In March, the National Sports Association submitted a second funding budget. This time, the number of athletes decreased by ten, but the cost increased significantly.

The increased cost was mainly the cost of taking a boat to Venice. The Italians believed that China would go to the Olympics and had to arrive in Berlin in late July, so a lion came to start and offered a ticket price that was twice as high as usual.

The Ministry of Education hopes to form another inspection team to go to Europe to inspect the sports development of various countries. This inspection team is semi-admitted, and each person needs to pay part of the expenses, and the other part of the expenses are expensed by the participating funds.

In Europe, the boycott of the Berlin Olympics has begun. The French announced that they would hold a "Conference on Defending Olympic Thoughts" and called on people to oppose the holding of the Olympics in Berlin.

Participating in the meeting were France, Spain, the United States, the United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and other countries. In addition to the United States and Spain, other countries are either neighboring Germany on the way or across the sea from Germany. These countries are obviously very worried about Germany's current government.

The French used this conference to actively promote Barcelona to replace Berlin and become the venue for the 1936 Olympic Games. The reason for choosing Spain was mainly because the progressive parties in Spain united at that time and defeated the Spanish Spear Party. The Spanish Spear Party happened to be a party that took the Fassice route. Therefore, Spain at that time was the most determined country in Europe against Fassies, and it was just enough to use it to fight the Germans.

The Soviet Union did not participate in the Olympics in 1936. If Britain, France, the United States and neighboring countries did not participate in the competition, then there would be no few participating countries in the Berlin Olympics. Faced with this situation, the strong head of state in Germany had to compromise with the Olympics. He agreed to Jewish and black players to participate in the competition to obtain the support of the International Olympic Committee for Berlin.

Just when Western countries were competing for the Olympic Games, the selection of members of the Olympic delegations began in China.

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The basketball trials were held in Shanghai. The players mainly came from the four cities of Peking, Tianjin, Nanjing and Shanghai. Peking and Tianjin represent North China, while Nanjing and Shanghai represent East China. After the players from North China and East China, 20 athletes were selected. Then the 20 players competed with Shanghai's foreign basketball team three times, and finally selected 14 athletes to participate in the Olympics. After the qualifiers, the entire basketball team will go to Tsinghua University in Peking for two months of training.

The selection of football players was held in Hong Kong, with the players mainly from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Malaysia. In the end, 22 people were selected, with Li Huitang as the captain.

There was no qualifier in the swimming event. The selection committee directly selected Chen Zhenxing and Yang Xiuqiong as contestants based on the latest swimming results of men and women in China.

The boxing event directly selected four people from the 32nd Army. In China at that time, boxing did not attract the attention of basketball and football, so few people were good at this event. The commander of the 32nd Army loved boxing and founded a Western boxing team in the army, which trained a group of boxing experts. Therefore, the boxing athletes participating in the Berlin Olympics were also from the 32nd Army. These four selected players will conduct special training in Shanghai. The China Sports Association specially invited a British boxing coach to guide them.

The cycling event players were recommended. He Haohua, He, the Dutch Overseas Chinese Games, once won the Rotterdam cycling championship and the All-Dutch cycling championship. The Dutch layer hopes that He Haohua will represent the Dutch team to attend the Olympics, but was rejected by He Haohua. He Haohua himself applied to the Chinese Consulate in the Netherlands many times, hoping to represent China in the competition, and finally got what he wished and became a member of the Chinese team to participate in the cycling competition of the Berlin Olympics. Since He Haohua is in the Netherlands, he will go directly to Berlin to join the Chinese team.

As for track and field, it is divided into two parts: primary and preliminary selection. The primary selection is selected according to the athlete's track and field results. The selected athletes will be concentrated at Tsinghua University for special training and then subject to preliminary selection. Finally, fifteen athletes including Liu Changchun and Cheng Jinguan are determined to participate in the Olympics.

In addition, there is another person who has entered the Chinese Olympic delegation without any selection, that is, Chen Qiang.

As Chen Qiang's identity, he naturally didn't have to participate in the selection competition. The China Sports Association did not even tell Chen Qiang about the selection, but just to give him peace of mind. Chen Qiang himself knew that there was an Olympic trial competition by reading the newspaper.

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In the training space, Chen Qiang has been training in the high jump event.

High jump is a event developed by Chen Qiangxin, and he also plans to participate in the Olympic high jump event.

