Chapter 35
The first people to react were Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming who were sitting in the live broadcast room. The perspective they were watching was clearer than that of the live audience, which also gave them a more intuitive angle to observe Jiang Yuan's jump just now.
But even so, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming, who were introducing Jiang Yuan as "still a long way from advancing to the finals" less than half a minute ago, still had astonishment written on their faces.
It was not until Jiang Yuan had stood up from the sand pit that Tian Ruhui quickly spoke up: "The young athlete Jiang Yuan from the S Province Sports Team just completed a very outstanding jump...!"
"From the start of the run-up phase, Jiang Yuan's run-up started quickly and his run-up technique was excellent, which prepared him very well for the entire jump. Including the initial stage of the run-up, Jiang Yuan's stride length and rhythm were very stable. This stable starting rhythm also provided important assistance to the accuracy of his jump."
As a famous track and field commentator with solid basic knowledge, even though Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming did not watch Jiang Yuan's first jump too carefully, they still had a certain impression of Jiang Yuan's performance.
Therefore, after a quick recollection, Tian Ruhui first briefly introduced the part of Jiang Yuan that left the deepest impression on him during the take-off phase, and then quickly turned his attention to the final result that he could roughly estimate in front of him -
But even with a short period of introduction time as a buffer, Tian Ruhui still felt a little unbelievable about the results he saw.
Finally, after barely calming himself down, Tian Ruhui said, "7.80 meters! In this jump just now, the young athlete Jiang Yuan from the S Province Sports Team jumped at least 7.80 meters! The final result of this jump and whether the result is valid are still waiting for the final measurement by the referee on the scene - but no matter whether this result is valid and legal in the end, this young athlete from the S Province Sports Team has brought us a completely incredible and shocking result!"
Just now, when Jiang Yuan took off, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were still thinking "this kid is pretty good", but when they saw Jiang Yuan's figure clearly passed the 7.80-meter mark, the word "not bad" in their minds disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by astonishment of "what happened".
If the audience at the scene did not see Jiang Yuan's result at first glance when he long jumped, then when the electronic screens on both sides of the stadium began to replay the wonderful footage of Jiang Yuan's jump, the originally buzzing audience gave a uniform exclamation of "Wow".
"7.8 meters! This must be 7.8 meters, right?!"
In the stands, the first ones to jump up were the students from No. 12 Middle School.
Originally, they were looking at the players in front of them jumping out of 7.4 meters, 7.5 meters, 7.6 meters and 7.7 meters, and they were feeling hopeless, thinking that Jiang Yuan, the top student in their class, probably had no hope of advancing to the finals.
As a result, this somewhat depressed mood did not last long. Jiang Yuan made a big move when he came on the court and directly jumped out a score that looked to be about 7.8 meters or more!
"Oh my god, mom, come and see the gods..."
Zhong Wen stared blankly at the playback on the electronic screen for a while, then suddenly grinned in the direction of his cousin: "Ah, brother, I remember you just said that if you want to advance to the long jump finals, you have to get a score of at least 7.45, right?"
"Look, my deskmate... it's quite a coincidence, he seems to have accidentally jumped a score of more than 7.8 meters!"
"Do you think he has a chance to advance to the finals with this result?"
At this moment, Wang Yangming and a fellow track and field fan he had just met were staring blankly at the large electronic screen at the scene. Before he could finish his blank stare, he heard his cousin's string of dense and detailed words.
Listening to Zhong Wen's words, Wang Yangming couldn't help but feel a pain in his teeth - you are a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old, how can you speak in such a sarcastic and sarcastic way?
But under Zhong Wen's 'sincere' gaze, Wang Yangming had to answer honestly: "...more than a chance."
So far, among the 11 players who have competed, only Gao Xu has jumped over 7.80 meters. If Jiang Yuan is included, there are only two people in total.
If Jiang Yuan's final result comes out and the referee determines that Jiang Yuan's jump is valid, then Jiang Yuan will not have to participate in the next two attempts in the qualifying round - at least in domestic competitions, Wang Yangming has never seen a qualifying round where a player cannot advance to the finals after jumping more than 7.80 meters.
