Source: China News Network
China News Service Tokyo, August 3 Title: (Tokyo Olympics) Wang Zheng picks silver, chain ball "no regrets"
China News Service reporter Xing Chong
"No regrets". If she used two words to describe the road she had traveled, Wang Zheng said that she would choose these two words.
In the women's chain ball final of the Tokyo Olympic Games on the 3rd, China's Wang Zheng won a silver medal with 77 meters 03. The final championship fell unsurprisingly into the hands of Polish magnate Vodalchik , a legend who has won two Olympic titles in London and Rio , and is the only female athlete who can throw the chain ball more than 80 meters so far , with Olympic records of 82 meters 29 and world records of 82 meters 98 both created by her.
On August 3, in the women's chain ball final at the Tokyo Olympic Games, China's Wang Zheng threw 77.03 meters in the last test throw and won the silver medal in the event. The picture shows Wang Zheng in the game. China News Service reporter Han Haidan photographed
The rise of Chinese women's chain ball coincided with the strong domination of Vodalchik. In areas that were once difficult for Chinese and even Asians to gain a foothold, China's Zhang Wenxiu won silver medals at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing and the 2016 Rio Olympics, creating the best record for Chinese women's chain ball.
After Zhang Wenxiu retired, the baton fell into the hands of Wang Zheng. Compared with Zhang Wenxiu, who has stood on the podium at all three Olympic Games, Wang Zheng's Olympic journey is, in her words, "quite unsmooth." "Maybe compared to others, I'm not a gifted player."
Born in 1987, Wang Zheng is the oldest chinese track and field team to participate in the Olympic Games, and she has participated in two olympic games before. At the Beijing Olympics, when the fledgling Wang Zheng competed, "the whole person was ignorant", and even "didn't know what to do, just finished a lap", and she could not break through from the qualification tournament that year.
The Rio Olympics were the "darkest" experience of her career. She fouled all three of her first three shots in the final, resulting in no result in the end. Wang Zheng said that that year, her mentality was very bad, she was always afraid of fouls in the game, and she did not think that the Olympic final had all three fouls. "When I got back, I cried there alone, thinking about retiring, this thing may not be suitable for me."
After Rio, Wang Zheng was afraid of others pointing fingers at her, saying that she had many thoughts and concerns, and "the whole person was decadent."
Fortunately, Wang Zheng persevered with her so-called "cheeky face". "All olympic three shots have been fouled, what could be worse than that?"
The picture shows Wang Zheng raising his hand to celebrate after the game. China News Service reporter Han Haidan photographed
A restarted Wang Zheng carried the banner of Chinese women's chain ball, and she stood on the podium in the next two World Championships. Coming to the Olympic final again, she was no longer the girl who suffered from loss and loss - after Vodalchik locked up the gold medal early, Wang Zheng threw 77 meters 03 for the last time, surpassing another Polish player to win the silver medal.
"In fact, my mentality is very peaceful, this is my last Olympic Games, after shooting that ball, maybe in the future I will be with the chain ball again, it is another identity, I want to show the best side." 」
Wang Zheng said she should not stick to the next Olympic Games. "The road of life is very long, together with the chain ball, do not regret going a game, life also has to do other things, I hope that the future road will be accompanied by the chain ball."
She said that the moment she won the silver medal, the mood she wanted to express most was "no regrets." "I choose the chain ball without regret, and I also hope that the chain ball chooses me without regret." (End)