Before the start, Chen Qiang felt nervous, irritable and restless, but when he started running, all these negative emotions disappeared. Instead, a focused heart dedicates itself to the game.

After the start, Chen Qiang was still the same, he did not sprint quickly, but let himself get into the rhythm as soon as possible, and at the same time prepare for the next stage of the straight sprint.

Soon, Chen Qiang found a familiar sense of rhythm, and running at his own pace was definitely the most energy-saving.

At the same time, Chen Qiang also dedicated some energy to observe other athletes, especially Lidier, and he wanted to know what kind of running style Western athletes used to run the 400 meters in this era.

In the previous North China Games, Chinese athletes ran 400 meters purely by personal instinct, which has no technical content, and there is no way to run.

Lidier can run a world record of 47.6 seconds, it is absolutely impossible to run only by instinct, this result is even in later generations, and it is also a national-level athlete. When an athlete reaches this level, he or she has to master some sprinting skills 100 percent.

Chen Qiang had never seen a first-class Western athlete run 400 meters before, so he wanted to get to know Western athletes through Lidier and understand how far the Western world has developed in the 400-meter sprint.

After the start, Lidier ran very fast, even faster than Chen Qiang, but this kind of speed is definitely not the kind of brainless acceleration sprint forward, but a planned acceleration.

When Liddell's speed had increased to a certain level, he did not continue to accelerate, but maintained that speed and continued to run forward at a constant speed.

"Lidier chose to run at a constant speed at high speed! Is this the 400-meter run for Western athletes in this era? But at his current speed, he will definitely not be able to support the end. Chen Qiang thought to himself.

Although the race has only just begun, Chen Qiang has already tried to analyze Lidier's running style.

"If I'm not mistaken, Liddell is going to run at a faster and constant pace, as long as he can, and by the time he runs out of energy, he already has a certain lead, by which point he should be forced to squeeze his strength and then keep the lead until the finish. It's a bit like a tactical strategy for middle distance running. ”

Although Chen Qiang's skills in the 400-meter dash are not superb, his analytical and judgment skills are first-class. After all, Chen Qiang is a professor at the University of Physical Education, and he has done theoretical research for so many years, and he is well-informed.

At the same time, Lidier is also keeping an eye on Chen Qiang's movements.

"Chen Qiang is running a little slowly!" Lidier just swept it with his eyes, and he could feel that Chen Qiang's speed was not as good as his own.

Lidier understands that Chen Qiang is running like this on purpose, Chen Qiang is the fastest athlete in Asia, Chen Qiang's 100 meters can run 10.5 seconds, and 200 meters can also run 21.7 seconds, if Chen Qiang is willing to run faster, it will definitely be more than this speed.

"Is this a deliberate effort to conserve energy and wait until the back of the sprint? This is a backward 400-meter running method, but unfortunately, although this Chen Qiang is very good, but after all, he is an Asian athlete, and Asian sprinting is still too far behind Europe, and even the 400-meter skill is stuck more than ten years ago! Lidier said secretly in his heart.

Lidier thought that Chen Qiang used the first half of the charge and the second half of the running method, which used to be popular in Europe, but it was outdated. Nowadays, Western athletes prefer to push at the beginning of the race, take the lead first, and then squeeze themselves as much as possible in the second half of the race to maintain the lead.

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In the first 100 meters, Liddell was a little faster than Chen, so when he entered the straight, he already took the lead.

Seeing Liddell leading, the British audience in the main stand suddenly had a feeling of raising their eyebrows, and the depression of losing to Chen Qiang before was also swept away, and even the cheers became more and more imposing.

The British consul Edward looked at the French consul Batner out of the corner of his eye, and a smug expression appeared on his face. Butner was staring at the track, not knowing what he was thinking.

On the track, Chen Qiang also ran the first 100 meters and entered the straight. He immediately began to accelerate, almost running forward at a sprinting speed. At this time, as long as he is not blind, he can tell with the naked eye that Chen Qiang's speed is faster than Lidier.

"Chen Qiang, come on! Chen Qiang, come on! ”

Chen's acceleration also ignited the surrounding Chinese audience, who began to cheer for him in unison.

