The referee announced the results of the fourth group, and the fifth-placed Mexican Moira was 11.2 seconds, and if he had been in the first two groups, he might have qualified, but fortunately in the fourth group, he could only finish from the bottom.

The world record holder Patcy Williams clocked 10.9 seconds, which is obviously not the true level of Patsy Williams, and as a world record holder, if he tried his best, it would be easy for him to run under 10.6 seconds.

It's a pity that there are no ifs in sports, and Patcy Williams pays the price for his arrogance. At this time, Patsy Williams regretted that if he had made a force earlier, he would never have been eliminated from the competition, and by the time he realized that it was time to exert his strength, it was too late.

There is no regret medicine in the world, and Patsy Williams can only swallow the bitter fruit of his own mistakes.

German champion Helmut Klenigge finished in 10.8 seconds, and he was glad he had accelerated early, otherwise he would have been eliminated, not Patsy Williams.

The Argentine Bianchi has a time of 10.7 seconds, and judging from the results, he is also a very strong athlete, or he is the one who has been playing pig and eating tiger.

Speaking of Patsy Williams is also unlucky, in the same group, Chen Qiang and Bianchi are both unknown athletes, but they both have world-class strength, both of them are here to pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, belonging to the two "mines" in the preliminary round, but they were both stepped on by Patsy Williams.

Chen Qiang's time was 10.6 seconds, which was also the same Olympic record for the 100-meter sprint.

As soon as the result of 10.6 seconds was announced, Chen Qiang immediately attracted the attention of the audience.

"Do you hear that? That Chinese ran 10 seconds 6! ”

"10.6 seconds, equaling the Olympic record in the 100-meter sprint event, can Chinese run so fast?"

"What is the origin of that Chinese? I can run so fast! ”

"I always thought that there were no real athletes in a ghost place like China, and it seems that I was wrong."

There was a discussion in the audience, and the audience did not feel shocked by Chen Qiang's 10.6 seconds, but felt very novel. For Americans, China is too far away on the other side of the world, and Americans' understanding of China is mainly in Chinatown, in the "Chinese Exclusion Act", and in the "Yellow Peril Theory" that is propagated all the time.

It is precisely because Americans do not understand China that when Chinese athletes appear in the Olympic Games, Americans will find it novel, and when Chen Qiang ran a time of 10.6 seconds, this novelty has deepened a few points.

This feeling is probably like the future North Korea participating in the World Cup, and Western countries with prejudiced glasses, while scolding North Korea, while spreading all kinds of rumors about North Korea, while observing the North Korean team with curious eyes.

If it is placed in the future, Chen Qiang, as the protector of the Asian record, will not be an unknown person in the Olympic Games, in the era of information explosion, you can learn about the opponent's information by checking it on the Internet.

But in the thirties, the dissemination of information was not convenient, and European and American countries did not pay attention to Asian athletes at all, let alone specifically understand Asian record holders, perhaps in their opinion, China was still a wild and uncivilized place, and the Chinese were similar to the indigenous Africans.

This is especially true of the United States, which has always pursued a policy of isolation, and Americans do not know much about the European continent, so how can they care about the situation in Asia, and how can they specifically find out who is the fastest in Asia!

……

The moment Chen Qiang crossed the finish line, Zhao Zhanshan in the stands wanted to cheer loudly, but he couldn't help it.

Chinese are not very good at expressing themselves, and they like to conform to the crowd, and others are surprised and quiet, so Zhao Zhanshan can only forcibly suppress the excitement in his heart and quiet himself.

What's more, the situation of Chinese in the United States is not very good, and the way for Chinese Americans to survive is nothing more than four words: low-key and forbearing!

So he didn't cheer, just clenched his fists excitedly, and anyone could see the smug color in his eyes.

Next to him, the freckled young man suddenly said: "Okay, I take back what I just said, I admit that you Chinese also have very good athletes, and Chinese can also run!" ”

Zhao Zhanshan looked at the other party with some surprise, he didn't expect this young American to take the initiative to admit his mistake.

