Chapter 194 The 16-meter mark!
The score of 15.82 meters kept flashing in Kenichi Oshima's mind. He suddenly felt that he seemed to have returned to four years ago. The situation at that time was similar to today. The Japanese team locked the gold medal again and again, and then the gold medal was taken away by Chen Qiang again and again.
At this moment, the entire Japanese team became speechless, and the cheerful atmosphere just now disappeared without a trace.
The head coach of the Japanese team looked even more dull. Although he knew that Chen Qiang could not surrender, he was mentally prepared in his heart, but when Chen Qiang really jumped out of 15.82 meters, he still felt the heartbreaking pain.
"Don't be discouraged, this is just the second round of trial jump. The game has only been less than halfway through. We still have a chance, and we cannot lose our fighting spirit!" said the head coach of the Japanese team.
At this time, the only thing he could do was to encourage his team members, although he didn't know whether this kind of encouragement would work.
Just when the Japanese team was disappointed, Jack Metcalf also stood in the chase zone. At this time, he was not even a little unresponsive about what had just happened.
A minute ago, before Chen Qiang started his second trial jump, Jack Metcalf was still the world record holder, and a minute later, he was already the "former" world record holder, and his 15.78-meter-78 world record was easily broken by Chen Qiang.
Watching your world record be broken by others, this feeling is like a beloved cup that is smashed to pieces in front of you!
The pride in Jack Metcalf's heart also disappeared without a trace at this time. He is no longer the holder of the world record, as if he has suddenly changed from a god to a mortal.
Jack Metcalf started running up in a daze, and the result can be imagined that his second round of jump ended with a foul failed.
The last one to appear was Japanese athlete Naoto Tashima.
When Naoto Tashima jumped out of 15.76 meters, he thought he was going to win the championship, but he didn't expect that in the next round of trial jump, Chen Qiang surpassed him. At this time, Naoto Tashima was eager to overtake, so he used a very extreme jump method. However, his luck did not stand on Naoto Tashima, and his trial jump also failed.
In the second round of the trial jump, only Chen Qiang and Harada Masao succeeded, while others failed.
In the third round of trial jump, the cannon fodder players took the lead. Their trial jump will last for more than half an hour. For the Japanese team, this is an extremely rare half hour. They can use this half hour to calm down and redevelop countermeasures. Moreover, after half an hour of calmness and adjustment, the Japanese team players will also recover and may even come out of the shadow of defeat.
The head coach of the Japanese team also constantly comforted and encouraged his players. At this time, it is no longer necessary to emphasize technical matters, but psychological counseling can have miraculous results.
More than half an hour later, it was Kenichi Oshima's turn to appear again. His third try jump still ended in failure. It was obvious that Kenichi Oshima had not adjusted his mentality yet.
Kenichi Oshima participated in the Los Angeles Olympics four years ago and personally experienced the triple jump final four years ago, so Chen Qiang caused the most serious psychological shadow on him, so the psychological counseling of the head coach of the Japanese team did not play a role in him.
Currently, Kenichi Oshima's three attempts failed in the last two, but because he jumped out of 15 meters 07 for the first time, he is still in the top six.
The next one to appear is Masao Harada. Although it was his first time participating in the Olympics, his mental state was really good. This time he jumped 15.42 meters, which is also very good.
The German player Heinz Heinz also knew that the medal was not the same as him, and he could not even compare with Masao Harada, let alone surpass Jack Metcalf, Naoto Tashima and Chen Qiang, so he did not have any psychological pressure and tried his best to refresh his best results.
So he still used the extreme jump method, hoping to achieve a good result, but the result was not satisfactory and ended up in a foul.
However, Heinz still ranked fifth among all the players with a score of 17.27 in the first round of trial jump, and successfully advanced to the next three trial jumps.
It's Chen Qiang's turn to make his debut again.
After the first two rounds of trial jumps, Chen Qiang had found the feeling of the game. This time he also adopted an extreme jump method. However, Chen Qiang was not very lucky, and his third trial jump ended with a foul.
Chen Qiang walked off the court and his expression did not seem frustrated. Although he made a foul this time, he also gained valuable experience. He knew what the problem was. He could correct it in a targeted manner when he tried to jump.
The next one to play is Jack Metcalf. His third jump score of only 14.67 meters, which is a big loss. Obviously, Jack Metcalf's form has not recovered yet. However, because Jack Metcalf jumped 15.50 meters in the first round of jump score, he still advanced to the third place and then made three attempts.
Naoto Tashima, who made the final appearance, jumped out of 15 meters and 44 meters. Although it was far inferior to the 15 meters and 76 meters and he successfully jumped out, and he also jumped out of a score of nearly 15 and a half meters, which could be considered a little restored. Perhaps for him, this time, jumping out of this time is also a process for him to regain his state.
