Britain Represented in Semi-Final of 100 Metres:
Women's Javeli Throw Record Beaten Berlin, Aug. 2. MERICA'S supremacy in the sprint events, which was restored four years ago at Los Angeles, is likely to be upheld at this year's Olympic Games as a result of two magnificent performances: by Jesse Owens, the great Ohio State athlete, in the qualifying trials of the 100' metres to-day.
Competing in the 12th heat of the first round, the negro won in 10.3 seconds to equal the world record established by Eddie Tolan in 1932.
In his next appearance, however—in a second round heat shattered the world record by winning in 10.2 seconds, A crowd' of 80,000 witnessed the feat.
Chita had a very lean time, fall Ing to qualify a single candidate in. the heats of four different events.
"The Chinese competitors eliminated were K. C. Fu and K. K. Chen from the 100 metres—in which C. C. Liu, China's sole representative to the Olympics at Los Angeles four years ago, did not compete—P. 8. Wu from the high jump, and P. C. "Gorilla" [Chen from the shot put (fotand) 103 sec; Wyekor (USA), Pennington (Gt. Britain) "108" sees meyer (Germany), Gyenes. (un ary), Hocnnie (Switzerland), Hornaer= [Ber "(Germany), Strandberg" (Sweden), Strukt (Japan), Sweeney (Gt Britain), Theunissen (8. Atriea) 107 see Berger (Holland). Holmes (Great Britain), Humber (Canada), Lindgreen (Sweden), McPhee '(Canads}, Metesife (USA). Sir (Hungary), vali Beveren (Holland), Yoshioka. (Japan) "108
Two Good Efforts Fu made an excellent effort in his heat which was the fifth of the first round. He Jed from the start up to the half-way mark, but faded out tier that and frushed fourth, McPhee of Canada, winning in 103 seconds.
Chen also went off to. an Jexcéllent slart in his heat—the eighth—but failed to last and had to be content with fourth place. The winner was Erich Borehmeyer, of Germany, who was clocked' at 10.7 seconds, It as estimated that no tess than 100,000 "spectators witnessed the formol opening of the Games yesterday by Herr Adolf Hiller, who, In the process, made the shortest speech of his career, saying simply: "I de-flare the Xith Olympiad now open. Reuter.
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