On the evening of July 23, the Tokyo Olympics, which had been postponed for a year, finally opened, and Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka lit the flame. At the athletes' entrance ceremony, the Chinese sports delegation, led by Zhu Ting and Zhao Shuai, walked into the venue with their heads held high. The Chinese sports delegation sent 431 athletes to participate in 225 competitions in 30 major events, and the scale of overseas participation and the number of small events reached a new high.
In the delegations of other countries, there are also many Chinese athletes, for example, the Australian diving team has a former Chinese famous player and world champion Li Shixin. Li Shixin participated in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and also filmed a short video to commemorate the occasion, he said: "Such a shocking scene is worth fighting for many years." ”
Indeed, Li Shixin has fought for the Olympic Games for more than 26 years, and now he is participating in the Olympic Games for the first time at the age of 33.
Born on February 2, 1988 in Maoming, Guangdong Province, Li Shixin represented the Chinese diving team in the men's 1m board gold medal at the World Championships twice in 2011 and 2013. However, the 1-meter board is not an Olympic competition, and China has a lot of talents on the men's three-meter board, and Li Shixin's good players such as He Chong, Qin Kai, and Luo Yutong at the same time, so Li Shixin did not participate in the Olympic Games at the golden age.
In 2019, Li Shixin joined the Australian nationality and represented Australia in the swimming world championships that year. He has repeatedly said that naturalization in Australia is just to fulfill an "Olympic dream". To this end, he works as a diving coach in Australia with an hourly salary of 25 Australian dollars, and also arranges his own training and cares for three children.
This year, Li Shixin passed the australian diving team's selection competition, won the Olympic qualification for the men's single three-meter board event, and finally realized his dream!
From the beginning of the Olympic Games at Sydney Airport, Li Shixin recorded it in the form of vlog, saying: "On the 9735th day of my diving career, I finally stepped onto the Olympic stage of my dreams. The mood now is calmer than expected, not so excited, probably because it has been prepared for this day for too long. From a hairy child to a greasy uncle, he has also experienced a lot of it, in order to face the game more peacefully. This time, I will participate, feel and enjoy this Olympic Games with a normal heart. ”
Li Shixin revealed that he suffered a serious injury in February this year, he was churning forward around in an overland exercise, a small mistake caused his head to be pestle into the sponge pit, fainted for about half a minute, fractured cervical tendons and fractured ribs in the chest. Doctors say it will take six months to get back to training.
But for the Olympic Games, Li Shixin only took two weeks to return to the training ground, and his strong will supported him to this day.
Speaking about the Olympic goals, he said: "Definitely hope to stand on the top podium, but the first thing to do is to adjust the mentality. Champions everyone wants to get, but focusing on the game and focusing on the present is the most exact thing that needs to be done. The field is ever-changing, and doing what you should do is more practical than you think. ”