The Paper's reporter Chen Jun sent it from Xi'an
Sun Haiping (right) and Xie Wenjun stand on the championship podium together. IC diagram
At the Xi'an Olympic Sports Center, Xie Wenjun won the gold medal in the 110m hurdles of the National Games for the third consecutive time, and standing side by side on the podium was the famous coach Sun Haiping.
For Sun Haiping, everyone is no stranger - since Liu Xiang was born in 2004 and won the gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games, "Master" has become well known.
Time flies, and Xie Wenjun, once Liu Xiang's little disciple, has now become what he calls an "ancient creature" - his final opponents are already post-95s or even post-00s young generals.
The Shanghai 110-meter hurdles have experienced the change of the times from Chen Yanhao to Liu Xiang to Xie Wenjun, and now the project has been cast for the 8 consecutive championships of the National Games, and it is always Sun Haiping who stands there.
Sun Haiping trained Liu Xiang.
Different athletes, the same mentoring and apprenticeship
"Xie Wenjun ran the best result of this year, and today is not very smooth, the starting has fallen behind, but he did not give up, one column after another, to the eighth column he is ahead, it should be said that Ginger is still old spicy." Sun Haiping commented on the disciple's performance for the first time, and his eyes were full of excitement.
The first person Xie Wenjun later mentioned on his personal social media, also Sun Haiping, "The injury led to the olympic defeat, and I was very confused at one point. After returning to Shanghai, my tendon injury improved and I made full use of the three weeks of training before the game to make my condition pick up. To defend the title of this National Games, I would like to thank Sun Haiping for guiding me over the years. ”
This kind of master-apprentice affection is deeply placed on Sun Haiping, which is already a familiar scene.
We still remember at the Xinzhuang training base, when Liu Xiang finished training and rode from the track and field field back to the dormitory only across the road, Sun Haiping always followed behind and told, "Be careful, be careful of the car."
Even more memorable is the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where Sun Haiping cried after the 2008 Beijing Olympics talking about Liu Xiang's injury.
Sun Haiping is a strict teacher, but more like a loving father, while his children span different eras of Chinese athletics, with the largest age difference being over 30 years old.
In the seventh National Games in 1993, Chen Yanhao, a disciple born in 1972, won the 110-meter hurdles championship; in 2021, Xie Wenjun, born in 1990, won the championship at the National Games, and Qin Weibo, who entered the final with him, was just 19 years old...
In the past 28 years, 8 gold medals in the 110-meter hurdles of the National Games have never fallen, behind which is Sun Haiping's decades of hard work.
Xie Wenjun's gold medal at the National Games was not easy to come by. CFP plot
Sticking to the front line, he was reluctant to let go of these disciples
In 1984, Sun Haiping became the coach of the Hurdles group of the Shanghai Athletics Team, and he worked for 37 years, and today, Sun Haiping, who was born in 1955, is 66 years old.
According to age, he reached the age of retirement in 2016, but he worked 6 days a week as usual, and was the first to come to the training ground every day, according to Xie Wenjun's words, "'Master' or 'Master', there is no change in all aspects, the master knows my technical characteristics best, and will always take me." ”
Sun Haiping was reluctant to these disciples, and the 110-meter hurdles in Shanghai were inseparable from Sun Haiping, when the Shanghai Sports Bureau decided to let the retired Sun Haiping set up a studio and continue to lead the team in the form of government purchase of services.
Talking about "retiring without resting", Sun Haiping frankly said: "Although I am old, I have been wondering if I can train a few more high-level athletes while my body is OK. ”
At this National Games, the "master" who appeared in front of everyone's eyes was obviously much older, his face was a little haggard, and his hair was gray. In fact, in the first half of this year, Sun Haiping had just completed stomach surgery, and not long ago he coughed up blood and fainted during training, but in order to escort his disciples, Sun Haiping has been sticking to the front line.
