In Ye Wenhao's jump just now, from the start to his jump at the marking point, there was no particular problem with the overall rhythm, including the increased power conversion during the last two steps of the run-up, which was also very smooth.
If there was something that caused him to drop the bar in mid-air, perhaps it was that he did not control the rhythm in the air well. When the center of gravity of his upper body had passed the bar, he did not straighten his hips in time, resulting in insufficient flexion and extension movements while in the air, which ultimately led to the failure of this jump.
Ye Wenhao has a rough temperament, and his overall high jump rhythm is usually rough. He is not as good as Wang Shen in thinking about technical details, but he dares to think and jump. When he is in a relatively relaxed state, his rate of clearing the bar at a height of more than 2.25 meters is higher.
The failure of today's jump was somewhat beyond his expectations, but it was certainly not unacceptable. After briefly considering the challenges he would face next, he scratched his head and left the landing area.
After Ye Wenhao finished his jump, Wang Shen had already arrived at the take-off area at the signal of the referee. Not far away, Ye Wenhao, who had walked around the take-off area and returned to the waiting area, also waved to Wang Shen and gave him a gesture of encouragement.
In the commentary booth, Shao Minyi and Li Sen had just explained to the audience the disadvantages after the failure of the first jump. After seeing Wang Shen standing in the take-off area, Shao Minyi turned the topic back to Wang Shen.
"Wang Shen and Ye Wenhao are currently the twin stars of my country's high jump. In the 2018 season, Ye Wenhao once jumped over a height of 2.29 meters, and Wang Shen also had a personal season record of 2.28 meters. Both of them are ranked within the top 30 in the world. With the potential of Ye Wenhao and Wang Shen, both of them have the strength to leap to 2.30 meters at any time."
"Although Ye Wenhao failed temporarily in his first attempt at 2.24 meters, he still has a great chance to overtake next time. As long as Wang Shen succeeds in this jump, we can still maintain our advantage..."
As he was speaking, the camera had already returned to Wang Shen's direction.
Wang Shen was standing at the starting point, with his hands on his waist, looking in the direction of the horizontal bar. 2.24 meters was not a height that he needed to worry about. The time limiter next to him had already started counting, but Wang Shen was not too anxious. He took a deep breath before taking his first step towards the sprint.
His running speed was not as fast as Ye Wenhao's, but the ups and downs of the elasticity from the straight start to the curved position were very clear.
Under the gaze of everyone, his left foot stepped onto the springboard. The strength accumulated during the run-up was converted into an upward vertical impulse in this jump. His body rose up, his guiding hand was raised upward, and his head's gaze had already turned to the right, over the shoulder line, and looked behind the horizontal bar...!
No problem!
The moment his body was in the air, the lateral assistance from the previous run-up and the force from the curved run-up had been converted into the upward and rotational power of his body in mid-air at the moment he stepped onto the springboard.
His body seemed to break free from the control of gravity at this moment, and he easily rose to a very sufficient height. His whole movement seemed to be temporarily suspended in mid-air. When he gradually rose to the highest point, his head and shoulder blades had passed the horizontal bar. Then his body pushed his hips hard, and his slender body drew a perfect curve in mid-air, and finally his shoulder blades landed first.
On the cushion, Wang Shen rolled over and stood up, raising his head - the horizontal bar did not move at all.
Wang Shen’s attempt to jump to a height of 2.24 meters was successful!
[Oh oh oh!] Well done Wang Shen! ! ! 】
In the live broadcast room, the audience shouted excitedly after seeing Wang Shen's beautiful aerial jump.
Although 2.24 meters is not an insurmountable height, for most people, they can only feel at ease when the advantage is in the hands of their own national team.
After Ye Wenhao failed to pass the pole the first time, if Wang Shen wanted to maintain at least the same advantage as Abdullah, he must also succeed in passing the pole in one try.
Shao Minyi's introduction and trust in Wang Shen in the commentary just now seemed nothing at first, but then many track and field fans couldn't help but jump out on the public screen, begging Shao Minyi not to set the flag casually.
What? As long as Wang Shen succeeds in this jump...
This sentence sounds just like: Wang Shen is going to be in trouble if he jumps.
Fortunately, Shao Minyi's flag was not successful, and Wang Shen's jump was very smooth.
After Wang Shen, Bahrain's Cheroben also successfully cleared the bar at a height of 2.24 meters. After landing, Cheroben excitedly waved his fist - this successful clearing of the bar allowed him to recover some of his previous disadvantages and had some impact on the current situation on the field.
In the second and third attempts, Japan's Yamashita Akechi and Ye Wenhao both successfully cleared the bar in the second attempt, and except for the two of them, the remaining players all failed in the challenge.
After all the trial jumps at a height of 2.24 meters were completed, the only players left in the final competition were Abdullah, Subai, Cheroben, Ye Wenhao and Yamashita Akechi.
