“It was a somewhat risky decision.”
During the live broadcast of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen's voices revealed a hint of solemnity after hearing Wang Shen's decision.
"The second round of trial jumps is currently underway. We can see that Wang Shen chose to skip the 2.29m jump after failing the first round of trial jumps. This means that he will only have two more chances to try the next height."
"Yes." Li Sen nodded: "Of course, from a strategic and tactical point of view, this is actually to conserve physical energy and avoid excessive consumption of physical energy at a height of 2.29 meters."
In fact, all the old track and field fans in front of the TV could hear that Li Sen's statement was slightly trying to excuse Wang Shen's actions. This statement was not without reason, but compared with the risks involved, Wang Shen's choice was still more risky.
However, the audience can actually understand Wang Shen's choice.
In the current competition, although there are two Chinese players among the remaining five players, and Ye Wenhao and Abdullah both have a 100% one-time pass rate, Abdullah is in good shape at the moment, but Ye Wenhao is injured. Even if he has undergone simple temporary treatment, his condition will inevitably be affected when he plays with an injury.
Under the current circumstances, even if Wang Shen clears the bar in one go at a height of 2.29 meters, Abdullah will still have an advantage in the rate of clearing the bar in one go when facing Wang Shen at a height of 2.31 meters.
When you really think about it, it is better to give up the height of 2.29 meters and try again at 2.31 meters, and use the saved energy... who knows? Maybe you can try at 2.33 meters?
At this stage of the competition, the calculation of wins and losses between the players on the field has become very complicated.
No one dares to say that his calculations are correct. Strength and luck are both key factors in determining victory or defeat.
After Wang Shen applied for exemption from the 2.29-meter height jump, both Yamashita Tomoaki and Jihani showed hesitation on their faces. When the referee signaled them whether to continue the attempt, Yamashita Tomoaki struggled for a while, but decided to make a second attempt. However, his 2.29-meter height attempt was also unsuccessful.
After Tomoaki Yamashita, Jihani also chose to make a trial jump at a height of 2.29 meters. Similarly, this height was also a very difficult test for Jihani. Unfortunately, he failed to successfully cross the horizontal bar at the current height.
With the end of the second round of trial jumps by Tomoaki Yamashita and Jihani, the competition entered the third round of trial jumps at a height of 2.29 meters.
The height of the horizontal bar is 2.29 meters, which has reached the stage where the contestants need to respond with all their strength and the results may not be ideal. At this time, luck is one of the indispensable elements.
The gradual reduction in trial jump opportunities will further increase the psychological pressure on the athletes and make their jumps more difficult.
"Contestant Tomoaki Yamashita, would you like to make a third attempt?"
The referee sent a question in the direction of Yamashita Tomoaki.
This time, Yamashita Tomoaki hesitated for a moment and raised his hand to request to be exempted from the jump. He wanted to save the last chance for the next height.
After Yamashita Tomoaki chose to apply for exemption from the jump, Jihani from Syria still chose to make a final trial jump at a height of 2.29 meters.
Under the gaze of everyone, Jihani looked serious. He stood at the taking-off point, took a deep breath, and then gestured to the referee to start the trial jump.
This jump was a gamble for Jihani. From the moment he took off, he ran at the fastest speed. His figure appeared very agile and powerful on the track.
When he followed the curved runway to the take-off board, he quickly adjusted his center of gravity, stepped on the take-off board with his left foot, swung his arms back, stretched out his right leg to exert force, and his body quickly took off as his take-off leg pushed off the ground!
As an excellent athlete, even though he had no confidence in a jump, Jihani's jump was still full of athletic tension. From a distance, you can see his body turning quickly after taking off into the air, flexing and stretching, and finally drawing a powerful arc in the air.
When Jihani landed and turned over, he looked up at the horizontal bar on the post nervously - the horizontal bar was still there! !
Success? !
"Jihani, 2.29 meters high, third attempt, success!"
When the referee officially announced that Jihani's trial jump was successful, the young man from Syria jumped up excitedly on the spot - now, he is one of only three players on the scene who have cleared a height of 2.29 meters!
If Wang Shen and Yamashita Tomoaki cannot cross the horizontal bar height of 2.31 meters next time, he will win the third place in this game!
In the preparation area, Ye Wenhao frowned, probably feeling that the current situation was not easy to handle. However, Wang Shen's expression still looked very calm.
Ye Wenhao took a look at the current situation on the field, then turned to look at Wang Shen on the side: "Is it really okay? If it doesn't work, don't force it. I just sprayed some medicine and went on stage again..."
Ye Wenhao hadn't finished his words before he shut up under Wang Shen's half-smiley gaze.
