When it comes to the early athletes in our country, everyone must think of well-known figures such as Liu Xiang and Yao Ming.
In fact, before these people, there is another high jumper in our country who deserves praise, and his name is Zhu Jianhua.
Zhu Jianhua can be said to be a high jump genius, breaking the world record 3 times. From the age of 10, he began to train and grew tall.
It is a miracle figure in the Chinese high jump world, today let's take a look at the story of Zhu Jianhua and see how he broke the world record 3 times.
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When he was young, Zhu Jianhua never thought he would become an athlete because he was not a person who loved sports.
But it is such a person who does not like sports, but he is favored by a coach of the district sports school, and this coach has also become his guide on the high jump road.
Zhu Jianhua, a native of Shanghai, began training at an amateur sports school in Shanghai at the age of 10. In 1979, at the age of 16, he jumped a good time of 2.13 meters, which was the runner-up at that time.
And the first time he participated in the competition, he broke the national record for the high jump of young men. A year later, at the National Athletics Championships, he won the championship with a time of 2.21 meters.
From 1983 to 1984, Zhu Jianhua broke the world record in the men's high jump for three consecutive times in a year, improving his performance from 2.35 meters to 2.38 meters.
In 1984, he improved a little on the basis of his original and jumped ahead of 2.39 meters! This is simply a natural high jumper!
Some media reported that Zhu Jianhua was a feat in the new era of Chinese athletics. When he won the championship, domestic praise for him also followed, believing that he was a high jump genius belonging to China! It is a rare character.
Many people may not quite understand why everyone would "hold" an athlete so high at that time.
That's because in the 1980s and 1990s, it wasn't easy for China to achieve results on the international stage. At that time, China had just regained its legitimate seat on the International Olympic Committee.
Compared with those developed countries, the level and quality of training in our country are very backward. Taking the high jump as an example, the athletes of our country can be said to be a big step behind others.
Strength, speed, bouncing power and endurance are not as good as others, so Zhu Jianhua's victory is of great significance. The young athlete ignited the hope of the Chinese people, and everyone had deep expectations for him.
And he is still so young, the bigger victories that belong to him are still ahead. After breaking the world record several times in a row, Zhu Jianhua has become the focus of the world's attention.
When the media asked Zhu Jianhua if he could win the championship, he and his coach replied confidently: "It must be." ”
When the 1984 Olympics were held in Los Angeles, Zhu Jianhua was simply the best candidate to win the gold medal, but there was still a little accident that made him miss this wonderful opportunity.
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Why miss this opportunity to win the championship? Everything has to start from an accident that Zhu Jianhua experienced.
At that time, he was the favorite to win the championship, and many of the top American high jump champions put "treasure" on him. Even Nike, which never sponsors Chinese athletes, has sponsored Zhu Jianhua, which has won everyone's recognition.
A few days before the Start of the Olympic Games, Zhu Jianhua was still in good shape, easily skipping 2.33 meters. For Olympic gold medals, he has always been a must.
Finally the Olympic Games arrived, and he waited for the day to be the best to adjust the state. In the first few jumps, he jumped well.
Several consecutive heights were crossed, and it was a one-time skip. On the other hand, his opponents stumbled over.
But the accident happened precisely in the middle of this smooth sailing, because a British player suddenly fell ill and fell on the field, and the high jump competition had to be interrupted.
At that time, Zhu Jianhua was preparing for the next round of test jumping, and the sudden stop made Zhu Jianhua's rhythm disrupted, and he was a little nervous for a while.
After the game resumed, a reporter interviewed on the spot and found that Zhu Jianhua's expression at that time was particularly tense, his muscles were still a little stiff, and his previous state of full confidence did not exist at all.
And the result of the game, it is conceivable, will not be much better. Zhu Jianhua failed both attempts and won only one bronze medal.
Seeing such a result, many viewers are still quite aggrieved for Zhu Jianhua. After all, it was the referee who blindly interrupted the game, which caused Zhu Jianhua to miss the championship.
The athletes who won the Olympic Games also said in a post-match interview: "I am lucky to win the championship.
In any case, Zhu Jianhua is powerful and worthy of recognition. The medal he won is also the first Olympic medal in the history of Chinese athletics.
Starting from scratch is a step taken by Zhu Jianhua, so he should be treated well and remembered forever. A media in the United States was reporting on Zhu Jianhua's bronze medal.
Having said this: a bronze medal is not the best proof of Zhu Jianhua, and his future is still splendid.
Regarding Zhu Jianhua, many people do not know one thing, that is, this athlete who is popular on the field is actually not very good in his own body.
He had a very serious anemia, and when he first started training, his physical condition was very poor, and his hemoglobin was only 12 grams.
But Zhu Jianhua just had a will not to accept defeat, and in that era, many people could not eat well. Relying on tenacious willpower, Zhu Jianhua has always insisted on training.
In the end, it came to the fore on the field and won the glory for our countrymen. But not everyone thinks he's a hero.
He didn't win the Los Angeles Olympics, and some people who didn't understand sent him blades. After retiring, Zhu Jianhua was still quite sad about this matter.
He said: "All the audience saw was the crossbar, I jumped over, the audience was happy, couldn't jump over, the audience was not satisfied, threw you a soda bottle, sent you a blade." ”
Originally, I was not happy to win the championship, and then I saw some people doing this to themselves, Zhu Jianhua once felt very stressed, and in the next few years of competition, the results declined step by step.
Although he has also won the championship, he has not been able to return to his peak state. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Zhu Jianhua did not even enter the final and was eliminated in the preliminary round.
This year, feeling that he could no longer make a breakthrough, Zhu Jianhua chose to retire. In the year he chose to retire, he was not yet 25 years old.
25 years old is also the golden age of many athletes, this time to choose to leave, indicating that Zhu Jianhua is really unable to fight. For his departure, many people still feel very sorry.
Those who once supported him also mentioned it as sad, and the genius who was called "China's first person to jump high" was never seen again.
For Zhu Jianhua's choice, everyone can only accept it, no matter what the final result is, he can be called a hero of the Chinese people.
In fact, it can also be seen from the Olympic Games held this year that in the matter of winning awards, the Chinese people are not as harsh as before.
As long as we fight on the field, as long as we play for the country, no matter what the result is, it is good, and we have reached the time when we do not need to rely on gold medals to show strength.
I believe that if Zhu Jianhua was born in this era, it will definitely be "sought after".
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