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Chapter 58 National Games Finals

"11 seconds 6!"

The referee announced Chen Qiang's achievements.

The exclamation came from all directions, obviously surprised by the result.

This result is second only to Liu Changchun's 11.4 seconds, and is the second best result in the rematch.

An athlete who was unknown before the game had a second best result, which really refreshed everyone's perception. Athletes from each team began to inquire about what the young man from the Shanghai team was.

Soon someone got news from the Shanghai team that the young man who ran for 11 seconds was a coachman!

"What did you say? He is a coachman. Stop playing tricks on me. I don't believe it!" Zhang Shiguang from the Peking Team shook his head.

He just lost to Chen Qiang and did not qualify for the finals. Now he has ushered in a more cruel reality, and the one who defeated him is a coachman!

If Chen Qiang is an athlete with background, such as a foreigner, or his parents have a study abroad background, then Zhang Shiguang may feel that he is not wronged at all because he loses, at least he can comfort himself psychologically.

But Chen Qiang is just a coachman. If he loses to a coachman, Zhang Shiguang's self-esteem will not be acceptable.

Therefore, Zhang Shiguang's first reaction was "fake", and even if it was true, it had to be regarded as "fake".

"He is definitely not a coachman. Look at his starting point. How could the coachman have professional starting skills?" Zhang Shiguang couldn't help but comfort himself.

On the other side, Zhu Baozhang also looked surprised.

"He is really a coachman? Can the coachman run so fast?" Zhu Baozhang asked back and suddenly remembered that before the race, Chen Qiang said that he could not afford to buy nail running shoes.

"Maybe he is really a coachman. The coachman runs faster than me. I have been practicing for the past six years!"

...

Liu Changchun is resting in the locker room.

He just ran down 100 meters and felt that his injury was about to relapse, so after the competition, he left the scene directly and hid in the locker room to rest.

Although the rematch and the final are basically connected, it is always a good thing to be able to gain more time to rest.

The coach hurriedly ran in from outside, gasped, and said to Liu Changchun: "The results of that death group have come out."

"Who has qualified? What is the best result?" Liu Changchun asked immediately.

Liu Changchun hopes to know the latter's answers to these two questions. After all, no matter who qualifies, the final will be better than the previous one. So it doesn't matter who the opponent is, and the most important thing is the score. Liu Changchun can judge the opponent's strength based on the opponent's score.

"The best result is 11 seconds 6." The coach was still breathing heavily, and it seemed that he was running in a hurry just now.

"Let me guess, is it Zhu Baozhang? He could run 12 seconds six years ago, but now he runs 11 seconds six, so it shouldn't be difficult?" Liu Changchun asked.

"It's not Zhu Baozhang. He didn't perform well this time and was eliminated." The coach said angrily.

"Zhu Baozhang is also a favorite to win the championship, but he was eliminated! I still want to compete with him!" Liu Changchun said with surprise. Before that, he regarded Zhu Baozhang as his strong rival in this National Games, but unexpectedly, Zhu Baozhang was eliminated in the rematch.

The coach said, "It can be seen that Zhu Baozhang has not made much progress in recent years. His level has almost no improvement compared to six years ago. Before the game, he thought that Zhu Baozhang had a great chance to win the championship this time, which seems to be an exaggeration."

"Then this 11.6-second result must have been Zeng Rongzhong. I think the title of Jiangnan No. 1 should not be a flaw." Liu Changchun said.

"Zeng Rongzhong ran 11.8 seconds, he won the second place and advanced to the finals." The coach said.

"Can it be Zhang Shiguang from Peking? He shouldn't be that fast, right?" Liu Changchun asked again.

The coach shook his head: "It's not Zhang Shiguang! Don't you know that Zhang Shiguang's ability? He won those foreigners, at best, is only professionally trained track and field enthusiasts, and those powerful British and Italians in Tianjin. Who has he won!"

"Who ran for 11 seconds?" Liu Changchun asked in confusion.

"It's from the Shanghai team, someone named Chen Qiang. I heard that he is only sixteen years old this year!" the coach replied.

