On September 8, Wang Shuang, a member of the Chinese women's football team, appeared by the West Lake, waving to spectators on both sides of the road as she ran.
"This is my first time passing the Asian Games torch, and I am honored and excited." On the first day of the Hangzhou Asian Games torch relay, the 103rd torchbearer Wang Shuang, kissed the bracelet he was wearing on the spot, "This is a gift made by a group of wind-chasing girls in the mountains in Xuanwei, Yunnan, I hope that the spirit of sportsmanship can be 'passed on from generation to generation', and I hope that all girls who like football can chase the wind!" ”
Women's football regrouped Wang Shuang is back
On the evening of September 2, local time in the United States, after helping the Louisville Athletic women's football team reverse to defeat the Portland Thorns women's football team, Wang Shuang quickly set off for China and embarked on the Asian Games journey.
Before Wang Shuang left for China, many fans were still speculating whether they could see Wang Shuang at the Asian Games. As the best Chinese player in this Women's World Cup, Wang Shuang's return is undoubtedly a shot in the arm. Today, the Chinese women's football team will regroup in Suzhou to make final preparations for the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Wang Shuang's personal strength is undoubted, but in a teamwork sport, one person cannot go to victory. The loss of the Chinese women's football team in this Women's World Cup has become a knot in Wang Shuang's heart. "I want to say sorry to the fans because I didn't bring anything to the national team." Wang Shuang said at the time, "We are not a particularly good role model, and I hope that the children in the future can play more exciting football." ”
Three times in the ocean I want to go out and see the world
Wang Shuang's career has a special keyword - "stay in the ocean".
In 2013, Wang Shuang received an invitation from the Korean TOTO Football Club to travel to South Korea alone. At that time, the 18-year-old Wang Shuang scored 7 goals in 14 appearances in a season, helping the team to finish runner-up in the league, and she also won the Korean Women's Cup MVP, becoming the youngest foreign MVP in the Korean Women's Football League.
In 2018, she wore the shirt of the French Grand Paris Women's Football Team, becoming the first Chinese player to score in the history of the Women's Champions League. Over the course of one season, she delivered 8 goals and 10 assists in 23 games. At this time, she completed the leap from a young football player to a world star. With her outstanding performance, Wang Shuang became the fourth "Miss Asian Football" in the history of Chinese women's football that year.
Wang Shuang, who is not satisfied with this, is still eager to seize every opportunity to improve himself. In 2022, the Chinese women's football team won the Asian Cup again after 16 years! Wang Shuang wrote excitedly on social platforms: "You can always trust the Chinese women's football team! ”
Last summer, Wang Shuang embarked on her third journey to join Louisville Athletic Women's Soccer Team. "The world is so big, I still want to go out and see."
With a group of "chasing the wind girls" in their hearts
Back in the 2022 Women's Asian Cup, Wang Shuang scored just 1 minute into the first game. In the applause of the audience, Wang Shuang compared a heart with his hand to the camera. After the game, she explained that the love was given to a group of "wind-chasing girls" in Shilin County, Yunnan, who are members of the rural school women's football team. Wang Shuang once went to Shilin County to personally provide training guidance to the girls, and agreed with them that if they scored a goal in the next game, they would make a "heartbeat" and give it to the girls.
Yesterday, at the Asian Games torch relay site, Wang Shuang had another air interaction with the "wind chasing girl". Wearing a bracelet sent by another group of "wind-chasing girls" at Xuanwei Jingwai Mingde Primary School in Yunnan, Wang Shuang, who was passing the torch, kissed the bracelet in front of the camera.
After the relay, Wang Shuang wrote on social platforms: "This is my first time running the Asian Games torch! I'm not running alone, I'm accompanied by the blessings of a group of "chasing the wind girls"... Girls chasing the wind, see you at the Asian Games. ”
On the field, she is the female football athlete with strong eyes and dares to fight, and off the field, she inspires the children in the mountains with warmth and kindness.
Once, Wang Shuang herself was a "wind chasing girl".
In 1995, Wang Shuang was born in Wuhan, Hubei Province. She grew up living with her aunt, and her cousin, who played football, was her childhood playmate. My cousin, who plays football on a professional team, often takes Xiao Wang Shuang to practice together. After a long time, Wang Shuang began to become interested in football.
In 2002, coach Xu Yilong found that Wang Shuang was very flexible and ran very fast when watching the brothers and sisters chasing and fighting, so he suggested that she come to practice. Wang Shuang said firmly: "I want to practice with my brother!" "My aunt's family, which was not well-off, still sent both brothers and sisters to the football team. Since then, there has been one more girl in this football training team.
Even if it is the only girl in the team, even if she plays football training with a group of boys half a head taller than her, Wang Shuang never admits defeat, never shouts pain when she bumps and touches during training, and kicks more fiercely than boys in the game, and is nicknamed "Iron Girl".
"At the time of the enlightenment training, Wang Shuang was the one who practiced the most seriously in the team. She has a stubborn energy to compare with the boys and surpass them. Xu Yilong recalled.
Wang Shuang's physical fitness, sensitivity, and explosiveness are outstanding among her peers, but she trains more and trains harder than the boys on the same team. In the "Wuhan Evening News Cup" primary and secondary school football match, Wang Shuang's shot with his left foot surprised countless coaches.
At the age of 12, Wang Shuang was successfully selected by the national junior women's football team and was the youngest player in the team. In January 2013, Wang Shuang was selected for the Chinese women's national team.
I'm there for as long as the national team needs it
Entering the professional track and stepping on the international stage, Wang Shuang's football road over the years has been like a "roller coaster". In the face of doubts and defeats on the field, Wang Shuang will also be lost and escape, but in her heart, she has always been the girl who loves football.
Reporter: (After the 2023 Women's World Cup) What do you think of the doubts?
Wang Shuang: Life is growing up in a voice of doubt. The mindset is like a roller coaster. If you can control your emotions, learn, and make yourself better in these ups and downs, this is the most important. Being a professional athlete has one thing in common: believe in yourself when everyone is questioning you.
Reporter: What's next?
Wang Shuang: This World Cup is over, but it does not mean the end of the world. People still have life, and there is still a future to fight for. The most important thing is to adjust yourself and compete in the next World Cup. What's more, we still have the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games and Olympic preliminary rounds, as long as the national team needs, I will be there at any time.
Reporter: In the final of the Women's Asian Cup, you played 59 minutes with an injury, how did you persist at that time?
Wang Shuang: Before the competition, my bone cracked, and Coach Shui Qingxia asked me if I could play, and I immediately agreed without any hesitation.
Reporter: In 2022, you will start your third career in the ocean, what exercise do you want to get this time? Wang Shuang: From the first "stay in the ocean" nine years ago to now, I have always believed that "the harder you work, the luckier", and strive to make myself better so that the Chinese women's football team can be seen on the world stage. In addition to the women's football spirit of "never give up", we also have the confidence to "play"! Our "re-start" today is to better "return"!