Thinking of this, Wang Yangming could not stop feeling shocked.
Just now, if Zhong Wen hadn't called him in a sarcastic tone, he would probably still be immersed in shock and unable to calm down.
After he finished answering, his cousin raised three fingers to him, then took one finger off, leaving the number 2 facing him.
Wang Yangming: “…”
At this moment, Wang Yangming felt a chill on his neck, as if one third of his head had moved away from him and turned into a ball.
It was not until Zhong Wenle turned around excitedly to wait with his classmates for the final result from the judging panel that Wang Yangming covered his neck with a grimace.
A friend who he had met today patted Wang Yangming's shoulder with a sad face, probably mourning the loss of one-third of his head. Then he turned his head to look in the direction of the scene and said to Wang Yangming: "Brother, it's not unfair that you lost one-third of your head. A 14-year-old kid jumped out of this result..."
Actually, Wang Yangming also agreed with this statement in his heart, but he originally wanted to say something stubbornly, "The final result has not come out yet, and his jump just now may not be a foul." But before he started to stubbornly say anything, a new burst of exclamations broke out from the audience - the result of Jiang Yuan's jump was out!
When Wang Yangming looked at the electronic screen following the exclamations of the crowd, the screen was once again playing the scene of Jiang Yuan's take-off leg stepping on the take-off board. This scene clearly showed that Jiang Yuan's jump was not a foul. Then, after the screen played the entire process of Jiang Yuan's long jump and landing and standing forward, the playback ended, and the final result of Jiang Yuan's first jump appeared on the electronic screen on the scene - 7.83 meters.
An amazing result that was enough to cause the audience to cheer and shock the athletes.
"How much? 7.83 meters?!"
In the long jump preparation area, the athletes who were waiting for the referee's trial jump instructions looked at each other in astonishment.
"Who? The kid from number 11? Isn't he only 14 years old?"
"No way, didn't that kid say his PB was only 7.37 meters? How did he suddenly jump to 7.83? Is this reasonable???"
Faced with the question of 'Is this reasonable?', other athletes were also shouting in their hearts - who can answer this? Do we think this is reasonable? Does it mean that the result we think is unreasonable really does not exist? !
Among all the contestants, Gao Xu was probably the calmest. After all, he had already achieved a good result of 7.93 meters in his first jump. Although Jiang Yuan's jump was amazing, there was still a distance of 10 centimeters between him and him, so he could not pose a threat to him for the time being.
But even so, it doesn't mean that Gao Xu was not shocked - a 14-year-old boy who could jump 7.83 meters? Is it a genius? Or is it just a coincidence?
At this time, in the live broadcast room of Jigu Video, after seeing Jiang Yuan’s final result, Zhou Jiming and Tian Ruhui were also amazed.
Tian Ruhui was the first to praise: "7.83 meters! What a shocking and unexpected result!"
Zhou Jiming also nodded in agreement: "Yes, just now, Teacher Tian and I were discussing that it would take at least two years for Jiang Yuan to achieve a good result in the Grand Prix. We really didn't expect to see a preliminaries performance of 7.83 meters from a 14-year-old today."
"From the real-time rankings just now, you should have seen that Jiang Yuan has jumped to the second place in the qualifying round with a data of 7.83 meters, which basically means that he has almost certainly qualified for the finals."
"Yes, not only that, the result of 7.83 meters has already surpassed the standard of 7.80 meters for long jump athletes, which means that Jiang Yuan, who is only 14 years old, has already qualified for the level of long jump athletes."
After a series of compliments, Tian Ruhui flipped through the list of contestants in his hand and said, "This athlete Jiang Yuan from the S Province Sports Team has not only signed up for the men's long jump event, but also the men's high jump event. However, compared with his previous long jump PB of 7.37 meters, his high jump PB of 2.06 meters is still slightly inferior."
Zhou Jiming also nodded and said, "Yes, I believe that the audience who often watch the competition should also know that in the high jump event of the Grand Prix, the starting height set by the referee is already 2.00 meters. After the first rise of the horizontal bar, the jump height of the contestant will rise to 2.05 meters, which is close to Jiang Yuan's PB. According to the current qualifying results, I think Jiang Yuan should still focus his main energy on the long jump event. This should be better for his future personal development."
