The leader, Bekele, crossed the 1,000-meter timing point in 2 minutes and 31 seconds, followed closely by Britain's Farah, Eritrea's Tadesse and Kenya's Masai. Zhang Guanze spent 2 minutes, 37.5 seconds, more than 6 seconds slower than the leader Bekele. This is already a big gap under the camera.
He was 6 seconds behind in the 1,000 meters. In the eyes of professionals, he would definitely fall behind even further. Zhang Guan was already eliminated early.
After 2000 meters, although Bekele still barely maintained his speed, his momentum was not as good as before. After another lap, Eritrean player Tadese, who was originally ranked third, began to exert his strength, surpassing Bekele, and rushed to the top. First place, starting to lead.
At 3000 meters, the speed of the athletes has slowed down. At this time, athletes from Ethiopia, Kenya and other countries did not deliberately set a fast pace. At this time, the speed of the athletes began to gradually stabilize.
Under normal circumstances, the stage from 3,000 meters to 8,000 meters is the least interesting stage in the 10,000-meter race. During this distance, all the players are following the steps and the competition is uneventful.
Just when everyone started to yawn out of boredom, Zhang Guan, who had already fallen behind, slowly caught up.
In the first 2000 meters, everyone was fast, but Zhang Guan seemed slower. But now, everyone has slowed down. In contrast, Zhang Guan has become the fastest person.
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British player Thompson is far inferior to Farah in terms of strength. Farah can always run in the first few, while Thompson can only reluctantly follow the last few.
A figure suddenly jumped up from Thompson's side, but he was startled.
"Who is it? How can anyone surpass it in this time period?" Thompson felt a little baffled. Now that he has run more than 3,000 meters, it is the stage where the high is too high and the low is too low. Athletes should follow honestly and no one will start. Beyond.
Thompson immediately turned around and saw that the athlete catching up from behind was Zhang Guan!
"Zhang Guan? It turns out he has been behind me!" Thompson thought with a puzzled look on his face.
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Zhang Guan caught up with the large army and began to surpass his opponents one after another.
Ukrainian player Lapovsky, British player Thompson, Italian player Meucci, Japanese player Yuki Sato, Australian player Lawrence, American player Tegan Kapp... Finally, Zhang Guan came to the front of the team.
"A player is catching up from behind, it's Zhang Guan!" the commentator who had been paying attention to the players in the front row suddenly said.
Hearing Zhang Guan's name, Sebastian spit out the brandy in his mouth, choking and coughing.
"Is Zhang Guan catching up?" Sebastian looked at the TV. At this time, Zhang Guan had already caught up with Kenyan player Masai. In front of Zhang Guan, there were four other players, namely the Bekele brothers and Farah. He and the leader Tadesse.
However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhang Guan is faster than the four players in front!
"How is it possible? Zhang Guan fell out of the big group at the beginning of the game. He should have been eliminated. Why did he catch up again! Damn it, this can make him stand up!" Sebas was already a little drunk. Tian couldn't help but started to curse angrily.
On the track, Zhang Guan gradually surpassed the Bekele brothers and came to Farah's side.
"Zhang Guan! Has he already caught up with me? No wonder he dares to participate in the 10,000-meter race. He is somewhat capable. But this is better. If you are vulnerable, then even if I win, it won't matter. mean!"
Farah was thinking about it, but Zhang Guan had the momentum to overtake him.
"What? Do you still want to surpass me?" Farah was surprised at first, and then his face was filled with disdain.
"You overestimate your capabilities!" Although Farah was disdainful, he had also realized in his heart that Zhang Guan's speed was indeed very fast.
"You are running so fast now, I don't believe you still have the strength to sprint in the end, so why not let you run to the front first!" Farah thought of this and did not follow up, but just let Zhang Guan go to the front.
The leader was Eritrean athlete Tadesai. At this time, Zhang Guan finally caught up with Tadesai.
"Is Zhang Guan catching up? Is he going to overtake me? Are you going to lead? Should I give up the leading position to him?" Tadesse hesitated for a second, but chose to let Zhang Guan to the front, and became The second place Tadesai immediately followed Zhang Guan.
"Leading is indeed a bit exhausting. Now let Zhang Guan lead the race, and I can take a break." Ted Sai thought about it, but found that he seemed to be unable to keep up with Zhang Guan's rhythm.
"Zhang Guan's speed seems a bit fast! I have to speed up to keep up with him. Why are he running so fast? Is he trying to be a rabbit?" Tadesse complained in his heart.
There are often rabbit runners in long-distance running, and the "rabbits" are usually paid by the organizers to speed up the pace of the competition and make the athletes perform better. And in the world's top competitions like the Olympic Games, the number of participating places is so precious that there are often no rabbits.
Tadesse tried to follow, but found that he couldn't keep up with Zhang Guan's rhythm. Then he gave up and let Zhang Guan run ahead.
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"Zhang Guan is ahead! He is now in the first place!"
"What's going on? I lowered my head and played with my phone. Without paying attention, Zhang Guan reached the first place? When we set off just now, wasn't Zhang Guan thrown away by the large group of troops? Why did he go from the bottom to the top? As soon as you come?"
