Chapter 423 Breaking the World Record for the Second Time
The second round of long jump began soon, and ten minutes later, it was He Zhongqiu's turn for the second jump.

For the second jump, He Zhongqiu certainly had no reservations and tried his best.

He measured the run-up distance again, stood forty-five meters away, and assumed the preparatory posture for a standing start.

Li Hong said excitedly: "Dear audience, this is a very crucial jump. With the championship almost secured, Zhongqiu will definitely go all out to break the world record he just created half a month ago."

"Next, I believe it will be the moment to witness a miracle."

“I hope that moment can really come.”

"The run-up has begun."

After the first three steps, He Zhongqiu began to speed up, and then speed up again, and speed up with all his strength.

According to his feeling, he had to increase his running speed to close to 10 meters per second, but not more than meters per second, and then pedal with all his strength to get into the air.

The white springboard, from a line, quickly came closer as he ran and turned into a white bar.

He swept across the runway like a gust of wind and stepped onto the taking-off board.

The moment he jumped into the air, his speed created a powerful impact force, which combined with the huge gravity of the earth, like an invisible giant hand pressing him firmly to the ground, preventing him from taking off into the air.

"ah!"

A strange cry came from his throat, and the innate power of level 101 erupted at this moment, and the terrifying explosive power of level 121 also erupted at this moment.

At this moment, he broke through the invisible pressure barrier, lifted up his 120-kilogram body, and leaped forward with all his strength.

"Have it!"

At the moment he took off, he felt that the angle was higher than before, probably more than 30 degrees, at least higher than the first jump.

The greater the angle of the jump, the higher he will jump, the more complete his jump will be, the longer he will stay in the air, and the farther he will jump.

step!
Two steps!

Three steps!

"the fourth step!"

When He Zhongqiu took the fourth step in the air and fell towards the sand pit, Li Hong at the end of the sand pit screamed excitedly.

"Oh!"

As He Zhongqiu fell into the sand pit, the surrounding media reporters exclaimed in surprise.

These reporters all saw that the mark left by He Zhongqiu's jump was farther than that of the first jump in which Phinips committed a foul.

what does this mean?
"God, it can't be more than 9.1 meters, right?"

"Is it a foul?"

After the reporters exclaimed, they immediately looked at the referee.

Similarly, seeing He Zhongqiu's pit mark, IAAF President Diack, Yamashita Nagano, Luo Chaoyi and Li Hong immediately looked at the referee.

After He Zhongqiu got up, he also looked at the referee.

Next to the taking-off board, the referee moved his right hand and raised the white flag.

"Oh!"

There was another exclamation at the scene.

"efficient!"

Li Hong immediately faced the camera and said excitedly: "Dear audience, the second jump of Zhongqiu is effective. Now let's see how much we can jump."

"From where I was looking, this jump was farther than his first jump should have been. He may have broken the world record."

The two referees pulled out the measuring tape and began measuring.

Luo Chaoyi felt his heart beating wildly, and so did Feng Shutong and the others.

Li Hong stood beside He Zhongqiu and asked, "Zhongqiu, are you nervous?"

He Zhongqiu stared at the tape measure in the referee's hand and said, "A little bit, but fortunately, I have confidence in my ability."

Li Hong nodded and said, "Strong self-confidence and psychological quality are one of the foundations of becoming a world-class athlete."

At this time, the measurement was over. The white referee squatting in the sand pit glanced at IAAF President Diack. After seeing the anxiety in his eyes, he shouted to the referee:

"9.16 meters."

"Oh!"

A huge exclamation came from the mouths of hundreds of reporters.

“9.16 meters?!”

Diack, Yamashita Nagano, Luo Chaoyi, Feng Shuyong, and Li Hong all had looks of disbelief in their eyes.

"Not bad." He Zhongqiu uttered two words.

"Dear audience, dear audience..."

After Li Hong realized what was happening, she immediately faced the camera and said excitedly:

"9.16 meters. Zhongqiu jumped 9.16 meters in his second jump. He broke the world record he had set just half a month ago..."

"9.16 meters!"

Hearing this despairing statistic, the other long jump athletes felt dizzy.

