"I tied the world record, is this a consolation prize?" Ben Iscarman sighed.

Although he lost the game, he tied the world record. Ben Iscarman didn't know whether it should take this as good news or bad news.

However, he felt much relieved in his heart. A 46-second world record at least proved that he had tried his best. He had already played his best. Even if he lost the game, there shouldn't be too many people responsibilities.

"I tried my best, I really tried my best, I really didn't blame me if I lost!" Ben Iscarman forced himself to find a wave of psychological comfort.

However, at this moment, the discussion next to him came into Ben Iscarman's ears.

"Ben Iskaman tied his world record, but he was only third place, which means that the 400-meter world record has been broken!"

Ben Iscarman suddenly realized this. After this game, 46.4 is no longer a world record, and he is no longer a 400-meter world record holder.

"That's bad!" Ben Iscarman has confirmed that this is totally bad news!

At the same time, Ben Iscarman felt a little inexplicably relaxed. He was no longer the holder of the world record, and he no longer had to fight to defend his honor. For him, this was more like a relief.

...

"The third lane, 47 seconds 4!" The referee continued to announce the results. The third lane was not an American athlete, so no one paid attention to his results. The audience was more looking forward to hearing the results of the fourth lane, because the fourth lane was American athlete Bill Carl!

"The fourth lane, 46 seconds 2!" the referee said.

"As it turns out, Bill Carl broke the world record! He was 0.2 seconds faster than Ben Iscarman! Unfortunately, he still lost to that Chinese."

The audience in the stands around still gave Bill Carl a roar, but at the same time there were some regretful sighs.

46 seconds 2 is already 0.2 seconds faster than the world record, but it is still impossible to win. The perfect process and perfect data ended up with only one bad result.

Bill Carl felt that this performance of the audience was sympathy for the weak.

"I am not a weak person. I don't need your mercy and sympathy!" Bill Carl clenched his fists viciously, and his self-esteem was hit again.

The round of applause ended in a very sluggish way, which also represents the audience's dissatisfaction with the results of the US team. A good result of 46 seconds 2, but failed to win the gold medal, which simply could not satisfy the American audience in the stands.

"Fifth lane, 47 seconds 2!" The referee continued to announce the results.

The fifth lane is American player James Gordon. For him, this result is already his limit. His strength was originally inferior to Bill Carl and Ben Iscarman, and he was not highly expected before the game. Now he has run a 47-second time, which has reached the audience's psychological expectations. The warmth and duration of the applause are even longer than Bill Carl.

Finally, the referee announced Chen Qiang's results.

"The sixth path, 45 seconds 9!" the referee said.

It was indeed an uproar in the audience!

Chen Qiang broke through the 46-second mark!

There should be applause here.

There is indeed a lot of applause here!

Some people may not be willing to give Chen Qiang the applause, but at this time they could only clap their hands against their will. Because this is a world record, because this is the 400-meter event, humans ran into the 46-second mark for the first time!

Amazing? Praise? This is no longer needed. In the past four days, Chen Qiang has been amazed and praised too much for profit. Those who have come to watch the competition on site for several consecutive days have become accustomed to Chen Qiang's continuous creation of miracles. Every day they are witnessing Chen Qiang creating miracles, and they are even starting to become numb.

Team USA lost again, and it was a strong event. It was not the first time anyway, so I got used to it if I lost too much.

The most embarrassing were those who had ridiculed Chen Qiang before. Not long ago, they were still shouting, "That Chinese is not good enough", "The Chinese are running out of good luck", "The Chinese are over", etc., and with the end of the 400-meter race, they were slapped in the face again.

...

Ben Iscarman sighed helplessly. Faced with a result of less than 46 seconds, he was convinced!

Chen Qiang is 0.5 seconds faster than Ben Iscarman, which is also a huge gap in the 400-meter event. Ben Iscarman even feels that he will never be able to run within 46 seconds in his entire life.

