On August 2, the Los Angeles Olympics entered their third day of competition.

The 200-meter preliminary race is being held. Compared to the 100m preliminary race, there are many fewer athletes participating, and it is said that some athletes originally signed up for the 200m race, but after the 100m race, they realized that they were not strong enough and simply abstained from the race.

The promotion rules are still the top three in the group, and in the first group of the preliminary round, there were two abstentions, so there were only three athletes participating, one of whom was Japan's Yoshioka Taka.

Three athletes participate, three promotion places, 100% promotion, anyone can come, even if they reach the finish line, they can advance to the semi-finals.

Originally, everyone thought that these three players were just going up to go through the motions, but what they didn't expect was that these three people really ran hard when they had already ensured the promotion, and the final results of the three were just over 22 seconds.

The second group featured four players, including American Eddie Tolan, who lived up to expectations and made the cut.

In the 200-meter dash of the Los Angeles Olympics in history, Eddie Tolan also won the championship.

Liu Changchun was placed in the third group, which consisted of four people, in addition to Liu Changchun, there were also Ralph Metcalfe of the United States, Harold Wright of Canada, and Stuart Black of New Zealand.

American Ralph Metcalfe, who just won the bronze medal in the 100-meter dash. Canada's Harold Wright also advanced to the semi-finals in the 100-meter dash, and the two must be a step above Liu Changchun.

As for the New Zealander, he made his debut today and he signed up for the 400m dash in addition to the 200m event.

In this race, although Liu Changchun tried his best, he still did not advance, and his final time was 23.1 seconds, only 0.1 seconds slower than the New Zealander.

Liu Changchun in history, the best result of 200 meters is 22 seconds, today's Liu Changchun, obviously did not play the peak state, it can be seen that after leaving the Northeast, he lost a stable training environment, and the impact on Liu Changchun is indeed quite big.

Chen Qiang comforted Liu Changchun a few words, and then stepped onto the field, and he was divided into the fourth group.

Two more athletes abstained from the fourth group, leaving only Chen Qiang, Japan's Taro Nakajima and Germany's Hendricks. This is another group where all the people are guaranteed to advance.

Chen Qiang and the German didn't do their best, they just ran symbolically, but Taro Nakajima seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and after the gunshots rang out, he rushed forward desperately, and happily won the first place in the group.

There are still three people left in the fifth group, and in the situation of three promotions, the three athletes run like they are walking. The first-place Argentine runner ran a 25.3-second runner, the second-place Dutch runner ran a 26.1-second runner, and the most exaggerated runner was the third-place American George Simpson, who ran a full 29-second time, all running for 30 seconds.

George Simpson won a silver medal in the 200m dash at the Los Angeles Olympics, and it is clear that he is very strong in the 200m event.

The sixth group is the only group in the 200m preliminary race, and the athletes in this group are also quite unlucky, three of the first five groups are fully escorted, and two groups are four and three, but they are the only group with five and three, and the competition pressure is the greatest.

Germany's Arthur Jonas and Argentine Bianchi both appeared in this group and both made it to the mix.

In the seventh group, there were four more players, with the last Indian player eliminated and the other three all making the cut.

Due to the abstentions of many competitors, the preliminary race of the 200m was not exciting at all, and even a bit like a farce. But in the next 200m rematch, no one was playing.

It can be seen from the results that the athletes attach great importance to the semi-finals. In the preliminary race, no one ran under 22 seconds.

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In the next rematch, in the first group of races, all five players ran under 22 seconds!

Liu Changchun looked at the five players in the first group of the semi-finals to finish the game, and then sighed helplessly.

Liu Changchun can see that the strength of the players participating in the semi-finals is indeed above himself.

"I didn't make the cut, I wasn't wronged at all, I was indeed inferior in skills." Liu Changchun shook his head slightly. At this time, he had realized that there was indeed a big gap between him and the top athletes in the world. Even if he is lucky enough to advance to the rematch, he will presumably be the weakest one in the rematch.

At this time, the referee also announces the athlete's results.

"Calve-Metcalfe, 21.5 seconds!"

