The World Games is not a regular sporting event.

In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, there were many foreigners living in Jiaomin Lane in the east of Beijing, and these foreigners also brought Western sports to China. At that time, the foreigners living in Dongjiaomin Lane would hold some simple sports meetings, which were the so-called World Games. Later, with the emergence of concessions in Tianjin, Shanghai and other places, the World Games also came to Tianjin and Shanghai.

Especially in Tianjin, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were nine concessions, and the World Games were often held, and with the completion of the Minyuan Stadium, the World Games became a large-scale sports event, and sometimes even Olympic-level players could be invited to participate.

In the original World Games, Chinese were not allowed to participate. This is also a very sad thing, a sports meeting held in China, but Chinese are not allowed to participate!

Later, the World Games gradually invited some outstanding Chinese athletes to participate in the competition, but in the competition, the Chinese Games still lost more and won less, and it is definitely a thing worth mentioning to be able to defeat one or two foreigners in the World Games.

Now, in the face of China's rising national sentiment, the French consul Batner finally thought about the World Games.

"Since we can't solve it by force, let's have a World Games! We beat the Chinese on the sports field. Batner spoke.

Edward nodded: "This is indeed a good idea, we invite some well-known athletes from Tianjin to participate in the competition, so that our athletes can defeat them, this is indeed a good way to hit the self-confidence of the Chinese nation!" After experiencing failure, those Chinese should realize that in front of us, they are still a group of weak people, they have no proud capital, and obediently showing obedience to us is the best choice. ”

The Italian consul, Elio, poured cold water on him and asked, "What if the British athletes lose?" ”

"Lose? Mr. Elio, are you kidding? We in the British Empire have the best athletes in the world, how can we lose to the Chinese? How could you lose to a group of sick men in East Asia? Edward said dismissively.

"Mr. Edward, you probably don't know, do you? The Asian record holder in the 100-meter sprint is now in Tianjin, and he is the fastest runner in Asia! Elio spoke.

"Asia's fastest, how fast can it be? Can you run 100 meters in 11 seconds? Edward still looked disdainful.

Although the newspapers in Tianjin have long reported Chen Qiang's achievements, how can Edward, as an Englishman, pay attention to how fast the Chinese run? In normal times, Edward could not buy Chinese newspapers to read, and his attention to China was limited to military and political affairs.

Elio didn't know what the Asian record for the 100-meter dash was, but he said, "The Asian record for the 100-meter dash seems to be only a little slower than the world record, I think it should be 10.7 seconds, or 10.6 seconds!" ”

"So fast? Can the Chinese run so fast? Edward and Butner both looked incredulous.

"10.6 seconds is already a very good result, maybe we can make it to the finals of the Olympic Games, unless we bring in the best athletes from Europe, we really don't necessarily win him!" ”

"It takes more than a month to mobilize athletes from Europe! There is also a question of funding. It's not very practical. Edward shook his head.

"So what are we going to do? Is it difficult to give the Chinese a champion? In that case, the national mood of the Chinese will be even higher! Butner spoke.

Edward thought for a while and said: "Since the 100-meter sprint, we can't compare with the Chinese, then we simply don't set up the 100-meter sprint, we can compete with him 200 meters, and 400 meters!" What are the 200m and 400m results of this Chinese known as the 'fastest in Asia'? ”

"I don't know. You can find someone to check it out. Elio shook his head.

Edward immediately ordered him to follow, and soon after, the people of the English Friendship Club found the information.

"Consul Edward, at the end of last year, Minyuan Stadium held a China-Japan-Russia Trilateral Games, when Chen Qiang participated in the 200-meter sprint event, his time was 22.2 seconds! As for the 400m, we checked it and he didn't race in the 400m. ”

Edward suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "The 200 meters didn't even reach 22 seconds, this is too slow, there will be athletes better than him in our British military camp." ”

"We should also be able to find a runner in the French military camp who can complete the 200m in 22 seconds." Batner replied.

Elio, the Italian consul, spread his hands and said helplessly: "The number of our Italian expatriates is not large, and the World Games can only focus on participation." ”

Edward made a look of "never expected you Italians", and then continued: "But for the sake of safety, I think I'd better go and invite Mr. Lidier!" With him, we're sure to win. ”

Batner and Elio's faces were both amazed.

"Are you talking about Mr. Eric Lidtier? A gold medalist in the 400m at the Paris Olympics and a world record holder in the 400m? Elio asked.

"Yes, that's him! He is the pride of us British! Edward nodded.

"But Mr. Liddell hasn't competed in years, has he?" Butner asked.

Edward smiled, "What does it matter?" The opponent is only Chinese, that is, Convenient Deer no longer has the state it was in the past, but defeating a Chinese should also be a very easy thing! ”

……

Jinan.

The final of the 400-meter dash is about to begin.

At this time, Chen Qiang had fully confirmed that Chinese athletes in the thirties would not run 400 meters at all.

The 400-meter preliminary race was held in the morning, and Chen Qiang saw a variety of 400-meter running styles.

