ice and snow champion

Chapter 104 The 5000-meter Relay

In the 1000-meter competition, Zheng Fan's skating was not easy.

The opponents are all very strong, and the technology of occupying the road is also first-rate, so it is difficult to achieve overtaking.

It was also thanks to his timely response that he kept up with Xu Yila's "sports car" and brought him all the way to the second position, giving him a chance to overtake at the last corner.

In the last half lap, Zheng Fan used the speed skating acceleration skill, otherwise there would be no sudden increase in speed.

It has to be said that in this competition, Zheng Fan was able to win the championship due to a certain amount of luck.

Now that he won the gold medal, Zheng Fan went backstage to rest after a brief celebration.

The next race was the 5000-meter relay. Zheng Fan felt that he could fight harder and strive for another team gold medal for the Hua Guo team, not just a silver medal in his previous life.

But in the final tough battle, it also depends on Li Yan's tactical arrangements.

According to the original plan when training in H City, Zheng Fan was the fourth bat.

But now that he has won two gold medals, especially after showing the perfect cornering overtaking technique, I don't know if Li Yan will make adjustments.

Zheng Fan is not the captain, nor is he a coach, he is just a soldier who obeys the command, so he just needs to listen to the greetings, and he just needs to skate well with his own stick. Let Mr. Li and Dajing struggle with other matters.

Just as Zheng Fan guessed, Li Yan is now worrying about whether to adjust the tactical arrangement of the 5000-meter relay and modify the baton time on the spot, which is a big taboo in the competition;

But Li Yan felt it was a bit of a pity not to modify the stick times. Zheng Fan has a strong ability to overtake in corners, especially in the last lap, often giving his opponent a fatal blow.

But after much deliberation, Li Yan still gave up his plan to revise the stick.

After all, Zheng Fan is only participating in the team competition of an international competition for the first time, this time it should be regarded as a chance for him to practice, and it will not be too late to burden him with the Winter Olympics.

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An hour later, when Zheng Fan returned to the competition field, the 3000-meter super race was over, and Dajing won No.8 just like in his previous life.

After a short break, the men's athletes ushered in the 5000m Group A relay final.

The relay race is a team event, which not only tests the physical strength, ability and wisdom of each member of the team, but also tests the cooperation and coordination ability of a team.

A total of four teams entered the finals of Group A, namely China, the Netherlands, Great Russia, and Hungary.

The strength of the four teams is very strong. Russia is a veteran world champion, and they are very sophisticated in tactics and skating; Hungary is a newly emerging short-track team with an extremely fierce style; There are many masters, and the skating technique is fierce.

It is not easy for the Huaguo team to win the championship in this game.

The players of the Huaguo team participating in this game are Dajing, the first baton, Tianyu, the second baton, and Ziwei, the third baton. This is a set of handover order that the Huaguo team has used in major international competitions, but it is different from the past. Surprisingly, Zheng Fan was placed in the fourth bat.

From a professional point of view, the 5000-meter relay requires athletes to slide 45 laps. Calculated based on one and a half laps to complete a handover, the third and fourth rods are slid seven times, the first and second rods are slid eight times, and the second rod needs to be passed at the end. Responsible for crossing the line for the last two laps.

Zheng Fan was assigned to the fourth bat, so he just needs to ensure that he has full speed in his own bat and overtakes the first place.

After introducing the four teams on the broadcast, the referee signaled the top players from each country to stand on the starting line.

With a "bang" gunshot, the 5000-meter relay race officially began.

As the first bat, Dajing's explosive power is unquestionable. In addition, the Huaguo team occupies the first track, so they slipped to the first position after the start.

Athletes from various countries skating very slowly in the first lap, and it took as much as 14 seconds for one lap.

After one and a half laps, Tianyu took over the baton and continued to lead the slide, the speed was still not too fast.

The third is Ziwei. After taking over the baton, Ziwei's speed has improved significantly, and the time consumed by each lap has been shortened to about 10 seconds.

After Ziwei took over the baton and slid for a lap, Zheng Fan also started to follow on the inner circle, and when Ziwei immediately completed a lap and a half, he accelerated and slid to the outermost side of the track. Quilt Ziwei pushed hard and started This great time of his own.

As the lead skater, Zheng Fan also increased his speed a little bit. Driven by him, the players behind him began to speed up and skated closely behind Zheng Fan.

After one and a half laps, Zheng Fan pushed Dajing hard, who had already slid in front of him, and successfully completed the handover with Dajing.

It takes exactly six laps to complete a round of handover.

So back and forth, the athletes of the Hua Guo team are always in the lead skating state, the Hungarian team is ranked second, Russia is ranked third, and the Netherlands is ranked fourth, which has not changed since the start of the competition.

This state has been maintained until Zheng Fan's second baton. After taking over the baton, Hungarian fourth player Liu Shaoang suddenly exerted his strength and merged into the inner lane, blocking Zheng Fan's trajectory of wanting to merge into the inner lane after taking over the baton. Zheng Fan Fan had no choice but to merge into the inner way behind Liu Shao'ang.

But Zheng Fan didn't overtake immediately, because it is Zheng Fan's strong point to stick behind his opponent and slide along, so that he can minimize his wind resistance.

The distance of one and a half laps needs to go through three corners. Zheng Fan tried to overtake at the third corner of his best time, but unfortunately he failed. The keen Liu Shaoang discovered Zheng Fan's intention in time and blocked Zheng Fan. ahead of the road.

Zheng Fan can only complete the handover from Dajing in the second place temporarily.

After the Hungarian skaters came to the leading position, their skating speed became faster and faster, but the rankings of the four teams were extremely stable and did not change in a short period of time.

With 19 laps left in the race, Tianyu suddenly accelerated after taking over the baton, turned the corner on the outside, and realized the overtake of the Hungarian player, which once again brought the Huaguo team to the first position.

Because of Tianyu's sudden acceleration this time, the four teams also began to speed up the skating speed, shortening the time consumed by each lap to less than 9 seconds.

Outside the field, Li Yan saw this scene, and quickly stretched out his hand to signal the four players of the Hua Guo team to control their speed, because speeding up too early and overtaking would consume more energy, and it would not be beneficial to the Hua Guo team's last few laps of sprinting , especially the second best Tianyu.

After a short period of stability, the Dutch team's overtake attempt once again pulled up the speed of athletes from all over the world, and also made the competition completely heated up, blowing the clarion call for the athletes to sprint.

And with eight laps left, Tianyu and Ziwei made a slight mistake in the handover, and Ziwei's starting speed was obviously a beat slower.

The Hungarian team seized this loophole and directly overtook the Chinese team from inside after handing over the baton; while the Dutch team also turned inside and squeezed Ziwei, who was half a body behind, to the third place.

From this stick, every stick is the last handover of every athlete, and every athlete starts to sprint and sprint without reservation.

Ziwei struggled to catch up, and was always looking for an opportunity for outsiders to overtake, but the top two teams had already pulled up their speed completely, and it was extremely difficult for outsiders to surpass.

The moment he and Ziwei completed the handover, Zheng Fan knew that the mission was calling him!

That is the responsibility of an athlete on the field!
So, abandon all distracting thoughts and sprint, boy!

　Don't pay attention to the word "juvenile" at the end. According to the age classification of the World Health Organization, 10-19 years old are considered teenagers, and Zheng Fan does belong to this category.

　　
　
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