Behind Ramzi is Qatar's Suleiman, followed by Kuwait's Al-Arzemi and Saudi Arabia's Al Saleh, followed by Zhang Guan, and behind Zhang Guan are Iran's Mor Ehjaei and Japan's Contestant Masato Yokota, and finally Carmel.
At such a high speed, the players are all trying to keep up, trying not to fall behind, and no one is trying to overtake.
The runners quickly entered the straight track, and then at the end of the straight line, they heard a warning bell. The 800-meter race is already halfway through, and there is still the last lap of the 400-meter contest.
At the same time as the bell rang, the coach of the Qatar team gently clicked on the stopwatch, which immediately displayed the time it took for the athletes to complete the first lap. The Qatar coach looked at this time and frowned fiercely.
"Why did you run so fast in the first lap? Even if Ramzi had to lead all the way to the finish line, he wouldn't have run so fast in the previous lap." Coach Qatar raised his head in confusion and continued to look at the track. The players who were struggling happened to see Ramzi speeding up again.
"Ramzi is still speeding up? Why is this happening? If this continues, his physical strength will soon be exhausted, and I'm afraid he won't be able to run the entire 800 meters. It always feels a little weird. Huh? Carmel is still there At the end? Carmel didn't follow." Coach Qatar suddenly realized something: "No, Ramzi was just a bait! We were all fooled!"
The next moment, the Qatar coach immediately shouted to Suleiman: "That's bait, don't follow it anymore!"
But unfortunately, the players had already gone away at this time, and the noisy cheers instantly drowned out the voice of Qatar coach. Suleiman did not hear his coach’s reminder.
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On the field, Ramzi once again increased his speed when he heard the bell of the last lap. This was exactly the same as yesterday's 1500-meter final. In yesterday's 1500-meter final, Ramzi also increased his speed when he heard the final bell. After one lap of the bell, the speed started to increase, and at that time only Zhang Guan followed. But this time, when Ramz increased his speed again, the other players followed him without hesitation.
This is people's habitual thinking. Ramz used the tactic of leading all the way to the finish line yesterday, so in today's game, other players habitually thought that Ramz used the same running method as yesterday. Keep following Ramzi. If Carmel were to implement this tactic, maybe someone would consider whether it was a bait.
Ramzi ran faster and faster, as if he wanted to release all his physical strength. The other runners also had to run very hard, and their physical exertion was also very huge.
"What happened to Ramzi today? Why did he run so fast! I can't hold on anymore!" Kuwait's Al-Alzemi persisted hard. Arzemi is also a naturalized athlete from Africa. He is also a strong middle-distance runner. Unlike other runners, Arzemi only focuses on the 800-meter middle-distance running, so he is very strong in the 800-meter event. .
A player of Arzemi's strength can still hold on, but the weakest Japanese player in the back, Masato Yokota, can't handle it.
Masato Yokota is a new star who has just emerged in the 800-meter event in Japan in recent years. In the following years, he became Japan's first 800-meter person. However, compared with Japan's middle-distance running and West Asian countries, the gap is not the slightest bit. It was a surprise that Masato Yokota could make it to the finals, but now he encountered Ramz's speeding up, and he could no longer keep up with the rhythm at the 500-meter mark.
"No, it's too fast. I can't keep up! Forget it, it's already good enough that I can enter the finals anyway, so I'd better give up!" Thinking of this, Yokota Master gradually broke away from the group and slowed down. .
A figure suddenly passed by Master Yokota. Master Yokota 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? He is stronger than me. weak?"
Masato Yokota took a closer look and found that the person who had just surpassed him turned out to be Carmel.
"It's Carmel! Carmel, the 800-meter world champion in the Track and Field World Cup! How could he be behind me!" Masato Yokota became increasingly puzzled. Then he discovered that Carmel didn't seem to be chasing the leading group, and then he was far away. Hanging from behind, running at your own pace.
"Ramzi, who is leading the race, and Carmel, who just passed by, are all Bahrain players... I understand, Ramzi is the bait! We have all been fooled." Yokota realized instantly.
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"If you keep running like this, your physical strength will definitely not be able to hold on. Why is Ramzi still so fast? Do you still want to follow? But there are still 200 meters to go before we reach the finish line. Let's fight! If Ramzi can do it, I can also do it. Do it!" Suleiman forced himself to keep up with Ramzi's speed.
However, at this moment, Ramzi suddenly tilted his body and stepped into the lawn on the left side of the track.
"What's going on!" The players following Ramz were suddenly shocked. According to the rules of the competition, players cannot step on the outside of the track. Once their feet step out of bounds, the athlete's score for the game will be canceled as a foul.
"Ramzi fouled! What happened to him? No, he is going to retire!"
