Arantxa King has drawn inspiration from fellow Bermuda long jumper Tyrone Smith in her bid to reach the women's final today at the Olympic Stadium.King said watching Smith leap into the men's long jump final earlier this week had helped fuel her fire and lifted her confidence as she looks to repeat her team-mate's feat.Smith, who finished 12th in the final, faced elimination before his final qualifying attempt when he produced his best jump of the season (7.97 metres) and King knows she will more than likely have to do the same.“It was super exciting to see Tyrone get to the final. Once you make the final anything can happen and I think the men's long jump was a wide open event,” said King, whose personal best is 6.50 metres.“I think anyone could have medalled in that event and that's my main goal, to get to the final.“I want to be competitive and it would be really nice to PR at the Olympics.”Reaching the final will be a tall order for the 22-year-old, though, who qualified for London 2012 via a wildcard and will be up against a particularly strong field of in-form jumpers.Yet she remains optimistic of achieving the seemingly impossible but knows she will have to produce “something amazing” to stand any chance of making the last 12.“I'm jumping well and hoping to make the final,” said the Stanford University graduate. “I'm excited and nervous at the same time as you would expect before an Olympics.“Every athlete will be hoping to produce something out of the ordinary, something amazing, and hopefully it will all come together for me.“It's been a long season and hopefully I've got a couple of more big jumps in me.”King has relished her Olympic experience so far and hopes to feed off the feel-good factor spreading through the Olympic Village, where Bermuda's team have been based for the last fortnight.“The Village is everything you'd expect it to be. It's a very exciting and motivating place, just being among these amazing competitors has really helped me focus.”Bermuda Track and Field Association president Donna Watson has backed King to “rise to the occasion” but believes she will have to be at her very best to advance.“Arantxa is quite anxious as it's hard when everyone else has performed and you're the last to compete,” said Watson, who will be supporting King at the Olympic Stadium tomorrow.“Her training has been going well and she's resting up for the competition.“Unlike the men's long jump, the women have been putting in some great performances this year. But Arantxa usually rises to the occasion and I see no reason why she won't this time. It's going to be tough as she will have to bring out her very best.”King's event starts 2pm (Bermuda time).n Bermuda's other athlete in competition today is Tyler Butterfield who will compete in and around Hyde Park in the men's triathlon. That event gets underway at 7.00am Bermuda time.