But for the British crowd in the main stands, Chen Qiang's speed was a little unexpected for them.

Not only the audience, but Lidier also did not expect that Chen Qiang would speed up after entering the straight.

"Did you start sprinting after only 100 meters? Why so early? With such a fast speed, could it be that he felt that he could sprint all the way to the finish line? No way, no one has such great physical fitness, he can run 300 meters at this speed, he will slow down. Lidier said secretly in his heart.

Through this rapid sprint, Chen Qiang quickly narrowed the gap between him and Lidier, and when they entered the corner, they were basically in the same running line again.

Of course, since the corners don't start on the same level, unless the gap is too big, it's hard to tell with the naked eye who is ahead and who is behind until the final 100 meters of the straight.

Entering the corner again, Chen Qiang's speed slowed down again. He's going to start accumulating and adjusting in preparation for the final 100 meters.

Lidier also noticed that Chen Qiang had slowed down.

"Did you rush too hard just now, and now you don't have the stamina? It's impossible, Chen Qiang's physical condition shouldn't be as bad as that! Lidier said secretly in his heart.

Lidier now completely understands Chen Qiang's running style. In fact, Chen Qiang's running style of accumulating, sprinting, recharging, and sprinting is not difficult to understand, but in this era, the 400-meter physical distribution technique is still in the primitive stage, so Lidier can't understand Chen Qiang's running style.

In the thirties, the 400-meter dash was still too far behind, and the gap with later generations was too great.

The world record for the 100-meter dash was 10.3 seconds in 1930 and 9.79 seconds in 2000, a difference of about 0.5 seconds. Based on this data, the difference in 400 meters should be 2 seconds.

But in fact, the world record in the 400m event was 47.6 seconds in 1930 and 43.18 seconds in 2000, a difference of 4.4 seconds.

Behind this gap is a gap in technology.

As the core technology of the 400 meters, there are many coaches and athletes in later generations who will specialize in research, and in every Olympic final, there will be many professionals to analyze the running methods used by the eight finalists in the finals, and even many doctoral or master's graduation theses, which will be used as the topic.

And in the thirties, athletes were not a money-making profession in the first place, and many people were part-time athletes. The 400m is not as popular as the 100m dash, and where would anyone specialize in the 400m technique?

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Getting back to the point, the runners on the track reached a distance of 250 meters.

Lidier also began to slow down, although running at a constant speed would save physical strength, but Lidier was running at a relatively fast speed, so at the 250-meter position, his physical strength finally couldn't support it.

The 400-meter dash is a mixed oxygen sprint with a large proportion of anaerobic and a small proportion of aerobic. The so-called anaerobic exercise refers to the stage from the start to the 200 meters and the last 100 meters, while aerobic exercise is mainly between 200 meters and 300 meters.

If you are a normal person, anaerobic exercise can last more than 100 meters, which is still the kind of good person who regularly exercises physical fitness, if you are an otaku who does not exercise often, you may not even be able to support 100 meters of anaerobic exercise.

The athlete is in a better situation, with anaerobic exercise lasting up to 200 meters. After 200 meters, athletes will have a very low oxygen intake, resulting in the sugar in the body not having time to be decomposed by oxygen, there will be lactic acid accumulation, muscle fatigue, soreness, at this time physiological urgent need to inhale oxygen, and need to excrete metabolites through breathing.

Therefore, in the stage of 200 meters to 300 meters, it will be a process of switching from anaerobic exercise to aerobic exercise.

Leadier's previous high-speed and even-speed running was anaerobic exercise, but after running to 250 meters, he began to switch to aerobic exercise, and the speed naturally slowed down a lot.

On the contrary, at this time, Chen Qiang began to gradually raise his rhythm. He didn't dare to speed up too quickly, lest his body couldn't bear it. This rhythmic acceleration will save more energy.

The distance to the last straight is getting closer and closer, and Chen Qiang's speed is getting faster and faster, and it can be felt with the naked eye that Chen Qiang's cadence is gradually improving.

Finally, an athlete rushed into the straight.

It was Lyddell, who took the lead out of the corner and then started the final 100m sprint.

Chen Qiang followed and entered the straight, and although he was a little slower than Lidier, he was faster than the other two competitors.