Liu Changchun suddenly started to start from the seat: "You can run 11 seconds 6 at the age of sixteen. When I was as old as him, I couldn't run so fast."

"Yes, your strong rival is here." The coach nodded and continued: "Although 11.6 seconds can't threaten you, he will definitely improve after two or three years, and he may be comparable to you at that time."

Liu Changchun showed a serious expression on his face: "I understand. I will pay more attention to him in the finals later."

...

Finally, it was the 100m final.

Chen Qiang once again stood on the court, protecting him with an 11.6 seconds mark. This time no one underestimated him anymore.

In the stands, the exam dean made an excuse directly, obviously not wanting to stay and get angry anymore.

But the audience is still very enthusiastic.

In this era, the cultural and entertainment life of ordinary people is scarce. Without television, the Internet and smartphones, even movies are black and white. If you can listen to a radio, it is even a entertainment enjoyment of the upper class. So this kind of national sports meet has become a grand event that Hangzhou citizens are rushing to. Anyway, everyone has nothing to do on weekdays, so they flock to the National Sports Stadium to watch the National Games.

There are not many people who really understand sports these days. Those ordinary people, ordinary people, and even cultural people who study, actually don’t understand sports. When they come to the National Games, they just watch the excitement, probably like watching temple fairs or something.

Not understanding does not mean that sports have no soil for survival. Those basketball fans and football fans couldn't understand it when they first watched basketball or football games, but basketball and football still became the two major ball sports today.

Track and field competitions are at least easier to understand than basketball and football. It’s nothing more than who runs faster, who jumps higher, and who throws farther. They are all clear results, and you can understand them as long as you are not blind.

The 100-meter sprint is obviously the easiest sport to understand. The threshold of this sport is so low that many spectators want to try it on the track.

Even people who have no common sense in sports know that the 100-meter champion must be the fastest running person, and the 100-meter champion of the National Games is equivalent to the fastest running person in China.

At this time, all the audience were looking forward to it. They looked at the starting line and hoped to witness with their own eyes who is the fastest running person in China.

Before the starting line, Liu Changchun also noticed that Chen Qiang was not wearing nails and running shoes.

"That's Chen Qiang who ran for 11 seconds, right? Why didn't he wear nails and running shoes?" Liu Changchun also had a question in his heart.

However, Liu Changchun immediately focused his attention on the competition. This was the 100-meter final after all, and Liu Changchun was going to win the championship.

In fact, in Liu Changchun's heart, Chen Qiang cannot threaten himself. After all, it is only a 11-second 6-second time, and Liu Changchun can run within 11-second time. This is 0.6 seconds, and the distance on the track is six or seven meters, which cannot be crossed at all.

Today, Liu Changchun participated in the competition with injuries. He did not do his best in the rematch, so he ran for 11.4 seconds, which had already crushed all the contestants. So Liu Changchun felt that he didn't have to run with all his strength at all, he just needed to run conservatively to win the championship.

This is true in history of the Fourth National Games of Old China. Liu Changchun realized that his opponent's strength was not strong during the rematch, so he ran very conservatively in the finals and left his strength to give the afternoon 200-meter preliminary round.

If Liu Changchun did not go back to the locker room to rest after participating in the rematch, but instead watched Chen Qiang's game with his own eyes, he would definitely not have the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy. With Liu Changchun's eyesight, he would definitely notice that Chen Qiang had the same spare time in the rematch, just like him.

11.6 seconds into the rematch is also not Chen Qiang's best level.

...

Unlike Liu Changchun, Chen Qiang looked serious at this time.

Because his opponent is Liu Changchun!

The name "Liu Changchun" has extraordinary magic for later Chinese sports people. He overcame all kinds of difficulties and finally successfully stood on the stage of the Olympics. Since then, Liu Changchun has been a mountain, a lighthouse, and a weather vane in the hearts of countless Chinese Olympic contestants!

In Chen Qiang's mind, Liu Changchun is a great athlete and a great sportsman!

Now, facing this person who is extremely respectful in his heart, Chen Qiang dared not neglect at all. He decided not to keep it and fight with all his might!

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Chapter completed!
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