July 31, the first day of competition at the Los Angeles Olympics.

In the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium, although the audience was not as full as yesterday, it was basically 80% attended.

After all, it is the Great Depression, many people are unemployed, and it is difficult to support their families, so how can they have spare money to watch the Olympics. With such a large stadium, it is already very good to have an eighty percent attendance.

Zhao Zhanshan is an extremely rare Chinese face in the audience, his father used to be a Chinese worker, and later opened a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, Zhao Zhanshan usually helps in the restaurant, and today he secretly ran out of the restaurant. Because he heard that today there is a competition of Chinese athletes.

Zhao Zhanshan walked up to the stands, he wanted to find a more advanced position, but there was a reprimanding voice next to him:

"Get out of here, you yellow-skinned monkey, this is not the place for you to sit!"

A middle-aged white man showed a vicious expression and roared at Zhao Zhanshan.

Zhao Zhanshan did not argue out loud, he seemed to be used to all this, and in the United States, discrimination against Chinese is not a new thing.

Zhao Zhanshan could only find a relatively backward position and sit down, and as the audience entered one after another, after a while, Zhao Zhanshan's side was also full of people.

A freckled American young man next to him looked at Zhao Zhanshan and said in a mocking tone: "Hey, this is track and field, do you understand?" ”

"What's not to understand, isn't it faster than anyone else!" Zhao Zhanshan snorted coldly, and then said proudly: "We Chinese also participated in the competition!" ”

"Chinese? You mean those yellow-skinned, skinny guys with a 'pig's tail' on their heads, who look like they've never had enough to eat? Hahaha, Chinese can also participate in track and field competitions? Don't be funny! I think even if he gets on the field, he's still the last one. The American youth said with a disdainful face.

Zhao Zhanshan didn't continue arguing, he knew that there was no point in arguing with this white man, he just hoped that the Chinese contestants could play well, preferably against a few American players, that would be the best riposte, more useful than any verbal argument.

In the blink of an eye, the preliminaries of the 100-meter dash began.

The first group of athletes included American star Eddie Tolan, so the atmosphere in the crowd seemed to be lively, and the Americans were cheering on their compatriots. Eddie Tolan also lived up to expectations, finishing first in his group with a time of 10.9 seconds. Second and third place finishers were Brazilians and Mexicans, respectively, who also qualified for the semifinals.

In the second group of the preliminary round, it was Liu Changchun's turn to appear.

"It's finally our Chinese turn." Zhao Zhanshan was sitting precariously with his eyes nailed to the track.

"Chinese, don't get your hopes up too much." The young American next to him spoke coldly again.

In the second group, there was American player George Simpson, so the enthusiasm of the American audience was also high, and the players were still preparing, and cheers rang out one after another.

……

On the track, Liu Changchun took a deep breath, he looked around a little nervously, after all, this is the Olympic Games, there are tens of thousands of spectators on the scene, such a scene, Liu Changchun is the first time to see it.

"Come on, Liu Changchun!" Chen Qiang's voice sounded from not far away, Liu Changchun turned his head, smiled at Chen Qiang, and then bowed down and prepared to start.

Among the five contestants, Liu Changchun, a Chinese with black hair and yellow skin, is particularly abrupt and attention-grabbing.

"Before the game, the athlete said, is that Chinese? Are there athletes in China? ”

"I heard that this is the first time for China to participate in the Olympic Games, and it seems that the strength of Chinese athletes is definitely not very good."

"I'm betting he's never going to make the cut!"

"And I'm betting he won't make the cut."

"No one will think that the Chinese can advance, unless he is crazy!"

The American spectators in the stands were talking, but the chatter could not reach the ears of the athletes.

At this time, the five athletes on the track also had different thoughts.

George Simpson is also considered a famous American player, and in his eyes, the other four are rookies.

Britain's Ennie Paippage feels that his quality is very good, and he has no problem qualifying for the United Kingdom.

Czechoslovakia's Engel felt lucky to have two men at the bottom of the table and he would definitely qualify.

British-Indian Bounu Sutton also knows that it will be difficult for him to qualify, so he looks like he has to give it his all.

“SET！” As the starter's voice sounded, the five runners were ready to start.

A gunshot rang out, and the five of them rushed out of the runway in unison.

