As an expert in sports, Chen Qiang certainly knows what kind of nature the so-called "Eternal National Games" is.

Chen Qiang couldn't help but remember the sketch "The Prince and the Postman" by Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao in the future. It talks about the World Games. There are a few lines in it: "What is the number one run?" "I can't run first", "You must be unhappy if you want to run first", "The foreigner will definitely be unhappy", "Then the old Buddha will be angry."

So Chen Qiang asked half-jokingly: "Let me go first?"

"Nonsense, I can't get the first place, why are you going to do? This is the World Games! If it's a war, it's equivalent to a national war!" Zhang Boling said with a serious look on his face.

"What the sir said." Chen Qiang did not joke with the old man anymore. He then asked, "Who are there any opponents? Are you sure now?"

"I went to inquire. There were no well-known foreign athletes coming to Tianjin recently. So for this World Games, your opponent should be the foreigners and garrisons in Tianjin." Zhang Boling paused and continued: "But this time the World Games held by foreigners did not have a 100-meter sprint event. The sprint is only meter."

"This Westerner has also learned bad things from the Japanese! Isn't this the same thing last time? I didn't set up a 100-meter sprint and asked me to run 200 meters." Chen Qiang said with a smile.

"Foreigners are not stupid. Even though they know that they can't win you by running 100 meters, why do they still have to compete with you? But this also shows that in this World Games, foreigners have a strong desire to win, and they don't want to lose!" Zhang Boling said.

"As for the competition, no one wants to lose, but competitive sports still depends on strength after all. Although there is no 100-meter sprint, I will definitely win!" Chen Qiang said confidently.

"I know you just broke the national record of rice, but it is an indisputable fact that foreigners are better than us in sports. It's better to be careful to sail the ten thousand years of ships and don't take it too lightly." Zhang Boling said.

Chen Qiang nodded: "I understand, remember the teacher's teachings."

...

Chen Qiang said he would definitely win, but he really had no idea of ​​underestimating the enemy.

As Zhang Boling said, Western sports are indeed stronger than China. Second-rate athletes in European and American countries can surpass many first-class players in China.

At the North China Sports Games, Chen Qiang made a mistake in the 200-meter final, but still ran a 22-second run. If Chen Qiang did not make a mistake, the result should be faster, reaching about 21.8 seconds.

21.8 is already a very fast result. The 200-meter world record was 21.6 seconds maintained by American athlete Jackson Scholz. This result was created at the 1924 Paris Olympics.

In the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, the 200m champion Passi Williams won the championship at 21.8 seconds. This Passi Williams is the one who sets a 10-meter sprint to a world record of 10.3 seconds.

According to this result, if Chen Qiang runs 21.8 seconds, he can win the gold medal at the Amsterdam Olympics. So Chen Qiang is not afraid at all in the 200-meter competition. Although there are many foreigners in Tianjin, Chen Qiang does not think that there will be Olympic champions among the overseas Chinese and garrisons.

As for the 400-meter event, Chen Qiang is much weaker. The national record of 52 seconds 3 is considered great in China, but in international competitions, it can only be considered a stool speed.

In this era, the top Japanese athletes have nearly 50 seconds in the 400-meter run. If they run for 50 seconds in the Olympics, it will be difficult to advance in the preliminary round.

"I still have a lot of room for improvement in the 400-meter sprint, whether it is physical fitness or technology, and the difficulty of 400 meters is relatively high. Among the foreigners in Tianjin, there shouldn't be 400 meters masters!"

Chen Qiang's strength at 400 meters is not as world-class. At this time, he can only pray that there are no strong athletes among the foreigners.

...

Tianjin has held many World Games. For the people of Tianjin, the World Games are more about watching foreign athletes gallop on the field.

Chinese people were not allowed to participate in the first International Games. At that time, the Chinese did not know about the sports that came from the West. They just thought that a group of yellow-haired and blue-eyed foreigners were running and jumping, throwing an iron ball and crossing a crossbar, etc. were very interesting.

