17-year-old Wang Zicheng. Photo by Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Yang Zebin
A few days ago, the national archery team ended the third trial of the Paris Olympics at the Huangcun Sports Training Center in Guangdong Province, and six men and six women stood out, and they will start the next stage of Olympic preparations with the team and participate in multiple world competitions, and the final list of players representing the national team in the Paris Olympics will be released in June. Mu Yong, the leader of the national archery team, said that the team is preparing intensively in Beijing, and the first World Cup of this year will be held in Shanghai from April 23 to 28, and it is the first priority to get the full quota of three men and three women through the World Cup team competition.
1 The four-month winter training has achieved remarkable results
With the end of the third selection competition of the Paris Olympic Games, the winter training and internal selection of the Chinese archery team have come to an end, and the next step is to compete in the international arena and strive to get a full quota for the Olympic Games.
Mu Yong said: "The whole winter training lasted for four months, during which we played three Olympic trials, two confrontation matches, and one championship match, through the winter training to consolidate the results, and more importantly, the combination of training and competition, to improve the athletes' ability to compete, the results of the winter training are very significant." For example, the women's team (result) tied the world record, which is a landmark event for the technical level of Chinese archery; the men's team has achieved a good result of the national record; both men and women have broken through the 690 ring mark, which represents a breakthrough through a threshold. The players have played in cold winters, hot summers, windy days, rainy days, three trials, two confrontations, plus a championship match, we have played in four venues, different environments, different venues, athletes have to adapt to various weather conditions, and have been well trained. Judging from the level of the entire knockout round, the performance of the team members has been qualitatively improved, with an average of 28 rings for the three arrows and an average of 28.6-28.8 rings for individual players. ”
According to Mu Yong, during the winter training of the national team, the national team will practice on behalf of the game, focusing on solving the problem of "disjointed practice", from the perspective of actual combat, focusing on the three key points of "promoting quantity by quality, increasing pressure and improving quality, and adjusting training due to competition", and implementing the training principle of "three from one big", we always maintain high-quality training, and (training) intensity is up to ten hours a day.
2 "Dark Horse" brings new inspiration
In the third selection match of the national team for the Paris Olympics, Wang Zicheng, a 17-year-old boy from Jiangsu, defeated Wang Wenxuan, a player from Fujian, to win the championship, which was his second win after the second selection and became the biggest "dark horse" of the national team.
Wang Zicheng was by-selected to the national team for his outstanding performance in this year's national championships, and after winning the last selection match, he defeated Fujian's Wang Wenxuan 6-0 to win the championship, and was successfully shortlisted for the next stage of the national team's preparation list.
"It's a bit slow to heat up in front, slowly hit the ring value, I can't say that I performed well, the opponent gave me a chance, and I played every arrow. Wang Zicheng was calm after the game.
Mu Yong said that the biggest gain of the three trials is the emergence of "a super dark horse" - Wang Zicheng, whether he has a flash of inspiration or "a black end", it depends on the performance later. "Wang Zicheng showed super psychological quality and competition ability in the knockout round and finals, which is worth learning from other team members, and gave us a good demonstration lesson, how to correct their position and adjust their mentality in the knockout process, which is what we have been emphasizing. Hopefully, he will be able to fight more and more bravely and continue to perform at a high level. ”
Speaking of this "dark horse", Mu Yong said meaningfully: "This 'dark horse' is a high-level 'dark horse', how long can it be 'black', can it become a 'white horse', and can it be 'black' to the end? He was able to stand out in many knockout games and championship games, and for the whole team, he played a positive role in bringing the old with the new and promoting the old with the new. "At present, this team has experience and strength, including Olympians from the last cycle, as well as players who have played in the World Championships, and the lineup is neat, and it has the strength to impact the competition.
3 想去巴黎先“闯关”
At last year's Asian Games in Hangzhou, the national archery team won one Olympic quota place for each of the men's and women's individual events. According to the rules, qualifying for the men's and women's teams at the Olympics is the quickest way to get the full quota of three men and three women.
According to the competition schedule announced by the World Archery Federation, the archery competition of the Paris Olympics will be held from July 25 to August 4, and there are three World Cup competitions before, namely: the World Cup Shanghai will be held from April 23 to 28, the World Cup Incheon Station in South Korea will be held from May 21 to 26, and the World Cup Antalya Station in Turkey will be held from June 18 to 23. Among them, in the two World Cups in Shanghai and Incheon, the task of the national archery team is to do their best to get more Olympic team points, so as to get the full quota of 3 men and 3 women.
According to the archery quota allocation method for the Paris Olympics, the Olympic team quota places are obtained by the top three teams at the World Championships or the team champions at the Asian Championships, followed by the top two teams in the international competition or through the Turkish Olympic quota places. At present, the World Championships and Asian Championships have ended, and if the Chinese team wants to obtain a team quota, it can only rely on the Turkish Olympic quota and the team competition points of the international competition.
Mu Yong said: "We will compete in a series of international competitions to solve the problem of stable performance in a continuous high-pressure and high-intensity state through the competition, and we still have some shortcomings in this regard, and the high-level competition in the World Cup is a good training opportunity, such as how to play the first and last arrows in the first game to minimize the ups and downs of the state, and how to maintain the state after playing 30 rings in a game." ”
"In the next preparations, we have to pick out the details, increase the pressure, train the mind, improve the ability of the game in all aspects, and strive to adjust the best state before the competition. Mu Yong said, "Next, we basically have 18 days of training and a game rhythm, such a high-intensity, high-density game, the regulation of our small cycle is a very big test, but also a difficult point." Judging from the current situation and the level of training, we are still confident that we will get a full quota for the Olympic Games. ”
Text/Guangzhou Daily All-Media Reporter: Sun Jiahui