9 Chapter 8 Golden Moments

Chapter 8 Golden Moments Jesse's success at the Olympic Games continued. His next event was the long jump, held on August 4. His toughest rival was a jumper named Luz Long. Luz was German but did not share the views of Hitler and the Nazis. He respected Jesse as a fellow competitor. To reach the event finals, each athlete had to make a jump of at least 23 feet, 5. inches. Jesse had jumped that far in high school, so it should have been no problem. But Jesse made a foul on his first

杰西在奥运会上继续取得成功。 他的下一个项目是8月4日举行的跳远。 他最顽强的对手是一个名叫卢兹·朗的跳投运动员。 卢茨是德国人，但并不认同希特勒和纳粹的观点。 他尊敬杰西，把他当作竞争对手。 为了进入决赛，每位运动员必须至少跳23英尺。 英寸。杰西在高中时就跳了那么远，所以应该没问题。 但杰西第一次犯规了

qualifying jump by stepping too far past the takeoff board. If Jesse fouled again, he would be out of the finals. Luz came over to Jesse and suggested that Jesse move his takeoff point back just to be safe. Jesse did, and on his next jump, he easily qualified for the final. After that jump, Jesse shook Luz's hand in thanks. The long-jump final came down to just Jesse and Luz. Jump after jump, they topped each other.

在排位赛中跳过跳板太远。 如果杰西再犯规，他就会被淘汰出局。 卢兹走到杰西跟前，建议杰西把起飞地点往后调，以防万一。 杰西做到了，下一跳，他轻松晋级决赛。 跳完之后，杰西握了握卢兹的手表示感谢。 跳远决赛只剩下杰西和卢兹。 一跳又一跳，他们互相超越。

Finally, Jesse jumped 26 feet. "I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air forever," he said later. Luz could not match that distance, and Jesse earned his second gold medal. Luz hugged Jesse after they got their medals and escorted him around the stadium, arm in arm, as the German fans cheered. Jesse said he would always remember Luz Long's great sportsmanship.

最后，杰西跳了26英尺。 “我决定不下来了。 我要飞了。我打算永远呆在空中，”他后来说。 卢兹没有达到这个距离，杰西获得了他的第二枚金牌。 在获得奖牌后，卢兹拥抱了杰西，并在德国球迷的欢呼声中挽着他的手绕着体育场转了一圈。 杰西说他会永远记住卢兹·朗的体育精神。

On August 5, Jesse competed for his third gold medal, this time in the 200-meter dash. By now, German fans understood they were watching a true champion. As the runners prepared for the event, the fans chanted Jesse's last name in their German accent: "Oh-vens! Oh-vens! Oh-vens!" With a time of 20.7 seconds, Jesse set a world record and won his third gold medal. After the medal

8月5日，杰西参加了他的第三枚金牌，这次是在200米短跑比赛中。 现在，德国球迷明白他们正在观看的是一位真正的冠军。 当选手们为比赛做准备时，粉丝们用他们的德国口音呼喊着杰西的姓氏:“Oh-vens!Oh-vens !Oh-vens !”杰西以20.7秒的成绩打破了世界纪录，赢得了他的第三枚金牌。 奖牌之后

ceremony, he happily signed autographs for his German fans. American team leaders wanted Jesse to run again, this time in the 4 × 100-meter relay. In this race, four runners pass a baton from hand to hand as each finishes a 100-meter section. But four runners had already been assigned to this race. By swapping in Jesse and silver-medalist Ralph Metcalfe, the

仪式上，他高兴地为他的德国球迷签名。 美国队领队想让杰西再跑一次，这次是4 × 100米接力赛。 在这场比赛中，四名选手在完成100米赛段时互相传递接力棒。 但是已经有四名选手参加了这次比赛。 通过交换杰西和银牌得主拉尔夫·梅特卡夫

US committee hoped, it said, to secure another gold medal. To make room for Jesse and Metcalfe, the coaches removed two other runners, Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller. This move was very surprising. Owens and Metcalfe did not become part of the relay team until the last minute. Many people, including Glickman and Stoller, thought there

美国奥委会表示，他们希望再获得一枚金牌。 为了给杰西和梅特卡夫腾出位置，教练们撤掉了另外两名选手马蒂·格利克曼和萨姆·斯托勒。 这一举动非常令人惊讶。 欧文斯和梅特卡夫直到最后一刻才成为接力队的成员。 包括格利克曼和斯托勒在内的许多人都有这样的想法