Some athletes rush very fiercely at the beginning of the race, completely treating the 400 meters as 100 meters, and then when they run to 200 meters, they can't run physically, relying on a force of willpower, and forcibly hold on to the finish line.

There are also athletes who run very slowly at the beginning of the race, obviously trying to save their physical strength and save it for the sprint behind. But they had too much energy, and by the time they got into the final straight and started the sprint, everyone else was almost at the finish line.

More people are easily influenced by their opponents, feeling that their opponents are accelerating, and they also accelerate, without their own running style and sense of rhythm. If you simply feel that you are going to fall behind, then accelerate, and if you feel that you are ahead, then relax a little.

Including Liu Changchun, all athletes run 400 meters by instinct, and there is no technical talk at all, let alone any physical distribution.

After watching the preliminary round, Chen Qiang already knew that he would win the 400-meter final!

Although 400 meters is the most difficult event in sprinting, Chen Qiang now also has the midstream level of national second-level athletes, this level is placed in the future, and even the provincial training team can't enter, but it is more than enough to beat a group of athletes who do not have 400-meter skills and only rely on instinct to run blindly.

The key to the 400m is physical allocation, and Chen Qiang will use the most common physical allocation method in the future.

After entering the first straight, start to sprint, after entering the second corner, slow down again, start to adjust the accumulation, and sprint again on the last straight.

Accumulating, sprinting, recharging, and sprinting, this method of physical fitness distribution has the lowest requirements for physical fitness, and it is also the easiest to master. In the future, many beginners in the 400 meters will use this method of physical distribution to run the 400 meters.

Of course, this method of physical distribution is also quite backward in the future, after entering the 21st century, American athletes will not use this method of physical distribution, and in the 2004 Athens Olympics, only one of the eight athletes in the final is still using this method of physical distribution.

Chen Qiang wants to take a step and directly practice more advanced physical distribution methods, such as the future "King of 400 meters" Jeremy Varina, who is very good at increasing speed after 250 meters and maintaining the speed until the finish.

However, this method of physical fitness distribution is too demanding for the body, and when ordinary athletes run to 250 meters, it happens to be the time when the body is at the limit of anaerobic exercise. So Varina's 400-meter run is something that few people can imitate.

Other advanced physical fitness allocation methods also have higher requirements for physical fitness. Chen Qiang is currently underage, and his physical fitness is far from reaching that standard, so he can only use the simplest physical allocation.

But that's enough, against a group of athletes who only rely on instinct to run blindly, any kind of physical fitness distribution method, you can win!

……

After the starting gunshots rang out, Chen Qiang did not exert his strength very quickly. After all, 400 meters is different from 200 meters, and the 200-meter start needs to be as fast as possible, but the 400-meter start, the rhythm is more important than the acceleration. Athletes in the 400 meters can only accurately distribute their physical energy if they find their own rhythm of the race.

So in the starting stage, Chen Qiang didn't run very fast, but several other runners felt that their opportunity had come.

Someone started to speed up and wanted to take the lead in the first 100 meters, and they did, but Chen Qiang didn't care.

When he was about to enter the straight, Chen Qiang began to pick up speed, and when he actually stepped into the straight from the corner, he began his first sprint.

For several other runners, Chen Qiang's acceleration was very sudden, they didn't know Chen Qiang's running style, and they didn't expect Chen Qiang to choose a fast sprint after entering the straight.

Seeing Chen Qiang sprinting, the others also instinctively followed the sprint, their idea was very simple, they must not let Chen Qiang easily surpass.

It's just that Chen Qiang's sprint was planned, he originally ran this way, and the others were strained. This kind of unprepared sprint will naturally consume a lot of physical energy.

Entering the corner again, Chen Qiang slowed down again, and he began to charge and adjust to prepare for the final 100 meters of the sprint.

The other athletes slowed down, but not to build up and adjust, but to reach the limit.

At the beginning of the corner, they chose to speed up in order to surpass Chen Qiang, and then in the straight, they also sprinted in order to cope with Chen Qiang's sprint, which is equivalent to running a distance of 200 meters quickly, and after 200 meters, they basically reached the limit level of anaerobic exercise, and their physical fitness has of course bottomed out.

So even if Chen Qiang is accumulating strength, in the eyes of the audience, Chen Qiang's running speed is still faster than others.

Entering the last 100 meters of the straight, Chen Qiang began to sprint again.

This time, Chen Qiang's speed was not as fast as the previous straight, but it was much faster than the others.

In the last 80 meters, those athletes who do not know how to distribute physical fitness are already struggling to support, and some even seem to be faltering, as if they may fall down at any time. At this time, it is already a good performance to be able to keep the technical movements of running without deformation.

When there were still 50 meters left before the finish line, Chen Qiang realized that the overall situation had been decided, and it was impossible to surpass him with the state of other runners.

Chen Qiang's physical consumption is also very large, and at the last moment, since he has been able to secure the championship, Chen Qiang has no need to continue to work hard, he also slowed down and then crossed the finish line.

The cheers in the audience were mixed with all kinds of praise.

