Chapter 521 Two world champions and a rookie
"Justin Alexander, cross the finish line!" The commentator's voice was extremely excited, and the timer was frozen at the number 9.78 seconds. .
"9.78 seconds, Justin Alexander created the best result in this year's 100-meter sprint, and it was also the first time that was within 9.80 seconds after Jitter retired!" The commentator said in an exaggerated tone.
After winning the championship with a time of less than 9.80 seconds, Alexander, the Olympic gold medal, is full of gold content.
After passing the finish line, Alexander did not laugh. His expression was not even excited at all. He only saw him hitting his chest with his right hand and roaring in front of him, as if he had not finished venting his emotions.
McNe of Jamaica looks in a daze. For him, it is really a disaster for Jamaica to fail to keep the gold medal in the 100-meter sprint. And McNe, as the top player of Jamaica, was even more guilty of himself.
"We lost, I have to take the main responsibility." Jamaica coach Fraser said in a low voice.
"Coach, this is not your fault, nor is it the fault of our team members. It's just that Alexander ran too fast, with a time of less than 9 seconds and 80. Unless Jitter plays in person, no one can take the gold medal from Alexander." The assistant spoke.
"What we have to do now is to prove to the whole world that Jitel is not irreplaceable. We have to tell the whole world that even without Jitel, our Jamaica team is still the world's number one sprint power!" Fraser suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that we failed! We lost the gold medal in the 100-meter sprint. Perhaps the whole world will feel that without Jitel, our Jamaica team is nothing!"
"Coach, we just lost a more critical gold medal, with 200 meters and relay races. Next, we have four gold medals to fight. As long as we can win those four gold medals smoothly, we can still prove to the world that Jamaica is the strongest sprint country." The assistant continued to persuade.
The assistant's words seemed to wake Fraser up, and he regained his courage, and then said, "Yes, you're right. The game is not over yet. We have to win the remaining four gold medals!"
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"Coach Li, congratulations! Help the US team regain the gold medal in the 100-meter sprint! Our US team has not won the men's 100-meter sprint championship for three consecutive times. The last time we won this gold medal dates back to 16 years ago!" Donnie said, with a happy face on his face.
"Yes, this gold medal is indeed hard-won." Li Dai looked at Alexander, who was still celebrating at the finish line with a look of relief.
Li Dai knew that Alexander had endured too many tests for this gold medal and constantly challenged Jitter. He was suspended at his peak and returned after he was in his thirties. After more than ten years of tortuous process, countless hard sweat and comebacks, he finally got rewarded.
Although he still failed to defeat Jitter, at this moment, Alexander was still at the peak of the world.
"The gold medal in the 100-meter sprint was also won. In this way, I won a total of two golds and two bronzes today, which is another harvest day." Li Dai's face showed a harvest expression.
On this competition day, only four gold medals were produced in the track and field. The American team led by Li Dai could win two of them, which was indeed a very outstanding result.
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Today's American Athletics Association EO Williams did not miss any track and field competitions.
When the men's 100-meter sprint in the last event won the championship and the award ceremony was over, Williams was still sitting next to the TV, staring at the TV screen in a daze.
After a long time, he sighed and said to himself: "It's been sixteen years, the Olympic gold medal of the men's 100-meter sprint has finally been won back!"
For American track and field, the men's 100-meter gold medal has a different meaning.
The strongest man in the 100-meter world, also known as the fastest running person in the world, is not just a gold medal or an honor, but also symbolizes the best in the world and the limit of human beings. It is the most influential track and field event.
In the past few decades, the United States has dominated the men's 100-meter sprint. The United States has many "flying people", and the world record of 100-meter sprint has been maintained by Americans. Until the rise of Jamaica's Jitter, it broke the United States' monopoly in sprint events, and made Americans not taste the taste of the 100-meter Olympic gold medal in more than ten years.
An American track and field team without a 100-meter world champion is like a zongzi without filling. It looks no different on the outside, but it always feels that the most important thing is missing.
Therefore, the men's 100-meter world champion has always been a heart-wrenching problem for Williams. Now the gold medal has been back in the hands of the United States, which makes Williams feel that the American track and field has become more complete once again.
