On August 1, 1936, the Berlin Olympic Games officially began.

The opening ceremony of the Berlin Olympics was much grander than the Los Angeles Olympics four years ago, and it can be seen that the Germans have invested heavily in this Olympics. The German head of state hopes to prove Germany's greatness in the next Olympic Games, and he is naturally willing to invest in it, and the scene is as big as it gets.

Politics aside, from the point of view of hosting the Olympics. The Berlin Olympics were indeed a success. The costly, grandiose Olympic venues, efficient organization and management, and the luxurious, 130-acre Olympic Village were all that only the Germans could do at the time. The rich in other countries do not have the rigor and efficiency of the Germans, and the efficient ones are not as rich as the Germans.

With the beginning of the athletes' entrance ceremony, the surrounding spectators also resounded with enthusiastic cheers.

"The German audience is so welcoming!" Liu Changchun couldn't help but sigh.

"Do you think it's just enthusiasm?" Chen Qiang shook his head with a smile, and then said, "I think it's fanatic!" ”

Germany in 1936 was indeed in a state of fanaticism, especially after the invasion of the Rhine area, Britain and France not only did not send troops to stop it, but also did not give Germany sanctions, which made many Germans have a feeling of raising their eyebrows, and the haze of defeat in World War I was also swept away, and a German revanchist mood began to spread among the people, and the revival of the German nation seemed to be imminent.

Chen Qiang's eyes looked at the competitors from other countries, the male athletes were basically in suits and trousers, and the female athletes were blazers and skirts. Most of the blazers are dark in color, the pants or skirts are white, and the only difference is the hats worn by the competitors from different countries.

The British and Americans are somewhat similar, the athletes wear white top hats, the French wear berets, the German representatives wear all white clothes with white leather shoes, and there is a group of soldiers in German uniforms, while the Japanese are black suits and khaki trousers, and the Japanese are the kind of Japanese military hats without "ears" on their heads.

After the athletes' entrance ceremony, the Olympic flame was lit.

The 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, although there was also an Olympic torch relay, it was not included in the regular Olympic program. Since the Berlin Olympics, the Olympic torch relay has been an essential part of the Olympic Games.

There was also a small episode at the opening ceremony, that is, 25,000 doves of peace were released at the opening ceremony, but the organizers did not expect the doves of peace to hover over the stadium and refused to fly away, so the Germans simply fired cannons into the sky to scare these doves of peace away, but they didn't expect to accidentally scare the doves of peace and pull the audience's heads. Chen Qiang could even feel the thing fall on his hat.

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On August 2, the track and field competition of the Berlin Olympics officially began, on this day Chen Qiang will participate in two events, namely the preliminary and semi-finals of the 100-meter sprint, and the qualifying and final of the high jump. In other words, Chen Qiang may win a gold medal on the first day of the track and field competition.

On the morning of August 2, the first start was the preliminaries of the 100-meter dash.

Since the Games were held in Europe, there were many more participants than in the United States, with 3,963 participants participating in the Berlin Games, compared to 1,331 at the last Los Angeles Games.

For big events such as the 100-meter sprint, the number of participants at the Berlin Olympics has also increased significantly. Four years ago, at the Los Angeles Olympics, 33 athletes competed in the 100-meter dash, and the preliminary round was divided into seven groups of four to six people each.

At the Berlin Olympics, there were 63 runners in the 100-meter sprint, nearly double the number four years ago, and the preliminary round was divided into 12 groups.

As the number of participants has increased and the competition has become more intense, the rules for qualification have also changed, with the top three in the group at Los Angeles four years ago and the top two in Berlin. This means that 24 athletes will advance to the semi-finals.

The Chinese team sent three players, Chen Qiang, Liu Changchun and Cheng Jinguan, to compete in the men's 100-meter sprint.

Chen Qiang was divided into the fifth group, and several people in the same group, Chen Qiang, did not know. Jesse Owens of the United States was placed in the final twelfth group.

The competition soon began, with Chen's old acquaintance of Japan's Lund Yoshioka in the first group, as well as a German athlete named Manfred Kersch.

The crowd was in high spirits because of the presence of German athletes, who were frantically cheering for Manfred Kersch, hoping that he could get the German team off to a good start.

Sprinting in this era is not exactly the world of black athletes, white athletes also have opportunities in this event, not to mention that Germany is still the world's first-class sports power, and is also very good at track and field, plus the bonus of home combat, the Germans are very hopeful of winning a medal in the 100-meter sprint event.

Manfred Kersch was also very good, and he ran a good time of 10.8 seconds to the cheers of the home crowd. Unfortunately, he was only in third place and missed the semi-finals.

Second place in the group was Japan's Takashi Yoshioka, who also clocked 10.8 seconds, but he was one position ahead of Manfred Kersch before the finish. The first place in this group was won by a Swedish athlete who clocked 10.7 seconds.

The results of the first group undoubtedly set a benchmark for the other eleven groups of players, and it seems that 10.8 seconds is a threshold for advancing to the semifinals.

