The World Games are not a regular sporting event.

In the late Qing Dynasty, many foreigners lived in Jiaomin Lane, Dongcheng, Beijing, and these foreigners also brought Western sports to China. At that time, foreigners living in Dongjiaomin Lane would hold some simple sports meetings, which is the so-called Wanguo Games. Later, with the emergence of concessions in Tianjin, Shanghai and other places, the Wanguo Games came to Tianjin and Shanghai.

Especially in Tianjin, there were nine-country concessions in the late Qing Dynasty, and the World Games were often held. With the completion of the Minyuan Stadium, the World Games became a large-scale sports event, and sometimes even Olympic-level athletes can be invited to participate.

The initial World Games were not allowed to participate in Chinese. This was a very sad thing. A sports meeting held in China was not allowed to participate!

Later, the World Games gradually invited some outstanding Chinese athletes to participate in the competition, but during the competition, the Chinese Games still lost more than they won. It is definitely a matter worth writing about to be able to defeat foreigners once or twice in the World Games.

Now facing China's increasingly high national sentiment, French Consul Batner finally thought of the International Games.

"Since we cannot solve the problem with force, it's better to hold a World Games! We will defeat the Chinese on the sports field." Batner said.

Edward nodded: "This is indeed a good idea. We invite some well-known athletes from Tianjin to participate in the competition and let our athletes defeat them. This is indeed a good way to hit the self-confidence of the Chinese people! After experiencing failure, those Chinese people should realize that in front of us, they are still a group of weak people. They have no capital to be proud, and obediently expressing their obedience to us is the best choice."

Italian Consul Elio poured a basin of cold water and asked, "What if the British athletes lose?"

"Lost? Mr. Ellio, are you kidding? Our British Empire has the best athletes in the world, how could he lose to the Chinese? How could he lose to a group of East Asian sick husbands?" Edward said disdainfully.

"Mr. Edward, you may not know? The Asian record holder of the 100-meter sprint is now in Tianjin. He is the fastest athlete in Asia!" Ellio said.

"Asia's fastest, how fast can it be? Can 100 meters run to 11 seconds?" Edward still looked disdainful.

Although Chen Qiang's achievements have long been reported in newspapers in Tianjin, how could Edward, as a British, pay attention to how fast the Chinese run? Usually Edward cannot buy Chinese newspapers to read. His attention to China is limited to major military and political affairs.

Ellio didn't know what the record for 100-meter sprint in Asia was. He said: "The Asian record for 100-meter sprint seems to be only a little slower than the world record. I think it should be 10 seconds 7, or 10 seconds 6!"

"So fast? Can the Chinese run so fast?" Edward and Batner showed incredible expressions at the same time.

I heard Batner say, "A 10 seconds 6 is already a great result. Maybe we can enter the finals of the Olympics. Unless we mobilize the top athletes from Europe, we may not necessarily win him!"

"It will take more than a month to mobilize athletes from Europe! And the funding is also a problem. This is not practical." Edward shook his head.

"What should we do then? Could we give the Chinese a champion? In that case, the Chinese people's national sentiment will be even higher!" Batner said.

Edward thought for a while and said, "Since we can't compare to the Chinese in the 100-meter sprint, we might as well not set up the 100-meter sprint event. We can compete with him for 200 meters and 400 meters! What is the result of this Chinese, known as the "fastest in Asia"?

"I don't know. You can find someone to check it out." Ellio shook his head.

Edward immediately ordered, and soon after, the people from the British Country Club found information.

"Consul Edward, at the end of last year, the Minyuan Stadium held a China-Japan-Russia Games. At that time, Chen Qiang participated in the 200-meter sprint event, and his result was 22 seconds 2! As for the 400-meter, we checked, he had not participated in the 400-meter race."

Edward was relieved: "The 200 meters did not reach 22 seconds. This is too slow. There will be athletes better than him in our British military camp."

"We should also be able to find players who can complete 200 meters in 22 seconds in our French military camp." Batner responded.

Italian Consul Elio spread his hands and said helplessly: "We are not many Italian expatriates. For the International Games, we can only focus on participating."

Edward showed an expression of "never expecting you Italians" and then continued, "But for the sake of safety, I think I'd better invite Mr. Lidir! If he is there, we will win."

The faces of Batner and Ellio both showed surprise at the same time.

"Are you talking about Mr. Eric Lidir? The 400m gold medalist at the Paris Olympics and the holder of the 400m world record?" Ellio asked.

"Yes, it's him! He is the pride of us British!" Edward nodded.

"But Mr. Lidir hasn't participated in the competition for several years, right?" Batner asked.

Edward smiled: "What does it matter? The opponent is only Chinese. Even though Lidir is no longer in his former state, it should be very easy to defeat a Chinese!"

...

Jinan.

The final of the 400-meter sprint is about to begin.

At this time, Chen Qiang had fully confirmed that Chinese athletes in the 1930s would not run 400 meters at all.

The 400-meter preliminary race was held in the morning, and Chen Qiang met various 400-meter Xiaobai's running styles.

