In March, the National Sports Association submitted a second budget, this time with 10 fewer athletes but a significant increase in costs.

The increase was mainly due to the cost of the boat to Venice, and the Italians, who had expected China to attend the Olympics and must arrive in Berlin in late July, made a big start and quoted a ticket price that was twice as high as usual.

The Ministry of Education, on the other hand, hopes to form another delegation to Europe to study the development of sports in various countries. The tour is semi-self-financed, with each person paying a portion of the fee and the other part of the cost being paid for by the participation funds.

On the European side, a boycott of the Berlin Olympics has begun. The French announced that they would convene a "Congress in Defense of Olympic Ideas" and called on people to oppose the holding of the Olympics in Berlin.

The meeting was attended by France, Spain, the United States, the United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and other countries. With the exception of the United States and Spain, other countries are either Germany's neighbors on the road or across the sea from Germany, and these countries are clearly very concerned about the current German government.

The French used the event to promote Barcelona as the venue for the 1936 Olympic Games, instead of Berlin. The reason why Spain was chosen was mainly because the progressive parties in Spain united at that time and thwarted the Spanish Falangists, and the Spanish Falangist Party happened to be a party that followed the Faxi line, so Spain at that time was the most resolute anti-Faxi country in Europe, and it could be used to fight the Germans.

The Soviet Union in 1936 did not participate in the Olympics, and if Britain, France, the United States, and the neighboring countries of Germany did not participate, then there would be few participating countries left in the Berlin Olympics. Faced with this situation, the powerful German Führer had to compromise with the Olympics by allowing Jewish and black athletes to participate in order to gain the IOC's support for Berlin.

Just when Western countries were competing for the Olympic Games, the selection of members of the Olympic delegation in China also began.

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The basketball tryouts were held in Shanghai, and the players were mainly from the four cities of Beiping, Tianjin, Nanjing and Shanghai, with Beiping and Tianjin representing North China and Nanjing and Shanghai representing East China. After the North and East China players competed, 20 athletes were selected, and then these 20 players competed against the foreign basketball team in Shanghai three times, and finally 14 athletes were selected to participate in the Olympic Games. After the qualifiers, the basketball team will go to Tsinghua University in Peking for a two-month training camp.

The selection of football players was held in Hong Kong, mainly from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Malaysia, and 22 players were selected as the captain.

There was no qualifier for the swimming event, and the selection committee directly selected Chen Zhenxing and Yang Xiuqiong as competitors according to the latest swimming results of domestic men and women.

In the boxing event, four people were selected directly from the 32nd Army. In China at that time, boxing did not receive as much attention as basketball, so there were very few people who were good at the sport. The commander of the 32nd Army loved boxing, and founded a Western boxing team in the army to train a group of good boxers, so the boxers who participated in the Berlin Olympics were also from the 32nd Army. The four selected fighters will undergo special training in Shanghai, and the Chinese Sports Association has invited a British boxing coach to coach them.

Cyclists are selected by recommendation. Howard Howard Ho of the Dutch Overseas Chinese Games has won the Rotterdam Cycling Championship and the All-Dutch Cycling Championship. The Dutch wanted Ho to represent the Dutch team at the Olympics, but Ho refused. Ho Ho Wah himself applied to the Chinese Consulate in the Netherlands many times, hoping to represent China in the competition, and finally got his wish and became a member of the Chinese team to participate in the cycling competition at the Berlin Olympics. As Ho Ho is in the Netherlands, he will travel directly to Berlin to join the Chinese team

As for track and field, it is divided into two parts: primary selection and preliminary selection, the primary selection is based on the athletes' track and field performance, the selected athletes will be concentrated in Tsinghua University for special training, and then the preliminary selection, and finally determine Liu Changchun, Cheng Jinguan and other 15 athletes to participate in the Olympic Games.

In addition, there is another person who entered the Chinese Olympic delegation directly without any selection, and that is Chen Qiang.

As Chen Qiang, naturally he doesn't have to participate in the trials, and the Chinese Sports Association didn't even tell Chen Qiang about the selection, just to let him train with peace of mind. Chen Qiang himself only knew about the Olympic trials by reading the newspaper.

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In the training space, Chen Qiang has been training for the high jump event.

The high jump is a new project developed by Chen Qiang, and he also plans to compete in the Olympic high jump.

