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Chapter 478: Chapter 322 Warm-up_3
One by one, the students either cleared the bar or crashed into it and failed.
Dan Kaiquan fell in front of the 1.6-meter bar.
After his elimination, Guo Kunnan consoled him, "Brother, you were already awesome. Didn’t you see? A lot of the athletes were eliminated."
Dan Kaiquan replied, "I’m actually okay, but what I can’t understand is, how did Wu Xiaoqi manage to get over?"
Wang Longlong added, "...I don’t understand either.
The bar is now higher than Wu Xiaoqi, yet he actually still managed to jump over it!"
At the same time, Zhao Jinyang from Class 7 was eliminated, as was Cao Kun from Class 5.
Wei Xiu Yuan of Class 1 made his final jump, brushed against the bar, and half-knelt on the mat, utterly unwilling to accept defeat.
The bar kept being raised, to 1.65 meters, then to 1.7 meters.
Only four people were left in the freshman year group.
Zhuang Jianhui, Jiang Ning, Wu Xiaoqi, and the bespectacled Bai Han from Class 11 wearing a purple shirt.
In the sophomore year, there was the athlete Tao Nian and Chu Wei, and from the senior year, Wu Tianyu.
Only these seven were left on the field.
The PE teacher pointed at the bar and said, "1.75 meters, the bar is now at a height of 1.75 meters!"
Wang Longlong said, "This height is a piece of cake. I could easily crawl under the bar without any effort."
The first contender was Tao Nian.
He appeared on the field in a brown vest.
Cui Yu said, "Just looking at his skin tone, you know he’s a strong player."
Meng Gui remarked, "And his pacing, as well as the lines of his arms.
That’s how professional athletes run on TV."
Tao Nian looked around the audience, smiled, and radiated strength.
Wasn’t this the very stage prepared just for him, a stage for one man alone?
Tao Nian changed his starting point, took big strides in his run-up, rushed to the bar, spun, leapt into the air, his back arced through space, and he easily cleared the bar.
The moment he landed on the mat, he rolled up to his feet instantly, his movement immensely fluid.
It was filled with the beauty of strength and speed combined.
"Beautiful, a perfect Fosbury flop!"
"Holy cow, that was cool!"
The entire venue erupted in applause.
Next was Wu Xiaoqi.
The bar was now higher than Wu Xiaoqi’s height, by ten centimeters.
Cui Yu asked, "How is Wu Xiaoqi still in?"
Without preparation, Wu Xiaoqi charged, and he too opted for the flop!
"Hang time, hang time!"
Wu Xiaoqi seemed to hover in the air, giving the impression he flew for a moment.
"Cleared in one go!"
Following him was Bai Han from Class 11.
The class president of Class 11, Xu Yan, was extremely nervous. Bai Han had reached this point and now had a shot at the championship.
Considering the competition from the sophomores and seniors, getting this far was incredibly difficult.
She put great hope in Bai Han and had specifically called for girls from their class to cheer him on, creating an unmatched and stirring scene.
However, Bai Han ultimately fell at the 1.75-meter mark.
This height was already the limit for non-specialist students.
Next up was Zhuang Jianhui.
Zhuang Jianhui, who could dunk a basketball, barely made it over on his third attempt.
Then Jiang Ning took the stage.
He drew more attention because so far, he was the only contestant using the straddle technique.
A tough guy using straddle to compete against the flop, only thing is, there’s a limit to straddle.
Cui Yu commented, "Looks like it’s going to be tough for Brother Ning. He doesn’t seem to know how to do the flop."
Jiang Ning changed his starting position, but chose to stay put and warm up.
Yang Sheng had just quietly asked him if he knew how to flop and Jiang Ning nodded.
Yang Sheng immediately felt more assured; the flop could get you significantly higher than the straddle.
As Jiang Ning warmed up on the spot, the gaze of the entire stadium converged on him—Xu Yan from Class 11, Pei Yujing from Class 3, Li Shi from Class 2, and students from all grades.
Before the run-up, Yang Sheng said something that the crowd would remember vividly:
"Jiang Ning, you’ve finished warming up, right? You can start breaking records now."
