After 2.24 meters, the first eliminated player left the stage, and then the bar was raised again.
This time, the referee on the scene did not seem so crazy. He simply raised the height of the horizontal bar from 2.24 meters to 2.27 meters.
In an ordinary competition, this would be enough to determine the top three. At this time, there were still 11 contestants on the scene.
After the first round of trial jumps at 2.27 meters, there were still 6 people who maintained a 100% one-time clear rate, including Wang Shen, Abdallah and Staratso.
From 2.19 meters to 2.27 meters, this is only the second time the horizontal bar has been raised. The competition has clearly just begun, but the current height is not "beginner" at all.
In front of the TV, the audience who had previously watched the Asian Six Nations Athletics Combined Competition and the Asian Championships were still a little confused - didn’t it just start not long ago? Why does the progress of this game seem like it’s on fast forward?
At a height of 2.27 meters, although 5 athletes failed to clear the bar in one attempt, 3 of them successfully crossed the 2.27 meter bar in the second attempt, leaving only Clay from the American team and Garozzo from Italy. In the first two attempts, they seemed to be overly nervous, which led to a serious stall in the run-up at the end, so that when they reached the bar, the acceleration of the run-up could not be converted into potential energy to help them jump.
In the third attempt, it was obvious that they were adjusting their state. Both Clay and Garozzo were obviously more relaxed and better. Unfortunately, this improvement in relaxation did not help them successfully conquer the 2.27-meter bar.
After this jump, Clay from the United States and Garozzo from Italy were eliminated at the same time, and the number of people in the field was finally reduced to 9, and the height of the horizontal bar was raised again from 2.27 meters to 2.30 meters.
In the live broadcast room of the sports channel, the audience watching the game were slightly surprised again.
【? ? ? Oh shit, it went from 2.27 meters to 2.30 meters? ! 】
[At this height now, shouldn’t the height be raised by a minimum of 2cm? 】
Li Sen also mentioned this point in the commentary room of the sports channel.
"This time, the referee chose to raise the bar by another 3 centimeters. Obviously, the referee made the decision based on the actual situation of the competitors. The first two times the bar was raised, only three competitors were eliminated. In this case, if the bar was raised further, the competitors would have to increase the number of jumps, which would intensify their physical exertion."
"It can be said that in today's competitions, compressing the range of lift required for athletes to lift the bar is actually disadvantageous to the strongest athletes."
The audience who were discussing the current issue of the horizontal bar lifting range on the public screen in the live broadcast room naturally also heard the comments of Li Sen and Shao Minyi. The audience who had originally introduced this possibility on the public screen also stopped talking after hearing the more professional explanation.
However, although the audience already understood the current situation, they still couldn't help but become nervous when faced with the jumping height of 2.30 meters.
In this round of jumps, Aguilagos was still the first to appear. This player from Cuba was in exceptionally good shape in tonight's competition. From the first round of trial jump of 2.19 meters to the third round of trial jump of 2.27 meters, he has cleared the bar in one try for three consecutive rounds. He is one of the six players in the competition who have maintained a 100% clearing rate in one try so far.
However, the height of 2.30 meters is a height that Aguilagos has never successfully crossed in any competition.
So, what about this time?
Will it succeed this time?
Aguilagos looked cautiously in the direction of the horizontal bar in front of him, trying hard to suppress his already excessive heartbeat. From the starting point of the run-up area, he looked at the 2.30-meter horizontal bar in front of him.
Finally, Aguilagos took a deep breath and raised his hand in the direction of the referee - "Apply for take-off."
After seeing Aguilagos's signal, the referee immediately waved the flag, and the timekeeper at the take-off point pressed the stopwatch and started the countdown for Aguilagos's jump.
After taking a short deep breath, Ajilagos looked in the direction of the horizontal bar in front of him, pushed off his feet, and quickly started running!
Including the contestants in the audience seats and the preparation area, everyone's attention was on Ajilagos at this moment, and everyone was waiting for the result of the first jump at a height of 2.30 meters.
In the run-up area, Aguilagos was keeping every key technical node in mind, accelerating the run-up, maintaining body flexibility, and stepping on the springboard with explosive force, converting the lateral acceleration force brought by the run-up into upward potential energy of the body - jumping, taking off, and then adjusting the posture in the air... over the bar!
