Today's Mayor Shen did not appear at Qingdao Stadium, but came to Qingdao's trestle to watch the swimming competition.

The Games held in Qingdao had two more events than the Games held in Jinan the year before, namely swimming and national arts.

This is also where Mayor Shen is quite proud, Mayor Shen held the North China Games, originally to compare with Chairman Han in Shandong, and now the North China Games in Qingdao has two more competitions than the North China Games in Jinan, which can be regarded as comparing Chairman Han, and Mayor Shen's vanity has been greatly satisfied.

Qingdao is located on the seashore, and during the Republic of China, Qingdao's beaches were known as "Asia's No. 1 Beach". Of course, the beaches of other coastal cities may not be worse than Qingdao, but due to the construction of the Germans, Qingdao's facilities are much better than those of other cities, so Qingdao can get the title of "Asia's first".

Today, this beach in Qingdao has become a natural venue for swimming competitions.

The swimming competition venue is located on the west side of the trestle, where the waves are not large, which is more suitable for swimming competitions, and the weather in July is already relatively hot, and the sea temperature in Qingdao is also very suitable for swimming.

At that time, there were no heated swimming pools, and most cities in the northern hemisphere were only suitable for swimming in the summer, which is why the Olympics were held in the summer. In other seasons, athletes can freeze into popsicles when they swim in the water. It is also for this reason that the Southern Hemisphere had never hosted an Olympic Games before the advent of heated pool technology.

Qingdao is close to the sea, so the strength of swimmers is also relatively strong, and in the North China Games, the Qingdao team is indeed the best in swimming. For example, those inland provinces, there is no suitable place for swimming, and there will definitely be no good swimmers, and places such as Liaoning, Tianjin, Hebei and other places are located further north, and the sea water in Bohai Bay is not as warm as the Yellow Sea, so the strength of swimmers is far less than that of Qingdao.

This is also the reason why Mayor Shen increased the swimming event, just to brush the gold medal for the Qingdao team.

At this time, Mayor Shen was watching the women's freestyle competition. Qingdao's women's swimming team lived up to expectations and just won the top three in the women's 50-meter freestyle, which made Mayor Shen feel good.

In China in the thirties, feudalism was still strong, and women wore swimsuits in public, which was undoubtedly an assault on old traditions. In the eyes of those who are conservative, women wearing swimsuits that expose their arms and thighs and swaggering in broad daylight are simply obscene and debauched, watery poplars. If it is placed in certain places, women who dare to dress like this and go out for a walk may be immersed in the pig cage.

It is precisely for this reason that women's swimming at that time could only develop in relatively open coastal cities, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou and Qingdao. In other cities, there are not so good swimmer waters that are open-minded enough, and there are more conservative ideologies that are suitable for swimming.

In today's women's swimming competition, the trestle is also full of spectators, especially male spectators, although they all behave like decent men and gentlemen, looking dignified, but in fact, when the female athletes wearing swimsuits appear on the stage, they all stared at the graceful posture of the female athletes.

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Mayor Shen looked at the venue of the swimming competition with great interest, looking forward to the next competition event, and Qingdao's athletes could also win the championship.

At this moment, someone came in the distance, it was a civilian secretary of the Qingdao municipal government.

The secretary found that Mayor Shen was on the rise, and he didn't dare to disturb Mayor Shen's Yaxing, so he could only stand aside and wait.

After a while, Mayor Shen also saw the secretary standing not far away, so he called him closer and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The secretary said in a low voice: "Mayor, over there in the sports field, Chen Qiang won the championship of the three events of rice and triple jump!" ”

The astonishment in Mayor Shen's eyes flashed, and then he asked, "Isn't the triple jump competition held at the same time as the 200-meter competition?" Can Chen Qiang still be separated! ”

"Report to the mayor that after Chen Qiang finished running 200 meters, he took advantage of the fact that the 400 meters had not yet started, and then went to run the 400 meters. But what we didn't expect was that Chen Qiang jumped like this once and won the championship. The secretary paused, and then said: "Mayor, we really don't know, we can win the championship by jumping once, we think we have to jump every time." ”

The secretary introduced the process of the competition in detail. When he learned that the plan to consume Chen Qiang's physical strength was useless at all, Mayor Shen's face was already a little embarrassed, and when the secretary said that Chen Qiang used the gap between the rice to win the triple jump champion Hou in just one jump, Mayor Shen felt even more depressed.

