At the high jump stage when the bar height was 2.19 meters, Lee Deok-hee from South Korea and Adnan from Malaysia were the first to be eliminated.
The elimination of these two players also made the atmosphere on the scene gradually become tense.
The height of 2.19 meters is like a gradually rising threshold for the contestants present, which many of them cannot easily cross.
Whether it was Li Dexi or Adnan, both of them had regrets written all over their faces. They all had to withdraw with regret after three difficult attempts.
The audience gave the two players who left the stage a simple round of encouraging applause, while the players on the field had no energy to consider the feelings of Li Dexi and Adnan.
After the two of them left the field, the referee on the scene once again signaled the bar referee to raise the bar.
This time, the height of the horizontal bar finally increased from 2.19 meters to 2.23 meters, still increasing the height range by 4 centimeters.
At this height, even someone as confident as Abdullah would not choose to skip the jump.
Including Wang Shen, Ye Wenhao and others, when the horizontal bar reached this height, they began to compete on the one-time clearing rate. Only by maintaining the one-time successful clearing rate as much as possible can they have an advantage in their own results and better preserve their physical strength to challenge higher records.
At present, there are still quite a few players who can clear the bar in one go. The order of the draw for this high jump competition is quite coincidental. The strongest players, Wang Shen, are ranked at the front, and starting from a height of 2.23 meters, Wang Shen was the first to step onto the field.
When Wang Shen walked out of the preparation area and was about to walk towards the take-off point, Ye Wenhao patted him on the shoulder, smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
Wang Shen glanced at the guy, nodded with a smile, then turned and walked towards the take-off point.
The height of 2.23 meters was not too difficult for him and Ye Wenhao. The previous two attempts of 2.15 meters and 2.19 meters had made them find the sense of competition in the arena. However, if they were not serious, this height would make it very easy to make mistakes.
Standing at the take-off point, Wang Shen put his hands on his hips, lowered his head slightly and took a breath, then raised his head and signaled to the referee that he was ready.
After the timekeeper confirmed the start of the game, he pressed the stopwatch to start timing.
"Wang Shen is about to jump. Let's see how he jumps...!"
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, after Shao Minyi and Li Sen introduced the possible pressures that the athletes who made this jump might face, they saw that Wang Shen had reached the take-off stage and immediately turned the topic to him.
On the TV screen, Wang Shen did not stay at the take-off point for long. He then raised his head, lowered his body slightly, and started running quickly.
Wang Shen's running-up is not usually the type that is very fast, but it is actually not slow either. After a series of quick and curved running-up steps, Wang Shen has already reached the taking-off board along an arc.
Compared with Wang Shen's running-up in the first few steps, his running-up in the last two steps had a more obvious pushing and swinging movement. Before reaching the taking-off board, his arms had already swung backwards violently to change the direction of his body's potential energy. After his left foot stepped on the taking-off board, his movement relied on the power of the take-off leg pushing off the ground, and at the same time, the swinging leg was quickly raised and stretched to assist.
After a series of movements, everyone saw that Wang Shen's body seemed to have risen into the air from the ground, leaping easily into the air, then turning painfully in the air and easily crossing the horizontal bar with a perfect and graceful amplitude.
"Good! Perfect one-shot pass!"
In the commentary booth, Li Sen shouted "good".
"From the elasticity of the run-up to the rapid forward shift of the center of gravity during the last two steps, including the jump and turn, the whole series of movements were very smooth and it was a perfect one-shot pass!"
Li Sen looked at the replay on TV and said with a smile: "It can be seen that during the winter training period, Wang Shen's skills have also been adjusted to a certain extent. Compared with him before the winter training, Wang Shen now has subtle changes in the final stage of the run-up and in the take-off action. I hope this change will allow us to see a more different Wang Shen in this game!"
In the live broadcast room, after Wang Shen cleared the bar in one go, the audience cheered in the barrage. Just before Wang Shen's trial jump, many viewers in the live broadcast room were also worried. After all, the height of the bar had risen to 2.23 meters. They didn't know whether Wang Shen could still maintain a 100% one-time clearing rate and clear the bar smoothly.
Fortunately, this time Wang Shen was able to withstand the pressure easily.
After Wang Shen passed the pole, the next one to follow was Qatari player Abdullah.
