Chapter 125: Four people huddle
The runners smoothly entered the first corner, and the runners who followed them began to gradually adjust to the rhythm of the leader, and the positions between the runners did not change. However, when it came time to enter the straight again, Savin picked up the pace.
"The frontrunner accelerated? It's only been 200 meters, is it a deliberate rhythm or a trap to accelerate so early? The athletes who followed began to analyze, and at this time, Carmel, Ali and Najim followed without hesitation.
In fifth place was Japan's Shikazu Kobayashi, who grabbed a good spot on the trail after the start. Fifth place is said to be an easier position to follow, not very far away from the leader, not easy to be thrown behind, and when the leader uses tactics, the fifth place runner can also wait and see before making a decision.
"Savin sped up? Traps? Let's wait and see what happens! Kobayashi Shiwa didn't choose to accelerate, he wanted to see how the players in front of him chose, but when he hesitated, Carmel and the other three had already accelerated to catch up. At this time, Kobayashi Shihe woke up like a dream.
"It's not a trap, it's Savin leading the rhythm." Kobayashi Shihe's position suddenly became awkward, if he didn't keep up at this time, the 12 players would be divided into two groups, the front Savin, Carmel, Ali and Najim were the leading group, and he took the rest of the players to be the backward group, and the leader of the backward group was Kobayashi Shihe himself, which consumed a lot of physical strength; And if Shikazu Kobayashi chooses to keep up, he has missed the best opportunity to accelerate, and he is also facing the need to adapt to the rhythm again after catching up with the leading group.
"Gotta keep up." Kobayashi Shiwa finally chose to chase after him. And the players behind also followed behind Shiwa Kobayashi and caught up with the leading group.
Savin was about to enter the corner again, and just at the junction of the straight and the corner, Carmel suddenly overtook Savin and came to the first position, and Savin did not put up the slightest resistance. Directly through the inside runway to give up the position to Carmel.
"Carmel has overtaken Savin, he's going to take the lead?"
But it didn't end there, after Carmel, another Bahraini player Ali also caught up with Savin, who also did not resist and directly gave up his position.
"Saven is because of the acceleration just now! So lost two positions in a row. "Kobayashi Shihe hasn't found out at this time, the four people in front of him have actually started to huddle.
After Savin was overtaken by Carmel and Ali in a row, Bashar Najim also caught up, but he did not launch an overtake, but tied next to Savin. It was as if he was running with Savin, who quickly adapted to the rhythm of the new frontrunner Carmel, and the foursome continued to take the lead.
"Huh? Could it be that these four people are going to get together? Was it agreed in advance? Is it to target me? Iran's Mudira, who was in sixth place, first noticed something was wrong, but Mudira thought it was aimed at him.
Iran sent two runners to the middle distance race, Morekhjae, who is better at 800m, and Moodira, who is better at running 1500m.
Iran and other Gulf states do not have a harmonious relationship, and although sports should not involve national hatred, they are mixed with millennia of struggle between the two factions within the religion. So even in sports, the rivalry between Iran and other Gulf countries is very serious, which is why Moodira was the first to notice the huddle behavior of the four people in front of him.
"I really didn't expect the four of them to be together, so if it goes on like this, it will be passive for me. It is necessary to take advantage of the position of the next straight runway to overtake the Japanese. Moodira thought of doing it, and after entering the straight, he began to accelerate and overtook Shiwa Kobayashi.
And at this moment, the four people in front of them invariably began to speed up. The tempo is instantly a notch faster than just now. At the end of the runway, Carmel gave up the lead to Ali, who took the lead.
At this time, the distance of 700 meters had already been run. The frontrunners have also changed by two, and the position of the leading four people still looks solid, but the followers behind them are not so comfortable, and this frequent change of pace will consume more energy for the runners. Among the other eight runners, the situation of the runners who were still good was relatively better, while there were a few runners who were not good enough to show their decline.
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"Zhang Guan is still in the last place! Am I really worrying? Coach Virgil suddenly felt a little irritated because he noticed that Zhang Guan's running rhythm was very good, almost exactly like the athlete in front of him.
"Even though he was in the bottom of the table, to be honest, his pace was really good. As the strongest sprinter in the world, he really has a very terrible talent. However, in the middle and long-distance running race, it is not enough to just rely on the running, the 1500-meter race, the first 1100 meters will not be different, and when the bell rings on the last lap, it is the final decisive moment. Virgil thought silently.
