Chapter 247: Speed vs Teamwork (1/2)

Chapter 247: Speed vs Teamwork

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The contest began as soon as the starting gun fired.

Jialiang Zhang was the first relay runner for the Hanbei team, chosen by Dai Li.

Jialiang Zhang was not a top athlete, but he was a calm person, which helped him have steady, consistent performances in competitions. His characteristics made him suitable to be the first relay runner.

His performance was steady as usual. He began calmly and sped up as expected. He was running at a steady speed, but was gradually left behind by other runners as time went by.

This was the ability gap. Jialiang Zhang didn't have advantages in speed compared to the other runners, so it was normal for him to be left behind.

Right, he is not as fast as the others. Although he is running at a steady pace, he was left behind. Li Xue was intrigued as he looked at the track. He was not surprised by the result.

Dai Li sighed out of frustration. He knew Jialiang Zhang was just an average athlete, but he had had faith in him, and was hoping he could at least not finish last. Unfortunately, however, Jialiang Zhang was slowly left behind, and he was the last one to reach the second leg.

In the previous qualifying races and the first round, they had met some weak teams, and Jialiang Zhang had been able to somewhat handle them. However, when it came to the final, all the athletes on the track were great. Jialiang Chen was clearly at a disadvantage.

Jialiang Zhang is consistent. These types of athletes will never fail at critical moments, but I could never count on him to go above and beyond. It would appear that I was overthinking. Dai Li laughed at himself.

The runners waiting at the second leg were getting ready to receive the baton. Now was the time to show the gap in teamwork between in each team.

Jialiang Zhang was still steady. In both handing off and receiving the baton, everything went smoothly. After the set of actions were completed, Jialiang Zhang had completed his task.

He finished quickly. I saw the Thai team in his movement! Li Xue gasped silently.

The second runner was the young athlete Yihao Wu. As soon as he got the baton, he began to speed up.

Jialiang Zhang was the last one to enter the relay area, but Yihao Wu was the first one rush out.

”The Hanbei team is in first place after the first leg!”

”The curve is happening! What did I miss?”

All the coaches and athletes opened their eyes wide. Every team were running quickly, and it was hard to judge their positions clearly with the naked eye. Normally you just stared at one or two groups in particular.

However, it was easy for the audience to notice who was the first one to take off from the start of the second leg. The distance between the starting point to the second leg was the same, as was the length of the track. Whoever ran through the relay area was the quickest.

”They went from being left behind to first place. The Hanbei team was the fastest in the first leg of the race. They were much faster than any other team. They made up ground in the first circle in just one leg of the race.”

Because many of the people who made up the audience were sports specialists, they realized this.

Yihao Wu performed extremely well as a second runner on his team.