At this time, the electronic screen on the top of the mountain displayed the data of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the 32,000 spectators in the audience saw it, they immediately burst into thunderous applause and overwhelming cheers and shouts.

"Congratulations to Zhongqiu for breaking his own long jump world record." Yang Jian said excitedly in the CCTV live studio.

Han Qiaoshen exclaimed: "9.16 meters! The record of 8.95 meters was kept for 16 years. I thought the record of 8.99 meters would be kept for a few more years, but I didn't expect it to be kept for only half a month."

Sun Zhenping laughed and said, "There is still one more jump on Mid-Autumn Festival. Maybe the world record will be held even shorter on September 9.16."

"Mid-Autumn Festival, the third jump?" Li Hong asked.

He Zhongqiu shook her head gently. She immediately understood and didn't ask any more questions.

At this time, the pressure on Phinips was almost overwhelming him.

His first jump was a foul, and now Wolverine actually jumped 9.16 meters in his second jump. What should he do?
9.16 meters. If he wants to surpass this result, he can only try his best, use the fastest speed, and strive for the largest take-off angle.

There is a chance. During training, he once jumped 9.28 meters even though he was in foul trouble.

But without breaking the rules, his result had never reached 8.8 meters, let alone 9.16 meters, which frightened him.

He was measuring the run-up distance when his mind became a mess and his feet suddenly became confused. He had to turn back to measure again.

In the end, he decided not to try for the second jump, but to get a valid result first and then try for the third jump.

In this way, he finally jumped 8.49 meters in the second jump, temporarily ranking fourth.

Next was Saladino, who maintained his position in the first jump and tried hard in the second jump, achieving a good result of 8.57 meters, temporarily ranking second.

Next was the Italian star Howie, who also tried hard in his second jump and scored 8.53, ranking third.

Soon after, the second round ended and the third round began.

He Zhongqiu didn't want to fight anymore in the third round and gave up the third jump.

9.16 meters was enough. He planned to save the opportunity to break the record of 9.16 meters until the next year's Beijing Olympics, and break a few more world records in his hometown.

Seeing He Zhongqiu give up the third jump, the audience and reporters at the scene sighed with regret.

It was Phoenix's turn for the third jump. He didn't dare to take a risk the second time, but he had to take a risk this time.

He increased his speed to the maximum, but when he jumped, the excessive speed prevented him from jumping out at a sufficient angle.

In the end, he only jumped 8.50 meters and ranked fourth.

"Ugh!"

The third jump was not as good as the first one. In the first jump, his jumping angle was larger and he jumped 9.3 meters. Although this jump was fast, it was not high enough and the result was far behind.

Finally, after three rounds of jumping, He Zhongqiu won the long jump championship of this World Championships with a score of 9.16 meters and broke his own world record of 8.99 meters.

The second place was Panamanian athlete Saladino, 8.57 meters.

The third place was the Italian star Howie, with 8.53 meters.

Next to the sand pit, staff are building a podium.

He Zhongqiu was being interviewed. The organizing committee had learned from the previous lesson and banned hundreds of reporters from approaching He Zhongqiu, and only allowed a few major media outlets to interview him.

Twelve major international media outlets, including CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC, AFP, Tokyo Daily, and Tokyo TV.

Li Hong was not among them. She had already been in the spotlight and had been interviewed. Now she was standing in front of her own camera.

"Congratulations to Zhongqiu for breaking the long jump world record again after breaking the 100-meter world record."

"These are the only two world records in this year's Track and Field World Championships, all completed by Zhongqiu."

"Dear audience, the long jump awards ceremony will begin next."

"It's 200: Osaka time now. After the medal ceremony, at :, it will be the men's m final. Chu Qiu will participate in this final."

"I heard that the men's 200m final was originally scheduled for :, but it was postponed because of the long jump final."

"Okay, the award ceremony has begun. Let's congratulate Zhongqiu again!"

He Zhongqiu's interview ended hastily, lasting only three minutes, and then he stepped onto the podium and won his second World Athletics Championships gold medal.

"Crack, click, click..."

He raised the gold medal and waved it towards the media, and bright flashes of light suddenly lit up and lasted for a long time.

Next, he changed his long jump spikes, put on sprint spikes, and began to warm up.

However, in the 200 meters, he does not have the confidence to win the championship. What matters most is to participate and accumulate competition experience.