"This is the fifth gold medal that the track and field team has won! In just three days of competition, we won five gold medals, and the national team's strength is still weaker than in the past. To achieve such a result, Li Dai's coaching level is really amazing. Perhaps the plan needs to be changed. The press conference that was about to shift the responsibility for failure to him will be changed to his celebration banquet!"
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The Olympic track and field competition has arrived on its fourth day, and the topic of the 100-meter sporting war is still continuing. Although no new world record has been born this time, the news that Alexander won the Olympic gold medal still occupies the headlines of many sports media.
Li Dai is concerned about how the news is written, and his energy should be focused on the fourth game day.
On the fourth day of the track and field event, the first event held in the morning was the men's triple-leap long jump qualifying event. This event was the gold-winning point for the United States. Two athletes from the US team successfully entered the finals, including defending champion Thales.
However, what surprised Li Dai was that the European Legion did not perform well. No one of the three traditional powers with triple jumps, including Britain, Italy and Germany, even though one of the three players entered the finals, and only one of Russia entered the finals. On the contrary, the Chinese team, all three athletes entered the finals.
The women's 200m round was held at the same time as the triple-level long jump qualifier, and the three players from the US team easily advanced.
The third event was the preliminary round of the men's 3000m obstacle course. The three young men from the US team performed very well and all advanced to the finals.
After the men's 3000-meter obstacle course, the first gold medal in the track and field is about to be born today, which is the final of the women's hammer.
Li Dai’s favorite thing now is the field racing event. Whether it is high jump, long jump, or four major throwing events, they are all the time when the state scales are effective, and this feeling is like a bet on the size, full of excitement.
However, what Li Dai did not expect was that although he won the bet this time, the American player was in full swing three times, but he did not win the game.
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The women's hammer shot was the third trial shot. Polish athlete Ulodazik stood on the throwing area. He held the handle of the hammer with both hands. The man and the ball began to rotate at the same time. After three rounds, the hammer dropped out and flew into the air.
"Puuu..." The hook ball hit the ground, but the landing point surprised Li Dai.
"This distance is definitely more than 81 meters!"
The Olympic record for women's hammer is 78.18 meters, while the world record is 81.08 meters. According to the situation of world's top competitions in recent years, if you can throw more than 76 meters, you may get a gold medal.
"It's not a world record, right?" Li Dai looked at the scoreboard.
After the surveyor carefully measured and the referee repeatedly confirmed, a 82.29-meter number appeared on the scoreboard.
"Sure enough, the new world record is 1.21 meters higher than the original world record!" Li Dai immediately took a breath. He knew that the US team had no hope for the women's hammer gold medal. Not only the US team, but also the athletes from other countries could not surpass it in the face of a world record.
This is no longer a problem that Libra can solve. The athlete's strength cannot reach the level of breaking the world record. Even if he is in a very good state, he will not be able to win this game.
In the end, the US team won a bronze medal in the women's hammer event. Although this result disappointed Li Dai a little, he could only accept it. Who made his opponent break the world record?
Then came the final of the Women's 3000m obstacle course, which was also the second gold medal born in the track and field today.
This game was basically a three-country competition between the United States, Kenya and Ethiopia. In the end, Kenyan athletes were better at the championship and won the championship. The US team ranked second and won a silver medal, and Ethiopia won the third place.
Although the US team did not win gold medals in the first two final events, it was a great achievement in one silver and one bronze.
The next three events are the first round of the men's 400-meter hurdles, the first round of the men's 110-meter hurdles and the women's discus qualifying competition.
The 400-meter hurdles and 110-meter hurdles are both events in which the US team has gold points, while the women's discus, the US team's athletes performed poorly and no one advanced to the finals.
The third track and field gold medal men's pole vault today will be decided.
The rules of high jump and pole vault are different from long jumps. The long jump event is the first three trial jumps. The top eight scores can enter the last three trial jumps. In the end, whoever jumps further will be the champion.
