In the last issue of the year-end series, let's take a look at how Huang Dongping evaluates her 2021
In the middle of summer in July, Huang Dongping and her partner Wang Yilu came to the Musashino Stadium in Tokyo to prepare for their first Olympic match. Two years ago, at the Japan Open, it was also here that two people defeated indonesia's rivals to win the championship, and at that time they did not know what kind of future awaited them.
At the beginning of 2021, Huang Dongping began to close the training with the team. The days of training are extremely hard and boring, but Huang Dongping has never wanted to give up, for the Olympic Games, she looks forward to the day when she can stand on the highest podium, but she also knows that the difficulties to be faced in it need to be faced and solved together by her partner Wang Yilu.
In the days of training, huang Dongping, who is grinning, can always complete the task on time, but sometimes the impatient mentality will make Wang Yilu "unhappy", in this year's time, she tried to take care of the feelings of her partner, to experience the idea of Brother Duck, it is constant communication and adjustment, so that the two people can continue to move towards a goal, and this goal, is the Olympic champion.
Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu, who have high hopes for the Tokyo cycle, are China's mixed doubles "double insurance" and people who are always "a little bit worse" at critical moments. They seem to have never been the protagonists of the story, but they are not willing to only be supporting roles forever. In the days of the training, Huang Dongping doubted herself more than once, and thought about the future more than once, but she also understood that only continuous progress could dispel all fear and confusion.
In July, Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu, who came to musashino Stadium again, began their first Olympic journey with the mentality of enjoying the game. They have not participated in the international competition for more than a year, and they do not have time to make too many adjustments, and can only continue to find problems through competitions and solve problems on the spot. In the Olympic arena, the Yellow Duck combination has been cut all the way, and many fans feel that Huang Dongping's thinking in front of the net is more flexible, and the awareness of sealing the net is stronger.
In the semi-finals, Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu faced the host team Ofuda Watanabe / Yusa Higashino, and in the case of the first defeat, the Yellow Duck combination turned passive into active and advanced to the final with a strong reversal of 2-1. After the game, Huang Dongping hugged her friend Higashino Yusha. Huang Dongping, who is good at interpersonal communication, has not seen her friends for a long time.
The final was a civil war for the Chinese team, and Huang Dongping/Wang Yilu, who once again burst out of amazing strength, defeated the strong rival Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong to win the eighteenth gold for the Chinese team. This time, they finally became the protagonists of the story.
At the National Games in September, Huang Dongping returned to the Fujian team to fight with her teammates and helped the Fujian women's team win the bronze medal in the team competition. In the individual event, the Yellow Ducks group broke through again and won the National Games championship.
In the three major cup competitions, Huang Dongping played in mixed doubles and women's doubles, helping the Chinese team win the Sudirman Cup and the Uber Cup. In the subsequent Danish Open, Huang Dongping once again doubled and partnered with Zheng Yu to win the women's doubles championship.
Growing all the way and harvesting all the way, at the End of the World Championships, labor models Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu chose to retire. For two people, slowing down to think about the future is a more important thing. After all, a new cycle has begun, and they will continue to face new challenges. This time, I believe they will continue to move forward.
Interview: Yan Jie
Video: Sino Analytica
Text: Jia Ning, Yan Jie
Edit: Siming
Image source: Network