This time at the Berlin Olympics, Chen Qiang decided not to participate in the 400-meter sprint event, but instead replaced the 400-meter hurdles, discus and high jump. These three events have one thing in common, that is, the technology requirements are relatively high, and Chen Qiang also masters the technology of praising generations.

In this era, there has not been a Journey-to-be-returning technique. Without Journey-to-be-returning technique, it is difficult for athletes to jump over two meters. For example, in the last Los Angeles Olympics, the high jump champion scored 1.97 meters.

The Journey-to-be-returning technique is exactly where Chen Qiang is confident. It is no exaggeration to say that the emergence of Journey-to-be-returning technique has directly changed the long jump sport. It is also the emergence of Journey-to-be-returning technique that allows ordinary athletes to successfully skip the two-meter mark.

According to the national athlete standards in the future, the national first-level high jump athletes' performance is exactly two meters. In this era, they can win the Olympic gold medal. This is the improvement brought by the Joseon-style technology.

The 110-meter hurdle landing connection technology, the discus back-turning rotation technology, and the high-jump-style technology are all technologies far beyond this era, and they can also bring a qualitative leap to the results. It is precisely because of these techniques that Chen Qiang has the confidence to participate in the three Olympic events.

From the perspective of physical energy consumption, the physical energy consumed by running a 400-meter trip is enough to complete a 110-meter hurdle, then throw a discus, and then complete a high jump. Moreover, the athletes take turns to play in the discus and high jump, and there will be rest time in the middle, which will not consume much physical energy.

From the perspective of gold medals, a 400-meter gold medal, a 110-meter hurdle gold medal, a discus gold medal and a high jump gold medal, this three-for-three business will definitely make a big profit.

Chen Qiang chose to jump high because he practiced this event when he was an athlete and was familiar with the key points of technology. He did not have to learn the technology again. He only needed a little practice to achieve good results.

High jump is the most basic track and field sport, and you can teach even ordinary physical education classes in primary and secondary schools. How could a person like Chen Qiang who has been a professional athlete have never practiced it? Although he was not a very high-level high jump athlete in his previous life, he still mastered the basic skills such as Yue style and was very proficient in his mastery.

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At this time, the benefits of training space are once again reflected. With such a private training place, Chen Qiang doesn’t have to worry about being stolen by others.

If you calculate it carefully, at the Berlin Olympics, Chen Qiang will participate in the seven events of 100 meters, 200 meters, 110 meters hurdles, high jump, long jump, triple jump, and discus. The events span the three major events of running, jumping and throwing, and they are basically almost catching up with the decathlon.

The China Sports Association was opposed at the beginning of Chen Qiang's appointment to register for so many projects. They were worried that Chen Qiang would not be able to eat too much, but in the end they could not resist Chen Qiang and signed up for Chen Qiang.

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In June, China's participation in the Berlin Olympics was ready, and only the funds were left.

News from Europe also came that the Spanish Spike Party and the royalists united together. The Spike Party was weapons from Germany, and the Royalist leaders also received support from Italy, which made the situation in Spain very tense. The conflict plans between the left and the right may break out at any time. In this case, Barcelona replaced Berlin to host the 1936 Olympics, which naturally ended in vain.

The International Olympic Committee also stood up to support the Berlin Olympics. The French "Conference on Defending the Olympic Thought" was in vain. There are two ways before France. They either give up boycotting the shamelessness to participate in the Berlin Olympics, or insist on withdrawing from the Berlin Olympics.

If Germany violates the Treaty of Versailles, France can compromise, and one Olympics will naturally not endure it, so the French also began to prepare to participate in the Berlin Olympics.

The Olympics will be held in Berlin has been for sure. The Executive Yuan reluctantly allocated another 140,000 yuan in funds. The insufficient part will be raised by the China Sports Association.

The China Sports Association has already raised 20,000 yuan in participating funds, but this is far from enough, so it can only start some fundraising activities.

Mr. Zhang of the Northeast Army, Chairman Han of Shandong, Chairman Yan of Shanxi, Chairman Chen of Guangdong, Commander Li of Guangxi, Mayor Shen of Qingdao, etc. also generously donated money. These senior officials and politicians eventually raised more than 30,000 yuan in donations.

