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Under the bright Caribbean sun, a "wild horse" is swimming upstreams at a rapid speed, and the water splashes are shining in the sunlight. This "mustang" is none other than William Young, the hottest rising star in Australian swimming in recent years. He used his strength to make a big splash on the international stage and became a mainstay of the Australian swimming team.
However, this "son of Australia", who has high hopes, was once a rising star in the Chinese swimming world. How could he change his approach and become an Australian citizen? How did you complete the gorgeous transformation under the hands-on cultivation of the new owner? What's even more puzzling is why he resolutely refused to return to the Chinese team even though he once wore the Chinese national team jersey?
The name William Yang may be unfamiliar to many people, but if it comes to "Yang Xu", I believe many people are not unfamiliar. That's right, this budding star in the Australian swimming world was once a bright star in the Chinese swimming world.
He was born in 1998 on the sunny Gold Coast. When he was 4 years old, Yang Xu moved to China with his parents and settled down in Shanghai. It was also in this hot land that he underwent rigorous swimming training and showed outstanding athletic talent.
At just 10 years old, Yang Xu won three gold medals in the National Swimming Championships and was known as "the auspicious cloud of China's swimming world". Since then, he has won many awards for the national team and has been expected to become a new generation leader in Chinese swimming.
Just when everyone thought that the mainland swimming world was about to usher in a shining pearl, the god of fate suddenly turned around and gave us an unexpected answer.
In April 2019, 20-year-old Yang Xu participated in the Australian National Swimming Championships held in Adelaide, and finally became famous with two gold and one silver career best.
It's a pity that this result was not won by Yang Xu of the Chinese team, but by William Yang of the Australian team. That's right, Yang Xu left the national team and became an Australian citizen.
This decision is undoubtedly seen as "degenerate" and "betrayal", but for Yang Xu, it is a choice he made at an important crossroads in his career, and it is also a new opportunity for him to pursue his career development.
After joining the Australian nationality and representing the Australian national team, Yang Xu, a "swimming mustang", seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and his strength was rising. He showed unprecedented focus and determination in training and competition, as if he had re-energized, and his swimming level improved by leaps and bounds in a short period of time. Soon, he won many major competitions, winning many valuable medals for the Australian swimming team.
Yang Xu has performed well in butterfly, backstroke and other events, but the most striking thing is his outstanding performance in freestyle. In the men's 100m freestyle final at the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships, he finished second with a time of 47.58 seconds, just 0.26 seconds behind Chalmers. At the subsequent World Aquatics Championships, he and his Australian teammates co-hosted the gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay.
Behind these glories, Yang Xu has said that these successes are the result of careful cultivation by the Australian Swimming Association. In addition, Yang Xu also said that the selfless support and encouragement of his family is also an important reason for his success.
When he first joined the Australian team, he suffered a muscle strain due to the impact of long-term high-intensity training, and his family not only gave him moral support and comfort, but also helped him to take care of his daily life. It was with the support of his family that Yang Xu was able to concentrate on training, and finally regained his dazzling light and walked towards the peak of his life.
It is worth mentioning that when Yang Xu chose which country to play for, his family gave great support and understanding. Although joining the Australian national team will undoubtedly be criticized by the outside world, his family still told him: "As long as this is your inner decision, we will wholeheartedly support you." It was with the support of his family that Yang Xu was able to make such a "betrayal" decision, and he didn't feel any debt to it, because it was out of respect for his true identity.
Of course, although Yang Xu has chosen to play for Australia, he is also grateful to China, which has played and won honors.
Today, Yang Xu has become the leader of the Australian swimming team, shouldering the heavy responsibility of winning gold for the country. He has his sights set on the Paris 2024 Olympics and secretly hopes to create glory there.
In order to move towards this goal, Yang Xu can be said to have done his best. Not only is he tireless in his daily training, but he is also meticulous in his pre-match preparations. For example, we will conduct a detailed simulation of each important game, survey the venue environment in advance, and familiarize ourselves with the details such as the flow of water in the pool.
In addition to the strict requirements of the individual, Yang Xu also persevered in the tacit understanding with his teammates. Every time in the training of the relay event, he will repeatedly practice actual combat exercises and mingle with his teammates. During the competition, he tried his best to win the precious championship for the whole team. Therefore, Yang Xu not only made many miraculous achievements in the single event, but also was the backbone of the whole team in the relay race. Swimming Australia has also been very important to him.
As a rising star in Australian sports, Yang Xu has become the pride and hope of the entire country. From ordinary people to senior leaders, they are cheering him on and eagerly awaiting him to shine at the Olympics. The Australian Prime Minister even personally met with Yang Xu and praised him as "a model of Australian athletes". This high honor will undoubtedly become a powerful driving force for Yang Xu to forge ahead.
In Yang Xu's hometown of China, people are also silently paying attention to this former "hometown pride". Although the two sides are now strangers, Yang Xu's outstanding swimming career still makes countless Chinese swimming fans proud. It's just a pity that the once shining pearl of China's swimming world left silently, leaving behind a helpless regret. Will this regret come back in the future Olympics and become a wake-up call for Chinese?
Yang Xu, a former Chinese swimming talent, has now become a mainstay of the Australian national team. His strength and tenacity have helped him shine again since joining Australia, winning honours for his new club in a number of major tournaments.
Yang Xu's outstanding performance not only encouraged Australians and expected him to achieve great results, but even his hometown China was secretly paying attention to this former "hometown pride". Yang Xu's spiritual strength and sports achievements are interpreting a kind of tenacious struggle and self-improvement sportsmanship. However, Yang Xu's decision to leave China also reflects some shortcomings in the mainland's talent retention and team management, which requires comprehensive reflection and timely improvement to avoid the regret of brain drain again.
Information sources:
2019-05-28 13:20CCTV [Chinese World]Australia Yang Xu: Ten years of training to become a strong swimmer Success comes from the support of parents
2019-06-03 11:32·Xinhua News Agency 20-year-old ushered in the flashpoint of his career Australian Chinese swimmer will look forward to a breakthrough in the Universiade