In the second round of trial jumps at 2.26 meters, the first to appear was Tomoaki Yamashita.
Although he failed to cross the line in the first round of attempts, Yamashita Tomoaki successfully crossed the bar in the second round of attempts.
Following closely, the second person to take the stage for a trial jump was Jihani from Syria.
Although Jihani had achieved an outstanding result of 2.29 meters in this year's competition, his condition seemed a little sluggish in this game. In the second round of trial jumps of 2.26 meters, Jihani also failed to cross the line successfully.
In the second round of trial jumps, the last of the three to perform was Zhan Junhan.
The athlete from Taipei was nervous, which was obvious to everyone. But even so, he walked to the take-off point firmly, took a deep breath, and signaled to jump.
In obvious nervousness, Zhan Junhan failed to cross the line successfully. After landing with the horizontal bar, he stood up, without saying anything, turned around and returned to the preparation area.
As there are fewer and fewer players on the field, the players have less time to prepare.
When the third round of trial jumps began, only Jihani and Zhan Junhan were left participating.
Jihani, who was the first to perform, successfully seized the opportunity of the last jump. However, Zhan Junhan, who also tried the jump for the third time, failed to cross the height of 2.26 meters. After landing, he looked at the horizontal bar that fell with him with some disappointment, and finally stood up, bowed and left the stage.
In the commentary booth, Shao Minyi and Li Sen's voices sounded somewhat emotional.
"Today's competition has brought together the top male high jumpers in Asia. The strength of these athletes represents the highest level of male high jump in Asia at present."
"At 2.26 meters, there are still 5 contestants left in the competition. It can be said that the strength showdown between the contestants in today's high jump final is definitely worthy of our attention!"
"Yes." Li Sen nodded in agreement. "You know, in last year's Asian Games, the champion and the Asian Games cleared 2.30 meters and 2.28 meters respectively, and the third place winner's final score was only 2.24 meters. By comparison, it can be seen that in tonight's game, these top Asian players performed exceptionally well. And in today's game, Zhan Junhan was able to hold on to 2.26 meters and compete with the last five strong players on the field. This has proved his potential."
After reviewing the previous competitions, Shao Minyi and Li Sen turned their attention to the next match.
On the field, the referee has signaled the bar referee to raise the bar again. The original height of 2.26 meters has risen again. This time, the referee raised the bar to 2.29 meters.
The referee's choice surprised Shao Minyi and Li Sen in the commentary booth.
"The referee chose to raise the bar to 2.29 meters! Another 3 centimeters increase." Shao Min frowned and said in a deep voice: "The referee should have observed that there are still 5 contestants participating in the competition and thought that the contestants' performance still has enough room for improvement."
Originally, many people believed that at this stage, the raising range of the horizontal bar should be reduced to 2 centimeters, but the referee of this game obviously did not think so.
After seeing the referee's choice, the remaining five players turned their eyes to their opponents.
At this stage of the competition, it became a test of strength between them, especially at the height of 2.29 meters. Even the five people present were not 100% sure of successfully clearing the pole.
Strength, caution, personal condition and maybe a little bit of luck.
This is the key point that these five people need to fight for now.
After the bar referee measured the height of the horizontal bar, Wang Shen once again walked from the preparation area to the take-off point. In response to the referee's inquiry, he decisively responded with a gesture of preparation for take-off.
Even though he has already jumped 2.32 meters in indoor competitions, the height of 2.29 meters is still enough of a challenge for him.
When the timer started counting, he stood there and moved around briefly, then lowered his body slightly, preparing to start his first trial jump of 2.29 meters.
Domestic, national track and field team training base, coach dormitory
After Su Bai finished his work during the day, he naturally followed the progress of the Asian Championships in the dormitory at night. Since the competition entered the 2.23-meter stage, he has been writing and drawing in his hands, recording the competition situation in front of him and some information points that he paid extra attention to.
When he saw Wang Shen preparing for his first trial jump at a height of 2.29 meters, his eyes were fixed on the screen. After seeing Wang Shen's jumping movement, his gaze paused slightly.
At the scene, Wang Shen realized his problem the moment he jumped - because Ye Wenhao had strained his muscles just now, he paid special attention to his preparatory movements when preparing for the jump, and at the same time reminded himself in his heart that he must be cautious when jumping.
However, because of this idea in his mind, he did pay attention to his take-off leg, but there was a deviation in the angle of his knee when he stretched his swinging leg. Although many people may not even be able to see where his knee angle deviated, it was this slight deviation in technical details that could lead to insufficient jumping height.
The moment Wang Shen noticed the deviation in the angle of his knee, he quickly and subconsciously increased the strength of his swinging legs and arms, hoping to use these forces to make up for the slight deviation in technique.
His efforts were effective to a certain extent. In mid-air, his upper body had successfully passed the bar, but in the process of flexing and extending his body, due to the insufficient height in the air, he still slightly scraped the horizontal bar, causing it to fall to the ground with him.
