Chapter 422: 9.3 meters?
"Let's start, first jump!" Li Hong shouted loudly.

After the first three steps, He Zhongqiu began to accelerate with all his strength, and after 35 meters, he reached the maximum speed.

The maximum speed at this time is not the speed of a 100-meter run, but the running-up speed for long jump. It is about 90% of the 100-meter run, which means some spare energy.

When Powell jumped 8.95 meters, his running speed was 10.95 meters per second.

The last time he jumped 8.99 meters, the organizing committee did not measure this data. They never thought that he would break the world record, so they would have measured it if they knew it.

Anyway, in the long jump run-up, no athlete's running speed can exceed 10 seconds, as that would make the athlete lose control.

Another thing is that if the speed is too fast, the take-off will be affected and the flight will be suppressed by the speed.

Without considering the factor of air resistance, a 45-degree take-off angle is ideal, but the faster the speed, the more difficult it is to achieve a 45-degree take-off angle.

Generally, the best long jumpers in the world can only achieve a take-off angle of 15 to 25 degrees.

Therefore, it is difficult to achieve perfection in long jump. If the speed is too fast, you cannot get into the air. If the speed is too slow, you can get into the air but the impact force is not enough and you cannot jump far.

"Not good enough!"

When he was three steps away from the starting line, he found that his stride was still not perfectly controlled and he could not step on the board.

But the situation was still good because the speed was conservative so the distance from the board was less than ten centimeters, so the result would not be bad.

"Oh!"

The next moment, three steps were taken, he placed one foot a few centimeters away from the board, and then leaped forward into the air.

The speed was not at its limit, so the jumping angle should be good. Based on his jumping ability, he estimated that it might have reached 30 degrees.

This is a very good and very difficult to do flying angle.

He flew into the air in an instant like an eagle and glided forward.

"Crack, click, click..."

At this moment, the sound of shutter clicks continued.

"One step! Two steps! Three steps..."

At this moment, countless people's eyes were fixed on He Zhongqiu in the air, watching him walking in the air.

"the fourth step!"

When He Zhongqiu took the fourth step and fell into the sand pit at the same time, Han Qiaoshen shouted excitedly in the CCTV live studio in Yanjing.

"predict!"

With a slight sound, He Zhongqiu fell into the sand pit, rushed forward, then turned over and stood up.

Li Hong ran up from the camera. At this moment, she saw a referee at the starting line raise a white flag and immediately shouted excitedly, "No foul, Zhongqiu's first jump result is valid."

"Can it be broken?"

"It should be a little bit closer."

"With this position, the championship should be secure!"

Staring at He Zhongqiu's marks, IAAF President Diack, Organizing Committee Chairman Yamashita Nagano, Luo Chaoyi and others all had an idea of ​​the situation, but they just didn't know whether the record could be broken.

At this time, the two referees pulled out the tape measures and began measuring.

"The quality of the first jump was very high. The take-off position was only a few centimeters away from the pedal, so the result was not bad." Sun Zhenping said happily.

Yang Jian smiled and said, "I should be more conservative in the first jump. It is unlikely to break the record, but the pit is far away. Maybe this jump will determine who will win the championship."

Han Qiaoshen said excitedly: "It's possible."

"8.95 meters."

At this time, the referee in the sand pit read out loudly.

"Wow, dear audience friends, Zhongqiu's first jump was 8.95 meters. He almost secured the gold medal in the long jump." Li Hong said excitedly to the CCTV camera.

Luo Chaoyi instantly became excited and said excitedly: "8.95 meters, Lao Feng, this gold medal is secured. We haven't won a men's gold medal in the World Championships in so many years, and we won two in one go during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"No one has been able to jump 16 meters in 8.95 years. No one should be able to surpass that. The gold medal is ours." Feng Shuyong nodded excitedly.

"There are still two jumps to go. Let's see if Zhongqiu can break the record." Luo Chaoyi said with a smile.

In the CCTV live studio, Han Qiaoshen said excitedly: "Congratulations to Zhongqiu, you jumped 8.95 meters in the first jump, which is perfect."

Yang Jian said with great joy: "There is a 99.99% chance of winning the championship. I don't believe anyone can surpass this result."

Sun Zhenping smiled and said: "Yes, the second championship has been booked, and the next thing is whether the moment we look forward to the surprise will happen."

