Chapter 187: Another World Record
When Chen Qiang appeared in the 110-meter hurdles, Jesse Owens showed an indescribable complex expression on his face.
"Why are he everywhere!" Jesse Owens couldn't help but complain.
At that time, it was very common for track and field athletes to be proficient in multiple events, and it was very common for sprinters or long jumpers to participate in hurdles. For example, Jesse Owens himself, in addition to being a sprinter and long jumper, he is also a world record holder of 220 yards low hurdles, so he is also a top hurdler. If Jesse Owens focuses on training in 110m hurdles, he will definitely be the world champion of 110m hurdles.
Jesse Owens is also proficient in multiple track and field events, such as sprinting, high jumping, long jumping, and hurdling. However, at this Olympics, Jesse Owens only signed up for three events: 100 meters, 200 meters and long jumping. This is not because Jesse Owens is not strong enough in other events, but because his energy is not enough to participate in so many events at the same time.
Human energy is limited. Even though Jesse Owens' physical fitness is so good that he has no way to train so many events at the same time. It is impossible to practice the three events of 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump to the world record level. If it were other top athletes, they could dominate the world in their entire lives with one event, which could be called "great".
Jesse Owens has always felt that he could carry out so many projects at the same time, and he could all stand at the top of the world, and he could be called a "perverted" among athletes. Now, when Jesse Owens saw Chen Qiang, he suddenly realized that if he was "perverted", then Chen Qiang would undoubtedly be a monster!
An athlete can perform sprints, long jumps, high jumps, throws, and hurdles at the same time, and each item can have a place in the Olympics and even break world records. This is completely beyond Jesse Owens' perception of athletes.
Can run, jump, shoot, and cross, decathlon athletes can do this, but the results of decathlon athletes are much worse than those of individual athletes. From another perspective, decathlon athletes can only be considered "all-round", while Chen Qiang is "full-round".
"Is there any track and field event that this guy doesn't understand?" Jesse Owens shook his head on his own. He is really curious now how Chen Qiang usually trains and can train so many events at the same time.
"Can a person's energy really be able to train so many projects at the same time? Even if 24 hours a day is used for training, it is not enough, right? Can he break an hour into two hours?" Jesse Owens said in his heart.
Jesse Owens didn't know that Chen Qiang had a training space, and he could break an hour into ten hours. It was precisely because of the time bonus in the training space that Chen Qiang could train multiple events at the same time and participate in competitions at multiple events at the same time.
The sound of gunfire at the start interrupted Jesse Owens' thoughts. He was a little stunned. When he looked at the track again, Chen Qiang had already begun to cross the first high barrier.
"The movement is so smooth!" Jesse Owens gave an evaluation instantly.
In 1936, hurdling was about to enter the speed stage, and the United States, as the most developed country in track and field sports in the world, had a more advanced sports concept, so American athletes were already using speed technology at this time.
However, Jesse Owens could feel that Chen Qiang's attack speed was not slower than that of American players, but his technical movements were smoother.
"Why do I think Chen Qiang's hurdling skills are better? But what's the good thing?" Jesse Owens frowned and began to think.
Jesse Owens can break the world record of 220 yards low bar, which is also a hurdle master level. His hurdle skills are also the world's top, so Jesse Owens can clearly feel that Chen Qiang's hurdle skills are better.
But Jesse Owens couldn't say what was better about Chen Qiang's technology.
This is the limitation of the times. With Jesse Owens' understanding of hurdling sports, he has not yet been able to analyze the advantages of Chen Qiang's hurdling technology. It is just that the intuition of top athletes tells him that Chen Qiang's hurdling technology is extraordinary.
The future 110-meter hurdle technology basically originated from the straight-leg hitting technology invented by Alvin Krenzle. In terms of technical movements, the hurdle technology used by Chen Qiang was only a difference in details compared with the straight-leg hitting technology at that time. If you do not pass the slow movement, this difference in details will be difficult to detect.
Other sports are not like this, such as high jumping, the future back-by-Britain technology and the prone technology at that time, are obviously two different technical systems; for example, the future back-by-turn throwing technology is completely different from the technology that directly throws with a discus at that time, and even laymen can tell it.
So in the previous high jump or discus competition, after Chen Qiang used the back-by-Britain technology and the back-turning throwing technology, even the audience immediately realized that Chen Qiang was using a new technology. In the 110-meter hurdle event, even an insider like Jesse Owens did not realize that Chen Qiang was using a new technology that crossed the era.
Back to the topic, although Chen Qiang did not make much effort, he still ran a 14.8 seconds mark with his future skills and easily advanced to tomorrow's semi-finals.
