Under the watchful eye, Chen Qiang was the first to cross the finish line, he was about a meter ahead of the second-place American athlete, and his final time was 10.2 seconds, which is already Chen Qiang's limit level.

Harrison Dillard was close behind, with a time of 10.3 seconds, and he was clearly not willing to fail.

Another American, Barney Ewell, was third, running 10.4 seconds, a bronze medal for the 30-year-old.

Mel Barton, a white American, had a very bad race, finishing sixth.

"Win!" The Chinese audience began to cheer wildly, but the number was a little scarce, and it was soon drowned in the applause of the audience.

There were not many Chinese living in London, most of them were descendants of sailors and World War I laborers, and it was not until the 50s, when a large number of Hong Kong immigrants began to pour into London, that London's "Chinatown" was gradually established. For the Chinese at that time, Britain was not a good place to immigrate, and most of the rich people in the country immigrated to the United States and Brazil.

On the sidelines, Dong Shouyi, the director general of the Chinese delegation, couldn't help crying, he was so excited, the scene of Chen Qiang crossing the line reminded him of the Berlin Olympics 12 years ago, when Dong Shouyi also witnessed Chen Qiang win the championship in the 100-meter dash, and also broke the world record.

"I'm going to send a telegram, I'm going to tell the good news to the country!" Dong Shouyi said, and had already run in the direction of the telegraph room.

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"Extra, extra, Chen Qiang won the Olympic gold medal again!"

"Outside, London Olympic athlete, Chen Qiang won the first gold for China!"

"After 12 years, Chen Qiang made a comeback to win gold!"

On the beach, the newsboys waved the newspapers in their hands and shouted loudly.

The news of Chen Qiang's Olympic victory came back to China, and it was a national sensation, but compared with 12 or 16 years ago, the effect of the sensation was too far behind.

For many young Chinese, the name "Chen Qiang" only exists in legends, they have only heard of Chen Qiang's name, but have not personally experienced Chen Qiang's glory moments.

It's like the current Chinese fans, who know that Jordan is very powerful, but not many people have seen Jordan play in person. For most Chinese fans, Jordan is just a legend.

Years of war and chaos have caused a serious regression in the domestic sports industry, the National Games have been suspended for more than ten years, and the local governments are unable to hold the games, and the influence of sports in China has almost become zero. Many universities have either closed classes or have been forced to move south, and students don't even have a stable environment to attend classes, let alone play sports. In China in this era, college students are the main force engaged in sports, and if even college students don't engage in sports, no one will pay attention to sports.

In 1948, Chinese's understanding of sports was not as good as in 1936, and in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, many people were willing to donate to the Chinese delegation; When the delegation is leaving, people will spontaneously go to the pier to see them off; During the competition, domestic newspapers will always report the situation of the Olympic Games, and the people are also very concerned about the news of the Olympic Games. None of this, however, existed in 1948. No one donated money to the Chinese delegation, no people went to the pier to see them off, and no one cared about the news of the London Olympics.

What's more, the situation in the country is not peaceful, and in this case, there are fewer people who pay attention to sports.

……

Chen Qiang delivered a brand new pair of running shoes to a young man.

"Lou Wenao, this is the best running shoe in the United States, give it to you, I hope you can run a good result." Chen Qiang opened his mouth and said, and then he Chen Qiang seemed to remember something, so he stretched out his hand again, pointed to the running shoes, made a "good" movement with his thumb, and then pointed to the running shoes, pointed at the young man, and then sent the running shoes to the other party.

"Ah, well, well......" The young man took the running shoes with an excited face, and shouted a few notes in his mouth.

This young man's name is Lou Wenao, a native of Shanghai, who became mute when he was a child because of illness, and later even became deaf in his ears, so he is a deaf-mute person. Chen Qiang also remembered that Lou Wenao was deaf and mute and couldn't hear his words, so he gestured with a gesture.

Lou Wenao is a long-distance runner who only started running at the age of 24, but his talent for long-distance running is amazing, breaking the 10,000-meter Asian record held by Japanese athletes and breaking the 10,000-meter Asian record twice in a row.

Lou Wenao's personal best time in 10,000 meters is 31 minutes and 27 seconds, which was placed in the 1948 London Olympics, and he was able to achieve the top ten, and the top ten in the Olympic Games is a very good ranking.

However, in the 1948 London Olympics, Lou Wenao only finished seventeenth, because a nail in his running shoes pierced the sole, causing the soles of his feet to blister and burst.

