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30s of the 20th century
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Track and field heroine - Li Sen
At the Sixth National Games of Old China held in Shanghai in 1935, a girl wearing a "1445" sportswear on the Shanghai team became a newsmaker in the track and field competition, she won the women's 50 meters, 100 meters, 200 meters championship in a row, known as the "female running king", she is the mainland track and field hero in the 30s of the 20th century - Li Sen. She was also the only female track and field athlete to represent China at the 11th Olympic Games before liberation. It is particularly worth mentioning that the national records of Leeson 50 meters (6.8 seconds) and 200 meters (27.7 seconds) were held from 1935 until the founding of New China. The 50 meters (6.8 seconds) was only 0.4 seconds short of the world record published in 1935.
Li Sen participated in the Sixth National Games of Old China
Born in Hunan in the fall of 1914, Li Sen was a natural sportsman, and won many championships in school sports meetings when she was a student. After being admitted to Shanghai Southeast Women's Physical Education Normal School, Li Sen received careful guidance from the physical education teacher, got up early every day to exercise, never stopped in the hot summer in midwinter, and made great progress in sports skills.
The hard work paid off, and at the 1935 Shanghai International Games, Li Sen won the women's 50m and 100m races. In October 1935, the Sixth National Games of Old China was held at Shanghai Jiangwan Stadium, which was the period when Li Sen's sports skills reached its peak. She won three gold medals in the women's 50m, 100m and 200m in 4 days, and also won a silver medal in the women's long jump, which is rare, and her wonderful scene of winning the championship was reported to be a sensation in Shanghai, and Shanghai newspapers praised her as "female running king" and "Miss Shimu" (because her name is composed of four "wood" characters).
Farewell to Li Sen for the 11th Olympic Games
In June 1936, in the 11th Olympic Qualifiers, 56 male athletes and 9 female athletes from the mainland participated in the Western United Competition (that is, the Olympic Trials), and only Li Sen was admitted as the official representative of the Olympic Games. At 16:00 on August 3, 1936, the Olympic Games held track and field heats, divided into six groups, and the top two in each group advanced. Li Sen was placed in the third group, just in the group with the sprinting world champion, and finally Li Sen ran 13.6 seconds to finish fifth in the group and failed to qualify, but the Chinese woman was able to appear in the world athletics competition with the great powers, and Li Sen was the first.
Pole vaulting star - Fu Baolu
Opening the highest track and field record in the old Chinese period, the pole vault was set by Fu Baolu on May 18, 1936 at 4.015 meters, a record that also stood for 20 years.
Fu Baolu, also known as Baolu, was born in 1914. He has been an avid athlete since childhood, and his participation in sports meetings as a teenager has shown his talent for athletics. His main achievements were created after arriving in Shanghai. In 1936, he set the most glorious record of his life, and was praised by the newspapers at the time as "the only person in mainland athletics to enter the world".
Fu Paulu
Fu Paulu's mother is a Russian expat, his father Fu Changsheng is a sports enthusiast, in the courtyard of the family, there are a lot of sports machinery and equipment, Fu Paulu has been studying hard since he was a child, under the influence of his father, he showed his sports talent as early as elementary school. In 1929, the 14th North China Games were held in Shenyang, and the 16-year-old Fu Baolu participated in this competition for the first time for Dongte No. 3 Middle School, and won the intermediate group pole vault championship (2.89 meters). In the same year, at the Games of the three eastern provinces held in Shenyang, he also won the first place in pole vault. At the Fourth National Games of Old China in 1930, he easily crossed a height of 3.28 meters. That year, he was selected to participate in the 9th Far Eastern Games in Japan, but unfortunately lost the selection because he only jumped 3.40 meters in the preliminary round. After returning from failure, Fu Baolu exercised harder in his spare time, and his exercise level quickly improved.
In 1931, at the 15th North China Games, he set a new national pole vault record with a score of 3.54 meters. On August 31 of the same year, he once again broke the record for foreigners in Northeast China with a score of 3.70 meters in Harbin.
In 1933, he dressed up and went south to Shanghai. Due to continuous hard training, his athletic performance continued to rise, and the past few years in Shanghai became his "golden period" in sports. On October 13, 1933, Fu Baolu participated in the Fifth National Games of Old China and set a new record in pole vault (3.75 meters).
At the 1933 Fifth National Games, Fu Paulu crossed 3.75 meters
A scenario where the crossbar has reached its apex
In 1934, Fu Paulu participated in the 10th Far Eastern Games in Manila, where he lived up to expectations and won second place in pole vault, winning honors for his country. When the news came, the whole country rejoiced, and Fu Baolu's Shanghai Lefen Book Office held a special celebration activity for him, which was proud.
In 1935, at the Sixth National Games of Old China, Fu Baolu once again broke his own national record with a score of 3.90 meters, close to the Far Eastern Games record (4 meters). The result caused a sensation across the country, with major newspapers in Shanghai reporting the competition on their front pages, and the October 14 "Declaration" recorded it as "the fullest harvest in athletics."
On May 18, 1936, Fu Baolu set the best score of 4.015 meters in the fourth test of the athletics training class of the 11th Olympic Games, becoming a national record in the history of mainland athletics that could not be broken in 20 years. Later, when he participated in the 11th Olympic Games, he qualified for the rematch with a height of 3.85 meters in the preliminary round, and although he did not finish the place, he was the only athlete in the Chinese delegation to the Olympic Games at that time to obtain the right to rematch.
After returning to China, Fu Baolu was warmly received, coupled with his handsome appearance and good figure, he was a Russian mixed-race, so he was favored by the Shanghai film company to participate in the filming of the movie "Burial at Sea". In 1937, the Anti-Japanese War broke out in full force, and Fu Baolu resolutely gave up his star career and signed up for the Air Force.
His parents once stopped him for good reason: "We are Russian overseas Chinese, and according to the Japan-Russia contract at that time, it is safest to stay in Harbin." Fu Baolu held up his Chinese team uniform and said, "But I'm Chinese!" I have Russian roots, but I am Chinese! I represent China in so many competitions! I'm Chinese. ”
After graduating from the Chinese Air Force Academy, Fu Baolu went to the United States for advanced training. After returning to China, he was assigned as a second-lieutenant third-class pilot of the Fourth Group of the Air Force to fly the new American P-66 fighter. At this time, the United States Fourteenth Air Force was established, the famous "Flying Tigers", at the request of General Chennault, this group of 24 Chinese pilots went to support, including Fu Paulu.
On July 8, 1943, 29-year-old Fu Baolu died in a crash over Chongqing while piloting a training aircraft. Martyr Fu Baolu was buried together with 241 other anti-Japanese air force martyrs in the Nanshan Air Force Grave in Chongqing. Of the 46 people who stayed with him to participate in the advanced pilot training class, only 4 survived after the victory of the War of Resistance.
Partial text: website of the Chinese Flying Tiger Research Society
Partial image: Image of Shanghai
Source: Shanghai Sports History No. 21, 22,
Website of the China Flying Tiger Research Society