Of course, Chen Qiang can run faster, but for him, this is completely unnecessary, because next, Chen Qiang has two finals, namely the Discus final and the 200-meter final.
After a brief break, the final of the discus began.
As the world record holder, German player Willie Schroder is about to appear, the audience also seemed very excited. They look forward to the German player winning the championship or even breaking a world record.
In the audience around, people waved the German flag and kept shouting to the stadium, while German player Willie Schroeder waved to the surroundings with high spirits.
The German flag in 1936 was not the black, red and yellow three-color flag, but the *******. This flag seemed a bit dazzling to Chen Qiang, but the German people seemed extremely fanatical under this flag.
Then Chen Qiang looked at the world record holder, German player Willie Schroeder.
This world record holder is a very traditional Germanic man with a serious face and is born with the rigor of a German. He is about 1.85 meters tall, weighs 170 kilograms, and the muscles on his arms are particularly developed.
He was 1.85 meters tall and weighed nearly 170 meters. This was probably the standard figure of the discus athlete at that time. Several players on the scene looked like this, with a standard figure and looked very healthy.
Apart from this bodybuilding athlete, almost all the rest are strong athletes. For example, the three American athletes are all over 1.90 meters tall and weigh more than 200 kilograms.
If we look at it in later generations, such people who are 1.90 meters tall and weigh more than 200 pounds are the most standard figures for discus athletes. Facts have also proved that the results of throwing discus in this figure will be better. In the Berlin Olympics in history, the first and second-place discus were won by American athletes.
There is also an Italian named George Oberweg. He is 1.90 meters tall, but he is very thin, which is 160 pounds. He looks like a bamboo pole. He is also the only unique player in the finals. However, in the Berlin Olympics in history, this bamboo pole player won the bronze medal.
A total of 15 players advanced to the discus final, and the rules of the discus final are similar to those of the long jump final. Each player performs three trial jumps, and the six best scores can perform the next three trial jumps.
The players who first appeared on the stage were relatively average in strength and their scores were around 44, and none of them scored above 45 meters. You should know that the result of advancing to the finals was 44 meters, so for finalists, 44 meters is already the minimum requirement.
The three American players did not perform well, one of them shot 43.83 meters, and the other two ended their first trial with a foul.
Germany's world record holder Willie Schroeder also scored only 44.79 meters, but the audience still gave him warm applause. In the eyes of many people, the first trial shot is just a prelude to the athletes use to adjust their state and be familiar with the environment, so the results of the first trial shot are not important.
Chen Qiang did not make any effort in his first trial shot, and he also needed to adjust his game state and become familiar with the game environment. Therefore, Chen Qiang only scored a score of 45 meters and ranked above the middle among the 15 players.
At the beginning of the second round, athletes appeared one after another. American player Gordon Dunn finally started to make a strong effort. Although he made a foul on his last test shot, he scored a good result of 49.36 meters this time.
Gordon Dunn is a top student at Stanford University. He won the discus championships of the US NCAA and IC4A in 1934. He also won a silver medal at the Berlin Olympics. After World War II, Gordon Dunn successfully ran for two mayors.
However, another American player, Ken Carpenter, still performed poorly, and he only scored a score of 44.53 meters.
Ken Carpenter was the discus champion of the NCAA, IC4A and AA (North American University League) leagues in 1935. In 1936, he won the NCAA and AA again. He was the gold medalist of the Berlin Olympic discus in history. It was Ken Carpenter, so the 44.53-meter score was obviously not yet effective for Ken Carpenter.
World record holder Willie Schroeder scored 47.22 meters. Although he was not as good as American player Gordon Dunn, there was no problem entering the top six.
In addition, a Norwegian player named Radal scored 48.77 meters in the second test shot.
Chen Qiang's second trial shot also improved, reaching 46 meters 88. According to the pre-match estimate, a score above 47 meters can be steadily advanced to the next three trial jumps. Chen Qiang's score of nearly 47 meters has a great hope of advancing to the next three trial jumps.
The next third round of trial shots is particularly critical, because only the top six can stay.
The Italian thin bamboo pole player George Oberweg suddenly broke out and scored 49.23 meters and instantly locked a promotion place. American player Gordon Dunn scored 48.04 meters, failing to surpass his score of 49.36 meters.
Although another American player Ken Carpenter performed poorly in his first two trial jumps, he seized his third chance, scored 48.98 meters in one shot, and also locked in a place.
Germany's world record holder Willie Schroeder also continued to work hard, shooting 47.64 meters, improving his performance again.
Then Greek player Nicholas Silas also scored a good result of 47.52 meters, pushing Chen Qiang to seventh place in one fell swoop.
