Chapter 186: Why Is He Everywhere!

Chen Qiang's back-spin throwing technique caused a lot of discussion, and then two other Chinese players, Guo Jie and Leng Bacon, also appeared one after another, and they also used back-spin throwing techniques.

Guo Jie threw a 42-meter score in the first test throw, which was only 2 meters away from the 44-meter standard line, which was also very good in the first test jump.

And Leng Bacon, who appeared next, also threw a 39-meter score, almost exceeding the 40-meter mark, and was able to rank in the middle of all the competitors.

Overall, Guo Jie and Leng Bacon's performance is also very good, although they did not win more among many contestants, but it is not easy to be on par with athletes from European and American countries.

After the two Chinese athletes used the back-to-back spin throwing technique one after another, even the most stupid people have realized that the back-to-back throwing technique is a newly developed discus throwing technique.

"This is really a new technology, and Chen Qiang has developed another new technology!"

"Turn your back to the direction of the throw, turn your body around, and then throw the discus out, will you really throw it farther?"

"It's not very clear that only Chinese athletes use this technique, and Chen Qiang, who threw the farthest among them, only passed 44 meters, which is not enough to prove that this technique with his back to the direction of the throw is better than the existing discus throwing technique."

"It makes sense, we need more data to confirm the effectiveness of this new technology."

"Have you forgotten the high jump? Chen Qiang also used a high-tech technology in the preliminaries, and we were also discussing how effective that new technology was, but he broke five world records in a row! ”

"Could it be that in the discus throw project, Chen Qiang is going to break the world record again?"

The crowd at the Berlin Stadium began to discuss Chen Qiang's back-spin throwing technique again.

However, the faces of other athletes participating in the discus competition showed jealous expressions.

People are always afraid of the unknown, and Chen Qiang uses a new discus throwing technique, and other athletes instinctively feel that this new technique will be very powerful.

What's more, Chen Qiang also has a "criminal record", in the high jump competition the day before yesterday, Chen Qiang also used a new technique of back-to-back crossing, and then broke the world record five times in a row. In yesterday's long jump competition, Chen Qiang's front flip also broke the world record in the long jump. These are all breakthroughs made by new technologies.

Therefore, in the discus throw, when Chen Qiang used the back-to-spin throwing technique, many athletes participating in the discus competition instinctively felt that Chen Qiang was about to break the world record again, and they had no hope of winning the championship.

Those athletes who are stronger don't care about the new skills that Chen Qiang has shown, these athletes have the best strength in the world, so they are confident that they can deal with any opponent.

Chen Qiang advanced to the finals in the afternoon on the first test throw, and there was no need for him to participate in the next two test throws, so he simply began to observe the situation of other athletes.

The first thing to pay attention to is, of course, the American athletes. The United States was the world's No. 1 track and field country at that time, and the strength of the athletes was naturally extraordinary.

In addition to the Americans, Sweden's Harald Anderson and Germany's Willie Schröder are also the focus of Chen's attention.

Sweden's Harald Anderson broke the world record for discus throws in August 1934 with a throw of 52.42m, which was broken in 1935. But as a former world record holder, Harald Anderson naturally has the quality to compete for the title.

Germany's Willy Schröder, the man who broke the Harald Anderson world record and the current world record holder, set a world record of 53.10m in April 1935. The status of the world record holder coupled with the home battle, Willie Schroeder is also aiming for a gold medal in the discus.

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In the next competition, among the two Chinese players, Guo Jie successfully threw a score of more than 44 meters and advanced to the final in the afternoon, while Leng Bacon's three test throws never exceeded 44 meters, and he was unfortunately eliminated in the end.

Guo Jie, who successfully advanced to the finals, looked very excited, after all, in terms of his strength, it was already a success to be able to advance to the finals of the Olympic Games.

However, the audience didn't care whether Guo Jie advanced or not, and people's eyes fell on Sweden's Harald Anderson, because Harald Anderson broke a big upset, and he didn't advance to the final.

Harald Anderson's quality as a former world record holder is unquestionable, and although he lost the world record in April 1935, he set the second-best time in the world in October of the same year with 53.02m, just eight centimetres away from a new world record. For an athlete who can throw 53 meters, the 44-meter cut-off line is simply not too easy!

However, in the preliminaries of the discus, Harald Anderson was in extremely poor form, throwing only 38.5 seconds at a time, far from the 44-meter qualifying line, and even among the eliminated athletes, he was at the bottom.

In addition to Harald Anderson, Sweden's other two players made it to the final. The "leading brother" was eliminated, but the younger brother was promoted, which is really embarrassing.

For the Germans, the elimination of Harald Anderson is good news, in the eyes of the Germans, Harald Anderson is the only player who can threaten Willie Schroeder, and now that Harald Anderson has been eliminated, then Willy Schroeder has not locked up the championship in advance!

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After the discus heats, the semi-finals of the 200-meter dash are held. The semi-finals are divided into two groups, with the top three advancing to the afternoon final.

