Chapter 123 of the Chinese Sportsman's main text: Use the world record to fight back against the world record! On August 2, the Los Angeles Olympics entered its third game day.

The 200-meter preliminary round is being held. Compared with the 100-meter preliminary round, there are much fewer athletes participating. It is said that some athletes originally signed up for the 200-meter competition, but after 100 meters, they realized their lack of strength and simply abstained from the competition.

The promotion rules are still the top three in the group, and the first group of the preliminary round was very embarrassing that the two abstained from the right, so there were only three athletes participating, one of which was Japanese player Takato Yoshioka.

Three athletes participate in the competition, three promotion places, and 100% promotion, anyone can change them. Even if they reach the finish line, they can advance to the rematch.

Originally, everyone thought that these three players were just going up and going through the motions, but unexpectedly, these three players really ran hard while ensuring their promotion. In the end, the three players' results were just over 22 seconds.

There were four players in the second group, including American Eddie Tolan, who succeeded in advancing.

In history, Eddie Tolan won the championship in the 200-meter sprint at the Los Angeles Olympics.

Liu Changchun was divided into the third group, with four people in this group. In addition to Liu Changchun, there are also American player Ralph Metcalf, Canadian player Harold Wright, and New Zealand player Stewart Black.

American Ralph Metcalf, who just won the bronze medal in the 100-meter sprint. Canadian player Harold Wright also advanced to the semi-finals in the 100-meter sprint event. The strength of these two people is definitely higher than that of Liu Changchun.

As for the New Zealand player, he made his first appearance today. In addition to registering for the 200-meter event, he also signed up for the 400-meter sprint.

Although Liu Changchun tried his best in this game, he still did not advance. His final result was 23 seconds 1, only 0.1 seconds slower than the New Zealand player.

In history, Liu Changchun had the best result of 200 meters in 22 seconds. Today, Liu Changchun obviously did not perform at his peak. It can be seen that after leaving the Northeast, he lost a stable training environment, which had a great impact on Liu Changchun.

Chen Qiang comforted Liu Changchun a few words and then stepped onto the field. He was assigned to the fourth group.

Two more athletes abstained from the fourth group, so only Chen Qiang, Japanese player Taro Nakajima and German player Hendrix were left. This is another group that was fully recommended to advance.

Neither Chen Qiang nor the German tried their best, but ran a symbolic moment. On the contrary, Taro Nakajima seemed to have been injected with chicken blood. After the gunfire sounded, he rushed forward desperately and happily took the first place in the group.

There are still three people left in the fifth group. In the situation of San San, the three athletes ran like walking. The first-place Argentine player ran for 25 seconds 3, the second-place Dutch player ran for 26 seconds 1, and the most exaggerated one was the third-place American player George Simpson. He ran for 29 seconds and was almost running for 30 seconds.

George Simpson won the silver medal in the 200-meter sprint at the Los Angeles Olympics in history. Obviously, he is very capable in the 200-meter event.

The sixth group is the only group in the 200m preliminary round. The athletes in this group are also quite unlucky. Three of the first five groups are all recommended, and two groups are four Jin San, but their group is five Jin San, with the greatest competitive pressure.

German handsome Arthur Jonas and Argentine dark horse Bianchi both appeared in this group and both successfully advanced.

There were four more people in the seventh group, and the last Indian player was eliminated, and the other three were successfully promoted.

Because many players abstained, the 200-meter preliminary race was not exciting at all, and it was even a bit like a farce. However, no one would play with the next 200-meter rematch.

From the results, we can see that athletes pay full attention to the rematch. During the preliminary round, no one ran within 22 seconds.

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In the next rematch, in the first group, all five players ran into 22 seconds!

Liu Changchun looked at the five players in the first group of the rematch to complete the competition, and then sighed helplessly.

Liu Changchun could see that the players participating in the rematch were indeed above him.

"It's not unfair to advance at all. I'm indeed inferior to others." Liu Changchun shook his head slightly. At this time, he realized that he was indeed quite different from the world's top athletes. Even if he was lucky enough to advance to the rematch, he would probably be the weakest in the rematch.