The next moment, Ramzi left the track directly, stepped onto the lawn, slowly stopped, and then simply sat down on the ground and began to rest.
"This... Ramzi actually gave up the race! Wasn't he planning to lead all the way to the finish line? Did he suddenly feel unwell?" Everyone's eyes were focused on Ramzi, and even the TV broadcast cameras were focused on him. A big close-up of Ramzi.
But Ramzi sat on the lawn, gasping for air and laughing.
"Ramzi is laughing, he is not feeling unwell!" Suleiman's expression changed instantly, and then he immediately turned his head and looked behind him, looking for Carmel's location.
At the same time, Saudi player Al Saleh and Kuwaiti player Al-Alzemi were also looking back. They immediately found Kamel's figure, and at this time, Kamel's figure was still ten meters away from the peloton.
"It turns out that Carmel never followed! I understand that Ramzi was the bait. Before that, Ramzi deliberately ran very fast to lure us to follow and consume our energy, while Carmel followed behind. Run at a normal pace! Bahrainis are so insidious!" Suleiman cursed secretly, but he was more helpless.
If we follow the normal pace of the game, after 600 meters, it is the time when the athletes are ready to sprint. However, in today's game, due to Ramz's induction, the athletes' physical strength has bottomed out at this time, and it is impossible to sprint. Especially after Ramz suddenly withdrew from the competition, it became clear to the players that they had fallen into a trap. This also dealt a heavy psychological blow to the players. Even some players wanted to persist to the end with willpower. After experiencing After this blow, it became impossible.
Almost instantly, the players all slowed down, and their remaining physical strength could only maintain a relatively slow pace.
However, at the back, Carmel had a proud smile on his face. He still had a lot of energy and was less than 200 meters away from the finish line. Carmel was ready to sprint.
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Zhang Guan has been following the crowd, but he is always paying attention to Ramzi's movements.
"I feel like I ran pretty fast today! This Asian Games final is different. The pace is much faster than the domestic World Championships, and the contestants are all working so hard!" Zhang Guan sighed in his heart.
Zhang Guan had almost no experience in the 800-meter race. He did not realize that Ramz's leading speed was exaggerated. He thought it was the normal pace of a world-class 800-meter final.
"Oops! Why did Ramzi run onto the lawn? Did he give up the game? What are the people in front looking behind? Is there something behind?" Zhang Guan looked puzzled and looked back.
The number of times Zhang Guan has participated in the 800-meter race can be counted on one hand. With his negligible competition experience, it is naturally impossible to judge that Ramzi is just a bait in such a short period of time.
But the next moment, Zhang Guan felt that his pace of running had slowed down. He couldn't help but look ahead and found that the speeds of the previous runners had all slowed down in unison.
Zhang Guan is now in a follow-running state. He can only run at the speed of the runners in front of him on the same track. For other runners, it is an initiative to slow down, but for Zhang Guan, it is a mandatory command of the follow-running skill. He slowed down.
"Everyone is slow? Why? Without Ramzi leading the way, wouldn't anyone be able to run?" Zhang Guan felt a little baffled, and then, Zhang Guan noticed a figure passing by him.
"It's Carmel, is he sprinting? Wait, I understand. Ramz is deliberately tempting us to run faster, and then consume our energy so that Carmel can win the championship." Zhang Guan finally understood. Bahrain's intentions.
If it were other players, it would be too late to understand the Bahrain team's intentions at this time. Their physical strength has been exhausted, but it is not finished for Zhang Guan. After all, Zhang Guan's physical strength consumption is only 50% of normal. And the shorter the distance, the less physical exertion Zhang Guan needs, and his advantage is obvious.
At this time, Zhang Guan silently estimated his physical strength and felt that even if he was separated from the main force, he could still sustain himself to the finish line, and the speed of the main force was too slow. So Zhang Guan immediately gave up running inside, instead turned to the outside track and started accelerating.
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"Haha, you all fell into the trap! You don't have any physical strength now, so you can only watch me pass you! I will definitely win this game!" Carmel was ecstatic in his heart. He ran faster and faster, and then entered the final stage. On the straightaway, he looked at the empty runway in front of him and felt that the goddess of victory was already waving to him.
"Joseph, speed up, speed up! Faster!" Coach Virgil's voice suddenly sounded. The hoarse American English mixed with the Arabic cheers was particularly obvious.
"What are you nervous about, coach? Everyone else has no energy left, and the championship is about to be won..." Carmel thought in confusion, but then, Coach Virgil's rainy words reached Carmel's ears.
"Zhang Guan is catching up!" Coach Virgil's highly recognizable voice surrounded Carmel's ears.
Carmel immediately looked back and was shocked!
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