"I tied the world record, is this a consolation prize?" Ben Iscarman sighed.

Although he lost the game, he tied the world record. Ben Iscarman didn't know whether it should take this as good news or bad news.

However, he felt much relieved in his heart. A 46-second world record at least proved that he had tried his best. He had already played his best. Even if he lost the game, there shouldn't be too many people responsibilities.

"I tried my best, I really tried my best, I really didn't blame me if I lost!" Ben Iscarman forced himself to find a wave of psychological comfort.

However, at this moment, the discussion next to him came into Ben Iscarman's ears.

"Ben Iskaman tied his world record, but he was only third place, which means that the 400-meter world record has been broken!"

Ben Iscarman suddenly realized this. After this game, 46.4 is no longer a world record, and he is no longer a 400-meter world record holder.

"That's bad!" Ben Iscarman has confirmed that this is totally bad news!

At the same time, Ben Iscarman felt a little inexplicably relaxed. He was no longer the holder of the world record, and he no longer had to fight to defend his honor. For him, this was more like a relief.

...

"The third lane, 47 seconds 4!" The referee continued to announce the results. The third lane was not an American athlete, so no one paid attention to his results. The audience was more looking forward to hearing the results of the fourth lane, because the fourth lane was American athlete Bill Carl!

"The fourth lane, 46 seconds 2!" the referee said.

"As it turns out, Bill Carl broke the world record! He was 0.2 seconds faster than Ben Iscarman! Unfortunately, he still lost to that Chinese."

The audience in the stands around still gave Bill Carl a roar, but at the same time there were some regretful sighs.

46 seconds 2 is already 0.2 seconds faster than the world record, but it is still impossible to win. The perfect process and perfect data ended up with only one bad result.

Bill Carl felt that this performance of the audience was sympathy for the weak.

"I am not a weak person. I don't need your mercy and sympathy!" Bill Carl clenched his fists viciously, and his self-esteem was hit again.

The round of applause ended in a very sluggish way, which also represents the audience's dissatisfaction with the results of the US team. A good result of 46 seconds 2, but failed to win the gold medal, which simply could not satisfy the American audience in the stands.

"Fifth lane, 47 seconds 2!" The referee continued to announce the results.

The fifth lane is American player James Gordon. For him, this result is already his limit. His strength was originally inferior to Bill Carl and Ben Iscarman, and he was not highly expected before the game. Now he has run a 47-second time, which has reached the audience's psychological expectations. The warmth and duration of the applause are even longer than Bill Carl.

Finally, the referee announced Chen Qiang's results.

"The sixth path, 45 seconds 9!" the referee said.

It was indeed an uproar in the audience!

Chen Qiang broke through the 46-second mark!

There should be applause here.

There is indeed a lot of applause here!

Some people may not be willing to give Chen Qiang the applause, but at this time they could only clap their hands against their will. Because this is a world record, because this is the 400-meter event, humans ran into the 46-second mark for the first time!

Amazing? Praise? This is no longer needed. In the past four days, Chen Qiang has been amazed and praised too much for profit. Those who have come to watch the competition on site for several consecutive days have become accustomed to Chen Qiang's continuous creation of miracles. Every day they are witnessing Chen Qiang creating miracles, and they are even starting to become numb.

Team USA lost again, and it was a strong event. It was not the first time anyway, so I got used to it if I lost too much.

The most embarrassing were those who had ridiculed Chen Qiang before. Not long ago, they were still shouting, "That Chinese is not good enough", "The Chinese are running out of good luck", "The Chinese are over", etc., and with the end of the 400-meter race, they were slapped in the face again.

...

Ben Iscarman sighed helplessly. Faced with a result of less than 46 seconds, he was convinced!

Chen Qiang is 0.5 seconds faster than Ben Iscarman, which is also a huge gap in the 400-meter event. Ben Iscarman even feels that he will never be able to run within 46 seconds in his entire life.