"Hey, buddy, why are you looking at me like that!" The American youth went on to say: "This is competitive sports, winning is winning, you Chinese run faster, this is a fact, there is nothing that cannot be admitted!" ”

Zhao Zhanshan suddenly realized that what he gained the most in this game was not the joy and excitement in his heart, but a kind of recognition, a kind of recognition, and a kind of dignity!

In the United States, how difficult it is for Chinese people to be recognized by white people!

Chen Qiang's trivial victory will not allow the US government to cancel the Chinese Exclusion Act, nor can it change the status quo of discrimination against Chinese in the United States. But at least the Americans can be told that the Chinese can also run!

……

Song Junfu and Liu Changchun surrounded Chen Qiang, and they were even more excited than Chen Qiang.

In fact, Chen Qiang's promotion has made Liu Changchun's pressure much less, and now at least one member of the Chinese team has advanced to the semifinals, and for the nationals, it can be regarded as an explanation, and Liu Changchun does not need to blame himself for not being promoted.

Although the rematch was held in the afternoon, Chen Qiang did not leave the court and continued to watch the matches of other groups, which are likely to include his opponents in the rematch.

There were only four competitors in the fifth group, including American Ralph Metcalfe, so the Americans were excited again. Ralph Metcalfe did not disappoint the American crowd either, finishing first in the group and comfortably qualifying.

There are no American players in the sixth group, and the competition is not fierce, and the threshold for promotion in this group is 11.3 seconds, which is a relatively low level group.

In the seventh group, Chen Qiang met his old opponent, Japan's Yoshioka Lude. As a result, Yoshioka Lund won the first place in the group with a time of 10.9 seconds, and it was easy to advance.

……

The semi-final of the 100-meter sprint was held in the afternoon of the same day, and although Liu Changchun did not have a competition task, he still came to the scene to cheer for Chen Qiang.

In the semi-final group, Chen Qiang was placed in the third group, along with the American Ralph Metcalfe, the British Ennie Page, the New Zealander Elliot, and the Frenchman Engette Guerline.

Among them, the Englishman Ennie Page was the one who defeated Liu Changchun in the preliminary round, and the New Zealander Elliot and the German Engert Garing, Chen Qiang had not heard of it. In terms of the preliminary results, the New Zealander was stronger, he qualified in 10.8 seconds, while the German's qualification time was 11.3 seconds, the worst of all the semi-finalists, and he will be eliminated in the semi-finals if there are no accidents.

Chen Qiang paid the most attention to the American player Ralph Metcalfe.

Ralph Metcalfe won a silver medal in the 100-meter dash and a bronze medal in the 200-meter dash at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, and a silver medal in the 100m at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It is said that at the 1932 Olympics, he was supposed to win the gold medal in the 200m, but his starting position was miscalculated by the organizers, causing him to run two meters longer than others.

The reason why Chen Qiang has heard of Ralph Metcalfe is because of the famous simultaneous crossing of the line in the 100-meter dash final at the Los Angeles Olympics.

In the final of the 100-meter dash at the Los Angeles Olympics, American runners Eddie Tolan and Ralph Metcalfe crossed the line at the same time, and it was impossible to tell who came first and who came behind with the naked eye. In those days when there were no high-speed cameras, it was impossible to judge the final ranking by replay.

Two of Eddie Tolan's three timers show 10.3 seconds and one shows 10.4 seconds, while Ralph Metcalfe's three timers are all 10.3 seconds. However, the final verdict of the referee was that Eddie Tolan was 2.5 cm ahead of Ralph Metcalfe, so Eddie Tolan was the champion and Ralph Metcalfe was the runner-up.

In fact, in that kind of high-speed movement, the naked eye could not catch the difference of 2.5 centimeters at all, so the referee's decision was not convincing. This is also the most controversial verdict in the 100-meter dash event in the history of the Olympic Games.

For the Chinese, the most eye-catching part of the 1932 Olympic Games was that Liu Changchun represented the Chinese and stood on the Olympic stage for the first time. For Americans, the most talked-about event of the 1932 Olympics was the controversial verdict.

I have to say that Ralph Metcalfe's luck is quite bad, in the same Olympic Games, the 100-meter gold medal was confiscated by the referee, and the 200-meter gold medal flew away because of the extra two meters of distance.