Aguilagos still seemed a little dazed until he landed and turned over instinctively. He glanced in the direction of the horizontal bar, and when he saw that it was firmly placed on the pillar, Aguilagos finally became excited. He waved his hands and jumped directly in the buffer zone, then returned to the preparation area with a big smile on his face.
2.30 meters, he refreshed his own pb!
And in tonight's game, so far, he has maintained a 100% one-time pass rate!
How incredible!
"Oh, this Cuban athlete Aguilagos, after this jump, he is now in first place."
As the height of the horizontal bar rose to 2.30 meters, the competitions in other events on the field have basically come to an end. This high jump final is already the last event on the field tonight, and the live broadcast on the scene has all shifted to this high jump final.
After the screen was switched over, Shao Minyi and Li Sen saw the first 2.30-meter jump that Ajilagos had just made.
"The Cuban athlete is in excellent form tonight. So far, he has cleared the bar in one go in all four jumps. Even other athletes with better career results can hardly say they can do this 100% of the time." Shao Min smiled and said, "I wonder if the Cuban athlete can keep up this form and get a better result tonight, becoming the dark horse in the men's high jump final?"
Not only Shao Minyi and Li Sen, but also the audience at the scene and in front of the TV had great expectations for the performance of this Cuban athlete - in sports competitions, dark horses are always an eternal topic, and the emergence of new talents can always bring new excitement and stimulation to the audience.
After Ajilagos returned to his seat in the preparation area with excitement, Wu Bingsheng, the Malaysian athlete who was ranked second, also came to the take-off point.
Unlike Ajilagos's previous jumps which went very smoothly, Wu Bingsheng had already failed in an attempt at a height of 2.27 meters. At this moment, he looked at the height of the horizontal bar in front of him with obvious nervousness on his face.
He hoped that he would be in great shape tonight and be able to successfully clear the bar in front of him, but he could feel that he was now much more nervous and stiff than when he was relaxed. He couldn't even find the natural excitement of the competition in this tense state.
He was totally out of shape at this moment.
This thought flashed through Wu Bingsheng's mind. He knew that he needed to calm down and relax. However, at this moment in the game, under the gaze of the referee and the inquiring eyes of the timekeeper, he could not let himself relax at all.
It is easy to imagine what the consequences would be if he jumped in this completely helpless state.
When his limbs brought the horizontal bar down, Wu Bingsheng even had a feeling of "as expected".
The height of 2.30 meters is not something that the contestants are "completely unsure of", but for most of them, this height is a result that they need to maintain excellent condition to achieve.
At this stage, another player who had previously maintained a 100% pass rate finally failed to pass.
In this round, the number of players who maintained a perfect stroke rate was reduced from 6 to 5. Abdullah, Wang Shen, Strateso, Dunasev, Ajilagos and other 5 players continued to maintain the leading ranking.
In the next two attempts of 2.30 meters, except for Morais from Canada who applied for exemption from the jump to prepare for the next height, only one of the remaining three contestants in the second round of attempts successfully cleared the bar. Among the remaining two contestants, Talent from Australia barely cleared the bar in the third round of attempts, while Wu Bingsheng failed in all three rounds of attempts and was unfortunately eliminated.
Watching the ever-changing situation on the field, Li Sen couldn't help but sigh: "Tonight's competition is worthy of being the high jump final of the World Championships. The world's top male high jumpers can be said to have gathered together tonight."
In the past, the height of 2.30 meters was considered a medium-level height for the IAAF Challenge Championship. However, at this point, not counting Morais who applied for exemption from the jump, there were still 7 athletes who successfully cleared the bar, and 5 of them have maintained a 100% one-time clearance rate so far.
"Lao Shao, look at this round of raising the bar. How high will the referee choose to raise the bar?"
Shao Min took a look at the current situation on the field, frowned and thought for a while: "My guess is 2.33 meters."
As soon as he finished speaking, the referee on site announced that the bar would be raised. It was just as Shao Minyi had guessed. The bar continued to rise by 3cm, directly from 2.30 meters to 2.33 meters.
The extent to which the horizontal bar was raised made the audience exclaim in amazement, but at this time there were still 8 players left on the field. After assessing the situation, the referee chose to continue to keep the horizontal bar raised, which can be said to be a normal result.
