"Welcome back, folks!" Gary Goomba shouted into his microphone. "Today Team Mario and Team Sonic shall compete here at the lovely National Stadium."
"The trails they face are athletics" stated E-08 Reportertron. "The course is divided into two parts; track and field. There are numerous events here, let's find out how both teams fare."
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The first event was the 4x100m Relay. Four members of both teams have to run one hundred meters and pass a baton to their teammate until the fourth member reaches the finish line. The participants of Team Mario are Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi. The participants of Team Sonic are Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Knuckles.
Standing on the track, Knuckles thought to himself 'I hope the trap Eggman gave me works. This guy from the other team is really freaking me out.'
"LETTAMETALAPOO!" Yoshi said in his native tongue, dancing beside the uncomfortable echidna.
Everyone waited for the referee, who was Cream, to fire the starting gun. The rabbit girl was rather afraid of holding a weapon, but after some reassurance that the gun only makes noise and that nobody would get injured, she closed her eyes and pulled the trigger.
"And they're off!" shouted Gary. "Mario takes an impressive lead! And Sonic… is just standing still?!"
Indeed, the blue hedgehog didn't move an inch, much to his teammates' dismay. He patiently watched as the plumber in red run closer and closer to his taller brother. When Mario ran past ninety meters, Sonic zoomed forward and pass the baton to Tails.
Reportertron beeped "it appears Sonic decided to give Mario a fair chance at winning. Tails is now in the lead, with Luigi tailing behind. Amy and Peach have gotten their batons, the princess is up front by a few meters. Peach passed her baton to Yoshi, and now Amy has passed hers to Knuckles."
'Here goes nothing!' Knuckles thought. As he ran to the goal, he dropped an ordinary apple on to the track floor.
The Goomba spoke "Yoshi is closing in on the finish line! What's this? Oh no, Yoshi noticed a piece of fruit and is stopping to gobble it up! Knuckles has just passed Yoshi and… Knuckles has passed the goal! Team Sonic has won this match!"
Peach sighed at her prehistoric pal. "Oh Yoshi, why do you have to think about food at a time like this?"
"Oh woah woah woah woah!" Yoshi cried in embarrassment. But he had to admit that apple was mighty delicious!
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Next up on the tracks was the 110m Hurdles event. This event is similar to 4x100 Relay, except its much shorter and only one team member is allowed. There are also hurdles that are required to jump over. Team Mario was bringing out Waluigi, while Team Sonic brought Vector to play.
'Hope you like your modified shoes, lizard lips' Waluigi snickered to himself.
Cream, now less fearful than before, aimed the gun upwards and fired.
"The race begins" Reportertron states. "Waluigi jumps the hurdles with ease, though Vector is another matter…"
The Goomba announcer shouts "Vector appears to have trouble jumping over the hurdles! While knocking over hurdles is allowed, it'll make it much harder to get to the finish line first!"
Gary was right, because he has yet to successfully jump over a hurdle Vector was way behind Waluigi. The lean meany gracefully leapt over the last hurdle and finally reached the goal, doing a victory dance until the alligator got there as well.
E-08 beeped "the race is now over. Waluigi is the winner!"
"What the hell?" cursed Vector. "Someone put bits of heavy metal on my shoes! No wonder I couldn't jump over the hurdles."
Waluigi sneered "stop making excuses and accept the fact you stink! Wah ha ha!"
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Now it was time for the field events. The first one was the Long Jump, which the participants make three attempts to leap the farthest over a field of sand. Luigi and Shadow were the ones chosen for this event.
First up was the ultimate life-form. His first attempt was three meters, his second attempt got him five meters, and his last attempt got him six meters.
"Such excitement!" yelled Gary Goomba. "Let's see how Luigi will fare!"
Next was Luigi's turn. The man in green scored five and three quarter meters on his first try, and five and a half on his second try. Now he was preparing himself for the third try.
"Luigi needs to get at least six meters to not lose" stated E-08. "Will he succeed?"
The plumber ran as fast as his legs could take him. As soon as he got close to the narrow field of sand, he prepared himself to jump.
Little did anyone know Shadow had a trick up his sleeve. "Chaos control!" he said quietly. Suddenly, time itself slowed to a halt, with the black hedgehog the only one moving. He took this advantage to alter Luigi's leg a bit, and go back to his position without anyone catching him.
When time moved again, Luigi suddenly tripped and fell on his face.
"Too bad!" Charmy said, raising his penalty flag up.
Gary spoke "ouch, that's got to hurt! Not only is having your face smashed on the ground painful enough, but that also cost Luigi his third try to beat Shadow's score! Shadow has thus won this event!"
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Now it was the Hammer Throw event. Despite the name, there are no hammers involved, only a heavy ball with a rope tied to it. With this ball the athletes have three attempts to swing it around and then toss it as far as they can. The participants of this event are Wario and Blaze.