"I've run almost 5,000 meters now! In the 5,000-meter distance, Zhang Guan has risen from last place to first place. Is this his pace to win the championship?"
"Awesome, that's awesome. Just be good at sprinting and middle-distance running. But when it comes to long-distance running, you can also win the Olympic championship. The nickname of the King of Track and Field is well-deserved!"
"What do you know? This is a 10,000-meter race. We have only run through half of it. It is too early to say that Zhang Guan won the gold medal. In my opinion, Zhang Guan is running so fast now. In the end, he will definitely not have the physical strength to sprint." !”
The audience at the scene started talking one after another.
In front of the TV, Sebastian's face turned extremely gloomy when he saw Zhang Guan appearing in the first position.
But the next second, a subtitle suddenly appeared, which showed that it took Zhang Guan 13 minutes and 8 seconds to run 5,000 meters, which was the halfway point.
"13 minutes and 08 seconds, so fast? No, this is too fast!" Sebastian suddenly laughed.
"Hahaha, Zhang Guan, you idiot, this is a 10,000-meter race. Can you run 10,000 meters? You ran so fast in the middle of the race. You will definitely not have the energy to sprint in the end. Farah will only need to use I can catch up with you in one sprint!"
Sebastian was the world's top middle-distance runner when he was young, and he certainly knows a lot about long-distance running events. He knew that in long-distance running competitions, the speed of the first 2,000 meters would be slightly faster, and the speed of the players would stabilize after 3,000 meters. However, in the distance from 5,000 meters to 8,000 meters, the speed of the players would often be the slowest. After 8,000 meters, the speed of the players would be the slowest. , the players began to accelerate slowly, and then in the last two laps, they almost entered the gold medal competition.
From 5000 meters to 8000 meters, for the athletes, it is a stalemate, an adjustment, and a accumulation of strength. This stage will be related to the final sprint. If all the physical strength is exhausted in this stage from 5000 meters to 8000 meters, In the end there was no way to sprint.
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On the track, Zhang Guan's lead over the second place was getting wider and wider. However, the more professional spectators or coaches on the sidelines shook their heads.
"Sure enough, Zhang Guan still can't run 10,000 meters! How can he still have the energy to sprint at his current speed?"
"Isn't that right? Although Zhang Guan is rushing to the front now, he will definitely be caught up in the end. If this continues, even the top ten might be a problem."
"Zhang Guan's defeat is only a matter of time. Let's take a look at the situation of the main force."
After 5000 meters, most of the runners behind were still in the same group. Only a few runners who relied on the B mark to compete had been left behind by the big group due to their lack of strength.
Zhang Guan still maintains a constant speed, but the speed of other players has slowed down a lot, so the distance between Zhang Guan and the rest of the group continues to widen.
At the 7000-meter timing point, Zhang Guan’s time was 18 minutes, 22 seconds and 50 seconds.
Under normal circumstances, when running from 10,000 meters to 7,000 meters, athletes are most tired and at their slowest. Therefore, in the large group, Kenyan athlete Masai was the first to cross the 7,000-meter timing point in 19 minutes, 12 seconds and 58 seconds. He was already a full 50 seconds slower than Zhang Guan!
This is still the leading player in the big group, and the people at the end have already begun to be trapped by Zhang Guan!
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"It's been trapped! This is not even the 20th lap, and someone has been trapped!"
"The one who was trapped was Ukrainian player Lapovsky. But Labovsky was not the last one. Three players had already withdrawn from the competition before!"
"Who will be trapped next? It seems to be an Englishman."
"It's British player Thompson! I'm afraid it won't be pleasant to be trapped in a home game!"
Amid people's discussion, Zhang Guan had already approached Thompson.
Thompson had a bitter look on his face. Being tricked is not a glorious thing. If it weren't for playing at home, he might have chosen to withdraw from the game directly.
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At 8,000 meters, the contestants finally began to speed up according to their own rhythm, and the atmosphere on the field suddenly became tense. This speed-up process will eliminate those athletes who do not have the strength to compete for medals, and they will be left behind by the leading group.
The game has entered its most tense moment. The audience, coaching area, and media area all focused their attention on the track, and they were waiting to see what happened.
"Don't you think Zhang Guan is a bit ahead?" said the coach of the Ugandan team.
The two Ugandan athletes did not perform very well today. They were both ranked outside the 15th place. It can be said that they have withdrawn from the medal competition, so the Ugandan coach has free time to observe other athletes.
"Zhang Guan? Where is he?" asked the Kenyan coach next to him.
"There! Did the end of the team see it? It's right there!" said the Ugandan coach, pointing to the track.
"That's Zhang Guan! Yes, I think about it, he should be the number one now. If you hadn't said anything, I would have thought he was a player who was left behind!" The Kenyan coach said here, Suddenly realized the problem.
"I remember when the game just started, Zhang Guan was following the tail of the team, right? Oh my God, he was catching up to the tail of the team again! The lead seems to be a bit too much! The people in front can Do you have time to catch up?"
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