When Cliff Young came forward to collect his athlete's number, people realized that he was here to compete. He will join 150 world-class athletes in the competition! What these players didn't expect at all was another amazing thing. Cliff's only coach is his 8 1 year-old mother Neville Ran.
Everyone thinks Cliff Young is just a hot-headed guy who wants to show off in public. But the media is curious. When Cliff got his "No.64" number cloth and walked into the group of athletes wearing professional and expensive long-distance running clothes, the camera was aimed at him and reporters began to ask questions:
"Who are you? What is it? "
"I'm Cliff Yang. From a big farm, herding sheep in the suburbs of Melbourne. "
They asked again, "Do you really want to compete?"
"Yes," Cliff nodded.
"Are you sponsored?"
"No."
"Then you can't compete."
"Yes, I can," said Cliff Young. "You know, I was born on a farm, and I can't afford a horse and carriage at home. Every time a storm comes, I run out to herd sheep. We have 2000 sheep and 2000 acres of land. Sometimes I have to run after the sheep for two or three days. It takes a lot of effort, but I can always catch up with them. I believe I can finish the race, but it only takes five days, which means only two more days. I chased the sheep for three days. "
The marathon started, and Cliff Young in overshoes was left behind by professionals. The audience burst into laughter because he didn't even know the correct running posture. He doesn't look like a race, but he enjoys it and trotts like an amateur.
As a result, Beach, a toothless farmer from Lin Mang who grows potatoes for a living, started this arduous competition to compete with the world's top players. People all over Australia who watched the live broadcast of the game on TV kept praying in their hearts. Someone quickly persuaded the crazy old man off the field because everyone believed that he would be exhausted before crossing half of Sydney.
It is clear to all professional players that in order to finish the five-day race, you have to run 18 hours and rest for 6 hours. But old Cliff Young knows nothing about it!
This morning, the news about the game came out, which really surprised people. Cliff Young was still in the game, running all night with broken steps, and came to a city called Mittagan.
Obviously, Cliff Young hasn't stopped since the first day of the competition. Although he still lags far behind the world-class players, he insists on running. He even had time to wave to the spectators watching the game on both sides of the road.
When he arrived in a small town called Albury, someone asked him what his strategy was for the next game. He replied that he insisted on finishing the race, and he did.
He has been running. Every night, he can only get closer to the leading first team. By last night, he had surpassed all the top players. On the last day, he ran at the front. He ran the whole distance from Sydney to Melbourne at the age of 6 1. Not only did he not die, but he also won the championship trophy, breaking the record nine hours early and becoming a national hero!
People all over the country immediately fell in love with this 6 1 year-old potato farmer, because he completed the 875km race in five days at 15: 04, and successfully defeated the best long-distance runner in the world. He doesn't know that he can sleep in the game. He said that from beginning to end, he imagined that he was chasing sheep and fighting against an upcoming storm.
His footwork is called "Young's broken step".
1983, at the age of 6 1 year, 15: 04, he completed the 875km Sydney-Melbourne Marathon, successfully defeated the world's best long-distance runner, won the championship trophy, broke the record nine hours earlier and became a national hero!
1997, 76-year-old Cliff Yang reappeared, trying to become the oldest long-distance runner in Australia and raise money for homeless children. The whole journey 16000 km, he ran 6520 km. Later, because his mother was ill, he was forced to withdraw from the competition.
His love for long-distance running never waned. In 2000, he ran 9,265,438+0 km in the 65,438+0,600 km race. A week later, he fell ill at Gary Brandt's home and never had the strength to run again. A slight stroke ended his heroic long-distance running career.