***
On the field, Jiang Yuan had no idea how Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming were evaluating him. After making it clear that the final result was valid, Jiang Yuan nodded, and then submitted an application to the referee on the spot to be exempted from the next two trial jumps.
You know, at this moment, even Gao Xu, who ranked first in the first trial jump, had not yet submitted an application for exemption from the subsequent jump. Therefore, the referee was a little surprised when he looked at Jiang Yuan, but the referee also knew in his heart that with Jiang Yuan's current first jump result, there was really no need to continue the trial jump. So after clarifying Jiang Yuan's opinion, he agreed to his exemption from the jump.
It was only after Gao Xu saw Jiang Yuan leave the field directly that he realized that this young athlete named Jiang Yuan had decisively applied for exemption from the jump after confirming the results.
This decisive character also made Gao Xu look sideways. Until he saw Jiang Yuan leave the field without looking back, Gao Xu, who was still wondering whether the first jump just now was Jiang Yuan's extraordinary performance, suddenly had an answer in his mind - it was not an accident, 7.83 meters, perhaps this is the real strength of Jiang Yuan.
***
At this time in the S Province Sports Team, Su Yu was still sitting on a chair, adjusting his state with his eyes closed. It was not until the door of the lounge clicked that he opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Yuan who came in.
Jiang Yuan looked at Su Yu who opened his eyes alertly and smiled: "How are your preparations going?"
Su Yu looked up at the clock in the lounge. It was less than 20 minutes before the long jump qualifying round started, and Jiang Yuan had already returned to the lounge.
Although there was no TV in the lounge, Su Yu had already guessed Jiang Yuan's qualifying result: "Congratulations, brother."
Jiang Yuan smiled and rubbed Su Yu's head: "Thank you, Xiao Yu, now it's your turn to cheer up."
As Jiang Yuan finished speaking, a staff member from the S Province Sports Team also knocked on the door: "Su Yu, it's time to get ready. The game has already reached the fourth group."
The remaining 10 groups of matches will take a total of about 40 minutes. As the player who will appear in the 15th group, it is indeed time for Su Yu to warm up.
So after Jiang Yuan returned to the lounge, Su Yu completed a handover with him, and the person who stayed in the lounge to rest and recover his strength became Jiang Yuan. After saying goodbye to him, Su Yu followed the staff's instructions to a warm-up area reserved for men's 100-meter runners.
At this moment, there were still many athletes warming up in the warm-up area. Although some athletes were a little surprised after seeing Su Yu, Ye Minghao's performance of 10.47 seconds in the previous race, which won the third place in the race, and there were many young athletes from various provincial teams participating in this race with wild card places, so although these 100-meter athletes were a little surprised at Su Yu's appearance, they did not care too much.
The only people who really cared about Su Yu at the scene were Jiang Ruohui, who was in the group and had a good relationship with Su Yu, and two other young players from other provinces, Tang Xianwen and Zhang Ping, who had known Su Yu in the previous base competition.
Among the few people, the first one to see Su Yu was Jiang Ruohui, who was not far from the entrance of the warm-up venue. After seeing him, he immediately waved at Su Yu and shouted, "Xiao Yu, I'm here!"
Su Yu stopped after hearing Jiang Ruohui's call, and then Jiang Ruohui jogged around to him.
"Hey, you're finally here. Ye Zi has already played, and so has Zhou Yuang."
Among the friends in their group, Ye Minghao's group sign was the first, and he was in the third group of the preliminaries. He had already finished the preliminaries and was resting. Zhou Yuang was in the seventh group. There was no TV in the warm-up venue here, and Jiang Ruohui was not sure whether Zhou Yuang had played, but it was probably around this time.
Su Yu had gotten used to Jiang Ruohui's enthusiasm and cheerfulness in the group during this time. After nodding to Jiang Ruohui silently, he began to take off his jacket and trousers and started to concentrate on warming up on the scene.
