Chapter 218: Hats Signed by Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalists (First Update)
Hitler's face in the Führer's box turned blue in an instant, and he didn't say a word. The spectator stands, which were originally in high spirits, were also silent at the same time.
The national heroes that the Germans value most are still losing to the blacks in the face of all the attention.
During the game, Luz Lang watched Owens' amazing performance on the last jump, shook his head helplessly, and then laughed again.
While clapping, he walked up to Owens, pulled him to the stands where 120,000 Germans had gathered, raised his hands and shouted, "Jesse Owens!" Jesse Owens! Jesse Owens! ”
"What is he doing here?" Hitler frowned.
There was also an embarrassing silence in the stands. Owens wanted to put his hand down, but Luz Lang held his hand very firmly and continued to shout, "Jesse Owens! Jesse Owens! Jesse – Owens! ”
Suddenly there was a wave of noise in the Imperial Stadium: "Jesse Owens! Jesse Owens! Jesse Owens! The voice of Luz Lang, who had been alone, was completely silenced.
Lu Zhuhu couldn't help but applaud, the Chinese team had faced Owens three times, and all three times were opened, but they were all defeated by this black man. Even if Zhang Jiakui didn't foul on the last jump, it didn't exceed the length of Owens' last jump.
It seems that this is indeed his Olympic Games, and it cannot be changed.
With so many people calling out his name, Jesse Owens was excited and embarrassed - he was not a track and field superstar who had been packaged into fame and endorsements like Bolt and Tyson Gay Powell, he was just a very fast student. Before this edition, no black person had even represented the United States at the Olympics.
He needs to thank this generous German friend around him, without Luz Lang, he wouldn't even be able to make it to the final......
Owens and Luz Lang's hands tightened, he raised his other hand to thank the audience who shouted his name, and where he looked, the crowd was a notch louder, today he was the biggest superstar on the stage, and no one could compare to him.
But at this time, his smile and waving arms froze, because he saw the eye-catching, central Führer's box, and he knew that the person in the box had a great opinion of him, but he still unconsciously did not skip over there, and now, as soon as he went up and down, the German Chancellor was staring straight at him!
Owens was embarrassed, he didn't want to see the racist look at him with contempt and disgust—he didn't understand why he had to be judged inferior because of his natural skin color.
But Hitler's performance surprised him, the Führer's eyes were very gentle, and there was even a smile on his face, and at the moment when he waved his hand, Hitler even stood up directly and ......
Applaud!
The audience was boiling, and the shouts of "Owens" were louder, followed by "Long live victory!" "Long live Hitler!" The scream.
"Oooh!" Lu Zhuhu was also surprised that Hitler actually paid tribute to this black man!
It was so different from the stories he had heard before! Shouldn't the Führer be so angry that he immediately turns around and leaves! Shouldn't you say, "I'm never going to shake hands with this damn nigga?" ”
But this is the way it is - even if he is paranoid like Hitler, he knows that he "takes the big picture into account", and with 100,000 pairs of eyes under the gaze, he will not act too out of line. As Owens later wrote in his own book: "Hitler did not give me a cold shoulder, and he greeted me as I passed by the stands." Of course, Hitler insulted me, but Roosevelt insulted me, and Roosevelt hurt me much more in comparison. ”
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Chairman Latour believes that today's long jump scene is a perfect exposition of the "Olympic spirit", so he personally presented awards to Owens, Luz Lang and Lu Zhuhu, who won the first, second and third places. After the end of the competition, Lu Zhuhu was quite satisfied with his results, the first gold medal, the first silver medal, and the first bronze medal of the Chinese team were all won by him, and it can be said that he is very majestic in history textbooks in the future.
It is also an honor to stand next to two track and field athletes who have a great friendship - I remember the 09 Berlin Track and Field World Championships, which was the time when Bolt created all kinds of miracles against the sky, and specially found the descendants of Owens and Luz Lang to award the long jump champion, which is a kind of sportsmanship inheritance.
After the winning trio, Guo Jie of the Chinese team also rushed up, and he handed Owens his hat, hoping that the other party would sign his hat, because he was already a huge fan of Owens. Lu Zhuhu on the side laughed and said that if you let this Mr. "Lang" also sign, then your hat will be more valuable. Lang also agreed, Guo Jie asked Lu Zhuhu to sign it again, Lu Zhuhu smiled and said, I also signed, it is worthless. In the end, she couldn't save face, so she could only sign it, Guo Jie happily accepted the hats signed by the three of them, and said that she would cherish it forever.
Everything was happy, but when the president of the Olympic Committee went down, the Führer could no longer maintain the smile on his face, and he pointed to Owens on the highest podium and said: "The ancestors of these people were all born in the jungle, and they themselves are still primitive people, and these people are born with better competitive conditions than civilized Caucasians." In future sports competitions, it is better not to let them participate. ”
"But the Olympic Committee—"
The Führer waved his hand: "What 'Olympic Committee' was there at that time!" ”
looked at Luz Lang, who he loved very much: "As for Lang, isn't he so energetic that he has nowhere to put it?" Find him two more women tonight, and ...... tomorrow Send him to the front. ”
In the tone, there was no trace of warmth, this was just a tool that was not easy to use after using it once.
"I understand, I obey."
The Führer straightened his uniform so that it looked the cleanest and neatest at all times, and got up and left as if nothing had happened.
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After the long jump final, the American media listed "Owens beats Hitler!" "The Black Superstar Who Crushed the Nazi Conspiracy!" reported on the outstanding performance of American superhero Owens at the Olympics, and the United States once again became a pioneer in saving the world.
Merely......
When Owens returned, his fellow Americans forgot to give him a job—as if they had forgotten how passionately they had praised him.
He's still the same black guy, just running fast.
So, for a long time, the Olympic champion had to race against dogs, horses and other animals to support his family.
Even when the U.S. delegation returned home with honors, President Roosevelt refused to meet with black members, refused to talk about Owens, let alone invited him to the White House — how could Roosevelt publicly meet with a black athlete and anger the affected forces in the South at a time when he was seeking re-election?
As for Lang, Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, rebuked him and ordered him not to embrace the "" in the future, and after the Olympics he was drafted into the army and sent to fight in Italy. He was seriously wounded in the 1943 battle for Sicily with the Allies and died three days later in a British field hospital.
Heroes cannot live forever on the day when they are remembered by the world.