Xie Wenjun is not at his best this year. CFP plot
Looking back, Xie Wenjun's state this year is not good, only ran 13.58 seconds at the Tokyo Olympic Games, stopping the semi-finals, he also said: "Has been injured, the injury is very serious, from the Olympic Games for a month, in a very bad state after isolation and then resume training, (the National Games) is not a big test for me." ”
The most critical moment was when Sun Haiping was encouraging his disciples and constantly cutting details for him, and Xie Wenjun's 13.37 seconds in the final not only surpassed the Tokyo Olympics, but also his personal best of the season.
After rejoicing, Sun Haiping maintained enough sobriety, "Xie Wenjun's 13.37 seconds was 'brought' out by the second and third places, (starting to run to the first column) he changed eight steps in seven steps, eight steps back to seven steps, the starting point is still not perfect, and he played his best level to surpass his opponents. ”
In his view, next year's Asian Games is Xie Wenjun's bigger examination room, "the Asian Games we have a lot of pressure, several foreign players are now in 13 seconds 17, 13 seconds 20 or so, we have to work harder together." ”
After the Beijing Olympics, Sun Haiping cried when talking about Liu Xiang's injuries. IC diagram
He also wants to bring out more outstanding young people
The 31-year-old Xie Wenjun has not stopped, and how long the 66-year-old Sun Haiping can accompany Shanghai and China's 110-meter hurdles is also a question that everyone cares about.
After the final, a reporter asked him, "When will the 'master' really rest?" Sun Haiping habitually responded: "I can't put it down, and I can't stop it." ”
In fact, this time, there were 3 Shanghai players in the 110-meter hurdles who were shortlisted for the final, all of them were disciples of Sun Haiping, among which Qin Weibo, born in 2002, participated in the competition for the first time and won the fifth place with a personal best of 13.72 seconds.
Sun Haiping made up his mind to accompany this young man to a bigger stage, "(This year) suddenly increased by 0.3 seconds, the progress is still not small." There are still three years to go before the Paris Olympics, and if we strengthen through these three years, we still want to push him to the international arena. ”
As early as the age of 16, Qin Weibo was compared with his brother Liu Xiang, whose best time at that time was 14.20 seconds and Liu Xiang's 16-year-old 14.19 seconds.
This time, Sun Haiping also responded to this topic: "Liu Xiang's muscle mass is the best I have seen for so many years, Qin Weibo is still lacking in this regard, or take it slowly." ”
China straddles the fence, and the "master" never leaves
Sun Haiping wants to see the next Liu Xiang more than anyone, after Liu Xiang retired, he and some acquaintances of Shanghai reporters have talked, during the exchange he said with some sadness: "Now the focus of media attention and reporting is no longer on the 110-meter hurdles." ”
At that time, he bluntly said: "As long as I am here, China's 110-meter hurdles will at least lead in Asia..." This is a promise to Chinese athletics, and it is also the reason why the 66-year-old Sun Haiping is still sticking to it.
Sun Haiping knew that a phenomenon-level player as talented as Liu Xiang could not be sought, but guarding a group of younger disciples with full wings and moving from domestic to international competitions was the goal he had set for himself.
In the men's 400m hurdles final, the day after Xie Wenjun won the championship, Henan's post-00s teenager Xie Zhiyu won the championship in 49.67 seconds, and he was also the only one of the eight players to open the 50-second mark that night.
Before the National Games, Xie Zhiyu came to the Shanghai Xinzhuang Training Base three months in advance for closed training, under the guidance of Sun Haiping, after the game Xie Zhiyu said: "In these months of training, Sun Zhiyu has been helping me polish the skills on the column, which has helped me a lot, and now I am more smooth in the column, and the column is more comfortable. ”
If it were not for the award process in which the coach and the team members stood on the podium together at the National Games, I am afraid that Sun Haiping would not have appeared in the eyes of many people this time.
However, in many days without attention and applause, Sun Haiping has been silently dedicated, and his gray hair is the best proof. In Shanghai and even in China, the "master" has never left.
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