The high jump event is to determine a height first, and then raise the height bit by bit. At each height, athletes have a chance to jump three times. As long as they succeed, they can challenge the next height. If all three times of jump fail, they will be eliminated. As the height continues to increase, until the last person left is the champion.
At the same time, pole vault allows athletes to avoid jumping. The so-called jumping means that in high jumping and pole vault competitions, in order to save physical strength, athletes can request any jumping at each height without jumping. This jumping is not counted as the number of jumping times. Simply put, athletes can cross a certain height without jumping and directly enter the next height test jump.
In addition, if the athlete fails the first or second jump at a certain height, he can also ask for a jump without jumping and crossing this height, but the number of jumps at the next height can only be the number of unjumping times left after the previous jump failed. For example, at a certain height, the player fails the first jump and applies for a jump without jumping. When he reaches the next height, the previous jump failed will be calculated within the number of jumps, and he only has two chances of jumping.
At the same time, the rules also stipulate that athletes are not allowed to resume trial jumping at a certain height after requesting no jumping, which means that after no jumping, they can only challenge the next height.
In addition, when the height is raised to only one athlete, the athlete must perform a trial jump without avoiding it.
According to this rule of skipping, athletes can theoretically choose skipping until they are left. Of course, at that time, it will definitely be the highest height in the whole game. Once they go over, they will be the first place, but if they can't go over, they will be zero results.
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The first height of today's competition was 5.50 meters. For this height, athletes from France and Russia chose to skip without jumping. Perhaps they felt that this height was not challenging for them, and they couldn't even warm up, so they simply didn't jump and saved some physical strength.
The other ten athletes chose to try jumps. After all, this is a relatively low-difficulty height, so they treat it as a warm-up, familiar with the venue of the competition, or looking for the state of the competition.
5.50 meters is not very difficult for a sport that can enter the Olympic finals. Only one Latvian player did not skip this height and was eliminated, and everyone else passed successfully.
There were eleven athletes left on the field, and the next height increased directly by 0.15 meters to 5.65 meters.
According to the International Athletics Federation, the height increased by pole vaults is at least 5 cm each time. In the Olympics, athletes are at the best in the world. At the beginning of the competition, if the height increases by 5 cm, athletes will perform many trial jumps, which slows down the pace of the competition and the athletes will consume more physical strength, which will affect the viewing of the competition and the final results of the contest. Therefore, the competition will directly increase the height by 15 cm.
Moreover, with the Olympic final level, 5.65 meters can be considered a bit difficult. If you can't even jump over this height, you will never be able to compete for gold medals.
As a result, at this height, five players were eliminated. At this time, there were still six participating athletes left on the field.
The third height increased to 5.75 meters, and another player was eliminated. At this time, there were still five players on the field.
The fourth height is 5.85 meters, which is 10 cm higher than before. Four players skipped this height, while another player chose not to jump after failing two trial jumps, so that he only had one chance to jump at the next height.
The next height is 5.93 meters, and this time the height is increased by 7 cm instead of 10 cm. The reason is that this is because the Olympic record is 5.97 meters.
Since the Olympic record is 5.97 meters, there must be a 5.98-meter Olympic record in the height setting of the Olympic competition. According to the International Athletics Association, the height increased by pole vault is 5 cm each time, so the previous height is 5.98 meters minus 5 cm, which is 5.93 meters.
At this height, both players were eliminated, and there were three athletes left on the field. One French player, one Russian player, and one American player, and the next thing they challenged was the 5.98-meter Olympic record!
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"The next level the athletes want to jump is 5.98 meters, and there are three players on the field, defending champion Patrene from France, World Championship champion Kulayev from Russia, and Mueller from the United States." The commentator introduced.
French player Pat Lai Nie was the champion of the last Olympic Games. The 5.97-meter Olympic men's pole vault record was created by him.
Russian player Kulayev was the champion of the World Track and Field Championships two years ago, and his strength is naturally very strong.
With the strength and fame of these two people, it is natural to challenge the Olympic record.
American player Franz Muller is the first rookie to participate in the World Championships.
At this time, Russian head coach Melcrov looked at Mueller, who looked quite handsome, with an inexplicable expression.
Chapter completed!