At this time, the referee also announced the athlete's results.

"Kalf Metcalf, 21 seconds 5!"

After hearing this result, the other athletes were stunned.

"21 seconds 5? Did I hear that right? Kalff Metcalf ran 21 seconds 5!"

"This is the new 200-meter world record? It's just a rematch now, and someone has broken the world record!"

A sound of marvel sounded, and many athletes cast admiring eyes at Kalff Metcalf.

The previous 200-meter world record was 21.6 seconds set by Jackson Scholz at the 1924 Paris Olympics. After eight years, this result was finally broken!

A new world record was born, and the emotions of the audience were instantly mobilized. The depression of Chen Qiang's 100-meter gold medal was instantly swept away, and everyone had a proud expression.

The American player Eddie Tolan, who appeared in the second group of the rematch, did not disappoint the American audience. He also ran a 21.5 second and tied the new world record that Kalff Metcalf just set!

The audience was once again excited, and the two American players reached a new world record. The US team changed the decline of losing the game yesterday and became lively again.

In the third group of the rematch, American player George Simpson appeared, and he also ran a 21.5 seconds mark, tied the world record of the previous two American players.

George Simpson completely detonated the audience. The three American players ran 21.5 seconds, all surpassing the previous world record. This seemed to show the strength of American track and field to the whole world, and also to tell everyone that yesterday's 100-meter sprint was nothing, and the US team has returned to the king!

This is more like giving Chen Qiang a challenge book. The three contestants of the US team told Chen Qiang with practical actions that the honor lost by the US team in the 100-meter sprint will be regained in the 200-meter event!

The crazy shouting in the audience did not put any pressure on Chen Qiang. Chen Qiang was not surprised that all three American players broke the world record.

In the 1930s, it was the era of great development of sports. In the two sports meetings in 1932 and 1936, outstanding athletes emerged one after another, and new technologies appeared in various competitive events. It was not until the outbreak of World War II that sports entered a stagnation stage. By the 1948 London Olympics, the level of athletes was even deteriorating compared with the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Chen Qiang even knew that at this Olympic Games, Eddie Tolan won the 200-meter gold medal at 21 seconds, which is also a new world record.

Since Eddie Tolan will run 21.2 in the final, when Chen Qiang faced three 21.5, he was surprised.

Chen Qiang was originally for the Olympic champion at the 200m. In order to win the 200m gold medal, he must be faster than Eddie Tolan's 21 seconds 2, and at least run 21 seconds 1.

In the fourth group of the rematch, Chen Qiang appeared, and the handsome German guy Arthur Jonas who appeared in the 100-meter final was also in this group.

At this time, the audience's eyes were all focused on Chen Qiang. When Chen Qiang stood on the track, some people even booed.

Facing the 21-second "challenge book" of the first three American players, everyone wants to know what kind of response Chen Qiang will have.

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In the athlete waiting area, the trio of Team USA stood together and looked at Chen Qiang on the track.

"I don't know how the 200-meter level of that Chinese man is." George Simpson said.

"Since he dares to sign up for the 200m competition, he must be capable. Unfortunately, he was assigned to a lucky group during the preliminary round, with only three athletes participating, and he advanced directly to the rematch. We don't know how his true level is in the 200m." Ralph Metcalf said.

Eddie Tolan had a confident expression on his face: "200 meters are different from 100 meters. 200 meters is not just a sprint forward desperately. There is a curve in 200 meters, which requires mastering some curve techniques. China is so backward, with the Chinese training level, it is impossible for him to master advanced curve techniques."

In this era, Americans' track and field training level is obviously higher than other countries. Many American university track and field coaches have begun to study basic curve running techniques. Of course, the curve technology currently mastered by American coaches is to show off in front of Europeans, but it is not worth mentioning in front of Chen Qiang.

The referee made the preparatory order, and Chen Qiang bowed down and prepared to start.

"Look, did that Chinese man squat down?" someone pointed at Chen Qiang and asked.

