Hou Zhihui at the award ceremony. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
At the Rio Olympics 5 years ago, 19-year-old Hou Zhihui was unable to play due to injury, and the little girl cried all afternoon. Today in Tokyo, Hou Zhihui finally realized her dream and won the Olympic gold medal. After the game, she couldn't help but cry again, "This time I cried for a while, after all, I was very happy." ”
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"Get used to drinking boiled water, more healthy"
In the women's 49 kg category, Hou Zhihui has an absolute advantage. The weight of other players grabbing and lifting is about 80 kilograms, Hou Zhihui will ask for 88 kilograms when he comes up, and the grasping performance will be fixed at 94 kilograms after 3. Of course, this is not Hou Zhihui's best result. At the Asian Championships in April this year, Hou Zhihui broke the world record in this class with a score of 96 kg.
After 3 grabs, Hou Zhihui, who had a 7-kilogram advantage, left his opponent behind. The next 3 deadlifts, she lifted easily, and finally won the championship with a total of 210 kg.
It looked relaxed on the weightlifting table, but Hou Zhihui was very anxious before the game. When she weighed herself before the race, she weighed more than 0.1 kilograms and could only go for a run under the big sun, "Before weighing, I was quite hi, I didn't expect to weigh 0.1 (kg)." Later, the coach accompanied me to run, wiped the sweat off my body, and barely passed. ”
When asked about tactics during the game after the game, Hou Zhihui asked rhetorically, "Tactics, how do I know?" However, she said that when India's Sekholm asked for 117 kilograms in the third deadlift, she knew that she was stable, "Later, when I saw the coach (Wang Guoxin, deputy head coach of the Chinese women's weightlifting team), I knew I had won the championship." ”
While waiting for the game backstage, Hou Zhihui took a few sips from the 62-year-old Wang Guoxin from time to time, "I am used to drinking warm water, boiled water, more healthy." Winning the gold medal, Hou Zhihui and Wang Guoxin embraced each other excitedly, "What does it feel like?" It's a feeling that kung fu pays off. ”
In the 2019 World Cup, Hou Zhihui, who won the championship, rated herself 99 points after the game, saying that she was worried about her pride by leaving a point. After winning the Olympic Games, Hou Zhihui did not want to score herself, "This point, or you to play." ”
During the whole game, Hou Zhihui did not give his opponent any chance. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
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"Thank you, I'm going to contact home"
Hou Zhihui walked into the mixed mining area with a smile, but she had just cried before. Five years ago, Hou Zhihui went to the Rio Olympics with the Chinese weightlifting team, but eventually failed to play due to injury. That time, she cried all afternoon.
Five years later, Hou Zhihui finally realized her dream in Tokyo, and she burst into tears again, "When I was just finished, I still couldn't help but cry." But this time I cried for a while, after all, I was very happy. "In the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Hou Zhihui has one more year of preparation time than before, which also makes her more mature, and she said that the biggest growth and progress is to be able to see a little bit in the face of many things, and the courage is also a little bigger.
Realizing her dream of Tokyo, Hou Zhihui's happiness has not yet had time to share with her family. After the award ceremony, she gave a round of interviews in the mixed picking area, and did not even have time to announce the good news to the family, "If you let me finish quickly, I will quickly contact my parents." ”
Hou Zhihui took the second gold for the Chinese delegation. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
In the past, when competing, the skillful mother would always make a little handmade belt for Hou Zhihui. But at the most important Tokyo Olympics, Hou Zhihui did not come with her mother's gift this time, "This time no, my mother did not dare to disturb me." ”
This is the Olympic Games for 5 years, and the athletes are under a lot of pressure. In order to prepare well, Hou Zhihui did not watch the opening ceremony last night. Even so, she fell asleep very late, "not sleeping well, excited and nervous." Although the first day of the tournament was her own game, Hou Zhihui still felt that time passed very slowly, "but it was torturous, and I thought about hurrying up and playing." ”
This tension is both the strangeness of participating in the Olympic Games for the first time, and the pressure from the delegation's "first gold". According to the first day of the Tokyo Olympic Games, if the shooting team fails to win the gold medal in the women's 10-meter air rifle in the morning, the first gold pressure of the Chinese delegation will come to Hou Zhihui's side, "At the beginning, there was no pressure, but everyone said more, (pressure) is still a little." ”
Her heart was paying attention, but Hou Zhihui did not watch the morning shooting competition, and she did not want to be distracted by it. Hou Zhihui said that after Yang Qian won the first gold for the Chinese delegation, the coach told her the news for the first time, "They said that the first gold has been won, you don't want to be too stressed." ”
After 5 years of nervous tension, she could finally relax temporarily, and Hou Zhihui didn't have time to think about how to celebrate, she just wanted to hurry up and finish the interview and urine test and go back to the Olympic Village to rest. When leaving the mixed mining area, Hou Zhihui held up her mobile phone and smiled and signaled to the media, "Thank you, I am going to contact my family." ”
The Beijing News sent a special Tokyo reporter Sun Haiguang to report
Edited by Wang Chunqiu, proofread by Wu Xingfa