Chapter 624 Easy as Pace
Despite being followed by a group of black men, Bai Yu didn't feel any pressure; instead, a sense of familiarity washed over him.
As for having just finished a 5,000-meter race, that's not a big deal for him.
Although he is not at his peak condition, just as these black men thought, it doesn't mean they can just bluff against him.
If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to wear down these old black guys for his two junior brothers, he would have already made a hasty escape.
Although Bai Yu is currently accelerating, this is not his fastest speed. He is just running ahead of these black men as a pacesetter.
His plan was to lead these black men on two or three laps at his own pace, disrupting their rhythm.
As long as those behind them lose their rhythm, Liu Yu and his companion will have their chance; whether they advance will depend on themselves.
Otherwise, you wouldn't think that following Bai Yu is an easy thing, that you can rely on Bai Yu to break through the wind, right?
Indeed, Bai Yu was under more pressure as he was in the lead, but he controlled the overall pace. If he wanted to speed up, those behind him had to follow him, or they would fall behind.
If Bai Yu slows down, it will be the same; if these old bastards don't want to be leaders, then they'll have to slow down too.
However, the audience at the scene and the fans in the live broadcast room could not see the intricacies of the situation. They only knew one thing: Bai Yu, who had once dominated the scene, had disappeared.
In the previous 5,000-meter race, he clearly had an overwhelming advantage, but that advantage no longer exists in this race.
The biggest feeling among netizens is that the competition schedule was too tight, and Bai Yu did not get enough rest. This 10,000-meter race felt like being forced into it.
Then Bai Yu and the organizers suffered the consequences. While the competition was still in progress, their respective accounts started to be attacked.
The organizers are complaining that their event is unreasonable. Even if Bai Yu himself requested it, they shouldn't listen to an athlete's opinion and arrange such a competition.
Those who criticize Bai Yu are even simpler to say: he's arrogant and conceited, pretending to be something he's not. Now look what's happened; he's being besieged by the Blacks, and they're about to tarnish our honor on our own turf.
Even though Bai Yu is currently in the lead, many people believe that his advantage is not significant, and he is essentially fighting against fifteen opponents, so the final outcome is really hard to predict.
After all, Bai Yu's lead has always been very obvious in previous competitions. Even when facing second-tier competitors, he can maintain a lead of more than half a lap.
But look at it now, anyone who has watched Bai Yu's matches is shaking their head more and more.
Although they shook their heads more and more as they watched, apart from the more extreme and irritable fans, there was still a deafening roar of cheers from the crowd as everyone cheered for Bai Yu.
As the saying goes, the layman sees the spectacle, while the expert sees the details.
Although this competition didn't have a huge impact, it still attracted quite a few track and field athletes because of its very high prize money.
Whether they were at the scene or not, many professionals witnessed this match.
These people had different opinions about Bai Yu's match.
However, most people believe that Bai Yu did not use his full strength, and they are not quite sure why he did not.
After turning the camera on the track, Bai Yu was still in first place in the leading group, currently leading at a pace slightly slower than a sprint.
However, his speed is not constant; he will accelerate from time to time and rush forward.
This gave the black men behind him a different feeling: Bai Yu really wanted to shake them off, but because he had already run a race, he couldn't do it at the moment.
All they had to do was stay close behind Bai Yu, putting enough pressure on him to make him accelerate again and again.
In this way, it won't be long before they can exhaust Bai Yu's stamina and eliminate him from the competition!
However, as the race continued and a lap passed, Bai Yu's condition remained unchanged.
Two laps later, Bai Yu's condition remained unchanged; he was still in the lead, and his speed did not decrease at all.
Three laps, four laps later, the number of Lao Hei behind Bai Yu began to decrease, from fifteen to eleven.
On the other hand, Bai Yu's speed remained unchanged. He maintained the same speed as before, and even accelerated several times during the lap.
The four who fell behind noticed something was wrong. They had been following Bai Yu's pace for a long time, and they were starting to doubt whether they could actually eliminate Bai Yu.
The remaining eleven who were still persisting believed that Bai Yu was about to give up, and that if they could hold on, they could definitely eliminate Bai Yu ahead of time.
Then, after four laps, the whole scene changed dramatically. Bai Yu led eleven black men as the first group, the second group consisted of four black men who had noticed something was wrong, and the third group consisted of Liu Yu and his companion, along with a few other contestants.
Finally, there was a fourth group of four people. These four were actually the group closest to Bai Yu and the others, because as Bai Yu continued to accelerate, they were already about to lap some of the other players.
The four people were just a dozen meters ahead of Bai Yu, as if they could overtake him with a single sprint.
Long-distance running is different from other sports; in it, the strong are extremely strong, and the weak are truly weak.
