Almighty Coach Chapter 517 - Taking the Top Three

Chapter 517: Taking the Top Three

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The U.S. national team had one a gold dal and Dai slept peacefully.

The next morning, Dai Li arrived at Maracana Stadium.

The first event was the qualifier for the won’s triple jump. It began at half past nine in the morning.

In this event, the competition was tight. European, as well as North and South Arican countries, all had athletes with a shot at the gold dal. As such, the U.S. wasn’t definitely going to win.

In the end, one Arican athlete made it into the final. Her na was Mamina Kim. She was only 20 years old. She was one of the athletes who did not have the chance to take part in any competitions before being scouted by Dai Li.

As Dai Li saw Mamina Kim make the final, he decided that he would continue using the state scale in the final.

The event that followed was the preliminaries of the won’s 3,000m obstacle course.

The obstacle course was an event that the U.S. team was historically good at. However, this was almost a long-distance run and there were obstacles to overco, so the stamina expended was around the sa as the stamina expended in a 5,000m race. The two African powerhouses, Kenya and Ethiopia, were also influential in this sort of long-distance sport. Those two countries were the U.S. team’s chief opponents.

There was a total of 18 slots available for the final of the 3,000m obstacle course. As such, it wasn’t that hard to make it into the final. In the end, all three athletes from the U.S. team advanced. However, all three athletes from both Ethiopia and Kenya also made it. Apart from that, Germany and Australia both had two athletes advancing through to the final. Among the Asian countries, only an African athlete from Bahrain made it into the final.

After that, the event that used the track was the first round of the won’s 400m sprint. It was an event the Aricans dominated. It was possible that they take ho the gold, silver, and bronze dals. Getting through the first round was a given.

The field event happening at the sa ti was the n’s discus. All Arican athletes were eliminated in the preliminaries, so Dai Li did not pay attention to the final result of the competition.

The last track and field event of the morning was the first round of the n’s 100m sprint. The 100m sprint had always been one of the most popular events. It was also one of the events with the most contestants. Among the contestants, around one-third of them were considered B standard athletes. They would definitely be eliminated in the first round. Another third of the athletes had just reached the Olympic A standard. These athletes were also there to simply take part in the competition; they would be thankful if they made it to the second round.

Arican athletes were naturally there to win, especially Justin Alexander. Before he was banned, he was the world’s second fastest man. For him and all the Arican athletes, the first round was a warmup.

No track and field event was scheduled in the afternoon. In the evening, the preliminary of the n’s pole vault and the semi-final of the n’s 400m sprint began almost at the sa ti.

The n’s 400m sprint was one of the best events for the U.S. team. They had the “King of the 400m,” Jimmy Irwin, with them. The gold dal was as good as won by the U.S. team. The only unknown was whether the U.S. team would be able to take all three dals.

Franz Muller was to make his appearance in the preliminary round of the n’s pole vault. Although the German fellow did not take part in the qualifiers, his talent potential was S grade. Under Dai Li’s training, he quickly passed the six-ter mark.

The world record for n’s pole vault was 6.16m and the Olympic record was only 5.97m. A result of over six ters was enough to beco an Olympic gold dalist.

Franz Muller did not let Dai Li down. He was the only one from the U.S. team to make it into the final.

The other countries were in a similar situations. For example, the traditionally strong Russian team also only had one athlete going into the final. Another country, Germany, of similar strength also only had one representative in the final. Apart from that, Czech Republic, France, Poland, and etc. all had only one athlete making it into the final. The complete list of the 12 finalists was a list of athletes from 12 different countries. That ant that no single country had an absolute advantage in this event, everyone’s strength was equal.

The event that followed was the final of the n’s long jump competition. It was an event that the U.S. team had a chance at winning. Three Arican representatives made it into the final.

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The long jump event was affected by the drug scandal. Several famous long jump athletes weren’t able to participate in the current Olympic Gas.

However, there were a lot of reputable long jump athletes in the U.S. Even if they were replacent athletes, they still had world-class strength. Paired with Dai Li’s training, their strength was on another level.

Moreover, Dai Li had the state scale. For sports like the long jump that recorded only the best jump out of multiple attempts, the state scale was an essential power.

Dai Li was not disappointed. After the first jump, one of the Arican athletes triggered a lousy condition, achieving a result of no more than 7.5m. The other two athletes triggered the incredible conditions, obtaining results of 8.38m and 8.37m respectively.

The world record for the n’s long jump was 8.95m. The Olympic record was 8.90m. However, those crazy results were the byproduct of the golden era of track and field records in the 1980s and 1990s. It was difficult for modern athletes to jump even 8.50m. A jump that passed the 8.30m mark would ensure first place in a typical international competition.

In the Olympic Gas and the World Championship, the level of the athletes was undoubtedly higher than a normal international competition. However, an 8.30m jump was still an impressive feat.

One 8.38m and another 8.37m. For the athletes from other countries, these results were two critical blows to their chest. Even if they survived, they received severe internal injuries. The weaker athletes probably thought of quitting when they saw those results.

Great athletes also felt a twinge of bitterness when they saw umps that were close to 8.40m. Everyone participated with the gold dal as their target. If they could not win the gold dal, the silver dal was a good alternative. Now, the gold and silver dal were already almost out of reach. For the athletes who aid for gold, it was a very tough pill to swallow.

With the Aricans obtaining two excellent results right off the bat, the contestants from the other countries would have to utilize extre techniques in their next five jumps. It was impossible for them to surpass those two jumps if they played it safe. There was additional pressure on these athletes because using extre techniques an increasing your likelihood of failing.

The athletes from other countries had no choice, they had to give it their all.So of them would succeed and so of them would fail.

After three rounds, the best result was still the record set by the Arican athlete at 8.38m. The second-best result was the 8.37m set by the other Arican athlete. The third-ranked result was also from an Arican athlete, set at 8.31m. The Arican athlete who didn’t even make it to the 7.5m mark in the first round finally triggered a maximum condition on his third attempt, improving his result to 8.31m.

With that, the gold, silver, and bronze dals seed to disappear from any other athletes

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The famous long jumper from Great Britain, Rutherford, stared at the scoreboard in despair. He had just recorded an 8.33m jump, sending the previously third-ranked Arican into fourth place.

However, that Arican athlete imdiately made a leap of 8.39m, leapfrogging everyone into first place.

Rutherford was brought more despair when the last Arican athlete to make his attempt achieved a result of 8.41m.

Rutherford felt like crying when he saw a jump that went over the 8.40m mark.

What’s wrong with the U.S. team today? Did they all grow wings? If we continue like this, the Aricans will win all of the dals in long jumping. Rutherford felt imnse sorrow. He lost all ambition to fight for victory.