During the Republic of China, there was a National Sports Association of China, which was established in 1910 and was the leading organization of national sports at that time.

As early as 1928, the National Sports Association had decided to hold the Fourth National Games in October 1929, and the venue was Guangzhou.

However, with the growing strength of the Nanjing Nationalist Government, the status of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols also rose, and under the pressure of Nanjing and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols, the date of the National Games was postponed to April 1, 1930, and the venue was changed to Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

The first National Games in old China was held by foreigners, the second National Games was held by non-governmental organizations, and the third National Games was held by Beiyang warlords, so the Fourth National Games, the first National Games organized by the Nanjing government, and therefore Nanjing attached great importance to the National Games, and even spared no expense to build a sports field.

Moreover, this National Games is also the first time that all localities are allowed to openly select participating athletes.

In the previous National Games in old China, the contestants were all students, and they were all students from Western-style schools.

For example, the first National Games in old China was hosted by a church in Nanjing, and the famous St. John's University dominated the top three lists of the first National Games.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, ordinary people did not know anything about sports, so only Western-style schools offered physical education courses. It is impossible for the old-style school to have physical education classes.

After the May Fourth Movement, Western-style education was promoted on a large scale, and physical education classes gradually entered various campuses. Nine times out of ten, the people who know about sports are also people who have gone to school, and they are all students from good families.

Their families have money, so they don't have to work hard for food, clothing, shelter and transportation, so they naturally have time to engage in various sports. Replaced by an ordinary peddler pawn, it is very difficult to support his family, and he will definitely not waste his time on the stadium.

Therefore, whether it is the national National Games, the local North China Games, the East China Games, or the international Far East athletes, the participants are all students or returned overseas Chinese from Nanyang.

Only students were allowed to participate in the athletic day, which became an unwritten rule at the time.

In 1927, the Far Eastern Games were held, and the reason for the lifting of this restriction at that time was not really to allow the masses to participate in sports, but because there were many outstanding students in sports who had graduated, so in order to allow these students to participate, so the rule that only students could participate was canceled.

In 1930, the Fourth National Games made further progress in the selection mechanism of athletes, in addition to allowing citizens from all walks of life to register, local trials would be held to select athletes to participate in the National Games.

Using the tryout long jumper is obviously a fairer method. It is in this way that the Americans of the future are selected for their athletes. No matter how good you have been, no matter how many world records you have set, if you honestly participate in the trials, you will not be able to qualify for the trials, even if you are a world record holder, you will not be able to participate in the Olympics.

But in this era, who among the peasants or workers knows how to play sports? Those peddlers and pawns at the grassroots level don't even know a few big characters.

Therefore, the so-called Shinong industry and commerce can sign up to participate, which is just a slogan, and the final sign-up is still the students of various schools.

Chen Qiang even felt that this rule that allowed peddlers and pawns to sign up for the competition was simply tailor-made for him, except for Chen Qiang, which peddler pawn could stand on the stage of the National Games!

Of course, Chen Qiang must first pass the Shanghai selection competition.

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In order to participate in the selection of the National Games, Chen Qiang formulated a more comprehensive training plan for himself.

In the past, Chen Qiang took on the task of running 10,000 meters to get 100 points, but now Chen Qiang has begun to take on the task of running a 42.195-kilometer marathon in 24 hours, because this task can get 500 points.

When Chen Qiang was a newsboy, he couldn't run 42 kilometers in a day, but now that he is a coachman, he can run a much larger distance, but he can't run 42 kilometers in a day.

It is impossible for the coachman to run from morning to night, many times, they will wait for business in a fixed location, and Chen Qiang is even more so, because he can speak foreign languages, so he often goes to the Licha Hotel, the French Guild Hall and other places where foreigners are densely frequented and other businesses, and basically will not run around the streets aimlessly.

However, in order to be able to brush up the 42-kilometer distance, Chen Qiang deliberately increased the distance he ran to ensure that he could complete the 42-kilometer distance every day and get 500 points.

After all, there is a time limit for this 42-kilometer task, and if Chen Qiang doesn't run within 24 hours, the mileage he ran before will be wasted.