In addition, everyone has their own rhythm during the competition, and Bai Yu's rhythm is unmatched by other contestants, especially since he is currently leading a group of older Black players in the competition.
During this process, he repeatedly accelerated to disrupt the rhythm of these older black players, and before they knew it, he was about to lap the last player.
By the tenth lap of the race, Bai Yu was completely out of the running. The second group had also changed, with Liu Yu and his companion catching up and joining the second group.
Seeing Bai Yu take the lead again, the audience once again gave him the most enthusiastic response.
From that moment on, everything in the 10,000-meter preliminary round became a foregone conclusion. By the last lap, Bai Yu was almost lapping the second-tier participants.
The result was met with disbelief from both the audience at the scene and netizens online.
Even though Bai Yu hadn't participated in a competition for a year, and even though he had just finished running a 5,000-meter race, his strength was still terrifying!
Actually, there was some trickery involved. Why did those black guys have to choose to go head-to-head with him? If they had just played at their own pace from the beginning, even if Bai Yu could have won, he wouldn't have been able to trap everyone.
Indeed, in this race, in the final sprint, Bai Yu once again made a powerful sprint and lapped the second group.
He lapped the second-tier team, so will there be any survivors in this competition?
As for Bai Yu's final race result, it wasn't very good. He just barely made it into the 25-minute mark, with the time set at 25 minutes and 55.76 seconds.
This result is still quite different from the world record he set, but it is sufficient for this competition.
After successfully winning the match, Bai Yu did not rush to leave the arena, but instead cheered on his junior teammates from the sidelines.
After these twenty-odd laps, even though Bai Yu had disrupted the rhythm of the older black players in the early stages, there were still five older black players among the six in the second group.
As for Bai Yu's junior brother, only Liu Yu followed along; the other one had already fallen to the third tier.
This is racial talent. Even if you don't want to admit it, it's a fact. If we want to surpass them, we can only do so through hard work.
Fortunately, the final result was quite good, and Liu Yu successfully advanced to the finals with a fifth-place finish.
After their group finishes, there are still Group B and Group C matches left. The Asian players in these two groups are in a bit of a predicament, because they don't have Bai Yu to disrupt Lao Hei's rhythm for them.
The final result is that there are a total of ten qualifying spots in these two groups, nine of which are Black and only one is Asian.
The fact that an Asian advanced to the group doesn't mean that Asian was particularly outstanding; it's just that there were only four Black people in Group C, and they all advanced, leaving one spot unfilled.
With the conclusion of Group C's competition, the finalists for the 10,000-meter race have been determined, consisting of twelve Black athletes and three Asians.
If ranked according to their individual scores, Bai Yu's score of 25 minutes is undoubtedly the best; none of the other contestants' scores start with 25.
As for the last place score, it starts with 27, which is a really big difference.
Bai Yu had anticipated this outcome, and the result was even better than he had expected.
Bai Yu originally thought he would be fighting fourteen people at once again, but now, with this result, no matter what, they still arranged two Asian people for him in the old black group.
However, another Asian man, Bai Yu, didn't have a good impression of him because that guy was from the Japanese family.
Although the other party was a fan of Bai Yu, it did not prevent Bai Yu from disliking him, or rather, he disliked all of Bai Yu's works.
Before this, he would never go to the small notebook unless absolutely necessary, and he really had no feelings for the people there.
After the morning session ended, Bai Yu led Wang Hai and several familiar athletes toward the cafeteria.
For this competition, all athletes are entitled to free meals, but they will be eating in the cafeteria and must purchase meals with tickets. Those without tickets will have to pay for their own meals.
This applies equally to both domestic and international competitors; everyone receives the same treatment.
As soon as Bai Yu arrived at the cafeteria, he grabbed several trays and wandered around the various windows, taking whatever he wanted to eat, even if he didn't have enough meal tickets. He was willing to pay for it himself to get what he wanted.
Don't be fooled by how easily he went through the morning's matches, as if he had effortlessly secured his place in the next round.
While this is true, for Bai Yu, running two races in one morning was also extremely taxing on him.
This is mainly reflected in his appetite. Today at lunch, he ate an astonishing amount of food.
Also at noon today, all the food stalls in the canteens of Ocean University of China were doing very well, and the food they prepared was simply not enough to meet the demand.
The athletes competed all morning, and they were indeed very tired and hungry.
But for the spectators watching the game on the field, they were just as tired.
Although they didn't have a match, they cheered on the athletes.
You don't think that cheering and supporting someone makes you feel less tired, do you? Whether it's shouting or expressing yourself with passionate gestures, it all requires physical exertion.
They were really hungry too.
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