In the men's 200m medley final of the World Championships in short pool swimming, Wang Shun, who played with injuries, ranked fifth and did not qualify for the title. The inevitable injury and illness problems brought about by the perennial conquest were a big mountain in front of Wang Shun. If the injury problem cannot be solved, Wang Shun's cycle in Paris will be doomed to stumble.
On the first match day of the 2021 Short Pool Swimming World Championships, the Chinese team did not have a medal in the account, and olympic champion Wang Shun swam only 1 minute 53.41 seconds in the strong 200 meters, ranking fifth, not only did not qualify for the short pool World Championships three consecutive championships, but even did not get a medal. For this result, it can be said that it is expected and reasonable, after all, Wang Shun has played everywhere throughout the 2021 season and cannot play in the short pool world championship in the best physical condition, not to mention the injury problem in the knee. From the reality, it is impossible to ask Wang Shun to win the championship to the end, and looking forward to the Paris cycle, how to overcome injuries and ensure physical health is a problem that Wang Shun and the Chinese swimmers have to face and must solve.
Looking back on the journey of 2021, Wang Shun can be said to have swam from the beginning to the end, from the Chinese swimming championship on January 1 to the national championships, from the Tokyo Olympics to the National Games to the world championships in the short pool, his footsteps have never stopped. And Wang Shun also achieved hegemony this year, the Tokyo Olympic Games won the men's 200 mixed gold medal, the National Games achieved six crowns, when Sun Yang was absent, Xu Jiayu's state declined, Wang Shun took up the burden and became a well-deserved brother of the Chinese Swimming Team.
However, Wang Shun, who appeared at the Short Pool World Championship, is not the strongest Wang Shun on the surface, and wang Shun revealed in an interview before the game that he was playing with an injury, "The state is OK, the most important thing is that the intensity of this year's game is relatively large, and then there is an injury problem in the right knee, hoping to have a stable play in this game." ”
In fact, after a whole year of non-stop conquest, coupled with injuries, Wang Shun finally failed to play the peak level in the main 200 mix. From the beginning of the first butterfly stroke, he was thrown on by opponents such as Seto Daiya, and fell out of the top three at the end of the backstroke, and the third swimming breaststroke was originally Wang Shun's strong point, but unfortunately, the breaststroke segmented performance was only 33.31 seconds, which was obviously not Wang Shun's normal performance level.
At the 2018 Short Pool World Championships Men's 200 Mix, Wang Shun swam 1:51.01 to win the championship, and the breaststroke segmented time was 32.11 seconds, compared to the breaststroke at the World Championships, which was 1.2 seconds slower. 33 seconds 31 is obviously not Wang Shun's normal level, there is no way, with injuries to play means that can not play fully, the performance will naturally be discounted.
The Chinese swimming team spends most of its time training and competition in the long pool, and is not good at short pool combat overall, Wang Shun is one of the few short pool masters, and now his 200 mixed position is lost, which means that the Chinese team has one less important gold medal point in this World Championships. In fact, the failure to complete the triple crown or the loss of the gold medal point of the Chinese team is not the key for Wang Shun and the Chinese team who are determined to achieve good results in the Paris Olympics, the most important thing is how to steadily improve in this cycle, play the ultimate battle, and dream into reality, overcome injuries, and ensure good health is the premise.
Considering the current situation of the strength of the Chinese team, Wang Shun is still the number one force in the next Paris cycle to win the gold medal, and looking forward to the new cycle, many people are worried about whether the 28-year-old Wang Shun can persist to the end, in fact, such a heart is completely unnecessary, Wang Shun himself has the confidence to fight to the Paris Olympics, as long as the training system plus timely rehabilitation, we have reason to look forward to Wang Shun's appearance in the Paris Olympics at the age of 30.
The problem is that the inevitable problem of injury and illness brought about by perennial conquest is a big mountain in front of Wang Shun. Just like the Abu Dhabi Short Pool World Championships because of injuries caused by weakened combat effectiveness, if the injury problem can not be solved, Wang Shun is doomed to stumble in the Paris cycle, so it is not a bad thing to have problems now, look forward to Wang Shun can find the "answer" in time, perhaps, you can strategically abandon some events, after all, as a veteran, health is the king.
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