However, he still had the idea of ​​winning a medal. After all, his best 200-meter result was under 20 seconds, which is considered a world-class 20-meter result.

As the competition was about to begin, Li Hong said to the camera: "Dear audience, the United States has three athletes participating in the 200m final, and the advantage in the event is very great.

But Zhongqiu still has a chance, he is in lane 3, Tyson Gay is in lane 4, and Bolt is in lane 5…”

He Zhongqiu squatted down in front of the running blocks, circulated his energy and blood frantically, and adjusted his physical condition to the best state.

"call!"

Tyson Gay in the fourth lane on the right felt the pressure, took a deep breath, and then let out a long breath, adjusting his mental state.

He Zhongqiu turned around and passed over Guy's head, just in time to meet Bolt's gaze.

He nodded, and Bolt nodded as well.

At this time, Li Hong learned from experience. With only one camera at the starting point, he ran to the finish line by himself. While running, he glanced at the electronic screen on the top of the mountain from time to time.

"Everyone is in your place!"

"preparation!"

"GO!"

"Bah!"

With a gunshot, He Zhongqiu and eight other athletes shot out like arrows.

"It's started. Zhongqiu's reaction at the start is very quick!" Han Qiaoshen explained quickly in the CCTV-5 live studio.

He Zhongqiu started to accelerate at full speed, but soon Tyson Gay overtook him, and then Bolt, and he fell behind.

There is only one bend in 200 meters, but it is 114 meters long. The cornering technique limits He Zhongqiu's speed.

"Zhongqiu is in sixth place, and the fourth and fifth lanes are on par with each other." Sun Zhenping explained quickly.

"80 meters, Bolt at 196cm in the fifth lane is so fast!" Yang Jian shouted in surprise.

"Overtake! Guy overtook Bolt in the fourth lane!" Han Qiaoshen shouted loudly.

In the first 100 meters, Bolt and Gay ran equally, but after 100 meters, when entering the straight, he lost some of his pace in the latter part and Gay rushed to the first place.

At this time, He Zhongqiu was in sixth place and was about to enter the straight. He began to accelerate with all his strength.

A few steps later, he entered the straight in sixth place and began to truly burst into speed.

"Surpassed! Zhongqiu is fifth, fourth, and he's still surpassing, another one..."

Seeing He Zhongqiu overtaking one person after another, Yang Jian's excitement piled up and he shouted hoarsely with his blood boiling.

He Zhongqiu pushed his speed to the limit, from 120 meters to 160 meters, it only took him 40 meters, and he overtook three people from sixth place and caught up to third place, only behind Gay and Bolt.

At this time, he was still speeding up and started a sprint with all his might.

Bolt was also sprinting hard, but he was too young, having just turned 21. His body was not mature yet, his speed and endurance were not good enough, and he was a little weak in the latter part. He was temporarily not as good as Gay in the latter part, and the gap between him and Gay was getting farther and farther.

"Wolverine?!"

But at this moment, he felt someone coming out from the left, and when he turned around, he saw that it was the person from the third lane...

"Surpassed! Surpassed another one!"

Seeing that He Zhongqiu had caught up to second place, Yang Jian was so excited that his scalp was tingling and he roared wildly.

He Zhongqiu overtook Bolt at the 180 meters. With his strong physical fitness and speed endurance, as well as his terrifying ability in the latter stages, he caught up from sixth place to second place.

But, unfortunately, the track left for him was not long enough, and eventually, when he was about to catch up with Guy, Guy crossed the finish line first, followed by him.

When he crossed the finish line, he glanced at Guy and felt a little regretful.

"so close!"

When Guy crossed the finish line, he turned around and looked at He Zhongqiu, and was deeply shocked.

"Almost, just a little bit, ah!"

In the CCTV live studio, Yang Jian slammed the table and said with some regret.

"Second place in the 200m is already the best result for Chinese men in the 200m world championships." Han Qiaoshen said with a smile on his face, his face flushed with excitement.

Sun Zhenping said excitedly: "It's already very good. How long has it been since we started to practice track and field in the Mid-Autumn Festival? It's only been a year at most."

"Yes, yes." Yang Jian said hurriedly.

(End of this chapter)