Brazil's Silva not satisfied with qualifying success

 RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Despite qualifying equal first for Saturday's Olympic long jump final, Brazil's Mauro Vinicius da Silva says he must improve to have any chance of a medal.

Silva, the current indoor world champion, leapt 8.11m on Friday to equal the distance set by U.S. athlete Marquise Goodwin.

"I have to improve on that because 8.11m is not going to be good enough for a medal," Silva told Sportv.

"I have to stay focused and do whatever I can to jump further. The job is only half complete."

The 25-year-old's task has been aided by Friday's elimination¹ of defending Olympic champion Irving Saladino from Panama, who bombed out with three successive fouls².

Others expected to vie for the gold medal include Britain's Greg Rutherford, Russia's Aleksandr Menkov and Australian Michael Watt³.?

1 elimination   

n.排除，消除，消灭

参考例句：

• Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
• I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。

2 fouls   

n.煤层尖灭；恶劣的( foul的名词复数 )；邪恶的；难闻的；下流的v.使污秽( foul的第三人称单数 )；弄脏；击球出界；（通常用废物）弄脏

参考例句：

• The player was sent off the field because of fouls. 这名运动员因屡屡犯规而被罚下场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Jones was ordered off in the second half after repeated fouls. 由于屡次犯规，琼斯在下半场中被责令退出比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 watt   

n.瓦，瓦特

参考例句：

• The invention of the engine is creditable to Watt.发动机的发明归功于瓦特。
• The unit of power is watt.功率的单位是瓦特。