According to the preliminaries previously compiled, with the 50,000 yuan, the participation funds are enough. However, since Nanjing has added a European delegation, the delegation will spend a lot more than the athletes to visit the seven European countries, so the funds are still very short of money.

In this case, the football team proposed self-raised funds. They will set out in May to raise funds for the Nanyang exhibition match first, and then go to Berlin to meet with the Chinese delegation.

In history, the Chinese football team has indeed played all the show matches all the way to Europe. They traveled to Southeast Asia and India, played a total of 27 games, won 23 wins and 4 draws. In the end, they raised more than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars in funds and remitted 100,000 of them to the National Sports Association for the participation expenses of other athletes.

At the Berlin Olympics, China sent a total of 69 athletes, and 22 football teams earned their own travel expenses, which was equivalent to reducing the burden on athletes by one-third, which made the originally very tight funds much more abundant. At least the athletes' round-trip travel expenses are no longer needed to worry about.

Before going abroad, the National Sports Association customized special clothing for athletes, with all the jackets in navy blue suits and a domestic straw hat. The men's team members have white shirts, black tie, white pants and black leather shoes on the lower body; the women's reunion are white leather shoes with a brown flat heel.

At the same time, the Sports Association has also specially edited a book called "Instructions for Going Abroad", which provides a detailed introduction to the journey abroad, luggage, travel climate, diet and accommodation, and basic information of the Olympic Games.

Before departure, the German Consulate in Shanghai also held a farewell party for the Chinese Olympic delegation. At the farewell party, the Olympic promotional videos shot by Germany were specially played so that athletes could have a preliminary understanding of the Berlin Olympics.

On June 26, the Chinese Olympic delegation boarded a passenger ship to Venice.

It takes 25 days to get from Shanghai to Venice, which is similar to the time it takes to go to the United States. This is mainly because there are many ports to dock on the way, such as important cities such as Hong Kong, Singapore, and Mumbai, which require ship parking.

The director-general of the delegation was still Shen Siliang. He held a full-scale conversation the day after boarding the ship and formulated a schedule for the athletes.

Athletes get up at half past six every day, do morning exercises on the deck from 7:30 to 7:30, and then have breakfast. After breakfast, the training time is until 11:00 noon, collective study is held. The main content of the study is some Western etiquette, competition instructions, and some knowledge about the development of foreign sports.

Learn collectively until twelve o'clock, then lunch time, and have an hour's rest after lunch, learn German from 2:00 to 5:00 pm, learn German after dinner time, and there are also entertainment parties, chess competitions and other activities after dinner.

Unfortunately, the plan cannot keep up with the changes. Many athletes are not used to ocean sailing and have symptoms of seasickness. They can only stay in the cabin and feel uncomfortable and cannot participate in any activities.

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During normal training time in the morning, Chen Qiang wandered around aimlessly on the boat.

The space on the boat is limited, and most athletes are not suitable for training on the boat. So they can only lift irons in the gym.

Chen Qiang was not very interested in lifting iron, so he left the gym. Professor John Ma, the head coach of the track and field team, did not stop Chen Qiang and directly gave him the privilege of free movement.

Before he knew it, Chen Qiang came to the deck on the highest floor and saw a large group of people surrounding the deck, which was very lively.

Chen Qiang walked in and saw that it turned out that the athletes participating in the boxing competition were practicing.

Unlike other sports, boxing will not delay training on the boat. The area of ​​this deck is not enough for athletes in other events, but it is more than enough to allow two boxing athletes to fight.

The four players participating in the boxing competition were all soldiers of the 32nd Army. Their names were Wang Ruilan, Jin Guidi, Jin Gui and Li Menghua. They were all as old as Chen Qiang.

Looking at the four energetic young men, Chen Qiang's eyes couldn't help but feel a little wet. He took a deep breath, silently withdrew from the crowd, and then left the deck with a sad look on his face.

Because Chen Qiang knew the final fate of these four athletes.

Jin Guidi successfully advanced to the second round at the Berlin Olympics. He was the only Asian boxer who could advance to the second round. He could also be called the Asian boxing champion at that time. In the Anyang defense battle in October 1937, he jumped onto Japanese tanks with grenades and died heroically at the age of 21.

In the Battle of Yuanshi in Hebei in August 1937, Wang Runlan held her position for several days and nights and was injured and unable to move. She finally fired a grenade and died together with the Japanese army. She was only 24 years old.

