In the 9th Far Eastern Games, 515 athletes will compete in ten sports, including track and field, swimming, basketball, volleyball, football, tennis, baseball, hockey, boxing, and gymnastics.

For example, in football, three games are played, China vs. Japan, China vs. the Philippines, and Japan vs. the Philippines, which is equivalent to playing a group round-robin.

The same is true for several other collective events, such as track and field, which is not as lively as the National Games in China.

In the 100-meter sprint event, there were only nine runners in total, three each from China, Japan and the Philippines.

The Chinese team is financially strapped and cannot afford to send too many athletes, while Japan and the Philippines, affected by the Great Depression, cannot afford to send more athletes.

There are only nine contestants, and the competition only has a preliminary round and a final, in which the preliminary round is divided into two groups, and the top two results in each group advance to the final, which means that only four players participate in the final.

There is no way to do it, and there are only five runs to the Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium, and the innermost track is still along the lawn, and this track can only be used temporarily.

By later standards, the Standard Stadium had a total of nine tracks, and the innermost track was not used in the 100-meter sprint. Athletes are lined up outwards from the second lane.

The sports fields of this era were not the standard sports fields with nine tracks in later generations, such as the Minyuan Stadium in Tianjin, which also had only five tracks, of which the innermost track was also next to the lawn. Even in the finals of the Olympic Games, there are only seven or eight tracks, usually for six runners to compete at the same time.

The 100m preliminary race was scheduled for the afternoon of the opening ceremony, and at the end of the opening ceremony, the 100m preliminary race was announced.

Chen Qiang's group of four people, in addition to Chen Qiang, there are two Filipino players and one Japanese player.

The other group consisted of five players, two Japanese players, two Chinese players and one Filipino player.

Judging from this grouping, Chen Qiang's group is four and two, and the other group is five and two, it seems that Chen Qiang's group has taken advantage, and the other group is more difficult to advance.

But in fact, it was the opposite, Chen Qiang's group was more difficult to advance, while the other group, the two Japanese players advanced almost without pressure.

Let's look at Chen Qiang's group first, the Japanese player, Chen Qiang has never heard his name, so he won't be a strong player.

The other two Filipino runners, one named James, was the champion of the 100-meter dash at the last Far Eastern Games. The other is named Steve, and he is the first place in the Philippine tryouts. In other words, these two are the strongest in the Philippine team.

In the past eight Far Eastern Games, the championship of the 100-meter dash was won by the Philippine team, and the track and field level of Americans is still higher than that of Asian athletes. Therefore, the strongest team in the Philippines is equivalent to the strongest in Asia.

Now Chen Qiang also has the top level in Asia, that is to say, Chen Qiang's group has gathered three top Asian players, and there are only two promotion places, and the competition pressure is particularly high.

On the other hand, in the other group, the best time of the two Chinese players in the 100 meters is 11.5 seconds, and there is definitely no hope of qualifying, and the Filipino player is only the third person in the Philippine team, and his strength is definitely slightly inferior.

The remaining two Japanese are Kenjiro Oka and Tadahei Minami.

The name Kenjiro Oka has seen in the newspaper, last year the Northeast held a Sino-Japanese German track and field competition, Kenjiro Oka represented the Japanese team in that competition, in the game, Kenjiro Oka lost to Liu Changchun, it was also in that race, Liu Changchun ran a time of 10.8 seconds, equaling the Asian 100-meter record at that time.

(See Chapter 30 for details)

Another player on the Japanese team is none other than the legendary Japanese athlete Takatak Yoshioka.

Takashi Yoshioka was the first Japanese track and field man before World War II, winning the 100-meter dash at the Japan Athletics Games six times and breaking the Asian record three times in his career. According to Japanese records, in 1935, Yoshioka Lud once equaled the world record of 10.3 seconds at the Minamikoshien Stadium.

Yoshioka participated in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and successfully advanced to the final of the 100-meter dash, although Yoshioka was only the last in the final, but he was the first Asian in history to reach the final of the 100-meter dash at the Olympic Games.