Running 42 kilometers in the car is a great drain on physical strength, and Chen Qiang is also tired like a dog every day, fortunately, such days will not last long, because the Lunar New Year is coming soon, and Chen Qiang can rest for a few days at that time.

Chen Qiang also strengthened his own food.

Eggs and meat every day are a must, every two or three days, Chen Qiang will go to buy a fish back to stew and eat, can't afford to eat beef, eating fish can also be a good supplement to nutrition.

In addition, some marine shellfish are also the main content of Chen Qiang's diet. In this era, the price of shellfish and seafood was not expensive, and there were many oysters, mussels, sea rainbows, various clams, etc.

As for vegetables, there are not so many greenhouse vegetables in this era, and the common people can only afford to eat radishes, cabbage and bean sprouts in winter.

Soy products are still Chen Qiang's main source of protein, tofu, tofu shreds, tofu skin, bean intestines, bean tendons, bean curd, etc., Chen Qiang eats them every day. Every time he tastes these soy products, Chen Qiang can't help but praise his ancestors for inventing so many ways to eat soy products.

In addition, Chen Qiang also purchased a set of sportswear and a pair of sneakers.

In the twenties, there have been some manufacturers of sporting goods in China, in addition to sportswear, domestic enterprises can also produce sports shoes, and some tanneries can also produce football and basketball. So in the twenties and thirties, if the Jiangnan Tannery went bankrupt, not only the leather bags in the whole field were 20 yuan 20 yuan, but even basketball and football were 20 yuan 20 yuan.

As for the spikes used in sprinting, they were considered high-end sports equipment at that time, and the domestic market was too little in demand, so it needed to be customized by the shoe factory. Or just go to a foreign store to buy imported goods, this kind of high-end sports equipment is all American, the price is expensive, a pair of spiked shoes is cheaper and costs more than 20 oceans, Chen Qiang can't afford it at all.

The monthly salary of ordinary people in old Shanghai was 20 yuan, and spending more than a month's salary to buy a pair of spiked shoes for running was probably like buying a pair of Nike air-cushioned basketball shoes in the 90s.

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In the blink of an eye, December passed, and Chen Qiang ushered in 1930.

Entering the wax moon, the common people began to buy New Year's goods, and after the small year, the pedestrians on the road began to gradually decrease. Those small traders and vendors who do business have been busy for a year, and by this time, they have all gone home for the New Year, and the school has already closed for the winter vacation.

When the New Year was approaching, some commercial houses and foreign shops were also closed, and all the shops opened by the Chinese on the road were sampled, and at this time, probably only the casino and the smoke pipe were still open, and even the place where flowers and willows were sought began to close.

Chen Qiang's business must have been greatly affected, everyone has gone home for the New Year, and there are fewer people taking cars.

So Chen Qiang simply didn't go out to pull the car, so he stayed at home, and then entered the training space and began to make the final sprint for the selection of the National Games.

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Inside the training space.

Chen Qiang crossed the finish line of the 100-meter sprint, and the electronic timer showed Chen Qiang's results this time.

"11.22 seconds, this is the result of electronic timing, if you change it to a hand meter, you will have to subtract 0.24 seconds, that is, my current hand meter score has entered within 11 seconds!"

The joy on Chen Qiang's face.

A few months ago, when he was at Fudan High School, his time was still outside 12 seconds, but just over three months later, his time has improved to 11 seconds.

You must know that the higher the level of the 100-meter dash, the more difficult it is to improve your performance. From 12.2 seconds to 11 seconds, it took only three months, which is also a very amazing improvement in later generations.

Of course, Chen Qiang has training space, and if it is calculated according to ten times the training time, Chen Qiang's progress speed is not ideal.

Three months multiplied by ten is thirty months, and if it takes 30 months for an athlete to improve his time from 12.2 seconds to 11 seconds, the coach will simply give up on this kind of untalented athlete.

This is also a matter of no way, the physical fitness of the Chinese in this era is definitely not as good as that of later generations, and the previous Chen Qiang is in a state of malnutrition, and the training effect is bound to be unsatisfactory.

Chen Qiang is still very satisfied with this result.

"In 11 seconds, in China in this era, it should be able to defeat everyone except Liu Changchun! At least there's no one on the beach who is my opponent. In the selection tournament in March, I will definitely be able to qualify! ”

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