It is like a hunter who uses food as a temptation to set a trap and try to capture the prey, but in the end, instead of catching the prey, the food used for the temptation is eaten by the prey.

"A bunch of rubbish!" Mayor Shen scolded angrily, and then said: "I don't even understand the rules, and I make a stumbling block for others!" ”

At this moment, Mayor Shen's good mood has disappeared without a trace.

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After the 100m preliminaries, semi-finals and semifinals, Chen Qiang still advanced without suspense.

On the third day of competition, the final of the 100m and the final of the long jump were held at the same time. After Chen Qiang won the 100-meter championship, he ran to the long jump sand pit again, and locked the championship in advance with just one test jump.

Chen Qiang once again used the technique of standing up in the air, which also made many long jumpers on the scene greedy.

So far, Chen Qiang has won five championships, and also won 25 championship points for the Shandong team.

After that, Chen Qiang will participate in two team events, namely the 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relay.

Relay races require cooperation between athletes.

For example, in a 4x100m race, an athlete can achieve a 0.1 second advantage while running on the track, but a poor match during the baton handover can cause the athlete to lose 0.2 seconds.

In the same way, an athlete can't overtake his opponent on the track, but a perfect baton handover can do it.

In a future Asian Games 4x100m race, only one of the four athletes of the Thai team barely reached the level of the Olympic B standard, while the four athletes of the Japanese team were all at the level of the Olympic A standard, but the Thai team defeated the Japanese team, which is a victory of teamwork. Although the Thai athletes were much worse than the Japanese athletes in terms of individual ability, the Thai team was able to recover the gap of 0.1 seconds to 0.2 seconds through each baton handover, and they won the competition with it.

Of course, if the gap in strength is too big, no matter how subtle the cooperation is, it is useless, for example, the Thai team meets the United States team, the American team has an absolute advantage in sprinting strength, and the individual ability of the athletes is much stronger than Thailand.

In the relay races of the thirties, there was no emphasis on cooperation when the baton was handed over, and the relay runners relied on their own personal ability to compete. It was also for this reason that the results of the relay race at that time were very poor. In a competition like the North China Games, a 4x100-meter run of 46 seconds is almost enough to lock the championship.

What is the concept of 46 seconds? Chen Qiang's time when he broke the 400-meter world record at the Olympics was 45.9 seconds, which means that Chen Qiang ran the entire 400-meter alone is faster than four people running a 100-meter each. In this way, Chen Qiang's three teammates are more like a burden that slows down Chen Qiang's speed.

The other three members of the Shandong team, Chen Qiang, didn't know each other before they came to Qingdao, and they didn't have run-in training with each other.

"If you give me a week in advance and let me train these three people in terms of coordination, my performance can be improved by at least one second." Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

However, Chen Qiang thought about it, the players of the Shandong team did not carry out run-in training, and the other participating teams were the same.

The leader of the Shandong team stepped forward, first encouraged him, and then said to Chen Qiang: "Chen Qiang, you are the fastest, so you can run the last stick." ”

Under normal circumstances, in the 4-city 100-meter relay, the fastest person will run the last leg and be responsible for crossing the finish line, and the leader of Shandong also intends to hand over this responsibility to Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang thought for a moment, but shook his head, and he said, "I'd better run the third stick." ”

"Why? You're the fastest. The team leader asked subconsciously.

"The third stick is the longest distance, and I can take advantage of my speed when I run the third bar. And I'm a little bit better at the corners than everyone else. Chen Qiang replied.

In the 4 x 100 meter race, before the baton is handed over, the athlete in charge of the baton is not standing still in place to take the baton and then start running, but when the baton is approaching, the baton runner will run a distance in advance, first increase his speed, and then complete the baton handover in the run, which can save time. Therefore, the total score of 4 times 100 meters divided by four is definitely better than the individual 100 meters, because there will be a run-up process before the baton is handed over.

