The United States is not the strongest in middle-distance running events. They prefer exciting events like sprinting. As for other countries in the Americas, they also lack top athletes in middle-distance running. It can be said that the middle-distance running events in the entire Americas can only be regarded as average.
In the world’s middle-distance running landscape, there are three strong ones: West Asia, Africa, and Europe.
In Europe, sports powers such as the United Kingdom, France, and Italy all have very good middle-distance runners, and of course they are all black runners. Because these countries have a colonial history in Africa, they have some excellent black athletes in their own countries. Countries that colonized later, such as Germany, have fewer black people, so there are not many black athletes, and there are not very outstanding athletes in middle-distance running events.
African countries have always been the cradle of middle-distance runners. Among them, Kenya, Morocco, and Algeria are all traditional powers in middle-distance running and are also the main exporting countries of athletes. The main destination for athletes from African countries is the Gulf countries in West Asia.
Middle-distance running is also the traditional strength of West Asian countries. Originally, the climate and dietary habits of West Asia made it easier to create middle-distance runners, and the arrival of the African naturalized army has become even more powerful for West Asian countries. The physical talent of the African naturalized corps, coupled with the material support and training level of West Asian countries, has contributed to the strong strength of West Asian middle runners in recent years.
When talking about sprinters in West Asia, we have to mention Rashid Ramzi.
Rashid Ramzi is originally from Morocco. Like many African track and field athletes, he began to practice track and field in order to escape poverty. Although Morocco is a West African country, its main ethnic group is Arab, and its official language is Arabic. Therefore, Ramzi applied for Bahraini citizenship when he was eighteen years old, and also performed military service for Bahrain. In the following years, he quickly grew into the world's top middle-distance runner.
At the Athens Olympics, Ramz was the favorite to win the 1,500-meter event. However, he withdrew from the race due to physical discomfort in the semifinals, which ended his first Olympic journey with great regret. However, at the 2005 World Athletics Championships, Ramz won the world championship in the 800 meters and 1500 meters in one fell swoop, becoming the king of middle-distance running.
Ramz then took a break due to injury and only returned in the second half of 2006. Before Ramz participated in the Athletics World Cup, it was more to adjust his condition, but now Ramz's condition has almost returned to its peak. time.
At this time, in front of the starting line, Ramzi closed his eyes tightly, and coach Virgil's instructions kept popping up in his mind.
"After starting for a while, don't pay attention to other runners, don't follow, just lead until the end of the race!"
Ramzi opened his eyes, and he felt that what Coach Virgil said was indeed the best tactic for him. If there is anyone among the contestants who has the strength to lead until the end of the game, it is probably Ramzi. His strength is definitely the best in the world.
At the same time, Zhang Guan also glanced at Ramz inadvertently, because Zhang Guan knew that Ramz would be his biggest obstacle in winning the 1,500-meter event.
In the past two years, Zhang Guan has participated in many international track and field competitions, and has met Ramz many times. Zhang Guan has personally witnessed Ramz win many middle-distance running championships, so Zhang Guan naturally knows Ramz. Zi has the world's top strength in the 1,500 meters. More importantly, in Zhang Guan's memory, the 1,500 meters champion in the next Olympics will be Ramzi.
"I seem to still be watching that game. I remember that Ramzi was leading the way and finally won the championship with a huge advantage. It was an Olympic game. There were really strong players, and high-level athletes competed. There are many Asian Games, and Ramzi was able to lead all the way to the final and win the championship. His strength is indeed far superior to other players. In this case, I will keep an eye on Ramzi and follow him. This should be the most cost-effective of."
Zhang Guan instantly formulated his own tactics for this game, which was to run closely behind Ramzi.
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In this game, two players from Qatar entered the finals, namely Najim and Suleiman, so the atmosphere in the audience was very warm. The audience was looking forward to the local Qatar players winning a gold medal. In addition, outside. Bahrain's Ali, Saudi Arabia's Savin, Japan's Kobayashi Shikazu, and Iran's Mudila, who had previously played against Zhang Guan in the preliminaries, also entered the finals.
In addition to the two Bahraini players, the two Qatari players are also very strong. In addition, they are playing at home, so they must have some advantages, so Najim and Suleiman also have high aspirations to win the championship. The Saudi player Savin and the Iranian player Mudila are relatively weak. It is enough to thank God if they can win a medal. Others such as Shikazu Kobayashi and others, although they are 1500 in their respective countries. The strongest person in the world, but in this competition, he probably only has the role of accompanying him.
