I still feel like this is so exaggerated. The internal monologues and flashbacks are way too corny. It's like they're about to die or something like in one of those battle manga but bru this is sports manga and really, they're actually just gonna be dropped. They act like it's an individual race and not a team race. And anyway, even if they get left behind, if one of them gets to the goal first, all the team members will still come up the stage as the ultimate winners so what's with all the unnecessary drama?