Chen Qiang stood in place, gasping for breath, this game made him consume too much physical energy, and his body had reached its limit.

For most of humanity. Their physiological limits are not enough to complete 200 meters of anaerobic exercise, while professional athletes are trained to extend the distance of anaerobic exercise to more than 200 meters. However, even for professionally trained professional athletes, 200 meters of continuous anaerobic exercise at peak speed is a major test of physical fitness.

Yesterday's 200-meter preliminary and semi-finals, as well as this morning's 200-meter semi-finals, Chen Qiang did not exert his full strength, so the physical consumption will be much smaller, but in today's finals, Chen Qiang is doing his best, which makes his physical consumption increase exponentially.

"I was tired from walking in the 200 meters, but the 200 meters were the last event of the day, and if there was a race in the future, I would have to give up." Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

At this time, the referee also announced Chen Qiang's results:

"5 seconds in 20 seconds!"

Even though many people had expected Chen Qiang to break the world record in the 200 meters, they still made that kind of surprised sound.

"World record, Chen Qiang broke the world record!"

"With 2.17 meters in the high jump, 10 seconds in the 100 meters, 8.17 meters in the long jump, and 20.5 seconds in the 200 meters, Chen Qiang has already broken the world record in five events, right?"

In the last Olympic Games, Chen Qiang also broke five world records. I didn't expect this Olympics to do it again. ”

"The world's No. 1 athlete really deserves his name! I thought he was just lucky to be able to do well in the last Olympics, but now it seems that he really has the quality! ”

Four years ago, the Americans were surprised at the Los Angeles Olympics, and four years later, the German audience was revealed.

The referees also announced the next few places, with Jesse Owens in second place with a time of 20.6 seconds and another American athlete in third place, Mike Robinson, with a time of 21.1 seconds.

Jesse Owens shook his head helplessly, he missed the Olympic gold medal again, and he was only 0.1 seconds slower than Chen Qiang, which seemed to be a pity.

However, Jesse Owens knows that at this level, 0.1 seconds is really a big difference, and it can even be regarded as a two-level athlete.

In his usual training, Jesse Owens has also run a time of 20.5 seconds, but the number of times is only a handful. At the same time, Jesse Owens also knows that 20.5 seconds in the pool in a race is completely different from running 20.5 seconds in practice.

If you run 20.5 seconds in practice, you will not be able to run the same time in a race. And running 20.5 seconds in a race often means that the result will be faster in practice.

And competitive sports, the play in the game is also very important, if the two are at the same level, but the opponent can play better than you, that is also a manifestation of strength.

"Chen Qiang is really better than me!" Jesse Owens took a deep breath.

In the 100m final, Jesse Owens lost to Chen Qiang, but that defeat only aroused Jesse Owens' fighting spirit, and he was more desperate to defeat Chen Qiang in the long jump and 200m to get back on the field.

The subsequent long jump was Jesse Owens' better event, but he still lost to Chen Qiang, not only losing a championship, but also the long jump world record he held. At that time, Chen Qiang's front flip made Jesse Owens feel that Chen Qiang's understanding of the long jump was far better than his own, and this loss was really convincing.

However, Jesse Owens attributed the loss of the long jump to Chen Qiang's long jump skills being too imaginative, and the reason why he lost to Chen Qiang was not that his strength was inferior to Chen Qiang, but that Chen Qiang's front flip was too amazing and too rebellious. So Jesse Owens feels that he is losing to the new technology, not to Chen Qiang.

In the 200m final, Jesse Owens lost again, this time in the 200m run, which he is best at, and Chen Qiang did not show the same amazing technique as the front flip take-off.

At this moment, Jesse Owens finally realized that Chen Qiang's strength was really higher.

At this time, Jesse Owens was not unwilling, nor disappointed, but had a relieved expression, he ran 20 seconds 6, which is already the best, he has improved the previous world record of 21 seconds by 0.4 seconds, since the "best self" still lost the game, there is no regret.

I saw Jesse Owens walking up to Chen Qiang and greeting Chen Qiang in a friendly manner.

Chen Qiang is also willing to talk more to the greatest athlete of the 20th century, although they were opponents before, but now that Jesse Owens' match is over, the two will not fight again, and the two are more like friends who cherish each other.