It is also for this reason that the distance that each person runs is different. For example, the first player does not need to take the baton, and the fourth player does not need to hand over the baton, so the distance they run must be closer than that of the third player.

The player in charge of the third baton has to take the baton and hand over the baton, and he runs the corner, so his running distance is also the longest among the four players.

The athlete in charge of the second base, because he runs in a straight line, will take the baton later and hand over the baton earlier, so the running distance of the second baseman is the shortest among the four players.

Chen Qiang's speed is much faster than other competitors, so he came to run the third stick with the longest distance, which is to maximize his speed advantage.

At the same time, Chen Qiang's cornering skills are far beyond this era, and letting him run the corners is equivalent to letting his strengths play to a greater extent, which will also expand the advantage of speed.

The team leader pondered carefully, Chen Qiang was right, and Chen Qiang was still the real thigh of the Shandong team, Chen Qiang had a request, and the team leader was embarrassed to refuse, so he agreed to let Chen Qiang be responsible for the third lane with the longest distance.

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The 4x100m preliminary race began.

In Chen Qiang's view, the strength of the other three players of the Shandong team is still quite good, although they are not as good as Liu Changchun's top domestic athletes, but in this North China Games, they can be regarded as the middle and upper reaches of the level.

In recent years, the situation in Shandong has been relatively stable, which has also promoted the development of education to a certain extent.

Soon, the first and second batters finished their respective competitions, and the baton was handed over to Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang didn't keep it this time, after all, he is the "thigh" of the Shandong team, and the Shandong team is counting on him in this 4 x 100-meter race, so Chen Qiang didn't dare to slack off, and directly used his full strength.

Chen Qiang's strength is much stronger than the others, just in the process of such a corner, he can be one second faster than the other third lanes. This also means that even if the other three players of the Shandong team are each 0.3 seconds slower than others, the Shandong team can finally have a 0.1 second lead.

If it were someone else, 100 meters was a full second faster than others, which sounds a little incredible, but Chen Qiang is the world record holder after all, his best time in 100 meters is 10.2 seconds, and in China in this era, 100 meters is only one second slower than Chen Qiang, and it is estimated that he can count it with five fingers.

So in this preliminary round, the Shandong team easily advanced.

In the next 4 x 400 meters, Chen Qiang was responsible for the fourth base, and still easily led the Shandong team to qualify.

As I said before, the 400-meter athletes in this era can run for 56 seconds, and the 400-meter world record held by Chen Qiang is a full ten seconds faster than this, which means that the other three athletes of the Shandong team each have 3 seconds to huo.

No matter how bad the strength of the players of this Shandong team is, it is impossible for each player to be three seconds slower.

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After a night's rest, the North China Games ushered in the last day of competition, on this day, Chen Qiang will lead Shandong to compete for the championship of two relay events.

The first to start was the 4x100m final, in addition to the Shandong team, there were also Beiping, Hebei and the host Qingdao team.

To Chen Qiang's surprise, the Liaoning team led by Liu Changchun did not enter the finals and was eliminated in the preliminary round.

Two years ago, in the North China Games, Liaoning was the strongest sprint team, but with the fall of the Northeast, the college students in the Northeast could only withdraw to Beiping and began to live under the fence.

In the entire Liaoning team, only Liu Changchun is a person who can run, and the other three are weak chickens, and Liu Changchun does not have the strength of Chen Qiang, and his teammates are too lagging behind, so the Liaoning team did not enter the finals.

The result of this game is similar to yesterday's preliminary round, when the third stick is completed, relying on Chen Qiang's excellent performance, the Shandong team has a huge advantage, and the last player of the Shandong team is not much worse than other teams, and it is very smooth to maintain the advantage to the end. Shandong won another championship.

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In the 4x400m final, Chen Qiang was responsible for the last stick.

The first two sticks have ended, and it is the third runner who is running on the track at this time, and Chen Qiang has also walked into the relay area, but at this time, Chen Qiang's face has a ray of anxious color.

"The Shandong team is a little behind!" Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

In fact, to be precise, the Peking team, which should be ranked first, is a bit ahead.

The Shandong team is currently in third place, and the gap between him and the second place is not large, but the first place Beiping team is far ahead.