Later, the Chinese began to understand the Olympics in the West and began to understand sports. Then Chinese participated in the World Games. However, China's sports lag too much behind the West, and the Chinese participating in the competition also lost more than they won. To be precise, few people could defeat foreigners at the World Games.

Every International Games is almost the process of Chinese athletes being beaten by foreign athletes. Any Chinese athlete who can defeat foreigners in the International Games is considered a hero.

And this time at the World Games, there was a hero in the minds of the people of Tianjin participating in the competition, that was Chen Qiang!

Even if the International Games charges ticket fees this time, many Tianjin citizens are willing to come and watch the competition. They want to witness the moment when Chen Qiang defeats foreigners with their own eyes.

Mr. Guan Wu came again, but this time he did not carry the bird cage. The shouts and cheers around him were too loud last time, which shocked Mr. Guan Wu's bird. After he returned, the poor bird did not eat or drink for several days. Mr. Guan Wu was very fed and helped the bird to recover.

Manager Song also came. This time he did not come alone, but brought his two sons to watch the competition. However, what made Manager Song a little depressed was that he came a little late and the tickets had been sold out.

Before the competition began, the stands were filled with people, which was somewhat beyond the expectations of the consuls of the British, French and Italian countries.

In the main stand, Italian Consul Elio looked around and said, "There were not so many Chinese people watching the competition in the previous World Games!"

"Isn't it what we expect from many Chinese people?" British Consul Edward showed a proud expression on his face. He continued: "I really hope more Chinese people will witness the loss of heroes in their minds!"

French Consul Batner responded from the side: "We just let the Chinese people be more awake. Chinese people need to know that they will never be on par with Europe. I think after experiencing this failure, Chinese people can have a clear understanding of themselves, be honest and obedient in the future. Isn't that great!"

"I agree with both of you." Italian Consul Elio smiled, then took out a newspaper and said, "But I recently saw a very interesting piece of news."

Edward glanced at the newspaper in Ellio's hand and asked in surprise: "Are you holding a Chinese newspaper in your hand?"

"Yes, this is a newspaper published in Jinan, with a large circulation and is difficult to buy in Tianjin." Ellio replied.

"Elio, don't keep it a secret. We don't have time to read a Chinese newspaper. Tell me what the news you are talking about!" French Consul Batner said.

Ellio nodded: "I noticed a news above, introducing Chinese athletes from North China, one of whom was named Chen Qiang, who broke China's national record in the 200-meter sprint event. His score was 22 seconds!"

"22 seconds? This is already a great 200-meter result, enough to participate in the Olympics! Chen Qiang? Isn't it the 'fastest Asian'? He is about to participate in the 200-meter race soon?" Batner couldn't help feeling guilty.

"Didn't you say before that Chen Qiang's 200-meter score is 22 seconds?" Edward asked with a frown.

"22.2 is the result of last year. Obviously, he has improved again!" Ellio answered.

A haze rose on Edward's face. The 200-meter sprint was the first event of this World Games, and he didn't want to fall apart as soon as he got up!

...

During the North China Games, the media in Tianjin basically did not report Chen Qiang's achievements.

Because this time, Chen Qiang was representing the Shandong team, and the newspapers from Tianjin people will definitely not report on the Shandong team.

Moreover, many Tianjin media think that the Shandong team's behavior of snatching Chen Qiang over and winning the results is very unkind, so the Tianjin media basically chose to ignore the fact that Chen Qiang broke the national record twice and did not want to report it at all.

On the contrary, newspapers in Jinan will definitely focus on reporting this matter, but Jinan was not prosperous in this era. Beijing and Tianjin in the north and Qingdao in the east were all over Jinan, so local newspapers in Jinan did not have much sales, and they could basically only be distributed in Jinan, and even Jinan City could not be exported.

It is also for this reason that the consuls of Britain and France who were in Tianjin did not know Chen Qiang's outstanding performance at the North China Games.

Not only the consuls of Britain and France did not know, but the people in Tianjin did not know. At this time, the people in Tianjin had only remained at 22 seconds last year.

