Chapter 105: First win a game (seeking a monthly ticket)
Chen Qiang was still shocked by the appearance of Eric Lidir, and Chen Qiang had already begun to be introduced in the loudspeaker of Minyuan Stadium.
"The fourth way, Chen Qiang, comes from China!"
Although the people in Tianjin cannot understand English, they still understand the word "Chen Qiang". After introducing the first three people, only Chen Qiang is left. Everyone knows that the next one must be Chen Qiang.
The warmest cheers sounded around him, which also brought Chen Qiang back to reality. He waved his hand around and expressed his gratitude to the audience.
The British referee obviously did not intend to give Chen Qiang too much time to interact with the audience, so he directly signaled the participating athletes to prepare.
This time, Chen Qiang was on the outermost track, and his relative position was relatively high. All the other three players could observe Chen Qiang's start.
Frenchman Blank and British Williamson did not care much about Chen Qiang's start, but Lidill showed a thoughtful expression after seeing Chen Qiang's tilted angle.
Chen Qiang dared not neglect the opponent at the Olympic champion level of Lidir. He showed 100% concentration.
Lidir is also an athlete who won the 200-meter bronze medal in the Olympics. Although it was seven years ago, there is a saying that a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Now Lidir is far away from the Olympics, but his strength will definitely not be bad.
Liddill was 22 years old when he participated in the Paris Olympics and was at the peak of an athlete. Liddill is now 29 years old. If we follow the standards of later generations, a 29-year-old track and field athlete can still run, but he is also in the second half of his career and is about to retire.
In the 1930s, scientific research on sports related to sports has not yet developed, athletes cannot enjoy scientific training, and daily maintenance is not very good. As the track and field athletes of this era grow older, their physical condition will decline rapidly, and almost no one can persist until the age of 30. Therefore, 29-year-old Lidir is definitely an elderly track and field athlete.
Chen Qiang didn't know that Lidir was still in what he was in that year, but in the upcoming 200-meter race, we can just try Lidir's depth.
When the gunshot rang out, Chen Qiang rushed out of the starting line, then carefully controlled his steps and advanced along the inner track line as much as possible.
Chen Qiang could feel that his condition was not very good, and of course it was not bad, and he could only be considered as having performed at a normal level.
But Chen Qiang ran very seriously. He even felt that he had never run so seriously.
Because of seriousness, every step is well controlled, the pace frequency, stride length, position of footing, and sense of rhythm are all very good.
Chen Qiang knew that this was a question Lidir brought pressure to himself. Under pressure, people's spirits tend to be more focused and they will accomplish some things that they cannot do on weekdays.
Chen Qiang has been practicing curve running skills for a long time. In the real world, he only started running curves last winter. It only took seven or eight months. However, in the training space, while practicing 200 meters and 400 meters, he is also practicing curve running skills. The ten times the time bonus in the training space. If this is the case, he has been practicing curve running for several years.
Chen Qiang's talent is not very top-notch, but more practice time can make up for the lack of talent, so his curve running skills are actually very pure.
In addition, he ran very seriously today because he had accumulated a leading advantage in the corners.
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Lidir and Chen Qiang are on an adjacent track. Shortly after the start, Lidir had noticed that Chen Qiang seemed to be a little close to him. Lidir even worried whether the two would collide.
"He was running along the inner line of the runway!" Lidir suddenly observed this. It was precisely because Chen Qiang was very close to the inner line of the runway that Lidir felt that Chen Qiang was very close to the distance, which led to the idea of whether the two would collide.
"Indeed, the distance between the inner line is closer. But the risk is also greater. If you are not careful, guessing the runway line will be a foul and will be disqualified. This way of running seems to be a bit in proportion to the risk!" Liddill said in his heart.
Although Lidir has not calculated how short the inner line of the runway will be compared to the outer line, he felt that the gap should not be too big. Moreover, in the 200-meter race, only half of the distance is a curve, so running along the inner line of the runway will not save too much distance.
In Lidir's view, in order to save this insignificant distance, he risked a foul on the line, which was not worth the loss. This risk was too great and the benefit was too small.
Athletes in this era also have this idea. Before curve technology has developed, athletes' overall speed is also slow. In the era when 200 meters have to run outside of 21 seconds, running 1 meter more or 1 meter less will not have much impact on the results.
However, in the future, when the 200 meters have already reached within 19 seconds, perhaps in a game, the gap between 1 meter may be the competition.
Of course, Chen Qiang dared to use this seemingly "risk" running method because he knew how to use corner running skills. When running on the curve, the inside of the right forefoot on the ground and the outside of the left forefoot on the left, which itself can control the landing point of the foot.
Chen Qiang's speed gradually increased. As the speed accelerated, his body began to tilt, and he was using centripetal force to perform curve movements.
Lidir glanced in the direction of Chen Qiang, and was instantly attracted by Chen Qiang's tilted body.
