Chapter 77 The 100m Final
It was getting darker and a car was driving alone on the empty street.
In the early 1930s, Tokyo was not as prosperous as Shanghai, and cars were even scarce. Seeing cars passing by, some people who got up early to make a living avoided them, and they thought to themselves, which noble man was this, who got up so early.
The car finally stopped in front of a mansion, and a man in a suit and glasses broke up and got out of the car, and the one who was with him was an officer, who was carrying a box in his hand.
The two of them didn't knock on the door. The people in the room had already heard the sound and opened the door.
"The two are finally here, President An Qing is waiting for you." The man said, leading the two into it.
An Qingyi was waiting in the living room. When he saw the two of them coming in, An Qingyi immediately asked, "Myamahira, is this happening?"
"Fortunately, I have not been humiliated!" Matsuhira Jun answered.
This man named Matsuhira, named Takasaburo Matsuhira, was born in a Japanese aristocratic family. When he was young, he once learned about machinery in Europe and now works as a watch engineer in Citizen.
I saw Takasaburo Matsuhira take the box and slowly open it. There were eight things that looked like pocket watches inside.
These are timers for track and field sports.
Matsuhira Takasaburo took out two of the counters and handed them to Kishi Kishi'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i'i
An Qingyi took the timer and pressed the start button. The pointer started to move. After waiting for ten seconds, it stopped automatically. The timer displayed the result of 10 seconds 7.
Kishi Kishi nodded in praise: "Matsuhira Jun is worthy of being the top watch engineer in Japan. It is amazing to be able to stop the timer in a specific position and be accurate to zero for one second!"
"Thank you, President Kishi Kishi for your praise!" Matsuhira Takasaburo pointed to the other six timers in the box: "I have modified these six timers according to your requirements. After pressing the switch, the pointer will be delayed by 0.1 second before starting. This delay is difficult to detect with the naked eye. Compared with the two timers just now, this modification is much simpler."
"Thank you so hard, Matsuhide," Kishiki said thankingly, and at the same time, he asked someone to put all eight timers away.
But Takasaburo Matsuhira looked like he was reluctant to speak. He hesitated for a moment, then said, "President Kishi Kishi, please forgive me for being too much. Is what I do contrary to the moral quality of fair competition in sports..."
"Matsuhira, I know what you are going to say, but it's all for the future of Japan!" Kishi Kichi didn't explain too much, but continued: "Matsuhira, you are an excellent engineer. Everything I asked you to do today, I hope you..."
"I understand what you mean." Takasaburo Matsuhira said directly: "I will rot in my stomach today and I won't tell anyone!"
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Far East Games 100-meter sprint final day.
Four contestants stood on the track.
The first lane that was most leaning on the inside was empty. Japanese player Kenjiro Okam stood in the second lane, Yoshioka Ryudok was in the third lane, Filipino player Steve was the fourth lane, and Chen Qiang was the fifth lane, the most leaning on the outside.
At the end, the iron stair chairs were also arranged, with eight timekeepers sitting on them, and each two timers were responsible for one player.
The modified timer has long been sent to the timer. Among them, the two timers who timer for Yoshioka Ryudo were specially arranged by Kishi Kishi. The timer in these two people is the timer that can automatically stop at 10.7 seconds. After the game begins, they only need to press the button to start the timer, and the timer will automatically stop at 10.7 seconds.
The timer for the other six people is the timer that will delay starting by 0.1 second.
According to scientific research, the response limit of human beings is 0.1 second, so this 0.1 second delay happens to be at the physiological response limit of human beings. Moreover, the pointer timer used in this era can easily cause visual deviations to people, and the delay of 0.1 second is almost impossible to detect.
In other words, except for Takato Yoshioka, the other three athletes will be 0.1 second slower before the starting score is still available.
Kishi Kishi Kishi was useless to get Takato Yoshioka to set the Asian record. He was afraid that other athletes would score faster than 10 seconds 7, so he had this arrangement.
Before the competition began, Kishi Kishi had prepared a new Asian record for Yoshioka Ryude, and of course, I didn't know all this. At this time, Yoshioka Ryude was still serious about warm-up exercises before the game.
This is the final, and the atmosphere before the game is a bit tense. Although the two Japanese players, Takato Yoshioka and Kenjiro Okato, were on two adjacent tracks, they did not communicate at all. Perhaps Kenjiro Okato, they should not disturb Takato Yoshioka at this time, but should let him focus on adjusting his state.
Steve was also silent. James did not enter the finals and no one quarreled. Could it be that he would let him speak out alone? Even if he spoke out alone, no one would answer. The three around him were Asians. Steve felt that these three people did not understand English.
Chen Qiang knows English and speaks very well, but he won’t talk to Steve, as the game is about to begin, and Chen Qiang doesn’t have the time to chat with international friends.
With the command of the starting commander, the four contestants bowed their waists and prepared to start, and the atmosphere on the scene became even more tense.
The starter pulled the trigger, and after the gunshot, the four contestants had already rushed out of the runway.
Chen Qiang's starting without mistakes, nor is it excellent, and can only be considered a fair-going one. But even such a fair-going start can beat all the sprinters of this era. It can be said that as long as Chen Qiang's starting without mistakes, he will definitely be able to gain a lead by starting.
In the stands, Gu Sansanwu frowned. It was the third time he had seen such a start.
The first time was when I was in Fudan High School. Gu Sansanwu did not pay attention to Chen Qiang's starting position.
The second time was in the preliminary round of the Far East Games yesterday. Gu Sansanwu faced Chen Qiang's start for the first time, and Chen Qiang was already ahead of two Americans in the first 20 meters after the start, leaving a deep impression on Gu Sansanwu.
Today is the third time. Gu Sansanwu widened his eyes and began to carefully observe Chen Qiang's start. However, from the athlete receiving the "set" command to the gunfire, the interval between the middle was too short. Gu Sansanwu could not collect useful information by relying on his eyes alone.
After starting, Chen Qiang still lowered his head and rushed forward, which once again came into Gu Sansanwu's eyes.
"Can you rush forward with your head down like this faster?" Gu Sansanwu said in his heart.
Sure enough, after 20 meters, Chen Qiang took the lead again, exactly the same as yesterday's preliminary round.
"His starting method is indeed faster!" Gu Sansanwu felt an impulse in his heart. He really wanted to go up the track to verify this new starting personally.
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Chapter completed!