Zhongxin Network Guangzhou, October 19 Title: Chen Aisen, Xie Sibei and Ji University students face to face: the youth of struggle is the most beautiful
China News Network reporter Guo Jun
"Have goals and dreams in your heart, don't leave yourself a way back, you will go on without hesitation." 」 "Have a dream, but also focus, only in this way can we overcome difficulties..." On October 19, Olympic diving champions Chen Aisen and Xie Sibei returned to their alma mater, Jinan University, and launched a face-to-face youth dialogue with more than 100 Ji University students at the Zeng Xianzi Science Museum.
Chen Aisen and Xie Sibei came face to face with Ji University. Photo by Chen Jimin
It is understood that Chen Aisen is currently a 2018 graduate student majoring in international business at the School of Economics of Jinan University. He won the men's double 10m platform and the men's single 10m platform at the Rio Olympics in August 2016, becoming the first athlete in Olympic history to win gold medals in both the men's single 10m platform and the double 10m diving event. This year, Chen Aisen and Cao Yuan won the silver medal in the men's doubles 10m platform at the Tokyo Olympics.
Xie Sibei just won the Tokyo Olympic Diving Men's Double Three Meter Board and Men's Three Meter Board Championships this year, thus becoming the first person in the history of the men's 3 meter springboard event to achieve the Olympic Games, the World Cup and the World Championships "Grand Slam". He is a 2019 graduate student majoring in international business at the School of Economics of Jinan University.
In the dialogue, Chen Aisen and Xie Sibei both mentioned that a successful life is inseparable from personal efforts, and the youth of struggle is the most beautiful.
"Xie Sibei is a properly desperate athlete, training extremely hard." Chen Aisen was very familiar with his good teammate and good disciple, and he was also full of respect. He broke the news that Xie Sibei once insisted on training desperately in order to correct a diving action, and finally fractured his bones due to excessive injury and had to undergo surgery.
Chen Aisen, Xie Sibei and Ji University students face to face Chen Jimin photo
In Xie Siwei's eyes, Chen Aisen is an athlete who is both talented and very hardworking. But he insists that effort is more important than talent. Xie Sibei said: "For Chen Aisen, the trough period in 2018 is actually quite difficult, with the increase of age, when the athlete's physical function declines, it is actually difficult to mobilize and recover to a better state." But through his own hard work, Chen Aisen continued to overcome these difficulties and finally got back up. ”
"Without hard work, even if you are highly talented, you will not achieve excellent results. If there is no talent, it is more difficult to work a hundred times harder than others. In addition, you must be persistent and focused in order to achieve your goals. Xie Sibei said.
Recalling the scene when he participated in the Rio Olympic Games for the first time to stand on the podium of the Olympic champion, Chen Aisen admitted that "at that time, I was a little confused, but also very happy, thinking of my past efforts and experiences." When the national anthem is played, I feel a sense of pride in winning glory for the country. ”
After winning the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Aisen's mentality is still frank: "The runner-up is actually an affirmation of myself, and I am also very happy." He explained that he was at the peak of the sport in 2016, and in 2018 the state game began to decline, fell to the lowest point, and finally returned to a better state step by step with the support and help of the diving team and the encouragement of his teammates.
Of course, like all excellent athletes, Chen Aisen did not give up the desire for the championship, "For professional athletes, competitive sports is to fight for a win or loss, and each of our athletes hopes to win the championship when they go to the field, which is an affirmation of their own efforts." ”
Chen Aisen and Xie Sixi sent a message to the teachers and sisters of Jinan University: cherish the university time, make good use of the university's rich teaching resources, strive to learn knowledge and skills, on this basis, but also to explore themselves more, find their own goals and persevere, but also maintain a good attitude. (End)
Source: China News Network