The first three rounds of test jumps ended. In addition to Chen Qiang, the six players who advanced to the final also had three Japanese players, Australian Jack Metcalf, and German player Heinz. In the next three test jumps, they will play in reverse order of their results.
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The fourth round of test jump started, and the first one was Kenichi Oshima, and then he gave his third foul!
Jumped four times and three fouls, which is not common in the game, and Kenichi Oshima still failed to jump three times in a row, which is even rare.
It can be seen that the 15-meter 82 that Chen Qiang jumped out has brought Kenichi Oshima more than just a psychological shadow, and it has become a nightmare in Kenichi Oshima's heart. I guess Kenichi Oshima will not be able to recover in this life. He will perform abnormally whenever Chen Qiang plays.
German player Heinz scored 14.53 meters in his fourth try jump. This score was not good, but it was not the worst for him. In theory, his strength was the weakest among the remaining six people. His previous ability was 15.27 meters in the past was entirely due to the extraordinary performance of the home spectators after filling up the buff.
The third one to appear was Masao Harada. He may be the only person not affected by Chen Qiang. This time he tried to jump, he jumped 15 meters and improved his score by 5 cm.
At present, Masao Harada is in good momentum, and his grades have been improving. It is estimated that Masao Harada's grades will improve even after the next two trial jumps.
The fourth appearance was Jack Metcalf, who only jumped 14.83 meters this time. For the former world record holder, it was a bit bad that he could not even jump 15 meters.
If it was just one trial jump but not 15 meters, it could be considered an accident, but it did not 15 meters in two consecutive rounds of trial jumps, which made Jack Metcalf suddenly realize that he had completely lost his form in the game!
"It's over, I'm completely gone!" Jack Metcalf's eyes showed a sense of sorrow.
Because Chen Qiang broke his own world record, Jack Metcalf's mentality completely collapsed, and he also lost his game state. With his current state, even if he adjusted the next two trial jumps, he would not be able to jump out of a good result.
"Is my first Olympic journey over like this?" Jack Metcalf was filled with unwillingness, which was completely different from what he expected.
Before the Olympics began, Jack Metcalf relied on his own as the world record holder, so he was naturally full of confidence. He believed that he would be able to sweep all over the world and win the Olympic gold medal. However, reality played a big joke for him. Before the competition was over, he had already collapsed and completely lost his state. Next, he had to complete the next two trial jumps in such a bad state. Wouldn't this meant to be ugly in front of the audience? It was really an unbearable torment for him.
"It's all that Chinese, he's the one who destroyed my mentality!" Jack Metcalf gritted his teeth viciously. He did not reflect on why his psychological quality was so poor, but instead projected his resentment on Chen Qiang.
Jack Metcalf walked off the arena unwillingly, and he kept complaining about Chen Qiang in his mind, but he was helpless about it. With his strength and today's poor mentality, it is impossible to seek revenge on Chen Qiang.
Next, it was Naoto Tashima's turn to try the jump, and he jumped out of 15.65 meters, which was further improved than the third jump just now.
Although Naoto Tashima was affected by Chen Qiang's 15.82 meters, his game condition quickly recovered. Judging from the fourth jump, Naoto Tashima had returned to his status at the beginning of the game.
The last one to appear was Chen Qiang.
In the last round of trial jump, although Chen Qiang failed to make a foul, he also gained experience. He knew that the problem was, so this time, Chen Qiang made some corrections and adjustments to his technical movements, which also brought about improvements in his grades.
In the fourth try jump, Chen Qiang jumped directly to the score of 15.88 meters, setting a new world record again.
"Chen Qiang was not satisfied, he set a new world record!"
"15 meters 88, a new world record! The overall situation has been decided, there is no suspense in this game!"
"I seem to see the high jump final a few days ago. Chen Qiang has already secured the championship, but he is still challenging himself again and again and constantly creating new results!"
In the stands around, there were applause mixed with praise for Chen Qiang, setting a world record twice in a row, and the audience was once again conquered by Chen Qiang.
However, the Japanese team fell into silence.
Kenichi Oshima, who failed to jump three times in a row, had not recovered yet. He had already had a psychological shadow on Chen Qiang. Now that he saw Chen Qiang breaking the world record again, his psychological shadow expanded in an instant.
Although Masao Harada's psychological quality was very strong, it was wilted as if it was frost-beaten eggplant. For him, 15 meters 82 might be able to pray for a miracle to happen, but 15 meters 88 really exceeded his ability limit. Although Masao Harada's expression was still very tough, as if he was not afraid of Chen Qiang at all, he had already surrendered in advance.
As for Naoto Tashima, he had just recovered his form in the game and was planning to show off his last two try jumps. If he was lucky, he would have a little chance to surpass Chen Qiang's 15 meters 82, but unexpectedly, Chen Qiang raised the bet again! Now what Naoto Tashima wants to surpass is not 15 meters 82, but 15 meters 88!
