Chapter 187: Another World Record
When Chen Qiang appeared on the field in the 110m hurdles, Jesse Owens had an indescribably complicated expression on his face.
"Why is he everywhere!" Jesse Owens couldn't help but complain.
At the time, it was common for track and field athletes to be proficient in multiple events, and it was not uncommon for sprinters or long jumpers to compete in hurdles. Jesse Owens, for example, is the world record holder in the 220-yard hurdles in addition to being a sprinter and long jumper, so he's also a top hurdle player. If Jesse Owens had focused on training in the 110m hurdles, he would have been able to become a world champion in the 110m hurdles.
Jesse Owens is also proficient in multiple track and field events, such as sprinting, such as high jump, such as long jump, such as hurdles, but in this Olympics, Jesse Owens only signed up for the sprint 100m, 200m and long jump, not because Jesse Owens is not strong enough in other events, but because he is not energetic enough to compete in so many events at the same time.
Human energy is limited, even if Jesse Owens' physical fitness is good enough to explode, but he can't train for so many events at the same time, and it is an impossible task to be able to practice the three events of 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump to the level of world records. If you are another top athlete, you can dominate the world in one event in your lifetime, which can already be called "great".
Jesse Owens has always felt that he can carry out so many events at the same time, and he can also stand on the top of the world, which can be called a "perverted" existence among athletes, but now Jesse Owens sees Chen Qiang, but suddenly realizes that if he is a "pervert", then Chen Qiang is undoubtedly a monster!
The fact that an athlete can compete in sprinting, long jump, high jump, throwing, and hurdles at the same time, and that he can also have a place in the Olympics and even break a world record, is completely beyond Jesse Owens' knowledge of an athlete.
Decathlon athletes can run, jump, throw, and cross, but the results of decathlon athletes are much worse than those of individual athletes. From another point of view, decathlon athletes can only be regarded as "all-round", but Chen Qiang is "all-round".
"Is there a track and field event that this guy doesn't understand?" Jesse Owens shook his head to himself, he was really curious now about how Chen Qiang usually trained, and he could train in so many events at the same time.
"Can one person's energy really train for so many projects at the same time? Even if it's 24 hours a day, all of it is used for training, isn't it enough? Can he break an hour into two hours? Jesse Owens said in his heart.
Jesse Owens didn't know that Chen Qiang had a training space that he could break an hour into ten hours. It is precisely because of the time bonus in the training space that Chen Qiang can train in multiple events at the same time and participate in multiple competitions at the same time.
Jesse Owens' thoughts were interrupted by the sound of starting gunshots, and he was slightly stunned, and when he looked at the track again, Chen Qiang had already begun to cross the first high hurdle.
"The movements are so smooth!" Jesse Owens gave an instant assessment.
In 1936, hurdles were about to enter the speed stage, and the United States, as the most developed country in the world in track and field, had a more advanced sports concept, so at this time, American athletes were already using speed technology.
However, Jesse Owens can feel that Chen Qiang's speed in attacking the hurdles is not slower than that of the American player, but his technical movements are more fluid.
"Why do I think Chen Qiang's hurdling skills are better? But what's so good? Jesse Owens frowned and began to think.
Jesse Owens can break the world record of 220 yards low hurdles, which is also the existence of a hurdle master, and his hurdling skills are also the best in the world, so Jesse Owens can clearly feel that Chen Qiang's hurdling skills are better.
But Jesse Owens can't say what is good about Chen Qiang's technology.
This is the limitation of the times, with Jesse Owens' understanding of hurdles, he has not been able to analyze the advantages of Chen Qiang's hurdling skills, but the intuition of top athletes tells him that Chen Qiang's hurdling skills are not trivial.
The future 110-meter hurdles technology is basically derived from the straight-legged hurdle technology invented by Alvin Krenzley, and in terms of technical movements, the hurdle technology used by Chen Qiang is only a difference in details compared with the straight-legged hurdle technique at that time, and it is difficult to find this difference in details if it is not through the slow release of the action.
Other sports are not like this, such as high jump, the future back crossing technique and the prone technique at that time, at first glance, it is two different technical systems; Another example is the discus throw, the future back-to-back spin throwing technique and the technique of holding the discus and throwing it directly at that time are also completely different, even the layman can tell the difference.
Therefore, in the previous high jump or discus throws, after Chen Qiang used the back-to-back technique and the back-to-back spin throwing technique, even the audience immediately realized that Chen Qiang was using a new technology. In the 110-meter hurdles event, even an insider like Jesse Owens did not realize that Chen Qiang was using a new technology that crossed the era.
To get back to the point, although Chen Qiang didn't exert much strength, with his future technology, he still ran a time of 14.8 seconds and easily advanced to tomorrow's semifinals.