In the 200m semi-finals, there was only one German athlete left, named Karl Neckermann, who was Germany's 200m champion, but compared to the American athletes, Karl Nekermann's strength was still much worse, even in Europe, Karl Nekermann was not considered the top.

In the semi-finals, Karl Neckman happened to be in the same group as Chen Qiang, and in addition to these two, this group also included Mike Robinson of the United States, Paul Ennie of Switzerland, and two Canadian athletes.

The two Canadians were on the weak side, with Chen Qiang and American Mike Robinson on the stronger side, so it was basically the Germans and the Swiss competing for a third place in the final.

In Chen Qiang's group, the pressure to advance is still relatively small. The other group features Jesse Owens and Bob Packard of the United States, Lee Orr of Canada, and Tinus Osendup, the "fastest white man in the world." The American players are naturally strong, the fastest white man in the world is also the best in the world, and the Canadian is the champion of the All England Games. If you put the Germans in this group, you don't even have a chance of qualifying.

Chen Qiang appeared in the first group, and because of the German players, the audience was extremely enthusiastic.

Chen Qiang didn't care about the German player, after all, the opponent's strength was not a threat to him at all.

After the starting gunshots rang out, Chen Qiang immediately rushed out, and then showed the technique of running in the corner. For Chen Qiang, it's only the semi-finals, so there's no need to give it your all.

But Chen Qiang soon found that the American player in the same group as him seemed to be a little fast.

Chen Qiang has an impression of this American player, remembering that his name is Mike Robinson, and Mike Robinson's younger brother is the first black athlete to enter Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson.

Mike Robinson's speed was a little beyond Chen Qiang's expectations, but fortunately, this was the semi-finals, and Chen Qiang also had spare energy, so he distracted himself a little and observed Mike Robinson's cornering.

"The technique of running in this corner is already very good, and it is a notch better than Eddie Tolan four years ago. In the past four years, the technical level of American track and field has also improved a lot. Chen Qiang gave an evaluation in his heart.

At the Los Angeles Olympics four years ago, Chen Qiang broke the world record in the 200m with a time of 21 seconds, and now at the Berlin Olympics, it is definitely impossible to win the championship with a time of 21 seconds. Not to mention Jesse Owens, who has a physical perversion, just this Mike Robinson, he should also run at the 21-second level.

Fortunately, Chen Qiang now is not Chen Qiang four years ago. Four years ago, Chen Qiang was only 18 years old and his body had not yet grown up, but now Chen Qiang is 22 years old, which is at the peak age of a track and field athlete, and after four years of practice, Chen Qiang's sprinting skills have become more and more proficient.

In the face of the menacing Mike Robinson, Chen Qiang did not compete with him for a while, even after entering the straight, Mike Robinson was ahead of Chen Qiang, Chen Qiang did not chase hard, but finished the whole course in second place.

In the end, Mike Robinson ran a time of 21.1 seconds, just 0.1 seconds short of the 200m world record held by Chen Qiang. Chen Qiang won the second place with a time of 21.2 seconds. Third place was taken by Switzerland's Paul Nien with a time of 21.6 seconds, while Germany's Karl Neckmann ran only one 21.8 seconds to miss the final.

Next, it was the turn of the second group of masters.

Jesse Owens took the lead as soon as the race began. In Chen Qiang's opinion, Jesse Owens' cornering skills may not be as good as Mike Robinson, but Jesse Owens' speed is faster than Mike Robinson.

"Jesse Owens' physical gifts are just amazing!" Chen Qiang couldn't help but show an envious gaze.

In second place was Canada's Lee Orr, who showed great cornering skills and physical explosiveness.

Although he is Canadian, Lee Al grew up in Washington State and received an American education, so his technical characteristics are more like that of an American athlete than a European athlete.

Third place went to "the fastest white man in the world" of the Netherlands, Tinus Osendup.

"Also white, Lee Orr's cornering skills are clearly much better than those of Tinus Osendup, and it seems that European sprinting has begun to lag behind the United States. This was not the case four years ago, and I remember that white European athletes at that time were only physically inferior to black people in the United States, but they were still about the same in terms of technical level. Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

According to Chen Qiang, the technological gap between Europe and the United States will only widen in the future. After the outbreak of World War II, although track and field in the United States was stagnant, track and field in Europe was directly regressed by ten years. It wasn't until the Soviet Union returned to the Olympics that American athletes were no longer the dominant power.

Chen Qiang was pondering that the runners on the track had entered the straight.

Jesse Owens is still leading the way.

"Jesse Owens' lead is a bit big!" Chen Qiang's brows furrowed slightly, and he had a hunch that Jesse Owens might run a very unnatural result.

Jesse Owens crossed the finish line with a huge advantage, and when he stopped, he immediately looked at the referee, as if asking about his results.

Moments later, the referee finally announced Jesse Owens' results:

"20.9 seconds!"