The audience watching tonight's live broadcast in front of the TV not only felt that the progress bar of tonight's game seemed to be accelerated, but also felt that the difficulty index of this game was inexplicably raised.
On the public screen of the sports channel's live broadcast room, many viewers were worried about Wang Shen's condition.
[Oh my god, it’s 2.33 meters already, and there are still 8 contestants waiting for the trial jump. What is Wang Shen’s PB? 2.35 meters, right? Is it possible...?】
[I know the high jump at the World Championships is going to be incredible, but with a height of 2.33 meters, and we’re still in the quarterfinals, isn’t that too much? 】
[I feel dizzy, my friends. You won’t wait until you are 2.35 meters tall and still not be able to enter the top three competition? 】
[…It’s hard to say given the current situation.] 】
The audience in front of the TV was nervous, and in the preparation area on site, the tense atmosphere among the contestants who were still on the field was even stronger.
Among all of them, the one who was most obviously nervous was Qatar's own athlete, Abdallah.
After raising the bar from 2.33 meters, Abdullah was in a state of anxiety. Tonight's competition was his home court. Among the tens of thousands of spectators at the scene, at least half of them came to the scene specifically to see him win a men's high jump championship in his own country.
Such strong expectations were undoubtedly an invisible pressure, making Abdullah appear particularly anxious at the scene.
Among all the contestants, Wang Shen seemed the calmest. He sat calmly in the preparation area, watching each contestant go on stage quietly. When it was his turn, he also appeared to be exceptionally organized.
This strong sense of disharmony made the other players around Wang Shen look at him with caution.
Faced with such attention, Wang Shen remained extremely calm, as if he was not the one on the field.
In the commentary room of the sports channel, looking at Wang Shen who just passed by the live camera, Li Sen smiled and joked: "Wang Shen's calm attitude makes it seem as if the game has nothing to do with him."
Shao Min smiled when he heard this and said, "Then you are wrong. Didn't you see him staring at Ajilagos who was about to go on stage? That look definitely didn't show that he had nothing to do with him."
Following Wang Shen's line of sight, he could see that Aguilagos had already stood at the starting point of the run-up area. Because of the success of his previous jumps, Aguilagos was extremely excited at this moment. He had a feeling that an unprecedented victory was in sight for tonight's competition. Even though the height of 2.33 meters in front of him was a height that he rarely surpassed during training, it could not stop his confidence.
Everyone watched as the confident Aguilagos gestured for a trial jump, then he ran up, jumped, and even crossed the bar... Just when everyone thought that Aguilagos would also pass the bar perfectly in this round, his calf touched the bar. Then, this pass, which was originally also considered perfect, failed because of this last mistake.
When Aguilagos also turned over in the buffer zone, he was also stunned this time, but the last round he was stunned by surprise, but this time he was staring at the crossbar that was knocked down by his last mistake. He was stunned for a long time and finally hugged his head in annoyance.
how so? !
He had successfully cleared the bar! But because of a mistake in the last movement, the bar fell down!
Aguilagos knelt on the cushion in frustration, completely losing his previous high spirits, until the referee signaled him to leave the buffer zone, he returned to the preparation area dejectedly with his head in his hands.
"It's a pity that Ajilagos jumped..." Jiang Wentao shook his head: "But he basically succeeded in this jump. In the next two attempts, he should still have a chance to pass the bar, right?"
Su Bai heard Jiang Wentao's question from the side, and then shook his head: "There is no chance."
?
Jiang Wentao was stunned: "Why...?"
"Aguilagos was able to clear the bar smoothly just now, mainly because of his mental state and competitive state. The 100% clearance before gave him strong confidence. It was with this confidence that he was able to calmly face the 2.33-meter height which was quite difficult for him."
"If he had also cleared the 2.33m height this time, it is possible that Aguilagos would have created a new legendary record at the World Championships tonight, but he failed."
Su Bai pointed in the direction of Ajilagos on the field and said, "His momentum and confidence in winning were interrupted by this mistake just now. If he was a player like Abdallah, who already had a relatively stable foundation of strength to rush over 2.33 meters, this mistake would not have much impact on him, but he is not like that."
Therefore, what awaits Ajilagos next should be failure.