"Yes, why did he face the track diagonally?" someone next to him said.

"I understand that he started at this position on purpose, so that he could get a longer straight sprint distance after starting!" a coach said.

After all, this is the Olympics, and the coaches who can come here are also very sensible, so Chen Qiang's intentions can be seen at a glance.

At this moment, the sound of starting was heard, and Chen Qiang quickly broke out of the starting line.

As Chen Qiang continued to accelerate, the technique of running on the curve was fully implemented.

"He ran so fast in the corner!" This idea appeared in the minds of the three teams of the United States at the same time.

Everyone is the world's top sprinters and is very sensitive to the perception of speed. At this time, they can feel that Chen Qiang is running very fast in the curve.

"Why do I think that the Chinese man's curve skills are better than mine!" Ralph Metcalf murmured to himself, but it also seemed to be communicating with two other teammates.

The other two American players did not answer. Although they couldn't understand Chen Qiang's running method, the athlete's intuition told them that Chen Qiang's running method seemed to be more scientific.

"How is it possible that in that backward place in China, how could there be more advanced track and field skills than the United States? I don't believe it!" Eddie Tolan shook his teeth and stared at Chen Qiang intently.

At this time, Chen Qiang on the track had already entered the straight from the curve, and there was no doubt that he was ahead.

German handsome Arthur Jonas was depressed again. He lost to Chen Qiang in the 100-meter final yesterday, and in today's 200-meter rematch, he was going to lose to Chen Qiang again.

Chen Qiang is the world record holder of the 100-meter sprint. In terms of straight lane speed, no one in the world can compare to Chen Qiang. If the other four contestants cannot defeat Chen Qiang in the curve, it will be even more impossible to go to the straight lane.

I saw Chen Qiang, who was far away from the world, rushed directly to the finish line.

There was no cheers at the scene, only sparse applause. The American audience was obviously still unhappy about Chen Qiang's gold medal in 100-meter sprint yesterday. Moreover, in today's rematch, the American trio all ran a 21.5 seconds, which gave the audience confidence. Now this group of American audiences have a momentum of "I'm very awesome and not afraid of you at all."

"So what if that Chinese ran first in the group! The previous three first in the group were all us Americans!"

"The value of the first group is different. The three players in the United States all achieved a good result of 21.5 seconds, which is a new world record!"

"Wait, the referee is about to announce the results. We American athletes will be faster than that Chinese!"

The audience was talking endlessly, but the trio of Team USA looked at the referee with a serious look on his face.

These three world-class sprinters have much more accurate judgments on speed than the audience. At this time, they already felt that Chen Qiang might be faster than them.

Finally, the referee announced Chen Qiang's results.

"21 seconds 3!"

Suddenly, countless American audience members at the scene covered their mouths with their hands, looked at the referee in surprise, and looked at Chen Qiang, as if they couldn't believe the numbers they heard.

The American trio ran a 21.5 seconds mark, which had already broken the previous world record, but what everyone could not imagine was that Chen Qiang would be faster!

21 seconds 3, a new world record is born!

The previous world record only appeared in less than half an hour before it was refreshed again!

When all three American players ran for 21.5 seconds, everyone was still wondering how Chen Qiang would take the move. Now, Chen Qiang gave a perfect counterattack with his results!

What is the best way to fight back against the world record? That is to set another world record!

Chen Qiang was quite satisfied with this result. He had already run within 22 seconds in the World Games last year. Now a year has passed, Chen Qiang has been training very hard, and it is natural to improve his strength.

Moreover, Chen Qiang's body is stronger than a year ago, but with the fact that his body becomes stronger, Chen Qiang's performance will also improve, so it was Chen Qiang's expectation to run a world record of 21.3 seconds.

Chen Qiang also knew that he still had room for improvement. The 21-second 3-second score was not enough to win the gold medal in the 200-meter sprint. He had to improve his score by another 0.2 seconds.

But that's all tomorrow's business. Chen Qiang now has to deal with another battle.

The final of the long jump event is about to begin.
Chapter completed!