Chen Qiang suddenly showed an expression of "sure enough".

The previous 200m world record was held by Chen Qiang in 21 seconds, and in this semi-final, Jesse Owens ran a 20.9 seconds, breaking Chen Qiang's 200m world record.

After hearing this result, Jesse Owens also realized who he had broken, he clenched his fists excitedly, and then turned his head to look at Chen Qiang. Jesse Owens was eager to see what Chen Qiang's face would be upon him when he learned that his world record had been broken.

"Chen Qiang, you must be surprised, right? Or maybe you're panicking? Jesse Owens said in his heart.

However, when he found Chen Qiang's figure in the crowd, what he saw was a rather calm face.

Of course, Chen Qiang is very calm, because he remembers that Jesse Owens ran a time of 20.7 seconds in the 200m final of the Berlin Olympics, compared to which the world record of 20.9 seconds is not surprising.

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On the afternoon of August 5, Chen Qiang will compete in the final of the discus throw and the final of the 200-meter dash, but before that, he will also participate in the preliminary round of the 110-meter hurdles.

In the 110-meter hurdles at the Berlin Olympics, a total of 32 athletes participated, and because the number of participants was far less than the 100-meter sprint, the competition only set up three preliminary rounds, semi-finals and finals.

The preliminary round is divided into six groups, and the top two in the group advance, which is equivalent to 32 to 12, which is still relatively cruel.

In addition to sending Chen Qiang, the Chinese team also sent two players, Huang Yingjie and Lin Shaozhou. Both of them were hurdle kings during the Republic of China.

Huang Yingjie is a native of Guangdong, participated in the Far Eastern Games for the New Year, as well as many national games, and the national record of the 110-meter hurdles during the Republic of China period is held by Huang Yingjie. In the future, Huang Yingjie first moved to Hong Kong, then immigrated to Canada with his family, and finally died in Vancouver.

Lin Shaozhou was born in Taiwan Province, and his father was the military attache of the Qing government in Taiwan in the late Qing Dynasty, so Lin Shaozhou was also born in a wealthy family. However, after the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Taiwan became a Japanese colony, and although Lin Shaozhou was the son of an official eunuch, he was still regarded as a "second-class citizen". When Lin Shaozhou was in middle school, because a Japanese student bullied a Chinese student, Lin Shaozhou stepped forward and beat the Japanese student, and was expelled from the school, so Lin Shaozhou smuggled to Xiamen, Fujian Province, and completed his studies.

As a Taiwanese athlete, Lin Shaozhou's participation in the Berlin Olympics on behalf of China is also of special significance. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Lin Shaozhou did not return to Taiwan, but stayed on the mainland. Later, Lin Shaozhou entered the sports team of the Southwest Military Region and became the first coach of the 110-meter hurdles in New China, making contributions to the development of sports in New China.

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Chen Qiang was lucky enough to be placed in Group 6 and will be the last to appear, so he can get a glimpse of the current level of the 110m hurdles in the world by observing other athletes.

In the first group, the top two teams in the group scored 15 seconds and 15 seconds 1 respectively, which is considered to be the middle level of national second-level athletes in the future. And this result also made Chen Qiang judge that if he wants to advance safely, he must at least run a 15-second time.

In the second group, the first place was taken by the American athlete, who clocked 14.7 seconds, which is close to the level of future national first-class athletes. China's Huang Yingjie also appeared in this group, but only ran 16.9 seconds, which was too far from qualifying and was eliminated.

In the third group, Great Britain's Don Finlay won the group with a time of 14.7 seconds, and Chen Qiang remembers that he was the bronze medallist in the 110m hurdles at the last Olympics.

In the fourth group, another Chinese athlete, Lin Shaozhou, came on, who ran a 15.7 seconds and was also eliminated.

In the fifth group, the world record holder in the 110m hurdles, American Forrest Downs, came on the stage and ran a day's best of 14.5 seconds.

Then there is the sixth group where Chen Qiang belongs.

When Chen Qiang stood on the runway, the surrounding audience was full of continuous discussions.

"That person is Chen Qiang, right?"

"That's right, it's Chen Qiang! Did he still compete in the 110m hurdles? ”

"Sprints, high jumps, long jumps, discus, and now even hurdles, how many events has he participated in?"

"Wouldn't you feel tired of participating in so many projects by yourself?"

"It's not the key whether he's tired or not, the key is that he is alone, how can he be proficient in so many projects?"

"It's not impossible for one person to be proficient in many events, you see a decathlon athlete, isn't he proficient in ten events?"

"So can a decathlon break a world record?"

I have to say that Chen Qiang appears on the track and field field every day, and by the way, he broke the gold medal, broke a world record, and brushed his presence in front of the audience, which made no one in the audience not know Chen Qiang, and even many people felt a little aesthetically tired when they watched Chen Qiang.

On the other side, Jesse Owens also looked at Chen Qiang in surprise.

"Why is he everywhere!"

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