Orc Undead Sports Warrior

Chapter 164 Pressure Isn't Scary

Upon hearing Dixon's words, Lu Wei simply smiled and patted the other man on the shoulder.

It seems that it's not impossible for tall athletes to run at a world-class level in sprinting, as Obikveru proved long ago.

This 1.95-meter-tall man is about the same height as Lu Wei. He will be 30 years old this year, an age that may mean the beginning of his decline for an athlete, but he has maintained his abilities very well.

His best result was a silver medal in the 100-meter race at the Athens Olympics, where he narrowly lost to Gatlin. His time was 9.86 seconds, which was considered very fast at the time.

The preliminary rounds quickly progressed to Group 4, in which Shen Liang was considered the strongest player. His three main opponents in this group were from Italy, France, and Ukraine.

"This group is probably the only one where Black athletes have no competitive advantage. Let's wait and see how Shen Liang crushes the other players!"

Zou Zhen's words were spoken with such conviction that they immediately drew the attention of the other coaches and players.

This scenario is probably the first time in the history of Chinese sprinting. In everyone's impression, Chinese athletes are basically not capable of qualifying for world championships, and even if they do, only one person has achieved a B-level qualification.

From the audience's perspective, the Chinese athletes participating in the competition were physically very different from those of European and American athletes. When running, it was obvious that they lacked the strength to push off the ground and had difficulty maintaining their speed in the later stages.

Since Liu Feiren and Huang Xiaoxiao made breakthroughs in hurdles, Chinese sports seem to have suddenly entered a period of rapid development.

Recently, male sprinters have seen the emergence of athletes like Hu Huo, Zhang Yuanteng, and Shen Liang. This year, people suddenly discovered that Lu Wei is even better at sprinting than these athletes.

The most distinctive feature of this relay team is that their average age is around 20, with the oldest member, Hu Ge, being only 25 years old this year, which is the prime age for a sprinter.

This change left everyone confused, but the subsequent matches proved that Zou Zhen was not exaggerating.

After the starting gun fired for the fourth group of the competition, Shen Liang, who was in lane eight, suddenly darted out of the team and left the other team members behind.

Shen Liang's explosiveness is among the best in Asia. If it weren't for the explosiveness of the black athletes, other athletes would have a hard time competing with him in the first 30 meters.

After 30 meters, Shen Liang's lead was nearly 1 meter, a distance equivalent to 2 to 3 meters in a 100-meter race. Thanks to his physical attributes, Shen Liang also reached top speed earlier than others.

Seeing those tall, white Europeans chasing Shen Liang desperately from behind, Zou Zhen laughed, and the scene made everyone laugh.

"Wasn't this kid torturing me like this a few months ago?!"

Lu Wei had finished the game and returned to the stands. Watching those big European and American players looking clumsy behind Shen Liang, Lu Wei suddenly wondered what he had been like a few months ago.

“You don’t look that disheveled. It’s just that when you run with him, it’s like a slow-motion replay, while Shen Liang is running at a normal speed!”

Wang Qiao was the most qualified to answer this question, and he answered Lu Wei's question without hesitation.

Do you know why my presence next to him doesn't highlight his sharpness?

Lu Wei suddenly became interested, and everyone else who heard him say that wanted to hear what he would say next.

"Charm, that's something you have to rely on!"

After Lu Wei finished speaking, he laughed and walked towards the athletes' tunnel. At this moment, everyone else was stunned. The biggest feeling in everyone's mind was that they were about to suffer from severe embarrassment.

Even so, people are still quite willing to listen to this guy.

As they spent more time together, Lu Wei gradually came to enjoy communicating with everyone, and he felt quite good about it.

Outside of competitions lately, he has been talking to people about the meaning and function of insurance the most, and people who have met him since then have found that he is very knowledgeable about it.

If you didn't know Lu Wei was an athlete, you'd probably think of him as an insurance salesman.

Shen Liang also did well, with a time of 6.65 seconds. The competition in this group was not too intense, and after realizing he was in the lead at the start, he didn't go all out in the later stages.

After all the matches in the morning were completed, the list of semifinalists for the afternoon was displayed on the electronic screen.

Shen Liang, Chambers, Dixon, and Obikveru were placed in the first group.

Lu Wei was grouped with another American athlete, Michael Rogers, Brazilian athlete Lidma, and a Caribbean athlete named Collins from Saint Kitts and Nevis.

These are groups that require a lot of hard work to get through.

Even before the afternoon competition started, the athletes participating in the 60-meter semi-finals were already warming up on the track.

On the field, teammates who knew each other would occasionally bump into each other and exchange a few awkward words before continuing their warm-up activities.

Lu Wei and Shen Liang were running slowly around the track.

"Lu Wei, do you think we can make it to the finals together this time?"

As Shen Liang ran, he asked Lu Wei, "This is the first time I've entered the semifinals in a major competition. An 18-year-old team member is already bearing pressure that ordinary people can't imagine."

He's only just come of age, so it's normal for him to feel uncertain in front of so many world-class players.

"If you can perform at your best during training, you should have no problem making it to the finals. Even if you can't perform as well as you usually do, you're not necessarily going to be eliminated. Everyone is very nervous at times like this."

In situations like this, whoever falters first will be the first to collapse in the competition. No matter how difficult it is, you have to grit your teeth and persevere!

Lu Wei answered Shen Liang without hesitation. He was less experienced in track and field than Shen Liang, but he had experienced more difficulties in his previous life.

He has defeated orcs stronger than himself in duels many times, and his survival is the best proof of that.

If I had backed down even once in those duels, I wouldn't be standing here now experiencing what it's like to be human.

Shen Liang gritted his teeth and nodded after hearing Lu Wei's words: "I understand. When two armies meet on a narrow path, the brave will prevail!"

As he spoke, he clenched his fist again, his signature move, which he always performed when he was motivating himself.

Soon, the afternoon's matches began.

Shen Liang was in the first group, in lane 5, which looked much better than in the preliminaries.

When the referee gave the first whistle, Lu Wei could clearly sense that Shen Liang was a little nervous, and from behind, his movements seemed very unnatural.

Just as he was about to step onto the starting blocks, Shen Liang shouted. After that shout, Lu Wei noticed that his movements were much more natural than before, appearing energetic and spirited.

Lu Wei felt that Shen Liang's greatest advantage was not his future prospects, but his self-motivation and his spirit of not giving in to pressure.