The athletes entered the first bend area smoothly, and the athletes following behind gradually began to adapt to the pace of the leader, and the positions of the athletes did not change. However, when they entered the straight again, Savin, who was in the lead, accelerated his speed.
"Is the leader speeding up? I've just run 200 meters. Is it accelerating so early to deliberately bring a rhythm, or is it a trap?" The athletes following behind began to analyze one after another. At this time, Carmel and Ali The three of them, including Najim, followed without hesitation.
Ranking fifth was Japan’s Shiwa Kobayashi. He grabbed a good position when he cut inside after the start. It is said that the fifth place is an easier position to follow. It is not very far away from the leader and is not easily left behind. Moreover, when the leader uses tactics, the fifth place player can also wait and see before making a decision.
"Savin is speeding up? Is it a trap? Just wait and see what happens!" Kobayashi Shiwa did not choose to speed up. He wanted to see how the previous players chose. However, at this moment of hesitation, Carmel and the other three I have already sped up to catch up. At this time, Xiaolin Shihecai woke up from a dream.
"This is not a trap, but Savin is setting the pace." Shiwa Kobayashi's position suddenly became awkward. If he didn't follow up, the 12 players would be divided into two groups. Savin and Carmel, Ali and Najim are in the leading group, and he and the remaining players are in the lagging group, and the leaders of the lagging group are Shi and himself. This consumes a lot of energy; and if Shi and Xiao choose to follow If so, he has missed the best opportunity to accelerate, and is faced with having to adapt to the rhythm again after catching up with the leading group.
"We have to catch up." Xiaolin Shihe finally chose to catch up. The remaining players also followed Kobayashi Shiwa and caught up with the leading group.
Savin, who was in the lead, was about to enter the corner again. At the junction of the straight and the curve, Carmel suddenly surpassed Savin and came to the first position. Savin did not resist at all, and directly used the inside track to pass him. The spot was given to Carmel.
"Carmel has passed Savin, is he going to lead?"
But it was not over. After Carmel, another Bahrain player Ali also caught up with Savin. Savin also did not resist and gave up his position directly.
"Savin lost his strength due to the acceleration just now! So he lost two positions in a row." Shiwa Kobayashi hadn't noticed at this time that the four people in front had actually started to hug each other.
After Savin was overtaken by Carmel and Ali, Bashar Najim also caught up, but he did not initiate the overtake, but lined up beside Savin, as if he was running with Savin, and Savin also Quickly adapting to the rhythm of the new leader Carmel, the four-man group continued to maintain the lead.
"Eh? Are these four people going to get together? Has it been discussed in advance? Is it to target me?" The Iranian player Mudila, who was ranked sixth, first noticed something was wrong, but Mudila thought it was Targeting yourself.
Iran sent two runners to participate in the middle-distance running competition this time, namely Morehjae and Mudila. Among them, Morehjae is better at 800 meters, while Mudila is good at running. 1500 meters.
The relationship between Iran and other Gulf countries is not harmonious. Although sports should not involve national hatred, due to the millennium-old struggle between two factions within the religion, even in sports, Iran and other Gulf countries The conflict in the country is also very serious, so Mudila was the first to notice the grouping behavior of the four people in front.
"I really didn't expect the four of them to stick together. If this continues, I will be passive. I have to use the position on the next straight track to pass the Japanese." Mudila thought of it and started to accelerate after entering the straight track, surpassing Xiaolin. Shihe.
And at this moment, the four people in front began to speed up in unison, and the rhythm instantly became a notch faster than before. At the end of the straight track, Carmel gave up the leading position to Ali, who took the lead.
At this time, the distance of 700 meters has been run, and the leaders have also changed by two. The position of the four runners in the lead still seems to be very stable, but the runners behind are not running so comfortably. This kind of frequent The change in rhythm will consume more energy for the runners. Among the other eight runners, those with good strength were in relatively better condition, while several runners with poor strength gradually showed signs of decline.
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"Zhang Guan is still in last place! Am I really worrying too much?" Coach Virgil suddenly felt a little irritated, because he found that Zhang Guan's following rhythm was very good, almost as good as the athletes in front. Exactly the same.
