After hearing this number, athletes from fifteen other countries almost suspected that they had heard it wrong.
Height of two meters?
Is he probably not joking?
Before this, the tallest height of the six people in front was only 1.5 meters.
Even at a height of 1.5 meters, it is possible to win the championship.
Now this athlete from Datang has to challenge the height of two meters. Is he not awake yet?
Not to mention these athletes, even the referee was stunned when he heard it, wondering if he heard it wrong.
"Athlete, are you sure that the height you want to challenge is two meters?"
Song Chao nodded and said, "I'm sure!"
Seeing that Song Chao was sure, the referee had no choice but to order the staff to raise the crossbar to a height of two meters.
Although the spectators in the auditorium could not hear what the athletes were saying.
But looking at them, it seemed like something had happened at the scene.
Soon, they discovered that the height of the high jumping scene was actually raised to a height higher than that of a human being.
I'm in heaven!
Is the high jump sport of our Tang Dynasty so powerful?
Can you jump to such a high height?
This is really incredible!
Our Tang Dynasty is really full of experts!
Seeing this height, the audience couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in their hearts.
"Athlete Song Chao, are you ready? If you are, you can take off!"
Now even the referee is attracted by this height.
He really wanted to see how Song Chao jumped to such a height.
Song Chao nodded and said, "I'm ready, can we start?"
"Can!"
After getting the referee's permission, Song Chao began to retreat.
Um?
Aren't you just standing in place and dancing?
What are you holding back?
Under everyone's doubtful gaze, Song Chao quickly retreated to a distance of seventy or eighty steps, and then quickly ran forward.
Soon, when he ran under the pole, he made a diving leap.
Using a back-to-back posture, he easily jumped over the crossbar at a distance beyond the crossbar, and then hit the mat behind him.
"This, this, he fouled! He fouled!"
"The high jump requires you to take off with both feet on the same spot. How can you jump like this while running?"
"That's right, that's right, this grade doesn't count at all!"
"Hmph! If you ask me to jump like this, I can jump three meters high!"
After Song Chao got up from the mat, the referee also came over, frowned and said to him: "Player Song Chao, your jump..."
Before the referee could finish speaking, Song Chao interrupted him directly and asked: "Excuse me, what are the rules of the high jump?"
The referee couldn't help but said: "The rules of the high jump are that the human body must jump over the crossbar and no part of it may touch the crossbar."
Song Chao nodded and said, "Yes, so may I ask, where did my action just now violate the rules?"
"Well, this, this, it seems there isn't one!"
Song Chao's actions certainly did not violate any rules.
Because in later high jump competitions, everyone basically jumped like this.
But athletes from other countries gave up and reported foul play by Datang athletes.
At this time, the referee also became embarrassed.
The referee is a member of the Tang Dynasty, and of course his heart is towards the athletes of the Tang Dynasty, but now that it has aroused opposition from athletes from fifteen countries, he does not dare to draw conclusions easily.
There is no other way, the referee can only report this situation to the arbitration department.
The Arbitration Department is jointly composed of Li Min and an envoy from each of the fifteen countries.
Soon, Li Min came to the scene with members of the arbitration department.
Fifteen members of the arbitration committee from other countries, because this jump method is not good for them, because athletes from their countries have never practiced this move, so they firmly objected and demanded that Song Chao's results be cancelled.
He jumped again according to normal movements.
After hearing the words of the fifteen members of the national arbitration committee, Li Min said: "Ahem, I would like to say a few words. First, this athlete's jumping method does not violate any rules. If this is the case, why should he do it?
What about canceling his results?”
"You can't see someone jumping high, getting good results, and winning the championship, and then shamelessly announce that their results are invalid, right?"
The arbitrators from the fifteen countries were very angry when they heard that the King of Shu actually called them shameless in public.
But they didn't dare to scold him back in public.
After all, the famous saying that a weak country has no diplomacy was true in that era.
Their countries all depended on the Tang Dynasty for their survival.
Datang has many technologies and knowledge that they want to learn. How dare they offend Datang?
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu of the Tang Dynasty, but everyone dances like this, only this one athlete dances like this, this is against the rules."