He Zhongqiu walked out of the sand pit, and Li Hong asked with a smile on her face: "Zhongqiu, how do you feel about your first jump?"

He waved at the CCTV camera in front of him and said, "I was a little slow in my run-up for the first jump, and the impact was not strong enough. I was able to jump 8.95 meters, so the take-off should be good."

"For the next two jumps, you must be prepared to give it your all. I wish you all the best and hope you can make a perfect jump." Li Hong said with a smile.

"Thank you. I also hope to make a perfect jump." He Zhongqiu nodded and smiled.

At this time, Li Hong asked again to confirm: "Zhongqiu, will you go all out in the second jump?"

"Yes, let's try to break the record." He Zhongqiu nodded.

Li Hong nodded and said to the camera: "Dear audience, did you hear that? The second dance, we are looking forward to the Mid-Autumn Festival performance."

He Zhongqiu jumped 8.95 meters, giving a blow to other long jump athletes.

Even Dwight Phinips, the long jump champion of the 04 Olympics, a sprinter who switched to long jump, had no confidence that he could surpass this result.

Li Hong then said to the camera: "The fourth person is the defending world champion and current long jump leader of the United States, Dwight Phinips."

At this point, she added: "Under the pressure of 8.95 meters in the middle of the autumn, the defending champion must have been psychologically impacted.

So will he choose to be conservative in his first jump and fight for the runner-up, or take a chance and strive for 8.95 meters? Please wait and see what he chooses. "

"Ha ha……"

In the CCTV room, Han Qiaoshen couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Hong's words.

Sun Zhenping said: "Phinipps might be able to give it a try, after all, this is the first jump."

Yang Jian said even more boldly: "As the long jump champion of the 04 Olympics and the 05 World Track and Field Championships, it is impossible for him to not even give himself a chance and accept the result of runner-up from the beginning. Even if he finally won the runner-up, it would be a failure for him."

Han Qiaoshen nodded and said, "Since the runner-up also failed, there is a high probability that we will take a gamble in the first attempt. If we fail, the next two attempts should be more stable."

On the court, Phinipus was also making a choice.

Ever since He Zhongqiu broke the 8.99-year-old long jump world record with a score of 16 meters more than ten days ago, he has been making choices.

But generally speaking, the first jump will be relatively conservative. He didn't expect that He Zhongqiu's first jump would result in 8.95 meters. This disrupted his psychology and the original tactical arrangements.

If he had followed the original plan, he would have been more conservative in his first jump, trying to get a valid result first, and then trying again in the second and third jumps.

"Damn Wolverine, how could he have the guts to take the first gamble?" he thought hatefully in his heart.

But he didn't know that He Zhongqiu, like him, did not take a gamble in the first try, but took a conservative jump.

But his strength didn't allow him to do so, so he tried conservatively and only jumped 8.95 meters, which made other long jumpers despair. "I'll give it a try. I won't accept second place, never!"

As the double champion of the Olympics and the World Championships, Phinipus had no other choice. When measuring the run-up distance, he made a difficult choice.

"call!"

At forty-five meters, he let out a long breath and began to prepare for his sprint.

He started, accelerated, and ran at full speed without holding back. After a sprint of more than 40 meters, he stepped on the taking-off board and soared into the sky.

He flew in the air for nearly a second, took three and a half steps, and then fell into the sand pit.

Li Hong's heart paused. The pit mark of Phoenix seemed to be larger than the pit mark of Mid-Autumn Festival just now?

She quickly looked at the referee at the starting line.

"God, this should be better than Wolverine's performance just now. Phoenix broke the record!"

"Oh, it should be over 9 meters, is it over?"

The media reporters on both sides immediately started talking, and then like Li Hong, they looked at the referee.

Including Phineas, who got up and looked at the referee.

The next moment, the referee moved his left hand and raised the red flag in his hand.

"Shet!"

When Phineas saw this, he was so depressed that he cursed.

He felt very good with this jump, with a fast speed and a large angle, but he committed a foul. At that moment, he wanted to bang his head against the wall.

"It's a foul, he committed a foul! Phoenix's first jump foul is invalid." Li Hong was so happy that she almost jumped up.

Phineas, who was passing by her, became even more depressed when he saw Li Hong's smiling face.

"Oh, damn, poor Phinips stepped on the line."