The two chatted for a while, and Jesse Owens suddenly asked, "Chen, you should come to the Olympic Village tomorrow night for a banquet, right?" ”

Chen Qiang thought for a moment, then nodded: "I'll go." Speaking of which, I haven't participated in the Olympic ball since the start of the competition, and I have participated in too many competitions, so I go back early every day and go to bed. Tomorrow, my competition will be over and I will have time to play. ”

"You're going to play in the semifinals of the 110m hurdles tomorrow?" Jesse Owens then asked.

Chen Qiang replied: "That's right, in addition to the 110-meter hurdles, there is also a triple jump. ”

"In the 110m hurdles, you have to watch out for Forrest Downs, who was a high jumper and had a state scholarship and only started practicing hurdles in 1934, but he is a genius and has already set the world record in the 110m hurdles five times this year, although only one is recognized by the IAAF and the other four are not recognized by the IAAF." Jesse Owens opened his mouth to introduce.

"Who is more powerful than you?" Chen Qiang then asked.

"If it's the 220-yard hurdles, I'm better than him, but in the 110-meter hurdles, he's so much better than me." Jesse Owens paused, then continued; "Downs was in really good shape when we were training with Team USA and I felt like if you wanted to beat him you had to run 14 seconds!"

"14 seconds? The world record is only 14.1 seconds, right? I have to break the world record to win against him! Chen Qiang said.

"Yes, the world record in the 110m hurdles is 14.1 seconds, and the world record holder is none other than Downs himself, but as far as I know, his strength is definitely more than that, and it is not difficult for him to run 14 seconds in his usual practice." Jesse Owens said, "Actually, when I say 14 seconds, it's a conservative estimate. I don't know how fast that guy can run with Downs. But with all due respect, I'm really not optimistic about you in tomorrow's game, and I think Downs has a better chance of winning the championship. Not because we're both Americans, but because that guy is really good at the 110m hurdles! ”

"I understand, thank you for the reminder." Chen Qiang said.

……

After saying goodbye to Jesse Owens, Chen Qiang was received by the German head of state as usual, and then drove back to the Olympic Village.

Sitting in the car, Chen Qiang's face was a little solemn, mainly because he knew that he would face several world record holders in tomorrow's race.

In the 110m hurdles event, the world record holder Forrest Downs, Chen Qiang certainly knows. He is the world record holder in the 110m hurdles, he only started practicing hurdles in 1934, and by 1936 he was able to break the world record, which showed that he was a real genius. And from 1935 to 1937, Forrest Downs had an astonishing 60-match unbeaten record.

The current world record in the 110-meter hurdles is 14.1 seconds, and in 1936, Forrest Downs ran 14.1 five times, but either because the equipment was not standard, or because of the super wind speed, or because the level of the competition was not enough, so only one of the five 14.1 seconds was recognized, which is the world record in the 110-meter hurdles.

At the Berlin Olympics, Forrest Downs will also run another 14.1 seconds in the semi-finals, equaling his own world record, and he will also win the gold medal in the 110m hurdles at the Berlin Olympics.

The 110m hurdles final at the Berlin Olympics was held on 6 August, and 21 days later, on 8 and 27 August, Forrest Downs set a new world record of 13.7 seconds in a race in Norway, the first time to run under 14 seconds in the 110m hurdles, and this world record of 13.7 seconds was not broken until 14 years later.

In just 21 days, it is impossible to improve the time of the 110m hurdles from 14.1 seconds to 13.7 seconds, and it is clear that Forrest Downs had the strength of 13.7 seconds at the Berlin Olympics, but he did not play 100% at the Olympics.

As the world record holder in the 110m hurdles, it is normal for Forrest Downs to have reservations, he is already the world number one in this event, as long as he can win the gold medal, there is no need to work hard. Anyway, whether you fight or not, the world record is your own.

Forrest Downs doesn't fight because the opponent is too weak to be necessary, but if he comes up against a strong opponent that threatens his gold medal and even his world record, then Forrest Downs will definitely fight hard. The Olympic gold medal, as well as the title of world record holder, can't be handed away!

So once Forrest Downs finds out that Chen Qiang's strength is very strong, he will definitely do his best, and even advance the world record of 13.7 seconds 21 days later to today.

And these are the things that Chen Qiang has long thought of, although the world record is 14.1 seconds, but the current Forrest Downs has the strength of 13.7 seconds, which means that if Chen Qiang wants to win the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles, he must run a 13.6 seconds, or a faster result.