Of course, Chen Qiang can run faster, but for him, this is completely unnecessary, because Chen Qiang has two finals next, namely the final of the discus throw and the final of the 200 meters.
After a short break, the final of the discus throw begins.
With world record holder Willy Schröder of Germany on the stage, the crowd was also in high spirits, expecting the German to win the gold medal and even break a world record.
In the surrounding spectators, people waved the German flag and shouted constantly into the arena, while the German player Willy Schröder was constantly waving around with high morale.
The German flag in 1936 was not a black, red and yellow tricolor, but a ****, this flag was a bit dazzling in Chen Qiang's opinion, but the German people were extremely fanatical under this flag.
Chen Qiang then looked at the world record holder, Germany's Willy Schröder.
The world record holder is a very traditional Germanic man with a very serious face and a natural German rigor. He is about 1.85 meters tall, weighs 170 pounds, and the muscles on his arms are particularly developed.
With a height of 1.85 meters and a weight of nearly 170, this was probably the standard figure of a discus thrower at that time.
In addition to this bodybuilder, almost all of the rest are strong athletes, such as the three American athletes, who are all more than 1.90 meters tall and weigh more than 200 pounds.
If you look at it according to the standards of later generations, this kind of person with a height of 1.90 meters and a weight of more than 200 pounds is the most standard figure of a discus thrower. Facts have also proved that the results of throwing discus with this body will be better, and in the Berlin Olympics in history, the champions and runners-up of the discus were all won by American players.
There is also an Italian named Giorgio Oberwig, he is also 1.90 meters tall, but he is very thin, that is, 160 pounds, the whole person is like a bamboo pole, and he is also the only different player in the final. However, in the historical Berlin Olympics, the bamboo pole player won the bronze medal.
A total of 15 competitors advanced to the discus final, and the rules of the discus final are similar to the long jump final, each player has three jumps, and the best six people can make the next three attempts.
The first few players on the field were relatively average, and their scores were all around 44, and none of them threw more than 45 meters. You must know that the score to advance to the finals is 44 meters, so for the finalists, 44 meters is already the minimum requirement.
Three Americans didn't play very well, with one throwing 43.83m and the other two ending their first trial with fouls.
Germany's world record holder Willy Schröder also threw only 44.79m, but the crowd still gave him a round of applause. In the eyes of many people, the first test throw is just a foreshadowing, which is used by athletes to adjust their state and familiarize themselves with the environment, so the results of the first test throw are not important.
Chen Qiang's first test shot did not exert force, and he also needed to adjust the state of the game and familiarize himself with the environment of the game. Therefore, Chen Qiang only threw a score of 45.32 meters, ranking in the upper middle of the 15 players.
At the start of the second round, the athletes took the stage one after another, and American Gordon Dunn finally started to make a difference, although he fouled in his last attempt, but this time he threw a good score of 49.36m.
Gordon Dunn was a top student at Stanford University who won the discus throw in the NCAA and IC4A in 1934. And at the Berlin Olympics, he also won a silver medal. After the end of World War II, Gordon Dunn also successfully ran for mayor for two terms.
Another American, Ken Carpenter, was still not doing well, throwing only a 44.53m throw.
Ken Carpenter was the discus champion of the NCAA, IC4A and AAU (North American Collegiate League) league in 1935, and won the NCAA and AAU championships in 1936.
World record holder Willie Schroeder threw 47.22m, which was not as good as Gordon Dunn of the United States, but he had no problem finishing in the top six.
In addition, a Norwegian athlete named Radar threw a good score of 48.77m in the second attempt.
Chen Qiang's second test throw, the score has also improved, to 46.88 meters, according to the pre-game estimate, the score of more than 47 meters, can be steadily advanced to the next three jumps, and Chen Qiang's score of close to 47 meters, the hope of advancing to the next three jumps is also very great.
The next round of the third round of trial pitches is particularly crucial, as only the top six will be able to stay.
Italy's skinny pole athlete Giorgio Oberwig burst out and threw 49.23m to seal a spot in an instant, while American Gordon Dunn threw 48.04m and failed to surpass his own 49.36m.
Another American, Ken Carpenter, did not perform well in his first two attempts, but he seized the third opportunity and threw 48.98m in one fell swoop, also securing a spot.
Germany's world record holder Willy Schroeder also made a persistent effort, throwing 47.64m to improve his performance once again.
Then Greece's Nicolas Sellars also threw a good score of 47.52 meters, squeezing Chen Qiang to seventh place in one fell swoop.
The top six finishes were Gordon Dunn of the United States with 49.36m, Italy with George Oberwig with 49.23m, Ken Carpenter of the United States with 48.98m, Norway's Radar with 48.77m, Germany's Willie Schroeder with 47.64m, and Greece's Nicholas Sellars with 47.52m.