"First up is Wario!" announced Gary.
Flexing his muscles, Wario picked up the 'hammer' and swung around with before throwing it far across the playing field, reaching sixty two meters. The second toss got fifty six meters and the third throw was sixty seven meters.
"Now it's Blaze's turn" computed E-08.
Wario snickered, putting away his bottle of super glue. The cat put her hands on the ball's handles, not feeling anything sticky due to her gloves. She took a fell swings, and then… the ball went nowhere. After receiving a penalty, she gave it another go. This time the ball went forward, except Blaze came with it. With two penalties and no score, the cat's temper was like her name. Thanks to her elemental abilities, the fiery tornado she made melted the super glue and sent the 'hammer' flying like a shooting star, crash landing at and an impressive seventy four meters.
Toad frowned and raised the penalty flag, saying "sorry, fire attacks aren't allowed."
"What?!" Blaze screamed. "God damn son of a-"
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Um, now its time for the Javelin Throw! Players will have run a short distance and then throw a javelin. They have three tries to get the javelin as far as possible. Daisy and Eggman were the players in this game.
It was Daisy's turn first. She ran pretty quickly but threw the javelin too hard, scoring thirty three meters. On the next attempt she threw the javelin just right but ran too slow, scoring thirty meters. On her last try she had a balanced speed and throwing strength, earning herself sixty eight meters.
Now Eggman had his time to shine. His first throw was rather weak, the javelin reaching only thirty two meters. His second throw was even worse, when he ran too far and got a penalty. His third throw looked like he it wouldn't make it, but Robotnik clicked a device in his pocket and the javelin suddenly soared with miniature rockets attached to it. The doctor clicked his device again and the javelin fell, landing at seventy nine yards.
"Eggman has won the Javelin Throw event!" Gary Goomba declared. "And Daisy didn't lose by some random bad luck that happened to the other less fortunate athletes. Have you been getting strange feelings over the odd loses?"
Reportertron beeped, "I am unable to feel anything at all."
"Righty-o then. On to the next event!"
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Next up was the High Jump. It's similar to the game limbo, but instead of 'how low can you go?', its more like 'how high can you fly?'. The horizontal pole is raised for every successful jump each participant makes. The process is continued until the participants cannot jump any higher. Bowser and Tails would participate in this event.
Reportertron whirred "Bowser is up first, required to jump two point two meters."
The Koopa charged forward, taking a slight turn as he neared his destination. With a flip Bowser jumped over the pole, his shelled back colliding with the stick. The pole wobbled upon contact, but it soon stopped without falling to the floor.
"That was a close call for Bowser" said Gary. "Let's see how Tails will do."
Getting off the matt he landed on, Bowser reached into the bag inside his shell and pulled out an invisible banana peel. He tossed it out on the field before walking away.
The fox boy ran, and his foot slipped on something. Trying to stand up straight, Tails slides towards the jump point, until finally he loses control and flies right into the pole, both the pole and himself coming crashing down on the matt.
"Well this event was disappointingly short" said Gary. "Bowser wins!"
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The last athletic event was the Pole Vault. It had the same rules as High Jump, expect the distance you need to go over has drastically increased, but the participants had a pole to help them reach the height. Mario and Sonic decided to do this match themselves.
"Both teams are at a tie" Gary said. "This last event will decide if the winner of the athletic course is Team Mario or Team Sonic. Such suspense!"
"You better win, plumber!" Bowser shouted.
"Don't fail me, hedgehog!" Eggman yelled.
Mario was the first to vault, and when he was done Sonic got a go at it and succeeded. Both poled their way over the top, the height increased after every turn. Their team mates were sweating with tension, especially the less noble ones.
Now it was Sonic's turn again, and he only had to go past six point six five meters. Holding his long rod tightly, he sped in a straight line. He quickly jammed the stick into a hole, bending it with pressure. The pole soon propelled the hedgehog up and Sonic let go as soon as he flew over the other pole. But just then one of his legs made contact with the horizontal pole! It wiggled and wobbled and… it fell.
E-08 computed "The results are in; Team Mario has won!"
The doctor of Team Sonic stamped on the floor in anger. He looked at the opposing team, and saw the big turtle, smacking his rear end right towards Eggman! Now angrier than before, Eggman walked off to think of ways to cheat in the next course.
Sonic wasn't too happy himself. Lying the matt in sadness, he saw his red capped opponent come by.
Holding out his hand, Mario said "It's-a okay, there's always-a next time!"
Not feeling so blue anymore, Sonic grinned and allowed the mustachioed man pull him up.
"Well that was quite exciting" Gary shouted into his microphone. "But this game is far from over! Tune in tomorrow for some more Olympic action!"
Reportertron beeps "this is Gary Goomba and E-08 Reportertron, signing out!"