Orc Undead Sports Warrior

Chapter 90: Four "Silver Knights" Break Asian Records

The Chinese team only won one medal on the seventh day of the World Championships, ranking even lower than many of their African counterparts on the medal table, which made Feng Yong a little uneasy.

The team hadn't achieved any results in their planned strong events, and they were hoping Liu Feiren would win a gold medal in the competition. However, he was placed in lane 9, which made everyone in the track and field team feel uncertain.

In the evening's competition, the 4x100m relay race is scheduled before the 400m race, and the 110m hurdles are the final event of the day. If the Chinese track and field team still doesn't improve today, then the results of this competition will basically be as they are.

At the Beijing Olympics, a total of 383 gold medals were awarded across 28 sports, with 46 in athletics and 32 in swimming, accounting for more than one-fifth of the total gold medals.

While swimming competitions can rely on diving to win a certain number of gold medals, swimming competitions also produce gold medals frequently, totaling nearly 10 gold medals.

The track and field events are quite pitiful. As the event with the most gold medals, the Chinese team lags far behind the United States in this event.

There's a common saying in the Olympics: whoever wins in track and field and swimming wins the championship. Even when the Chinese delegation ranks highly in the Olympics, they are often ridiculed by the American and Russian delegations for playing in niche events and not focusing on their main sport.

This left the Chinese sports community speechless, as they had indeed failed to prove themselves in track and field, a fundamental sport.

After the decline of women's middle and long-distance running, China has indeed had very few competitive events in track and field. The only one we had was Liu Xiang, who was placed in lane 9 by the Japanese.

Today will be the decisive day for the Chinese team to win the gold medal in this competition.

High hopes were also placed on the 4x100m relay race in the evening, as this event is considered a test of extreme speed, and the Japanese team is a regular finalist in major competitions.

As fellow people of Asian descent, they can achieve great things, and we should also have our place on the world stage.

Under the watchful eyes of the nation, Lu Wei and his three teammates arrived at the 4x100m relay preliminary track.

The 14 participating relay teams were divided into two groups: the United States, Great Britain, Japan, Nigeria, Russia and other teams were in Group A, while Jamaica, Brazil, Poland, Germany, Canada, China and South Africa were in Group B.

"The Japanese are so cunning. They put two strong teams, the US and the UK, in the same group to make a show of it. What kind of teams are the others? I won't even mention Nigeria. And what about Australia and Russia? Do they even have any sprinters? And when have you ever seen an Italian man run a sprint? It's hilarious!"

"Look at our group, it seems Jamaica is the only strong team. Brazil, Poland, Germany, and Canada are all formidable opponents. Only South Africa is a bit weak. The hosts are really taking care of us!"

"So, according to you, we have no chance. If that's the case, it would be better to let Lu Wei not participate in this competition and focus on the 400-meter final. Maybe he can perform well then. It's better not to participate in both competitions and end up not excelling in either one..."

Listening to Mr. Lu's analysis, Mrs. Lu said with dissatisfaction.

"That's not the way it is. You reap what you sow!" Mr. Lu looked at the competition list with great interest. Just four months ago, he thought his son was a young man without dreams, but a few months later he became the second-best player on the track and field team. This was really unbelievable.

Perhaps the answer lies in time.

After the starting gun fired, the American team in lane 4 was catching up with the Japanese team, who had been neided into lane 5, at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye.

The first runner for the US team was Dixon, a very explosive runner who quickly closed the gap on Naoki Tsukahara, who was also known for his explosiveness. The first runner for Great Britain was...

The first runner for the British team was 31-year-old veteran Markham, whose ability can only be described as average. He could probably only barely defeat Naoki Tsukahara in a solo match.

However, after the first and second batons were exchanged, everyone noticed that the distance between the Japanese team and the American team seemed to have shortened a bit.

"Amazing! I didn't even notice any slowdown; it looked like a person was running!" sprint head coach Zou Zhen thought to himself in astonishment.

After the Japanese team received the baton in the second leg, the gap between them and the American team narrowed slightly, and the British team in lane 6 was caught up by the Japanese team during one baton exchange.

Japan's second runner was Shingo Suetsugu, whose best time was 10.03 seconds. Because he maintained his top speed right after receiving the baton, he and the US team's second runner, Davis Button, were neck and neck for quite some time.

However, his ability ultimately proved insufficient, and the gap continued to widen in the last 30 meters. But during the second and third baton exchanges, the Japanese team narrowed the gap again with a seamless baton exchange.

The gap between Shinji Takahira and Spearmon of the American team was quite large in this leg. By the time the baton was about to be exchanged, the gap between the two relay teams had reached nearly 5 meters.

Just when everyone thought the American team would win easily, their final baton exchange went awry. When Spiermon was about to pass the baton to Rodney Martin, the latter failed to receive it on the first touch.

As he was about to cross the relay zone, Rodney Martin quickly slowed down, because running out of the relay zone before the relay was completed would be a violation and would result in disqualification.

This took more than 0.5 seconds. By the time Rodney Martin took over the baton, Japan's fourth batter, Nobuharu Asahara, had already passed him by nearly 1 meter.

Fortunately, Rodney Martin was quite capable. Although he was Tyson Gay's backup and his skill level was not as high as the latter's, he was more than enough to deal with the "Japanese old man." He did not have to exert too much effort to surpass Nobuharu Asahara.

Group A has concluded, with the US team finishing first in their group with a time of 38.10 seconds, achieving their best time of the season. Relay events are rare in the Golden League, and their season-best performance despite significant errors was remarkable, especially considering this was their first relay race of the season.

Japan finished second in their group, just 0.11 seconds behind, with a time of 38.21 seconds, setting a new Asian record.

The four Japanese players were overjoyed to have put the world champions, the United States, in such a predicament, and the entire audience cheered for their team with deafening roars.

The remarkable success of the event can be attributed not only to the Japanese people's proud national spirit, but also to their consistently world-leading ability to create their own fantasies. Their star-making campaigns have been incredibly effective, with the four relay runners affectionately dubbed the "Four Heavenly Kings" by Japanese audiences.

These four Silver Warriors... well, the "Four Heavenly Kings" certainly didn't disappoint their brainless fans. Embracing the Sun Dragon, Sun Tiger, Sun Leopard, and the Sun Swallow flying into the sky with their fearless spirit, they made the American team cover their backsides and flee in panic to escape a disaster during the game. They were very satisfied, and the whole of Japan was very satisfied.

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