"Okay, I get it. I'll just sit here."
Seeing Ye Wenhao stopped talking, Wang Shen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Sit still. This is just the Asian Championships. If you really want to fight hard, wait until the World Championships or the Olympics."
After Wang Shen finished speaking, he stood up.
As they spoke, the horizontal bar had been raised from 2.29 meters to 2.31 meters, and the rise of the bar had been further reduced to 2 centimeters.
At this stage, the competition entered a very delicate moment. Will the outcome be decided at 2.29 meters, and will Abdullah win the championship?
Or will the competition start to advance to the world above 2.31 meters, and in this competition, the best men's high jump result of the season will be created?
"Wang Shen is on the stage!"
In the commentary booth of the sports channel, Shao Minyi and Li Sen both fixed their eyes on Wang Shen - this jump was a follow-up to Wang Shen's decision not to jump. Was his decision not to jump a wise choice?
In the direction of the chief referee, the referee gestured to Wang Shen and asked him questions, and Wang Shen nodded, indicating that he was going to start the trial jump.
In an instant, the atmosphere on the scene became tense. In the audience, the audience was staring at Wang Shen's every move - everyone knew that Wang Shen's jump might very likely determine whether this game would continue.
When the referee announced the start of the trial jump, Wang Shen stood at the take-off point. The time limiter beside him was staring at the stopwatch in his hand and waiting for Wang Shen's move.
Wang Shen rubbed his wrists and thighs, stood there and shook his head calmly, then, this time, he didn't think too much, but after making preparations, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and ran forward quickly!
Start running!
Run quickly towards the horizontal bar along the arc angle!
Although the rhythm of Wang Shen's running approach remained the same, his speed was several points faster than any of his previous running approaches. Driven by this quick pace, he quickly passed through the running track. Only when you were at a certain angle to the horizontal bar could you see Wang Shen's running approach clearly.
A quick run-up brings stronger kinetic energy. When Wang Shen is about to reach the horizontal bar at a very fast speed, his steps converge slightly in the final stage. He quickly shifts his body center of gravity and converts the lateral momentum brought by the previous run-up through his own movements into power to help him leap upwards!
In front of the horizontal bar, Wang Shen's left leg stepped on the springboard. The powerful explosive force of the jump carried his body upward. His arms had already swung widely to change the direction of the potential energy of his body. His swinging leg also carried this force and stretched downward violently.
With the help of these forces, Wang Shen's body was quickly pushed into the air. In the air, he completed the turning of his body and changed his posture in the air with the force of his upward movement.
His posture in mid-air maintained the direction of his shoulder blade tending towards the right rear corner of the landing, just like all high jumpers can feel, when his body jumped into the air, everything around him seemed to slow down, he could feel every subtle change in his movements, his eyes were always looking towards his right rear through the gap between his shoulders and neck.
Jump, fly into the air, stretch your body in mid-air, let your body go around the horizontal bar in a delicate arc, drive your lower limbs to move, and also perfectly avoid the pole.
Then, the shoulder blades touched the ground, the body landed successfully, and turned over!
“Success!!!”
When Wang Shen's body landed on the ground and turned over, many viewers watching in front of the TV couldn't help but shout "success".
When Wang Shen stood up in the landing area, Jiang Wentao and others in the audience all unclenched their fists and cheered.
Not long ago, when Wang Shen applied to be exempted from the 2.29-meter jump, these people were all worried about him. It was not until Wang Shen finally successfully cleared the bar at a height of 2.31 that their mood finally changed.
With Wang Shen's successful clearance, the pressure of taking off was transferred to Abdullah this time. With the cheers and shouts of many Qatari spectators at the scene, Abdullah returned to the taking-off point.
This time, he also challenged the height of 2.31 meters.
Hold your breath and concentrate.
The audience at the scene were all carefully praying for Abdullah's victory, but this time, the scales of luck were not on Abdullah's side.
Abdullah failed in his first attempt at a height of 2.31 meters.
The balance of victory, at this stage, once again subtly flipped.
"Wang Shen has hope!" In the live broadcast room, Shao Minyi's voice was filled with anticipation: "The outcome of this high jump may be gradually tilting in our favor!"
At the scene, Abdullah left the landing area in annoyance, while the audience in the audience seats were trying to cheer for Abdullah again, hoping to cheer him up and not give up.
With Abdullah's exit, the next to appear was Tomoaki Yamashita from Japan.
This was the jump that carried his last hope, however, this jump did not allow him to successfully surpass his hope. With the failure of Yamashita Tomoaki's attempt, only the last four players were left in the field.
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