In other words, Chen Qiang's third test throw must throw 47.53 meters in order to advance to the next three test jumps.
Off the field, Chen Qiang waited quietly, and at the same time he made a decision in his heart.
Chen Qiang planned to use the third trial to win the game, but he simply did not participate in the next three trial throws.
After the first two adjustments, Chen Qiang has completely found the state of the game, and the following third test shot, Chen Qiang decided to go all out. For the back-to-back spin throwing technique, throwing 47.53 meters is not difficult, and using the back-to-back throwing technique, if you can't throw 50 meters, it is not considered qualified.
In fact, even if he throws 50 meters, he has just reached the level of national first-class athletes, and the standard score of later national first-class athletes is 49.60 meters.
However, in today's competition, if you only throw 50 meters, you will definitely not win the championship.
The world record for the discus throw is 53.10 meters, and the throw is 50 meters, which is more than three meters short of the world record. If it is a small-scale competition, you can still win the championship by three meters, but this is the Olympics after all, and the masters are like clouds, three meters worse than the world record, and you will definitely not be able to win the gold medal.
And Chen Qiang plans to directly break the world record of 53.10 meters in the third test throw and win the gold medal of this discus in advance.
Because after the discus throw, Chen Qiang still has to participate in the 200m final, and at that time he has to deal with Jesse Owens. Therefore, Chen Qiang should save his physical strength as much as possible.
If there was no Jesse Owens in the 200-meter final, Chen Qiang would not have to be so solemn, but the existence of Jesse Owens made Chen Qiang have to go all out. At this time, Chen Qiang didn't want to waste a little more physical strength.
In fact, in the previous 110-meter hurdles, Chen Qiang had already consumed some physical strength, coupled with the consumption of the discus throw, Chen Qiang's physical reserves were at a disadvantage compared with Jesse Owens, so Chen Qiang wanted to end the discus competition as soon as possible, buy more rest time for himself, and also have more physical strength to deal with Jesse Owens.
Facing an opponent like Jesse Owens, Chen Qiang is really a must-have, and a little more physical strength is a little more.
Finally, it was Chen Qiang's turn to try to cast for the third time.
At this time, the most nervous is the sixth-placed Greek player Nicholas Silas, once Chen Qiang throws a distance of more than 47.52m, then he will be eliminated. As for the other five people, because they are all in the safe zone, they are much calmer.
Chen Qiang walked onto the field, grabbed the discus, and then turned his back to the direction of the throw, adjusted his breathing, and prepared for the throw.
The German crowd also quieted down, but they didn't look nervous, because Germany's Willie Schröder was in fifth place and was in a safe range, and even if Chen Qiang threw a good result and squeezed into the top six, Willie Schroeder could still advance to the next three test throws.
For these German viewers, the last three attempts were the decisive moments. What they never expected was that Chen Qiang planned to accept the game in this third test throw.
Chen Qiang didn't let the audience wait too long, after getting ready, he started this trial throw, after the pre-swing, Chen Qiang's body began to rotate, after the center of gravity of the body changed, Chen Qiang's body also gained the inertia brought by rotation, and then he poured the strength of his whole body into his right arm and threw the discus violently.
"Whoosh!" The discus swirls in the air, flying higher and higher, farther and farther.
Finally, the discus came to its highest point, and then it began to fall.
"Poof!" The discus finally landed on the ground, and the landing point had already crossed the 50-meter marking.
Greece's Nicolas Sellas suddenly showed a frustrated expression, and Chen Qiang not only exceeded 47.52 meters in this attempt, but also exceeded 50 meters, which means that he was eliminated.
However, in the next second, Nicholas Silas suddenly realized that the pothole that the discus had smashed on the ground seemed to be a little far away from the 50-meter marking.
"Am I mistaken, how do I think that the discus falls in the middle of 50 meters to 60 meters!" Nicholas Silas said in his heart. However, because he was also dozens of meters away from the landing point of the discus, and he was the landing point of the discus in a heads-up view, he couldn't see it clearly.
But in the stands around us, the spectators sit high and look far away, and they are looking down on the stadium, so they have to see more clearly.
"It's more than 50 meters, and it's a lot."
"What do I think, this has to be 55 meters!"
"No way, the world record is only 53.10 meters, how can he throw 55 meters!"
"Others may not be able to break the world record, but that's Chen Qiang. In the past few days, Chen Qiang has broken three world records! ”
While people were talking, the referee completed the measurement, and then announced the results of Chen Qiang's trial throw:
"55.36m!"
A new world record is born!
Hearing this result, the other five players who had already advanced to the finals were all desperate!
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