"It's true that you are not on the list of participants of the Tianjin team." Zhang Boling said, handing a piece of paper to Chen Qiang, this is a telegram.

"This is a telegram from Shandong, this North China Games, you will represent the Shandong team." Zhang Boling opened his mouth and said.

"Shandong team? Is it based on ancestral origin? Chen Qiang asked as he took the telegram.

Before Chen Qiang crossed, the owner of this body was originally from Jinan, Shandong, so his ancestral home was also Jinan.

Zhang Boling replied: "Of course, the teams will not be divided according to their ancestral hometown. This time, you participated as a player of the Shandong team, which was personally requested by Chairman Han of Shandong. Chairman Han is in charge of Shandong, and Jinan is the venue for the competition this time, so we still have to give Chairman Han's face in Tianjin. ”

Chen Qiang didn't expect that he had already attracted the attention of the big shots, and he was directly pointed out.

Zhang Boling continued: "This time you go to Jinan to compete, you can be regarded as returning to your hometown, don't have any psychological pressure, after all, the things of the year have passed, the deceased is gone, and the survivors have to live well." ”

Chen Qiang knew that Zhang Boling was comforting him and explaining him.

Chen Qiang's whole family died in the Jinan tragedy, Zhang Boling was probably worried that Chen Qiang would have a psychological shadow on this, and if he returned to Jinan, he was afraid that he would be stimulated.

"Sir, please rest assured, my family is no longer here, and I have already figured out what happened back then." Chen Qiang replied.

"That's good." Zhang Boling continued: "This time in the North China Games, I am not only a member of the competition committee, but also served as the referee of the game, so I will stay in Jinan until the end of all the games, if you encounter anything that cannot be solved, you can also come to me directly." ”

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There are nearly 1,000 athletes participating in the 15th North China Games, and more than 700 track and field athletes, accounting for more than 70% of the total number of athletes.

After all, this was a sports meeting held in the north, and with the economic conditions of Shandong at that time, it was impossible to build a constant temperature swimming pool, so there was no swimming event in the North China Games. There is also only one volleyball for the three major balls, and there is no basketball or soccer ball. Most of the athletes will focus on track and field.

Chen Qiang did not accompany the Tianjin team, but arrived in Jinan one step ahead of schedule and joined the Shandong team first.

Chen Qiang is the person who the provincial chairman personally wants to come, and the reception party in Jinan does not dare to slack off, and the Shandong team sent a special person to meet Chen Qiang at the train station, and the accommodation is also properly arranged.

The next day, Chen Qiang met with other players from the Shandong team.

Chen Qiang didn't know the players of the Shandong team, mainly because the strength of the players of the Shandong team was relatively weak, and they couldn't participate in large-scale events like the Far Eastern Games, so they had nothing to do with Chen Qiang.

In the future, Shandong will be a major sports province, and there will be Olympic gold medalists in every Olympic Games, but in modern times, Shandong's sports are relatively weak, mainly because there are fewer universities in Shandong.

In the twenties and thirties, athletes were all students, and where there were more schools, there were naturally more athletes, and sports would be stronger. For example, Shanghai, Tianjin, Beiping, Nanjing, Guangzhou and other cities are places where universities gather in modern times, so these places are also relatively strong in sports.

In addition to these big cities, there is another special place, and that is the Northeast. Northeastern University has not been established for a long time, but Zhang Shuai in Northeast China is willing to spend money on sports, and many athletes from civilian backgrounds can go directly to Northeastern University and receive allowances, so the sports level in Northeast China is also very high, and top domestic athletes like Liu Changchun have emerged.

Shandong is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, and Western-style education is not widely spread in Shandong, so Shandong does not have top universities like Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, and Nankai.

The more competent universities in Shandong are Shandong University and Ocean University of China. The predecessor of Shandong University was the provincial Shandong University, which was directly suspended at the time of the Jinan tragedy; Ocean University of China was formerly known as the private Qingdao University, which was closed in 1925 due to the Zhifeng War.

In the second half of 1930, the two schools merged to form National Qingdao University, and the opening ceremony was held in September of the same year.

Moreover, in this North China Games, Qingdao also participated alone as a municipal team, which further weakened the strength of the Shandong team.

It is precisely for this reason that the Shandong team will specially ask Chen Qiang to come over, and even the provincial chairman will speak in person. Shandong is the host after all, if the results of the game are too poor, wouldn't it be a shameful thing! It's like playing a World Cup, and the host country doesn't qualify from the group, which is quite embarrassing.