While enjoying the cheers of the home audience, Qatar's local player Suleiman said to his compatriot Bashar Najim: "I competed with Ramzi in the preliminaries, and I feel that his condition has not returned to its peak. We have a chance to win the championship in this competition! Your 1,500-meter strength is better than mine, and I will help you clear the way during the competition."
Najim nodded: "We are playing at home, and of course we are determined to win this championship! But in addition to Ramzi, we also have to be careful about Zhang Guan. In the previous preliminaries, Zhang Guan and I were in the same group, and he was in the final sprint. It was very fast, and he surpassed me in almost the blink of an eye. Although I didn’t try my best at the time, to be honest, I have never seen anyone run so fast in the final stage of 1,500 meters!”
"Don't worry about Zhang Guan. He is a sprinter after all, and his explosive power is stronger than ours. It is normal for him to sprint faster in the final sprint. Everyone has reserved their strength in the preliminaries, so Zhang Guan will still have so much physical strength in the end. Sprint. But now it’s the final. I don’t think Ramzi, Ali, or Savin will save their strength anymore. Maybe Zhang Guan’s physical strength won’t be able to hold on until halfway through the race. !" Suleiman paused for a moment, then continued: "You see, Zhang Guanlun is much taller and heavier than us, and his physical exertion will definitely be much higher than ours."
"But judging from the video of the preliminaries, Zhang Guan seems to be very good at following." Najim said.
Suleiman smiled slightly: "Then let's run faster so that he can't keep up!"
Meanwhile, Bela Mansoor-Ali, who doesn't know his true age, is standing with Ramzi.
"Bella, you have to follow closely soon, otherwise you will be far behind me!" Ramzi said.
"Follow closer? Leave far behind?" After Ali was stunned, he immediately understood Ramzi's intention. He asked in surprise: "Rashid, are you going to lead?"
Ramzi nodded and continued: "You should know what it means for me to lead!"
Ali suddenly took a breath of air. Leading is a more physically demanding job. As one of the top players in the world, if Ramzi chooses to lead, he must be planning to lead all the way to the finish line.
Seeing Ramzi's confident expression, Ali seemed to feel that last year's middle-distance king was back again. Ali Zhen nodded solemnly: "Rashid, I will try my best to keep up with you!"
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The time for athletes to prepare quickly passed, and with the sound of a gunshot, the men's 1,500-meter final of the Doha Asian Games officially began.
"The game begins! The players start to cut to the innermost track, eh? Ramzi! Look at Ramzi!" The commentator's voice instantly focused everyone's attention on Ramzi.
After running together, Ramzi began to speed up in a straight line instead of merging to the inside. After 70 meters, Ramzi was already in the leading position. At this time, he started to move towards the innermost side. The runway leads past. With Ramz's skills, when he moved to the innermost track, he just got stuck in front of the second runner.
The second-placed player at this time happened to be Iranian player Mudila. Mudila took a relatively leading position after the start of the game, but he did not want to lead because leading is a very physical thing, so Mudila When Dilla saw Ramzi approaching, he did not compete with Ramzi for position. He simply gave in and allowed Ramzi to take the lead.
"Ramzi is deliberately grabbing the lead! Does he want to lead until the end?" Suleiman of the Qatar team immediately understood Ramzi's intention. He looked at his teammate Najim and asked with his eyes. To follow or not to follow, Najim immediately understood and gave the signal to follow.
At this time, in the broadcast hall of CCTV, the guest Director Sun also saw the clues. He only heard him say: "It seems that Ramzi is very confident in his own state. He rushed to the front as soon as he came up. If I guess If it’s true, Ramzi probably planned to lead the entire race to the finish line.”
"Director Sun, we all know that in middle-distance running, the leader needs to spend more energy. So if you lead the whole distance to the finish line, does it mean that it also requires a lot of energy?" the commentator immediately asked. .
"Yes, so only those strong players have the ability to lead the entire race to the finish line. As for whether Ramz is going to do this now, we still need to observe and see if Ramz is going to do it next. Speed up." Director Sun explained.
But just as Director Sun finished speaking, Ramzi really sped up.
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