Imagine if time travels back to the 1986 Japanese Go Jihad Final, where the reigning chess saint Cho Ji-hoon, who suffered a car accident before the game, is in a wheelchair wrapped in bandages and ready to meet the challenge of challenger Koichi Kobayashi. At this time, a voice came from the sky: you are not eligible to participate in the competition, because you did not pass the physical fitness test.....
This kind of nonsense that only appears in Stephen Chow's films sounds very mysterious and funny, but it has already happened in reality.
According to online information, in February 2020, the State General Administration of Sport issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Basic Physical Training to Compensate for The Physical Shortcomings", which clearly pointed out that the physical fitness standard should be taken as the precondition for the selection of athletes, and those who did not meet the standards were not allowed to participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Under the requirements of this notice, swimming, athletics, gymnastics and other projects have introduced corresponding physical fitness test standards, so the following unexpected scene has emerged:
On September 26, the 2020 National Swimming Championships kicked off in Qingdao, and Fu Yuanhui ranked first in the women's 100m backstroke preliminaries with a time of 59.48 seconds, but because she ranked 11th in the physical fitness test, she did not enter the top eight and did not qualify for the final.
On September 29, in the preliminary round of the men's 50m freestyle preliminaries of the 2020 National Swimming Championships, Yu Hexin broke the national record of 21.91 seconds held by Ning Zetao with 21.79 seconds, which was only 0.12 seconds away from the Asian record. Due to the 9th place in the physical examination, he did not qualify for the final.
On September 27, in the women's 1500m freestyle of the National Swimming Championships, Wang Jian Jiahe broke the Asian record with a time of 15 minutes 45.59 seconds, and did not qualify for the final due to the 11th place in the physical test.
In the 2019-2020 National Fencing Championships, Sun Yiwen and Lin Sheng, members of the 2019 World Championships Women's Heavy Team Championships, successfully defeated their opponents in the round of 16, and then conducted the test items of sitting forward flexion, vertical jump and 30 seconds double flying jump rope, and finally the physical test results of the two ranked 15th and 9th respectively, thus missing the top 8.
Not only swimming and fencing, but also those who lost their qualifications due to physical fitness tests in athletics were:
Dong Bin, 3rd in the men's triple jump at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the men's triple jump champion at the 2016 Portland Indoor Athletics World Championships;
2017 Nairobi U18 Athletics World Championships Women's Long Jump Champion Gong Luying
Two-time Asian Championship champion and 2009 U18 World Championships women's long jump champion Lu Minjia;
Wang Qingling, silver medalist in the women's heptathlon at the two-time Asian Games;
Chen Ting, women's triple jump champion at the 2016 U20 World Championships in Athletics;
2019 National Athletics Championships Men's 200m Champion Sui Gaofei;
Wu Lei and Wu Yuang, the men's 400m masters who represented China at the 2019 Yokohama World Relay;
2019 National Athletics Championships Men's High Jump Champion Guo Jinqi;
Men's pole vault champion Han Tao;
Women's 10,000m champion Li Dan;
Women's 100m hurdles champion Chen Jiamin.
Gong Lijiao, the leader of Chinese shot put, gave up the competition because of the physical fitness test. (Gong Lijiao, 2012 London Olympics women's shot put runner-up, 2017 London Athletics World Championships women's shot put champion, 2019 IAAF Diamond League Zurich women's shot put final champion. ）
Let the thrower pass the physical fitness test is already a bit mysterious, you think that the brain to play chess can eat melon to see the hilarity?
According to the media, athletes participating in the National Chess League also need to complete physical fitness tests. In terms of endurance tests, young athletes need to challenge long-distance running, and male and female athletes under the age of 45 need to challenge the 1000-meter run and the 800-meter run, respectively. Seniors over the age of 45 need to be tested to walk faster than 3,000 meters, not slow walking, and there are specific time limits. For example, a 69-year-old male chess player needs to complete the task in 37 minutes.
Because it is a notice issued by the General Administration of Sports, and chess has also introduced a physical fitness test, I don't know if it will be expanded to the Go project, if it is expanded to the Go project, can Ke Jie and a group of Go players pass the pass smoothly?
