He does, followed by a chasm with platforms and ropes!

Before Izuku could do much, Todoroki immediately blasted the Zero Pointers with some ice as more of the contestants managed to get out of the tunnel. "He's made an opening for us!" someone shouted, before they charged.

"I wouldn't if I were you," Todoroki noted as he kept going. "I froze them when they were off balance on purpose..." As he cleared the Zero Pointers, they creaked and tilted.

"Everyone, get back!" Izuku yelped, immediately jumping up to grab Ochaco and Setsuna so they wouldn't go directly between a couple Zero Pointers. Bakugo simply blasted through recklessly, and managed to avoid them, remaining on Todoroki's tail. CRASH! At that point, the Zero Pointers had all collapsed, and caused some chaos.

"...okay, seriously, was he trying to get us killed!?" Setsuna raged from the ground where Izuku's flying tackle had taken him, her and Ochaco... completely ignoring the fact that Izuku's face had landed right in her bosom. Izuku was blushing furiously as he pulled back, and quickly apologized and she rolled her eyes. "Izu-kun, you've been in contact with my boobs like a hundred times already, what are you embarrassed about!?"

"...we're on international camera this time," Izuku replied meekly. Ochaco giggled. THAT got a reaction from Setsuna, a light dusting of pink on her own cheeks.

"...point. Still, don't just stand there gawking, get moving!" she shouted, and Izuku yelped and started running, jumping between pieces of rubble and other robots, seeing a large metal sheet from a Zero Pointer, and deciding to grab it and run with it to use as a potential shield. And in impromptu weapon that he used to bisect a One Pointer that would have otherwise managed to slow him down. He kept going, managing to stay ahead of the rest of the pack, before coming across the third obstacle, a chasm with multiple ropes and some platforms. Bakugo and Todoroki were a bit ahead still, but they wouldn't be for long.

Ignorning whatever Present Mic was saying, he simply jumped from one platform to another, gradually closing the distance between himself and Bakugo. "Fuck off, Deku!" Bakugo shouted, blasting an explosion into the air between Izuku and the platform he had jumped to next. While the rules banned direct attacks, sabotaging a path was permitted.

Izuku yelped, using the sheet of metal as an impromptu shield as he flew through the blast, feeling himself get slightly scorched... And unfortunately, lost enough momentum that he didn't land on the platform, instead, hitting the side of the stone pillar. "...damn it, Kaa-chan!" he grunted, stabbing his fingers into the rock to keep from falling.