April 1, the opening day of the National Games.

The 4th National Games of Old China was extremely large in scale and could be regarded as the largest National Games in Old China. There were more than 2,000 contestants participating, including more than 400 female athletes. This is also the first time that female athletes participated in the national game.

There are 23 participating teams participating in this National Games, including Northeast and Suiyuan, which are participating in the National Games for the first time. In addition, Hong Kong and an overseas Chinese group from Kobe, Japan, have also formed independent teams.

The athletes were all gathered in the venue, which was very lively, and the stands were already crowded with people, including visiting groups and tourists from all over the country, and more were enthusiastic local citizens from Hangzhou.

Chen Qiang kept looking towards the Northeast team, looking for Liu Changchun's figure.

"What are you looking at?" Cheng Jinguan next to him asked.

"I'm looking for Liu Changchun, the one in the Northeast, you must have heard of his name, right?" Chen Qiang said.

"I know him. I heard that he could run within 11 seconds. He beat the Japanese last year, but this time, he came to participate in the competition with injuries." Cheng Jinguan lowered his voice and continued: "I came to Hangzhou from outside the pass. The journey is not close. I heard that Liu Changchun's injury worsened because of the hardship of boats and trains. So after coming to Hangzhou, I have been resting. You can't see him at today's opening ceremony."

Chen Qiang sighed with some disappointment: "That's a pity. You can only wait until the afternoon game to see him."

"Stop talking, the opening ceremony is about to begin, calm!" Someone said, and Chen Qiang and Cheng Jinguan immediately stopped talking and stopped talking.

The opening ceremony of the 4th National Games officially began. The first step was to go around the field for a week, then the flag raising and singing ceremony, and then bow three times to the flag and Mr. Zhongshan’s portrait, followed by reading the Prime Minister’s will, and the whole person was silent for three minutes.

This is a process for such large-scale activities in this era.

For Chen Qiang, this process is very fresh. As a sportsman from later generations, being able to witness this historic moment personally made Chen Qiang feel excited. However, when singing, Chen Qiang could only open his mouth and just fill in the numbers, and he would not sing at all.

Then it leads to the speech process.

I saw a man standing on the rostrum and starting to speak incessantly to the microphone. Because the distance was too far, Chen Qiang could not see the person's face clearly.

"......If you have a healthy body, you will have a sound spirit. If you combine a sound nation, you will have a sound nation. Only a sound nation can create a sound culture. Looking at the past and present, you will have a vast world. No one can have a weak and depressed nationality. But their culture can be promoted and their nation can survive independently..."

"... The central government's deep maintenance of national sports is actually the general cause of cultural decline and a medium for insults and chaos. It is about to change the habits of the spirit and the foundation of the tree. It is to use resolutions to hold the National Sports Conference..."

"...In April, the county of Hangzhou was located in Hangzhou, and the business preparation was completed for half a year. All provinces across the country came to the meeting enthusiastically, from Hebei, Liao, Nanjiling, and from far away to overseas Chinese. More than 2,000 people attended the meeting... "

"... I hope that from now on, there will be a meeting in the past year, and the news will be held, from the capital to the countryside, from itchy schools to popularize it into society, so that every household can take sports as a regular lesson, exercise a solid constitution, and develop a spirit of rape. A strong father has no weak men, and a good student is the best, so that the nation will be strong and the foundation of the country will be consolidated..."

The man talked for a long time, and when he finished speaking, the audience burst into applause, but Chen Qiang only understood half of it.

"Who is this person? I'm confused!" Chen Qiang couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

"He is the director of the exam." Cheng Jinguan reminded in a low voice.

Chen Qiang nodded: "It turns out that I am in charge of the exam, no wonder I speak in a very literary way."

"The director of the examination is not just about the examination." Cheng Jinguan could only explain helplessly: "The examination institute is one of the 'five colleges', and the appointment, removal and promotion of civil servants are all responsible for the examination institute."

Chen Qiang nodded suddenly, feeling that the power of the director of the examination was roughly the same as that of the later organization ministers.

