Chapter 168 Hurdles are a doorman's work
Chen Qiang walked out of the crowd, and everyone's eyes were suddenly fixed on Chen Qiang.
"Who is this afterlife?"
"I don't look like I'm dressed like a martial artist!"
Although Chen Qiang's name is often in newspapers, the information dissemination in this era is not developed enough after all, and most people have never seen Chen Qiang.
Many martial arts people are also a little puzzled, this person who came out of the crowd is obviously not a martial arts person, and there are really people who are nosy these days!
Gu Tianzhi and Zhou Congyi knew Chen Qiang, although the last time they saw Chen Qiang was three years ago, but when Chen Qiang appeared, the two still recognized Chen Qiang at a glance.
"It's Chen Qiang!" The two of them exclaimed involuntarily.
"You know him?" A martial arts senior next to him asked.
Gu Tianzhi immediately replied: "Master Yuan, he is Chen Qiang!" ”
"Which Chen Qiang?" Master Yuan was slightly stunned, and then immediately reacted: "Is that Chen Qiang, who runs faster than foreigners?" ”
"Yes, that's him." Gu Tianzhi nodded yes.
"Master Yuan, Chen Qiang suddenly appeared, what should we do?" Someone asked.
"Master Liu, this Chen Qiang wants to fight foreigners, what do you think we should do?"
"Why don't we wait and see?"
"Okay, then wait and see!"
The martial arts people did not react to Chen Qiang's appearance, and on the other side, Adams also learned of Chen Qiang's identity.
"Is he the No. 1 athlete in the world?" Adams looked at Chen Qiang, and couldn't help but feel a trace of fear in his heart.
Chen Qiang's name has spread all over the world with the Olympic Games, and Adams is an athlete, so of course he has heard of Chen Qiang.
In the face of a group of martial arts people who don't understand sports, Adams is naturally not afraid, but in the face of the "world's No. 1 athlete", Adams is still very cowardly in his heart.
Adams, a former track and field athlete at school, knows a lot about athletics, and that's why he knows how terrifying the world records set by Chen Qiang are.
After learning Chen Qiang's identity, Adams' face was a little embarrassed, he obviously didn't want to compete with Chen Qiang.
Facing Chen Qiang, Adams' attitude softened a lot, and he spoke: "Mr. Chen, I am honored to compete with you in the arena, but today I am challenging the martial arts people in Tianjin, not the athletes in Tianjin!" We haven't agreed before, we can ask for foreign help! ”
Adams said, looking at a kind of martial arts person, and his expression seemed to say: "Your martial arts industry has invited the world's No. 1 athlete, you are cheating!" ”
Among the martial arts people, there are also people who feel that they can't hold their faces, and they don't dare to face Adams's gaze, and they all look away.
Instead, Chen Qiang took a step forward and said, "Although I am an athlete, I am also a member of Tianjin Wuxing. As early as more than three years ago, I had already joined the Chinese Martial Arts Association in Tianjin, and worshiped under Zhang Zhankui, the master of Xingyi Bagua! ”
As soon as Chen Qiang said this, the martial arts people present also thought about it.
"That's right, how did I forget about this, Chen Qiang is a disciple of Old Man Zhang!"
"When Chen Qiang won the Olympic championship, Mr. Zhang also held a feast to celebrate."
"In this way, Chen Qiang is also a member of our Tianjin martial arts industry, and it is not an exaggeration for him to represent our martial arts people in Tianjin."
Adams' expression became solemn, although he didn't know whether what Chen Qiang said was true or false, but if he thought about it carefully, there was no need for Chen Qiang to deceive him about this kind of thing.
"Chen Qiang broke the world record in five events at the Olympics, but it was all sprinting and long jump, I have never heard of Chen Qiang participating in the 110-meter hurdles, maybe Chen Qiang is not good at the 110-meter hurdles, even if I do compete, I have a chance to beat him!" Adams comforted himself.
Adams knew that Chen Qiang's strength in sports must be much stronger than himself, so Adams could only have a hint of luck, thinking that Chen Qiang would not run the 110-meter hurdles.
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The reason why Chen Qiang came out to challenge Adams was not only the stimulation of the phrase "The Sick Man of East Asia", but also because he was confident in his own strength.
On the ship back to China, the training space unlocked the legendary athlete, and Chen Qiang hired "Liu Xiang", intending to try what the passer could do, so Chen Qiang practiced hurdles again, which can be regarded as a review.
Just now, when Adams competed with Tianjin martial arts people, Chen Qiang also had a prediction of Adams's strength, Adams ran a 110-meter hurdles in about 18 seconds, which is barely a professional athlete's achievement, but such a result is not in Chen Qiang's eyes.
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The two stood on the starting line, and Chen Qiang did a little warm-up exercise and signaled that he could start.
"Ready, two!" The starter spoke.
