On the evening of April 25, the men's 200-meter medley final of the 2024 National Swimming Championships was staged at the natatorium of the Universiade Sports Center. The much-anticipated Wang Shun made his debut and finally won the gold medal in this event with an absolute advantage of 1:55.35. Zhang Zhanshuo and He Yubo won the second and third places respectively. After the race, Wang Shun said: "I will be 30 years old this year, and my biggest goal now is the Paris Olympics, and I hope I can stand on the top podium again. ”
So far, Wang Shun has participated in three Olympic Games. At London 2012, the 18-year-old made his Olympic debut and was not surprised to make his preliminaries. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Wang Shun, who competed in the Olympics for the second time, was more stable and won the bronze medal in the men's 200m medley in one fell swoop. Coming to the Tokyo Olympics cycle, Wang Shun is already older among swimmers. Many people think that he is no longer suitable to compete for gold medals, but Wang Shun himself will not give up. At that time, Wang Shun soaked in the pool every day, and the training volume could reach up to 10,000 meters a day. He said in an interview: "The back and forth of the 50-meter lane is boring, but even a little improvement in the result is enough to make me full of blood. Finally, in the men's 200m individual medley final of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Wang Shun broke the Asian record with a time of 1:55.00, won the championship, and reached the highest podium of the Olympic Games. When the five-star red flag fluttered on the field, Wang Shun said: "This gold medal is not only an honor, but also contains my life. ”
Time flies, and the Paris Olympics is close at hand, which has a special significance for Wang Shun, who is about to enter his thirties. "This winter training is really hard, after all, I am still older, and I can often feel the bottleneck during training, and I often feel that I can't cross it. But after being an athlete for so long, I also know that as long as I am willing to practice and soak in water, I will definitely be able to solve problems. "I really feel terrible about this championship, there are young players who are only 12 years old, I am 30, I will not say whether the Paris Olympics will be my last Olympics, but I will definitely cherish it very much. It is my only goal now, the biggest goal, and I hope to stand on the highest podium again, and it is the most glorious to win glory for the country!"
(Author: Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reporter Wu Mengfei/text Lai Li/photo)