TOKYO, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- After China's Wang Zhouyu won the gold medal in the women's weightlifting 87 kg category, Zhang Guozheng, head coach of the Chinese women's team, said that Wang Zhouyu's training time in Tokyo was longer than most of her teammates, which was indeed a kind of "torment".
Zhang Guozheng said: "In general, today's gold medal can be won, it is worthy of praise. Wang Zhouyu is a big-level player, playing later than most of her teammates, which is a mental torment, and she herself said in the backcourt that she didn't feel excited. ”
On July 20, Zhang Guozheng, head coach of the Chinese women's weightlifting team, was compared to his heart during warm-up training. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei
The Chinese weightlifting team arrived in Tokyo on July 19, so Wang Zhouyu has been waiting in Tokyo for half a month. Among the Chinese teams, the first to compete was Hou Zhihui, who trained in Tokyo for 4 days before taking the stage to win gold. Zhang Guozheng said: "After ten days, she was a little tired, and when she saw people winning the championship one by one, she would always have psychological fluctuations. ”
Zhang Guozheng admitted that Wang Zhouyu's performance today was "very general." Wang Zhouyu also said after the game that today's total score of 270 kilograms was at least 10 kilograms worse than her own goal. At the Asian Championships in April this year, Wang Zhouyu also cited a total of 286 kilograms, which was 16 kilograms more than the Olympic gold medal. "Wang Zhouyu is indeed super strong, so he won this gold medal today without any surprises." It can only be said that it is not so good to win, which shows that we still have a lot of work to do, and I hope to sum up the experience. ”
On August 2, China's Wang Zhouyu was in the competition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei
The first attempt to grasp the lift, Wang Zhouyu came up and failed to try, Zhang Guozheng said: "She is still nervous, which shows that the competition is a big competition." Usual training is not the same as competition, and the usual competitions are different from the Olympic Games. He revealed that Wang Zhouyu's performance of grasping the handlebar was "tight, and the barbells were out of the center of gravity of the body", which is the cruelty of the Olympic Games. He said: "I joked with her after the game, you can usually catch 130 kilograms of people, and you can't lift 115 kilograms when you open it?" ”
Zhang Guozheng said that the national team also pays attention to the psychological state of these big-level athletes. After the daily training in Tokyo, the coaches tried to enlighten the athletes, chatting, walking, and explaining: "You should come to the Olympic Village to train, not to compete." ”
"Mindset, or mindset." Zhang Guozheng, the champion of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, summed up the Olympic Games this way.
Editors: Qinou Wang, Sihui Yu, Shiyao Xiao, Shengkuo Lin (Intern)
Produced by the Xinhua News Agency's Tokyo Olympic Games Reporting Group