Bad luck is bad, but it cannot be denied that Ralph Metcalfe was definitely the world's top sprinter at that time, so Chen Qiang did not dare to take it lightly.

……

The first group of the 100-meter dash rerace. Eddie Tolan of the United States set an Olympic record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.4 seconds.

In the preliminary round, the Argentine Bianchi, who was in the same group as Chen Qiang, also ran a good time of 10.5 seconds, second only to Eddie Tolan, and qualified second in the group.

At this time, the contestants had already realized that Bianchi was really pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and he could run a time of 10.5 seconds, so Patsy Williams was eliminated, and it didn't seem to be wronged at all.

In the second group of the subsequent semi-finals, George Simpson of the United States qualified first in the group with a time of 10.7 seconds, and Lund Yoshioka ran a 10.8 seconds to finish second and also advanced to the semifinals.

This was followed by Chen Qiang's third group.

Standing on the track again, Chen Qiang was no longer the player who no one cared about, and Chen Qiang could feel that the other four people were afraid of him. Perhaps except for Ralph Metcalfe, the other three ran less than 10.6 seconds.

This time, Chen Qiang is no longer a weak chicken in the eyes of others, and if he runs another 10.6 seconds, it will be enough to ensure a place to advance.

At the beginning of the race, the German athlete dropped the chain, and he qualified for the semi-finals with a time of only 11.3 seconds, which was the weakest of all the semi-finalists, and it was normal to fall behind.

Chen Qiang still used his starting skills to gain a lead at the beginning of the race.

"This Chinese is very good at starting! I remember in the first round, he was also leading from the start. Ralph Metcalfe of the United States said to himself.

But Ralph Metcalfe is not in a hurry, his explosiveness is very good, so he doesn't care about the start of the race, he believes that as long as his speed increases, he will inevitably surpass Chen Qiang.

So Ralph Metcalfe began to accelerate step by step, exerting his explosive power, and easily left Briton Ennie Page and New Zealander Elliot behind.

After 50 meters, there are only two suspense left in the race, the first is who will secure the third qualification spot between the British and the New Zealander, and the other is whether Ralph Metcalfe can surpass Chen Qiang.

This is only a rematch, and he only needs to run the top three to qualify, and if Ralph Metcalfe finishes in second place, he can qualify, and there is no need for him to try to overtake Chen Qiang again.

But Ralph Metcalfe is American, and this is his home stadium, and the stands around him are filled with his compatriots!

In the first group of the semi-finals, the American Eddie Tolan advanced first in the group, and in the second group of the semi-finals, the American George Simpson also advanced as the first in the group, and now it is Ralph Metcalfe's turn, of course, he must also strive to advance as the first in the group, otherwise it will be too embarrassing. People will say: The other two Americans were the top players in the group, so why did you finish second?

For the sake of American glory, Ralph Metcalfe must fight for the first place.

Ralph Metcalfe made a fierce effort and began to attack Chen Qiang, he was still very confident in his speed, and he believed that he would soon be able to catch up with Chen Qiang.

"As a Chinese, a time of 10.6 seconds is already very good, which is enough to break into the final, but unfortunately, you met me! For me, 10.6 seconds is just a very ordinary time! Ralph Metcalfe thought confidently.

Ralph Metcalfe's personal best is a world record of 10.3 seconds, and it was an easy time for him to surpass 10.6 seconds.

Ralph-Metcalfe is like a shark that smells blood, excited and manic, in his eyes, Chen Qiang is the prey that is bleeding!

60 meters, 70 meters, 80 meters......

Ralph Metcalfe always felt that he could catch up with Chen Qiang in the next second, but thirty meters later, the gap between him and Chen Qiang has not decreased in the slightest.

With twenty meters left to the finish, Ralph Metcalfe suddenly realized it.

"I didn't catch up! Am I too late? No, it's because this Chinese is fast, and his strength is definitely not just 10 seconds 6! He's sure he can run under 10.5 seconds, or even faster! Ralph Metcalfe's mind suddenly went blank.

If the opponent is a top player in Europe and the United States, then Ralph Metcalfe will not be surprised to run a faster time.