Chen Qiang bent down and made a squatting starting posture.
Adams was a little surprised: "Do you have to start with a squat in the 110m hurdles?" ”
In Adams' impression, running the 110-meter hurdles does not need to use a squat start, and even if a squat start is used, it will not have much effect on improving the performance.
"Let's go!" The starter gave an order, and the two started at the same time.
Since Chen Qiang started with a squat, he must have started much faster than Adams, and he also arrived in front of the first hurdle earlier.
"He is worthy of being the world record holder in the 100-meter dash, and the speed is really fast!" Adams said in his heart.
Adams only noticed that Chen Qiang was fast enough, but he didn't notice that Chen Qiang ran from the starting point to the front of the hurdle, which happened to take eight steps.
The eight-step hurdle has not yet been summarized as a technique in this era, and even if Chen Qiang uses it, the hurdlers will not pay attention to it, they will probably only think that Chen Qiang performed very smoothly when he went to the first hurdle.
It is true that Adams's ten-step upper hurdle is much slower than Chen Qiang's eight-step upper hurdle, so Chen Qiang's action of going to the first hurdle is also included in Adams's eyes.
"It's such a smooth upper bar action, it's just done in one go!" Adams couldn't help but admire in his heart.
The surrounding spectators also let out a burst of applause.
"Good!"
"Good jump!"
There were three light masters who challenged Adams before, but none of them had taken the lead, but Chen Qiang led Adams in front of the first hurdle, and these Tianjin fathers and elders who watched the excitement couldn't help but cheer for Chen Qiang.
Immediately afterwards, the second and third columns, Chen Qiang also completed very smoothly, and then from the fourth column, Chen Qiang's rhythm did not appear chaotic.
At this time, the trace of luck in Adams's heart has disappeared without a trace, and he has realized that Chen Qiang not only knows hurdle skills, but also is a hurdle master.
In the last three hurdles, Chen Qiang's speed became faster and faster, and when he successfully crossed the tenth hurdle, he accelerated even more rapidly, rushing towards the finish line.
Adams' speed slowed down, the difference in strength was too great, and he wisely chose to give up resisting.
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Chen Qiang won this game, and Tianjin's martial arts could be regarded as saving their face, and these martial arts people did not dare to drive Adams out of Tianjin like they did with the southern national arts. After all, Adams is a foreigner, with the support of the British behind him, he has to open a boxing gym in Tianjin, and martial arts people have nothing to do with him.
Although he lost to Chen Qiang, he defeated three light masters, one of whom was "Scud" Wu Guang, such a record made many people feel that Adams, a foreigner, has some real skills.
Chen Qiang didn't stay long, during the competition, although he claimed to be a martial arts person, but in fact, he was named under Zhang Zhankui, and he was not familiar with these martial arts people in Tianjin, so after the competition, he found an opportunity to leave and returned to Nankai.
In the evening, Chen Qiang went to Zhang Boling's house for dinner, and then returned to his residence, he recalled today's 110-meter hurdles competition, and there was a feeling of unfinished business in his heart.
"The 110m hurdles are the most technically demanding of all sprint races, and the 110m hurdles in this era are still in the hurdle skill stage, should I go to the 110m hurdles competition!" Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.
When it comes to the 110-meter hurdles of that era, one person has to be mentioned, and that is the American Alvin Krenzlein.
Alvin Krenzlein, who excelled in sprinting, long jump and hurdles, won four gold medals in the 60m dash, 110m hurdles, 200m hurdles and long jump at the Paris Olympics, but since the 60m dash and 200m hurdles have been eliminated from the modern Olympics, Alvin Krenzlein has often won only two gold medals in future Olympic gold medal statistics.
Alvin Krenzlein broke world records in the 110m hurdles and 200m hurdles, mainly because he invented the straight-legged hurdles, a revolutionary technique in hurdles that allows athletes to attack the hurdles without compromising their speed, which is also used by modern athletes.
It is precisely because Alvin Krenzlein invented the straight-legged hurdle technique that the athletes of that era had the awareness of "attacking the hurdles", and the hurdling sport advanced from the primitive stage to the hurdle skill stage.
In the thirties, hurdlers were very focused on hurdle technique, believing that having a good hurdle was the key to success. That's why Adams adjusts his pace in front of the first hurdle, in order to pass the hurdle smoothly.
For example, Canada's Thompson, who once broke the world record in the 110-meter hurdles, practiced blindfolded hurdles, and it is said that his hurdle technique can rub off the pencil placed on the hurdle with his heel without touching the hurdles, which is as exquisite as an acrobatic performance.
However, it is precisely because of this philosophy that hurdlers do not pay enough attention to the coherent combination of the lower hurdle movement and the first step between the hurdles, which greatly affects the performance.
The hurdling technique that Chen Qiang mastered was, of course, not the technique of this hurdle technique, but the most advanced technology in later generations.