Although Su Yu had only nodded since they met, Jiang Ruohui didn't mind at all. The reason he came to talk to Su Yu at this moment was mainly because of the mission of their entire group. After all, this was Su Yu's first time to participate in a formal competition, and as a group member, he happened to be warming up at the same time as Su Yu, so of course he had to take care of him a little.
Seeing that Su Yu didn't seem to be uncomfortable at all, Jiang Ruohui breathed a sigh of relief and continued with his own warm-up preparations.
However, Tang Xianwen and Zhang Ping, who were also on the warm-up field at the same time, saw Su Yu from afar and obviously wanted to say something. However, in the end, because they were not familiar with Su Yu, they chose to give up.
The reason for their current state is that the reason they came to participate in the Grand Prix this time is fundamentally related to Ye Minghao and Su Yu.
First of all, in the previous U16 base competition, the sudden appearance of Su Yu gave Tang Xianwen and Zhang Ping a great stimulus, especially Zhang Ping who was initially "tricked" by Fang Mingsen of the S Province Sports Team. His performance in the base competition was ultimately quite embarrassing.
For Zhang Ping, he urgently needed a new competition to build up his confidence. Therefore, after seeing Ye Minghao win the third place in the Grand Prix with a time of 10.47 seconds, Zhang Ping gritted his teeth and proposed to his coach the idea of participating in the Grand Prix to experience the atmosphere of the Grand Prix.
As for Tang Xianwen, although his reason was also related to Ye Minghao and Su Yu, it was not to rebuild his confidence. Instead, it was purely after seeing Ye Minghao's results and hearing from his coach that the S Province Sports Team had also submitted registration forms for Su Yu and Zhou Yuang for this Grand Prix, he was excited and wanted to try the Grand Prix as well to see what kind of results he could get in a competition of this level.
However, compared to his expectations before the competition, when he actually arrived at the Grand Prix and started warming up and preparing for the competition, Tang Xianwen finally realized that he might not be ready to challenge the Grand Prix.
Especially when he finished warming up and followed the staff's instructions to the waiting passage, after looking at the lowest score of 11.17 seconds in the preliminaries that had just ended, his state involuntarily tensed up.
***
At the same time, in the live broadcast room of Jigu Live, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming also followed the director's instructions and shifted their attention from the long jump qualifying round to the men's 100m preliminaries.
"The 100m preliminaries this morning have already reached the 11th group. Oh, there is also a 15-year-old in this group, Tang Xianwen from Province F. This young player is quite capable, and his 100m PB is 11.06 seconds, which is already a good result for a 15-year-old athlete."
In this morning's competition, Jiang Yuan gave a performance in the long jump event that was not inferior to that of the adult athletes. Therefore, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming had some extra expectations for the young athletes who came to participate in the subsequent 100-meter preliminaries.
But unfortunately, as of now, Ye Minghao is still the only player who has made it into the top eight in the preliminary ranking.
Including Zhou Yuan, who is from the S Province Sports Team like Jiang Yuan, and Jiang Ruohui, who is from the G Province provincial team like Ye Minghao. Although the former ran a personal best of 10.99 seconds, compared with the current eighth place of 10.79, Zhou Yuang's result obviously has no hope of advancing to the finals. As for the latter, he performed quite well, but his result of 10.92 seconds also made him miss the final.
As for Tang Xianwen who is competing now, as a young player, he does have good qualifications and strength, but participating in an event like the Grand Prix for the first time seems a bit too much for him. Just from the preparation state at the starting stage, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming can clearly see that this kid looks stiff.
Not to mention compared with Ye Minghao, even compared with Jiang Ruohui and Zhou Yuang, Tang Xianwen's current condition is somewhat bad.
Sure enough, Tang Xianwen's performance in the end was not what Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming had expected. He only scored 11.36 seconds. Not only did he miss the final, he even failed to reach his usual results and performance.
In the live broadcast room, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming did not deliberately criticize Tang Xianwen who had already left the stage. Instead, they objectively commented: "The level of the National Track and Field Grand Prix may still be a bit cruel for young athletes who are too young. I think that when considering training athletes, the provincial teams should further consider the adaptability of young athletes to the competition, rather than forcing young athletes to participate in competitions that are not suitable for them."