At this time, the top six were American player Gordon Dunn's 49-36, Italian player George Oberweg's 49-23, American player Ken Carpenter's 48-98, Norwegian player Radal's 48-77, German player Willie Schroeder's 47-64, and Greek player Nicholas Silas's 47-52.
In other words, Chen Qiang's third trial shot must be 47 meters 53 before he can advance to the next three trial jumps.
Off the court, Chen Qiang was waiting quietly, and at the same time he made a decision in his heart.
Chen Qiang planned to use his third trial to win the game, but he simply stopped participating in the next three trials.
After the previous two adjustments, Chen Qiang has completely found the state of the game. In the third trial shot below, Chen Qiang decided to do his best. For the back-body spinning throwing technology, it is not difficult to hit 47 meters and 53 meters. If you use the back-body throwing technology, it is not considered qualified if you can't hit 50 meters.
In fact, even if you throw 50 meters, you have just reached the level of a national first-level athlete. The national first-level athlete's performance in later generations is 49 meters and 60.
However, in today's game, if you only shoot 50 meters, you will definitely not win the championship.
The world record of the discus is 53 meters and 10 meters. The 50 meters thrown is still more than three meters away from the world record. If it is a smaller competition, you can still win the championship by three meters. But this is the Olympics after all. There are many experts, three meters behind the world record, and you will definitely not be able to win the gold medal.
Chen Qiang planned to directly break the world record of 53.10 meters in the third trial shot and win the gold medal of the discus in advance.
Because after the discus final, Chen Qiang had to participate in the 200m final, and at that time he had to deal with Jesse Owens. So Chen Qiang had to save as much energy as possible.
If there was no Jesse Owens in the 200-meter final, Chen Qiang would not have to be so serious, but the existence of Jesse Owens made Chen Qiang do his best. At this time, Chen Qiang didn't want to waste a little more physical strength.
In fact, Chen Qiang had already consumed some physical strength in the previous 110-meter hurdles. In addition to the consumption of the discus final, Chen Qiang's physical reserves are at a disadvantage compared to Jesse Owens. Therefore, Chen Qiang wants to end the discus competition as soon as possible to gain more rest time for himself, and also have more physical strength to deal with Jesse Owens.
Facing an opponent like Jesse Owens, Chen Qiang is really very particular about it, and he is a little more physically strong.
Finally, it was Chen Qiang's turn to make a third trial.
The most nervous one at this time is the Greek player Nicholas Silas, who is ranked sixth. Once Chen Qiang shoots over 47 meters and 52 meters, he will be eliminated. As for the other five, they have to be much calmer because they are all in the safe zone.
Chen Qiang walked onto the field, grabbed the discus, then turned his back to the throwing direction, adjusted his breathing, and prepared for the throwing.
The German audience also calmed down, but they did not seem nervous, because German player Willie Schroder ranked fifth and was in the safe range. Even if Chen Qiang made a good score and squeezed into the top six, Willie Schroder could still advance to the next three trial shots.
In the eyes of these German spectators, the next three trials are the time to decide the outcome. What they never expected was that Chen Qiang planned to accept the game in this third trial.
Chen Qiang did not let the audience wait too long. After he was ready, he began this trial shot. After the pre-swing, Chen Qiang's body began to rotate. After the center of gravity of his body changed, Chen Qiang's body also gained the inertia caused by rotation. Then he poured all the strength of his body into his right arm and threw the discus out violently.
"Swoosh!" The discus was spinning in the air, flying higher and higher, and farther and farther.
Finally, the discus reached its highest point and then began to fall.
"Plop!" The discus finally landed on the ground, but the landing point had crossed the 50-meter marking.
Greek player Nicholas Silas immediately showed a frustrated expression. Chen Qiang's attempt jump this time not only exceeded 47 meters and 52 meters, but also exceeded 50 meters, which means he was eliminated.
However, the next second, Nicholas Silas suddenly realized that the pothole that the discus hit on the ground seemed a bit far away from the 50-meter marking.
"Did you read it wrong? Why do I think the landing point of the discus is between 50 meters and 60 meters!" Nicholas Silas thought to himself. However, since he was several dozen meters away from the landing point of the discus and was the landing point of the discus, he couldn't see it clearly.
But in the stands around, the audience sat high and looked far away, and they looked down at the sports field, so they should see more clearly.
"It's over 50 meters, and it's over a lot."
"Why do I think it must be 55 meters!"
"Impossible, the world record is only 53 meters and 10 meters. How could he throw 55 meters!"
"Others may not be able to break the world record, but that is Chen Qiang. Chen Qiang has broken three world records these days!"
While people were talking, the referee completed the measurement and announced Chen Qiang's results for this trial shot:
“55 meters 36!”
A new world record is born!
Hearing this result, the other five players who had advanced to the finals all looked desperate!
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