Li Min sneered: "If others are stupid enough to jump into the river, do you have to follow suit? As for why other athletes don't jump like this, I can only say that they are not smart enough."
"So, my opinion is that since this athlete did not violate the rules, then his results are valid! This will be the case for any future events!"
"If you feel that the athlete did not violate the rules, but his method is indeed unreasonable, then it is not impossible to bring it up for discussion. But only after the rules are changed, the athlete can be judged to have violated the rules. In other words, no matter what, this time
, his results are effective.”
"Furthermore, I think that since he can jump higher with this method, why should his results be invalidated instead of everyone learning his jumping method? I think that of course, advanced jumping methods should replace backward ones.
Jumping method. I have never heard of the principle of suppressing advanced methods and using stupid old methods instead!"
Li Min's words made the arbitrators from the fifteen countries blush and were unable to refute.
Yes, other people's methods are obviously more advanced, so why not use advanced methods but continue to use backward methods?
Therefore, under Li Min's decision, Song Chao's results are valid.
Any athlete can perform a back jump.
Therefore, Song Chao's score of 2.1 meters undoubtedly temporarily topped the throne.
This result is very likely to be enough to win the championship.
The eighth athlete to play next is Meng Hu. The height Meng Hu chose is 1.9 meters.
In fact, Meng Hu can already jump over a height of two meters.
But before the game, Li Min told him.
For the first jump, try to choose a height that you are confident about, and first determine a valid score.
Later, you can rush out slowly.
Meng Hu, on the other hand, strictly implemented the requirements of the King of Shu.
With a height of 1.9 meters, this Datang athlete probably jumps in the same way as the one just now, right?
As expected, Meng Hu also took seventy or eighty steps back, and then used a running approach and a back jump to easily jump over a height of 1.9 meters.
At this time, athletes and envoys from other countries suddenly remembered something.
This sports meeting was initiated by the King of Shu. Isn't it possible that they had already prepared for it?
These two athletes from the Tang Dynasty were probably trained by the King of Shu himself, right?
No wonder, when they reported that this action was illegal, the King of Shu reacted so violently.
After Meng Hu, the ninth athlete also chose the back jump method.
I have to say that this jumping method is indeed more advanced.
The ninth athlete did not dare to choose a height that was too high, but chose a height of 1.6 meters.
The height of 1.6 meters is currently the third highest.
Then, he started to back up, take a run, and take off.
As a result, he jumped over easily.
The athlete suddenly jumped up excitedly.
Others also had thoughtful looks in their eyes.
It turns out that this method is not difficult to master. After using this method, you can easily improve your performance.
In this case, they decided that they would all try this jumping method next.
Anyway, there are a total of five rounds of opportunities. With some proficiency, they may not have a chance to win the championship.
But soon, they discovered that they seemed to be thinking too much.
Each of the next athletes chose the back-jump high jump method.
For the first time, the height they chose was not very high. They basically chose a height of 1.7 meters.
Because now the third height is 1.6 meters.
If they choose 1.6 meters or less, it means nothing to them.
Because only the top three are rewarded, what they want to challenge is the top three.
But the next few athletes all ended up failing when they jumped.
After that, they discovered that the back jump was not as simple as they imagined.
At the very least, it's not something you can become proficient in just a few times.
Sure enough, the ninth athlete was the one who successfully jumped a height of 1.6 meters using the back jump for the first time.
When I challenged the height of 1.7 meters for the second time, I also ended in failure.
This time, because he exerted force in the wrong way, his foot hit the pole heavily.
According to the actual height, it will not exceed 1.5 meters.
The game passed round after round.
When everything is over, the top three will be born.
The first place was Song Chao, who jumped two meters high.
The second place was Meng Hu, who won the runner-up spot with a height of 2.1 meters.
The third place was surprisingly the athlete who came up in ninth place. His score of 1.6 meters was maintained until the end, becoming the third place.
When the champion was born, thunderous shouts erupted from the scene.
The audience at the scene was really having fun.
They never expected that watching sports games would be so exciting and enjoyable.
Many of them were hoarse without even realizing it.
It's really, so exciting!
The next competition event is the long jump.
In the long jump event, there are also five opportunities, and the best result will be taken as the final result.