So Chen Qiang simply gave Lou Wenao a pair of brand-new high-end running shoes, so as not to have nails piercing the soles again. Although with Lou Wenao's strength, he will not win a medal even if he does not wear out the soles of his feet, but at least he can let Lou Wenao play to his full strength, so as not to leave regrets.

Other athletes on the Chinese team also received new shoes from Chen Qiang, and the basketball team also received Nike Superstar basketball shoes. For Americans, Nike Superstar is an expensive sneaker, and Chinese athletes can't afford to buy it even if they have seen it, and now they are naturally ecstatic to receive a gift from Chen Qiang.

In this Olympic Games, the Chinese football team was eliminated with a score of 0-4 in the first game against Turkey, and the basketball team was in a better situation, winning several games in the preliminary round.

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On August 2, the 200m race at the London Olympics officially began.

The 200-meter runners are not less than the 100-meter, and the preliminary round is also divided into twelve groups, but the level of the contestants is not flattering, there are several contestants, who ran out of 23 seconds, and still advanced to the semi-finals, and the worst one of the qualifiers reached 23 seconds 2.

You must know that in the Berlin Olympics 12 years ago, most of the players who advanced to the semifinals scored within 22 seconds, and even those with poor results could run a 22.2 seconds to advance. Comparatively, the athletes at the London Olympics were one second slower than those at the Berlin Olympics.

200 meters has one more corner than 100 meters, and it also requires more skill. In the past 12 years, the development of sports has stagnated, and there has been no technological innovation, and in this Olympic Games, athletes have not performed as well as in Berlin 12 years ago.

In the next rematch, the threshold for promotion became 22 seconds, and a British athlete ran 22.1 seconds and also qualified, and the level of this semi-final was similar to the level of the preliminary round of the last Olympic Games.

The same was true for the semi-finals, where the results were much worse than at the previous Olympics.

The performance of the American trio is also unsatisfactory, the strongest of the trio, Mel Barton, also only ran 21.6 seconds, you must know that at the Berlin Olympics, the second man in the United States, Mike Robinson, was 21.1 seconds, and Jesse Owens can run under 21 seconds.

Chen Qiang also knew that among all the contestants, only the American trio could pose a threat to him, Chen Qiang carefully observed their competition, and found that the cornering skills of the three American players were still not worth mentioning, much worse than Jesse Owens back then, and even worse than himself. As long as there are no accidents, the 200m gold medal must be Chen Qiang's.

The current Chen Qiang, although his body is not as good as when he was young, but the cornering skills are still there, with superb cornering skills, Chen Qiang can still run within 21 seconds in the 200-meter event.

As a result, the 200-meter final became no suspense, the gap in strength was too big, and no matter how the trio of the American team struggled, they still lost to Chen Qiang in the end.

Chen Qiang won the gold medal in the 200m with a time of 20.09 seconds. Mel Barton of the United States swept away the slump in the 100m final, running a time of 21.1 seconds to win the silver medal, while another American athlete, Barney Ivel, won the bronze medal.

So far, Chen Qiang has ended his journey to the London Olympics with two gold medals.

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Of the 33 contestants sent by the Chinese delegation, except for Chen Qiang, the others naturally did not receive anything.

In fact, it is very good that the Chinese delegation can live in the Olympic Village renovated from the military barracks, and in the historical 1948 London Olympics, the Chinese delegation was forced to live in a primary school dormitory in a London slum because they could not pay the fees.

On the cycling field, overseas Chinese athlete He Haohua was hit by a bicycle behind him when he was about to reach the finish line, and his left arm was fractured, and the Chinese delegation had no money to help him with treatment. Now with Chen Qiang, He Haohua naturally does not have to worry about medical expenses, with the help of Chen Qiang, He Haohua was sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

Lou Wenao, a deaf-mute athlete whose feet were not worn out by spiked shoes, finally finished ninth, which is also a breakthrough in China's long-distance running.

Although the football team was eliminated in the first game, it received a lot of invitations to visit, including the future Premier League team, mainly because most of the players in the Chinese football team are from Hong Kong Island, which is a British colony, and the players have a lot of exchanges with the foreign teams on Hong Kong Island.

Also received the invitation Chen Qiang, but it was not only the British who invited Chen Qiang, France, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and other countries have sent invitations to Chen Qiang, in addition to Switzerland, IOC President Edström personally invited Chen Qiang to visit the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

So Chen Qiang took Esther on a tour of Europe, of course, the main scope of activities is still in Western Europe and Northern Europe. After all, Eastern Europe is the territory of the Soviets, and the Soviets did not even participate in the London Olympics, so it is naturally impossible to invite Chen Qiang to visit.

When Chen Qiang returned to the United States, the time had already entered 1949.

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