Chapter 527: The Person Who Uses the Axe
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After the n’s high jump, the next final was going to be held in two hours. Before that, there would be six events: the won’s javelin qualifiers, the n’s 110m hurdles semifinals, the won’s long jump qualifiers, the won’s 400m hurdles semifinals, the n’s 400m hurdles semifinals, and the won’s 200m semifinals.
The Arican team perford as expected in these six events, without anything unusual happening.
Later, the final of won’s 1500m event was decided.
Two Arican athletes were in the final. Ethiopians made up the majority of the athletes. However, they just had quantity, not quality. In other words, those Ethiopian athletes were good, but not good enough to place.
The Turkish athletes perford remarkably well in won’s 1500m event. In the last Olympic Gas, they won both the gold dal and the silver dal. They had also won the World Championship. They were the biggest opposition to the Arican team. However, two years ago after the World Championship, Turkish athletes were found to have used illicit drugs and were banned by the IAAF. Therefore, the last winners of the gold and silver dals missed this Olympics.
The Russian team was also very powerful in won’s middle-distance races and the Soviet Union had even dominated this event for a long ti. Nevertheless, as in most racing sports, African and Middle Eastern countries were not to be taken lightly.
Bahrain, Morocco, and Katar also had powerful competitors. The unique climate of west Asia and north Africa, along the eating habit of Muslim countries were very suitable for training middle-distance athletes. In many middle-distance races, people from west Asia and north Africa often could defeat African competitors from Sub-Saharan.
Unfortunately for them, there were many African-Aricans competing for the U.S.
African-Arican athletes were much stronger than African athletes.
Many people felt this was because Arica was better and Arican people had a high quality of life.
This was just one aspect. For example,, there were lots of African-European people. Moreover, European social security was better than Arican, and poor people could get more social welfare and nutrition than Arican poor people. However, African-European athletes from England and France were not as strong as African-Arican athletes.
The real reason why African-Aricans people were stronger could be traced back to colonial era.
When European colonists sold slaves to Arica, they mainly chose Africans, who were tall, strong and full of strength. They were physically ideal slaves. When the slave trade bood, the population in Africa declined rapidly.
At that ti, the long distance from Africa to Arica was really a big challenge. The people were huddled in the ship’s hold and there was little food and water. The people who survived the journey had to have been physically impressive. If not, they would have been thrown into the sea to feed sharks. The descendants of these strong n and won could have inherited their physicalities.
The trip from Africa to Europe was not as bad. Many slave traders went through the Strait of Gibraltar, so there was little risk during the transit. Therefore, the sa physicality that Africans transported to Arica needed to survive was unnecessary in those transported to Europe.
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In the won’s 1500m event, Turkish athletes were banned for having used illicit drugs, which benefited the Arican team most. Two Arican athletes perford excellently and won a gold dal and a silver dal.
After the final of the won’s 1500m event, there was only one event left. The final of the n’s 110m hurdles.
Hurdles had always been a strong event for the Arican team. Arica had been dominant for years, especially in the n’s 110m. During the last twenty years, only Feixiang Lin from China had beaten them.
However, after his retirent, the Chinese lost much of their hurdling ability, while Arica regained the dominant position.
Nowadays, the country Arica worried most about was Jamaica. After succeeding in 100m and 200m events, the Jamaican team began to develop other track and field events. They had beco strong in the 400m and short-distance hurdles.
The 400m and 200m races were related. In the 1990s, many 400m athletes could participate in 200m competitions. Short-distance hurdles required the sa explosive force. It was known that Jamaican athletes were good at short-distance races. When faced with fierce competition in sprints, many Jamaican sprinters chose to practice short-distance hurdles.
For the Arican team, their most powerful athletes were not at this Olympic Gas because of the drug scandal.There was only one Arican athlete that reached the final of the n’s 110m hurdles. Ellis tter, who hadn’t made it through the first round of Olympic qualification, was one of the athletes chosen by Dai Li.
Without the powerful Arican athletes in the n’s 110m hurdles, the outco of the event was unpredictable.
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Fraser, the head coach of the Jamaican team, was inspiring his athletes.
“Arica doesn’t have powerful athletes in this Olympics. This is the best chance we have to win the championship. The only Arican athlete in the final is nad Ellis tter. Based on the information we got, he has never attended any international gas. He even didn’t make it through the first round of Olympic qualifications in Arica! Sending such an athlete to the Olympic Gas, Arica must really have no talent.
“In the n’s 100m dash, an Arican athlete grabbed the gold dal from us. This ti, we should pay it back. We should let them know how it feels when your gold dal is stolen! Reed, it’s your turn now. Co on, go get the gold dal!” Fraser said.
The Jamaican athlete participating in this event was nad Reed. Two years ago, in the World Championships in Athletics, he won the bronze dal in the n’s 110m hurdles. Now, without the powerful Arican athletes in this event, Reed was hoping to win the gold dal.
On the French team, there was an equally ambitious and fierce athlete.
His na was Baccus, a 29-year-old veteran athlete. This was his third Olympic Gas.