But Chen Qiang is a Chinese, a Chinese who has never appeared in the Olympic Games!

It's hard for Ralph Metcalfe to imagine that the Chinese who spend all day in Chinatown and live like rats can run so fast!

"Can the Chinese run so fast?"

……

Ralph Metcalfe crossed the finish line and he was only second.

The spectators in the surrounding stands reluctantly gave applause, and in this applause, there was even a faint boo.

As Ralph Metcalfe thought, the other two American players were the first in the group, but he was the second in the group, which made some of the audience very dissatisfied, especially those with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Ralph Metcalfe walked to the side of the track with a somewhat gloomy face, and his two compatriots, Eddie Tolan and George Simpson, walked over at the same time.

"Ralph, don't worry, it's just a rematch." Eddie Tolan spoke.

"yes, Ralph, it's not a big deal, we all know that you're not doing your best at all!" George Simpson is also comforting him.

Ralph Metcalfe shook his head: "That Chinese is very strong, even if I try my best, I may not be able to win him!" ”

"Ralph, you're not kidding, are you? That guy is just a Chinese! Eddie Tolan asked.

Eddie Tolan is well aware of Ralph Metcalfe's strength, and he didn't expect Ralph Metcalfe to have such a high opinion of Chen Qiang.

"Eddie, do you look at me like I'm joking?" Ralph Metcalfe took a deep breath and continued: "I have a hunch that that Chinese may be the biggest opponent of our American team!" ”

As soon as Ralph Metcalfe's words fell, the referee announced the results.

Ralph Metcalfe's time was 10.5 seconds.

When the three players of the American team heard this result, their faces suddenly changed.

Ralph Metcalfe ran 10.5 seconds, and he was only second, which doesn't mean that the Chinese ran faster.

Sure enough, the referee announced Chen Qiang's time of 10.4 seconds, 0.1 seconds faster than Ralph Metcalfe.

American athlete Eddie Tolan's face suddenly became solemn, just restarted the first group, Eddie Tolan also ran a 10.4 seconds, which is a new Olympic record in the 100-meter sprint.

It didn't take a few minutes for the new Olympic record he set to be equaled by Chen Qiang!

……

Shanghai, French Concession.

"Look at the newspaper, read the newspaper, my country's athlete Chen Qiang participated in the Olympic Games and won the first battle!"

"Chen Qiang successfully advanced to the Olympic semifinals!"

"Look at the newspaper, China's first Olympic victory!"

"Look at the newspaper, Chen Qiang won two groups in a row!"

Major newspapers in Shanghai have already published the news that Chen Qiang has advanced to the semifinals of the Olympic Games.

For Shanghainese, the name Chen Qiang is not unfamiliar, a month ago, when Chen Qiang went to the Olympic Games, Shanghai's major newspapers also reported it one after another.

Of course, at that time, there were still some people clamoring for the "uselessness of the Olympics" and publishing articles asking Chen Qiang to donate all the money.

However, with the news of Chen Qiang's promotion, these people all stopped.

Sports people are naturally jubilant, and the Chinese can advance to the semifinals when they participate in the Olympic Games for the first time, which is already a very good result.

And for ordinary people, the Olympics are still too far away. Ordinary people don't know what the Olympics are, they don't know where Los Angeles is in the United States, and the jerky words used in newspapers when reporting on the Olympics are even more difficult for them to understand.

But they knew that Chen Qiang had won the foreigners! That's enough. That's enough to make them feel uplifted!

China in 1932 was in great need of some exciting news.

……

August 1, the second day of competition at the Los Angeles Olympics.

The semi-finals of the 100m dash consisted of only two groups of six people each, with the top three advancing to the afternoon final.

Chen Qiang was placed in the first group, along with Eddie Tolan of the United States, Danny Jubert of South Africa, Lund Yoshioka of Japan, Eliot of New Zealand and Helmut Klenigge of Germany.

The Germans and New Zealanders were Chen Qiang's opponents in the preliminary and semi-finals respectively, and they were also Chen Qiang's defeated men.