"So pathetic!"

"What a shame. If it worked, this jump would really break the record."

The media reporters immediately started talking about it.

The two referees pulled up a tape measure and measured it. The jump was actually 9.3 meters. If he hadn't stepped on the line, he would have broken He Zhongqiu's world record of 8.99 meters.

"Hey, you jumped 9.3 feet."

A referee said to Phineas.

"Ugh!"

After a moment of silence, Phoenix kept shaking his head, feeling very, very regretful.

At this time, the electronic screen on the top of the mountain began to slowly play Phineas' jump. When he jumped, his feet just stepped on the springboard.

The take-off board is 20 centimeters wide, and his toes were about six or seven centimeters beyond the far end line of the take-off board, which was definitely a foul.

If He Zhongqiu had jumped like this just now, his result would not have been 8.95 meters, but would definitely have been 9.2 meters.

The next fifth athlete is Panamanian long jump star Saladino.

Li Hong introduced: "Salatino just jumped 8.53 meters in the South American Games this year. If you don't count the Mid-Autumn Festival's result, this is the best long jump result in the world this year.

"From this, we can see how amazing Zhongqiu's jump of 8.99 meters in Shishi was."

"In addition, Panama has not won an Olympic gold medal yet. Saladino is an athlete that Panama has high hopes for. The breakthrough of Panama's gold medal record lies in his hands."

Yanjing CCTV Building, Channel 5 Live Studio, Director Liu from Channel 4 followed Ma Guoli here.

Ma Guoli praised: "Li Hong is really hardworking. She has only been involved in sports for a few days, but she has learned all this information. I didn't even know that Panama had not won an Olympic gold medal."

Director Liu nodded and said, "She has the worst background among CCTV's first-line hosts, but she is also the most hardworking one. She is the only one who climbed up from the county TV station."

On the field, Saladino is measuring the run-up distance.

He, like Phoenix just now, was making a difficult choice.

Should I be conservative with my first jump, or take a chance?
If he jumps conservatively, he will definitely not be able to jump higher than 8.95 meters. His best performance this year was only 8.53 meters. The gap is too big.

"How about taking a chance?"

"No, be steady first, and try harder the second time. Don't be like Phoenix just now."

As a result, his first jump was 8.47 meters, which was valid and his result was temporarily ranked second.

The sixth jumper was Italian long jumper Andrew Howey.

Like Salatino, he learned from Finippes' lesson and chose to be conservative in his first jump. As a result, he jumped 8.51 meters, and the result was valid, ranking second, pushing Salatino to third place.

Li Hong said happily: "The first three athletes are the most capable people in the long jump event of this World Championships, of course, except for Zhongqiu.

But at present, their first jumps cannot pose any threat to Zhongqiu's 8.95 meters, and they can only compete for the runner-up. "

"Hahaha……"

Hearing Li Hong's words, countless Chinese people laughed.

Then one of the two players committed a foul, and the valid score was only 7.84 meters, and the first round ended.

At this time, at 110:, the men's -meter hurdles semi-final was about to begin on the track next to it.

"Dear audience, Liu Xiang has made all preparations. I believe he will have a very good performance."

Liu Xiang, who was in the winter, faced the CCTV camera and spoke enthusiastically.

He Zhongqiu walked over without saying hello to Liu Xiang, not wanting to distract him.

But at this time, Liu Xiang's attention was actually not very focused.

When I interviewed him just now in winter, I encouraged him to break the world record, which put a lot of pressure on him.

The wind was against him today, which was not a good opportunity to break the record at all. He was not that big monster like He Zhongqiu, who could run 9.69 seconds even with a headwind.

Although his condition was average, Liu Xiang finally made it to the final of the 110-meter hurdles.

However, he had the worst performance in the semi-finals, so he was ranked eighth.

The first lane is not needed, the eighth or ninth lane is at the edge, closest to the audience and the media, and is easily affected and disturbed.

Sun Haiping comforted him: "It's okay, Liu Xiang, the ninth is the ninth. Zhongqiu jumped 9.16 meters against the wind. I believe you can also create a ninth miracle."

"Liu Xiang, come on!"

He Zhongqiu shouted loudly not far away.

"Ok!"

Liu Xiang raised his fist towards He Zhongqiu and nodded heavily.

(End of this chapter)