When he turned over and stood up, even Wang Shen, who was always used to smiling, couldn't help but look a little annoyed. He closed his eyes and sighed slightly, then smoothed his messy hair and returned to the preparation area from the landing area.
After him, Abdullah had already arrived at the starting point amid the cheers of the audience.
Wang Shen's mistake means that Abdullah is currently the last player in the competition who maintains a 100% one-time clear rate. If he can successfully clear the pole in one go at a height of 2.29 meters, the outcome of this game may have been decided.
Abdullah might have thought the same thing in his heart, for in this jump he was fully focused and put in 100% of his energy, and in front of tens of thousands of Qatari spectators, he successfully cleared the 2.29-meter bar in one go!
Abdullah, 2.29 meters high, succeeded in the first attempt!
When the referee announced that the result was valid, the audience burst into thunderous cheers. In the eyes of many people, this almost meant that the victory would belong to Abdullah.
In the next trial jumps by Yamashita Tomoaki and Jihani, they both failed to successfully jump over the height of 2.29 meters. Finally, the order of appearance came to Ye Wenhao.
The referee knew about Ye Wenhao's injury, so he asked Ye Wenhao whether he would choose to forfeit.
Ye Wenhao patted his legs, then stood up with a smile - he chose to continue fighting.
The audience at the scene already knew that Ye Wenhao had been injured in his last jump. No one expected that he would not choose to give up and withdraw from the competition, but would still challenge the height of 2.29 meters.
In the Chinese contestant area, Li Mingzhuo's face darkened after seeing Ye Wenhao's actions, and he cursed in a low voice: "Nonsense!"
But now it is in the competition, and all judgments depend on the players' own choices. Even if Li Mingzhuo's face is as gloomy as water, he cannot stop Ye Wenhao on the field.
After seeing Ye Wenhao's moves, the audience at the scene gave him applause. This applause had nothing to do with victory or defeat, but was a respect for a player who gave his all.
When Ye Wenhao passed by, Wang Shen patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "Don't be so stubborn."
Ye Wenhao turned his head and grinned at him, then still walked to the taking-off point firmly.
After the referee's signal, Ye Wenhao stretched his muscles. This time, although he was injured, he was too lazy to think too much. His eyes were focused on the horizontal bar not far away, and then after a simple movement, he suddenly started to move!
His running speed was extremely fast. If it weren't for the strain band on his leg, no one would have known that he was injured at this time. When he was about to reach the horizontal bar along the arc, he retracted his steps slightly and leaned his body forward. With the last step, his left foot stepped on the take-off board, and he quickly stretched out his swinging leg and swung his arms back to quickly jump up with the explosive push of his take-off leg!
“This height…!”
In the commentary booth, Shao Minyi's eyes lit up.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Wenhao's body was seen bending a perfect arc in mid-air, then passing the pole, landing, and standing up.
Ye Wenhao, 2.29 meters, first attempt jump, success!
No one expected that Ye Wenhao, who had been injured before, could successfully clear the bar in one go at a height of 2.29 meters.
But this time after passing the pole, Ye Wenhao stood up again. Because he was still exerting all his strength despite his injury, the injury to his left leg was obviously more serious than before.
After seeing this, Wang Shen frowned, walked quickly to the landing area, put Ye Wenhao's left hand on his shoulder, and helped him walk from the landing area back to the preparation area.
The medical team on the scene also quickly ran up. This time, they quickly rechecked Ye Wenhao's thigh and prepared to take him directly off the field for treatment.
But even though Ye Wenhao's face was a little twisted with pain, he still insisted on asking the medical team to spray him with ethyl chloride, and he wanted to stay on the field and continue the competition.
Wang Shen couldn't help but said, "You're injured like this, and you're still going to do it? If you don't recover well, will you still be able to dance at the World Championships?"
Wang Shen was always a smiling man and rarely got angry, but when he saw his teammates showing off and not taking care of their bodies, he finally put on a brave face.
Ye Wenhao didn’t expect Wang Shen to be so angry suddenly, he looked up a little nervously, trying to explain: “Uh, you are the only one, so tired…”
Seeing Ye Wenhao's nervous explanation, Wang Shen lost his temper. He rubbed his forehead, then sighed and said, "Don't worry, you sit down and watch me next."
As if frightened by Wang Shen's anger just now, Ye Wenhao sat obediently in the preparation area. The medical team still sprayed ethyl chloride on his legs temporarily. He didn't feel any pain and just watched Wang Shen prepare on the side.
In the competition, as of Ye Wenhao, the first round of trial jumps of 2.29 meters had ended, and only Abdullah and the injured Ye Wenhao had successfully cleared the bar in one go.
The referee asked Wang Shen whether he wanted to continue with the second round of trial jumps.
As a result, when everyone thought Wang Shen was going to step forward, Wang Shen raised his hand and signaled the referee: "2.29 meters, request for exemption from jump."
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No one expected that Wang Shen would make this decision...
If you don’t jump 2.29 meters, the next height will most likely be 2.31 meters!
He couldn’t clear the bar in one go at 2.29 meters, can Wang Shen succeed at 2.31 meters?
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