"Young players need to train and accumulate competition experience, but how to choose competitions that are more suitable for them is perhaps something that each team should consider more carefully."
What Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming said was relatively tactful, but what they didn't say in their hearts was - after all, not every young player is Jiang Yuan and Ye Minghao, and it would be unnecessary to destroy their self-confidence by participating in the Grand Prix too early.
***
At this moment in the audience, Wang Yangming, who felt that his head was in danger because of Jiang Yuan’s performance not long ago, now felt that he was able to survive again!
After all, you see, not everyone is Jiang Yuan!
In the men's 100m preliminaries, including Ye Minghao, four or five young players have already entered the field. Among these people, except Ye Minghao who ran 10.64 seconds and basically advanced to the finals, the remaining ones can be said to have no chance of the finals at all.
Especially the two people named Jiang Ruohui and Zhou Yuang. According to his cousin, about a month ago, the academic genius Su Yu in their class competed with Jiang Ruohui, Zhou Yuang and Ye Minghao, and defeated Jiang Ruohui with a mere advantage of 0.05 seconds.
Of course, compared with the competition a month ago, Zhou Yuang and Jiang Ruohui's results have improved, but even if they have improved, the performance of these two people has not reached an outrageous level.
According to Wang Yangming's idea, this academic genius in his cousin's class should indeed be a genius, but no matter how genius he is, he still has to abide by the Basic Law, right? The previous time of 10.93 was already a PB, so improving it to around 10.80 this time is quite remarkable, right?
But you have to know that in today's competition, there are several players in the 10.79 range. The eighth place is currently at 10.79 (.774), the ninth place is at 10.79 (.783), and the tenth place is at 10.79 (.895).
This series of players are all stuck in this tight spot. Even if Su Yu's result really improves to around 10.80 seconds, it will not be easy to break through the series of blockades ahead.
With such a kind of 'confidence' that made him feel a little guilty, Wang Yangming analyzed this in a low voice to the track and field fans around him.
But in the end, the elder brother's words broke through his psychological defenses -
"Why are you only thinking about others improving to around 10.80 seconds? What if Su Yu improves to 10.75 seconds? Wouldn't he be able to make it to the finals?"
Hearing this sentence that pierced his defenses, Wang Yangming's heart skipped a beat, and finally said sadly: "It should...it shouldn't be that serious, right?"
The passerby brother spread his hands and said: "How do I know? Anyway, I think your head is hanging a little bit."
Just as Wang Yangming was discussing with his fellow passers-by, the students from No. 12 Middle School in the audience suddenly cheered again, followed by a series of "Su Yu is here!" ', 'Wow, the academic genius is on stage', 'Quick, quick, record a video' and so on.
Following the direction of the students' attention, Wang Yangming was the first to see the child who appeared on the stage with the contestants from the 15th group of the preliminaries.
When he saw Su Yu standing in the ninth lane and starting to prepare, even though he had made a bet with his cousin about his head because of his bad mouth, Wang Yangming couldn't help but say, "Oh no, Mosquito, the genius of your class is in the ninth lane!"
Zhong Wen, who was preparing to cheer for Su Yu with his classmates, was stunned for a moment when he heard this: "What's wrong with the ninth question?"
Wang Yangming touched his chin and said, "I don't mean to say that the ninth lane is necessarily bad, but there is a default unspoken rule in sprint competitions. For example, in the preliminaries, athletes with better results will be given priority in the middle lanes, and only athletes with poorer results will be arranged in the innermost and outermost lanes."
At this point, Wang Yangming stopped talking and did not continue, but Zhong Wen also understood what he meant - the players with better results were arranged in the middle lane, which of course meant that it was better to compete in the middle lane! Need I explain what it means that the contestants with poor performance are arranged in the innermost and outermost lanes?
Of course, being placed in the innermost or outermost lane is not very friendly to the players!
After figuring this out, Zhong Wen and the students in Class 1 of Junior 2 all became anxious: "Why is Su Yu placed at the outermost lane?"