Some athletes rushed very hard at the beginning of the competition, completely consuming 400 meters as 100 meters, and then when they ran to about 200 meters, they had physical strength and could not run. They forced themselves to reach the finish line with a lot of willpower.

Some athletes also run very slowly at the beginning of the competition, obviously wanting to save their energy and use it when they sprint behind. However, they save too much physically. When they enter the final straight and start sprinting, others are almost at the finish line.

More people are easily influenced by their opponents. When they feel that their opponents are accelerating, they also accelerate, without their own running style and sense of rhythm. If they simply feel that they are going to fall behind, then accelerate, feel that they are leading, then relax a little.

All athletes, including Liu Changchun, run 400 meters by instinct, and there is no technical skills at all, let alone physical fitness distribution.

After watching the preliminary round, Chen Qiang already knew that he would win the 400-meter final!

Although 400 meters is the most difficult event in sprinting, Chen Qiang now has the mid-level level of national second-level athletes. In the future, even provincial training teams cannot enter, but it is still more than enough to beat a group of athletes who do not have 400 meters technology and rely on instinct to run around.

The key to 400 meters is physical energy distribution, and Chen Qiang adopted the most common physical energy distribution method in the future.

The starting corner in front is mainly to adjust the rhythm, and the speed will be relatively slow. After entering the first straight, start sprinting. After entering the second corner, slow down the speed and start adjusting the accumulation of force. The last straight is sprinting again.

Accumulating strength, sprinting, and sprinting again, this physical energy distribution method has the lowest requirements for physical fitness and is the easiest to master. In the future, many beginners of 400 meters will use this physical energy distribution method to run 400 meters.

Of course, this kind of physical fitness distribution method will be quite backward in the future. After entering the 21st century, American athletes will no longer use this kind of physical fitness distribution method. By the 2004 Athens Olympics, only one of the eight players in the finals was still using this kind of physical fitness distribution method.

Chen Qiang wanted to take a step to practice more advanced physical fitness allocation methods directly, such as Jeremy Varina, the future "King of 400 meters", who is very good at speeding up after 250 meters and keeping the speed until the finish line.

However, this physical energy distribution method has too high requirements for the body. When ordinary athletes run to 250 meters, it happens that their bodies are at the limit of anaerobic exercise. At this time, let alone speeding up, it is already thankful that the speed remains unslowed. Therefore, few people can imitate Varina's 400-meter running method.

Other advanced physical fitness distribution methods also have higher requirements for physical fitness. Chen Qiang is currently underage and his physical fitness is far from meeting that standard, so he can only use the simplest physical fitness distribution.

But this is enough. Any physical distribution method can be won by dealing with a group of athletes who only rely on instinct!

...

After the gunfire of the start, Chen Qiang did not exert force very rapidly. After all, 400 meters is different from 200 meters. The speed of 200 meters needs to be increased as quickly as possible, but the rhythm of 400 meters is more important than acceleration. Only when an athlete with 400 meters can he accurately allocate his physical fitness if he finds his own rhythm of the competition.

So at the beginning, Chen Qiang did not run very fast, but the other players felt that their chance had come.

Some people started to accelerate and wanted to gain a leading advantage in the first 100 meters. They did do it, but Chen Qiang was not concerned about it.

As he was about to enter the straight road, Chen Qiang began to speed up. When he really stepped into the straight road from the curve, he began his first sprint.

For the other players, Chen Qiang's speedup was very sudden. They didn't know Chen Qiang's running method, nor did they expect that Chen Qiang would choose to run quickly after entering the straight.

Seeing Chen Qiang sprinting, others also instinctively followed him. Their idea was very simple, and Chen Qiang must not be easily surpassed.

It’s just that Chen Qiang’s sprint is planned. He originally had this way of running, while others responded suddenly. This unprepared sprint will naturally consume more physical energy.

Entering the curve again, Chen Qiang slowed down again, and he began to accumulate and adjust, preparing for the last hundred meters of sprint.

Other athletes also slowed down, but they did not want to accumulate strength and adjust, but to reach their limits of physical fitness.

In the initial curve, they chose to speed up in order to surpass Chen Qiang, and in the subsequent straight road, they also sprinted to deal with Chen Qiang's sprint. This was equivalent to running a distance of 200 meters quickly. After 200 meters, they basically reached the limit of anaerobic exercise, and their physical fitness was of course bottomed out.

So even though Chen Qiang was accumulating energy, in the eyes of the audience, Chen Qiang's running speed was still faster than others.

Entering the last 100 meters straight, Chen Qiang started sprinting again.

This time, Chen Qiang's speed was not as fast as the previous straight, but it was much faster than the others.

In the last eighty meters, those athletes who do not know the skills of physical distribution are already struggling, and some people even seem to be staggering, as if they may fall down at any time. At this time, they can still keep the running technique and movements not deformed, which is a good performance.

When there were still fifty meters left before the finish line, Chen Qiang realized that the overall situation had been decided and that in the state of other players, it was impossible to surpass him.

Chen Qiang's physical energy consumption was also very large. At the last moment, since he could already ensure the championship, there was no need for Chen Qiang to continue to fight. He also slowed down and rushed through the finish line.

