Chapter 44: What a coincidence
The 10th Group of the 100m sprint selection...
There was no such tenth group, but because of Chen Qiang, there was only one athlete in this group.
A group that did not exist originally, a contestant who no one knew, was destined to be watched by no one.
So when Chen Qiang stood on the court, no one around him cared about him at all.
Next, the 200-meter sprint selection competition is about to start. Except for Cui Linhai, everyone else has begun to prepare for the 200-meter, hoping to get a place in the National Games through the 200-meter.
Even the starter began to urge Chen Qiang: "Are you ready? Move faster and don't delay the game."
In this way, under the urging of the starter, Chen Qiang, who was left alone, ended the warm-up exercise quickly, then squatted down and took the starting position.
"Haha, that coachman really wants to run! This starting position is very good!" Zhou Songling pointed at Chen Qiang on the track and shouted out.
Others don’t care about Chen Qiang, but Zhou Songling has been paying attention to Chen Qiang’s every move. Entertainment is so scarce these days, and it’s not easy to find such a new thing, so you have to keep a close eye on it.
Zhou Songling shouted out, which immediately attracted people's attention to the track, and everyone saw Chen Qiang who was preparing to start.
"This rickshaw driver really learned to squat and start a starting position!"
"Thanks to his last game, he has watched so much in front of him, so he must have learned it!"
Someone poked Li Yongping with his finger, and then said, "Li Yongping, look, is the squat-standing starting position of the coachman? Is it standard?"
Li Yongping turned his head and looked at the track. The moment he saw Chen Qiang, he realized that Chen Qiang's starting posture was different from others, but Li Yongping couldn't tell what was the difference.
Chen Qiang used future starting technology. This set of technology has long been fully matured in Chen Qiang's era, and is very different from the starting technology in the 1920s and 1930s.
Ordinary people may not be able to see the difference between the two, but professional sprinters can still feel it.
However, there was no one who specialized in squatting starting in the 1920s and 1930s, and Li Yongping did not know any skills of squatting starting in the squatting starting in the 1940s and 1940s. So he could only feel that Chen Qiang's starting posture was unique, but he could not express all this in words.
This is the limitation brought by the times.
Before Li Yongping could speak out about Chen Qiang's starting posture, the starter couldn't wait to give instructions.
The starter also wanted to complete the 100-meter sprint as soon as possible, so he could also take a few minutes off, drink water, go to the toilet, etc.
"Everyone is here, prepare!"
A "bang" shot came very quickly, and you could feel that the starter was very anxious.
The same anxious timekeeper was also the timekeeper at the end. Originally, there were 10 timekeepers, but because only Chen Qiang participated, the referee picked two of them to stay. These two people kept complaining in their hearts why they chose to work overtime.
At this time, they also wanted to finish the 100-meter sprint quickly and then take a break, and they were in a hurry.
"Run quickly, you're the only one left, and it's delayed us waiting for another game. You have to run faster! I'll end the game early and go to the bathroom! I can't hold it in!" A starting commander thought while trying to clamp his legs.
The timekeeper was begging Chen Qiang to run faster, as if he didn't even want to wait for a second.
On the track, Chen Qiang also fulfilled the timekeeper's wish. He really ran very fast, and he seemed to be even more rushing than the timekeeper!
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"Why is this coachman's start so weird? Why does his head keep lowering?" Li Yongping widened his eyes and looked at Chen Qiang who was accelerating.
Everyone starts with three steps to raise their heads and chests, but Chen Qiang only lifts his head at the 20th step. People in this era have never seen this way of running, so Li Yongping looked confused.
The next second, Li Yongping suddenly realized that Chen Qiang's speed was really fast!
In later generations, Li Yongping could only be considered a national third-level athlete, but in this era, Li Yongping was the top sprinter in Shanghai. His perception of speed is much more sensitive than that of ordinary people, so he already felt that Chen Qiang's speed was very fast.
"It's so fast, it's really so fast, it feels faster than me! Impossible, how is this possible! How can a coachman run faster than me! Is it my illusion?"
Li Yongping denied himself for two seconds, and then Chen Qiang had already run halfway.
After half of the 100-meter sprint, the speed has been completely improved, and Chen Qiang is faster than the first thirty meters.
