Chapter 43: Chen Qiang's Debut (Asking for Recommendation Votes)

Chen Qiang walked onto the track and simply did a few warm-up exercises.

Before the start of the trials, Chen Qiang had already done warm-up exercises, and now he is just re-stretching his muscles.

It was at this moment that the sprint referee walked over.

"Are you Chen Qiang?" The dash referee asked.

Chen Qiang thought that this was to confirm the identity of the athlete before the game, so he nodded and agreed.

"You go down first, this group doesn't have you." The referee turned and left.

Chen Qiang took two steps to stop the referee and asked, "The bulletin board outside says that I am in the fifth group of the game." ”

"There's a temporary change, you're not in the fifth group anymore." The referee spoke.

"And what group am I in?" Chen Qiang asked again.

"Group 10." The referee replied.

"But I remember there were only nine groups!" Chen Qiang asked puzzled.

"Now there's the tenth group. By the end of the ninth group, it's your turn! The referee didn't want to deal with Chen Qiang, so he shook off his unkind face and turned to leave.

Chen Qiang saw that the referee didn't treat him well, and he didn't want to cause trouble, so he walked off the runway in a huff.

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"Look, that's what I'm talking about! On the day of registration, he pulled me to sign up, and when I signed up, he stood behind me, and the 5 cents he signed up for was still the car money I gave! Zhou Songling pointed at Chen Qiang and said happily, for fear that others would not know about it.

Even in the era of information explosion in later generations, whoever encounters something new will communicate with others. In the twenties and thirties, in the era of unfavorable information dissemination, it would be superior to others to grasp more information.

These athletes are also students, but nine times out of ten are from wealthy families, in their opinion, a rickshaw driver to participate in the National Games trials, is indeed a very incredible thing.

Since the spread of modern sports to China, not a single driver has participated in the Games!

Many people's eyes were focused on Chen Qiang, and they saw Chen Qiang walking off the runway.

"This coachman has already appeared on the scene, why is he back again?"

"Mo was scared, knowing that he couldn't outrun others, so he simply took the initiative to quit, so as not to be ugly."

"I think it's definitely like that. Maybe he can't even start in a squatting style, I think he must be full of inexplicability when he sees an athlete squatting and starting. ”

Countless curious eyes with a mocking atmosphere hit Chen Qiang's body, it is human instinct to dislike the poor and love the rich, the rickshaw driver in old Shanghai was only the lowest level of society, and the college students at that time were extremely scarce, and they were really the pride of the sky. How can these heavenly pride look down on the rickshaw drivers at the bottom of society!

At this time, on the track, Cui Linhai was also ready to start.

"All in place, ready ......" The starter raised his pistol, and after a gunshot, Cui Linhai immediately rushed out of the starting line.

Li Yongping, who is 12.3 seconds, has already made Cui Linhai feel the pressure, and Cheng Jinguan, who is 12.1 seconds, has already posed a big enough threat to Cui Linhai.

As Cui Linhai himself said, when facing a strong opponent, it will stimulate his potential.

After only 20 meters of distance, Cui Linhai took the lead, and after 50 meters, Cui Linhai had obviously thrown the other players away, and in the second half of the race, Cui Linhai did not give his opponent a chance, and rushed through the finish line in one go.

For Cui Linhai, defeating opponents in the same group is not the goal, he needs to run faster than Cheng Jinguan.

At the end of the fifth group, all eyes were on the referee at the finish line, waiting for him to announce the result.

This is about a quota for participating in the National Games, and the referee does not dare to be a little sloppy, he and the timekeeper have repeatedly confirmed.

There are a total of ten timekeepers, and every two timekeepers are responsible for timing one athlete to avoid oversight.

Finally, after repeated confirmations, the referee announced Cui Linhai's results.

"12 seconds!"

Hearing this result, there were exclamations and applause all around, and Cui Linhai still surpassed Cheng Jinguan and became the first place in the 100-meter sprint.

Is 12 seconds fast in the 100 meters?

It was really fast at the time.

In the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, the time of the 100-meter champion was 12 seconds.

In the 3rd National Games held in old China in 1924, the 100-meter champion Zhu Baozhang's time was also 12 seconds.

In other words, if Cui Linhai goes to the last National Games, he can win the 100-meter championship! If it had been 34 years ago, he would have been an Olympic champion.

This was the level of Chinese sports in that era, and running 12 seconds in 100 meters was the national champion.

By 1930, the Chinese sprinters had improved a lot, but 12 seconds was still a very fast time. After all, there was only one Liu Changchun who could run within 11 seconds at that time, and the other athletes still hovered around 12 seconds.

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After hearing his results, Cui Linhai breathed a sigh of relief, he was not knocked down by the dark horse of Cheng Jinguan. However, Cui Linhai still did not relax, and he still has a competitor who has not appeared, that is, Liu Zhiyuan of Tongji University.

Liu Zhiyuan appeared in the eighth group, perhaps because Cui Linhai's 12 seconds brought him too much pressure, he played a little poorly in the race, only ran a time of 12.5 seconds, and could not threaten Cui Linhai's first place at all.

"The overall situation has been decided, I took this place to participate in the National Games!" A smile appeared on Cui Linhai's face.

Li Yongping from Hujiang University also came over and congratulated Cui Linhai: "Congratulations, you still took the place for the 100-meter dash!" ”

"You ran 12.3 seconds, and your time was great." Cui Linhai said with a smile: "I have already won the quota for the competition, and I will not participate in the next 200 meters and 400 meters." Come on, let's compete again at the National Games! ”

"I'll try." Li Yongping paused, and then said: "But that Cheng Jinguan should not be underestimated!" ”

"Yes, I didn't even know this person before, I heard that he was a student at Soochow University. The level of sports at Soochow University is also very good, not much worse than our St. John's, when you play for a while, you have to be careful, don't overturn in the gutter! Cui Linhai said.

While the two were talking, the competition in the ninth group had ended, and no dark horse was born, and Cui Linhai was still the first place.

"Alright, the game is over, I'll go first." Cui Linhai and Li Yongping said goodbye.

"Is it over?" Li Yongping looked at the track and happened to see Chen Qiang walking onto the track.

"Isn't there another person?" Li Yongping said.

"He's the rickshaw driver, you don't think a rickshaw driver can run in less than 12 seconds, do you?" Cui Linhai pursed his lips disdainfully, said goodbye and left, in his opinion, the quota for the National Games has been pocketed by him.

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Chen Qiang stood on the runway, and until now he still doesn't understand why the referee would pull him out of the fifth group and let him play alone.

But one thing Chen Qiang knows very well is that the current best time is 12 seconds, and he only needs to run within 12 seconds to get a quota for the National Games!

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