The top five in each group in the semi-finals advance directly, and the two best performers among the remaining players can also advance.
Ramzi was assigned to play in the first group. This group also included Kenyan star Jorge, Italian star Obrist, Morol star Iguede, South Africa's Deventer and Ramzi's Compatriot Ali. These people are all capable of entering the finals. The ability of other players to enter the finals depends on luck.
Ramzi, as the favorite to win the championship, undoubtedly qualified as the first in the group. The second place was taken by Iguide, Kenya's Jorg and Italy's Obrist took third and fourth place respectively. Ali finished fifth, followed by South Africa's Deventer in sixth place, and Qatar's Bashir in seventh place. The difference between the two results was only 0.2 seconds. The results were promoted.
After the first group of games ends, the second group of games starts immediately.
At the starting line, Kenyan player Kiprop, the favorite to win the championship after Ramzi, was looking at Zhang Guan with a chill in his eyes.
Zhang Guan ran a time of 3 minutes, 32 seconds and 87 seconds in the semi-finals. This is a time that qualifies for the championship, so any player who comes for the championship will regard Zhang Guan as a competitor.
"Having one Ramzi is already a headache, and now there's another Zhang Guan!" Kiprop frowned slightly. He felt that Zhang Guan might be more difficult to deal with than Ramzi because Zhang Guan was playing at home. .
In middle and long-distance running, in the final stage, the athletes' physical strength is actually very low. At this time, in addition to competing for physical reserves, the more important thing is to compete for willpower. Kiprop has seen the enthusiasm of the audience in the Bird's Nest, and Zhang Guan is even more popular here. In this venue, Zhang Guan can receive unlimited encouragement from the audience, which is obviously a great blessing to Zhang Guan. Even a player with weak willpower will turn into a bull in heat after hearing the cheers of tens of thousands of people in the audience.
Kiprop looked solemn as he stood in front of the starting line, adjusting his breathing and preparing to start the race.
Inadvertently, Kiprop glanced towards the player waiting area and happened to see Moroccan Igueid looking at him with a smile.
Kiprop immediately remembered that before the preliminaries, he had laughed at Iguide, saying that even Zhang Guan, a sprinter who had not competed in two years, could not run.
"I have laughed at Iguide before, and now Iguide must be ready to laugh at me." Anger appeared on Kiprop's face. He snorted coldly and thought to himself: "I am not like Iguide. There is no way I can lose to Zhang Guan!"
In addition to Kiprop, there are also French player Baala and Spanish player Chiquillo in this group, both of whom are also very capable players.
Before the starting line, Zhang Guan looked at the surrounding players.
"So many black people! The short man over there is an Algerian athlete, the thin man here is an Ethiopian, and this Kenyan athlete seems to be Kiprop, the favorite after Ramz in the 1500-meter event. This guy from France The contestants are also black..." Zhang Guan looked around and found that apart from himself, the only ones who were not black were the Spaniard Chiquillo, the information columnist Willis and the Canadian player Sullivan.
"The coach said before that you should be careful when you encounter black African athletes in middle distance running. There are Ethiopians, Algerians and Kenyans here. Maybe there are very powerful athletes among them. Especially the Kenyan Kiprop, who is very powerful. Qiang is also the favorite to win the 1,500-meter event in this Olympics. I will run behind him soon!"
Thinking of this, Zhang Guan targeted Kiprop.
With a gunshot, the game begins,
Zhang Guan's level of lane grabbing was still not good, but this time his lane was closer to the inside, which greatly shortened the distance for lane grabbing, so he finally occupied a better position and followed Kiprop as he wished.
Twelve players passed through the straight. At this time, the process of fighting for the lane was basically over. However, several players who were not very satisfied with their positions launched an attack in the first corner.
Some people want to run in front, some don't want to lead, and some feel that their position is pretty good. To prevent losing their position, a physical and psychological intrigue is inevitable. Those who want to get a better position include Algeria's Birkensa.
Kiprop noticed that Zhang Guan was following behind him. He was about to interfere with Zhang Guan's rhythm of the game, but he happened to find Algerian Birkensa chasing after him from the outside lane, obviously hoping to get a better position.
"Perhaps we can give Zhang Guan a chance!" Kiprop secretly observed Birkensa's position. He was prepared to suddenly increase his speed when Birkensa approached. In this way, due to the speed difference between him and Zhang Guan, there would be a short-term collision. There is a gap. If Birkensa can seize the opportunity, he can insert into this gap and squeeze Zhang Guan behind him.
This is a little trick in middle and long-distance running events. Athletes from Africa, especially Kenyans and Ethiopians, like to use this little trick to block other runners behind them and thus interfere with the opponent's rhythm of the game.
At the end of the first corner, Birkensa was approaching. Kiprop thought the time had come and immediately started to accelerate suddenly.
"Berkensa must have jumped in between me and Zhang Guan!" Kiprop took advantage of the opportunity to turn into the straight to observe secretly, but found that Zhang Guan was still behind him.
"Eh? Still Zhang Guan? Did Birkensa miss a good opportunity? This idiot can't even seize such a good opportunity!" Kiprop decided to create another opportunity for Birkensa, although this would also consume his own energy. , but Kiprop, who is talented and bold, obviously doesn't care about consuming more energy to interfere with Zhang Guan's game rhythm.
Kiprop adjusted his rhythm slightly and waited for Birkensa to catch up before suddenly accelerating again.
"Berkensa must have caught the opportunity this time!" Kiprop turned his head slightly and looked to the side, and found that Birkensa was no longer on the outside track. Kiprop knew that Birkensa must have successfully entered the final. On the inner track, I suddenly felt happy.
"It seems that Birkensa has successfully jumped in between me and Zhang Guan. I think Birkensa and Zhang Guan will have a fight next!"
Kiprop felt much more at ease. He continued to run forward step by step. It was not until he entered the corner that he used the turn to observe the runners behind him.
A red figure appeared in Kiprop's sight.
"Red sportswear? Algeria's sportswear is a white vest and green shorts. It's not Birkensa behind me, so who is it? Who in this group has a red uniform? The Chinese team? Zhang Guan!" Kiprop Thinking of this, he was suddenly shocked. He looked back again and found that the person following him was still Zhang Guan.
"Why is it still Zhang Guan? Where is Birkensa?" Kiprop looked carefully and saw Birkensa's figure behind Zhang Guan. Before that, Birkensa was blocked by Zhang Guan's figure. So Kiprop didn't see it.
"What's going on? Why did Birkensa follow Zhang Guan?" Kiprop was puzzled, but one thing was certain: his little trick failed.
PS: Chapter 4 was delivered today, and I finally made up for the chapters I owed yesterday. But as I said before, there will definitely be additional updates on weekends, so I will try my best to write another chapter after passing the level, which is considered as an additional update for weekends! Finish today and finish writing Chapter 5 before going to sleep. Please support me with your monthly votes, thank you all!
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