Among these five people, only Abdullah and Wang Shen still maintain a 100% one-time pass rate.
After 2.24 meters, the horizontal bar was raised again. This time, it was sent to a height of 2.26 meters. At this height, Yamashita Akechi, who was the first to compete, failed to clear the bar again. After landing, he returned to the waiting rest area with a gloomy face. It can be seen that he looked very unhappy.
Abdullah, who had maintained a perfect pass rate before, made a mistake for the first time at this height - after landing, Abdullah frowned, but then he spread his hands and shrugged to indicate that this failure did not matter, and he was still full of confidence.
Following Abdullah on the stage was Ye Wenhao who once again stood at the starting line - Abdullah, who had previously maintained a 100% passing rate, made a mistake. This trial jump was the best opportunity for Ye Wenhao to make up for the disadvantage!
He stood at the starting line, patted his chest and encouraged himself.
The audience at the scene, the lucky audience seating area with more than 100 seats happened to be the audience area closest to the high jump competition area. When the audience noticed that Ye Wenhao was about to jump, they clenched their palms and sweated for Ye Wenhao's jump.
In the empty stadium, the only event currently being held was the high jump. In the almost silent environment, the remaining competitors also felt an additional pressure of facing the upcoming height challenge.
Plop, plop.
Although Ye Wenhao has a rough temper, it does not mean that he does not have his own pressure and expectations for victory.
He was very upset by the accident in his first jump of 2.24 meters, so when he jumped at a height of 2.26 meters, he did not run up and take off as rashly as he did in the past. He looked at the two marking points in the running-up area and the horizontal bar, ignored the reminder from the timekeeper on the side that he had started timing, and first planned in his mind his most comfortable running-up path and horizontal bar area.
When the time limit indicated that there were only 30 seconds left, Ye Wenhao opened his eyes, jumped twice on the spot, then pushed off with both feet and started running forward!
"Ye Wenhao started it!"
Shao Min couldn't help but scream when she saw Ye Wenhao's actions.
In the live broadcast room, the audience was also staring at Ye Wenhao who was starting to run. They saw him running at a very fast speed. Soon after completing 8 steps, he stepped onto the springboard with his left foot!
His left foot had very strong explosive power, and combined with his high running speed, he easily had upward momentum. His right leg bent at the knee and stretched downward, helping him to better use this momentum to move upward. With this kind of jumping power, his body easily flew to a sufficient height, then rotated, leaned back, flexed and stretched his body... and successfully passed the bar!
When Ye Wenhao landed and turned over, he smiled, revealing his big white teeth, and swung his fists - with this jump, his advantage was back again!
The audience at the scene obviously also knew the significance of Ye Wenhao's successful pass this time, and they gave him enthusiastic applause without hesitation.
But unfortunately, after Ye Wenhao, Wang Shen also failed to pass the pole for the first time.
When Wang Shen soared into the air but dropped the horizontal bar, the audience couldn't help but sigh with regret.
"Oh, why did I fail this time?"
In the audience, Wang Lei watched Wang Shen's failed jump. He felt that there was nothing wrong with Wang Shen's take-off angle, aerial movements, etc. He couldn't understand why he ended up falling off the bar.
Li Mingzhuo also frowned. From his perspective, he didn't see anything wrong with Wang Shen's actions just now. This failure actually seemed like a jump that should have been successful.
But Wang Shen turned over after landing, stared at the horizontal bar in a daze, and finally smiled and sighed.
In this trial jump, his movements after taking off were basically at a normal level, but when his left foot stepped on the springboard, he suddenly felt a momentary pain, and it was that momentary pain that prevented him from jumping over the bar well.
In the audience, Su Bai, who was sitting in the audience area, frowned after seeing Wang Shen's failed jump.
In fact, Su Bai did not recommend Wang Shen to participate in this competition. During the winter training over the previous two months, Su Bai's training plan for Wang Shen included a phased adjustment plan for Wang Shen's jumping action.
Wang Shen needs to complete an adjustment of his jumping inertial movement during the entire winter training cycle, including adjustments to the jumping center of gravity and the jumping buffer angle, etc.
At this stage, although his jumping action had been adjusted and improved, his overall jumping technique was not yet stable. In addition, during the previous winter training phase, Su Bai did not conduct special reduced-intensity training and condition adjustments for the players because of this competition. Wang Shen always maintained a high-load training state. In fact, he was in a relatively tired state.
At this time, if you participate in a competition, it is easy for your unstable jumping technique to affect your results and condition, and you may even get injured.
But Wang Shen still insisted on participating in the competition. Su Bai agreed considering that participating in the competition would help Wang Shen adjust his mentality.
But in this jump just now, it was obvious that Wang Shen's jumping angle had a slight deviation, so he was affected.
Wang Shen looked at the horizontal bar that fell on the cushion in the landing area, smiled without saying anything, and calmly left the landing area.
At this point, the advantage that Wang Shen had previously maintained has now been completely wiped out.
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