Cui Linhai looked surprised. He didn't even remember who the coachman Zhou Songling was talking about.

After all, six days have passed. When Zhou Songling talked about a coachman signing up for the National Games, Cui Linhai just listened to it as a joke and didn't take it to heart. So when Zhou Songling mentioned the coachman again, Cui Linhai didn't know what Zhou Songling said at all.

"Have you forgotten? I told you on Monday." Zhou Songling pointed out the story of the day again.

"I remember it!" Cui Linhai slapped his head: "I remember this incident. At that time, he said that the coachman was honest! Zhou Songling, did you confirm that the coachman is Chen Qiang? Did you remember it wrong?"

Zhou Songling shook his head and said with certainty: "I will definitely not remember it wrong. This surname and this name are too common, how can I not remember it!"

A person next to him reminded: "The name Chen Qiang is very ordinary. There are so many people with the surname Chen in Shanghai, and there must be many people named Chen Qiang. Could it be that they have a duplicate name?"

"It may be a duplicate name. Let's see if there are any other groups called Chen Qiang." Zhou Songling said quickly.

Everyone looked at the 100-meter competition list, but they did not find the second person named Chen Qiang.

Obviously, Chen Qiang is what Zhou Songling calls the coachman.

Zhou Songling looked at Cui Linhai with some concern: "I remember you said at the time that if you were in the same group as this coachman, your grades would be slowed down. I really didn't expect that the prophecy would come true. This coachman is really in the same group as you!"

Cui Linhai's face was full of dissatisfaction. He obviously didn't want to be in the same group as Chen Qiang. He was worried that Chen Qiang would slow down his grades.

"You can't compete with this coachman in the same group. Go and find the referee! I want to go to another group." Cui Linhai said firmly.

"But the referee may not agree, right?" Zhou Songling asked.

Cui Linhai curled his lips and said confidently: "If he doesn't agree, I will move my dad out!"

Zhou Songling suddenly remembered that Cui Linhai was a second-generation official, and his father was the director of the Finance Bureau.

...

The referee was busy with the game schedule at this time. At this time, the referee in charge of the sprint ran over hurriedly.

"Referee, do you have time?" asked the sprint referee.

"I said, Lao Wang, don't make trouble with me." The referee took a helpless breath and continued, "Okay, if you have something to do, please tell me."

"There is a contestant who wants to change the group on the 100-meter sprint." said the sprint referee.

The referee suddenly became angry: "I'm here to see me for such trivial matters! Haven't they all been divided into groups? What to change? This is a sports competition, not a banquet. People you know can change the table. Tell him not to change it!"

"Referee, the contestant who wants to change the group is Cui Linhai. His father is Director Cui of the Finance Bureau." The sprint referee had to reveal Cui Linhai's identity as his father.

"It's Director Cui!" The referee's attitude suddenly softened, and then asked, "Why did Mr. Cui change the team?"

The sprinter despised the referee in his heart, and then said, "It is said that there is a player in their group who is a rickshaw driver. Cui Linhai is worried that the same group as the driver will slow him down, so he asked to change the group."

"The coachman in the crowd? Can the coachman come to participate in the competition? How did he get in? Did he not review it when registering?" The referee's anger value once again increased.

"Referee, you forgot that there is no limit on occupations in the registration rules, and scholars, farmers, industry and commerce can sign up for the competition." The sprint referee reminded.

"Yeah, there is such a thing, but someone really believes it? It's really not clear about the people's wisdom!" the referee shook his head and said.

"Referee, it's not the time to talk about this. The 100-meter sprint race is about to start. What should I do if Mr. Cui changes the group?" The sprint referee asked bitterly.

"Then let's change it. Also, if there are any nobles from the noble family who want to change the group, don't come to me, just change it for them! We can't afford to offend those people." The referee said without hesitation.

"But each group has already decided, and the other groups are full, and there is no spare space for Mr. Cui." said the sprint referee.

The referee thought for a few seconds: "Mr. Cui doesn't want to be in the same group as the rickshaw driver, right? That's fine, just kick the rickshaw driver away! Separate him from Mr. Cui's group."

"How should the rickshaw driver arrange it? He has signed up, so we can't let him participate, right? But other groups are full, and other athletes don't want to compete with this driver. Everyone is afraid of being dragged by the driver." The sprint referee said.

"Will you let the coachman run by himself?" The referee stared at the sprint referee with a look of disappointment, and then said: "When all the contestants are finished running, let the coachman run by himself. Anyway, he, a coachman, doesn't even count the numbers, but just walk around and doesn't take much time."

...

The first event to start on the track is the 100-meter sprint.

Chen Qiang stood in the open space next to him, waiting to go on stage while observing the other contestants.

It was still a terrible squatting start, and some people's technical specifications were even worse than those of Deng Zhiguo, who was from Fudan High School.

The first group of five players, the best result is only 12 seconds 8. The 12 seconds 8 of the manual meter is already 13 seconds away. If it were placed in later generations, it would be hard for Chen Qiang to imagine that he would dare to participate in the competition at such a level!