As Qatar's top star athlete, Abdallah is extremely popular in Qatar. After he stood up and gestured for a trial jump, the audience gave him encouraging applause and cheers.
Abdullah waved to the audience, then walked to the take-off point with ease and signaled to the referee to jump.
Compared with Wang Shen, Abdullah did not have to face the previous series of 'failed jump curses', so his pressure seemed much smaller. At the take-off point, he spent almost no time preparing, and took a step easily. At an extremely fast speed, he passed the running area like a whirlwind. Then he lightly pushed the springboard with his left foot, and his body easily took off into the air.
Abdullah succeeded in his first attempt at a height of 2.23 meters!
After the top five athletes at a height of 2.23 meters failed in their attempts, Wang Shen and Abdullah succeeded in their attempts, allowing the audience to see the gap between Asia's first-class high jumpers and Asia's top high jumpers.
Just as the audience was wondering whether the remaining three contestants would also succeed in their attempt and maintain a five-game winning streak like the previous one at a height of 2.19 meters, the next contestant, Tomoaki Yamashita from Japan, came on stage.
Yamashita Tomoaki was an old rival of Wang Shen and others in the previous Asian Six Nations Athletics Joint Competition. After that game, he had been concentrating on training, hoping to achieve better results so that he could wash away his previous defeat when he met Wang Shen and others next time.
However, perhaps he was too obsessed with winning or losing, which affected his own competitive state.
When Yamashita Tomoaki indicated that he was going to jump, Shao Minyi in the commentary booth said, "...this run-up was too intense" when he saw his jump action.
At the scene, Tomoaki Yamashita's series of actions, including a run-up, pushing off the take-off board, and finally dropping the horizontal bar, all proved Shao Minyi's point of view.
Because he was too nervous, his body was tense and lacked flexibility on the track. After taking off, Tomoaki Yamashita's jumping height was not ideal. Although his upper body successfully passed the bar, when he straightened his waist and prepared to bring his lower body over, he fell onto the cushion with the bar.
At the moment he landed and stood up, anyone could see his tightly pursed lips and furrowed brows.
Tomoaki Yamashita, 2.23 meters, failed in the first jump.
He closed his eyes tightly, then turned around silently, left the landing area, and returned to the preparation area where the 10 contestants were.
The defeat of Yamashita Tomoaki also broke the "undefeated myth" of these five people before reaching this height.
Perhaps the failure of the previous player will indeed affect the performance of subsequent players. After Yamashita Tomoaki failed, Jihani, who came on after him, made a small mistake when passing the bar and dropped the crossbar.
The consecutive failures of Yamashita Tomoaki and Jihani made the atmosphere on the scene even more tense.
In the audience, Li Mingzhuo folded his hands in front of him, quietly watching the changes on the scene. It was soon time for Ye Wenhao to appear on the court. None of the other coaches, including Jiang Wentao, spoke. Everyone was watching the situation on the field carefully.
So far, the only players who still maintain a 100% one-time pass rate are Wang Shen and Abdullah. Ye Wenhao's jump will determine whether the Chinese team can have an advantage on the field when facing the Qatar team.
On the court, Ye Wenhao seemed to have not noticed all this at all. He always had an "indomitable" momentum on the court. This momentum and confidence were also one of the important reasons why he was able to keep up with Wang Shen's results and even suppressed Wang Shen all the way in last year's season.
At the take-off point, Ye Wenhao did not hesitate at all in response to the referee's signal. He waved his hand lightly, and as soon as the time limiter on the side started counting, he had already made the preparatory movements. Then he stared in the direction of the horizontal bar, took quick steps for his run-up, and thinking about the direction of the horizontal bar, he ran forward quickly along a long arc!
Ye Wenhao's running style is completely different from Wang Shen's. His running speed is both reckless and fast, but this recklessness does not mean that his running speed is mindless.
The rhythm of his running-up is enough to drive his body speed. At the same time, in the take-off stage, he also has his own unique skills, which can quickly convert this series of running-up power into his own upward momentum.
Start, run-up, push off, jump...
This series of movements looked very rough when performed by Ye Wenhao, but this roughness brought a sense of power and beauty that was different from the technical skills of other athletes.
When his body stretched out in the air and easily jumped over the pole and landed on the ground, Ye Wenhao easily flipped over on the cushion, then stood up quickly, smiling and waved to the audience around him.