"Damn it, it's really hateful! 15 meters 82 is not enough! You have to jump 15 meters 88!" Jack Metcalf cursed in his heart.
His mentality became increasingly unbalanced, and Jack Metcalf also realized this. At the same time, he also understood that with his current situation, this bad mentality could no longer be adjusted!
Jack Metcalf was so jealous that if this wasn't in the Olympics, he might have to go up and pk Chen Qiang.
"Although I can't beat you, you can't win so easily!" Jack Metcalf couldn't help but look at Japanese player Naoto Tashima not far away.
Jack Metcalf walked towards Naoto Tashima and said to him: "Mr. Naoto Tashima, I think your technical moves just now will definitely be better if you improve them slightly."
Naoto Tashima was slightly stunned. He didn't know what Jack Metcalf's intentions were, but out of politeness, Naoto Tashima still talked to Jack Metcalf.
Naoto Tashima is a top student at Kyoto Imperial University and can understand English and German, so there is no problem with the communication between the two.
What Naoto Tashima didn't expect was that Jack Metcalf really pointed out several technical flaws he had!
Although Japan was the number one powerhouse in triple-level long jump at that time, this does not mean that Japan's technology is flawless. Although the triple-level long jump in European and American countries is not as good as Japan, this does not mean that the triple-level long jump in European and American countries is completely useless. In the triple-level long jump event, both sides have their own strengths.
Moreover, Jack Metcalf is naturally a bit capable of jumping out of the world record of 15.78 meters. His triple-level long jump skills and his understanding of triple-level long jump are the best in the world. Of course, the suggestions he put forward are also worthy.
What's more, Jack Metcalf is an Australian athlete. The triple-level long jump training system he received is different from that of Japanese athletes, and his observation angle is also different from that of Japanese athletes. It is also because of this reason that Japanese coaches cannot find shortcomings, but Jack Metcalf can see them.
In sports, your opponents often discover your weaknesses earlier!
For example, in NBA, there are some very awesome tactical systems almost every year, but all tactical systems will be broken by the opponent. Sometimes the head coach himself thinks that my tactics are very awesome and my tactics are completely unsolvable, but when it comes to the game, the opponent will definitely find a way to restrain you.
"This Australian ghost beast is right. If I can improve the technical points he just mentioned, the results will definitely improve!" Naoto Tashima looked at Jack Metcalf with gratitude. He didn't expect that Jack Metcalf, as an opponent, would actually help him during the game!
Naoto Tashima deeply felt the greatness and selflessness of the "Olympic Spirit". However, he didn't know that the reason why Jack Metcalf helped him was entirely to stumbling to Chen Qiang.
Jack Metcalf thought so. Since he couldn't beat Chen Qiang, he would improve Naoto Tashima's strength and make Naoto Tashima's performance better, so that at least it could cause trouble for Chen Qiang. If Naoto Tashima exceeds 15.88 meters, he could just pull Chen Qiang off!
After all, Australia is a place where British exiled criminals. The descendants of a group of prisoners and villains have no sports spirit. They never willingly admit their debts when they lose, and always find some extra reasons. Even if they are not as skilled as others, they will have to make some tricks disgusting you. Even in the 21st century, Australian athletes still have this urinary nature.
At this time, the fifth round of test jump also began. Kenichi Oshima, who was the first to play, still failed to make a foul and failed to try jump four times in a row. Kenichi Oshima had completely lost confidence and his game had completely collapsed!
German player Heinz is still seeking to break through himself, and he ended his fifth try jump with a foul again.
Jack Metcalf's situation is similar. His mentality is completely out of balance and even his technical movements have changed. His fifth try jump ended with a foul.
Japanese player Masao Harada jumped out of a score of 15.27 meters, which is the only one among the top four players who successfully tried the jump. However, this score is too far from Chen Qiang's 15.88 meters, and it does not pose a threat to Chen Qiang at all.
It was then Naoto Tashima's turn to appear.
At this time, Naoto Tashima was greatly confident after being guided by Jack Metcalf! The conversation with Jack Metcalf just now gave him a new understanding of triple jump. Naoto Tashima now even feels that he has integrated the triple jump technology from the East and the West!
Naoto Tashima became excited again. He came to the running-up area, looked at the sand pool ahead with a confident look on his face, and then began to accelerate.
This time, Naoto Tashima still adopted very extreme techniques, but his technical actions were different from before. He integrated all the technical points Jack Metcalf mentioned in this trial jump.
Naoto Tashima's body flew through the air and then fell into the sand pool. As he got up, he looked back and saw the traces in the sand pool, which were equal to the 16-meter mark!
"16 meters? Did I read it wrong?" Naoto Tashima could not believe his eyes at all. He subconsciously rubbed his eyes with his hands and looked at the sand pool again.
"It's really 16 meters!" Naoto Tashima whistled excitedly!
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Chapter completed!