After entering the final straight course, the order of the runners is instantly clear.

Lidtier was in the lead, which sparked emotions among the British crowd in the main stand, and the final straight track was just under the main stand, at which point the British crowd in the main stand stood up and waved and shouted at their hero! All of a sudden, the British cheers surpassed even the Chinese audience.

found that Chen Qiang was lagging behind, and many Chinese audiences did stop their voices, their eyes showed a color of disappointment, and more of them were unwilling and expectant.

On the track, Chen Qiang was also a little uncomfortable with this situation. This is the first time since he came to this era and become an athlete that he has fallen behind other athletes.

In the 100-meter sprint, Chen Qiang has the starting skills beyond this era, so he can always be one step ahead, build an advantage in the starting stage, and then lead all the way to the finish line.

In the 200-meter sprint, in addition to the start, Chen Qiang also has the cornering technology beyond this era, through the previous corner running, Chen Qiang will definitely accumulate advantages, when he rushes out of the corner into the straight, he will also be in the leading position.

In the 400-meter sprint, Chen Qiang still has cornering skills and physical distribution skills, and if he faces opponents of the same level, Chen Qiang should also be ahead.

But Chen Qiang's opponent today is Eric Liddell, the holder of the 400m world record!

At this time, there was only one belief left in Chen Qiang's heart, so he said: "I want to catch up with him!" ”

Chen Qiang unconsciously accelerated the cadence under his feet, which was faster than his normal acceleration, which might disrupt Chen Qiang's sense of rhythm, but at this time, Chen Qiang obviously couldn't care so much!

Accelerating, sprinting, Chen Qiang began to release his physical strength without any scruples, what he needed now was speed.

After the first 300 meters of running, Chen Qiang's speed is of course much worse than the sprint of the 100-meter sprint, but it is three points faster than Lidier.

Because before this, Chen Qiang had a short period of adjustment and accumulation, which allowed Chen Qiang to recover some physical strength and also ensured that he could still make a short sprint.

Lyddell, on the other hand, has been running at a constant speed at a high speed, his physical fitness has bottomed out, and at this time he is completely relying on squeezing to keep running.

In this way, the two of them slowed down together, and when there were still fifty meters left from the finish line, Chen Qiang finally approached Lidier.

Seeing Chen Qiang catching up, the Chinese audience broke out again with a thunderous momentum.

However, this momentum did not overwhelm the British crowd in the main stand, and the British audience has already realized that the decisive moment has come, and it is up to the two athletes to see who can hold this breath.

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"Chen Qiang is catching up!" Liddell was also shocked.

Lidier thought that the physical strength of other athletes had been exhausted, so he could lead to the finish line, but what he didn't expect was that Chen Qiang still had physical fitness to sprint in the final straight track.

Lidier could feel that Chen Qiang's speed seemed to be a little faster than his own, so he used his strength violently to increase his speed to about the same as Chen Qiang.

With only forty meters left before the finish line, Chen Qiang began to slow down, the physical energy he had accumulated before had been exhausted from the sprint just now, and his body began to change from an anaerobic exercise state to an aerobic exercise state.

"Is this the end of your fitness?" Chen Qiang was unwilling, he didn't want to lose to Lidier.

But at the same time that Chen Qiang slowed down, Lidier also slowed down.

Lidier was already squeezing his physical strength, and in order to keep up with Chen Qiang's speed just now, he used up all his strength, and Lidier at this time was supported by willpower.

"Lidier has no fitness anymore, I still have a chance, I can win, I can't give up yet!" Chen Qiang focused his attention ahead, as he was thirty meters away from the finish line.

And Chen Qiang's physical strength has also been exhausted, and then he will also rely on willpower to survive the finish line!

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In the stands, the British consul Edward had lost his former gentlemanly demeanor, and now he couldn't sit still, only to see him stand up, his fists clenched, and he couldn't help but shout with the surrounding audience.

The French consul Batner and the Italian consul Elio were both shocked, they had the impression that Edward always seemed so calm, and there was a unique British arrogance in the composure, that arrogance gave people the feeling that Lao Tzu had seen so many markets, and nothing was enough to move Lao Tzu's heart.

