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Preface
China's swimming team has always been full of talent, but shortly after the 2017 National Games, a talented swimmer, Yang Xu, made an earth-shattering decision: to change his nationality from Chinese to Australian.
His decision means that the chest of his competition uniform is no longer wearing the Chinese flag, and all the honors he has won no longer belong to China, but to Australia, and he gave up China to fight.
Swimming for Australia was like throwing a bombshell at the world of sport and causing an uproar.
Why did Yang Xu, a talented swimmer, choose to change his nationality? And why did he choose to play for Australia in such a desperate way?
Yang Xu's relationship with Australia
Yang Xu's parents are Chinese, so Yang Xu is a real Chinese, but Yang Xu's parents are in business, because his parents want to conduct business activities in Australia, so that this swimming genius Yang Xu, who bleeds Chinese blood, was born on Australian soil.
However, when Yang Xu was four years old, he followed his parents back to China and decided to settle the family in Guangzhou.
When Yang Xu was very young, he showed great interest in this pool.
Therefore, when he came into contact with specialized swimming training, his coach found that the teenager Yang Xu not only had passion and love for swimming, but also had a high swimming talent, as if he was born to be a tide maker in the pool.
In addition, Yang Xu's parents are both big businessmen, and because the family is wealthy, when Yang Xu's parents saw their son's innate swimming talent, they strongly supported their son Yang Xu to pursue his dream of swimming.
Through the full support of his parents, the teenager Yang Xu was "fluttering" in the water of his hometown of Guangzhou, China, where his swimming dream began.
Under the coach's patient teaching, he plunged into the water, practiced his skills hard, and with the blessing of his talented water nature, Yang Xu soon became a little star in the pool.
In 2017, the teenager Yang Xu came out of nowhere to participate in the men's 100-meter backstroke event of the National Summer Championships held in China, and Yang Xu, who was "a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers", won the championship in the final with a time of 55.51 seconds.
This competition made the teenager Yang Xu famous, and let many people who like swimming competitions see the huge potential of the teenager Yang Xu for the first time.
Immediately after the arrival of the 2017 National Games, although in this National Games, Yang Xu relied on his own efforts to turn the tide and reach the men's 100-meter backstroke final, but in the final of the National Games, it frustrated the young Yang Xu's spirit.
In the face of fierce competition in China and his own strength is not enough, Yang Xu's results are not very ideal, and he only won the eighth place in the final.
It's just that people never expected that this National Games would also become Yang Xu's final battle as a Chinese athlete.
Who would have thought that after representing Beijing in the 2017 National Games, Yang Xu would make a surprising decision - to change nationality, and Yang Xu, who became an Australian citizen, also changed his Chinese name to "William Yang".
However, after officially becoming a naturalized Australian, Yang Xu seemed to have opened the power of the wilderness in his body.
Yang Xu, who returned to Australia, seemed to be reborn, his swimming skills improved by leaps and bounds, he was very dazzling in the competition, and instantly became a bright new star in the Australian swimming world.
When he was in China, Yang Xu focused on backstroke, but after returning to Australia, with the help of Bobby Hurley, a star of the Australian swimming team, Yang Xu began to try to practice freestyle, and as time has proven, Yang Xu is indeed more suitable for freestyle.
Yang Xu's progress is also rapid, at the University of Sydney, he is studying and training at the same time, and gold will shine wherever he goes. Slowly, Yang Xu also made a small name in Australia and won the Australian national 100m championship.
What's even more impressive is that both freestyle and backstroke are his comfort zone, and he has not only helped the Australian team win medals on the international stage, but also become one of Australia's fastest freestyle athletes.
At this year's Gold Coast swimming competition, Yang Xu finished second in the 100m freestyle, behind former Olympic champion Chalmers, making Yang Xu one of the favourites to win the freestyle at the Paris Olympics.
It can be said that Yang Xu's future is bright.
If Yang Xu really represents the Australian swimming team in the Paris Olympics, it will be of great significance to Yang Xu's sports career.
So in fact, Yang Xu's choice to change nationality may not be a whim, he grew up in Australia, Australia is Yang Xu's childhood hometown, Yang Xu has personally experienced Australia's cultural customs and lifestyle, plus Australia's swimming training system is very powerful, and there are many opportunities.
He wants to show his skills in international swimming competitions, and changing his nationality to Australia may be a shortcut for his personal career development.
For various reasons, Yang Xu participated in the Paris Olympics as an Australian citizen.
The attitude of netizens
But after all, it is a big event like changing nationality, so naturally Yang Xu will be criticized a lot.
Some people think: "Yang Xu's practice is disloyal to China, two-faced, three-faced, eating inside and outside." His approach is sorry for cultivating his motherland, and his Chinese swimming team will definitely be affected,"
But some people think: "As an excellent swimmer, Yang Xu should choose the most suitable environment for his swimming career growth and opportunities that are more conducive to himself. ”
In the face of questions from public opinion about his change of nationality, Yang Xu responded, "He just focuses on swimming and swimming as fast as possible." ”
Now, with only a few months to go until the Paris Olympics, Yang Xu is doing his best to prepare, and he is eager to bring his watch to the Paris Olympics.
Now, Yang Xu, who has emerged in the Australian swimming team, is full of confidence and determination, and he hopes to prove his strength in the pool of the Paris Olympics, so that people can remember Yang Xu, who is an Australian national, and achieve great results for his career.
This 25-year-old young man, with his hard work and talent, broke the calm of the pool again and again and stirred a pool of spring water in the swimming world.
epilogue
may be for Yang Xu, an athlete who is obsessed with swimming, in his heart, he just wants to find a bigger stage and have better development opportunities, and he has never thought about betraying anyone.
But sports have national borders, and although Yang Xu's body flows with the blood of Chinese, he is now Yang Xu wearing an Australian shirt.
Yang Xu's strength should not be underestimated, but the strength of our Chinese swimming team is also very strong.
Who will win the gold medal in swimming at the Paris Olympics, let's wait and see.
The information in this article is from:
"20-year-old ushers in the flashpoint of his career, Australian Chinese swimmer will look forward to a breakthrough in the Universiade", Xinhua News Agency, released on June 3, 2019
Yang Xu Baidu Encyclopedia
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