Accompanied by the audience's cheers, Chen Qiang stood on the runway.

In addition to Chen Qiang, there were three foreign players in the 200m, two British and one French, and the Italians did not send anyone to participate.

The French contestant was a man with black hair and looked quite handsome, but with a pair of pretty big front teeth, she looked like a cute groundhog.

Two British contestants, one of whom had a beard, could still feel that he should be younger than he looked at.

The other person has a standard British appearance, who is about thirty years old, has a long face, a straight facial features, a deep eyes, and a high hairline. He will probably be bald in the future.

This British man with a high hairline made Chen Qiang feel familiar, and Chen Qiang felt as if he had seen him somewhere.

The British man with a high hairline was also looking at Chen Qiang curiously. He wanted to go up and say hello to Chen Qiang, but when he saw Chen Qiang doing warm-up exercises, he did not come forward to disturb him.

The contestants were introduced from the loudspeaker of Minyuan Stadium, and Chen Qiang was arranged on the outermost track, so he was introduced to him in the end.

"The first route, Airy Blanc, from France!"

The Frenchman with large front teeth waved to the surroundings, but no one paid attention to him except for the few French expatriates in the main stands.

The loudspeaker was a introduction in English, and the people in Tianjin could not understand English, so they naturally had no feelings about it.

Chen Qiang could understand English. He recalled carefully in his mind and found no information about "Ary Blank".

"There is no record in history. It should be an unknown athlete. It seems that there is no need to worry about him." Chen Qiang said in his heart.

The second athlete began to be introduced in the loudspeaker: "Second, George Williamson! From the UK!"

The bearded British waved towards the main stand, and there were many British expatriates there, and immediately responded with warm applause from Bearded.

"George Williamson, what an ordinary name. I haven't heard of it before. I am also an unknown athlete. Don't worry about him." Chen Qiang said in his heart.

A voice sounded again from the loudspeaker: "The third one, Eric Lidir, from England!"

The British man with a high hairline smiled and waved around, and warm applause, shouts and whistles burst out from the main stands. It can be seen that not only the British expatriates, but also the audiences from France, Italy and other countries were cheering for him.

Chen Qiang looked at the British man with a high hairline in shock.

"I said why do you feel familiar? I've seen his photos in the future! He's Eric Lidill! Has he not retired yet? Why did the British move out this 'fire chariot'!"

At this time, Chen Qiang suddenly felt that the competition for this International Games was probably going to be in lingering!

...

Eric Lidill is a Scotsman with Chinese name Li Airui. He was born in Tianjin and spent his childhood in Tianjin. He returned to the UK to study at the age of six. He was selected for the national team of rugby in college and later practiced track and field.

Lidir participated in the 1924 Paris Olympics. In the 100-meter sprint event, because the preliminary round was Sunday, and Lidir was a devout believer and had to pay the 100-meter sprint event every Sunday. Even though the British royal family personally ordered, he still chose faith between competition and faith.

In the subsequent 200-meter sprint event, Lidill won the bronze medal in the Olympics with a time of 21.9 seconds. In the 400-meter sprint event, he even won the gold medal with a time of 47.6 seconds and broke the world record of 400 meters. This result has been maintained for more than 20 years before it was broken.

After the Paris Olympics, Lidir gave up the generous British conditions and treatment and resolutely returned to his birthplace, Tianjin, China, and became a teacher who was deeply loved by students and taught Chinese students' chemistry. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, Lidir and other British expatriates were captured by the Japanese, locked up in a concentration camp in Weifang, and eventually died there.

In the future, Tianjin will have the former residence of Lidir, the former site of Weifang concentration camp will have the statue and monument of Lidir, and there will be a foundation named after Lidir in Hong Kong. Lidir's deeds have also been adapted into a movie, which is "Charles of Fire" which won the 54th Academy Award for Best Picture!

So when Chen Qiang heard the name of Eric Lidir, his first thought in his mind was that the fire chariot was coming!
Chapter completed!