This time in the Berlin Olympics, Chen Qiang decided not to participate in the 400-meter sprint event, but replaced the 400-meter hurdles with the 110-meter hurdles, discus throw and high jump. These three projects have one thing in common, that is, the requirements for technology are relatively high, and Chen Qiang also has the technology of the Kua generation.

In this era, there is no back-to-back technique, and in the absence of back-to-back technique, it is difficult for athletes to jump even two meters, such as the last Los Angeles Olympics, the high jump champion achieved 1.97 meters.

It is no exaggeration to say that the emergence of the back-crossing technique has directly changed the sport of long jump, and it is also the emergence of the back-crossing technique that allows ordinary athletes to successfully jump over the two-meter mark.

According to the future national athlete standard, the national first-class high jumper achieves a standard of two meters, and in this era can win the Olympic gold medal, which is the improvement brought by the back-crossing technique.

The 110-meter hurdles landing connection technology, the discus throw's back rotation technology, and the high jump back technique are all technologies far beyond this era, and they can all bring a qualitative leap to the results. It is precisely because of these exaggerated generations of skills that Chen Qiang has the confidence to participate in the three events of the Olympic Games.

From the point of view of physical exertion, the physical energy required to run a 400-meter run is enough to complete a 110-meter hurdle, then throw a discus throw, and then complete a high jump. Moreover, in the discus throw and high jump, the athletes take turns to play, and there will be rest time in between, and the physical consumption is not large.

From the perspective of gold medals, a 400-meter gold medal, in exchange for a 110-meter hurdles gold medal, a discus gold medal and a high jump gold medal, this business of exchanging three must be profitable.

Chen Qiang chose the high jump because he had practiced this event when he was an athlete, and he was familiar with the technical points.

High jump is the most basic track and field sport, and even ordinary primary and secondary school physical education classes can be taught, how can a person like Chen Qiang, who has been a professional athlete, not practice. In his previous life, although he was not a very high-level high jumper, he was still very proficient in basic techniques such as the back-to-back style.

However, because the back-to-back technique used by Chen Qiang is a technique that has never appeared before, Chen Qiang did not dare to practice high jump in public, he could only practice in space, so as not to leak the new technology of back-to-back style.

At this time, the benefits of the training space are once again reflected, with such a private training place, Chen Qiang does not have to worry about being stolen by others.

If you calculate it carefully, at the Berlin Olympics, Chen Qiang will compete in the 100-meter, 200-meter, 110-meter hurdles, high jump, long jump, triple jump, and discus. The event spans the three major athletics disciplines of running, jumping and throwing, and is basically catching up with the decathlon.

For Chen Qiang to sign up for so many projects, the Chinese Sports Association was opposed at first, they were worried that Chen Qiang would not be able to chew too much, but in the end they still couldn't resist Chen Qiang and signed up for Chen Qiang.

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In June, China's participation in the Berlin Olympics is already ready, only the funds are missing.

There was also news from Europe that the Falangists in Spain were united with the royalists, the Falangists got weapons from Germany, and the leaders of the Loyalists also had the support of Italy, which made the situation in Spain very tense, and the contradictions and conflicts between the left and the right were planned, and a civil war could break out at any time. In this case, Barcelona replaced Berlin to host the 1936 Olympic Games, and naturally it was not a problem.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has also stood up in support of the Berlin Olympics, and the French's "Conference on the Defense of the Olympic Ideology" has been carried out in vain, and there are two ways in front of France, either to give up the boycott and cheekily participate in the Berlin Olympics, or to stick to the end and withdraw from the Berlin Olympics.

Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles, France could compromise, and an Olympic Games would naturally not be carried to the end, so the French began to prepare for the Berlin Olympics.

The fact that the Olympic Games will be held in Berlin has been decided, and the Executive Yuan has reluctantly allocated another 140,000 yuan, and the insufficient part will be raised by the Chinese Sports Association itself.

The Chinese Sports Association has already raised 20,000 yuan for the competition, but this is far from enough, so it can only start some fundraising activities.

Zhang Shaomarshal of the Northeast Army, Chairman Han of Shandong, Chairman Yan of Shanxi, Chairman Chen of Guangdong, Commander Li of Guangxi, and Mayor Shen of Qingdao also donated generously, and these high-ranking officials and dignitaries finally collected more than 30,000 yuan in donations.