In front of Ye Wenhao, the horizontal bar on the two pillars remained motionless.
Ye Wenhao, 2.23 meters, successfully cleared the bar in one go!
"good!"
In the audience, Jiang Wentao and others shouted "good" and a smile appeared on their faces.
At this stage, if more Chinese players clear the pole in one go, China's chances of winning will be greater.
The strength of the five players on the field now is not much different from each other, and the word "stability" may be a key word that determines the victory or defeat between the players.
After Ye Wenhao passed the pole on the field, he also returned to the preparation area.
The next person to appear after Ye Wenhao was Cheroben from Bahrain. In the previous trial jump in the competition, Cheroben was in pretty good shape. The audience in front of the TV and on the scene all felt that Cheroben might have a hope of successfully clearing the bar, but the audience's speculation failed.
Cherobben made some minor mistakes when he took off and ran up, which led to his overall poor condition and he failed to successfully clear the bar.
After Cherobene failed to clear the bar, Kazemi, Bekadu, Samba and Zhan Junhan from Taipei all failed in their first attempt at this height.
If one fails, everyone fails.
The last series of five athletes' failed attempts at a height of 2.23 meters made the audience present and the viewers in front of the TV feel nervous.
After these five nerve-wracking failed attempts, the second round of attempts was about to begin.
Up to now, at the height of 2.23 meters, only three people, Wang Shen, Abdullah and Ye Wenhao, have successfully cleared the bar in one go. Therefore, there are quite a lot of contestants in the second round of trial jumps. The three people who cleared the bar in one go now have some time to catch their breath.
It should be said that the height of 2.23 meters is indeed a very difficult threshold to cross for the contestants present. In the second round of trial jumps, except for Tomoaki Yamashita and Jihani, no other contestant successfully cleared the bar.
Two consecutive rounds of failed attempts have already put a huge pressure on the remaining five contestants. The next third round of attempts will be their last chance!
If they fail to seize this last chance to try jumping, they will be eliminated.
Looking at these players who had failed in two rounds in a row, and seeing the tense and solemn expressions on their faces, even the Chinese audiences in front of the TV who were not in the same camp as these players had a hint of worry on their faces.
[…Seeing them fail twice in a row, the pressure is just too great! 】
[Yeah, we are still watching the game. If we were at the game ourselves...]
[It's too difficult. For example, during the first round of 2.23-meter trial jumps, Wang Shen and Ye Wenhao felt that it was quite easy to clear the bar. They didn't feel nervous at first. But now seeing these players who failed consecutively, they can actually think more about how difficult it was for Wang Shen and his team to succeed in that jump. 】
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, the audience was still watching the game nervously, and from time to time they discussed the situation of the game on the spot on the barrage.
However, even though the audience hopes that these contestants can succeed, sometimes there is always a gap between hope and reality.
When the third round of trial jumps began, neither Kazemi nor Samba, another athlete from Qatar, was able to successfully jump over the 2.23-meter-high bar.
Among the five athletes who attempted the jump, only the last one, Zhan Junhan from Taipei, narrowly managed to clear the pole. At the moment when he landed and turned over after clearing the pole, Zhan Junhan excitedly clenched his fists and jumped up on the cushion.
Just by looking at his expression, you can feel his excitement about successfully clearing the pole.
In the live broadcast room, the audience was also happy for him.
[Shit, this is so hard. The previous four failed in a row. Zhan Junhan is the last one. I thought he was going to fail too! 】
[Really, seeing so many people failing to pass the bar in a row really affected my mood. 】
The audience was impressed by how difficult it was for Zhan Junhan to clear the pole, and were also happy for his success.
After this round, the number of players on the field was rapidly reduced, leaving only five people including Wang Shen, Abdullah, and Zhan Junhan.
After the eliminated players left the field, the referee once again signaled the bar referee to raise the bar. This time, the height of the bar was raised to 2.26 meters.
Compared with before, the height of 2.26 meters has only increased by 3 centimeters.
Obviously, this was the judgement in the referee's mind that it was no longer appropriate to raise the height of the bar by 4 centimeters at one time.
Among the remaining 6 contestants, Wang Shen is still ranked first.
Because there were many contestants who failed in succession at the height of 2.23 meters, when it was Wang Shen's turn to make his first attempt at a height of 2.26 meters, he had already had enough rest and his current condition looks quite good.