Baccus was a powerful athlete, but he had bad luck. When he began to participate in international gas, Feixiang Lin was in his pri. At that ti, even Arican athletes couldn’t defeat Feixiang Lin. Young Baccus hadn’t win stood a chance.
When Feixiang Lin was injured, Baccus had beco famous. However, it didn’t last too long because Dai Li cured Feixiang Lin. At that ti, Baccus who was just reaching his pri, beca a supporting role once again.
After Feixiang Lin’s retirent, Arican athletes rose to fa and beca the main players in the n’s 110m hurdles again. Therefore, Baccus still didn’t get much recognition.
Baccus had been a top athlete for more than a decade, but there had always been stronger athletes. He hadn’t yet had a good chance to win.
However, this ti was different. Without the powerful Arican athletes, Baccus also saw a chance.
I have never heard of that young Arican athlete. He didn’t even qualify originally. He can’t be a threat to . I should pay attention to that Jamaican, Reed. He won the bronze dal in the World Championship in Athletics the year before last.
Looking at the podium, Baccus looked determined.
May God bless . After all these years, it should be my turn to win a championship!
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When all the competitors were on the track, Dai Li smiled.
At first, Dai Li had been worried about tter. However, after detecting the other competitors, Dai Li beca calm. None of the other seven competitors matched tter in neither ability nor talent.
tter’s talent level was S , which was really rare. Even in top international gas like Olympics, athletes with A level talent were not common. In most cases, there might be only one athlete with an A talenin every two events. Basically, those athletes with A talent won the championships. It was really unlucky to face Aylwin who had S -level talent.
Surely tter can win a dal. If he performs normally, he should win the gold dal. However, tter didn’t perform well in the Olympic qualification round so he didn’t pass the first round. Perhaps I need to use the state scale for him.
Dai Li put all the weights on the stability side of the state scale.
At this ti, Downey said to Dai Li, “You look confident.”
“Of course. I selected tter myself,” said Dai Li.
“He didn’t even make it through qualifiers,” said Downey.
“Muller didn’t even participate in qualifiers, right? He still won a gold dal,” said Dai Li.
“Muller is different from tter. Muller didn’t attend the qualifiers, but he could have won them. tter participated in the qualifiers, but he didn’t pass the first round. This ans that he doesn’t have the necessary ability.”
Downey paused for a mont. “If there is an axe, it could be sharp or blunt before we use it. If the axe has been used to chop firewood and it doesn’t work well, we can be absolutely certain that this is a blunt axe. I don’t know why you are so confident with a blunt axe.”
“Because I’m the woodsman who uses the axe! Whether the axe is sharp or not is just one factor in chopping firewood. The most important part is the person who swings the axe. Even with a sharp axe, a three-year-old child can’t chop firewood.” Dai Li smiled and said, “Do you think you could chop firewood faster than Captain Arica if you had a sharp axe while he had a blunt one?”
Downey didn’t how to respond to this question. He couldn’t chop faster than Captain Arica with an electric saw, let alone a sharp axe.
“This taphor is off. Captain Arica is a superhero. How can an ordinary person be compared to a superhero!” said Downey, unconvinced.
“The difference between superheroes and ordinary people is that superheroes can do things that ordinary person can’t. In other words, they perform miracles.” Pausing for a mont, Dai Li continued. “Don’t you think my putting together this team was miraculous? Besides, I can promise you, tter isn’t a blunt axe.”
Downey frowned. He felt scorn for Dai Li’s arrogant expression. However, God had not yet punished this arrogant person.
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After dinner, Williams stayed in front of the television to watch the Olympic Gas.
The Arican team won 3 gold dals, 1 silver dal and 1 bronze dal today. Naturally, he was quite satisfied with this result. Leonard had defeated two powerful competitors and won the gold dal of high jump, which gave Williams a long-lost sense of excitent.
Now ca the last event, but Williams turned off the television.
“Today’s events are not over yet. Aren’t you going to watch it?” asked his wife.
“No, there is no need. It’s getting late. I should go to bed. I’ll go the bathroom first...” said Williams.
“Why don’t you go to sleep after watching it? This should be the last track and field event, right? There is one Arican athlete,” his wife continued to ask.
“Yes, there is one Arican athlete, but he can’t win. This athlete is nad tter. However, he didn’t even qualify. He was selected by Coach Li. I was shocked he even made it into the final. I don’t think he has the ability to win a dal,” said Williams.
“You go to the bathroom, and leave the television on. You can turn it off when you ca back. That way you can know the result before you go to sleep,” said his wife.
“Alright,” Williams put down the remote and went to the bathroom.
In the bathroom, Williams was urinating.
He heard a burst of cheering on the television.
It looks like the competition is over, and the champion is decided. I wonder who won.
Standing in front of the toilet, Williams turned to look out of the bathroom at the television.
The next second, he froze. He didn’t believe what he saw on the television.
“Isn’t that a mistake?” Williams said to himself.
Suddenly, Williams felt sothing warm on his hands.
“Damn it! I pissed on my hands.”
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