After hearing this result, the other athletes couldn't help but be stunned.

"21.5 seconds? Did I hear me right? Calf Metcalfe ran 21.5 seconds! ”

"This is the new 200m world record, right? Now it's just a rematch, and someone is breaking the world record! ”

There was an exclamation of amazement, and many athletes threw adoring glances at Calph-Metcalfe.

The previous world record in the 200m was set by Jackson Scholz at the 1924 Paris Olympics in 21.6 seconds, a result that has finally been broken after eight years!

A new world record was set, and the emotions of the audience were instantly aroused. The depression of being taken away by Chen Qiang yesterday in the 100m gold medal was swept away in an instant, and everyone had an expression of pride and puff.

Eddie Tolan, the American who appeared in the second group of the semi-finals, did not disappoint the American crowd either, and he also ran a time of 21.5 seconds, tying the new world record just set by Calf Metcalfe!

The crowd boiled over again, and with both American players reaching new world records, the U.S. team changed the decline of yesterday's loss and became lively again.

In the third group of the semi-finals, American George Simpson came on, and he also ran a time of 21.5 seconds, tying the world record of the previous two American athletes.

George Simpson completely detonated the audience, and the three American runners all ran 21.5 seconds, all exceeding the previous world record, which seemed to show the world the strength of American track and field, and also to tell everyone that yesterday's failure in the 100-meter dash was nothing at all, and the American team had returned as king!

And this is more like a challenge to Chen Qiang, the three competitors of the American team told Chen Qiang with practical actions that the honor lost by the American team in the 100-meter dash will be regained in the 200-meter event!

The frantic shouts in the audience did not put the slightest pressure on Chen Qiang, and Chen Qiang was not surprised that all three American players broke the world record.

In the thirties of the twentieth century, it was originally an era of great development of sports, and in the two sports meetings of 1932 and 1936, outstanding athletes also emerged one after another, and new technologies appeared in various competitive sports. It was not until the outbreak of the Second World War that sport came to a standstill, and by the 1948 London Games, the level of athletes had deteriorated even from the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Chen Qiang even knows that at this Olympic Games, Eddie Tolan won the 200m gold medal with a time of 21.2 seconds, which is also a new world record.

Since Eddie Tolan will run 21.2 seconds in the final, it is not surprising when Chen Qiang faces three 21.5 seconds.

Chen Qiang is aiming for the Olympic championship in the 200m, and in order to win the gold medal in the 200m, he must be faster than Eddie Tolan's 21.2 seconds, and at least 21.1 seconds.

In the fourth group of the semi-finals, Chen Qiang appeared, and the handsome German Arthur Jonas, who appeared in the 100-meter final before, was also in this group.

At this time, the eyes of the audience were all focused on Chen Qiang, and when Chen Qiang stood on the track, some people even let out bursts of boos.

Facing the "challenge book" of 21.5 seconds from the first three American players, everyone wants to know what kind of response Chen Qiang will have.

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In the athletes' waiting area, the trio of the U.S. team stood together and looked at Chen Qiang on the track.

"I don't know what the Chinese's 200-meter level is." George Simpson spoke.

"Since he dares to sign up for the 200-meter race, he must have the strength. Unfortunately, he was placed in a lucky group in the preliminary round, with only three athletes participating, and he advanced directly to the semi-finals, and we don't know what his true level is in the 200m. Ralph Metcalfe spoke.

Eddie Tolan had a confident expression: "The 200m is different from the 100m, the 200m is not a desperate sprint forward, the 200m has a corner, which requires some cornering skills. China is so backward, with the training level of the Chinese, it is impossible for him to master the advanced cornering technique. ”

In this era, the level of track and field training in the United States is obviously a notch higher than that of other countries, and many American college track and field coaches have begun to study the basic curve running techniques. Of course, the cornering skills that the American coach currently masters, that is, showing off in front of the Europeans, are not worth mentioning in front of Chen Qiang at all.

The referee gave the order to prepare, and Chen Qiang bowed down and prepared to start.

