Hou Zhihui: The gold medal is heavier than the barbell I lifted

Hou Zhihui celebrates the game Yangcheng Evening News sent by Tokyo reporter Tang Mingming to take a photo

Hou Zhihui cried. After winning the women's weightlifting 49 kg championship at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, China's Hou Zhihui could not suppress her inner excitement, and she burst into tears after the game.

Almost disqualified

After Hou Zhihui successfully won the championship, Zhang Guozheng, the head coach of the Chinese women's weightlifting team, was quite excited: "Happy or happy, Hou Zhihui's performance is remarkable, fully implementing the coach's intentions, very good." In this final, Hou Zhihui's performance was perfect, leaving no chance for the opponent. But before the game began, a small episode still made Hou Zhihui and the coach sweat.

During the pre-race weighing session, Hou Zhihui weighed 0.1 kilograms higher, and if he did not reduce his weight to less than 49 kilograms as soon as possible, Hou Zhihui was likely to be disqualified from the competition. So Hou Zhihui began to run in the sun under the guidance of the coach, and she finally passed the weighing after wiping off the sweat on her body. "At that time, I still thought that Hou Zhihui had consumed a lot of physical strength, but in the end her performance was very good, and I wanted to praise this little girl." Zhang Guozheng said.

After winning the championship, Hou Zhihui shed tears, this time it was tears of happiness. Hou Zhihui revealed that he cried as soon as he got off the field, felt released, and his dream was completed. When asked whether the barbell is heavier or the gold medal is heavier, Hou Zhihui smiled and said: "At this moment, the gold medal is heavier!" ”

"Easily" take the gold medal

During the game, Hou Zhihui lowered his test weight twice. Zhang Guozheng revealed after the game that this is the strategy formulated by the coaching team in the game, the purpose is to get the gold medal more securely. "Reducing weight is about increasing success. Let's not think of our opponents as too strong, but we must have confidence in ourselves. Zhang Guozheng said, "Since we can easily take it, why not take it easily?" Speaking of this state, he also made a gesture of carrying his pants pocket: "We don't think about anything else, we think about how to carry the gold medal in our pockets, the more stable the better." ”

In fact, before the last attempt of the Indian player, Hou Zhihui had already locked the gold medal in advance, and she had the opportunity to challenge the world record, but for the sake of safety, Hou Zhihui still adopted a steady and steady strategy. Hou Zhihui revealed that he did not think about breaking the world record, and the coach emphasized stability the most. And Yang Qian successfully shot the first gold for the Chinese legion yesterday morning, which also helped Hou Zhihui release some pressure on his shoulders to a certain extent. "Originally, I didn't think about it, but if I said more people, I would definitely have some burdens, so when I knew that she (Yang Qian) took the first gold, I was also released." Hou Zhihui said.

As one of the advantages of the Chinese Legion, the weightlifting team undertook many gold-winning tasks. In this regard, Zhang Guozheng expressed the hope that the next weightlifting team will do every link in place, fight every battle, and truly fight for the country. When asked why the Chinese weightlifting team has achieved so well, Hou Zhihui said: "Our cohesion is particularly strong, the team staff is very good, the athletes just need to concentrate on training and don't have to think about other things." ”

Yangcheng Evening News sent a special Tokyo reporter Hao Haoyu zhou Fangping

Source: Yangcheng Evening News