Chapter 184: Japan's Top Long-distance Runner
The contestant with a face of Central Asia or West Asia smiled bitterly at Yi Dun.
Last time, Eden performed at the Czech Invitational Tournament, but he was extremely impressed.
Originally, he was thinking that a player of Yi Dun's rank was unlikely to come to participate in the Osaka Grand Prix, which had a relatively small prize money, but he really ran into Yi Dun without realizing it.
The player stepped forward with a wry smile and opened his mouth at Yi Dun and said, "Yi, it's nice to see you again, how are you doing?" β
I can hear that this brother's English is not very good, but Yi Dun also understands the meaning, after all, high school is not in vain.
In the past, Yi Dun still wondered what English to learn in a good way, but now that his eyes have been opened, he feels that it is still necessary to learn this English.
To put it mildly, if you don't learn English, in this kind of international arena, you don't know what people are scolding you, and you may still grin at people.
"Nice, thanks, what about you?" Eden replied with a smile in textbook English.
Then the brother laughed and said a lot to Yi Dun in half-familiar English.
Yi Dun was speechless, his simple self could understand it, but he didn't understand this complicated self.
Directly shook his head at the brother Ren, indicating that he didn't understand.
The other party scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled bitterly, and after a while, he probably thought of something, and his eyes lit up directly.
"Long live the friendship between China and Pakistan."
Yi Dun was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, good guy, this benevolent brother turned out to be Pakistani.
"Long live the friendship between China and Pakistan." Eden stepped forward and gave the benevolent brother a hug.
Both of them then laughed, and although they didn't understand the language, it was enough to say this sentence.
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One morning, Eden took part in three decathlon events.
In the evening, after the next two decathlon events, it was his turn to do the 5,000 metres.
At 8:40 p.m., Eden began the check-in of the 5,000-meter project.
As for the current situation of 5,000 meters in Japan, EDUN has some understanding.
After all, although it is impossible to know all the news when he enters this industry, Yi Dun still knows a little about the situation of some of the top players in Asia.
Japan currently has two top 5,000 athletes, both of whom are quite strong.
I have to admit that Japan is indeed better than China in men's long-distance running.
One of the strongest players is named Guixing Matsunomiya, and there is no relevant information about him on the domestic Internet, which Yi Dun inquired about from other women's 5,000-meter runners.
The personal best is 13:13.20, which is a pretty strong personal record in Asia, after all, our domestic record is only about 13:25.
Of course, this was before Yi Dun was born, and now in the long-distance running circle in Asia, except for those naturalized athletes in Bahrain, Yi Dun has the final say.
Another runner is named Kuzumi Takesawa, who is a rising star in Japan's long-distance running in the past two years, not much older than Yi Dun, and is only 22 years old at the moment, and is known as the hope for the future of Japan's long-distance running community.
His personal best time is 13 minutes and 19 seconds, which is not as good as Namatsumiya, but Matsumiya is already 28 years old and can't run for long.
These two are the 5,000-meter runners that Japan sent to participate in the Osaka Grand Prix.
Yi Dun patted his chest with his national team teammates last night and assured that no Japanese can win against him, and at the moment, the strength of these two Japanese is not enough for Yi Dun to slap himself in the face, so Yi Dun is still relatively relaxed after walking to the track.
There is a big gap between the two Japanese players compared to their own strength, and it is unlikely that they will perform better than themselves.
Eden focused his attention on the blacks.
If you count Yi Dun, a total of fifteen people participated, which is naturally far less than the number of people in the previous domestic Grand Prix.
There are 60 or 70 people in the men's 5,000-meter event team of the domestic Grand Prix.
Now there are more than ten contestants, half of them are black, and Yi Dun can't tell who these blacks have their names.
Even if Yi Dun knew the names of some of the world's top 5,000 meters and had seen their photos, he would not be able to tell the difference.
It's not that Yi Dun is face blind, but these black players really look the same......
The height is roughly the same, the weight is about the same, and the face shape is all thin face, so how can you tell if you are not familiar with it.
Yi Dun knew that these seven blacks should be his strongest opponents in this 5,000-meter competition.
After the check-in, Yi Dun was covering up the Mizuno trademark on the number plate again.
The five events of the previous decathlon are all like this, and when they were blocked for the first time, some people were surprised, but now everyone is used to it.
Fifteen players walked onto the track to start warming up, and Yi Dun drew the seventh sign, which is not a good track, but the impact of this track is not too big, and Yi Dun didn't pay too much attention to it.
βon-your-marks!β The Japanese starter shouted in Japanese English, which means that each is in place.
The "bang......" starting gun sounded, and Eden began to sprint with most of it.
At the current level of competition, it doesn't matter whether to lead or not.
Even for EDUN, there are greater benefits not to lead.
In the first two kilometers, Yi Dun temporarily ranked in eighth place, and the first seven were all blacks in this competition.
What made Yi Dun's face strange was that the seven blacks seemed to have divided into three small groups, fighting openly and secretly in front of him.
Yi Dun has seen a lot of this situation, and it is better to follow it slowly now, and it is definitely no good to be the first bird now.
By the time the 3,000 meters were finished, Eden had gradually reached fourth place.
It's not that all black players are extremely strong, at least Yi Dun feels that there are no more than three of the seven black people today who can really say that they are stronger than themselves.
Although there are three people in front of Yi Dun at the moment, Yi Dun can clearly feel that two of those three people are showing a feeling of inadequacy.
Now Yi Dun has no intention of overtaking them, waiting until the last kilometer to see the situation.
In an instant, another kilometer was completed, and only the last kilometer of the 5,000-meter race remained.
Seeing that there was no opponent behind him and entering the straight, Eden began to gradually increase his cadence.
In just a distance of 100 meters, Yi Dun surpassed two people in a row and directly won the second place.
At the moment, there was only one person in front of him, and seeing that he had the word uganda on his clothes, Yi Dun thought that this should be a Ugandan player.
Uganda is also an East African country, and although they are strong in long-distance running, such as Zambia and Ethiopia, some of the country's top runners are also quite strong.
Yi Dun held his breath and followed the Uganda, waiting for his final chance to sprint.