At the same time, the stands were boiling and the crowd began to cheer on the American native George Simpson.

Liu Changchun's reaction to the start was very fast, and it can be seen that his attention is very concentrated.

Liu Changchun's start was also very good, and in the first 20 meters, he was not pulled away by other runners. In the subsequent running, Liu Changchun has always been able to hold the top three positions, and is almost neck and neck with the second place.

"Come on, keep this position, and you will be able to advance!" Song Junfu clenched his fists, constantly cheering for Liu Changchun in his heart.

Chen Qiang is also very nervous, at present, it seems that Liu Changchun has great hope of advancing to the semifinals, and the key depends on whether he can continue to maintain this ranking.

Forty metres later, the athletes were up to speed, and by this time American George Simpson was starting to show his strength, running to the front, leaving the other four runners behind, and if nothing else, Simpson should be able to qualify for the rematch as group winners.

The slowest was the British-Indian player, who was clearly one position behind the others. Following the current trend, he has dropped out of the race for the top three.

The situation became that of Great Britain's Ennie Page and Czechoslovakia's Greer and Liu Changchun competed for the other two qualification spots.

At 50 meters, the three people are still difficult to solve, and the gap between the three is definitely less than 0.1 seconds, and it is difficult to say who will advance in the end.

In the 60 meters, Britain's Ennie Page gradually led by half a body, and it seemed that he was the more dominant side of the three, but Liu Changchun still bit Ennie Page tightly and was not thrown away.

In the 70 meters, although Liu Changchun did not catch up with Ennie Page, he still tried to hold on to the third position.

"Seventy meters, Liu Changchun can still maintain his speed, it seems that he has strengthened the practice in the second half of the race, and he hopes to qualify for the group!" Chen Qiang couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised.

However, just when Chen Qiang was surprised, Engel, a Czechoslovak player behind him, caught up with Liu Changchun.

In the last 20 meters, Liu Changchun still slowed down, and although his shortcomings in the second half of the journey were improved, they did not completely disappear, but they just thought about the weakness and delayed it back by 20 meters.

For Liu Changchun, this is also an improvement, but this is the Olympics, the opponents are the best athletes in the world, and this kind of improvement of Liu Changchun is not enough for him to qualify in the group stage.

In the last 10 meters, Britain's Ennie Page has firmly retained the second position, while Czechoslovakia's Engel has also surpassed Liu Changchun.

Liu Changchun's eyes flashed a trace of unwillingness, it can be seen that he is still trying to accelerate, but unfortunately his skills are not as good as others, and he has been unable to catch up with Engel's pace in front.

In an instant, all five competitors crossed the finish line. American George Simpson lived up to expectations with a time of 10.9 seconds, followed by Britain's Ennie Page with a time of 11.1 seconds and Czechoslovakia's Engel third with a time of 11.2 seconds.

Liu Changchun's time was 11.3 seconds, and he missed the rematch of the 100-meter dash at the Olympics with a gap of 0.1 seconds.

11.3 seconds, this is obviously not the best state of Liu Changchun, and it is not even Liu Changchun's normal performance. You must know that when he was in China, Liu Changchun was able to run with such a result. If Liu Changchun can play normally, there is no problem in running into 11 seconds.

In fact, since the 918 incident, Liu Changchun came to Beiping from the northeast, and his training environment has been greatly affected.

And this is the Olympic Games, Liu Changchun as the first Chinese to appear on the Olympic field, the pressure can be imagined, perhaps he is also too nervous, not as open as in the domestic competition, which also affects his on-the-spot performance.

I saw Liu Changchun walking off the field with a disappointed face, he was obviously very dissatisfied with his performance.

Although Coach Song Junfu was also disappointed, he still put on a smile and stepped forward to encourage Liu Changchun.

Chen Qiang was a little overwhelmed, he didn't know what he should do, he didn't know what Liu Changchun needed now, whether he needed comfort, encouragement, or both.

Chen Qiang remembers that Liu Changchun's 100-meter dash at the Los Angeles Olympics was 11.5 seconds, and now Liu Changchun is 0.2 seconds faster, which is obviously the butterfly effect brought about by arriving in Los Angeles ten days early. But even so, Liu Changchun still failed to advance from the preliminary round.