When talking to Jesse Owens, the information revealed in Jesse Owens' words also allowed Chen Qiang to confirm his guess. Forrest Downs is now capable of running under 14 seconds, and the reason why he hasn't run 14 seconds is only because his opponent is not strong enough to threaten his position as the world record holder.

In terms of talent, Chen Qiang feels that he must not be able to compare with Forrest Downs, and people can break the world record after two years of practice, and Chen Qiang can't do it with this. Moreover, Chen Qiang estimated that those world record holders in the 110-meter hurdles in later generations would not be able to break the world record after two years of training

Since the talent is not as good as others, then Chen Qiang can only rely on technology, after all, the 110-meter hurdles is a very technical sport, and because of Liu Xiang, China's 110-meter hurdles in the future is still a bit dry, so Chen Qiang's skills in the 110-meter hurdles, as well as his understanding of the 110-meter hurdles, are better than several other events.

Fortunately, in the 110m hurdles event, except for Forrest Downs, the other players are not very against the sky.

The other athlete on the U.S. team, Fritz Pollard, had a personal best of 14.2 seconds, just 0.1 seconds shy of the world record. He came from a family of sportsmen, his father was a football player, and he was also proficient in athletics, rugby and boxing, and in the future he became a politician and a senior official in the U.S. State Department.

The third man in the United States is Roy Staley, who broke the world record in the 120-yard hurdles in 1935 with a time of 14.2 seconds.

The 120-yard hurdles and the 110-meter hurdles can actually be seen as one event. Hurdles first appeared in the United Kingdom, when the 100-yard run, or 91.4 meters, was later switched to 120 yards at Cambridge and Oxford, and then the French adopted the metric 110-meter, so the event became the 110-meter hurdles.

In the 110-meter hurdles, a lot of data is transformed from the "code system", for example, the distance from the start to the first hurdle is 13.73 meters, which is equivalent to 15 yards, and the hurdle spacing is 9.14 meters, which is equivalent to 10 yards.

The only difference between the 120-yard hurdles and the 110-meter hurdles is perhaps the distance, with 120 yards equivalent to 109 meters, which is one meter shorter than 110 meters. So Roy Staley ran 14.2 seconds in the 120-yard hurdles, which can also be seen as his 14.2 seconds in the 110m hurdles, which is only 0.1 seconds short of the world record.

In addition to the Americans, the United Kingdom, as the birthplace of hurdles, also has strong athletes.

Don Finley, Britain's "Hurdle Brother", won bronze in the 110m hurdles at the Los Angeles Olympics four years ago and would compete in London 1948. In addition to hurdles, Don Finley was also a decathlon and could be considered the leading figure in the British decathlon of his time, although he did not compete in the Olympic decathlon.

Fritz Pollard, Roy Staley and Don Finlay are all excellent 110m hurdles athletes, but they are far worse than Forrest Downs, a 110m hurdles talent. And Chen Qiang's goal is to defeat Forrest Downs, so other athletes are not in Chen Qiang's field of vision.

The 110-meter hurdles are just Chen Qiang's first hurdle tomorrow, in addition to the 110-meter hurdles, Chen Qiang will also participate in the triple jump competition.

In the triple jump, Chen Qiang has to face two world record holders.

One is Australia's Jack Metcalfe. He shares the same surname as the black American athlete in the 100m, Ralph Metcalfe, but Jack Metcalfe is a real white man.

At the Los Angeles Olympics, Chen Qiang defeated Nanfang Zhongping in the triple jump and set a world record in the triple jump with a time of 15.76 seconds. And in 1935, Jack Metcalfe broke Chen Qiang's world record by jumping 15.78 meters, and Chen Qiang had read the news in the newspaper at that time.

In addition to Jack Metcalfe, the other world record holder in the triple jump is Japan's Naoto Tajima.

At the Berlin Olympics, Naoto Tajima jumped 16 meters, not only breaking the world record, but also once again defending the glory of the Japanese in the long jump!

Thinking about tomorrow's schedule, Chen Qiang couldn't help but rub his temples.

"The pressure is enough against Jesse Owens today, and tomorrow it will be no less difficult to single-handedly take on three world record holders than today! A real headache ......"

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