Bill Carl next to him still looked dissatisfied. Although he knew he had lost, he did not want to admit defeat. Even if he was ridiculed, he would hold his proud head.

"That Chinese is too cunning. In the previous preliminary and semi-finals, he deliberately let the water go, deliberately making us feel that his strength is very poor, and then in the final, another sudden attack. This method is not gentleman at all, it is like a villain, it is so despicable! A shameless bastard won the game with this shameless method. What's there to praise!"

Bill Carl said, showing a disdainful expression.

At this time, many people also realized that Bill Carl did not want to admit defeat, so he could only act like a slut, and forced himself to pick the bones in the eggs and discredit Chen Qiang.

Ben Iscarman couldn't stand Bill Carl's behavior, and he only heard him say: "No matter what method the Chinese man uses to compete, he ran 45 seconds 9. Can you be faster than him?"

Bill Carl was speechless. He wanted to say yes, but the fact is that in the game just now, he lost to Chen Qiang.

I feel that life is under great pressure!

...

"The King of Sprinting is Born!"

This title appears in the Evening News. Many people who don’t know the truth may think that this is praising American athletes. After all, sprinting has always been the strongest track and field events in the United States.

However, looking at the content, I found that the whole article was about a Chinese and the whole article was about Chen Qiang.

There are only three events in sprinting: 100 meters, 200 seconds and 400 meters. Chen Qiang won the gold medal in these three events at the same time and broke these three events, but the world record is undoubtedly the "king of sprinting".

However, a Chinese defeated the Americans in the strongest event of the American team at the Olympic Games held in the United States and was also named the title of "King of Sprints", which made many Americans feel sad.

As the country with the most powerful sprinting power in the world, but without the most powerful sprinting athletes, it is indeed a bit embarrassing.

...

"King of Sprint" is just one of the titles Chen Qiangxin received. In other newspapers, other titles are arranged on Chen Qiang.

For example, "the number one person in the Olympics", "the world's number one athlete", etc.

Chen Qiang won five gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympics and broke five world records, which is indeed an unprecedented achievement.

At the 1924 Paris Olympics, Swedish player Vir Ritola won four gold medals in track and field events: 10,000 meters, 3,000 meters of obstacles, 3,000 meters of relay and team cross-country, which is the best result an athlete has achieved in a track and field competition in the Olympic Games. And two of these four gold medals are gold medals in team events.

The reason why Jesse Owens is called a legendary athlete is because he won four track and field gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. However, Jesse Owens also has one gold medal in the team event.

Now Chen Qiang has surpassed Swedish player Vir Ritola's four gold medals with five gold medals, setting a new record!

More importantly, Chen Qiang's five gold medals were all won in his personal events.

Chen Qiang was not the first to win five gold medals in one Olympic Games. At the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, American athlete Willis Lee also won five gold medals, but Willis Lee was a shooting athlete, and four of the five gold medals were team gold medals, and only one was individual gold medals. There was a team shooting event at that time, so at that Olympic Games, his teammates also got four team gold medals.

In comparison, the track and field sport Chen Qiang is engaged in obviously testing his body more than shooting sport and pays more attention to physical exercise. Chen Qiang's five gold medals were all won by personal events, not to mention that Chen Qiang also broke the world record of these five events. In terms of the gold content, Chen Qiang's five gold medals are much more valuable than American athlete Wells Lee's five gold medals.

If someone says that Chen Qiang is the number one athlete in Olympic history, that's not an exaggeration.

...

Chen Qiang was wearing a tuxedo and sat in the car, and he was about to attend the Olympic dance.

Chen Qiang was holding a newspaper in his hand. The headlines of the newspaper's sports section were published, and the photo of Chen Qiang standing on the podium.

This newspaper uses this word to describe Chen Qiang: "five-gold-man."

This can be understood as "the person who won five gold medals".

Looking at this title, Chen Qiang laughed at himself.