During the Taierzhuang Battle in March 1938, Jin Gui repeatedly fought for positions with the Japanese army and sacrificed his life for his country. He was only 23 years old.

Li Menghua was the only one of the four who survived, but he also participated in many wars including the Taierzhuang Battle.

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After arriving in Venice, the Chinese delegation underwent a short rest and took a train to Berlin. It was July 23 when we arrived in Berlin, and there was still one week before the opening of the Berlin Olympics. According to the plan, the Chinese team will take a boat to your country on September 4, which means that the Chinese team contestants will stay in Berlin for more than a month.

For this Olympic Games, Germany specially built an Olympic village, which was a large neat white wooden house with two people, but only male athletes were allowed to live, while female athletes were arranged to special women's dormitories. In the future, the scene of party rampant and condoms flying around in the Olympic Village would not have happened at that time.

After the accommodation arrangement was made, the Chinese delegation held another meeting and formulated the "Accommodation Rules" and "Practice Schedule" in the Olympic Village, requiring each reunion to abide by discipline, obey guidance, and rest and train on time. At the same time, requirements were made for the image of athletes, such as neat clothes and generous manners, and at the same time, we should also pay attention to the Western etiquette taught during the journey.

Germany has prepared special training venues for athletes participating in the Olympic Games, including basketball courts, track and field fields, swimming pools, etc. The training venue is open at 5 o'clock in the morning and ends at 6 o'clock in the evening. However, since athletes from various countries have to train, the number of people is relatively large. Therefore, the training venue can only entertain athletes from various countries in time periods, which also gives Chinese athletes the opportunity to observe and learn.

In addition to rushing training at the specified time, Chinese athletes often watch training in other countries in groups, learning and summarizing the practice methods and advanced techniques of outstanding foreign players. Many people even forgot to eat in order to watch the training.

Chen Qiang is not very enthusiastic about training. He has room for training, so he does not lack training venues and time. Moreover, if he practices in such a public training ground, it is easy to expose his technical characteristics. Chen Qiang does not want the advanced technology he masters to be learned by others.

However, Chen Qiang is also observing the training of athletes in other countries, not for learning, but for understanding how well various sports have developed.

Athletes in other countries are also using training to observe their opponents and learn their advantages. The sprints of black American athletes and the long jumps of Japanese athletes are the most popular on the training ground.

Of course, as the "world's number one athlete", Chen Qiang also attracted the most attention. There are many people who want to steal from Chen Qiang. However, Chen Qiang deliberately worked but did not work hard. He just took time to go through the process. He was still lazy. He did not reveal his technical characteristics at all. Others could not learn anything from Chen Qiang.

Many foreign players kept complaining, why is the "world's number one athlete" so good? They are all scheming and are not serious at all!

Some people also say that Chen Qiang is inflated. After becoming famous, he did not train carefully and began to make a living by relying on his talent.

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When the Japanese team came to the training ground, Chen Qiang saw several acquaintances, but more of them were strange faces.

Japan's "sprinter geek" Takato Yoshioka also saw Chen Qiang, so he took the initiative to come forward and say hello.

"Jun Chen, I'm honored to meet you again in the competition." Yoshioka Ryude bowed slightly at Chen Qiang, his mouth was filled with crappy "Japanese English".

"Ryude Yoshioka's English proficiency has improved! I remember that he spoke English four years ago and knew a few words." Chen Qiang said in his heart.

Although China and Japan are in a state of war, this is an Olympic Games that symbolizes peace. Athletes on both sides should not bring hatred to the Olympic Games. What's more, they don't hit people with smiles. Yoshioka Ryude was very thoughtful and showed respect for Chen Qiang. Chen Qiang could not show his face to Yoshioka Ryude, otherwise it would make the Chinese look too ungraceful.

So Chen Qiang could only smile and greet Yoshioka Ryuto.

The Japanese have the nature of admiring the strong. Four years ago, Ryude Yoshioka was thinking about how to defeat Chen Qiang, but since the Los Angeles Olympics, Ryude Yoshioka has become respectful to Chen Qiang, and even speaks much more politely.

After chatting for a few words, Chen Qiang said, "Mr. Yoshioka, I saw Naoto Tashima and Kenichi Oshima in your participating team. Why didn't I see Mr. Tadahei Nanbu?"