"He is using centripetal force to turn around! What a smart idea!" Lidir understood the role of body tilting in seconds.
Chen Qiang ran like this before in the competition with the Japanese and North China athletes, but neither Awu Iwao, Sasaki Yoshizo, nor Liu Changchun understood Chen Qiang's role in tilting his body.
But Lidir is different. Lidir's knowledge and experience are far more extensive than Awu Yanfu, Sasaki Yoshizo, Liu Changchun and others.
Liddill graduated from the University of Edinburgh in the UK. This university has always ranked among the top 20 in the world, second only to Oxford in the UK. Leedill was admitted to the University of Edinburgh, which shows that he is also an absolute top student. Although Liddill does not study physics, as a person who studies chemistry, he still has a certain understanding of physics.
Moreover, Lidir himself is an athlete and the world's top athlete. His ability to break the world record shows that he has an understanding and understanding ability in sprinting, and he is also the world's top. In addition, he has rich high-level competition experience, so Lidir was able to understand the reason why Chen Qiang leaned his body in the curve at the first time.
The next second, Lidir was puzzled again: "How did this be done? How did he control his body? I feel like he would fall down at any time!"
People who look at Formula Motorcycles for the first time will probably have the same idea. When they see that the motorcycle turns in a corner, they will even worry about whether the driver will fall down in the next second.
At this time, Lidir felt that the young Chinese athlete in front of him seemed to have an unknown sense of mystery.
With the skills of running on the curve, Chen Qiang first entered the straight road from the curve.
This time, he learned the lessons from the 200m final of the North China Games. He relaxed his body appropriately and did not over-tighten his muscles.
The process of running on the curve and running straight has indeed become smoother. This time, Chen Qiang did not lose time in this process. He perfectly completed the sprint between the curve and the straight and began to enter the second half of the sprint.
At the same time, Chen Qiang also turned his head slightly to observe the situation of the other three players.
Both the French front teeth and the British beard were chasing each other very close. Chen Qiang could feel that they were not much slower than himself. On the contrary, Lidir, compared with the front teeth and beard, was a little slower than he was.
"Lidir is actually the slowest because he is affected by his age and can't run anymore!" Chen Qiang said in his heart.
However, Chen Qiang also felt the pressure brought by his front teeth and beard.
Chen Qiang felt that the strength of these two people is much stronger than that of ordinary Chinese athletes, and should be able to compete with Liu Changchun!
"In this era, Western sports are indeed much stronger than East Asia. Japan's Awu Iwao and Sasaki Yoshizo may not be as good as the athletes of these two foreigners. These two foreigners were only selected among the expatriates and garrisons in Tianjin. Their strength is so strong. How many expatriates and garrisons in Tianjin are there? In the European country, foreign athletes will definitely be even more powerful!"
Chen Qiang couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Although Asia in the future is not as good as that in some sports, it still has the power to fight. For example, many skilled sports events, Asians are still ahead of European and American countries.
In this era, no matter what sports, Asia lags behind Europe and the United States in all aspects. People can pick a few people from the expatriates and garrisons to reach the first-class level in Asia!
What Chen Qiang didn't know was that at this time the French front teeth and British beard were also filled with shock. They didn't expect that they could not catch up with a Chinese!
French front teeth and British beards are actually talents selected from the Tianjin garrison. Although they are not professional athletes, they are all athletes in the school when they go to school and have the strength of professional athletes.
In this era, the soldiers sent by the West to foreign colonies or concessions had very good comprehensive qualities, even higher than those of local European soldiers.
In fact, soldiers sent abroad represent the face of the country. A country must not send some crooked people out. If a group of weak chickens who are not capable of going abroad, it will be embarrassing to the entire country. Just like the peacekeeping troops sent by various countries in the future, not to mention that they are 100% elite troops, they are much stronger than ordinary big-headed soldiers, and they must be carefully selected.
Moreover, there is more than one concession in Tianjin, and the concessions of various countries will also compare with each other. For example, if the British send a group of garrisons with poor comprehensive qualities to Tianjin, then other countries will definitely joke about Britain. The British Empire is not worthy of its face. The same is true for other countries. The garrisons sent to the Tianjin concession will be too weak and will be laughed at by other countries!
Therefore, the front teeth and beard are also among the best among their respective troops.
The two best among the garrisons thought they could easily beat Asian athletes, but the reality is that they were already running desperately, but they still fell behind Chen Qiang.
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After entering the straight, the situation on the field became clearer. When the curve was before, the audience could not see who was first and who was later. However, after entering the straight, the athletes' order of front and back became more obvious.
When the elders of Tianjin saw Chen Qiang take the lead, they immediately burst into a thunder and tsunami-like cry. Everyone in the stands stood up, regardless of the rich or poor, they all roared loudly and cheered for Chen Qiang.