Although the Beiping team does not have a "super thigh" like Chen Qiang, the overall strength of the four athletes is very good, stronger than average.

This is like Tian Ji horse racing, Chen Qiang of the Shandong team is a superior horse, with three inferior horses in the race, while the Peking team is four medium horses in the race, before Chen Qiang, the superior horse, has not yet appeared, the three inferior horses are naturally not the opponent of the middle horses.

The Peking athlete next to Chen Qiang began to hand over the baton, while the third player of the Shandong team was still on the way.

It was also at this time that Chen Qiang silently counted the seconds in his heart.

"One, two, three, four......" When Chen Qiang counted to "five", the third baseman of the Shandong team finally ran to the front and handed the baton.

"It's more than five seconds behind, less than six seconds, and I can still catch up with my efforts!" Although Chen Qiang knew that there were already a lot of people behind, he did not give up.

The spectators in the stands have begun to whisper.

"The Peking team won, and they have already taken so many leads, and it is impossible for the latter to catch up."

"Not necessarily, there is still the Shandong team, and Chen Qiang!"

"It's more than 30 meters behind, even Chen Qiang can't catch up!"

The 400-meter sprint, a five-second gap, is more than 30 meters apart, and many people think that such an advantage cannot be reversed at all.

At this time, Chen Qiang was approaching at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Chen Qiang is no longer kept, he has used all his strength, this is also his last game in the North China Games, and he does not need to save energy.

The gap of more than 30 meters is constantly narrowing, and every step Chen Qiang takes, he gets closer to the players of the Beiping team in front of him.

In the 4 x 400 meter relay race, after the first baton handover, the athletes cross the parallel line, that is, they run without lane separation, at this time the runners will run along the inner track, and the spectators can also intuitively distinguish the order of the runners.

"Chen Qiang is running so fast! The gap has narrowed considerably. ”

"Maybe he'll be able to catch up with the number one in front."

Chen Qiang's chase also infected the audience at the scene, and the sound of shouting for Chen Qiang sounded from all directions.

In the athletes' waiting area next to it, the Shandong team is passionate, while the Beiping team is solemn.

"With such a big lead, it's impossible to be caught up, right?" The leader of the Peking team secretly said in his heart, but as the end got closer and closer, his heart became more and more unsteady.

The gap is really getting smaller and smaller, and by the time he entered the final 100-meter straight, Chen Qiang had already come to a position not far behind the Peking player.

"Chen Qiang is catching up!" The Beiping players were shocked in their hearts, the original gap of more than 30 meters, at this time there were less than 10 meters left.

In fact, the distance of ten meters is also a great advantage, but the Peking player is flustered, after all, he still has an advantage of more than 30 meters when he takes over the baton, and after only half a minute, his advantage is already less than 10 meters, and the advantage disappears too quickly!

"Impossible, right? It's more than five seconds behind, and you can still catch up with me, I don't believe it! The Peking player didn't want to lose the championship he already had, and he began to accelerate desperately.

It's a pity that the difference in strength between him and Chen Qiang is too big, even if he tries his best, Chen Qiang is still getting closer and closer.

"It's almost there, the end is just around the corner, hold on!" The Peking player also instilled the last bit of physical strength into his legs.

At this moment, a figure appeared beside him, it was Chen Qiang!

Before the finish, Chen Qiang finally caught up with him.

In the next second, Chen Qiang completed the transcendence.

"It's been overtaken! Such a big advantage has still been surpassed! The pain in the Peking player's eyes flashed, and his whole body slowed down like a deflated ball.

"Chen Qiang overtook before the finish line!"

"Behind so much distance, he can still overtake, Chen Qiang is really amazing!"

"He deserves to be the No. 1 athlete in the world, and his strength is much stronger than others."

The people's praise rang out.

And on the rostrum, those Qingdao officials saw such an obvious gap, and finally realized that their previous plan to weaken Chen Qiang failed, not because the plan was not good enough, but because Chen Qiang was too strong!

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Seven championships were in hand, and Chen Qiang also scored 35 points for the Shandong team, and with these 35 points, the Shandong team also won the track and field championship without any suspense.