"five-gold-man? Iron Man is called iron-man, Spider-man, and Batman is called bat-man. According to this translation, I should be called 'hardware'? Why does it feel like I open a hardware store that specializes in selling screws and pliers? Should I join the Avengers Luxury Lunch? Maybe I can sell hammers to Thor!" Chen Qiang said in his heart.

Thinking of the collective appearance of Avengers, a "hardware man" came out with a wrench screwdriver, Chen Qiang couldn't help laughing.

At this time, the car stopped, the driver turned around and said, "Mr. Chen, we have arrived at the hotel."

As soon as the driver finished speaking, a waiter came forward to open the door for Chen Qiang, and then led Chen Qiang to the banquet hall.

There have been many people in the banquet hall, including athletes participating in the Olympic Games, team leaders or coaches from Olympic delegations from various countries, Hollywood stars, and local celebrities in Los Angeles.

When Chen Qiang came here, he instantly attracted everyone's attention. A Chinese face with yellow skin and dark hair was already quite conspicuous here, not to mention that Chen Qiang was still a "hardware hero".

At such Olympic dances, the gold medal is the most shining business card. Any gold medal winner will be surrounded by the guests at the banquet. Chen Qiang's five gold medals and five world records are of course the most sought after existence in the entire banquet hall.

If it were in the Olympic Games in later generations, a male athlete could win five gold medals and break the world record of five events, there would definitely be a large group of female athletes who would come to join us to have a deeper relationship. It is inevitable that the waist will be weak every day.

Fortunately, the United States was not so open in the 1930s, and people who participated in such occasions were more subtle. Moreover, most of the people present were men. Even if there were several Hollywood actresses or famous ladies, they were not so interested in Chen Qiang, a Chinese.

Of course, there are also some American young ladies who want Chen Qiang to give him a glamorous look from time to time and try to hook up with Chen Qiang.

The existence of the "Chinese Exclusion Act" was still discriminated against in the United States. In that era, California's laws clearly stipulated that Chinese and white people could not intermarry. Those American ladies who wanted to hook up with Chen Qiang either took a fancy to Chen Qiang's identity as a "hardware hero" or had a curious mentality.

...

At the banquet, there were people coming and going in front of Chen Qiang, and batches were changed like a lantern. Not long after, Chen Qiang could not remember how many people had introduced themselves in front of him. So much so that when he arrived at the back, Chen Qiang saw someone casually, regardless of whether he knew him or not, he immediately put on his face with a smile and then raised his glass to greet him.

It’s not certain that the other party is the one who has just introduced himself. Although Chen Qiang didn’t remember him, he forgot who the other party was just after the introduction. That was really rude.

Not far away, the leader of the French Olympic delegation, Cadio, had just finished talking with Chen Qiang, and he held the wine glass and retreated aside.

"You have been chatting with that Chinese for a long time!" A voice suddenly rang.

"Sir Hans!" Cardio immediately recognized the other party's identity. He was talking to him a British nobleman.

Cadior immediately changed into a polite smile, and he continued, "I didn't expect that the Chinese athlete would actually understand French, so I talked to him for a few words."

"That Chinese athlete speaks fluent English. Didn't you expect he still knows French? Such people are rare in China. They should be the elite among the Chinese." Sir Hans said.

"After all, China is a poor and backward place. It is full of hunger and ignorant people everywhere. If you can engage in sports athletes, of course they are all the elites among the Chinese." Cadio nodded and continued: "For example, Chen Qiang is the Chinese athlete. I don't think he is ignorant. On the contrary, he is very knowledgeable. His talent does not match his age. He has some understanding of France. I even think he has lived in France for a long time, but he has not. So I have invited him to hope that he can visit France."

"Just simply invite him to visit France? Nothing else?" Sir Hans smiled meaningfully.

"Dr. Hans, you've confused me," Cadio said.

"It seems you haven't heard the news yet." Sir Hans lowered his voice and continued: "The Americans have set their sights on athletes who have performed well in the Olympics."

"You mean, the United States wants to recruit athletes from other countries? Why do they do this? They are already the world's number one sports power." Cadior was immediately alert.
To be continued...