It is precisely because the strength of the Shandong team is relatively weak, so in this Shandong team, Chen Qiang has undoubtedly become a "real thigh".

"Chen Qiang, tell me about your victory in the Far Eastern Games!"

"Yes, Chen Qiang, I read the newspaper that you have also been to North Korea, and you have won the Japanese there."

Everyone held the moon like a star, surrounded Chen Qiang in the middle, and many of them regarded Chen Qiang as an idol, looking at Chen Qiang's eyes with little stars.

Then Chen Qiang followed the Shandong team to the competition venue of the North China Games.

Jinan has also held some games, but they are all temporary scaffolding, which is not economical, but also brings a lot of inconvenience to the audience, and more importantly, the temporary stadium, the quality of the venue is not very good, which affects the performance of athletes.

Therefore, this time in the North China Games, Shandong decided to build a special stadium, which is the venue for the North China Games, that is, the old Shandong Provincial Stadium under the Thousand Buddha Mountain in the future.

The stadium was built in March 1931 and completed in May, taking two months, but the construction efficiency was still very high.

It's just that in terms of hardware facilities, the basis is very simple. The cinder runway that has just been laid is still a little soft, and the middle area has no transplanted lawn, and it is all dirt.

At present, the stadium is still relatively primitive, with eight running tracks not until 1950, tennis courts added in the sixties, and lawns only begun to be laid in the eighties after the Shandong Provincial Sports School moved in.

When Chen Qiang came to the stadium, he saw that a lot of slogans had been arranged around. For example, "a sound state cannot be created without sound citizens"; "A sound spirit is contained in a sound body, and the North China Games should arouse the public's attention to sports"; "Only those who can abide by sports discipline can be regarded as an honorary athlete"; "Swear to the shame of the snow country"; "Promoting National Sports"; "Exercise the national physique" and so on.

These slogans are very characteristic of the times, in the turbulent era when modern China was constantly subjected to foreign bullying and oppression, in that era when the Chinese were called "the sick man of East Asia", people had a special obsession with strengthening the body, and the strong body was gradually equated with a strong country and a prosperous country.

Another day, when Chen Qiang was adapting to the venue, he finally met two old acquaintances, Zhang Shiguang from Beiping and Han Jinglin from Hebei. Both of them participated in last year's National Games, and they both competed with Chen Qiang.

After the two saw Chen Qiang, they couldn't help but feel a little emotional, a year ago they were still competing in Hangzhou, and a year later, Chen Qiang has become famous in Asia and has become the Asian record holder in the 100-meter sprint.

And in the afternoon of this day, the Liaoning team finally arrived in Jinan.

Although the two participating teams from Heilongjiang and Jilin signed up for this competition, they did not come to participate, and in the end, only one Liaoning team came to the Northeast. However, the Liaoning team is the strongest team in track and field, not only Liu Changchun, but also "Dalian Iron Foot" Yu Xiwei, and "All-round King" Zhang Lingjia.

Liu Changchun focuses on sprinting, Yu Xiwei is good at middle-distance running, and Zhang Lingjia is a decathlon player, but he is also very good at discus throws, hurdles and other events.

……

Liu Changchun took Yu and Zhang to Chen Qiang.

"Chen Qiang, let me introduce you to you, this is Yu Xiwei, the name of 'Dalian Iron Foot Yu', you must have heard of it. I don't need to introduce Zhang Lingjia, you saw it at the National Games last year. ”

Chen Qiang only symbolically shook hands with Yu Xiwei, he actually didn't like this person in his heart.

Yu Xiwei is in the Northeast and is an athlete on the same level as Liu Changchun. At the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, China also registered him for the competition.

But after 918, he did not go south with the students of Northeastern University, but stayed in the Northeast, and as a pseudo "Manchukuo" athlete, he participated in many sports meetings held by the Japanese, such as the Meiji Jingu Athletic Conference in Japan, and Yu Xiwei participated many times.

In 1933, Yu Xiwei also served as an official of the puppet "Manchukuo", and successively worked in the Ministry of People's Livelihood of the State Council and the Concord of the puppet "Manchukuo". According to some records of later generations, after 918, Liu Changchun fled to Beiping with Northeastern University, while Yu Xiwei took the Japanese to Liu Changchun's home to persuade Liu Changchun's father to summon Liu Changchun back to Northeast China to work for the puppet "Manchukuo".