This time, the two athletes from Datang were directly ranked at the bottom.
When the competition started, the athletes from the other fifteen countries stood still and took off.
The best score is 2.45 meters.
This result is considered a good result in the standing long jump.
Finally, it was the turn of Datang's athletes to take the field.
Then the athletes from the other fifteen countries were shocked to see that the athletes from the Tang Dynasty were actually retreating.
He retreated seventy or eighty steps, then started running, getting faster and faster. When he reached the pit, he suddenly jumped up and jumped over six meters.
This result is almost three times theirs!
But this is not the point. The point is that the referee actually recorded his results.
But, how could this be?
We are all standing in the long jump. How come the athletes of Datang Dynasty changed it to a running approach?
If you play like this, is it better than a piece of wool?
It turned out that the athletes from these fifteen countries were nervously doing various warm-up actions before the competition because the competition was approaching.
So they didn't pay attention to the previous game.
If they had paid attention to the previous game, they would not have asked this question.
"Referee, he committed a foul and ran away!"
"Yes, he committed a foul! His score is invalid!"
"You can only stand and jump, you can't run!"
At this time, the referee took out the rules with a straight face and said: "Please pay attention to the rules of long jump. The rules say that the starting point cannot exceed the starting line. After landing, the calculation will be based on the last landing trajectory. Excuse me, what point did he violate?
Rules?"
"But, he ran away!"
"The rules don't say you're not allowed to run, right?"
The long jump originally requires a run-up, and the rules were set by Li Min. Naturally, he would not add the rule that no run-up is allowed.
Of course, there is no need to add it if it can be used as a run-up.
The only blame is that athletes from fifteen other countries are stupid and never thought of this.
"But, we didn't run away!"
"You can run too? No one is stopping you? The competition continues! Anyone who has any doubts will be disqualified."
As the saying goes, people under low eaves have to bow their heads.
With the referees from the Tang Dynasty being so strong, the athletes from the other fifteen countries quickly became intimidated.
When the audience saw this scene, they were immediately proud.
The feeling of being crushed in terms of IQ is very refreshing, very enjoyable and very enjoyable to watch.
Look, these are our athletes from Datang!
In terms of IQ, he surpasses athletes from other countries!
It has to be said that butt determines thinking.
If athletes from other countries had done this, they would have been scolded by them countless times.
The game continues.
Of course, starting from the second round, athletes from the other 15 countries also started running.
As for the long jump, the run-up is actually very easy to get started with.
After passing the run-up, their performance has also been greatly improved.
Basically, he can jump to more than four to five meters.
However, it is not that difficult to surpass the six-meter mark achieved by Datang athletes.
Getting started with run-up is very easy, once is enough.
But it is simply impossible to master the speed, timing and power point of the approach in just four jumps.
Therefore, in the end, two athletes from Datang won the championship and runner-up without any suspense, and the third place was won by an athlete from Nanzhao.
The next game is horse racing.
Horse racing is also a favorite event among spectators.
When the seventeen horses and knights stood together in front of the race track, there were bursts of cheers.
The passion of the audience was once again detonated.
The two Datang athletes this time were both selected from the army.
There are naturally experts among the common people.
But compared with the military, there is still a gap.
In the national competition of the Tang Dynasty, two equestrian masters from the army won.
But in this competition, Datang's athletes did not have an advantage for the first time.
There is no way, many of these fifteen countries are grassland nomads.
Compared with the famous people who grew up on horses, it is normal for them to be inferior to them in riding skills.
As a result of this competition, Datang Knights only achieved third place.
This is also the first time since the competition that Datang missed the championship and runner-up.
Such a result of the game made the audience feel very sad.
But it goes without saying that horse racing is indeed very exciting.
Seventeen riders from sixteen countries all showed superb riding skills and gave them a wonderful performance.
After the horse racing, it’s time for the last round of the day, the Cuju competition!
In the Cuju Competition, a total of 16 countries and 17 teams compete.
There will be sixteen teams today, a total of eight games, and one team will have a bye.
In the next time, these sixteen teams sent their captains to draw lots.
The person assigned to deal with the disobedient team is Captain Cheng Chuliang.