"Although he is in last place, to be honest, his following rhythm is really good. As the strongest sprinter in the world, he indeed has a very terrifying talent. But in middle and long-distance running, he only relies on following. But it won’t work. In the 1500-meter race, there won’t be any difference in the first 1100 meters. When the bell rings in the last lap, it will be the final moment of victory.” Virgil thought silently.
At the same time, the CCTV commentator seemed very embarrassed. It had been more than two laps since the start of the game, and Zhang Guan was still in the last place.
"Why am I still ranked last? How can I explain this?" This commentator has also commented on Zhang Guan's games many times, but the process of previous games has always been "Zhang Guan leads" and "Zhang Guan has a huge advantage." , "Zhang Guan crossed the line first" and so on, how could it be like today where he has been lagging behind for more than two laps.
The commentator had no choice but to look at Director Sun next to him with a look of help. Director Sun was obviously prepared. He said calmly: "In middle-distance running competitions, athletes spend most of their time. He is following, and Zhang Guan’s following rhythm is very good at present. Zhang Guan should continue to do so, don’t be anxious, wait until the last lap, and then start to overtake 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 final. I don't think Zhang Guan needs to fight too hard. Just guarantee that he can enter the final." That’s it.”
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After a distance of one thousand meters, the leader became Najim from Qatar. However, two runners among the following runners began to fall behind. Zhang Guan also took this opportunity to reach the third from the bottom. But at this time, even someone like Zhang Guan, who lacked experience in middle-distance running, could already see that the four people in front were running as a group.
"There is a straight track ahead. After passing this straight line, there is only one last lap left. It is time to catch up now." Zhang Guan decided to keep up with the athletes in front. After entering the straight track, Zhang Guan He immediately entered the outside runway and began to accelerate.
Among the four leading players, Carmel was the first to notice Zhang Guan's acceleration. He immediately sent a signal to the other three points, and at the same time, his body took the lead in occupying a very good position. Next, Iranian player Mudila and Japanese player Shikazu Kobayashi also defended accordingly. They blocked their positions very tightly, preventing Zhang Guan from entering the innermost runway. Zhang Guan could only keep walking along. The second outside lane runs forward.
Fortunately, this is a straight track. If it is a curve, you can run a lot longer in the second track than in the first track. But at this time, other runners obviously have no intention of giving up their position to Zhang Guan. Everyone deliberately posted the distance. It was so close that Zhang Guan couldn't find a place to take advantage of it.
Until the end of the curve, Zhang Guan is still in the second lane. Looking at this posture, even after entering the curve, Zhang Guan will be squeezed into the second lane on the outside. This will inevitably lead to a lot of extra mileage in the curve. distance.
The referee rang the bell and there was only one lap left before the end of the race.
That is when the bell rang, the leading Qatari player Najim began to speed up, and then Ali, Savin and Kamel also started to speed up. Among them, Kamel, who was ranked fourth, picked up his speed so suddenly that Iranian player Mudila did not react immediately. As a result, there was a small space between the two.
"There is space, a good opportunity!" Zhang Guan's reaction was obviously much faster than that of Mudila. He seized the opportunity and entered the inside track, just getting stuck between Carmel and Mudila.
"Zhang Guan rushed to the fifth position!" The commentator from CCTV suddenly became excited.
Director Sun said with a proud tone: "Zhang Guan has been in the last place before, and he is really conserving his strength. Now there is only one lap left in the game, and Zhang Guan has also reached the fifth position. As long as he keeps If you maintain this ranking, you can successfully enter the finals. And this fifth place is a very good ranking in the 1500 meters. You can advance to attack and retreat to defend!"
"Director Sun, what does it mean to advance to attack and retreat to defend?" the commentator immediately asked cooperatively.
"In middle-distance running competitions, the leader will control the rhythm of the competition..." Director Sun immediately began to explain non-stop.
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"It's great that Zhang Guan is finally following me! I will definitely 'greet' you well!" Carmel was ecstatic. He just deliberately accelerated suddenly just to create an opportunity for Zhang Guan. Guan was able to follow behind him. Once Zhang Guan follows behind, Carmel can use the lord to change his following rhythm to disrupt Zhang Guan's following rhythm and force Zhang Guan to consume more energy.
The next moment, Carmel changed his rhythm.
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