According to the preliminaries previously arranged, with these 50,000 yuan, the participation funds are enough. However, due to the addition of a European delegation in Nanjing, the cost of this delegation to visit seven European countries is much higher than that of athletes, so this budget is still stretched.

In this case, the football team offered to raise their own funds, and they will set off in May to raise funds by playing an exhibition match in Nanyang before going to Berlin to meet the Chinese delegation.

Historically, the Chinese football team did play exhibition matches all the way to Europe, they traveled to Nanyang and India, played a total of 27 games, won 23 wins and 4 draws, and finally raised more than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, of which 100,000 Hong Kong dollars were remitted to the National Sports Association as the participation fee of other athletes.

At the Berlin Olympics, China sent a total of 69 athletes, and 22 members of the football team went to earn their own travel expenses, which is equivalent to reducing the burden of athletes by one-third, which makes the originally very tight funds much more comfortable, at least the athletes' round-trip expenses are no longer to worry.

Before going abroad, the National Sports Association customized special clothing for the athletes, all of which were navy blue suits and a domestic straw hat. The male team members are white shirts, black ties, white pants and black leather shoes; The women's reunion is a white start and brown flat-heeled leather shoes.

At the same time, the Sports Association also specially edited a book of "Instructions for Going Abroad", which gave a detailed introduction to the distance abroad, luggage to bring, the weather of the journey, the situation of meals and accommodation, and the basic information of the Olympic Games.

Before departure, the German Consulate in Shanghai also held a farewell party for the Chinese Olympic delegation, and a promotional video of the Olympic Games shot by Germany was shown at the farewell party, so that the athletes could have a preliminary understanding of the Berlin Olympic Games.

On June 26, the Chinese Olympic delegation boarded a passenger ship to Venice.

It takes 25 days to get from Shanghai to Venice, which is about the same time as going to the United States, mainly because there are many ports to stop at on the way, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai and other important cities.

The director general of the delegation is still Shen Siliang, who held a plenary meeting on the second day of boarding the ship and drew up a set of schedules for the athletes.

Athletes have to get up at half past six every day to wash, seven to half past seven, do morning exercises on the deck, and then have breakfast, after breakfast is the training time, until eleven o'clock at noon, hold a group study, the main content of learning is some Western etiquette, participation instructions and some knowledge of foreign sports development.

Group study until 12 o'clock, then lunchtime, an hour's break after lunch, German learning from 2 to 5 p.m., German learning followed by dinner time, after dinner there are amusement fairs, chess competitions and other activities.

Unfortunately, the plan could not keep up with the change, and many athletes were not adapted to the ocean voyage, and suffered from seasickness, so they could only stay in the cabin and could not participate in any activities.

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During normal training hours in the morning, Chen Qiang wandered aimlessly around the boat.

Space on board is limited, and most athletes are engaged in sports that are not suitable for training on board. So they can only masquerade in the gym.

Chen Qiang didn't have much interest in iron, so he left the gym, and Professor John Ma, as the head coach of the track and field team, did not stop Chen Qiang and directly gave him the privilege of free activities.

Unconsciously, Chen Qiang came to the top deck, only to see a large group of people gathered around the deck, so lively.

Chen Qiang walked in and saw that it turned out that the athletes participating in the boxing match were training.

Unlike other sports, boxing does not delay training on a ship, and the deck is not large enough for athletes from other sports, but it is more than enough for two boxers to fight each other.

The four players who participated in the boxing match were all soldiers of the 32nd Army, and their names were Wang Ruilan, Jin Guidi, Jin Gui and Li Menghua, and they were all as old as Chen Qiang.

Looking at these four energetic young people, Chen Qiang's eyes couldn't help but be a little moist, he took a deep breath, silently withdrew from the crowd, and then walked away from the deck with a sad face.

Because Chen Qiang knows the ultimate fate of these four athletes.

Jin Guidi successfully advanced to the second round at the Berlin Olympics, and was the only Asian boxer who could advance to the second round, and he could also be called the Asian boxing champion at that time. In the Battle of Anyang in October 1937, he jumped onto a Japanese tank with a grenade tied to his body and died heroically at the age of 21.

In the Battle of Yuanshi in Hebei Province in August 1937, Wang Runlan was wounded and unable to move for several days and nights, and finally pulled a grenade and died with the Japanese army at the age of 24.