At the same time, the commentator of the central power station looked very embarrassed, since the start of the game, it has been more than two laps, and Zhang Guan is still in the penultimate position.
"Why is it still the penultimate one, how can I explain this?" This commentator has also commented on Zhang Guan's race many times, but in the past, the process of the game was "Zhang Guan leads", "Zhang Guan has a huge advantage", "Zhang Guan takes the lead in crossing the line", etc., how can there be a situation where he has been behind for more than two laps like today.
The commentator had no choice but to look at Director Sun beside him with a look of help, and Director Sun was obviously prepared, only to see him say unhurriedly: "In the middle and long-distance running competition, the athletes spend most of their time following, and at present, Zhang Guan's rhythm is very good, Zhang Guan should continue to maintain it like this, don't worry, wait until the last lap, and then launch the overtaking of other players." ”
Director Sun said this, thought about it seriously, and then said: "Of course, this is just the preliminary round, if you can stay in the top six, you can enter the finals, I think Zhang Guan doesn't need to fight too fiercely, just guarantee that he can enter the finals." ”
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After a thousand meters, the leader became Qatari Najim, but two runners in the following runners had already begun to fall behind, and Zhang Guan also took advantage of the fact that he was in the third from the bottom. But at this time, even people like Zhang Guan, who lacked experience in middle running races, could already see that the first four people were running in a group.
"There's a straight track ahead, and after crossing this straight line, there's only one last lap left, so it's time to keep up now." Zhang Guan decided to keep up with the athletes in front of him first, and after entering the straight track, Zhang Guan immediately entered the outside track and then began to accelerate.
Of the four front-runners, it was Carmel who first noticed Zhang's acceleration, and he immediately signaled to the other three, while his body took the lead in a very good position. Next, Iran's Mudira and Japan's Shikazu Kobayashi also defended accordingly, and the two of them stuck their positions very tightly, so that Zhang Guan could not enter the innermost track, and Zhang Guan had to keep running along the second lane on the outside.
Fortunately, this is a straight track, if it is a curve, in the second lane, it will be a lot more distance than the first track, but at this time, the other players obviously have no intention of giving up their position to Zhang Guan, and everyone deliberately pasted the distance very close, so that Zhang Guan could not find a place to insert a gap.
Until the end of the corner, Zhang Guan is still in the second lane, and even after entering the corner, Zhang Guan will be squeezed out of the second lane on the outside, which will inevitably run a lot more distance in the corner.
The referee rang the bell and there was one last lap left until the end of the race.
It was when the bell rang that the leading Qatari athlete Najim began to pick up the pace, and then Ali, Savin and Carmel also started to pick up. Among them, Carmel, who was ranked fourth, accelerated very suddenly, so that Iran's Mudira did not react at the first time, and as a result, a small space came out between the two.
"There's space, there's a good opportunity!" Zhang Guan's reaction was obviously much quicker than Moodira's, and he seized the opportunity to get into the inside runway, just stuck between Carmel and Moodira.
"Zhang Guan rushed to the fifth position!" The commentator of the central power station suddenly became excited.
And Director Sun said in a smug tone: "Zhang Guan has been in the last place in the front, and he is really retaining his physical strength, and now there is still the last lap left in the game, Zhang Guan has also come to the fifth position, as long as he maintains this position, he can smoothly enter the finals." And this fifth place is a very good ranking in the 1500 meters, you can attack and retreat! ”
"Director Sun, what does it mean to attack and defend?" The narrator immediately asked very cooperatively.
"In the middle and long-distance running race, the leader will control the rhythm of the race...... Director Sun immediately began to explain endlessly.
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"It's great that Zhang Guan finally followed me! I'll be sure to say hello to you! Carmel was ecstatic in his heart, he had just deliberately accelerated suddenly, just to create an opportunity for Zhang Guan, so that Zhang Guan could follow him. Once Zhang Guan is following behind, Carmel can disrupt Zhang Guan's following rhythm by changing his own following rhythm through the main father, forcing Zhang Guan to consume more stamina.
The next moment, Carmel really changed his rhythm.
PS: 6000 is always one step behind, I send a new chapter and fall back, always can't cross. Today's two chapters are evenly impacted, and fifteen minutes after the next chapter, strive to rush up before twelve o'clock in the evening. Thank you for your support! (To be continued.) )