The South African player named Danny Jubert, Chen Qiang didn't know, Chen Qiang only knew that he ran a time of 10.6 seconds in the semi-finals, which should be a bit strong.

The Japanese Yoshioka Takade is Chen Qiang's old opponent, so there is no need to introduce more.

American player Eddie Tolan was the object of Chen Qiang's attention at the end. Eddie Tolan broke the world record of 100 yards twice when he was in college, and in 1931 he also equaled the world record of 10.3 seconds. At the Los Angeles Olympics in history, the 100m and 200m champions were taken away by Eddie Tolan. In the future, Eddie Tolan was also judged by the Americans as one of the "Top 10 World Sprint Champions".

Eddie Tolan is not tall, less than 1.7 meters, but his body is very thick and muscular, and he has a bit of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. So he's the kind of athlete who has a lot of explosiveness and a fast pace.

……

Yoshioka Lund looked at Chen Qiang with a complicated expression.

On the ship to the United States, Yoshioka Lund was extremely eager to compete with Chen Qiang, and he wanted to defeat Chen Qiang in the Olympic Games.

However, in yesterday's rematch, Chen Qiang ran a time of 10.4 seconds, which directly shattered Yoshioka Lund's desire to challenge.

After seeing the time of 10.4 seconds, Yoshioka Lund realized that he didn't need to compete with Chen Qiang anymore, he had already lost! With his current strength, he can't run 10.4 seconds at all.

But in the semifinals, Yoshioka Lund was in the same group as Chen Qiang, and he had to appear and compete with Chen Qiang.

"Are you going to lose to Chen Qiang again!" Yoshioka Lund looked at the finish line in front of him, and sighed a little helplessly, thinking of the 10.4 second result, he really lost confidence in himself.

When the guns rang out, Yoshioka Lund was still fast, and although he was not confident of defeating Chen Qiang, he was hoping to advance to the final.

Ahead, Chen Qiang is very fast, and Eddie Tolan is also very fast, and these two are obviously half a beat faster than the other players.

And Yoshioka Lund is in the second group with the South African player Danny Jubert. Barring no surprises, the two will compete for a third place in the promotion.

……

In Yoshioka's Lund, American Eddie Tolan was a fast runner.

But in Chen's eyes, it was clear that Eddie Tolan hadn't done his best.

"This guy is reserving his physical strength for the finals in the afternoon!" Chen Qiang was already aware of this.

Eddie Tolan ran a 10.4 second run at the restart yesterday because there was no race that day.

Today was different, there was a final of the 100m dash in the afternoon, and for Eddie Tolan, that was the most important thing.

So in the semi-finals, Eddie Tolan clearly had reservations.

Chen Qiang also has reservations, this time, he did not fight for the first place in the group, and he also has to save some strength for the final in the afternoon.

At this time, Chen Qiang and Eddie Tolan seem to have reached some kind of agreement, and the two seem to be competing, but in fact they are both retaining. These two people are running almost side by side, and between them, they are like two samurai, constantly testing each other, but neither of them is willing to take the lead in using a killing move.

Obviously, both of them hid their hole cards, but they didn't want to expose them in the semi-finals, and neither of them wanted to be tested by the other party.

This game continued until the end, the two crossed the line almost at the same time, and both of them also scored 10.6 seconds, and finally the referee decided that the first place was Eddie Tolan and Chen Qiang was the second place.

For this result, Chen Qiang feels that it doesn't matter, this is just the semi-finals, and he and Eddie Tolan will not really be able to compete until the finals.

There was no joy on Eddie Tolan's face either, and it was clear that he also knew that the semi-finals didn't matter, both of them had reservations, and the final was the real battleground!

Third place was won by the South African, who clocked 10.8 seconds, and Yoshioka Lund also ran 10.8 seconds, but was a little slower than the South African, and unfortunately was eliminated.

In the second group of the semi-finals, two other American athletes also managed to advance, and the last place to qualify was won by German Arthur Jonas.

All six runners in the 100-meter sprint final were born. They are Eddie Tolan, Ralph Metcalfe, George Simpson of the United States, Danny Jubert of South Africa, Arthur Jonas of Germany, and Chen Qiang of China!

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