Chen Qiang couldn't help but sigh: "This is competitive sports, the skills are not as good as others, there is really no way!" ”

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In the stands, the Americans next to Zhao Zhanshan stood up and cheered loudly, because the American player George Simpson advanced, and the promotion was very easy.

A moment later, the freckled American young man sat down and said to Zhao Zhanshan: "I said a long time ago, don't get your hopes up, you Chinese can't advance!" But it's good to get a fourth place, it's not the bottom one! ”

Zhao Zhanshan clenched his fists, he hesitated, and said, "There is still one person in the Chinese team!" ”

"And what? Will it be coming soon? The freckled American young man smiled and continued, "Then I wish him good luck!" But I still say the same thing, don't get your hopes up, you Chinese can't advance, be careful that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment! ”

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In the third group of the preliminary round, Chen Qiang met an old acquaintance, that is, Japanese athlete Abu Iwao.

"Does Abu Iwafu also have to run 100 meters? I always thought he was a 200m runner! It is not known how good he is in the 100m event. It shouldn't be as good as Yoshioka Lund! I don't know if he can make it from this group. ”

Chen Qiang looked at the track and waited for the race to begin.

There were no Americans in this group, so the excitement of the audience was not high, as if they were preparing for the next American to appear.

Moments later, the game began.

"That's fast!" The athlete in the leading position immediately attracted Chen Qiang's attention, it was a very handsome white guy.

"This group is very fast!" Chen Qiang has already found that the players in the third group are faster than the previous first and second groups.

Sure enough, the first place in the third group was Germany's Arthur Jonas, who clocked 10.6 seconds, which also tied the Olympic record for the 100-meter dash.

Second place went to New Zealand's Elliott with a time of 10.8 seconds, which was also faster than the first place in the first two categories.

Abu Iwao was third, with a time of 10.9 seconds, and also qualified for the qualification.

Seeing Awu Yanfu's score of 10.9 seconds, Chen Qiang couldn't help but sigh that this Awu Yanfu still has some strength. You must know that the first two American runners in the first two groups only achieved a time of 10.9 seconds.

This also shows that the competition in the third group is more intense, the same result of 10.9 seconds, the first two groups are the first in the group, and the third group is the third in the group, just enough to qualify.

Fourth place went to another British Indian, who clocked 11 seconds, and fifth, Argentina, who clocked 11.1 seconds.

11 seconds and 11 seconds 1 can be advanced in the first two groups, but in the third group, they were both eliminated.

Seeing this result, Liu Changchun's heart was also a lot calmer, after all, those who ran faster than him were eliminated, so it would not be a pity for him to be out.

To put it simply, someone is worse than me, and I feel much better!

Next, it was the turn of the fourth group of the preliminary round.

"Chen Qiang, come on!" Liu Changchun and Song Junfu said in unison.

Chen Qiang nodded seriously and walked onto the track.

……

In the fourth group of the preliminary round, Canadian Patsy Williams is undoubtedly the focus of this group.

Patsy Williams, the 100m dash champion at the last Olympics and the current world record holder in the 100m dash, is destined to attract the attention of the crowd.

Patsy Williams stood on the track with confidence, this time in the Olympics, he was aiming to defend his title, just a preliminary round, in his opinion, no need to spend energy at all. He looked at the other four players around him, and everyone except for the German Helmut Klenig was a rookie!

"In addition to Krenig, there is a Mexican, an Argentine in this group, and even a Chinese! Aren't the Chinese called the 'sick man of East Asia'? They can also participate in the Olympics! It seems that this Olympic Games is not powerful, the competition is about to become a charity performance, let a Chinese participate, is it for poverty alleviation! ”

Patsy Williams secretly said in his heart that he, like most Westerners in this era, is full of discrimination and prejudice against China. If it weren't the Olympics, he wouldn't even want to compete on the same stage as the Chinese.

In the eyes of the other three contestants, Chen Qiang is also a soft persimmon, and it is estimated that he will be eliminated at the beginning of the competition, which is completely negligible.

Chen Qiang moved his joints briefly, then squatted down and prepared to start.

The starter gave the order, and Chen Qiang's attention was all focused on the track.

"Smack!" A crisp gunshot rang out, and Chen Qiang launched it violently, and the whole person was like a tiger pounced, rushing forward quickly.