Wang Yangming said, "Let's draw lots. Your genius student probably has bad luck and has drawn the ninth lot."
If it was any other reason, they could still curse, but after Zhong Wen and the others heard this reason, they immediately ran out of reasons to curse - after all, it seemed that this was just a matter of Su Yu's luck.
But this luck is a bit too bad. I was originally participating in the competition to compete with adults, and now I have been drawn to a bad lane.
After a few seconds of silence, Zhong Wen and the other dozen or so classmates all felt a little discouraged.
After all, they watched the 100-meter preliminaries from beginning to end, and they had some idea of what results would allow them to advance to the finals. Now Su Yu was about to take the field. He had originally intended to challenge the impossible in the preliminaries, but this time, the competition hadn't even started yet and he had already lost to others in the lane.
Zhong Wen, after scratching his head frantically for a while, turned to his classmates and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. Our god of study's competition hasn't even started yet, so don't encourage others to lose your own prestige! Didn't everyone say that Jiang Yuan had no hope when he first competed in the long jump? And what did you see in the end? Jiang Yuan ranked second in the qualifying round and advanced to the finals!"
The students of the 12th Middle School who were present also thought that Zhong Wen's words made sense, so they all nodded and said, "That's right! The game hasn't even started yet, so who knows!"
Seeing that his cousin's classmates became active again, Wang Yangming did not continue to spoil their fun.
In the sprint, when Su Yu's preliminary group was ready to start the race, the big brother next to him patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, friend, the one who decides where the last third of your head belongs is here too."
Wang Yangming:! ! !
He quickly scanned the field and soon saw Jiang Yuan, who had arrived at the high jump qualifying competition, under the guidance of his elder brother.
Looking at the two competition fields in front of him, the 15th group of the men's 100m preliminaries on the left was about to begin, and the 2-meter height trial jump of the men's high jump qualifying competition on the right was about to begin. Wang Yangming immediately touched his neck, and the alarm in his heart began to ring.
He still remembered what his cousin said, that although Su Yu and Jiang Yuan were not biological brothers, they grew up together since childhood, so they were no different from biological brothers.
So at this moment, Wang Yangming inexplicably felt a ridiculous crisis in his heart, as if his devil brothers were coming to take his head.
Just as this crisis was rising in his heart, the on-site broadcast began to announce: "The 15th group of the men's 100m preliminaries is about to begin. Please keep quiet, spectators."
——This was the preparation for the firing of the gun for the sprint. For a moment, under the instructions of the broadcast, the entire audience seats in the stadium fell silent, and even the rustling of whispered conversations disappeared.
At the same time, in the Jigu live broadcast room, Tian Ruhui and Zhou Jiming looked at the 9 contestants on the track, put away their discussion, and focused their attention on the field.
"The preliminaries of Group 15 are about to begin. What kind of performance will the players in this group achieve on the field? Let us wait and see!"
As he was speaking, the starter on the field had already given the order to 'get ready'.
On the ninth lane, facing this lane that everyone thought was not ideal, Su Yu did not feel anything was wrong. He just gently stroked his left chest with his right hand, and after feeling the heartbeat as violent and powerful as that in his ear, he looked far away towards the finish line of the race a hundred meters away.
——There, that is there.
That was his destination and the victory he wanted to achieve.
With such a pounding heart, I felt the breathless gaze of the spectators around me, as well as the eye-catching cheering banners from the students of No. 12 Middle School.
When Su Yu squatted on his starting block, he could feel the vitality and anticipation that was completely different from his previous life. The strong desire for victory had surged into his heart at this moment. The absent-minded feeling he had in the training a few days ago had disappeared without a trace. All that was left in his body at this moment was the intense excitement for the upcoming race and the extreme obsession with victory.
At this moment, in his mind, there was no other thought except victory.
At this moment, he wanted to win.
Plop, plop.
At this moment, Su Yu listened to the beating of his heart in his chest, the breathing of his opponents on the track, and the sound of every inch of air on the field at this moment... Every sound seemed to be expressing his desire.
No matter what - he will try his best to fight for every chance of victory!
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