Seeing this result, Liu Changchun and Cheng Jinguan's expressions became solemn, for them, 10.8 seconds is a relatively difficult time to achieve, they must be in very good condition to be able to run a 10.8 seconds.

Chen Qiang nodded slightly, with an expression of "sure enough" on his face.

Chen Qiang had already expected that the preliminary qualification results of the 100-meter dash at the Berlin Olympics would definitely be higher than that of the Los Angeles Olympics four years ago. After all, the number of contestants has doubled, and the competition has become more intense.

And in this era, the strength of European athletes should not be underestimated, in track and field, although a single European country is inferior to the United States, but the whole of Europe combined, the strength of track and field may be higher than that of the United States.

"Four years ago at the Los Angeles Olympics, the initial 100-meter dash ran 11 seconds to qualify from the group, and now the qualification threshold has risen to 10.8 seconds, an increase of 0.2 seconds in four years, which is not a small improvement for the sport of 100-meter sprint. In this era, those who can run 10.8 seconds in the 100-meter sprint are not idle! Chen Qiang thought to himself.

The German athlete was not able to get off to a good start, much to the disappointment of the surrounding spectators.

The players in the second group also appeared soon, and Chen Qiang didn't know any of the five people in this group.

The first place in this group was a Dutch athlete with a time of 10.8 seconds, and the second place went to South Africa with a time of 11 seconds.

Seeing that the South African players advanced to the semi-finals with a time of 11 seconds, Liu Changchun and Cheng Jinguan's faces looked a little better, and the difficulty of 11 seconds was much lower for them. Now that some athletes can advance to the semifinals with a time of 11 seconds, their hopes of qualifying have also increased significantly.

In the third group, athletes from the Netherlands Games and South Africa took the top two spots, with a time of 10.8 seconds and 10.9 seconds respectively.

"The Dutch athlete is quite strong in sprinting, and he has won first place in two groups in a row." Chen Qiang said.

It is to be expected that South African athletes are good, after all, the South African athletes of this era are European immigrants or descendants of European immigrants. The performance of Dutch athletes in the 100-meter sprint event surprised Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang remembers that in the last Los Angeles Olympics, the Netherlands only sent two male athletes to participate in track and field competitions, one was a sprinter and the other was a triple jumper, both of which happened to be Chen Qiang's events. However, the Dutch athletes at that time accompanied the prince to study all the time, and there was no outstanding performance.

After returning to Europe, the Dutch athletes performed much better, at least in the preliminary round of the 100-meter dash.

In the fourth group, Hungary and Japan finished in the top two, both with a time of 10.7 seconds. As soon as this result appeared, it also showed that 10.8 seconds was not a 100% qualifying result, and in an instant, a tense atmosphere filled the air.

In the fifth group, Chen Qiang appeared. As the first Chinese athlete to appear on the stage, Chen Qiang certainly wants to make a good start for the Chinese team, create a good start for the Chinese team, and also cheer for the other players of the Chinese team.

"Look, Chen Qiang is on the stage!"

"Chen Qiang? Is that the Chinese who has been called the 'world's number one athlete'? ”

"Yes, that's him, and he's the world record holder in the 100-meter dash!"

"The fastest man in the world is about to start the race, and I don't know what he can do!"

All eyes were on the track.

For the U.S. team, Jesse Owens also had his eyes firmly nailed to Chen Qiang's body.

Next to him, Ralph Metcalfe said: "Chen Qiang four years ago, it was really invincible, but in the past four years, Chen Qiang has not participated in any competitions, and there is no news of him in the newspaper, I don't know what his current state is." ”

In the past four years, Chen Qiang has participated in the North China Games, the National Games and the Far Eastern Games, but the American media obviously will not report the news of these games, after all, the United States is the world's first track and field country, and China is a backward country in sports, how can the world's first pay attention to the affairs of backward regions!

Just like table tennis in the future, there are many competitions in the United States, but the domestic media never report on them. And in basketball, in addition to professional scouts, Americans don't pay attention to the CBA.

In the past four years, Chen Qiang has participated in domestic or Asian competitions, and there is no need to do his best, so he has not broken the world record, and has not broken the world record, and Chen Qiang has not been able to appear in American newspapers.

Ralph Metcalfe couldn't see Chen Qiang's news in American newspapers, so in his mouth, Chen Qiang became "not participating in any competitions".

At this time, the starting gun rang out, and Chen Qiang rushed out, and then accelerated vigorously and rushed to the finish line at a gallop.

"This Chinese is really fast!"

"It's a long way to go ahead of the second place, and the world's No. 1 athlete really lives up to his name."

Chen Qiang's group, there is a Canadian athlete and a Swedish athlete, both of whom are very good and can be regarded as first-class athletes in Europe, but they are too far behind Chen Qiang, so these two can only compete for the second qualifying spot.

In a blink of an eye, the competition in this group was over, Chen Qiang won the promotion without any suspense, and he also ran a time of 10.5 seconds, which is the best result in the current field.

The second and third places were both 10.8 seconds, with the Canadians narrowly leading the way and the Swedes eliminated.