In addition to Chen Qiang, the athlete from Argentina, Bianchi, also started quickly, his starting reaction was not inferior to Chen Qiang, and the acceleration rhythm after that was also very fast.

In contrast, Germany's Helmut Klenig reacted significantly slower by half a beat and felt that his concentration was not very high.

The slowest start reaction was world record holder Patsy Williams. Not only is he slow to react to the start, but he is also a little careless about the acceleration after the start, as if he didn't wake up after getting up in the morning, and he is really listless.

Patsy Williams' idea is very simple, he thinks that this is only a preliminary round, and the opponents are all weak chickens, and they can advance by running casually, so they don't need to show all their strength at all.

German champion Helmut Klenigge thinks a lot about Parcy Williams, and he thinks he can show up. However, the German's personality is clearly a bit more rigorous, and even after the game is already secure, he still pushes a little harder, and is not as casual as Patsy Williams.

Chen Qiang's start is unique in this era, fighting to surpass the starting technology of the times, Chen Qiang is always able to take the lead in the first 30 meters, and today is no exception, after 30 meters, Chen Qiang is already ranked first.

The second place is the Argentine Bianchi, although he was not opened by Chen Qiang at this time, but he was extremely surprised in his heart.

"That Chinese was able to overtake me at the starting stage!"

Bianchi is also a very good athlete who starts and accelerates early, although he is not famous, but he has the best strength in the world, and his starting level is also the best in the world, and in the domestic races of Argentina, Bianchi has always been able to gain an advantage in the starting stage.

"The strength of this Chinese is beyond my expectations, and if he can continue to maintain this pace in the future, maybe he will steal a place in the promotion." Also in this group are Parcy Williams and Helmut Klenig, who will also take two places! No, I have to be faster or I won't be able to make the cut! ”

Thinking of this, Bianchi decided not to keep his strength any longer.

Before the race, Bianchi had already predicted the situation of this group, Patsy Williams is the world record holder and he will definitely be able to qualify, and Helmut Klenigge is the German champion and will definitely qualify, so Bianchi is fighting for the last place to qualify.

Mexico and China are not sports powers, the Chinese are participating in the Olympic Games for the first time, in Bianchi's view, the last promotion place is bound to fall into his hands, but Chen Qiang's strength is greatly beyond Bianchi's expectations, Bianchi suddenly found that the original three-in-three game turned out to be four-in-three, and he may be the weakest one!

After realizing this, Bianchi dared to relax anywhere, and immediately tried his best to rush forward without reservation.

……

German champion Helmut Klenigge was in third place, just above the qualifying threshold, but he was not worried, he was confident in his quality.

"The Argentine in front of him is running a little fast!"

"The Chinese at the front seem to be faster!"

Helmut Klenig suddenly realized that he was being thrown away by Bianchi, and the gap between him and Chen Qiang was getting bigger and bigger.

Intuitively, Helmut Klenigge felt a hint of danger. He was like an antelope, smelling the wind and grass, and feeling a cheetah hidden in the grass not far away!

"Not good, that Chinese, and that Argentine, are very strong, I underestimate them!" Helmut Klenigge finally realized that this preliminary match was not as simple as he imagined, and the weak chicken in his eyes turned out to be a fierce beast that could devour him at any time!

"Damn, it's a death group!"

In the next second, Helmut Klenig couldn't care about retaining his strength, he knew that if he didn't fight again, he would probably be eliminated!

……

Fifty meters, halfway through the race, Chen Qiang has completely entered his own rhythm, and the skills of kicking the ground and swinging forward have also been fully exerted. At this time, Chen Qiang also began to pay attention to the movements of other athletes.

"The Argentine was following me!" Chen Qiang also felt a little surprised, he thought that the second place, even if not Patsy Williams, the world record holder, should be the German champion Helmut Klenig, but he didn't expect it to be the little-known Argentine, Chen Qiang still doesn't remember what the other party's name is.

Chen Qiang quickly turned his head to look at several other players, and was surprised to find that the world record holder Patcy Williams was actually at the back!

"What's the situation? I've always felt that Patcy Williams would be the toughest opponent to play against, how can he be at the bottom of the table? Patsy Williams was able to win a gold medal at the last Olympics and break a world record, so it shouldn't be so watery! ”

Chen Qiang was a little inexplicable, the situation of this group of games was completely different from what he imagined.

