Chapter 137: Zhang Guan caught up
Ramzi is followed by Qatar's Suleiman, followed by Kuwait's Al-Azemi and Saudi Arabia's Al Shalih, followed by Zhang Guan, followed by Iran's Mor Ekhjae, Japan's Mato Yokoda, and finally Kamel.
At this high speed, the runners are trying to keep up with the race, trying to keep themselves from falling behind, and no one is trying to overtake them.
The runners quickly entered the straight track, and at the end of the straight line, they heard the bell ringing. The 800m race is already halfway through, and there is still the final lap of the 400m race.
At the same time as the bell rang, the coach of the Qatar team gently tapped the stopwatch, which immediately showed the time taken by the athlete to complete the first lap, and the Qatari coach looked at this time and frowned violently.
"How did you run so fast on the first lap? Even if Ramz had to lead all the way to the finish, he wouldn't have run so fast in the first lap. The Qatari coach looked up a little puzzled and continued to look at the struggling players on the track, only to see Ramz speeding up again.
"Ramz is still picking up speed? How so? If this continues, your physical strength will soon be exhausted, and I am afraid that you will not be able to run the 800-meter race. It always feels a little weird. Hey? Carmel is still at the end? Carmel didn't follow. The Qatari coach suddenly realized something: "No, Ramz is just bait!" We're all fooled! ”
The next moment, the Qatari coach immediately shouted to Suleiman: "That's a bait, don't follow it anymore!" ”
But unfortunately, at this time, the players were already far away, and the noisy cheers on the scene instantly drowned out the voice of the Qatari coach, and Suleiman did not hear his coach's reminder.
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On the field, Ramz picked up his speed again when he heard the final lap bell, exactly like yesterday's 1500m final, which was yesterday's 1500m final. Ramz also started to pick up speed after hearing the bell for the final lap, and only Zhang Guan followed. And this time, when Ramz picked up speed again, the other players followed without hesitation.
This is the habitual thinking of people, Ramz used the tactic of leading all the way to the finish yesterday, so in today's race, the other runners habitually thought that Ramz used the same running style as yesterday, so they would keep following Ramz. If Carmel had been to carry out this tactic, perhaps someone would have wondered if it was a decoy.
Ramz ran faster and faster, as if he wanted to release all his physical strength. The other runners also had a hard time running with them, and their physical exertion was huge.
"What's wrong with Ramz today, how did he run so fast! I can't hold it anymore! "Kuwait's Al-Alzemi worked hard to persevere. Alzemi is also a naturalized African, he is also a middle runner, unlike other runners, Alzemi only focuses on the 800m middle distance, so he is very strong in the 800 event.
A player of Alzemi's strength can still hold on, but the weakest Japanese player Yokota Mato is a little unbearable.
Mato Yokota is a rising star in the 800m in recent years, and in the years that followed, he became the first person in Japan to take the 800m. However, compared with West Asian countries, the gap between Japan and West Asian countries is not half a point. It was a surprise that Mato Yokota was able to reach the final, but now he has encountered Ramz's speed-up run. At 500 meters, it is already impossible to keep up with the rhythm.
"No, it's too fast, I can't keep up! Forget it, it's good that I'm able to make it to the final anyway. Let's give up! Thinking of this, Yokota Masato gradually broke away from the main army and slowed down.
A figure suddenly passed past Mato Yokota. Yokota Mato was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but think: "I should be the weakest athlete among the eight contestants, why is there another one behind me?" Who is it? Weaker than me? ”
Mato Yokota took a closer look and found that the person who had just surpassed him turned out to be Carmel.
"It's Carmel! Athletics World Cup 800m world champion Carmel! How could he be behind me! Yokota was puzzled by the fact that Carmel didn't seem to be chasing the leading group, and then hung far behind, running at his own pace.
"Ramz, who is in the lead, and Carmel, who has just passed, are all Bahraini players...... I see, Ramz is the bait! We've all been fooled. Masato Yokota instantly understood.
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"If you run like this, you won't be able to hold up your physical strength, why is Ramz still so fast? Do you want to follow? But there are still 200 meters to reach the end, fight! If Ramz can do it, I will be able to do it! Suleiman forced his way up to Ramz.
However, at this moment, Ramz suddenly leaned and stepped into the lawn on the left side of the track.
"What's going on!" The players who followed Ramz were taken aback. According to the rules of the competition, a competitor's foot cannot be stepped on the outside of the track, and once the foot is stepped out of bounds, the athlete's result in the race will be cancelled according to the foul.