"Look, is that Chinese squatting?" Someone pointed at Chen Qiang and asked.

"yes, how did he lean to the track." Someone next to him spoke.

"I see, he started in this position on purpose, so that he could get a longer straight sprint distance after the start!" One of the coaches spoke.

After all, this is the Olympic Games, and the coaches who can come here are also very discerning, so Chen Qiang's intentions can be seen at a glance.

At this moment, the sound of the start sounded, and Chen Qiang quickly rushed out of the starting line.

With Chen Qiang's continuous acceleration, the technique of corner running has also been thoroughly displayed.

"He's running so fast in the corners!" The thought came to the minds of the trio of Team USA at the same time.

Everyone is the world's top sprinter, and they are also very sensitive to the perception of speed, and they can feel that Chen Qiang is running fast in the corner.

"How do I think that Chinese's cornering skills are even better than mine!" Ralph Metcalfe muttered to himself, but as if he was communicating with two other teammates.

The other two American runners did not answer, although they could not understand Chen Qiang's running style, but the athletes' intuition told them that Chen Qiang's curve running method seemed to be more scientific.

"How is it possible, how can that backward place in China have more advanced track and field skills than the United States, I don't believe it!" Eddie Tolan shook his teeth and stared at Chen Qiang intently.

At this time, Chen Qiang on the track had entered the straight from the corner, and there was no doubt that he was ahead.

German handsome Arthur Jonas is full of depression again, he lost to Chen Qiang in the 100m final yesterday, and he will lose to Chen Qiang in today's 200m semi-final.

Chen Qiang is the world record holder in the 100-meter sprint, and no one in the world can compare to Chen Qiang in terms of straight speed. If the other four competitors can't beat Chen Qiang in the corner, it's even more impossible when they reach the straight.

I saw Chen Qiang riding in the dust and rushing directly to the finish line.

There were no cheers at the scene, only sparse applause, and the American audience was obviously still unhappy about Chen Qiang's 100-meter sprint gold medal yesterday. And in today's semi-final, the American trio all ran a time of 21.5 seconds, which gave the audience confidence. Now this group of American audiences has a momentum of "Lao Tzu is very awesome, and he is not afraid of you at all".

"What if the Chinese ran first in the group! The first three groups before were all Americans! ”

"The gold content of the first place in the group is different, and our three American athletes have all run a good time of 21.5 seconds, which is a new world record!"

"Wait, the referee will announce the results soon, we American athletes will be faster than that Chinese!"

The audience was full of discussions, but the trio of the American team looked at the referee with a solemn face.

These three world-class sprinters are much more accurate in judging speed than the audience, and at this time they already feel that Chen Qiang may be faster than them.

Finally, the referee announced Chen Qiang's results.

"3 seconds in 21 seconds!"

Exclamations came from all directions, and countless American spectators at the scene covered their mouths with their hands, looked at the referee in surprise, and looked at Chen Qiang, as if they couldn't believe the numbers they heard.

The American trio ran a time of 21.5 seconds, which has broken the previous world record, but what everyone didn't expect was that Chen Qiang was faster!

In 21.3 seconds, a new world record was born!

The previous world record was broken again less than half an hour after it appeared!

When the three American runners all ran 21.5 seconds, everyone was still wondering how Chen Qiang would pick up, and now, Chen Qiang gave a perfect response with his results!

What's the best way to fight back against a world record? That's another world record!

For this result, Chen Qiang is still quite satisfied. In last year's World Games, he had already run under 22 seconds. Now that a year has passed, Chen Qiang has been training very hard, and the improvement of strength is also a natural reward.

And Chen Qiang's body is also stronger than a year ago, but with the fact that his body has become stronger, Chen Qiang's performance will also improve, so running a world record of 21.3 seconds is also something Chen Qiang expected.

Chen Qiang also knows that he still has room for improvement. A time of 21.3 seconds was not enough to win the gold medal in the 200-meter dash, and he had to improve his time by another 0.2 seconds.

But that's all tomorrow, and now Chen Qiang has to deal with another battle.

The final of the long jump event is about to begin.

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