Next, there were a series of speeches at all levels. If someone familiar with history came, they probably knew who these people were. They were not very familiar with Chen Qiang's history. Chen Qiang did not know any of the so-called senior government officials.

The opening ceremony lasted from 9 a.m. until after eleven a.m. After the opening ceremony, a large number of athletes flocked to the cafeteria, and Chen Qiang was one of them.

Chen Qiang had the fastest meal and then returned to the stadium. The preliminaries of the 100-meter sprint were held on the afternoon of the opening ceremony.

...

Chen Qiang felt that the schedule of this National Games was unreasonable. The opening ceremony was held for only more than two hours in the morning and the competition was held in the afternoon, so there was no buffering time.

The contestants who participated in the 100-meter sprint came to the field one after another, and the contestants' groupings had been posted. Chen Qiang found familiar names such as Liu Changchun and Zhu Baozhang on the grouping list, but he did not know any of the contestants in the same group as Chen Qiang.

"Liu Changchun from the Northeast is here!" I don't know who shouted.

Chen Qiang turned his head and looked at him. Several contestants came from afar, one of which was Liu Changchun.

Although Chen Qiang had never met Liu Changchun himself, he still recognized Liu Changchun at first sight.

Compared with others, Liu Changchun is really special. Standing in the crowd, he feels as if he stands out in the crowd.

"So strong!" Chen Qiang sighed in his heart. This was his first impression of Liu Changchun.

Liu Changchun's arms are very thick, his legs are also very thick, his muscle lines are very obvious, and his figure looks more like a European and American.

There are many strong-looking athletes on the National Games field, and they also have obvious muscle lines. They may look a little thin on the outside, but don’t doubt the strength and explosive power contained in their muscles.

Liu Changchun is different. He is not strong, but strong, the kind of muscle-like strength. Chen Qiang even feels that the later generations of outstanding athletes such as Zhang Peimeng and Xie Zhenye may not be as strong as Liu Changchun.

You should know that in later generations, there were a lot of supplies. Not only did athletes eat and drink well, but there were also various nutritional supplements to supplement them. In the 1930s, there was no supply and there was not so many nutritional supplements. If you want to supplement your nutrition, you would have nothing to supplement them.

"This is the 1930s, an era of malnutrition for the whole people, but Liu Changchun can still have such a strong body. He is such a natural athlete! This physical talent is amazing." Chen Qiang sighed in his heart. He felt that if Liu Changchun was placed in the 21st century, his achievements would definitely be no less than that of Su Bingtian.

Then, Chen Qiang thought of himself again.

"My body is more than one level worse than Liu Changchun. Fortunately, I have the skills to make up for my physical shortcomings. Moreover, Liu Changchun participated in the competition with injuries, so I can have the opportunity to win the 100-meter championship. If Liu Changchun had the same sprinting skills as me, even as long as he was not injured, I might not be Liu Changchun's opponent now! It seems that I have to continue to train hard."

After seeing Liu Changchun with his own eyes, Chen Qiang has fully realized the gap between him and Liu Changchun.

Originally, Chen Qiang was still complacent about beating all the athletes in Shanghai, but now Chen Qiang feels that he is too naive. The athletes in the Shanghai selection competition are not the best athletes in China. At most, they are a group of people who can come into contact with sports training in this era.

In sports, the real strong people are those with great talent. Training will determine the lower limit of athletes, while talent will determine the upper limit of athletes.

Physical talent is precisely something athletes cannot decide, it depends on whether God rewards the food or not.

"My physical talent is not very outstanding, but fortunately I have a training space. Since God has not given me a powerful body, I can only make up for it with ten times of training and a hundred years of leading skills!"

...

In the 100-meter sprint preliminaries, it was finally Chen Qiang's turn to make his debut.

There are a total of six players on the track, which is also the standard configuration of this era. Even in the Olympic finals, six people will compete in groups.

Chen Qiang did not know the other five people, and the other five people did not know Chen Qiang, or the six contestants did not know each other at all.

After all, this is not later generations, and information dissemination is not so developed. If it were a hundred years later, you would know the player's name and search the Internet for his personal information, his achievements, and even his game videos.

But in the 1930s, I didn’t know who you were!

