Fu Yuanhui shed tears several times in an interview with reporters after the game. On the evening of September 21, in the final of the women's 100m backstroke at the 14th National Games, Zhejiang's Fu Yuanhui won the third place with a time of 59.81 seconds. Although she failed to achieve the great feat of winning the National Games three times in a row, her good result of swimming within 1 point in three appearances in this competition was already a very difficult thing for her to train systematically for only one month. Fu Yuanhui said, "I never thought of three consecutive championships, I am already very lucky and satisfied, I just hope to use this bronze medal to give my seriously ill coach some comfort on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival." During the interview, Fu Yuanhui turned around twice to wipe her tears, and finally made an oath: "I hope that I can appear again at the Asian Games held in my hometown next year." ”
Fu Yuanhui opened the 1-minute mark twice in the 100m backstroke of this competition, showing her best competitive state in the past two years, and Fu Yuanhui was very satisfied with her overall performance. The focus of this competition is whether Fu Yuanhui can achieve the three consecutive championships of the women's 100m backstroke at the National Games, if so, she will be the only one among the active female athletes, but unfortunately, the rookie Peng Xuwei of Hubei and Wan Lotte of Jiangxi have achieved better results, ranking in the top two of the final.
However, Fu Yuanhui did not see a sad look on her face, and she told reporters: "To tell the truth, I have never thought about the three consecutive championships, and the previous two National Games champions are also luckier." I am already very happy to win the bronze medal this time, after all, I am very old, and I have only been training to restore the system for more than a month, and my coach has not come to Shaanxi. Speaking of this, the painting style suddenly changed, and Fu Yuanhui, who was still cheerful and optimistic just now, suddenly turned around, obviously wiping away tears, and then turned around again, desperately trying to suppress her tears. Fu Yuanhui revealed, "My coach (Li Xuegang) is in very bad health, and now he is very sick and cannot come to the field to guide me in person. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I just want to use a medal to comfort him, and now I have finally achieved this wish. ”
Fu Yuanhui told the Beiqing-Beijing headline reporter, "Originally after the Olympic qualifiers in May, it was because of fouls that did not meet the standards, and it was not selected for the Olympic delegation, and I felt a little lost, and I didn't even want to swim anymore." Throughout the Olympic Games, I was resting and watching other people's games, but in the last month, I changed my mind again, feeling that I still had to stick to it, start over, and contribute to the Zhejiang team at the National Games. And most importantly, next year's Asian Games will be held in my hometown of Hangzhou, and I have to continue. Of course, it depends on whether I can be elected (the Asian Games team), and I will try to appear again. ”
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Liu Ailin
Editor/Yingchuan Zhang