Orc Undead Sports Warrior

The Nigerian team has already failed, and if the Chinese relay team can finish the race without committing any fouls, they are guaranteed at least a 7th place finish. This is a historic moment for Chinese athletics.

Perhaps for this reason, Zhang Yuanteng appeared very excited when he received the baton. He quickly widened the gap with the German team in the first thirty meters.

In a 400-meter race, the starting gap between runners on adjacent lanes is about 7 meters. After a bend, if the distances they have covered are equal, the lead is 3.5 meters.

With Zhang Yuanteng's increased effort, the Chinese relay team gained a larger lead over the German relay team.

However, what makes relay races special is that you can't simply add up the individual scores of the team members to get the team's score. In relay races, the personality traits of many team members will come into play.

Logically speaking, this German player's performance should not be as good as Zhang Yuanteng's, but he managed to narrow the gap between them just when Zhang Yuanteng was about to widen the gap further.

Seeing that even the only prey he could catch was about to escape, Zhang Yuanteng's blood boiled. He increased the force of his arm swings and continuously pushed off the ground to maintain the slight gap.

"Zhang Yuanteng took the baton in the second leg. The handover was very smooth. He extended the lead over Germany in the adjacent lane. The German team's second runner caught up. Zhang Yuanteng pushed off the ground with all his might and accelerated for the second time. Zhang Yuanteng held on!"

At this point, commentator Yang Li was no longer paying attention to Liu Xiang, having completely immersed himself in the competition. He only had a little over 38 seconds left in the 4x100m relay, and he had to concentrate fully on conveying all the information from the field – a very difficult task. In such an important competition, a passionate commentary becomes a masterpiece of one's life, so he simply didn't coordinate with Liu Xiang.

Liu Feiren was completely bewildered. He understood the saying "a trade is like a mountain" (meaning someone outside their field is completely different from someone else). However, he hadn't expected the gap between him and Yang Li to be so large in practice. They usually talked a lot, and he had thought he could also deliver some smooth commentary and memorable lines.

However, he found that once the match started, he couldn't quickly express the information he saw. The same thing happened with the commentary; he was always a beat behind Yang Li, subconsciously repeating what Yang Li said after he finished speaking.

This situation was unexpected for Liu Feiren. It felt like Yang Li was leading him through a lesson, which was quite frustrating.

However, he could only be frustrated for a short while, as Zhang Yuanteng was about to take over from Shen Liangchuan.

In a 4x100m relay, the second and fourth runners usually cover the longest distance. The runners in these two positions must be highly skilled and have strong impact.

Zhang Yuanteng, currently China's top 100-meter sprinter, ran the second leg very well. Although he didn't widen the gap with the German team, he caught up with the teams ahead of him.

The US and Jamaica teams gained a significant advantage in this leg of the baton exchange. Great Britain is also strong, ranking third. Japan surpassed Brazil to rank fourth thanks to the handover between the first and second legs, but their advantage was reduced in the second leg.

The US team was the first to complete the baton exchange, but they seemed a bit stagnant in that leg, allowing Jamaica's third baton runner, Carter, to catch up.

However, Guy is definitely not a pushover. Usually, the third runner only runs through one bend, and then immediately passes the baton into the straight, letting the last runner decide the outcome.

The US team's tactic was to have Gay run as much as possible, receiving the baton a few meters earlier and giving it to him a few meters later, thus unintentionally running about ten meters more.

As the double champion of the 100m and 200m in this competition, Guy is extremely ambitious. Among the athletes competing in Osaka, no one can rival him now.

In the third leg, he almost completely dominated Carter. Gay, who started in the 200 meters and had honed his cornering technique to perfection, was widening the gap with Jamaica with a visible speed difference.

China's runners did a good job, Brazil made a small mistake, and Shen Liang's run was also quite good. However, in this leg, he ran slightly faster than Brazil, Japan, and Great Britain.

The United States and Jamaica have taken over, and the four teams from Great Britain, Japan, Brazil, and China have squeezed together to form the second group. The four teams are competing for a bronze medal, and the competition has entered the final stage of fierce battle.

At this moment, Shen Liang was like a little leopard, charging out from among a group of burly men. His low center of gravity, fast stride, and stable lower body gave him a natural advantage when cornering.

"Oh dear, but!" Even Lu Wei himself didn't know where the Chinese team would finish in the finals.

He won the final leg, meaning he can only defeat the other teams if the gap isn't significant. After all, at this level, no relay team is weak; the final runners in the final teams are all tough opponents.

Finally, when Shen Liang was 15 meters away from him, Lu Wei began to accelerate.

This starting distance is the optimal distance that Lu Wei and Zhang Liang have practiced together many times. At this point, Shen Liang's speed has not decreased much. After catching up with Lu Wei, the latter will be about to accelerate to his maximum speed.

Perhaps influenced by the atmosphere of the competition, Lu Wei was noticeably more excited when receiving the baton this time, and his start was much faster than usual. Shen Liang realized that when he was about to reach Lu Wei, he could no longer catch up with him.

"Wait a minute, I can't catch up!" Shen Liang shouted anxiously when he realized he couldn't catch up with Lu Wei.

However, his voice was completely drowned out by the cheers of the audience, and Lu Wei did not hear it.

Lu Wei only glanced back when he saw that he was not far from the boundary of the relay zone and did not see Shen Liang out of the corner of his eye.

Lu Wei realized that this guy really couldn't catch up with him. He had been practicing so well, why did he mess up at the crucial moment? What a great advantage! Lu Wei was already fuming, but the race was still going on, so he could only slow down and wait for Shen Liang for a bit.

"Oh no! The Chinese team is about to leave the relay zone! Slow down! ... That was close! Lu Wei was just two steps away from leaving the relay zone. If the Chinese team cannot finish the race within the relay zone as required, they will be disqualified."

With a cry of surprise from Yang Li, Lu Wei launched the final chase with his baton.

Although only a minor adjustment was made during the baton exchange, time is extremely precious in sprint races, and the Brazilian team, which was on par with the Chinese team, has now pulled ahead of the Chinese team by nearly 3 meters.

At this moment, Lu Wei was desperately chasing after the relay teams ahead, and he was visibly closing the gap with the Brazilian team.

"If I had made a steady pass just now, things wouldn't be like this now. The more anxious you are, the more energetic you become, damn it!" Lu Wei was filled with regret. He had been practicing so well, how come he couldn't catch up with him after starting today? He really believed you!