The Paper's reporter Chen Jun
Zheng Shuyin.
The scene of the Tokyo Olympic Taekwondo Men's 68 kg Third and Fourth Final presented a beautiful picture, on the field Zhao Shuai defeated rival Li Daxun to win the bronze medal, and Zheng Shuyin covered his chest and red eyes...
The taekwondo "gold medal couple" is no stranger to the Chinese – they both won the rio Olympics 5 years ago; at the Tokyo Olympics, Zhao Shuai has handed over a qualified answer sheet, and Zheng Shuyin is also ambitious.
However, in the women's taekwondo 67 kg 1/4 final on the 27th, the defending champion Zheng Shuyin lost to France's Laurin and missed the semifinals.
Zheng Shuyin and boyfriend Zhao Shuai.
"You are the champion"
In the new Olympic cycle, Zheng Shuyin won the 2017 National Games Championship, the 2019 World Grand Prix Chiba Station Championship and the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Finals in the same year, maintaining good overall condition, but also experiencing the biggest grievances of her career.
On May 18, 2019, Zheng Shuyin encountered British bianca Walkerden in the final of the World Taekwondo Championships, Zheng Shuyin has been leading by a large score, and the opponent had to take the tactic of pushing Zheng Shuyin out of bounds.
At this time, the referee from Morocco, Tric Benladi, unexpectedly began to show Zheng Shuyin a violation of the penalty, again and again, after accumulating 10 violations, Zheng Shuyin, who led 20-11 on the score, was directly judged by the referee according to the rules.
Zheng Shuyin at the Tokyo Olympics.
Such a strange scene even the British local audience on the scene can not understand, they shouted "China", with applause to pay tribute to Zheng Shuyin; many British netizens on the Internet for their own players to win the championship in this way do not buy it, some people directly said:
"Walkerden was really humiliated when she was draped in the flag, she was a disgrace to taekwondo, and the referee made me start to hate my favorite sport."
"I practiced for 16 years to know that the game is still like this, I asked the referee, please ask him to be fair." Zheng Shuyin, who suffered a huge injustice, cried into a tearful person on the spot, "I really feel heartache for such a result, my heart aches for my coach, my sparring partner, I am sorry for my flag, but I tried my best." ”
This is probably the ugliest punishment in the history of taekwondo, countless foreign netizens wrote "shame of you" to the referee and The British player, and the head coach Guan Jianmin put his arms around his beloved disciple for the first time and told her: "You are the champion." ”
Zheng Shuyin debuted in Tokyo.
"Her heart is particularly hard"
After the tears spilled on the World Championships, Zheng Shuyin did not sink and was replaced by more hard training.
She herself recalls: "Every training session was painful, sometimes it was broken, but I didn't want to give up. ”
In order to improve the intensity of training, the male sparring partner did his best to hit Zheng Shuyin, and sometimes Zheng Shuyin even cried out in pain, but did not shout to stop.
Guan Jianmin looked in his eyes and bluntly said that this child was more dead-eyed, and this is exactly where the coach likes Zheng Shuyin.
In fact, enlightenment coach Jiang Chenglin also had similar feelings when talking about Zheng Shuyin, "In addition to the height advantage, she was not prominent in other aspects at the beginning, and she especially loved to cry her nose." But there is a point, she has never shouted bitterness or tiredness in training, and every time she was beaten very badly, but the next time she dares to go up..."
If Zheng Shuyin was a little ignorant of the sky when she was a child, then it is even more precious to be able to maintain this original intention after winning the Rio Olympic Championship.
Zheng Shuyin regretted bidding farewell to the Tokyo Olympics.
Boyfriend Zhao Shuai is also often shocked by Zheng Shuyin's training and fierceness in the competition, bluntly saying that "her heart is particularly hard."
"At the critical moment, she can always withstand the pressure, let go of herself, from the physical function, the difference between girls and boys is still quite large, but she (in training) is not afraid at all, some of the movements that I think only male players can do, she can also do it, I admire her."
However, Coach Guan Jianmin once revealed that Zheng Shuyin is not so rigorous in the handling of details - so in addition to playing with his life in training, Zheng Shuyin also began to constantly ponder after training, watching his own game video is one of the most important means.
"When you have time, you will watch, because you can know more about your opponents, and you can play well or badly." By watching the video, you can look at how you caught that moment, how you scored, or you can have some other better handling..."
After experiencing the baptism of devilish training, Zheng Shuyin's body became stronger from the inside.
In the final of the Taekwondo World Grand Prix in Chiba, Japan in September 2019, Zheng Shuyin and Walkerden met again – this time Zheng Shuyin won easily, completing a belated "revenge", which also brought Zheng Shuyin 40 Olympic points and won the ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games.
"When you encounter a problem, you have to find a way to solve it, and your efforts will always be rewarded." At that time, looking back at the twists and turns of 2019, Zheng Shuyin could already be light and light.
Although this time in Tokyo regrettably lost, but this 27-year-old stubborn Northeast girl will definitely make a comeback.
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