Under everyone's gaze, facing the height of 2.26 meters, Wang Shen indicated that he was ready to jump, and he did not seem to be under any pressure.
After the timer started counting, Wang Shen moved his body on the spot, then took an easy step and sprinted towards the horizontal bar. Just by looking at the fact that his body still maintained sufficient elasticity while running, one could feel how relaxed Wang Shen was at this moment.
"This jump is a sure thing!"
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, Shao Min looked at Wang Shen's running start and said with a smile.
And just as he said, Wang Shen's jump was indeed very smooth. When he reached the springboard, his pace changed slightly. His center of gravity moved forward, he pushed the springboard with his left foot, swung his arms back, and swung his legs to stretch and exert force in mid-air. These forces easily sent him into the air. Then he jumped up and turned, and leaned back over the pole in mid-air.
Even when Wang Shen landed on the ground, turned over and gestured to the audience around him, there were still people who were stunned and did not react.
Wang Shen’s first attempt at a height of 2.26 meters was a success with ease.
Not only the audience at the scene, but also the audience in front of the TV were a little confused.
Zheng Xiaoya sat in front of the TV, watching Wang Shen's easy pass. She widened her eyes and turned to look at her parents: "Wow, Wang Shen, this is too easy, isn't it?"
Just now, their family was looking at the height of 2.23 meters in front of them, and saw the tragic scene that only three people successfully crossed the bar after two consecutive rounds of attempts.
As a result, when the height rose to 2.26 meters, Wang Shen, the first person to attempt the jump, actually passed the bar so easily?
Zheng Xiaoya's parents also had a hint of amazement on their faces. Obviously, they were also surprised by Wang Shen's trial jump just now. After all, so many athletes had been blocked at the height of 2.23 meters, not to mention the difficulty of 2.26 meters.
After seeing the result, Zheng Xiaoya's family all sighed that the gap in strength between the top players and the first-rate players was indeed too obvious.
After Wang Shen easily cleared the bar at 2.26 meters, not only the spectators but also the remaining players looked much more serious. After all, if Wang Shen continued to maintain this 100% one-time clear rate, the pressure on the remaining players would increase.
When Wang Shen circled back to the preparation area from the landing area, Abdullah also looked at Wang Shen seriously, and then turned and walked towards the take-off area.
Abdullah was certainly under a lot of pressure as he jumped after Wang Shen, but he was also a very capable and confident athlete. Since he was able to jump over a height of 2.34 meters in training, he naturally would not be afraid of the 2.26 meters in front of him.
However, what he needs to do is to be more serious and cautious than expected!
After Abdullah stood up, the atmosphere among the audience became even more heated. The cheers and enthusiastic encouragement were the most sincere support for Abdullah from the Qatari audience.
Abdullah just waved to the side casually, and he paid more attention to the horizontal bar in front of him. The referee had already measured the height of the horizontal bar and put it back on the post. After the referee signaled, Abdullah took a deep breath on the spot - this time he did not start immediately, but made some preparations, and then started to run.
It can be seen that Abdullah was cautious about this jump, and his caution also gave him sufficient rewards.
Abdullah, 2.26 meters in the first attempt - success!
The moment the audience saw Abdullah succeed, they jumped up excitedly. Everyone danced and waved flags, celebrating for Abdullah enthusiastically.
After all, this jump meant that Abdullah, like Wang Shen, had successfully maintained a 100% one-time pass rate.
After Wang Shen and Abdullah, the third person to appear was Tomoaki Yamashita from Japan. For this trial jump, he seemed to have learned from previous lessons and made enough preparations to relax himself.
However, Yamashita Tomoaki's relaxation did not bring him enough good luck.
Tomoaki Yamashita, 2.26 meters, first attempt - failed.
Until Ye Wenhao came on the scene, only Wang Shen and Abdullah maintained success.
In the Chinese athletes' area in the audience seats, Jiang Wentao and others became nervous again - could Ye Wenhao's jump continue to have a 100% success rate in one-time clearance?
The game reached this stage, and even Ye Wenhao, who was relatively reckless in the game, felt a little nervous. After all, as everyone knew, if he could continue to maintain 100% one-time pass, then he and Wang Shen would be the only ones sniping Abdullah on the field. If he failed, the pressure on Wang Shen's shoulders would become even greater.