As a result, Cheng Chuliang was extremely lucky today and actually got a bye draw.
I don't want to show off myself to Cheng Chu, but I'm not very happy about it.
"How did you get a bye draw? Really, I wanted to show my face once, but it's really disappointing!"
After the lots are drawn, the competition begins.
The first game was between Datang’s Tiger Ya team and Tubo’s Wild Wolf team.
This game immediately made the 100,000 spectators extremely excited.
Well, although they didn't like Huya Team very much during Datang's domestic competition.
Because the Huya team's games are obviously not as passionate as other teams' games.
The Huya team focuses more on defensive counterattacks. Their games are always the ones with the fewest goals and are not so passionate and passionate.
But now, they are attacking on behalf of Datang!
The Huya team's perfect defense impressed them extremely.
Humph, now we need to let Tubo's Wild Wolf Team see what absolute defense means!
Not long after, athletes from both sides came to the competition venue.
When both athletes are ready, the referee blows the whistle and the game officially begins.
The first time was when the Huya team kicked off.
The Tiger Tooth Troop launched an attack on Tubo's Wild Wolf Troop.
The center and forward of the Huya team cooperated perfectly, easily breaking through the Wild Wolves' defense and taking the lead to score a point.
The Huya team's attack made countless spectators at the scene shine.
Originally, they had always thought that the Huya team was not good at attacking.
However, it wasn't until today that they discovered that this didn't seem to be the case at all.
The Huya team's defense is just stronger, but their offense is actually just as sharp.
During the domestic competition, it seemed that they were deliberately training defensive formations and did not focus on attack.
But that doesn't mean they won't attack.
Huya’s team members work very well together and their individual abilities are outstanding.
As for Tubo's Wolf Fang Team, it was obvious that it had only been formed not long ago, and the cooperation between the team members was still a bit rusty.
Even, they don't have a fixed formation.
Therefore, in this battle, the Huya team went all out and won a hearty victory with a score of 16 to 0.
And the spectators who were watching were quite satisfied!
It turns out that the Huya team is so strong!
The next seven games will be unevenly matched.
Because some countries recruit Cuju players temporarily because they are about to hold the Sixteen-Nation Games.
Before this, their country did not even have the sport of Cuju.
Because of the Sixteen-Nation Games, they began to train players, and Cuju began to be a sport in China.
Therefore, one can imagine their level.
In some countries, after the Tang Dynasty developed a new way of kicking Cuju, the nobles of their countries found it very fun.
Then the Cuju sport was introduced to their country.
The level of Cuju in these countries is very high.
Some of them are not even worse than Datang's teams.
This also made the audience here, while having enough fun, start to worry about the two teams of Datang.
Because once you encounter them, you really may not be able to win!
After the day's competition was over, Li Min was very tired.
Although the specific affairs are done by the people below.
But on this day, Li Min was not idle.
He was mainly busy taking photos of the scene so that they could be published in Yizhou Monthly.
The Yizhou Monthly for these three days will actually become the Yizhou Daily, and news about the Sixteen Nations Games will be published every day.
The names of athletes who win the championship will be published in newspapers.
Especially Su Wen, who won the first gold medal for Datang, was especially praised.
Not only did he win the first gold medal for Datang, he was also the first gold medal in the Sixteen Nations Games!
He is the champion of the 100-meter dash and is currently the best runner among the sixteen countries!
I believe that Su Wen's name will definitely be recorded in history and will still be mentioned by people even thousands of years later.
The champions of other competitions also have the same honor, but they may not be as dazzling as Su Wen.
The competition was over. After Li Min went back, he printed out all the photos taken today.
Then all these photos were given to Xia Yuntian, the editor-in-chief of Yizhou Monthly.
And then, it was time for Xia Yuntian to get busy.
Well, there are hundreds of reporters at Yizhou Monthly.
There are also hundreds of people stationed in Yizhou.
Today, they have all been sent to various places in Yizhou, and the gymnasium is a top priority.
The manuscript has actually been written long ago.
After King Shu sent over the printed photos, they could type them.
But tonight, they have to work overtime to print the newspaper.
Tomorrow morning, newspapers will be sent out in all directions.