In the Battle of Taierzhuang in March 1938, Jin Gui repeatedly fought for positions with the Japanese army and was martyred at the age of 23.

Li Menghua was the only one of the four who survived, but he also participated in many battles, including the Battle of Taierzhuang.

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After arriving in Venice, the Chinese delegation took a short break and took the train to Berlin. I arrived in Berlin on July 23, a week before the start of the Berlin Olympics. According to the plan, the Chinese team will sail to your country on September 4, which means that the Chinese team players will stay in Berlin for more than a month.

For this Olympic Games, Germany has built an Olympic Village, which is a large white wooden house with two people, but only male athletes are allowed to live, and female athletes are arranged in special women's dormitories. The scene of the future Olympic Village, where the party was rampant and flying around, would not have happened at that time.

After the accommodation arrangements were made, the Chinese delegation held another meeting and formulated the "Accommodation Regulations" and "Work and Rest Schedule" in the Olympic Village, requiring everyone to abide by discipline, obey the instructions, and rest and train on time. At the same time, there are also requirements for the image of the athletes, such as neat clothing, good manners, etc., while also paying attention to the Western etiquette taught during the journey.

Germany has prepared a special training place for athletes participating in the Olympic Games, including basketball courts, track and field fields, swimming pools, etc., the training ground is open at 5 o'clock in the morning and ends at 6 o'clock in the evening, but because the athletes from all countries have to train, so the number is relatively large, so the training ground can only be divided into time periods to entertain athletes from various countries, and this also gives Chinese athletes the opportunity to observe and learn.

In addition to rushing to train at the specified time, Chinese athletes often gather in groups to watch the training of other countries, learn and summarize the practice methods and advanced techniques of outstanding foreign athletes, and many even forget to eat in order to watch the training.

Chen Qiang is not very keen on training. He has a training space, so there is no shortage of training places and time, and if he practices in this kind of public training ground, it is easy to expose his technical characteristics, Chen Qiang does not want the advanced technology he has mastered to be learned by others.

But Chen Qiang is also observing the training of athletes from other countries, not to learn, but to understand how far various sports have developed.

Athletes from other countries are also training to observe their opponents and learn from each other's strengths, with the sprinting of black American athletes and the long jump of Japanese athletes being the most watched on the training ground.

Of course, Chen Qiang, as the "world's No. 1 athlete", has also attracted the most attention, and there are not a few people who want to steal from Chen Qiang, but Chen Qiang deliberately does not work hard in training, but it takes time to go through the process, is it lazy, he does not disclose his technical characteristics at all, and others can't learn anything from Chen Qiang.

Many foreign players also can't stop complaining, why is the "world's No. 1 athlete" this virtue, training is cheating and slippery, not serious at all!

Some people also say that Chen Qiang is inflated, and after becoming famous, he doesn't train seriously, and begins to rely on talent to eat.

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When the Japanese team came to the training ground, Chen Qiang saw a few acquaintances, but more of them were unfamiliar faces.

Japan's "sprint geek" Yoshioka Lud also saw Chen Qiang, so he took the initiative to say hello.

"Jun Chen, it's an honor to meet you again in the competition." Yoshioka Lund bowed slightly at Chen Qiang, and inside his mouth was a broken "Japanese English".

"Lund Yoshioka's English has improved! I remember four years ago he spoke English and knew a few words. Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

Although China and Japan are at war, this is the Olympic Games, which symbolize peace, and athletes from both China and Japan should not bring hatred to the Olympics. What's more, reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, Yoshioka Lund's etiquette is very thoughtful, showing respect for Chen Qiang, and Chen Qiang can't give Yoshioka Lund's face, in that case, it will seem that the Chinese are too ungraceful.

So Chen Qiang could only put on a smile and greet Yoshioka Lund.

The Japanese have the nature of worshipping the strong, and four years ago, Yoshioka Lund was still thinking about how to defeat Chen Qiang, but since the Los Angeles Olympics, Yoshioka Lund's attitude towards Chen Qiang has become respectful, and even he speaks unconsciously politely.

After the two chatted for a few words, Chen Qiang said: "Mr. Yoshioka, I saw Naoto Tajima and Kenichi Oshima in your country's team, why didn't I see Mr. Tadahei Nanbu?" ”

Naoto Tajima and Kenichi Oshima were both Japanese athletes who participated in the Los Angeles Olympics, when Naoto Tajima competed in the long jump and Kenichi Oshima competed in the triple jump, so Chen Qiang still remembers them.