Seeing Chen Qiang run a time of 10.5 seconds, Ralph Metcalfe frowned.

"10.5 seconds, that's a great time, and in many of our races in the United States, we can already win the championship. And this is only the preliminary round, Chen Qiang can't do his best, he will inevitably have reservations. I don't think he's in any worse form than he was four years ago. Ralph Metcalfe began.

Jesse Owens, who was next to him, was high-spirited, and he said: "It's better this way, if Chen Qiang's strength is too weak, even if he wins him, it's not interesting." ”

While the two were talking, the sixth group of players had already appeared, and there was another German athlete in this group, so the audience was boiling again.

This time, the German athlete did not disappoint the spectators, running a time of 10.7 seconds to qualify for second place in his group.

Ralph Metcalfe of the United States appeared in the seventh group, and he won the group with a time of 10.8 seconds, and he easily qualified.

The third athlete of the German team appeared in the eighth group, and Cheng Jinguan of the Chinese team also appeared in this group.

Cheng Jinguan was competing in the Olympics for the first time, and he appeared nervous, which also limited his performance, and in the end he only finished fourth and was eliminated. The German players in the same group qualified first in the group.

Although the first German player on the stage lost, the next two players both qualified, and this result was acceptable to the audience.

Then in Group 9, American Frank Wickoff took the stage.

Frank Wickoff is already competing in his third Olympics.

Eight years ago, Frank Wickoff represented Team USA at the Olympics in Amsterdam, where he finished fourth in the 100-meter dash and helped the United States win gold in the 4x100-meter relay.

Four years ago in Los Angeles, Frank Wickoff failed to qualify for the 100-meter sprint, but he was the fourth member of the U.S. sprint team to compete in the 4x100m relay and won gold.

Now at the Berlin Olympics, Frank Wickoff once again stood out in the American trials. He will compete in the men's 100-meter dash and the 4x100-meter relay.

Eight years ago at the Amsterdam Olympics, Wickoff once ran a time of 10.7 seconds, eight years later, he is now obviously much better than eight years ago, running a 10.6 seconds with ease, and won the qualification as the first in the group. The second place to advance went to the British athlete.

In the next 10th group, the first place was taken by the Dutchman with a time of 10.5 seconds, and the second place was taken by the British athlete with a time of 10.6 seconds. What was more unjust was the third place in this group, a Canadian, who also ran 10.6 seconds, but was eliminated. If the Canadian athlete had not been in Group 10, but in any other group, a time of 10.6 seconds would have been enough to qualify for the semifinals.

In the eleventh group, the Swiss athletes advanced in 10.7 seconds, while the British athletes came in second with a time of 10.8 seconds. An interesting phenomenon was also born, with three Dutch players topping three groups, while three British players finished second in all three groups.

It is worth mentioning that Liu Changchun was divided into the eleventh group, and he played much better than Cheng Jinguan, but unfortunately the athletes in this group were relatively strong, and Liu Changchun missed the promotion with a disadvantage of 0.1 seconds.

In the final twelfth group, American Jesse Owens finally appeared.

Thanks to the "greatest 45 minutes in track and field history", Jesse Owens is very famous in the United States, and in Europe, Jesse Owens is also very famous, after all, American track and field athletes have always been the focus of the world's attention.

Jesse Owens walked to the starting line, he took a deep breath, and then looked at the finish line in front of him, his face full of persistence.

Although Jesse Owens is also participating in the Olympic Games for the first time, he does not show the slightest nervousness, on the contrary, he seems very calm, and there is even a small excitement in his heart, he can't wait for the final to come as soon as possible, and then he can defeat other opponents and reach the top of the world!

The "pop" start shot rang out, and Jesse Owens turned into a black lightning bolt and rushed out.

"So fast!" Everyone was taken aback because Jesse Owens was just too fast.

In the blink of an eye, Jesse Owens was seven or eight meters ahead of the second place.

With a look of surprise and exclamations, Jesse Owens crossed the finish line.

"10 seconds 3!" The referee quickly announced Jesse Owens' results.

"Wow!" There was another exclamation, but there was not much applause, and there were even some noisy boos in the stands.

Because Jesse Owens is a black athlete!

In Germany at this time, there were too many racists, Jews and people of color who were unwelcome here.

Jesse Owens ignored those boos, anyway, in the United States, blacks are also a race with no status, and Jesse Owens has become accustomed to being despised by whites.

He looked up, he looked at the area where the athletes were waiting, he wanted to see how Chen Qiang reacted.

At this time, Chen Qiang had an inscrutable smile on his face, as if he was expressing his approval for Owens, and as if he was revealing the anger in his heart.

In fact, these two emotions do exist in Chen Qiang's heart at the same time.

Jesse Owens is a great athlete and he deserves the praise.

However, this 10.3 seconds score gave Chen Qiang a big "dismount", or rather, this is a "challenge letter" handed to Chen Qiang!

The dignity of the "world's No. 1 athlete" can not be challenged so easily!

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