"Ramz has a foul! What happened to him? No, he's going to retire! ”
The next moment, Ramz left the track directly, stepped onto the lawn, slowly stopped, and then simply sat on the ground and began to rest.
"This ...... Ramz actually gave up the game! Isn't he going to lead the way to the finish line? Is it a sudden feeling of physical discomfort? "All eyes were on Ramz, and even the TV camera gave Ramz a big close-up.
Ramz, however, sat on the lawn, gasping for air and laughing.
"Ramz is laughing, he's not feeling unwell!" Suleiman's expression changed instantly, and then he immediately turned his head to look behind him, looking for Carmel's location.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's Al Shalih and Kuwait's Al Zemi were also looking back, and they immediately found Kamel, who was still 10 meters away.
"It turns out that Carmel has not followed! I see, Ramz is the bait. Before that, Ramz deliberately ran very fast, luring us to run along, to drain our energy, while Carmel ran at a normal pace in the back! The Bahrainis are so insidious! Suleiman cursed. But more often than not, there is nothing to be done.
If according to the normal rhythm of the race, after 600 meters is the time when the athletes are ready to sprint, but in today's race, due to the inducement of Ramz, the physical strength of the athletes has bottomed out at this time, and it is impossible to sprint. Especially after Ramz's sudden withdrawal, it made the players understand that they were in the middle of the plan, which also gave the players a very heavy blow psychologically, even if some players wanted to persevere to the end with willpower, after experiencing this blow. It became impossible.
Almost instantly, the players slowed down, and what little energy they had left could only sustain themselves at a slower pace.
However, in the back, Carmel had a smug smile on his face, he still had a lot of stamina, and there were less than 200 meters to go to the finish line, Carmel was ready to sprint.
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Zhang Guan kept a close eye on the crowd, but he kept an eye on Ramz's movements.
"I feel like I'm running pretty fast today! The finals of the Asian Games are different, and the pace is much faster than the domestic World Championships. The contestants are working so hard! Zhang Guan sighed in his heart.
Zhang Guan had little experience in the 800m, he didn't realise that Ramz's lead was already a bit exaggerated, and he thought it was the normal rhythm of the world-class 800m final.
"Oops! How did Ramz get to the lawn? He gave up the game? What is the person in front looking at behind him? Is there anything behind? Zhang Guan looked puzzled, and also looked back.
The number of times Zhang Guan has competed in the 800m race can be counted on one hand, and with his negligible experience. Naturally, it was impossible to judge that Ramz was just a decoy in such a short period of time.
But the next moment, Zhang Guan felt that the rhythm of his running slowed down instantly, and he couldn't help but look ahead, and found that the speed of the previous runners had all slowed down.
Zhang Guan is now in a follow-up state. He could only run at the speed of the runners in front of him in the same track, which was an active slowdown for the other runners, and for Zhang Guan. But it was the mandating of the following running skills that slowed him down.
"Everybody's slow? Why? Without Ramz taking the lead, wouldn't they have run? Zhang Guan felt a little inexplicable, and then, Zhang Guan noticed a figure passing past him.
"It's Carmel, is he sprinting? Wait, I see, Ramz is deliberately luring us to run faster and then draining our energy to get Carmel to win the championship. Zhang Guan finally understood the intentions of the Bahrain team.
If it was other players, it would be too late to understand the intentions of the Bahrain team, and their physical strength had been exhausted, but it was not over for Zhang Guan, after all, Zhang Guan's physical consumption was only 50% of normal. And the shorter the distance, the less physical exertion Zhang Guan has, and his advantage is also obvious.
At this time, Zhang Guan silently estimated his physical strength, and felt that even if he broke away from the large army, he could support it to the end, and the speed of the large army was too slow. So Zhang Guan immediately gave up the inside and followed the run, but turned to the outside track and began to accelerate.
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"Haha, you've all been tricked! Now I don't have the physical strength, I can only be surpassed by me! I won this game! Carmel was in ecstasy, and he ran faster and faster, and then entered the final straight, and he looked at the empty track in front of him, and felt that the goddess of victory was already beckoning to him.
"Joseph, speed up, speed up! Faster! Coach Virgil's voice suddenly rang out. The hoarse American English mixed with the Arabic cheers was particularly obvious.
"What is the coach nervous about? Everyone else has no stamina, and the championship is about to arrive......" Carmel thought puzzled, but then, Coach Virgil's words of rain had reached Carmel's ears.
"Zhang Guan is catching up!" Coach Virgil's recognizable voice rang in Carmel's ears.
Carmel immediately looked back, and then was shocked! (To be continued.) )
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