Patsy-Williams, meanwhile, finally realized that something was not going well.

"I'm halfway there, why am I still in last place! The top three in the group will be promoted, I can't let go of the water anymore, I have to be serious and work hard to get to the front. ”

Patsy Williams was only then starting to get his hands on the action, and in the blink of an eye, he was overtaking Mexico's Moira in fourth place, ahead of German champion Helmut Klenig.

Patsy Williams continues to rush forward with the intention of overtaking Helmut Klenig.

However, when he pushed his speed to the limit, he found that the gap between him and Helmut Klenigge had not narrowed.

At this time, Patsy Williams realized that the speed of the previous three players was very fast.

It was only at this point that Patcy Williams finally faced up to his opponent.

"Is that Argentine in front of Helmut Klenig? The Argentines are no slower than the Germans! ”

"At the front, it turned out to be that Chinese! How did the Chinese get to the first? Patsy-Williams was surprised for a moment, but realized that Chen Qiang was a little farther away from him.

"The Chinese run so fast! Faster than the Argentine! What the hell is going on! ”

rushed to the countryside to help the poor, but found that the target of poverty alleviation became Bill Gates!

Patsy Williams finally realizes that something is wrong, and as a player in the king rank, he runs to the fishpond bureau to abuse vegetables, and the fishpond is full of prehistoric giant crocodiles, which can tear him apart in one bite.

"I'm the champion of the last Olympics, I'm the world record holder, how can I be eliminated in the preliminary round!"

Patsy Williams finally felt a strong sense of crisis, and he began to exert all his strength.

If Patcy Williams had run like this at the beginning of the race, he would have been able to enter the top three, but now, it is too late, the other athletes are not weak chickens, their speed has improved, and it is difficult to overtake at this time!

And the end is near.

……

Towards the finish line, Chen Qiang was victorious, and he began to slow down and then crossed the finish line to enjoy his first Olympic victory.

The first victory of the Chinese in the Olympic Games has come at this moment!

Argentina's Bianchi crossed the finish line second, and then he kept looking at Chen Qiang with a jealous look. Throughout the game, Bianchi has been catching up with Chen Qiang with common sense, but he has never caught up, and he can most deeply feel that Chen Qiang is strong.

German champion Helmut Klenigge fended off Patsy Williams in the final moments and breathed a sigh of relief across the finish line to secure third place and qualify for the semi-finals.

Patsy Williams, on the other hand, looked lost and stood on the track with an expression of disbelief on his face.

The top three in the group made it to the tournament and he finished fourth, which meant he was eliminated!

There was silence in the audience, the ten-second race was so fast and so sudden that before the spectators could react, they found that the world record holder had been eliminated!

"What happened? There doesn't seem to be Patcy Williams in the top three! ”

"Am I right? Is that fourth place finisher Patsy Williams? ”

"It's the top three, right? If you place fourth, will you be eliminated? ”

"How is this possible? The world record holder was eliminated? ”

"What the hell is Patsy Williams doing? Why was he eliminated in the first game? ”

Everyone looked in disbelief at the end of the track and at the other three runners who had advanced.

German champion Helmut Klenig is already one of the top powerhouses in Europe, and he should be one of the qualifiers.

Although the Argentine Bianchi is a fresh face, Argentina was one of the top seven economic powers in the world in the thirties, the country was very rich, the Argentines were even richer than the Europeans and the Americans, and even the American people even envied the Argentines for being rich. People hate the poor and love the rich, you are so rich, so strong in sports, it is also a reasonable thing, Bianchi got a promotion place, there is no problem.

Look at the third player who made the cut, he is a Chinese!

A Chinese actually advanced to the rematch, and it was the rematch as the group leader, which is somewhat beyond the audience's understanding, perhaps in the eyes of these Americans, Chinese should not be promoted from the group.

"It's that Chinese, it's him who squeezed out Patsy Williams! He knocked out the fastest man in the world! Someone pointed at Chen Qiang and said loudly.

On the first day of competition at the Los Angeles Olympics, there was a super upset on the track and field field, and the previous 100-meter sprint champion and world record holder was eliminated in the preliminary round!

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This chapter is a little less, more than 7,000 words, there are not many manuscripts in storage, and there will be a fan festival soon. After passing the test, I will study how to participate.

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