Bill Carl next to him still looked dissatisfied. Although he knew he had lost, he did not want to admit defeat. Even if he was ridiculed, he would hold his proud head.

"That Chinese is too cunning. In the previous preliminary and semi-finals, he deliberately let the water go, deliberately making us feel that his strength is very poor, and then in the final, another sudden attack. This method is not gentleman at all, it is like a villain, it is so despicable! A shameless bastard won the game with this shameless method. What's there to praise!"

Bill Carl said, showing a disdainful expression.

At this time, many people also realized that Bill Carl did not want to admit defeat, so he could only act like a slut, and forced himself to pick the bones in the eggs and discredit Chen Qiang.

Ben Iscarman couldn't stand Bill Carl's behavior, and he only heard him say: "No matter what method the Chinese man uses to compete, he ran 45 seconds 9. Can you be faster than him?"

Bill Carl was speechless. He wanted to say yes, but the fact is that in the game just now, he lost to Chen Qiang.

I feel that life is under great pressure!

...

"The King of Sprinting is Born!"

This title appears in the Evening News. Many people who don’t know the truth may think that this is praising American athletes. After all, sprinting has always been the strongest track and field events in the United States.

However, looking at the content, I found that the whole article was about a Chinese and the whole article was about Chen Qiang.

There are only three events in sprinting: 100 meters, 200 seconds and 400 meters. Chen Qiang won the gold medal in these three events at the same time and broke these three events, but the world record is undoubtedly the "king of sprinting".

However, a Chinese defeated the Americans in the strongest event of the American team at the Olympic Games held in the United States and was also named the title of "King of Sprints", which made many Americans feel sad.

As the country with the most powerful sprinting power in the world, but without the most powerful sprinting athletes, it is indeed a bit embarrassing.

...

"King of Sprint" is just one of the titles Chen Qiangxin received. In other newspapers, other titles are arranged on Chen Qiang.

For example, "the number one person in the Olympics", "the world's number one athlete", etc.

Chen Qiang won five gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympics and broke five world records, which is indeed an unprecedented achievement.

At the 1924 Paris Olympics, Swedish player Vir Ritola won four gold medals in track and field events: 10,000 meters, 3,000 meters of obstacles, 3,000 meters of relay and team cross-country, which is the best result an athlete has achieved in a track and field competition in the Olympic Games. And two of these four gold medals are gold medals in team events.

The reason why Jesse Owens is called a legendary athlete is because he won four track and field gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. However, Jesse Owens also has one gold medal in the team event.

Now Chen Qiang has surpassed Swedish player Vir Ritola's four gold medals with five gold medals, setting a new record!

More importantly, Chen Qiang's five gold medals were all won in his personal events.

Chen Qiang was not the first to win five gold medals in one Olympic Games. At the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, American athlete Willis Lee also won five gold medals, but Willis Lee was a shooting athlete, and four of the five gold medals were team gold medals, and only one was individual gold medals. There was a team shooting event at that time, so at that Olympic Games, his teammates also got four team gold medals.

In comparison, the track and field sport Chen Qiang is engaged in obviously testing his body more than shooting sport and pays more attention to physical exercise. Chen Qiang's five gold medals were all won by personal events, not to mention that Chen Qiang also broke the world record of these five events. In terms of the gold content, Chen Qiang's five gold medals are much more valuable than American athlete Wells Lee's five gold medals.

If someone says that Chen Qiang is the number one athlete in Olympic history, that's not an exaggeration.

...

Chen Qiang was wearing a tuxedo and sat in the car, and he was about to attend the Olympic dance.

Chen Qiang was holding a newspaper in his hand. The headlines of the newspaper's sports section were published, and the photo of Chen Qiang standing on the podium.

This newspaper uses this word to describe Chen Qiang: "five-gold-man."

This can be understood as "the person who won five gold medals".

Looking at this title, Chen Qiang laughed at himself.