Moreover, Wang Shen is the first player to appear on the stage. Relatively speaking, he doesn’t know how the subsequent players will perform or what choices they will make. Everything is still unknown.
For Wang Shen, this was a very difficult on-site judgment.
Ye Wenhao had many thoughts in his mind, but this fleeting thought was quickly thrown out of his mind. At the referee's signal, Ye Wenhao came to the take-off point and made a gesture to the referee to signal him to take off.
After the time limiter gave the signal, Ye Wenhao did not rush forward as recklessly as usual, but adjusted his state slightly and then started to run forward.
During this trial jump, Ye Wenhao maintained a relatively cautious attitude, but when his left foot stepped on the springboard, there was a slight deviation in the movement of his left foot. This deviation instantly brought him severe pain. Although he gritted his teeth to endure the pain and continued to jump, his body's technical movements were momentarily tense due to the sudden pain.
Wang Shen, who was in the preparation area not far away, was also watching Ye Wenhao's performance on the field. The moment Ye Wenhao jumped, Wang Shen also keenly saw the ferocious look that flashed across Ye Wenhao's face.
Oops…
This thought flashed through Wang Shen's mind, and he stood up suddenly, but he could only watch Ye Wenhao barely pass the pole.
Not only Wang Shen, many people at the scene noticed that Ye Wenhao was in an unnatural state when he just passed the pole. After he passed the pole, although he turned over immediately, everyone also saw that after Ye Wenhao stood up, he first lowered his head to look at his left leg.
At a height of 2.26 meters, Ye Wenhao still managed to maintain a 100% one-time clear rate, but the price was a slight strain on the left leg muscles.
Because the injury was not serious, Ye Wenhao did not need a stretcher from medical staff, but the contestants at the scene also felt that he might not be able to continue participating in the competition.
As a result, unexpectedly, Ye Wenhao actually returned to the preparation area.
"Oh, I'm actually injured." Ye Wenhao scratched his head. Although he had a smile on his face, he looked obviously more depressed than before.
Wang Shen also put away his usual smile, frowned and asked him: "Why are you back to the preparation area?"
After Ye Wenhao sat down, the medical staff on the scene quickly came forward, briefly checked Ye Wenhao's injuries, applied ointment on him, and tied a strain band on his leg.
"Are you still going to continue the game?"
Wang Shen looked at Ye Wenhao, his face full of disapproval.
Ye Wenhao grinned: "Oh, it's not a serious injury. We train every day, how could we not know about this minor injury? We can't let you compete alone on the field, right?"
When Wang Shen heard this, he still frowned and said nothing.
Ye Wenhao was right. They were all athletes, and they were aware of the severity of their injuries. Some minor injuries did not affect the competition, but it was still a kind of damage to the body. It didn't matter when they were young, but when they were old, these injuries might become hidden injuries.
However, Wang Shen also knew that although Ye Wenhao was carefree, he was also very stubborn. After thinking about it, he did not say anything to persuade him to quit.
However, after taking a look at the bandage on Ye Wenhao's leg, Wang Shen still frowned and said, "Since you are here, continue the competition. But don't be too stubborn. If you feel that you can't do it, apply for exemption or give up."
After hearing this, Ye Wenhao still had a smile on his face, then nodded and said okay. After a pause, he smiled again: "Hey, don't be so gloomy, you look better when you smile."
Hearing that Ye Wenhao still had time to be so frivolous here, Wang Shen rubbed his forehead and thought that this guy was probably an enlarged version of Qiu Wen.
Although Ye Wenhao was injured, the injury was not serious, so it had no impact on the game. However, Li Mingzhuo and others in the audience and the audience in front of the TV were all worried about Ye Wenhao's injury.
However, the game did not stop, and the audience had no way of knowing what Ye Wenhao’s current condition was.
After Ye Wenhao successfully cleared the bar, the only one left in the first round of trial jumps was Zhan Junhan.
However, at a height of 2.23 meters, Zhan Junhan only managed to clear the bar on his third attempt. So, at a height of 2.26 meters, he failed to create a miracle on his first attempt.
After Zhan Junhan, the first round of 2.26-meter attempts was over. Only Wang Shen, Abdullah and Ye Wenhao successfully cleared the bar. However, Ye Wenhao was already injured at this time.
Therefore, it is obvious to the naked eye that the final decisive battle is likely to be between Abdullah and Wang Shen!
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