On July 22, Beijing time, in the absence of a strong opponent Russian team to participate, the Chinese flower tour team won the first place in the collective free combination project, and finally won the first world championship gold medal in history.
Although the Chinese team did not directly compete with Russia in the game, whether it is a double or a collective event, the Chinese flower girls are narrowing the gap with this powerful opponent.
"Everyone knows that Russia has a monopoly advantage in the flower tour project, but we are constantly narrowing the gap with them and trying to surpass them one day." Chinese flower tourist Yu Li once said so.
On July 22, Beijing time, the China Flower Tour team won the first place in the collective free combination project. The figures in this article are all Visual China figures
A historic breakthrough in China's flower tourism
The collective free combination project generally has 8-10 players participating, who need to complete the performance combination of different numbers and formations such as collective, double, and single within 5 minutes, and the action and music must be synchronized.
A total of 16 teams participated in the preliminary round of this World Championship, and 12 teams entered the final. Russia did not participate in the preliminary round this time, after the Chinese team ranked first in the preliminary round with 95.5333 points with novel choreography and difficult movements.
In the final, the Chinese flower tourers who appeared in the ninth group sometimes showed the heroism and pride of women under the theme music of "Battle for the Furious Sea", and sometimes revealed their soft and gentle side.
In the end, the Chinese girls who played perfectly won the first world championship gold medal in the history of Chinese flower tourism with a total score of 96.1 points.
The day before, the Chinese flower tour team won a silver medal with a set of "Phoenix Dance National Essence" full of Peking Opera elements, while the Russian team won the gold medal without suspense.
In the history of Chinese flower tourism, Russia has always been an insurmountable mountain. The Chinese team finished third at the 2009, 2011 and 2015 World Championships, all of which lost to the powerful Russian team.
In the Olympic Games, China's flower tour is still the "second oldest of the millennium". They were still inferior to the Russian team in the doubles event and the collective event, winning three Olympic silver medals.
The Chinese team has not won the world championship, but it is basically completed without the Russian team participating.
In the 2010 World Cup, Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting won the first world championship in the history of China Flower Tourism. At the 2014 Flower Tour World Cup, the Chinese team won the world championship in the collective event for the first time.
Under the theme music of "Battle for the Furious Sea", the Chinese flower tourers who appeared in the ninth group sometimes showed the heroism and pride of women, and sometimes revealed their soft and gentle side.
I trained for only two months before the World Championships
The China Flower Tour team participated in a total of three collective projects, won a total of 1 gold and 2 silver results, coupled with the two double silver medals won by Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen sisters, China Flower Tour can be described as creating history in this World Championships.
On that day, a total of 10 members of the Chinese team participated, namely Wu Li, Liang Xinfeng, Yin Chengxin, Xiao Yanning, Tang Mengni, Feng Yu, Wang Liuyi, Wang Qianyi, Chang Hao, and Yu Lele.
However, participating in the World Championships in Budapest is not easy for these flower girls. They had just finished the National Games in mid-May and didn't have enough time to practice and cooperate together.
Wang Jie, coach of the Chinese Flower Swimming Team, revealed that after the final of the National Games, the Flower Tour team selected the participants from 7 provinces and cities, and it took only five weeks to learn three sets of new moves.
"The preparation time is the shortest in history at the World Championships, and the time to master new moves is also the shortest. We basically learn a new set of movements every week, three lessons, and a set or a large section of the movement in the fourth class. ”
"I don't even know how I wrote down so many movements." When recalling her preparation experience, the flower girl Yu Li also felt a little incredible.
In this regard, Wang Jie explained that a set of actions must go through at least three major competitions and long-term running-in, "but now the personal strength of these athletes is good, and their understanding and skills have a certain level." ”
The gap with the Russian team is being narrowed
"If the Chinese team can win the silver medal and narrow the gap with Russia, it is a big breakthrough." Masayo Imura, the godmother of The Japanese Flower Tour, once said, "It is difficult for Russia to win the championship in the Chinese team, but China is the boss of Asia." ”
In fact, Rome was not built in a day, and Russia's monopoly on flower tourism has also undergone generations of efforts. The project was once the domain of the United States and Canada, and Russia has only gradually risen since 1998.
Although in the collective free combination event, the Chinese team and the Russian team did not face each other, it is undeniable that the Chinese team is also narrowing the distance between itself and the world's strong enemies like Russia in the past.
In this World Championships, whether it is the double project of the "Wenting" sisters or the collective project of the flower girl, the score is getting closer and closer to the Russian team, and the Wenting combination is even less than 1 point away from the Russian team.
"Everyone knows that Russia has a monopoly advantage in the flower tour project, but we are constantly narrowing the gap with them and trying to surpass them one day." Yu Li said at a previous press conference.
The flower girl born in 1993 is full of confidence in the future, she believes that if you want to catch up with and surpass the Russian team, the most important thing is to amplify your own advantages, and on this basis, it will be better to strengthen the accuracy, synchronization and appeal.
"We're really confident that sooner or later we'll surpass them." Yu Li said.