Naoto Tashima and Kenichi Oshima were both Japanese athletes who participated in the Los Angeles Olympics. At that time, Naoto Tashima participated in the long jump competition and Kenichi Oshima participated in the triple jump competition, so Chen Qiang still remembers them.

However, what Chen Qiang was most concerned about was Zhongping, because during the Los Angeles Olympics, the opponent who put the greatest pressure on Chen Qiang was Zhongping, who started a world record-breaking battle and continued to overtake each other. It was not until the final jump that he decided to win.

I heard Takato Yoshioka explain: "The Southern senior is in poor condition recently. He lost in the qualifiers in Japan and did not meet the standards for participating in the Olympics, so he failed to come to Berlin!"

"So that's the case. It's such a pity. I hope to compete with Zhongping, Nanbu again!" Chen Qiang said.

After the two chatted for a few more times, Takato Yoshioka said goodbye and left.

As soon as Yoshioka Ryude left, Liu Changchun came over and said, "That's Yoshioka Ryude? It's not much changed from four years ago. But you can talk to Japanese people for so long!"

As an athlete in the Northeast, Liu Changchun is naturally dissatisfied with the Japanese. It is difficult for him to not bring this hostility towards Japan to the Olympics field.

"I was also asking him about the information." Chen Qiang continued: "I asked him why Nanbu Chukai didn't come. He said Nanbu Chukai was unable to qualify from the domestic qualifiers in Japan!"

"That's great! You're missing another strong opponent!" Liu Changchun said happily.

"Not necessarily, other Japanese players have strong long jumping levels." Chen Qiang took a deep breath and continued: "Don't forget there is a saying that the Yangtze River's younger waves push the previous waves, and a new generation of new people will replace the old ones! Although Nanbu Chukai did not come, his juniors may be even better than him."

Chen Qiang said this without any target, because in his memory, the Berlin Olympics three-level long jump champion was Japanese player Naoto Tashima, and Naoto Tashima still broke the record and won the championship.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted next to him: "The Americans are here!"

Everyone's eyes gathered at the entrance of the track and field field, and a group of athletes walked in, including blacks and whites, which was the American track and field team.

Team USA is the well-deserved number one track and field powerhouse, and their appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Chen Qiang also stopped to watch. He wanted to find the figure of legendary athlete Jesse Owens, and then he saw an old acquaintance, American sprinter Ralph Metcalf.

At the Los Angeles Olympics four years ago, Ralph Metcalf participated in the 100-meter sprint and won a bronze medal, second only to Chen Qiang and Eddie Tolan.

Next to Ralph Metcalf, a black young man in his early 1.7 meters tall said: "It's so lively. Are athletes from all over the country coming? Is it the Chinese team or the Japanese team there?

"Jesse, that's the Chinese team!" Ralph Metcalf had already seen Chen Qiang in the crowd.

"Is Chen Qiang in it too?" the black young man continued.

"Yes." Ralph Metcalf said, waved to Chen Qiang, and Chen Qiang also waved to Ralph Metcalf in a gift.

"Look, the one who is waving to me is Chen Qiang!" Ralph Metcalf said.

The black young man immediately looked at Chen Qiang, and a strong fighting spirit appeared in his eyes. His gaze seemed to be like a hunter, holding a gun to aim at the prey in the distance.

"That person is Chen Qiang. He defeated American track and field alone four years ago! This time, I will regain the glory lost by American track and field! I will defeat you, and I want the whole world to know that I, Jesse Owens, is the best track and field athlete!"

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"The little dwarf of the United States, Ed Tolan, did not come, and Ed Gordon, who was long jumping, did not come. The renewal of American athletes is fast enough. It has been only four years since it has been difficult for the American team to find familiar people. It is really a new generation to replace old people!" Chen Qiang said in his heart.

At this moment, Chen Qiang suddenly felt like he was being targeted. He instinctively looked at the black young man who was only 1.7 meters tall.

"Jesse Owens!" Chen Qiang recognized the other party at a glance.

Although Chen Qiang has never seen Jesse Owens' real person, he has seen his photos in later generations. Although the clear photos are not very high, the confident temperament of Jesse Owens's top athletes is clearly perceived by Chen Qiang.

"Jesse Owens, I finally met you!" Chen Qiang also felt a sense of fighting in his heart.

"The greatest athlete of the 20th century, I don't know whether this title belongs to you or me!"
Chapter completed!