Therefore, in Chen Qiang's eyes, Yu Xiwei's act of serving the puppet "Manchukuo" is undoubtedly a traitor's behavior. Although sports have no borders, the kind of people who turn their backs on their motherland, even if they have made great achievements, even if they are the world's No. 1 athletes, Chen Qiang looks down on them in his heart.

Yu Xiwei also sensed Chen Qiang's cold attitude, and after a few words of greeting, he found a reason to leave first.

Liu Changchun only regarded it as the first time Yu Xiwei and Chen Qiang met, and the two were not familiar with each other, so the atmosphere seemed a little cold.

After Yu Xiwei left, Chen Qiang asked Liu Changchun; "Your injuries should be healed, right?"

"The injuries have all healed, I originally wanted to compete with you with all my might, but unfortunately, your performance has improved too fast, this can run 10.5 seconds, now I can't win against you!" Liu Changchun said with a smile.

"Don't say that, I'm just lucky." Chen Qiang said modestly.

"It's okay for you to deceive others, but you can't fool me! In the course of this year, you have grown a lot taller and stronger, and your grades will improve based on this alone. I'm also from the past, and when I was older, my grades skyrocketed. Liu Changchun said.

Chen Qiang talked about another topic: "Mr. Zhang Boling told me that the Chinese Sports Association will soon become the Chinese Olympic Committee, and then we Chinese athletes will be able to participate in the Olympic Games, are you interested?" ”

"Olympic? Participating in the Olympics is of course something I dream of, but I just dare to think about it. Liu Changchun shook his head and said helplessly.

"It is also said that the world is not peaceful, and participating in the Olympic Games is really in the people, and it is in the sky to make things happen. However, Zhang Shaoshuai in the Northeast has always been very keen on sports, and I think if you encounter difficulties in participating in the Olympic Games, Zhang Shaoshuai will definitely not sit idly by," Chen Qiang said.

Historically, Liu Changchun's participation in the Los Angeles Olympics was finally made possible by relying on the 8,000 oceans funded by Zhang Shaoshuai.

Thinking of the 8,000 oceans, Chen Qiang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Liu Changchun also has a young marshal Zhang, who can fund him to go to the United States to participate in the Olympic Games with 8,000 oceans, and I don't know where my 8,000 oceans travel expenses come from!"

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On May 27, the 15th North China Games officially opened.

On the first day of the race, the 100-meter dash was only held in the preliminary round, and the semi-finals and finals of the 100-meter were scheduled for May 28. In terms of Chen Qiang's strength, there is no pressure to advance in the preliminary round and semi-finals.

Moreover, Chen Qiang, as the host player, was taken care of by the organizers in terms of grouping.

Chen Qiang is the "thigh" of the Shandong team, of course, the organizer will not arrange any "group of death" for Chen Qiang, and even when the group is grouped, try to arrange opponents with poor level for Chen Qiang to ensure that Chen Qiang advances to the finals.

On the morning of the 28th, the final of the 100-meter dash officially began.

In addition to Chen Qiang, Liu Changchun from Liaoning, Zhang Shiguang from Beiping, Han Jinglin from Hebei and others also advanced to the 100-meter final.

The highlight of this game is, of course, the contest between Chen Qiang and Liu Changchun.

At the National Games a year ago, everyone was optimistic about Liu Changchun, and Chen Qiang was just a nobody at that time. But this time it was completely different, and almost everyone was optimistic that Chen Qiang would win the championship.

Liu Changchun did not sit still, although he knew that his best result was not as good as Chen Qiang, but as an athlete, Liu Changchun would never give up fighting because his skills were inferior, and he still longed for the 100-meter sprint championship in his heart.

……

The introduction of the contestants sounded on the loudspeaker.

"The first way, Zhang Shiguang, is from the Beiping team!"

There was a round of applause in the stands!

"The second way, Liu Changchun, is from the Liaoning team!"

The applause in the stands was a little stronger.

"The third way, Chen Qiang, is from the Shandong team!"

This time, there was not only applause in the stands, but also cheers, and that applause and cheers even had a tendency to endure.

"It's all optimistic, this third way is our Shandong people!"

"I already knew, I heard that this Chen Qiang's hometown is from Jinan."

"Chen Qiang is the fastest runner in Asia, and even little Japan can't outrun him. He's definitely going to win this time. ”

"Chen Qiang, come on! Come on! ”

The parents and villagers in Jinan are still very supportive of the local players, and when they hear the words "from the Shandong team", they don't know Chen Qiang or not, they are all cheering for him.