However, Chen Qiang is most concerned about Nanfang Zhongping, because during the Los Angeles Olympics, the opponent who exerted the most pressure on Chen Qiang was Nanfang Zhongping, and the two launched a world record-breaking battle, constantly overtaking each other, until the last jump to determine the winner.

I only heard Yoshioka Lude explain: "Nanbu Senpai has not been in good form recently, he lost in the qualifiers in Japan, and he did not meet the criteria for participating in the Olympics, so he did not come to Berlin!" ”

"So that's the case, it's a pity, I still want to compete with Nanbu Zhongping again!" Chen Qiang said.

After a few more small talks, Yoshioka Takude took his leave and left.

As soon as Yoshioka Lund left, Liu Changchun walked over, and he said, "That's Yoshioka Lund, right?" Not much has changed from four years ago. But you can talk to Japanese people for that long! ”

As an athlete from Northeast China, Liu Changchun is naturally dissatisfied with the Japanese, and it is difficult for him, who has lost his homeland, not to bring this hostile sentiment towards Japan to the Olympic Games.

"I'm asking him for information, too." Chen Qiang continued: "I asked him why Nanbu Tadahei didn't come, and he said that Nanbu Tadahei didn't make it out of Japan's domestic qualifiers! ”

"That's great! You've got one less strong opponent! Liu Changchun said happily.

"Not necessarily, the other Japanese players are also very good at the long jump." Chen Qiang took a deep breath and continued: "Don't forget that there is a saying that the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and a generation of new people replace the old people!" Although Nanfang Zhongping did not come, his juniors may be more powerful than him. ”

Chen Qiang's statement is not untargeted, because in his memory, the triple jump champion of the Berlin Olympics is Japan's Naoto Tajima, and Naoto Tajima still won the championship in a record.

At this moment, someone next to him suddenly shouted: "The Americans are coming!" ”

All eyes were on the entrance to the track and field field, and a group of athletes walked in, both black and white, who were none other than the U.S. track and field team.

The U.S. team is a well-deserved No. 1 power in track and field, and their appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Chen Qiang also stopped to watch, he wanted to find the figure of legendary athlete Jesse Owens, and then he saw an old acquaintance, American sprinter Ralph Metcalfe.

At the Los Angeles Olympics four years ago, Ralph Metcalfe competed in the 100-meter dash and won a bronze medal, behind only Chen Qiang and Eddie Tolan.

Beside Ralph Metcalfe, a young black man in his early seventies with a height of one meter said: "It's really lively, are athletes from all over the world coming?" Is that the Chinese team or the Japanese team?

"Jesse, that's the Chinese team!" Ralph Metcalfe had already seen Chen Qiang in the crowd.

"Is Chen Qiang among them?" The black youth asked.

"Yes." Ralph Metcalfe said and waved at Chen Qiang, and Chen Qiang waved at Ralph Metcalfe in return.

"Look, the one who is waving at me is Chen Qiang!" Ralph Metcalfe spoke.

The black young man immediately looked at Chen Qiang, his eyes revealed a strong fighting intent, and his gaze seemed to be like a hunter, holding a gun and aiming at the prey in the distance.

"That person is Chen Qiang, who defeated American track and field four years ago! This time, I'll regain the lost glory of American track and field! I'm going to beat you, and I'm going to let the world know that I, Jesse Owens, am the best track and field athlete! ”

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"Eddie Tolan, the dwarf in the United States, didn't come, Ed Gordon in the long jump didn't come, and the replacement of American athletes is fast enough, and it's only been four years, and it's hard to find someone familiar in the American team. What a new generation for the old! Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

At this moment, Chen Qiang suddenly had a feeling of being targeted, and he instinctively looked at Ralph Metcalfe's side, the black young man who was only more than one meter seven tall.

"Jesse Owens!" Chen Qiang recognized the other party at a glance.

Although Chen Qiang has not seen Jesse Owens's real person, he has seen his photos in later generations, although the clarity of those photos is not very high, but Jesse Owens's self-confidence temperament of a top athlete is clearly perceived by Chen Qiang.

"Jesse Owens, I've finally met you!" Chen Qiang's heart also rose with a fighting spirit.

"The greatest athlete of the twentieth century, I don't know if this title belongs to you or me!"

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