, in Yanjing, CCTV building, Director Liu from Channel 4 and Director Ma from Channel 5 were sitting together in Director Liu's office.

"Old Liu, aren't you being too much?" Director Ma said with a look of disgust.

"Which one?" Director Liu asked in confusion.

Director Ma snorted angrily. Director Liu chuckled and said, "Old Ma, isn't it just a live broadcast of the long jump competition? Your five channels don't broadcast overseas, so it won't affect your ratings. You can leave the overseas broadcast to our four channels."

Director Ma said unhappily, "Have you tasted the sweetness?"

Director Liu said sincerely, "Old Ma, this is what the higher-ups mean. In the interview with Li Hong after she broke the 100-meter record, she and He Zhongqiu mentioned the Yanjing Olympics. The influence is huge. I've already told her that if there's a chance, she should mention it more often to promote our Olympics."

"Donglaishun, three times."

Speaking of the Yenching Olympics, Director Ma didn't say anything else and just asked Director Liu to treat them.

"No, Lao Ma, Li Hong was lent to you by me. I lent you all four storefronts, and you haven't even invited me yet, but you're rebelling?" Director Liu said unhappily.

Ma Guoli was so depressed, and he made up his mind that he would immediately hire someone, a beautiful woman, after he got through this hurdle, so that he wouldn't have to ask anyone for help in the future.

After dinner, He Zhongqiu and others immediately rushed to the Changju Arena.

The Changju Arena was packed with people tonight and all the seats were already occupied.

It was approaching 7:30 in the evening, which was close to 6:30 Beijing time. The long jump final was about to begin, and athletes such as He Zhongqiu were already making preparations.

Today is Thursday. Most households in the country have already eaten dinner. Some are still eating, sitting in front of the TV with their bowls in hand. Only some people in big cities are still on their way home from get off work.

Although long jump is not as influential as the 100-meter race, there are still countless Chinese people who want to see He Zhongqiu win the world championship.

Although He Zhongqiu broke the 16-year-old long jump world record last time, that was only the National Track and Field Championships, not the World Championships. This time, it is the Track and Field World Championships, which has a completely different meaning.

At 7:40, the men's long jump final officially began, and He Zhongqiu was third.

This was originally the world record that He Zhongqiu was most likely to break, so everyone from the IAAF to the president of the Osaka Organizing Committee came to the sand pit.

The two chairmen now maintain the utmost courtesy towards He Zhongqiu, because the first new world record was broken by He Zhongqiu, and He Zhongqiu may break the second world record soon.

Needless to say, Luo Chaoyi, Feng Shuyong and the others came to the sand pit early in the morning with full of expectations.

The men's 110-meter hurdles semi-final was at :, so Sun Haiping did not come over and stared at Liu Xiang.

After He Zhongqiu broke the 100-meter record the day before yesterday, hundreds of reporters almost caused a stampede in order to interview him. This time, the organizing committee made arrangements in advance, and a large number of security personnel appeared at the stadium to maintain order.

In order to prevent the media from influencing the competition, yellow reflective barrier strips were pulled on both sides of the long jump runway and sand pit, five meters away from the sand pit and the jump track.

Two rows of more than a dozen security personnel were guarding inside the barrier and patrolling back and forth.

Because He Zhongqiu's long jump title was almost certain and he might break the world record, the organizing committee specially arranged for several CCTV cameramen to be placed in the best positions.

For example, Li Hong and photographer Xiao Zhang stood at the end of the sand pit, facing the taking-off line. Her other camera was next to the taking-off line, so she could clearly capture the moment He Zhongqiu took off.

At this time, she introduced: "Dear audience, the current wind speed is -0.3 meters against the wind, which is better than the environment in the last -meter final."

At this time, the first American athlete completed the first jump, but he violated the line and his result was invalid.

A few minutes later, the second Japanese athlete took off and jumped 8.35 meters, which was not bad.

"Dear audience, now it is Zhongqiu's turn. Let us look forward to his first jump in the final." Li Hong said to the CCTV camera with a smile.

He Zhongqiu first ran to the starting line, then walked back, measured thirty steps, a distance of about 45 meters, and then began to prepare.

This process is very important and tests the accuracy of the stride. If it is measured incorrectly, it will either result in a foul or be too far away from the starting line, affecting the results.

Unlike the 100-meter final, He Zhongqiu did not strengthen the circulation of qi and blood. Although long jump also emphasizes the speed of the run-up, it does not require the full speed like the 100-meter.

If you run too fast and don't control your stride well, once you feel something is wrong during your run-up, you may not be able to stop.

This is actually a dilemma. If you run at full speed and get lucky, you may perform beyond your normal level, but you may also commit a foul or make a mistake.

Moreover, he was not going to take a risk in his first jump. He wanted to make sure he got the gold medal in this jump, so he had to be steady.

When I was in Shishi, I gave my all in the first jump in the preliminaries. That was for the Olympic A standard. The gold medal was not important. There were six jumps in total in the preliminaries and finals, so I was not afraid of making mistakes.

But now there are three jumps in the final, and we cannot commit fouls or mistakes in the first jump, so we can only choose to be conservative.

At this time, on the opposite side of the sand pit, the CCTV camera next to Li Hong zoomed in and gave a close-up of He Zhongqiu.

People who are 100% focused always present a special kind of beauty, and this is the case with He Zhongqiu.

At this moment, he seemed to be independent of the entire environment, and all the eyes of the world were focused on him alone.

He Zhongqiu was fully focused, his body was still, and after maintaining this state for three seconds, he suddenly moved forward.

(End of this chapter)