If you take the chess fitness test standard as a reference, Ke Jie, born in 97, often goes to the gym with friends such as Lian Xiao, and has also taken fitness photos, with his 23-year-old age, 180 cm height and slender and muscular body shape, I think he should have no problem passing the physical fitness test. Lian Xiao, who was similar to his figure, naturally did not have a problem. However, the relatively short figures of Gu Zihao, Mi Yuting, Fan Tingyu, Xie Erhao, etc., they will have to have a certain pressure, 1000 meters and 800 meters running is better to say a little, standing long jump may be a bit of a headache, 2.18 meters is not easy for them, Tang Weixing, Chen Yaoye and other "veterans" who are blessed with a good body can not be said to be without pressure.
If it is also stipulated that the top eight of the physical fitness test can represent the Chinese Go national team to participate in the World Series, then many of the champions will basically be blocked out, and Ke Jie does not even dare to guarantee that he can enter the top eight, after all, there are not a few younger and more robust players, I believe that this regulation will not be issued.
Visual inspection: Ke Jie, Lian Xiao, Dang Yifei, Yang Dingxin, Shi Yue, Ding Hao, Li Weiqing, Xie Ke, Li Xuanhao, Zhao Chenyu, etc. should have no problem passing the physical fitness test. They are generally young and slender.
Chen Yaoye, Tang Weixing, and Yu Jiaxi, who were already fat, would have a little difficulty.
Gu Zihao, Mi Yuting, Fan Tingyu, and Xie Erhao, who were not born with superior height, were not difficult.
Nie Qisheng estimated that he could not pass, he was born with insufficient blood supply to the heart when he was young, and he needed to absorb oxygen in the game, fortunately, Nie Qisheng had already withdrawn from the first line of battle, and like legendary Go figures such as Hideyuki Fujisawa and Eio Sakata, it was impossible for 70-year-olds to still win the championship at the first line of fighting in their 60s.
Born in 1976, the "sacred pig" Luo Xianhe wants to pass the physical fitness test is also very difficult, itself fat plus do not love activities, 44 years old, in Japan and South Korea is still the year of fighting, in our country can only take a back seat.
For students who are 160 centimeters tall, the vaulting horse that is required in middle school is a nightmare.
A long time ago, we have been requiring the comprehensive development of "morality, intelligence, physical fitness and beauty" in education, and the introduction of physical fitness tests in all walks of life is beyond reproach, but we must also avoid simple and rough one-size-fits-all.
Even without the mandatory requirements of the General Administration of Sports, athletes will have regular fitness, in the United States, Such as Harvard, Stanford and other famous schools, young students must go to a large amount of exercise every day, otherwise the strenuous mental activity can not be consumed. The same is true on Go, which is a very brain-burning intellectual game, and playing chess continuously will make people tired, so, without forcing, Go players will go to the gym regularly.
Physical fitness tests have set off an uproar in China, and people's daily articles on the 30th pointed out:
In other words, the physical fitness test cannot be "one-size-fits-all", but for the chronic disease of insufficient physical fitness, "cutting a knife" is imperative - how to grasp the "cutting a knife", not only like Ding Ding to solve the cattle, touch the vein, familiar with the heart, and accurately move; but also like the golden needle people, refresh the mind, directly hit the key, and go to the top of the ladder. This tests the wisdom and determination of the management department, and as far as the reform of the individual associations that are currently being promoted is concerned, it is also the meaning of the topic of "professionals do professional things". It is reported that the relevant departments have collected opinions from many parties, listened to feedback, absorbed suggestions, and will be integrated into the next step of the reform plan, constantly improve the physical fitness evaluation system, more scientifically and reasonably guide training and competition, so that the actual recruitment can be implemented and the good things will be done.
True to me! The original intention of the State General Administration of Sport to introduce mandatory requirements for physical fitness tests is understandable, but it also hopes to adapt to local conditions and better understand and respect the professionalism of different sports competitions. If Go is to introduce a physical fitness test, it must also take into account the characteristics of the Go project itself, formulate standards according to local conditions, and make the physical fitness test a useful auxiliary to the Game of Go, rather than a roadblock.