"five-gold-man? Iron Man is called iron-man, Spider-man, and Batman is called bat-man. According to this translation, I should be called 'hardware'? Why does it feel like I open a hardware store that specializes in selling screws and pliers? Should I join the Avengers Luxury Lunch? Maybe I can sell hammers to Thor!" Chen Qiang said in his heart.

Thinking of the collective appearance of Avengers, a "hardware man" came out with a wrench screwdriver, Chen Qiang couldn't help laughing.

At this time, the car stopped, the driver turned around and said, "Mr. Chen, we have arrived at the hotel."

As soon as the driver finished speaking, a waiter came forward to open the door for Chen Qiang, and then led Chen Qiang to the banquet hall.

There have been many people in the banquet hall, including athletes participating in the Olympic Games, team leaders or coaches from Olympic delegations from various countries, Hollywood stars, and local celebrities in Los Angeles.

When Chen Qiang came here, he instantly attracted everyone's attention. A Chinese face with yellow skin and dark hair was already quite conspicuous here, not to mention that Chen Qiang was still a "hardware hero".

At such Olympic dances, the gold medal is the most shining business card. Any gold medal winner will be surrounded by the guests at the banquet. Chen Qiang's five gold medals and five world records are of course the most sought after existence in the entire banquet hall.

If it were in the Olympic Games in later generations, a male athlete could win five gold medals and break the world record of five events, there would definitely be a large group of female athletes who would come to join us to have a deeper relationship. It is inevitable that the waist will be weak every day.

Fortunately, the United States was not so open in the 1930s, and people who participated in such occasions were more subtle. Moreover, most of the people present were men. Even if there were several Hollywood actresses or famous ladies, they were not so interested in Chen Qiang, a Chinese.

Of course, there are also some American young ladies who want Chen Qiang to give him a glamorous look from time to time and try to hook up with Chen Qiang.

The existence of the "Chinese Exclusion Act" was still discriminated against in the United States. In that era, California's laws clearly stipulated that Chinese and white people could not intermarry. Those American ladies who wanted to hook up with Chen Qiang either took a fancy to Chen Qiang's identity as a "hardware hero" or had a curious mentality.

...

At the banquet, there were people coming and going in front of Chen Qiang, and batches were changed like a lantern. Not long after, Chen Qiang could not remember how many people had introduced themselves in front of him. So much so that when he arrived at the back, Chen Qiang saw someone casually, regardless of whether he knew him or not, he immediately put on his face with a smile and then raised his glass to greet him.

It’s not certain that the other party is the one who has just introduced himself. Although Chen Qiang didn’t remember him, he forgot who the other party was just after the introduction. That was really rude.

Not far away, the leader of the French Olympic delegation, Cadio, had just finished talking with Chen Qiang, and he held the wine glass and retreated aside.

"You have been chatting with that Chinese for a long time!" A voice suddenly rang.

"Sir Hans!" Cardio immediately recognized the other party's identity. He was talking to him a British nobleman.

Cadior immediately changed into a polite smile, and he continued, "I didn't expect that the Chinese athlete would actually understand French, so I talked to him for a few words."

"That Chinese athlete speaks fluent English. Didn't you expect he still knows French? Such people are rare in China. They should be the elite among the Chinese." Sir Hans said.

"After all, China is a poor and backward place. It is full of hunger and ignorant people everywhere. If you can engage in sports athletes, of course they are all the elites among the Chinese." Cadio nodded and continued: "For example, Chen Qiang is the Chinese athlete. I don't think he is ignorant. On the contrary, he is very knowledgeable. His talent does not match his age. He has some understanding of France. I even think he has lived in France for a long time, but he has not. So I have invited him to hope that he can visit France."

"Just simply invite him to visit France? Nothing else?" Sir Hans smiled meaningfully.

"Dr. Hans, you've confused me," Cadio said.

"It seems you haven't heard the news yet." Sir Hans lowered his voice and continued: "The Americans have set their sights on athletes who have performed well in the Olympics."

"You mean, the United States wants to recruit athletes from other countries? Why do they do this? They are already the world's number one sports power." Cadior was immediately alert.