……

The finalists stood on the track, and everyone's expressions looked solemn, and the atmosphere became tense.

"Ready, ready ......" the starter raised his gun, and then the shots rang out, and the runners immediately rushed out of the starting line.

Chen Qiang's kind of start from the future is something that others can't learn, so his start is still fast.

And Liu Changchun is not to be outdone, although his start is not as good as Chen Qiang, but it is also much faster than other runners.

"Liu Changchun's start is much stronger than in the National Games! With such a start, the first 20 meters can be accelerated by at least 0.1 seconds. Chen Qiang made a judgment in his heart in an instant.

Liu Changchun at the National Games was injured in the competition, so it affected the results, and now Liu Changchun is back full of blood, and his strength is naturally much higher than that of the National Games.

"At the National Games, I made a mistake at the start, so I didn't open the gap with Liu Changchun, this time I didn't make a mistake at the start, and I was only slightly ahead of Liu Changchun! Liu Changchun is really powerful. ”

Chen Qiang's heart couldn't help but admire Liu Changchun, Liu Changchun did not have Chen Qiang's advanced starting skills from later generations, just relying on his body and reactions, but he was able to keep up with Chen Qiang's starting pace, such a talent is indeed a sprinting genius that is rare in decades.

After the start, Chen Qiang began to speed up, but this time the speed was slightly slower than Chen Qiang expected, because the track was too soft.

The stadium was only completed in the first half of the year, only 20 days ago, and the runway was newly paved, and the North China Games were the first games to be hosted here.

If you put it in the next life, find a roller to come over and drive around the runway twice, and the runway will naturally be hard.

But in the early thirties, there was no construction machinery like road rollers in China, and construction was all based on manpower, so if you wanted a harder coal ash runway, you had to wait for the rain to mix cinder with lime and loess more fully.

This slightly soft runway affected Chen Qiang's acceleration, and of course it would also affect the acceleration of other contestants, including Liu Changchun, the acceleration process was slower than usual.

In the first 30 meters, Chen Qiang has always maintained a slight lead over Liu Changchun, but this lead is almost negligible, maybe Liu Changchun's next step is a little bigger, and he can catch up with Chen Qiang.

At fifty meters, Liu Changchun was still only clinging to Chen Qiang, and Chen Qiang was not able to shake off Liu Changchun.

Liu Changchun, who was not injured, was indeed able to pose a threat to Chen Qiang in the first half of the 100-meter sprint.

"In the first half of Liu Changchun, he was stronger than Yoshioka Lund!" Chen Qiang secretly gave an evaluation in his heart. Chen Qiang even thinks that if the current Liu Changchun is 60 meters above Yoshioka Longde, then the winner must be Liu Changchun.

It's a pity that Liu Changchun's second half is too weak.

After fifty meters, Liu Changchun gradually showed a decline, he couldn't maintain the previous high-explosive running style, and he was a little powerless.

And Chen Qiang relied on the rhythm of the front swing of his thighs, and he was still running at great speed.

Liu Changchun looked at Chen Qiang, who was already ahead.

"Just like during the National Games, in the second half of the race, I was distanced by Chen Qiang again!"

Liu Changchun was a little unwilling, although he had a premonition that he would lose the game, but he did not choose to give up, he was still trying to take a step, trying his best to keep his speed as much as possible, trying to chase Chen Qiang.

At this moment, Liu Changchun is no longer fighting for the championship, he is showing the athlete's hard work and the spirit of never giving up!

……

Chen Qiang is getting closer and closer to the finish line, and the voices in the stands around him are getting louder and louder.

Those spectators didn't know Chen Qiang originally, but since the introduction at the beginning, the audience has known that this is a local athlete from Shandong. Since then, all the cheers and applause in the stands have belonged to Chen Qiang.

When Chen Qiang crossed the finish line first, the shouts in the stands reached a peak, and people cheered for the victory of the local runners.

This is the first championship won by the Shandong team in this North China Games!

At this time, the captain of the Shandong team, who was watching the game from the sidelines, breathed a sigh of relief, with this championship guarantee, the Shandong team is worthy of his hometown.

"Thanks to the person who Chairman Han personally came, I won the championship in the first project, and this thigh is still quite powerful." The leader of the Shandong team sighed in his heart.

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