At this time, Li Yongping could clearly sense Chen Qiang's amazing speed.
"It's not an illusion, he's really faster than me!" Li Yongping looked shocked, and his mind was even blank.
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At this time, Chen Qiang did not sprint with all his strength, he was hiding his weakness.
During the Spring Festival, cats have been training in space, which has improved Chen Qiang's level. Now he can run within 11 seconds.
But the best result of the 100-meter is Cui Linhai's 12 seconds. Chen Qiang does not need to show all his strength. As long as he runs within 12 seconds, he will get a place in the National Games.
It is already amazing for a rickshaw driver to run within 12 seconds. If he runs within 11 seconds and runs a national record or something, then Chen Qiang will really cause trouble for himself.
After all, this is an era of chaos and chaos, and it is an old Shanghai where the strong prey on the weak. No matter how good the selection competition in Shanghai is, no matter how good the competition is, no matter how good the competition is, no matter how good the competition is, there may not be anyone knows it. Chen Qiang thinks it is better to develop lewdly.
When we arrive at the National Games, it will be different. This is the first time that the Nanjing National Government has held a national sports meeting. So many political leaders are staring at and so many media are watching, and a surprising achievement will be achieved, so that the people of the whole country will know themselves, and will add a layer of protection to themselves.
Chen Qiang did not fully release his speed, but even so, he was still very fast. At least he could feel it as a sprinter like Li Yongping, who was more powerful.
How many people have higher sprinting skills like Li Yongping at the competition site? Most people do not have the sensitivity of professional sprinters, and they cannot feel how fast Chen Qiang runs.
Moreover, Chen Qiang is the only one running in this group, and there are no competitors. In this way, no one can compare and refer to it.
If Chen Qiang was in a five-person group, Chen Qiang would have been far ahead of others at this time, and the audience around him would inevitably exclaim, such as "Why is this coachman running so fast?"
But if Chen Qiang runs alone, even if he is faster, those non-professionals can't tell it. They still think that Chen Qiang is just here to make up the numbers.
On the track, Chen Qiang crossed the finish line like a gust of wind.
The moment Chen Qiang rushed through the finish line, the timer instinctively pressed the timer in his hand.
Then the timer let out a sigh of relief, stood up and prepared to go to the bathroom and release it well.
While getting up, the timer looked down at the number of the timer in his hand.
It’s really just a look. A rickshaw driver can still run out of flowers!
But it was this glance that made his expression solidify.
"How is that possible! Did I press it too early?"
Pressing the timer in advance is a work mistake. This is what the timer doesn’t want to see the least, and no one wants to make mistakes in his work.
The timer carefully recalled the situation just now, and he was sure that it was when Chen Qiang crossed the finish line and pressed the timer.
"I probably didn't press it early! That's the timer is broken, it must be like this. The timer is malfunctioning!"
The timer in this era was not an electronic timer, but a manual timer with pointers. There were two pointers on the manual timer. A large pointer on the outside represented the number of seconds, while a small pointer on the inside represented 0.1 second. This manual timer had high requirements for precision and was considered a complex mechanical device at that time.
Since it is a complex mechanical device, it is easy to break down. It is normal to say that the timer is broken.
What's more, it's better to push the blame on the timer than to say that one's own work mistakes!
The timer already has a certain plan in his mind, but as a timer, he still has to report the contestants' results to the referee.
Fortunately, there are two timers! Even if my timer is broken, there is another colleague.
Thinking of this, the timekeeper looked at his colleagues.
However, what came into his eyes was an expression of incredibly surprised.
He never saw such an expression on the face of his colleagues.
"Is my timer not broken? Is that result true?" The timer thought of this possibility, which was a possibility that he would never dream of!
At this time, the colleague also raised his head and looked at him.
"What are your grades?" the colleague suddenly asked.
"11 seconds 7!" The timer paused and then said, "There may be something wrong with my timer."
"There is also a problem with my timer, which is 11 seconds 7." The colleague answered.
"What a coincidence! Both of us were broken, both of us were 11 seconds 7!" the timer said casually.
The next second, the two realized at the same time that it was not the timer's pot! How could the two timers break at the same time, and they both had 11 seconds to 7!
What a coincidence?
"Come on your face!" the colleague cursed in his heart.
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Chapter completed!