"It is no secret in the world that America's desire for talent is. In the European War more than a decade ago, Americans absorbed a lot of talents in Europe, including Germans, Russians, you French, and we British, many of them immigrated to the United States." Sir Hans said with a smile.

"But they are all technical talents, such as scientists, engineers... and that Chinese is just an athlete." Cadio said.

"Which one thinks is more difficult to be a scientist or an athlete who breaks five world records? What's more, that Chinese is less than twenty years old this year? That's really unlimited potential!" Sir Hans replied with a smile.

...

At the same time, there was a big belly American standing in front of Chen Qiang, whose name was Lewis, who was one of the officials of the organizing committee of the Los Angeles Olympics.

"Mr. Chen, you don't know what you think of the United States?" Lewis asked with a smile.

"Mr. Lewis, what are you referring to?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Politics, economy, culture, life, etc., all aspects." Lewis replied with a smile.

Chen Qiang thought for a while and said, "The United States is the world's number one power."

"Thank you for your praise!" Lewis smiled even more, and this answer made Lewis feel very comfortable.

In 1932, the United States should be considered the world's number one power, but the British obviously were unwilling to admit this. British colonies were still spread all over the world, so the British always felt that they were the world's number one. Fortunately, the British and Americans have always been allies, so the Americans did not compete with the British for the false reputation of "world first".

Chen Qiang said that the United States is the world's number one power, and he was not blushed at all. After the 1980s, the United States has always been the world's number one power, and there is no doubt that Chen Qiang, who came from later generations, has long been used to the role of the United States as a "world policeman".

When Lewis heard Chen Qiang's evaluation of the United States, he seemed very happy first, and then he continued to ask: "Mr. Chen, I know your game has ended. I wonder if you are interested in staying in the United States?"

"Are you planning to invite me to continue visiting some cities in the United States?" Chen Qiang asked subconsciously.

Just now, the French leader Cadio also invited Chen Qiang to visit France, so Chen Qiang subconsciously felt that Lewis was also inviting him to continue visiting the United States.

Lewis, opposite, shook his head and said, "Mr. Chen, if you want to continue to stay in the United States after the Olympics, there is no problem. You are the best athlete I have ever met. Several universities in the United States are willing to give you the opportunity to study and can provide you with full scholarships."

When Chen Qiang heard the "full teaching award", he was slightly shocked.

In the United States in the 1930s, going to college was also an opportunity for elites to have. In this era, the quota of American universities was much more valuable than that of later generations. Especially in some famous schools, the value of degrees was much higher than that of later generations.

As for the full scholarship, it is a great temptation. The full scholarship of American universities is not only as simple as tuition and miscellaneous fees, but also includes the daily living expenses of students. If you have a full scholarship in the United States, you will not only need to pay a penny to go to school, but you can even make a profit.

I have to say that Chen Qiang was really a little moved at this time. Even if he was going to the United States to study for a university in the future and had a full scholarship, it was a very tempting thing. Ordinary Chinese high school students would definitely not refuse. What's more, in the 1930s, when he went to the United States to study for a university, was it much bigger than in the future?

Lewis seemed to see Chen Qiang was a little moved. He decided to increase his position and listened to him and continued: "Mr. Chen, if you want, we can even provide you with American nationality!"

This time, Chen Qiang was really shocked. He suddenly realized that Lewis' invitation was actually not simple.

"Is the United States starting to steal people in 1932?" Chen Qiang said in his heart.

In fact, the United States' "grabbing people" strategy has never stopped. The United States is an immigrant country. It is the United States' national policy that continuously absorbs talents from various countries. It is precisely because the United States has absorbed talents from all walks of life from the world that the United States can become as powerful as today. If one day, when the United States says "no" to foreign talents, it may be the time when the United States declines.

Many people may think that the United States wants high-end technical talents such as scientists and engineers. In fact, in the United States' national policy of "grabbing people" in "snatching people", the United States will always accept anyone with a skill. For example, actors, painters, sculptors, musicians, and athletes, as long as they achieve certain achievements in a field recognized by the United States, the United States will choose to accept it.

