Nowadays, the Tokyo Olympic Games are in full swing, and Chinese Olympic athletes have also achieved good results. From Liu Changchun's solo representation of China in the Olympic Games, to Xu Haifeng's breakthrough of zero Olympic gold medals, to Beijing's successful hosting of the Olympic Games, to today's Tokyo Olympic Games... The history of China's participation in the Olympic Movement reflects the bitterness and sorrow, glory and pride of the sons and daughters of China, and has also achieved many historic breakthroughs. Chinese has achieved a leap from misery to glory with perseverance and perseverance, and has also won wide praise from the international community.
●The swimlane is filled with all the space of youth
Qian Hong was born in 1971 to an ordinary family in Baoding, Hebei Province. Qian Hong's father, Qian Faxiang, was a cadre at the Lucky Film Factory in Baoding City, Hebei Province, and his mother, Jin Xia, was a kindergarten teacher at the Municipal Agricultural Machinery Factory. Qian Hong went to school and went to the Film Factory Children's Primary School. When she was in elementary school, Qian Hong admired the profession of the police very much and hoped that she could become a people's policeman in the future. She loves the water and wants to swim freely like a fish.
At the age of 9, a chance changed Qian Hong's life. During a training session, Qian Hong was selected by "Bo Le" to start practicing swimming. Talking about the feeling of first contact with water, Qian Hong said: "The deepest impression is that I saw water for the first time, especially blue, blue and blue. My initiation coach was ding wenying, and he picked us out of school and asked, 'Who dares to be the first?' That is to say, who dared to jump into the water, I did not hesitate to jump down, began to flutter there, and then my coach fished me up again, that is, from that day on, I did not expect to learn breaststroke in 10 days. ”
In 1985, at the first National Youth Games, Qian Hong won 5 gold medals. Later, she switched to the 100m freestyle and later specialized in butterfly swimming. At the end of 1987, Qian Hong, who performed well at the 6th National Games, was transferred to the national swimming team. Entering the national team has brought reality and dreams one step closer. Gradually, Qian Hong became the first female athlete in China to rank among the world's outstanding swimmers. Step by step, she stepped onto the podium of the Olympic champion.
● 12 years of hard work is for 58 seconds 62
Becoming an Olympic champion is the supreme pursuit of every athlete. Recalling the 100-meter butterfly final of the Barcelona Olympic Games, Qian Hong and her coach of the year still have palpitations.
The Chinese swimming gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games did not receive any results, so the Pressure on the Chinese swimming team to win gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games was very high. On July 29, 1992, the butterfly preliminary round for the Barcelona Olympic Games ended, and Wang Xiaohong and Qian Hong of the Chinese team both won the right to the final. At this time, Qian Hong suddenly felt that Whether she could beat the United States Ayleton was bottomless, because the 22-year-old American girl swam 58.61 seconds 4 months ago, and her best time was 58.89 seconds.
After discovering that Qian Hong was uncertain, Yuan Weimin, deputy head of the Chinese sports delegation, immediately "chatted" with her and unloaded her burdens. Coach Feng Xiaodong advised her: "Just take care of your own actions, don't care about others." And for her 100 meters of travel made careful arrangements: the first 50 meters as far as possible to relax, to the last 25 meters, must give full play to their explosive power, momentum to sprint.
After perfect preparation, Qian Hong was full of confidence. At the sound of a gunshot, the 8 athletes on the departure platform jumped into their respective lanes together, like 8 colorful butterflies flying up and down, setting off layers of waves in a pool of clear water. Ayleton took the lead, really a bit of the world's first momentum, swimming to 50 meters has obviously left the other 7 runners a big cut, at this time her time is 27.50 seconds, Qian Hong is eager to be in second place, the time is 27.83 seconds.
At this time, Qian Hong made an extremely bold decision: to reduce the head-up ventilation to buy a little time, instead of 5 strokes to change the air. Feng Xiaodong, the former coach, said: "Later, I found out in the video that Qian Hong used 5 movements to change the gas in the last 50 meters. This is not done by any butterfly swimmer, because it is dangerous, she will be deprived of oxygen in a rapid swim, she will quickly become weak, and her whole body will soften. ”
Of course, what Coach Feng feared did not happen, and Qian Hong won the game with perseverance and confidence. In 58.62 seconds, Qian Hong set a new Olympic record in the 100-meter butterfly.
Qian Hong will accumulate enough energy for many years to play out to the fullest, and defeat the American players with an advantage of 0.12 seconds, that is, a one-finger difference. When this result was displayed on the huge electronic scoreboard, Qian Hong stood in the pool and did not forget his feelings, but just pursed his lips, recalling the bittersweet and bittersweet that was difficult to tell in his heart. But her coach couldn't help but shed tears of excitement, and he understood that this gold medal was not easy to come by.
After the Olympic Games, Qian Hong, who was at his peak, resolutely chose to retire. She was only 22 years old at the time. After retiring from the army, she has been abroad, went to school, and "gone to the sea", but she has never given up her attachment to that pool of clear water, and she has always remembered a sentence that her coach Feng Xiaodong once gave her: "The lane of life is endless, you have experienced two stages of overcoming opponents and defeating yourself, it is time to dedicate yourself to your career." (Source| Reader' Newspaper)