"Chen Qiang has won the championship again! It's amazing, it's already the third championship! ”

"100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, the champions of the three sprint events are Chen Qiang!"

"The king of Chinese sprinting is none other than Chen Qiang!"

Soon after, the referee announced Chen Qiang's results.

"Shandong team, Chen Qiang, 52.3 seconds!" The referee shouted.

There was another cheer.

"The previous 400-meter national record was Liu Changchun's 52.6 seconds, Chen Qiang was even faster, and he broke another national record!"

"I just broke the 200-meter national record yesterday, and today I broke the 400-meter national record, fortunately Chen Qiang did not participate in other events, otherwise there may be a national record broken by him!"

There was a lot of talk among the athletes around him.

Liu Changchun stepped forward and slapped Chen Qiang on the shoulder: "You kid deliberately lied to me, and said that you ran for 53 seconds, and you are about to run for 52 seconds!" ”

"I didn't expect to run so fast, probably today!" Chen Qiang said with a grin.

"It seems that your talent in the 400m is much stronger than mine, so I'll practice the 100m honestly in the future." Liu Changchun's voice changed, and then said: "Then again, you broke the 400-meter national record, do you have to treat yourself?" ”

"No problem! Just tonight, we don't have any competition tasks anyway, so let's go out and have a good meal! Chen Qiang agreed without hesitation.

Although Chen Qiang is still not a rich man, he can still afford to go to the restaurant for a meal. Moreover, Liu Changchun also gave Chen Qiang a pair of running shoes, and Chen Qiang should have invited Liu Changchun to a meal.

……

In a hotel at the foot of Thousand Buddha Mountain, there is a staggered list.

There were seven or eight dishes on the table, and the dishes were not exquisite, but they were all hard dishes that were large and filling.

Shandong cuisine does not belong to the kind of delicate and delicate cuisine, and Shandong people also pay attention to large plates and bowls when they are entertaining, which are rich and affordable. That kind of delicate and delicate side dishes can't be eaten in Jinan, so you have to go to the south.

The chef is from Zibo, and he makes Boshan cuisine well.

In the city of Jinan now, it is difficult to find old cooks who cook Jinan cuisine, and when the "Jinan tragedy" occurred, the chefs of old Jinan either ran away or were killed.

Many of the chefs in Jinan City today are from other places, such as Zibo chefs who cook Boshan cuisine, Qingdao chefs who cook Jiaodong cuisine, and even Qufu chefs who cook Confucian cuisine, all of which can be found in Jinan.

Fortunately, there is not much difference between Boshan cuisine and Jinan cuisine, and it is not a professional gourmet, so it is estimated that it cannot be distinguished.

Liu Changchun is a native of the Northeast, and the Northeast people also eat with big plates and bowls, so Shandong cuisine is very appetizing to Liu Changchun.

In addition to Liu Changchun, several athletes who are familiar with Chen Qiang, such as Zhang Shiguang from Beiping, Zhang Lingjia, the "all-round king", also came. Liu Changchun originally wanted to call "Dalian Iron Foot" Yu Xiwei together, but Yu Xiwei had a competition task tomorrow, so he refused the invitation.

Chen Qiang felt that it was just right that Yu Xiwei didn't come, and eating at the same table with a future traitor would make Chen Qiang feel unappetizing.

During the banquet, a group of athletes chatted and chatted, so lively. Stimulated by alcohol, everyone looks elated.

"There are no competitions in China this year, and after this North China Games, I'm afraid we won't be able to meet again until next year's National Games!" Liu Changchun raised his glass as he spoke: "Next year's National Games, let's get together again!" ”

"Okay, let's meet again next year!" Zhang Lingjia should be harmonious.

Everyone raised their glasses.

Chen Qiang was a little distracted, because he knew that the occurrence of the September 18 Incident had postponed the Fifth National Games, which was originally scheduled for 1932, to 1933. The so-called reunion of the National Games next year is just a good expectation.

Chen Qiang couldn't help but look at Liu Changchun and Zhang Lingjia, two athletes from the Northeast, and sighed secretly in his heart: "The next time we meet, it will be after 918, and at that time, it will be difficult to see such a smile on the faces of these Northeast college students." ”

……

On May 30, the North China Games closed.

The next day, the participating athletes began to leave Jinan, and Zhang Boling also returned to Tianjin by train.

Chen Qiang did not leave Jinan, as the thigh of the Shandong team, he had to stay to participate in the commendation meeting of the Shandong team.

Three championships and two national records, this achievement is dazzling enough to make Chen Qiang a well-deserved star in the Shandong team.

It's a pity that this kind of commendation conference has no bonuses and no prizes, except for a few words of praise from leaders at all levels, Chen Qiang will not get actual benefits.

After the commendation meeting, Chen Qiang did not stay in Jinan for much and returned to Tianjin by train.

Zhang Boling returned to Tianjin two days earlier than Chen Qiang, and as soon as Chen Qiang returned to Nankai, he was called to the principal's office by Zhang Boling.

After meeting Chen Qiang, Zhang Boling's first sentence was: "The foreigners in Tianjin are going to hold the World Games again!" You have to participate! ”

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