The players come from all over the world, and some athletes have never been out of the province in their entire lives. Unless they are famous players like Zhu Baozhang and Liu Changchun, it is impossible to know them at all.

I don’t know what the opponent’s strength, strength, and technical characteristics are all. The only confidence I understand is the opponent’s name. At this time, if you want to judge the strength, you can only look through your eyes and guess whether the opponent is strong or not.

So, the six contestants on the track began to look at each other and then judged their opponent's strength based on their feelings.

Not only that, the audience also judges the strength of the contestants in this way.

...

Before the competition began, the audience started talking.

"I think the third athlete from here can run first. You see, his legs are so long, he must run fast."

"Who told you that you will run fast with long legs? What if you are a silly big man? I'm optimistic about the fourth athlete."

"The fourth one is so thin, can it be OK!"

"Slimming means light weight, light weight will definitely run fast!"

"In my opinion, the third and fourth ones are not as good as the second one. Look at the second one, who is sixteen or seventeen years old, and is still in middle school. If you come to participate in the National Games at such a young age, you must have two tricks. I like him!"

The young athlete this person mentioned is Chen Qiang.

The main participants in the National Games are college students in their twenties, and very few are under the age of eighteen, so Chen Qiang, a 16-year-old boy, is quite conspicuous.

However, the audience before curled their lips disdainfully: "The other five people may win first, but that young man can't do it."

"Why, do you look down on young people? Zhu Baozhang was also a middle school student in the last National Games, and he won three championships differently! Maybe this young man can make a big splash!"

"It's amazing? You're thinking too much. Look carefully. He doesn't even wear nails running shoes, but he wears ordinary sports shoes. Do you think people who don't wear nails running shoes can run first? I think he's just here to make up the numbers!"

...

It was discovered so far in the audience that Chen Qiang was not wearing nails and running shoes. Several other contestants on the track had already discovered this.

"Is this guy serious about wearing only a pair of ordinary sneakers to participate in the sprint competition?"

"I don't even wear nail shoes for the 100-meter sprint. It seems that this player didn't want to advance at all."

"The one wearing sports shoes must be here to make up the numbers. I don't have to pay attention to him during the competition later. Pay attention to the other four people!"

"It turns out that the preliminary competition is a mixture of good and bad guys, and there are all kinds of players. I didn't even wear nails and running shoes and went to the field. Why did the Shanghai team choose such a player to participate?"

The other five players have different ideas, but they still have one thing to say, that is, this young player who doesn't even wear nail running shoes must be here to make a fuss.

...

On the rostrum, the exam dean who gave a speech in classical Chinese in the morning was also watching the competition. As a big boss from Nanjing, he was naturally surrounded by a group of little brothers around him knelt down and licked.

The dean looked at the track and said to the left and right: "This is the first time our Nanjing government has held a national sports meeting. There are still many shortcomings! For example, the control of the contestants is not strict, allowing some athletes who have no competition attitude to get in!"

"Why did the dean say this?" Someone immediately asked next to him, and someone took out a small notebook and prepared to write down the words of the dean for the examination.

The dean pointed to the track and said, "Look at the Shanghai team player, wearing these ordinary sports shoes, he will come to participate in the sprint competition. Even I, a not-athlete, knows that I have to wear nail running shoes for 100 meters. Is he a sportsman not aware of it?"

The dean's voice became harsh, and he continued: "It's obvious that there is no attitude towards competition! It's obvious that he doesn't pay attention to competitions! What does he regard the National Games competition as? Is it a juggling game? Just come to participate casually? How did such athletes choose to come to the National Games?"

The dean calmed down and continued: "But this phenomenon also shows that there are still many omissions in the local area in the selection of athletes! In the future, we will issue some detailed regulations to truly select some athletes who participate seriously. At least the attitude of participating in the competition must be correct. The National Games is not a competition that is full of numbers. In the future, such black sheep must be eliminated and blocked them from the door of the National Games!"

"The dean is right."

"The dean said so well."

"I was enlightened by what the dean said!"

"Dean, I have written down all your words. I will definitely organize the study after I go back."
To be continued...