Chapter Seventy-Three: Asia's Top Notch

Gu Sansanwu couldn't figure out how the middle school student nine months ago appeared on the field of the Far Eastern Games.

"I remember that his time was still outside 12 seconds, and even if the strength of Chinese track and field is weak, it is impossible for an athlete who can't even reach 12 seconds to participate in the Far Eastern Games, right?"

Gu Sansanwu's mind was full of doubts, and he turned his head and asked the people around him: "Nakajima-kun, what is the name of the Chinese player in this group?" ”

"It turns out that there are also Chinese athletes that Gu Sanjun doesn't understand!" The man smiled slightly, then checked the information of the contestants in his hand, and then said: "His name is Chen Qiang, and he won the championship in the Chinese National Games held last month. ”

"He is the one named Chen Qiang, who ran for 11 seconds!" Gu Sansanwu looked surprised, and his mouth was wide open to stuff a goose egg.

When Chen Qiang won the National Games championship last month, Gu Sansanwu learned the news in the newspaper, and also knew that Chen Qiang ran a 11-second time.

However, at that time, the technology of printing newspapers in China could not publish photos, so Gu Sansanwu only knew Chen Qiang's name, but did not know Chen Qiang's appearance, let alone Chen Qiang was the boy who defeated Yamazaki Masao in Fudan High School.

At that time, Chen Qiang slipped away after defeating Masao Yamazaki, and even the teachers of Fudan High School didn't know what Chen Qiang's name was, and it was even more impossible for Gu Sansanwu to know.

"I went to Fudan High School in September last year, and the National Games in China started in April this year, only eight months apart. In other words, it only took him eight months to improve his time from 12 seconds to 11 seconds! How is this possible! When pigs fly! How can there be such a rapid rate of progress! ”

At this moment, Gu Sansanwu's face turned pale, and Chen Qiang's progress speed made Gu Sansanwu feel frightened.

If it is put in the next generation, it takes eight months to improve from 12 seconds to 11 seconds, which is not a very amazing thing, as long as the athlete with a little more talent can do it.

But in the thirties, the level of training was very low, and in eight months, the progress from 12 seconds to 11 seconds can be regarded as an amazing growth.

At this time, a trace of uneasiness suddenly rose in Gu Sansanwu's heart, and then he shook his head to himself: "Impossible, it has only been a month since the National Games of China, and in such a short period of time, it is impossible for him to make any further progress, I am worried." ”

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James and Steve of the Philippine team are both Americans, and they are not top-notch sprinters in the United States, but in Asia, they are the top sprinters.

In fact, the relationship between these two is still good. After all, there are only a few Americans in the Philippines, and even fewer can practice track and field, but everyone who practices track and field is an acquaintance.

But since they stepped onto the field, the two have begun to compete, at least they don't spare anyone.

"This time I won! The 100m win is definitely mine. Steve spoke.

"Don't brag, with me, you can't win the championship, don't forget that the defending champion of the 100-meter sprint of athletes from the Far East is me!" James spoke.

Steve pouted disdainfully: "What about the defending champions?" In the Philippines tryout, you lost to me, and when I come to Japan, I can win you as well. ”

"I was deliberately releasing water! It's just a tryout, there's no need to work hard. James put on a proud face.

"It's like I'm working hard in the tryouts. Let me tell you, I have also preserved my strength. Steve also had a swaggering expression.

Two people who usually have a good relationship with each other began to talk to each other, perhaps for them, this is an alternative pre-game ritual, or a way to encourage each other.

However, it can be seen from the conversation between the two that neither James nor Steve put other players in their eyes, and in their opinion, Chen Qiang and another Japanese player in the same group are just cannon fodder.

They are Americans, they came to Asia as colonizers, how can they look down on the indigenous inhabitants of Asia!

It wasn't until the referee signaled to prepare that the two stopped talking and began to prepare for the start.

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Professional athletes, before the game, can be all kinds of funny and cute, but once they enter the state of the game, they are absolutely focused.

This is the case with the two Filipino Americans, who had been bickering before, but when the referee signaled to prepare for the race, the two instantly became serious, their expressions were serious, and their preparations before the start were also very rigorous.

“SET!” The starter shouted, then raised the starting pistol.

A gunshot rang out, and the two Americans rushed out of the starting line at the same time, and if they were closer, they could see the muscles in their calves twitching at the moment of starting.

Steve started quickly and was slightly ahead of James, who was slightly ahead of him in the first ten meters after the start.

James is not an idle person, although he started a little slower than Steve, but after the start the acceleration was faster than Steve, by the time he reached 20 meters, he had already erased the gap between him and Steve.

Although this is a racing sport and the two are on different tracks, at this time the two are like gladiators facing each other, entangled with each other, and it is difficult to separate.

These two people know each other too well, don't look at the two of them talking to each other before the game, but they know each other well, and both of them know each other well, and they both know that when it comes to the game, it is really difficult to say who is stronger, maybe the winner or loser, just to see who plays better.

James's attention is focused on Steve, and Steve's attention is focused on James. In this way, the two sides came to a position of sixty meters.

The basis is that it is evenly matched!

"I saw that it was not until the last ten meters that I could tell the winner!"

The thought came to the minds of both of them at the same time.

Neither of them was surprised by this result, as they had too many battles in the Philippines, most of the time in the last ten meters to determine the winner, and both had long been accustomed to such results.

The next second, the two's attention returned to the track, and they looked ahead almost at the same time, trying to see how far they were from the finish line.

Then the two also saw a figure at the same time.

The figure of a yellow man.

This man actually ran ahead of them!

"Someone is faster than me! Is it Japanese or Chinese? The same thought flashed through the minds of the two men.

Since the start, James and Steve have been focusing on each other, they did not pay attention to the other two people in the same group at all, in their opinion, the other opponents are just cannon fodder, in the sprint event, the Japanese and Chinese, how can they compare with the Americans!

In the 100-meter sprint event of the Far Eastern Games, the Philippine team has won eight consecutive championships, for them, winning nine consecutive championships seems to be a natural thing, as for who the opponent is, there is no need to care, the Japanese or Chinese are the same.

So even if Chen Qiang had run ahead of them, the two Americans still didn't know whether it was the Japanese or the Chinese who were ahead of them.

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"Whoa......"

Screams rang out all around, the cries of Chinese students and overseas Chinese.

Because Chen Qiang is ahead, he is faster than the Japanese in the same group, and faster than the Americans in the same group!

In contrast, the Japanese are not interested in this, after all, the strength of the Japanese players in this group is not strong, and the hope of the Japanese is still pinned on Takashi Yoshioka and Kenjiro Oka in the next match.

It's just that on the rostrum, Gu Sansanwu's expression was extremely solemn. He knew that the leader in front of him couldn't even run 12 seconds nine months ago.

And now, he can leave two Americans from the Philippines behind!

You must know that the athletics in the Philippines is among the best in Asia.

Nine months ago, the boy who looked a little dark and thin in Fudan High School has now become the top in Asia!

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