However, at this time, Edward was like ordinary spectators, excited, shouting, in front of this game, Edward lost the arrogance in his bones, he was infected by the athletes on the field, like a high god falling into the mortal world and blending into the mortals.

In the stands where the Chinese gathered on the other side, Guan Wuye's voice was almost hoarse, but he was still roaring at the track.

"Rush! Guys, rush! Come on! ”

Guan Wuye in the stands, his expression has been distorted, he looks like a madman, and in front of him, on the left and right, is a person who is just as crazy as him!

Whether they know sports or not, whether they know the sport of 400 meters or not, they are already attracted to the track at this time, and they dare not blink to stare at the runners near the finish line, hoping that Chen Qiang can win.

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There are only the last twenty meters left until the finish line.

Liddell could clearly feel that his physical strength was completely exhausted, because he was almost unable to feel the presence of his legs, and he could collapse at any moment. At this time, Lidier is like a sugar cane waste that has just rolled out of a juicer, and it can no longer squeeze any juice.

But Lidier didn't give up, he still insisted, he didn't value the victory, not the championship, but the faith!

Lidier was originally a person who could give up everything for his faith, he gave up the 100m race for his faith at the Olympics that year, and now, the faith in his heart is also giving him endless strength, so that he can continue to run.

Now Liddell, in fact, is holding on to the faith in his heart, he firmly believes that God will not give up on himself, and he firmly believes that God will give him the strength to persevere to the end.

In today's race, the power of this belief turned into an obsession, and began to control his body, control him to take the next step, and control him to rush to the finish line!

At the same time, Chen Qiang's physical strength was also completely exhausted, and his body had reached its limit, but he was still desperately rushing forward.

Chen Qiang also has his own beliefs, but not God, but the desire for the championship and the persistence of victory.

The source of his strength is not the obsession turned into by faith, but the cheering of those Tianjin fathers and elders around him!

At this time, Chen Qiang could no longer distinguish what the Chinese audience in the audience was shouting, because of the lack of oxygen, his consciousness gradually fell into a blur, and he couldn't even see the finish line in front of him clearly.

But Chen Qiang felt that he could clearly see the compatriots cheering for him in the distant audience.

In other words, their images have already been imprinted in Chen Qiang's mind, and when Chen Qiang was about to lose his support, the faces of those compatriots, those expressions of expecting his victory, unconsciously appeared in front of him.

At this moment, Chen Qiang suddenly understood that what he was pursuing was not just a personal victory, but a sense of national honor, and he wanted to dedicate the glory of victory to every compatriot.

Perhaps even Chen Qiang did not realize that unconsciously, he had been assimilated by this era, and like the Chinese of this era, he was eager to prove himself and be recognized by the world.

What Chen Qiang is looking forward to is not the identification of the individual, but the identification of the whole country and the whole nation!

Chen Qiang also entered that state, his body gradually began to be uncontrolled by consciousness, and what trended him forward was the belief in self-improvement in his heart!

The competition entered the last ten meters, and at this time it was not only a physical contest between the two athletes, but also a spiritual contest and a contest of beliefs.

Lidier relies on faith to support himself to move forward, while Chen Qiang relies on the sense of national honor to move forward hard!

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A feeling of suffocation spread throughout Chen Qiang's body, and he even felt that he was going to faint in the next second.

But Chen Qiang also saw the familiar finish line, the finish line was in sight, and he only needed to hold on for another second to cross it.

"Rush!" There was only one word left in Chen Qiang's mind.

At this moment, Chen Qiang didn't know where to squeeze out a trace of strength, and then poured it all into his legs.

He kicked the ground so hard that he stepped forward, and he even felt the muscles in his legs twitch!

It was at this moment that Chen Qiang suddenly took a half-seat lead over Lidier.

It's only half a body size, but it's a gap that can be seen with the naked eye!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Qiang rushed to the finish line with the lead of this half of his body.

Chen Qiang's chest touched a rope pulled at the finish line, and the resistance brought by the rope suddenly made Chen Qiang have a real feeling!

"I finally won!" Chen Qiang slowly stopped, and then sat on the ground with some prostration, he gasped for breath, but a sunny smile appeared on his face.

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