“8.24 meters! Congratulations to Huang Changzhou for reaching the standard of Tokyo Olympic Games!” At the moment when the commentary shouted the results, the audience’s emotions were instantly ignited and the atmosphere of the game reached its climax. This also means that the Chinese Men's long jump will be fully contest at the Tokyo Olympics Games.
On the evening of July 24th, the Chinese track and field street tour ushered in the Chengdu station competition. This is the 5th long jump event held on the Chinese track and field street tour. A total of 9 top Chinese long jump athletes participated. In the end, Huang Changzhou won the championship with 8.24 meters. Becoming the third player in this project has reached the standard of Tokyo Olympic Games after the Gao Xinglong and Zhang Yaoguang. Zhang Yaoguang finished runner-up with 8.18 meters, and Chongqing athlete Sun Yize won the third place with 7.98 meters.
Huang Changzhou, who had jumped 8.26 meters in the street race and the long jumper Zhang Yaoguang, who has already reached the World Championships and the Tokyo Olympic Games, became the focus of the game. These two athletes have played against each other many times in previous years and their strength is comparable. In the 2018 street race Nanjing Station, Huang Changzhou won the championship with a 0.02-meter victory over Zhang Yaoguang. This year's street race in Nanjing, Zhang Yaoguang beat Huang Changzhou with a score of 8.10 meters to win the runner-up; at the National Track and Field Championships in early July, Huang Changzhou finally won the championship with 8.15 meters. Therefore, this competition in Chengdu between these two athletes has become the biggest focus.
In the evening, the players entered the state very quickly. In the first round of trials, Huang Changzhou ranked first with 7.99 meters and the young player Zhang Jingqiang refreshed his personal best with 7.90 meters. In the second round, Zhang Yaoguang jumped 8.18 meters surpass Huang Changzhou. In the third round, Zhang Yaoguang made a mistake and Huang Changzhou jumped with 8.24 meter score to lock the championship, which exceeded the qualification of 8.22 meters in the Tokyo Olympics Games.
At the end of June this year in La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland, Zhang Yaoguang jumped with the 8.25-meters score and successfully reached the standard of Tokyo Olympic Games. In the same game, the Gao Xinglong jumped with 8.23 meters score and reached the standard with Zhang Yaoguang. Today, Huang Changzhou also jumped the standard of the Tokyo Olympic Games and the advantage of the Chinese Men's long jump group once again appeared. At this point, the Chinese team has already qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games in the Men's long jump.
With the win of Huang Changzhou, the Chengdu race has also come to the end. This is also the annual finale of the Chinese track and field street tour this year. From the Nanjing with World Challenges to create joint-venture events, to the first time in Beijing to put the 100-meter sprint event on the streets, this competition is the landing of Chengdu landmark Chunxi Road, providing many sports fans with the opportunity to get close contact with high-level track and field events. (Li Dongyu / Article China Track and Field Street Tour Official Weibo / Picture)
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