The preliminaries of the Olympic long jump competition are also called the qualifying rounds. To put it bluntly, you have to jump over the passing line before you are eligible to enter the finals. Otherwise, you will not even be qualified to compete with Lewis.

The men's long jump qualifying competition of this Olympic Games is divided into two groups. Gong Xiaoya's group A has a total of 20 athletes. The strongest among them is Carl Lewis, who has not lost in more than 50 consecutive long jump competitions.

Lewis also heard Gong Xiaoya's brazen speech from American reporters.

"It's not worth caring about a fledgling kid what he says. My only opponents are Powell and Myricks."

Lewis probably doesn't know how scary Chinese geniuses are, so he doesn't understand why his reporter cares about a 19-year-old boy.

"Look, the Chinese guy is coming!"

"This guy has a pretty good body shape. I wonder if he's really that powerful?"

"His body shape looks more like Powell's. I wonder how he does the 110-meter hurdles?"

"..."

Western media, especially the American media, will be very concerned about Gong Xiaoya because they are too afraid of losing this project.

The United States' dominance in the long jump is almost as unrivaled as the Soviets' dominance in the high jump.

In the last Olympic Games and World Championships, the American team won all the medals in this event.

If nothing goes wrong this year, they still have a great chance to win all the medals, because Lewis, Powell, and Myricks are currently the top three athletes in the world in the long jump event.

But accidents began to happen after Gong Xiaoya appeared. Unlike Lewis, their understanding of Chinese sports was completely blank.

These Chinese geniuses are so terrible that they are already a bit disappointed.

"China People's Broadcasting Station and CCTV are broadcasting for you the qualifying round of the men's long jump competition."

"The rules of this competition are not complicated. All 40 players are divided into two groups to compete. Each player has three trial jump opportunities. The referee team will record each player's best effective score without committing a foul.

If all three jump attempts are illegal and invalid, or if the best result is not among the top 12 of the two groups, he will be eliminated and will not be able to enter the finals the day after tomorrow."

As Song Shixiong was talking, Gong Xiaoya was already standing in front of the runway, preparing to make his first trial jump.

"We can see Gong Xiaoya standing in front of the runway. He solemnly marked 'gan' on his chest, cough cough cough... OK, he raised his arms high and raised his head to invite the audience to give him a high-five.

Cheering...well, it seems that the sun's rays are a bit strong, and he seems to have flashed his eyes..."

At this time, Song Shixiong, as well as the Chinese reporters at the scene, including the leaders, couldn't help but cover their eyes with Gong Xiaoya, because this was so embarrassing!

"This player... seems to have a very lively personality and likes to do things a lot... He is shaking his arms with an angry look, intending to mobilize all the energy in his body... Well, Gong Xiaoya rushed towards the sand pit, very fast

, it feels a bit like walking on the air... This is a 45-meter-long approach track, which is enough for players to increase their speed to the highest level... Gong Xiaoya rushed to the take-off board, and he flew into the air like a big roc, very

Beautiful and long arc, perfect landing!"

By the end of Song Shixiong's explanation, he had long forgotten what Gong Xiaoya had just said, and looked at Gong Xiaoya who landed on the 9-meter line in shock.

Not only Song Shixiong was shocked at this time, but the players who were warming up and the reporters who were holding their cameras high to take pictures were all shocked by this shocking jump, and their mouths couldn't be closed.

The American reporter had been mentally prepared just now, but after seeing Gong Xiaoya using a perfect aerial posture to land near the distance that represents the limit of human beings, he still could not accept this cruel fact!

"Did he commit a foul? Did he commit a foul?"

"Did he step on the outside of the springboard when he took off?"

"The landing position is too far. His first jump in the qualifying round will not exceed 8.6 meters, right?"

"How do I feel that he is close to the world record at this position?"

"..."

At this time, everyone present, including the Chinese team’s coaching staff and team leader, couldn’t believe what they were seeing.

Gong Xiaoya's landing position was almost at the end, which was obviously more than 8.6 meters, and probably even more than 8.7 meters.

Many people don’t know what this distance means. Generally speaking, as long as you can jump with an effective result of more than 8.4 meters, it is enough to compete for the gold medal; if it exceeds 8.5 meters, even if there are opponents like Lewis competing on the same stage, in fact,

There is also a good chance of winning the championship.

If it exceeds 8.6 meters, then Lewis may not have the confidence to make a comeback, because if he wants to jump out of this distance, it depends on luck, condition, and most importantly, the dosage of drugs used.

"The results are out! He jumped 8.83 meters!"

"What, 8.83 meters? That's right!"

"It's impossible. In the last Olympics, Lewis only jumped 8.54 meters. This is the first trial jump in the qualifying round. 8.83 meters is a joke!"

"How is it possible? This is already infinitely close to the world record!"

"Am I dreaming? In my first trial jump in the qualifying round, I almost broke the 'jump of the century'???"

"..."

As soon as Gong Xiaoya's result came out, all the reporters and players at the scene were stunned, including Lewis, who almost sat down on the ground in shock.

