China Athletics Street Tour Beijing Station held
News from our newspaper (Reporter Chen Jiakun) The Beijing Railway Station of the China Track and Field Street Tournament held a men's high jump event in the Wukesong Cultural and Sports Plaza. The 2018 Youth Olympic Games champion Chen Long defeated champion Wang Yu and won the championship with 2.19 meters.
The Beijing Railway Station is the first stop of the China Track and Field Street Tour this year, with 9 high jumpers participating. Asian Games champion Wang Yu, as the two-time champion and record holder of the competition, is regarded as the favorite to win. Chen Long, who represented the Sichuan team, started a test jump from a height of 2 meters. After the first jump failed, the second jump passed the pole smoothly. Since then, he has gradually found the feeling of the game in the four heights of 2.05 meters, 2.0 meters 10, 2.16 meters and 2.19 meters. In the end, none of the nine players in the audience skipped 2.2 meters. Although Li Jialun from Heilongjiang also skipped 2.19 meters at one time, he ranked second after Chen Long because of his low success rate.
Chen Long, who only turned 18 in November this year, said that this was his first time participating in a street competition. At first, he couldn't let go, but gradually relaxed as the competition progressed. Although he won the championship, he was not satisfied with the results. The 2.19 meter was 3 cm lower than his victory in the Youth Olympic Games. Wang Yu skipped two heights of 2m10 and 2m16, both of which were shots at once. When challenging the height of 2 meters 22, he failed 3 consecutive attempts and finally ranked third.