Actors, painters, musicians, athletes, these people cannot be strong in power. Why does the United States want them? Is the United States stupid?

Obviously not.

The development and strength of a country should be the progress of all walks of life and the common prosperity of all fields. More than 200 years ago, the United States had realized this at the beginning of its founding, so they have been absorbing talents from all walks of life. However, more than 200 years later, keyboard warriors still do not understand.

As some people say, throughout history, no weak country's sports are powerful.

But likewise, throughout history, no strong country's sports are weak.

Back to the topic, Chen Qiang has realized that the United States obviously has taken a fancy to his outstanding performance in the Olympics, so he wants to recruit him.

Chen Qiang said, "Mr. Lewis, I have to remind you that I am a Chinese. The United States has the "Exclusion Act" and I cannot obtain American nationality."

Article 14 of the U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act clearly stipulates that no state court or federal court may grant Chinese American citizenship. If any law is contrary to this bill, the bill shall prevail.

When Lewis smiled awkwardly when he heard Chen Qiang bringing up the "Chinese Exclusion Act", he continued: "The Chinese Exclusion Act is only targeting illegal immigrants from China, and Mr. Chen is not an illegal immigrant."

"But I am Chinese." Chen Qiang said.

"Indeed, the law stipulates that Chinese American citizens cannot be given identities, but there are exceptions. In fact, we have some quotas for special talents." Lewis said.

Chen Qiang suddenly remembered those scientists who resolutely decided to give up their American nationality and return to China in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. If they follow the "Chinese Exclusion Act", they should not have obtained American nationality and become American citizens. But in fact, just as Lewis said, there are exceptions for everything, and real talents are not restricted by the "Chinese Exclusion Act".

Chen Qiang still shook his head: "Mr. Lewis, you misunderstood what I mean. I said I am Chinese and did not want to express my doubts about your country's laws. I want to say that China is my motherland, so I will not go anywhere, and I will not leave my motherland!"

"But as far as I know, the situation in China is very bad now. Your government cannot control the country yet, and you are facing Japanese invasion. Perhaps tomorrow, war will break out in your country! Such a place is not suitable for athletes to survive, and there is no soil for sports. If you continue to stay in the United States, you are simply wasting your talent!"

Lewis paused and continued: "But we in the United States are different. Here, athletes can get the best training environment and enjoy the best training facilities. We have the best coaches in the world and we have the most competitions in the world. In the United States, you can display your talents freely, you can show your talents on the field, and you can get countless honors! The United States has the soil for sports survival, and only in the United States can you find your own value!"

"Mr. Lewis, you are right! China now does not have the soil for sports survival, and the United States is indeed much better in this regard." Chen Qiang nodded, and then changed his voice and continued: "But I believe that my country will change. One day, we Chinese will also attach importance to sports, and we will nurture the soil for sports survival. Maybe it's a few years, maybe it's a dozen years, maybe it's a few decades, maybe it's a few decades, but I'm willing to wait. When that day comes, I'm willing to work hard for it."

Chen Qiang took a deep breath and continued, "What's more, I have family in China, and he looks forward to me going back!"

At this moment, Chen Qiang couldn't help but think of Zhang Boling's face in his mind.

...

In Tianjin, Zhang Boling couldn't sleep after four o'clock in the morning. After getting up, he washed it briefly, and then stood outside the door and looked at the horizon. Dawn gradually approached, and the ray of morning glow in the distance gradually became clear.

"It should be afternoon in Los Angeles now, and Chen Qiang should have participated in the 400m final. I don't know how his results are, and if he can win another gold medal."

Zhang Boling took a deep breath, but a smile appeared on his face, and his eyes were filled with longing.

"No matter what the results are, the game is over, and he should be back soon!"

At this time, Zhang Boling was like an old father, looking forward to the return of the wanderer.

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