When the five contestants in the second group appeared, applause and cheers rang around.

"Li Yongping, come on!"

"Li Yongping, come back with the first place for Hujiang University!"

Chen Qiang did not know who Li Yongping was, but these cheering voices mean that this person named Li Yongping should be a small-scale player.

After the gunfire of the starting lineup rang, only more than 30 meters away, one player stood out, and that person was Li Yongping. He had a great advantage. When he approached the finish line, he was more than five meters ahead of the second place.

"12 seconds 3!" The referee announced Li Yongping's results.

"The performance of the third-level athletes in the standard is 12.4 seconds. Li Yongping has been able to reach the level of a national third-level athlete." Chen Qiang nodded with a smile. He was in a very relaxed mood at this time.

"From the current situation, Li Yongping is obviously the best selected. If the best score is only 12 seconds 3, I will be able to get the first place after twelve seconds."

Not far away, Cui Linhai also breathed a sigh of relief.

"In 12 seconds, Li Yongping did not run into the 12-second mark, and I lost one more competitor. Next, it depends on how fast Liu Zhiyuan from Tongji University can run. I think he should not be faster than Li Yongping!

On the track, the third group of players have already appeared, and they are not as fast as Li Yongping. On the total score list, Li Yongping is still the first place.

The fourth group of contestants appeared, and a short man attracted Chen Qiang's attention. The man looked only eighteen or nineteen years old, and should not be more than one meter six, but his figure was very well-proportioned, especially the muscle lines on the thighs, which had a heavy metal texture.

"This is a high-explosion fast-track sprinter." Chen Qiang made a judgment at a glance.

There is a type of sprinters who are not tall, but rely on fast pace frequency and extremely high explosive power to obtain speed. For example, Su Bingtian, his advantage is that the pace frequency is fast enough, and rely on fast pace frequency to make up for the shortcomings of stride.

This type of athlete has a place even in later generations. In the 1920s and 1930s, when sprinting skills were not yet developed, those short athletes with frequent steps were highly respected. For example, the legendary American sprinter Jesse Owens was less than 1.7 meters tall.

"Who is this person? He seems to be very capable. I should have looked carefully at the list of contestants in other groups just now." Chen Qiang regretted it a little and didn't look at it in front of the bulletin board.

After the gunfire of the starting lineup sounded, the short athlete was indeed the first, and rushed to the front just now.

Starting fast is a characteristic of fast-track athletes. Later competitions have also proved that Bolt's big man was not as good as Su Bingtian when he started.

What surprised Chen Qiang even more was that this short athlete was not much slower in the second half.

The short man passed the finish line first, and his time was 12 seconds.

"Who is this person? I haven't seen him before!"

"It's also 12 seconds, faster than Li Yongping. He's the first place now!"

"Cheng Jinguan, he seems to be my classmate when I was at Mellon Academy. His name is Cheng Jinguan. I heard that he is now at Soochow University."

"It turns out that his name is Cheng Jinguan! I went to Soochow University in Suzhou, no wonder I haven't seen him."

Faced with this 12-second result, Cui Linhai's expression was a bit serious. He thought that Li Yongping's 12-second 2 was already his biggest opponent today, but he didn't expect that Cheng Jinguan, who was 12-second 1, would appear halfway.

On the other hand, Chen Qiang's expression was a little excited, not because of the 12-second result, but because of the name "Cheng Jinguan".

"So it's Mr. Cheng! I didn't expect Mr. Cheng to be like this when he was young!"

Chen Qiang did not see the Jinguan in his previous life, but Chen Qiang was well-known for his great name.

Cheng Jinguan once represented the Chinese team in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. At that time, there was a saying of "Southern Cheng Bei Liu". The so-called "Northern Liu" was Liu Changchun, the number one person in the Olympics, and "Southern Cheng" refers to Cheng Jinguan.

It can be said that Cheng Jinguan was one of the first Chinese athletes to go abroad to win glory for the country. After liberation, Cheng Jinguan also actively devoted himself to the sports education cause of New China. It can be said that he has been a veteran of domestic physical education.

In Chen Qiang's era, Mr. Cheng had passed away, but Chen Qiang was always full of respect for the older generation of sports people.

...

Back to the topic, Cheng Jinguan is now studying at Soochow University, which is now Suzhou University. It was very famous at that time. The second son of Jiang Erzhao was studying at Soochow University and was also Cheng Jinguan's classmate.

However, Cheng Jinguan was born in Shanghai, which is equivalent to having a Shanghai household registration, so he returned to Shanghai to participate in the National Games selection competition...

In Suzhou, Cheng Jinguan is also a well-known athlete, but in Shanghai, Cheng Jinguan is just a passerby and almost no one knows him. Shanghai students only think that this is a dark horse.

Cheng Jinguan is only eighteen years old now and is not worthy of the title of "Nan Cheng Bei Liu". For him, he was already very satisfied with the 12-second score, so he happily walked off the track.

"The fifth group, ready to appear!" the referee shouted.

"It's finally my turn to play." Chen Qiang took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and took big steps to the track.

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Chapter completed!