The entire Minyuan Stadium seemed to have turned into a boiling pot at this time, and every piece of land seemed to be trembling!
Mr. Guan Wu was very glad that he did not bring a bird cage. This time, the Tianjin men around him were even more enthusiastic than last time, and the sounds he shouted were even more rude. If he brought his beloved bird over, the bird would probably be scared to death.
Off the field, the shopkeeper Song, who had not bought the tickets, had not left yet. At this time, when he heard a huge cheer burst out from Yunyuan Stadium, the shopkeeper Song was becoming more and more anxious. He wanted to rush in and see what was going on inside.
In the central stands, British Consul Edward and French Consul Batner looked a little embarrassed.
Before this, they thought Chen Qiang could only run 22 seconds 2, and thought that this game was sure to win. The suspense of the game was only whether the French front teeth could win the championship from the two British players.
Three foreign athletes, including Lidir, were behind, and Chen Qiang, the least favored one before, was in the lead.
"I underestimated this Chinese too much. I was called the 'fastest Asian'. It really has some strength!" French Consul Batner said in his heart.
Previously, Batner looked down on Chinese athletes at all. Batner thought that how powerful can a nation known as the "sick man of East Asia" be in sports?
But now reality slapped Batner hard!
Next to Batner, British Consul Anderson clenched his fists tightly, and at this moment, a sense of anxiety appeared in his eyes.
"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up and catch up and surpass that Chinese!" Anderson thought silently.
The curve in the first 100 meters was really beyond Batner's expectations. Among the two British athletes, the beards were slower than Chen Qiang, but even Lidir was so weak that he was in the final position!
"Lidier, come on, you are the best athlete in the British Empire. You are the pride of the British. How can you lose in such a place? How can you lose to the Chinese! You have to be faster! God, let Lidier run faster!" Anderson even began to pray in his heart.
On the track, Liddill seemed to have heard Anderson's inner monologue, and he really started to speed up.
Lidir's straight sprint was very fast, with about fifty meters left from the finish line, so he surpassed the front teeth and beards one after another, and approached Chen Qiang in front.
Chen Qiang could feel that someone was at a fast speed in the track next to him. He turned his head slightly, glanced out of the corner of his eyes, and found that the person coming was Lidir.
"Lidir has surpassed the other two athletes!"
Chen Qiang was not surprised by this result.
Lidir is a 400-meter player. The explosive power of the 400-meter player is definitely not as good as that of the 100-meter player, but the physical fitness of the 400-meter player is definitely stronger than that of the 100-meter player.
If the 100-meter athlete runs 200 meters, they will run very fast in the early stage, but if they run to the second half, they will most likely slow down due to physical strength.
If the 400-meter athletes run 200 meters, they may not run very fast in the early stage, but the speed in the second half can definitely be guaranteed.
Lidir was obviously like this. After entering the second half, his physical fitness was still very abundant. Even if he ran to a distance of 150 meters, his sprint was still very fast. This abundant physical fitness guarantee also allowed him to surpass his front teeth and beard and jump to the second position.
Next, Lidir will challenge Chen Qiang, who is the first place, and the final fifty meters are left.
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Chen Qiang was not afraid of Lidir in the 200m event. Seven years ago, when Lidir was at his peak, he only ran a 21.9-second time when he won the Olympic bronze medal in 200m. Under normal circumstances, Lidir is not as good as seven years ago.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Lidir was in poor form seven years ago, or that Lidir has remained in good competitive form over the past seven years.
However, Chen Qiang feels that he has a sprinting technique that is far beyond this era. Even if he suffers some losses in terms of physical fitness, he should be faster than Lidir.
Facing Lidir who was chasing, Chen Qiang was not panicked. He continued to take steady steps, maintain his own rhythm, and rush forward.
Lidir obviously doesn't want to lose to Chen Qiang. He has surpassed two opponents. If he surpassed Chen Qiang, he will be the champion. At this time, he will have to fight for anything he says.
So Lidir tried his best to surpass Chen Qiang in front.
As a 400-meter player, Lidir's physical fitness is indeed sufficient. His acceleration is like a rich man, squandering his physical fitness without worrying about his kidney being overdrawn at all.
However, after only two seconds, Lidir discovered that Chen Qiang in front was difficult to be surpassed, and it was even difficult to catch up.
Chen Qiang ran very fast, but Lidir could feel that Chen Qiang had not only speed, but also a good sense of rhythm. Every step Chen Qiang took gave Lidir a smooth feeling.
"What a strong control!" Lidir suddenly realized this.
An excellent sprinter can perfectly control himself and even control the entire game. He knows when to run and what kind of running method to achieve the best results.
"This young man can become the fastest in Asia, and he has real talent and knowledge! If I were five years younger, I might be able to compete with him, but now..."
At this time, Lidir had realized that he had lost in this game. Faced with athletes with strong control over this kind of game, he had no chance to turn the tables!
Chapter completed!