Jiang Wentao was stunned for a moment after hearing Su Bai's analysis, and then turned his attention to the competition field. He specifically found Ajilagos in the preparation area and saw that he had indeed lost the high confidence he had a few minutes ago. He immediately believed Su Bai's words even more.
After Ajilagos, the second player to come on stage was the original No. 3 player, Canada's Morais.
Morais had previously failed to clear the 2.30-meter height and had applied for exemption from the jump. Now he is facing a height of 2.33 meters and has only two more attempts left.
After adjusting his condition, he started from the starting point of the run-up area and made a full-strength attempt, but unfortunately, his attempt also failed.
At a height of 2.33 meters, the two failed attempts by the two athletes at the beginning finally made the competition, which seemed to have no difficulty before, become more tense and exciting.
The third player to come on stage was the neutral player No. 4, Dunasev from Russia, who was also one of the players who had maintained a 100% pass rate before.
"Can Dunasev maintain a 100% one-time clear rate at a height of 2.33 meters?" Li Sen asked this question before Dunasev started. Then he saw the Russian athlete staring at the direction of the horizontal bar. After a run-up, he pushed off the ground with his take-off leg and jumped up. His body soared into the air with the vertical explosive force brought by his take-off leg, as if he was a roc. He crossed the horizontal bar easily and gracefully in a relaxed posture.
Perfect pass and easy stand up.
Dunasev also maintained a perfect clearance in this jump. After this jump, his ranking temporarily reached first place.
After Dunasev made a perfect pass, the next to come on stage was Wang Shen, who was No. 6.
"It's Wang Shen's turn again!" Shao Minyi's voice rose slightly. "After Ajilagos failed in the first jump, Dunasev is currently the only player in the competition who has maintained a 100% one-time pass rate in all five height attempts. Wang Shen is now about to challenge the height of 2.33 meters. Can he also pass this height perfectly?"
"Looking back at this season's competitions, Wang Shen has achieved this result before. So, in tonight's World Championships men's high jump final, can Wang Shen still maintain this perfect state?"
The audience in front of the TV were all excited when they saw Wang Shen stand up, including the athletes of the Chinese National Track and Field Team. After seeing Wang Shen stand up, they all clenched their fists nervously.
"Ahhh, Lao Wang, come on! Jump over him in one go!"
At this moment, Qiu Wen was holding a national flag in his hand, trying to raise it high. He hid his head under the flag and could hardly see Wang Shen's game on the field. He tilted his neck, trying hard to get his head out from under the national flag, and then stared at Wang Shen who was preparing to jump on the field.
At the starting line of the run-up area, Wang Shen, like every other athlete before him, took a deep look at the height of the horizontal bar at the target, then took a deep breath and raised his hand in the direction of the referee to signal, "Apply for a trial jump."
Wang Shen knew that at this moment in the game, he seemed to need to ignite more passion to get himself into a better state, but he also knew that calmness and stability were also important factors that were indispensable on the field at this moment.
The ultimate release of passion will only be the decisive blow at the last critical moment. In front of him, at a height of 2.33 meters, he is confident that he can cross it smoothly with his own strength and stability!
With such firm confidence, Wang Shen started from the starting point of the run-up area. His running movement was not very fast, but it was full of an obvious sense of bounce, making people feel as if he was a martial arts master who could leap to a magical height from the ground at any time.
With this magical sense of rhythm, Wang Shen's run-up drew a perfect arc in the run-up area. Before reaching the take-off point, his take-off leg exploded with power and he pushed forward onto the take-off board. Then he swung his arms quickly with both hands, and his body used the power of this swinging arm to quickly soar into the air!
“Got it!”
As soon as Shao Min saw Wang Shen's arm swing and the height he jumped to, he shouted "Got it" before he even waited for Wang Shen to successfully flip over the pole.
As Shao Minyi shouted, Wang Shen's body seemed to take off into the air, easily crossing the horizontal bar in a perfect arc.
When Wang Shen landed and quickly turned over, everyone could see the relaxation in Wang Shen's eyes and the motionless horizontal bar on the pillar.
Wang Shen, first attempt at jumping to a height of 2.33 meters - successful.
With Wang Shen's successful jump, he successfully became the second player in this competition to successfully pass the bar in one try with 100% success in five attempts!
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