Even he could achieve this result only when he happened to be in top form during countless training sessions and made every step perfect.

But this situation has only occurred a few times in my entire career. As for the official competition, I have never jumped above 8.80 meters.

"Wait a minute, the referee made a move that invalidated the test jump!"

"What, did he really break the rules?"

"But, just now, the three regional vice presidents raised the white flag to indicate that it is valid?"

"The assistant referee knows nothing, the main referee even made the penalty invalid!"

"Haha, I said it must be a foul. How could the Chinese jump above 8.8 meters?"

"..."

The Western reporters and contestants at the scene were already disappointed with this result.

But I didn't expect that this test jump would be like riding a roller coaster. Now that the result was invalid, everyone felt like a weight weighing dozens of kilograms had been pulled from their chests. They could finally breathe normally.

"What the hell? Where did I commit a foul?"

Gong Xiaoya was originally imitating Wu Jie's "Dapeng Spreads Wings" celebration, but unexpectedly, after jumping up and half-turning to land, he just opened his arms and let out a roar, successfully showing off his funny act, and was told that this jump was a foul.

Already.

But the question is was it really a foul?

Song Shixiong raised questions at this time, because not only did the three assistant referees raise the white flag to indicate validity, but from the replays on TV, Gong Xiaoya's trial jump was perfect in every aspect.

After the first replay, even the American commentators thought it was okay?

"We haven't notified you that you can try to jump. According to the rules, regardless of whether it is successful or not, the test jump should be deemed a failure!"

The great referee had a gloating smile on his face, but he did not make a formal notification just now, and Gong Xiaoya and the Chinese team did not give him the final confirmation.

So according to the rules, this jump does not count whether it is successful or not.

"My eyes, my expression, didn't you see it?"

Gong Xiaoya was very angry when he heard this. He had just looked at the referee and nodded, and the other party even nodded in response, but now he said that the trial jump was invalid. Isn't this bullying an honest person?

"Sorry, I didn't see it! And it should be your eyes and actions that came to see me!"

When the referee spoke, he pointed at Gong Xiaoya's small eyes, which meant that your eyes were too small.

Of course, the person himself would definitely not admit that this was what he meant. Instead, he indicated that he did not see it and did not give any instructions to perform a trial jump.

"Made, no matter how small my eyes are, they are much bigger than yours!"

Gong Xiaoya was really angry. This idiot had even smaller eyes than him. He actually had the nerve to use this to ridicule him. Damn it!

But the problem is that anger is gone, and if you continue to struggle, nothing will change. Who knows that the referee is really making reasonable use of the rules.

However, after the media and players at the scene learned the reason for Gong Xiaoya's foul, their mood sank again.

This kind of unnecessary foul has nothing to do with strength at all. In addition to not receiving a formal confirmation from the referee, Gong Xiaoya's jump actually jumped away from the second place in history.

If this is not the result of bad luck, it already shows that he can definitely threaten Lewis's king status.

Of course, the Western media unanimously decided to obscure the specific reason for the foul without any discussion.

After the game, they would only report Gong Xiaoya's foul on this jump. They would not mention anything else, and they would not even write down the results.

But the question is, is this his first jump, or the first jump in the qualifying round?

If Gong Xiaoya had this strength, would he take such a frightening leap of faith again?

This question will be answered soon, because each player only has 1 minute and 30 seconds to prepare for the competition, and it only takes half an hour for this group of 20 players to cycle through it.

So half an hour later, when everyone saw Gong Xiaoya standing in front of the running point again, God, the old man silently covered his ears again, because the prayers he heard for more than a minute were all prayers that even his colleagues in hell would think

Excessive vulgar language.

This time Gong Xiaoya and his coaching staff learned a lesson. They first confirmed whether the trial jump sequence was normal, and then asked the referee if it was okay to try the jump?

This time, the stick referee did not dare to deliberately make things difficult. He could only look up to the sky and let out a long sigh, signaling that he could start dancing.

Gong Xiaoya snorted coldly. This time he didn't even swing his arms. He spread his legs against the headwind and galloped towards the sand pit like a strong horse whipping his whip!

"Idiot!"

Before taking off into the air this time, Gong Xiaoya's shout changed to a big grass, and his whole posture in the air was like lifting a bag of explosives to blow up the Blue House, and then landed at the end of the sand pit with a "pop"!

At this moment, the French referee in the bunker area raised the white flag almost without thinking, signaling to the world that this jump was not a problem for him at least!

What about the results?

Everyone looked towards the referee area and saw that after the main referee and the assistant referee gathered together, there was an abnormal commotion soon!

At this time, the audience in front of the TV first saw a valid result displayed on their screen - "8.55 meters!"

Then the camera turned and saw Gong Xiaoya, who didn't even do any celebrations. He got up from the sandpit and cursed. At the same time, a clear and beautiful Chinese speech was being broadcast all over the world along the radio above - "
Chapter completed!