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Chapter 74 Asian Records

In this game, Chen Qiang's start was much better than the National Games finals. After the start, he immediately found his own rhythm and began to accelerate with all his strength.

The opponent is an American, and Chen Qiang dare not take it lightly.

Since the emergence of modern sports, the United States has always been the world's number one sports power. Most sports, the domestic qualifiers in the United States are higher than those in the Olympics. Many international events, even if the United States sends out some second-tier players, are the world's top players.

Chen Qiang guessed that these two Americans from the Philippines team were probably second-tier or third-tier players in the United States.

In track and field, the level of the second and third tiers in the United States is absolutely top-notch, which is a relatively objective evaluation.

So Chen Qiang did not regard this game as a preliminary round, but as a final. He did not dare to slack off at all. He was worried that if he relaxed a little, the promotion quota would be snatched away by two Americans.

However, after 50 meters, Chen Qiang felt that these two Americans were not as strong as expected, and Chen Qiang didn't even feel too much pressure.

The talent of white people in sprinting is similar to that of yellow people. White people have stronger strength, and yellow people have stronger physical coordination. Both of them have their own advantages and are not as good as black people.

If it were a black athlete, Chen Qiang should feel more pressure now.

After entering the second half, Chen Qiang was even more certain that he would win this game! Because he had the thigh forward swing skills.

Neither the white nor the yellow race have the physical talent of the black race. It is difficult for them to keep their physical explosions in the second half of the 100-meter sprint. If they rely on the ground to provide forward momentum, the physical talent of the black race will be better than that of other races.

However, relying on the thigh forward swing technology to provide forward momentum can make up for the problem of continuous explosive power in the second half to a certain extent. Although the white and yellow people were still beaten by black people after the popularization of the thigh forward swing technology, at least there were athletes like Su Bingtian and Lemetri who could be close to 9.9 seconds in a hundred meters. It can be said that the forward swing technology has narrowed the gap between other races and black people.

In the early 1930s, legendary athlete Jesse Owens was also engaged in part-time jobs such as unloading, delivering food, and repairing shoes. Black athletes were really rare.

As long as there are no black athletes, everyone's second half will be weak, and all athletes are not good at the second half. Chen Qiang can beat the whole world with the 100-meter sprinting skills with his thighs!

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James never thought that a yellow man would actually run ahead of him!

"What's going on? Why am I behind?" James seemed to have not reacted yet, and his eyes were filled with confusion and at a loss.

In comparison, Steve's reaction was much faster. He immediately realized that in addition to James, his opponent also had the Asian man running in front of him who didn't know at all.

At this moment, Steve's mentality changed.

In the game between Jin 2, Steve originally thought that the qualifiers must be himself and James, and the game was just a formality. But now someone ran to the front, which means that they suddenly had another competition!

The key is that this competitor is still in the lead, he ranks first and is most likely to qualify!

It was less than forty meters away from the finish line, and Steve realized that there was not much time left for himself.

At this moment, Steve's expression became ferocious, and he seemed to have suddenly become a different person, like an antelope being chased by cheetahs on the grassland, his heart full of urgency.

"Hurry, I'll get faster, I'll catch up with him!" Steve kept repeating this thought in his mind.

However, he found that no matter how hard he tried, the gap between him and Chen Qiang had not narrowed at all.

"Why is this Asian running so fast? Is it a Japanese or a Chinese?" When this idea flashed through Steve's mind, Chen Qiang had already rushed to the finish line.

...

In the surrounding stands, the number of Chinese students and overseas Chinese does not account for the majority.

But when Chen Qiang crossed the finish line, the Chinese students and overseas Chinese burst into the warmest shouts and applause.

As for the Japanese audience, it is purely a mentality of watching the excitement. In their opinion, if the "American ghost beast" loses, it is a good thing, at least the Japanese team will lose one competitor.

At the finish line, after confirmation, the referee finally announced the results of the contestants.

"First place, 10 seconds 8!" The loudspeakers at the scene announced in English and Japanese.

A burst of exclamations suddenly sounded from the field. 10 seconds 8 is equivalent to an Asian record of a 100-meter sprint.

And the person who created this Asian record was sitting on the rostrum at this time, and that was Gu San San Wu.

On the rostrum, everyone's eyes unconsciously looked at Gu Sansanwu, looking at the person who set the 10.8-second Asian record.

Gu San Sanwu took a deep breath. He wanted to cover up his surprise and panic in this way.

"Last month, China held a national sports meeting. At that time, Chen Qiang's score was only 11 seconds, and this month, he ran a 10.8 seconds! In just one month, he was able to reach less than 10.8 seconds from 11 seconds. Is this really a speed of progress that humans can achieve?"

"Or the fact that when the National Games were held in China, Chen Qiang could already run for 10 seconds. He was retaining his strength at the time? That means that it only took him six months to improve from a 12-second time to 10 seconds. This is also not the speed of progress that humans should have!"

Gu San35 guessed it was really inconsistent. During the National Games, Chen Qiang made a mistake in starting because he was too nervous and finally ran a total of 11 seconds. If Chen Qiang had not made any mistakes in starting at that time, he could have run 10 seconds and 8.

As the creator of the 10.8-second Asian record, Gu Sansanwu understands best how difficult it is to achieve such a result.

Gu Sansanwu set this Asian record in 1925, and in the past five years, only two Asian players can tie this record in the competition.

After all, the track and field training level in the 1920s and 1930s was too backward. For Asian athletes at that time, every 0.1 second improvement was harder than climbing the sky after reaching the 11-second mark. There were too many Asian athletes who could not improve from 11-second to 10.9 seconds in their entire lives.

The same is true for European and American athletes. Jesse Owens set a world record of 10 seconds 2, which has been maintained for 20 years before being broken, not because the athletes' personal abilities are not good, but because their training level has never improved.

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In the athlete waiting area, Takato Yoshioka and Kenjiro Oka, who were originally preparing to play, their expressions became solemn.

"That Chinese man ran 10.8 seconds! I'm afraid I'm not his opponent, Yoshioka-kun, the final depends on you!" Kenjiro Oka said.

Last year, Kenjiro Okamyo went to Northeast China to participate in the Sino-Japanese and German track and field competition, and Liu Changchun also ran a 10.8 second. In that game, Kenjiro Okamyo lost, and his score was 11.2 seconds. And for Kenjiro Okamyo, this was already a very good result.

The gap between 11 seconds 2 and 10 seconds 8 and 0.4 seconds is completely two athletes, so when Chen Qiang ran 10 seconds 8, Kenjiro Okamyo had already admitted defeat in his heart, and he knew that he could not run away from Chen Qiang.

On the other hand, although Takato Yoshioka is not as pessimistic as Kenjiro Oka, he is also not optimistic.

At 10 seconds 8, Takato Yoshioka could run out during practice. Takato Yoshioka even ran better results during practice. But in the competition, he never ran out of such results.

After all, the competition and practice are different. Yoshioka Ryude is also not sure and can defeat Chen Qiang in the final.

At this moment, the entire Japanese track and field team was filled with a sense of loss.

"Do we want to lose to the Chinese in the 100-meter sprint event? Do we want to give the title of "Fast East Fastest" to the Chinese?"

The champion of the 100-meter sprint means "the fastest speed". For the Japanese who have just risen and become the great powers, they do not want to lose any "the best in the Far East"!

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