While cheers were heard in the audience, there were also various sounds of praise.

"Chen Qiang won the championship again! So awesome, he is already the third champion!"

"100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, all the champions of the three sprint events are Chen Qiang!"

"The king of Chinese sprinting is Chen Qiang!"

Not long after, the referee announced Chen Qiang's results.

"Shandong team, Chen Qiang, 52 seconds 3!" the referee shouted loudly.

There was another cheer.

"The previous national record of 400 meters was Liu Changchun's 52 seconds 6. Chen Qiang was faster, and he broke another national record!"

"I just broke the national record of 200 meters yesterday, and today I broke the national record of 400 meters. Fortunately, Chen Qiang did not participate in other projects, otherwise he might have broken the national record!"

The athletes around were talking.

Liu Changchun walked forward and slapped Chen Qiang on the shoulder: "Did you deliberately lie to me? You said you ran for 53 seconds, you are almost 52 seconds!"

"I didn't expect to run so fast. Maybe I'm in good condition today!" Chen Qiang said with a smile.

"It seems that your talent at 400 meters is much better than mine. I'll practice 100 meters honestly in the future." Liu Changchun changed his voice and continued, "Here you said that, you broke the national record of 400 meters. Do you have to treat me?"

"No problem! Just tonight, we have no competition tasks anyway, so we will go out for a good meal!" Chen Qiang agreed without hesitation.

Although Chen Qiang is still not a rich man, he can still afford to go to a restaurant for a meal. Besides, Liu Changchun also gave Chen Qiang a pair of running shoes, so Chen Qiang should have invited Liu Changchun to a meal.

...

In a restaurant at the foot of Qianfoshan, there are so many wines.

There were seven or eight dishes on the table. The dishes were not exquisite, but they were all hard dishes with large amounts of food.

Shandong cuisine does not belong to the delicate and exquisite cuisine. Shandong people also pay attention to large plates and large bowls when they are in the hospitality. They are rich and affordable. The exquisite and exquisite side dishes are not available in Jinan, so they have to go to the south.

The chef is from Zibo and makes good-made Boshan cuisine.

It is difficult to find an old chef who makes Jinan cuisine in Jinan city now. During the "Jinan Massacre" that year, the old Jinan chef either ran away or was killed.

Today, many of the chefs in Jinan City are from other places. They can be found in Jinan. They are Zibo chefs who make Boshan cuisine, Qingdao chefs who make Jiaodong cuisine, and even Qufu chefs who make Kongfu cuisine.

Fortunately, there is not much difference between Boshan cuisine and Jinan cuisine. It is not a professional gourmet, so I guess I can't tell it.

Liu Changchun is from Northeast China, and people from Northeast China eat large dishes and big bowls, so Shandong cuisine is very popular with Liu Changchun.

In addition to Liu Changchun, several athletes who were familiar with Chen Qiang, such as Zhang Shiguang from Peking, Zhang Lingjia, and other athletes who were familiar with Chen Qiang also came. Liu Changchun originally wanted to call Yu Xiwei, "Dalian Iron Foot" together, but Yu Xiwei had a competition task tomorrow, so he refused the invitation.

Chen Qiang felt that it was just right for Yu Xiwei to come, and having dinner with a future traitor would feel disgusted.

During the meal, a group of athletes chatted and it was very lively. Under the stimulation of alcohol, everyone looked happy.

"There are no competitions in China this year. After this North China Games, we may not meet again until next year's National Games!" Liu Changchun said as he raised his glass: "We will gather again for next year's National Games!"

"Okay, we'll get together next year!" Zhang Lingjia responded.

Everyone raised their glasses.

Chen Qiang was a little lost because he knew that the September 18th Incident had postponed the 5th National Games, which was originally scheduled to be in 1932, to 1933. The so-called reunion of the National Games next year was just a beautiful expectation.

Chen Qiang couldn't help but look at the two Northeast athletes, Liu Changchun and Zhang Lingjia, and sighed in his heart: "The next time we meet will be after September 18th. At that time, it would be difficult to see such a smile on the faces of these Northeast college students."

...

On May 30, the North China Games concluded.

The next day, the athletes participating in the competition began to leave Jinan one after another, and Zhang Boling also took the train back to Tianjin.

Chen Qiang did not leave Jinan. As the thigh of the Shandong team, he still had to stay and participate in the commendation meeting of the Shandong team.

The three champions broke two national records, and this result was dazzling enough to make Chen Qiang a well-deserved star in the Shandong team.

Unfortunately, this kind of commendation conference has no bonuses or prizes. Apart from being praised by leaders at all levels, Chen Qiang cannot get practical benefits.

After the commendation meeting, Chen Qiang did not stay in Jinan for much time and took the train back to Tianjin.

Zhang Boling returned to Tianjin two days earlier than Chen Qiang. As soon as Chen Qiang returned to Nankai, he was called to the principal's office by Zhang Boling.

After meeting Chen Qiang, Zhang Boling's first words were: "The foreigners in Tianjin are going to hold the World Games again! You must participate!"
Chapter completed!