In the future, the 110-meter hurdles will enter the speed stage from the hurdle skill stage, and then enter the rhythm stage, and then the technical framework will gradually mature, and in the 21st century, it will be the ultimate in detail.
It is no exaggeration to say that in the eyes of professionals, the future 110-meter hurdles and the 110-meter hurdles of the thirties are simply two sports.
Getting back to the point, Chen Qiang lay on the bed, silently calculating in his heart.
"I'm now participating in the Games, and I have to compete in at least five events, and if there is a relay race, I have to add two more events, which is really a bit overwhelming in terms of physical strength. Running 400 meters is really too physically demanding, so it is better to replace 400 meters with 110 meters hurdles, which can save a lot of physical energy. ”
"My strength is advanced sports technology and sports concepts that are ahead of the times, so I should also use this advantage to engage in more technical sports, such as the 110m hurdles. And that kind of sports that simply compete with the body, it is better to do less in the future. ”
At this time, Chen Qiang had already made up his mind to practice the 110-meter hurdles next, and when the time was ripe, he would give up the 400-meter pit, which consumed physical energy, and replace the 400-meter hurdles with the 110-meter hurdles.
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During the day, Chen Qiang appeared in the long-lost Nankai University, which immediately attracted countless onlookers from Nankai University.
After a morning, the enthusiasm of the Nankai students subsided a little, and Chen Qiang could study and train with peace of mind.
At the end of the afternoon's schoolwork, Chen Qiang came to the playground and began his daily training.
Chen Qiang's training had only been going on for more than half an hour when he was interrupted by a stranger.
The person who came was in his forties, with strong muscles, a scar on his face, and a bald head, and he looked like a practitioner.
This person came directly to Chen Qiang and clasped his fists with both hands, which frightened Chen Qiang, and he thought he was here to challenge again.
Three years ago, Chen Qiang encountered such a thing, because he outperformed a few martial arts people at the temple fair, so the challengers all ran to the school.
Just when Chen Qiang was nervous, this person pounced and fell to one knee.
"Master Chen, my name is Cai Hu, please take me as an apprentice!" Scarface spoke.
"What? Apprentices? Chen Qiang was stunned on the spot.
"Master Chen, I was there when you beat the Australians yesterday. Even the 'Scud' Master Wu was defeated by the foreigner, but you easily defeated the foreigner, which shows that your light skills are very good, and I want to learn light skills for you! Scarface Cai Hu said.
Chen Qiang sighed helplessly, and he explained: "That's not light work, it's hurdles, it's a kind of sports. ”
"It turns out that this light skill is called 'hurdling'!" Scarface Cai Hu continued: "I've heard of Shaolin's cornices and walls, Wudang's Tiyun Zong, Emei's snow without a trace, this hurdle, or the first time I've heard of it, dare to ask which school is it?" ”
Chen Qiang was even more speechless, and followed Cai Hu to talk about sports, completely playing the piano to the cow.
Chen Qiang pondered that he didn't have the time to popularize sports knowledge for Cai Hu, so it was better to find an excuse to send Cai Hu away.
So Chen Qiang opened his mouth and asked, "This Master Cai, may I ask you Guigeng this year?" ”
"Forty-two!" Cai Hu replied.
"Forty-two, I'm a little old, I can't learn hurdles anymore!" Chen Qiang said.
Chen Qiang is not deceiving Scarface Cai Hu, this track and field is originally the world of young people, if you put it in the future, it is too late to start practicing hurdles at the age of twenty, and it is meaningless to start practicing at the age of forty, it is better to do some aerobic exercises, so that you can exercise your body.
However, when Cai Hu listened to Chen Qiang's words, he had a suddenly realized expression.
"Master Chen, I understand what you mean, this light skill of yours is a child's skill!" Cai Hu said.
"Tong Zigong? Well, even if it's a child's work! Chen Qiang wanted to get rid of Cai Hu as soon as possible, so he had to nod and agree.
However, Cai Hu opened his mouth and said: "Master Chen, don't worry, I can learn your kung fu, I am still a child!" ”
"What? You're forty-two, and you're still ...... Oh no, or the body of a child? Chen Qiang looked at Cai Hu incredulously.
Cai Hu didn't have a shy expression, but said proudly: "I practice martial arts freely, and I practice all the children's skills, my master said that once the boy's body is broken, this practice will not work!"
"Aren't you planning to marry a wife, have children, and pass on the lineage?" Chen Qiang then asked.
"Good boys have ambitions in all directions! I once made a vow that I would never start a family until I became a martial artist! Cai Hu said with a righteous expression.
"Meet a martial maniac! Fortunately, this Cai Hu didn't know that there was a martial art called "Sunflower Treasure Book"! Otherwise, I would really give myself a knife! Chen Qiang complained silently in his heart.
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