It is worth mentioning that Yoshioka Lund was an athlete who had been subjected to the atomic bomb, and in August 1945, Yoshioka Lund was teaching at the Hiroshima Higher Normal College, when he was only 10 kilometers from the center of the atomic bomb, and although he was seriously injured, he was lucky to survive.

In the thirties and forties, Yoshioka Lud was the most famous 100-meter sprinter in Asia, and his international popularity and achievements were a cut above Liu Changchun.

So although this group is five jinji, but the strength of Yoshioka Takade and Kenjiro Oka obviously exceeds the other three, the so-called five jinji, can be regarded as escorting the two Japanese players to the finals.

Obviously, this grouping is in favor of the Japanese team. The first group has the strongest players from China and the Philippines, and the players will have to work hard in the preliminary round. In the second group, the two aces of the Japanese team were submitted directly without much effort.

For this kind of unfair grouping, Chen Qiang can only reluctantly accept it, no way, this is Japan's home stadium, of course, people want to give their athletes a favorable grouping, which is also tacitly allowed in sports competitions.

In the future World Cup, isn't the host also guaranteed to advance in the group stage, this is a normal operation. No matter how shameless you are, you can blow away the free throws, blow the goals away, and rely on the referee to get into the semifinals.

"The preliminaries for a while, it's really a tough battle!" Chen Qiang sighed lightly, it seems that in the preliminary round, he is about to show his real skills.

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On the rostrum, Gu Sansanwu sat in a very forward position. As the former Japanese No. 1 sprinter and the current Asian record holder, it is only natural that Tani Sansango will attend the Far Eastern Games.

"Gu Sanjun, you have been working in the Manchurian Railway, you should know something about Chinese athletes, right? Why don't you tell us about it? A thin man next to him spoke.

The thin man's name was Kishi Seiichi, and he was the president of the Japan Sports Association.

was named by Anqing, Gu Sansanwu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately introduced: "China's track and field, compared with our Japan, there is still a big gap, but China also has strong athletes. For example, in the upcoming 100-meter sprint, there is a Chinese athlete named Liu Changchun, who is very strong, he defeated Kenjiro Oka last year, and tied my Asian record. ”

"Oh? Does China have such strong athletes? was able to tie Gu Sanjun's Asian record! Kian Qingyi said and looked at the list of contestants in his hand, and then continued: "The list of contestants in my hand does not have Liu Changchun's name, it seems that this strong athlete did not come to participate in this competition." ”

Someone next to him immediately explained: "President Kishiqing, according to the news we have received, Liu Changchun did not participate in this Far Eastern Games because of injury, and among the Chinese athletes participating in the 100-meter sprint this time, the strongest is their National Games champion, and the best result is 11 seconds!" ”

"Is it just 11 seconds? That's no cause for concern. We just need to focus on the situation in the Philippines. Kishi Kiyoshi said.

While several people were talking, the four runners who participated in the first group of the 100-meter sprint preliminary race had already stood on the track.

Gu Sansanwu stretched out his head and saw Chen Qiang at a glance.

"That athlete looks familiar, where have I seen him?" Gu Sansanwu frowned and recalled carefully.

The last time Gu Sansanwu saw Chen Qiang was nine months ago, although the time was not long, but with the memory of ordinary people, it was impossible to immediately recognize the stranger they met nine months ago.

What's more, Chen Qiang's performance at that time couldn't even run in 12 seconds, and such a level was too far away from participating in the Far Eastern Games, so Gu Sansanwu didn't think about it in that direction at all.

"I'm sure I've seen this guy, but I can't remember." Gu Sansanwu's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"Gu Sanjun, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong with it? "Someone next to me asked.

"I'm fine, thank you Nakajima-kun for your concern." Gu Sansanwu nodded slightly at the other party, expressed his gratitude, and then turned his gaze to the runway.

At this time, the four competitors had already bowed down and were ready to start.

Chen Qiang's unique starting posture instantly caught Gu Sansanwu's eyes.

The starting posture from the future is different from the starting posture of this era.

Seeing Chen Qiang's starting posture, Gu Sansanwu suddenly remembered what happened in Fudan High School nine months ago.

"It's him! Middle school students from Fudan High School in Shanghai! Gu Sansanwu's face changed dramatically in an instant.

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I'm going to change the title of the book......