The host Qingdao team, which is the dominant team in the swimming event, also won the championship in the swimming event, which can be regarded as saving a lot of face.

Chairman Han of Shandong was very satisfied with the results of the Shandong team, and he did not break his promise, and set up a celebration banquet in Jinan to celebrate the achievements of the Shandong team.

Chairman Han, the native emperor of Shandong, invited him to a banquet, but Chen Qiang dared to refuse, so Chen Qiang did not return to Tianjin directly, but arrived in Jinan first to participate in the celebration banquet.

Two years ago, when the North China Games were held in Jinan, Chen Qiang had met the "soil emperor" of Shandong, but it was just an ordinary meeting at that time, and Chairman Han left after saying a few words of encouragement.

Today is a celebration banquet, which is much higher than an ordinary reception. And because of Chen Qiang's outstanding performance in the North China Games, Chairman Han also specially invited Chen Qiang to sit at the same table with him.

Then Chen Qiang heard words of praise and encouragement such as "congratulations on winning the championship", "win glory for Shandong", "make persistent efforts to win glory for the country", and those who said this were all high-level officials in Shandong Province, in addition, Chen Qiang did not even get a penny of benefits.

Chen Qiang helped Shandong Province win the championship, and he was rewarded with a few hundred oceans, but no, some were just all kinds of meaningless cannons.

"It's time to be in a boasting group!" Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

For others, a local "soil emperor" like Chairman Han must be the object of great flattery, but Chen Qiang is not interested in this, not because Chen Qiang is high, but because Chen Qiang knows that although the "soil emperors" in these places seem to be very prominent now, their good days are not a few days.

The day after the celebration banquet ended, Chen Qiang boarded the train back to Tianjin.

What Chen Qiang didn't expect was that he had just returned to Nankai University and saw several acquaintances.

"Wang Shilin, Situ Guang, why are you here?"

The acquaintances are Wang Shilin and Situ Guang from Beiping, both of whom are long jumpers and have also participated in the North China Games. In addition to these two people, there are several people that Chen Qiang does not know.

"We're here to learn from our teachers." Wang Shilin said with a smile.

Situ Guang next to him said: "We came to you to learn to stand up and take off." ”

It turned out that these people were all long jumpers from Beiping, and they made a special trip to Nankai University to find Chen Qiang, because they wanted to learn from Chen Qiang to stand up and take off.

Chen Qiang used a standing up style to take off in the North China Games, and Wang Shilin and Situ Guang at that time had the intention of seeking advice, but Chen Qiang's competition task was very heavy, and the two did not disturb Chen Qiang. Now that the North China Games are over, and the school is on holiday, Wang Shilin and Situ Guang, plus other long jumpers in Beiping, simply came to Tianjin to find Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang was two days late because of the celebration banquet in Jinan, and when he returned to Nankai, Wang Shilin and Situ Guang had already waited for a day.

Chen Qiang has met Wang Shilin and Situ Guang many times, and they have also eaten together, so they are relatively familiar with each other.

When Chen Qiang was in the United States, he once taught the Americans the skills of standing up and taking off, and now that Chinese athletes come to ask for advice, Chen Qiang will definitely not refuse.

And Chen Qiang also knew that Wang Shilin and Situ Guang would represent the Chinese team in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, so helping these two people improve their strength is also helping the Chinese team achieve better results in the Berlin Olympics.

So Chen Qiang smiled and nodded: "Let me teach you to stand up and take off, you have to invite me to dinner!"

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Dealing with athletes is much more enjoyable than dealing with officials.

Chen Qiang did not cherish himself with a broom, and he taught the key points of the skills of standing up and taking off to Wang Shilin and Situ Guang without reservation.

In a blink of an eye, more than half a month passed, Wang Shilin and Situ Guang, who had learned to stand up and take off, left Tianjin, and invited Chen Qiang to go to Beiping to play before leaving, but Chen Qiang finally refused, because in early October, the fifth National Games will be held, and Chen Qiang will also begin to enter the state of preparation.

Seven thousand words were sent, Kavin, I wrote a chapter yesterday and felt dissatisfied, and revised it again, so I only sent it out now.