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International online news (reporter Wang Zhuo): Born in 1991, Lin Yue was only 17 years old when he won the diving championship at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and then won the championship at the World Championships, the Asian Games and the Rio Olympic Games, and he is known for his ability to complete high-difficulty diving actions, and has completed the highest difficulty of 5255B in the world competitions many times. In the eyes of others, the diving experience is very smooth, but for Lin Yue, it is "walking a capital V".
Lin Yue
The love of diving is gradual
At the age of 4, Lin Yue was sent by his parents to Guangdong Weilun Sports School to learn professional gymnastics because he loved to "climb the door frame and jump around" at home. In a training camp, Lin Yue was selected by Xu Yiming, the coach of the Guangdong Youth Diving Team. Fast action mastery and high degree of completion are the keys to Lin Yue's selection by the coach, "At that time, I didn't seem to be so outstanding, but the tasks given to me by the coach would always be completed better." Lin Yue commented on himself. It was the encounter with coach Xu Yiming that Lin Yue opened a new chapter in his life.
When he first came into contact with diving, Lin Yuedu had not yet attended elementary school, and his thin body contrasted with the huge swimming pool. "Jumping down 1 meter, 3 meters, 5 meters or even 10 meters, for those of us who are not yet 7 years old, the heart is a fear of height, a fear of the unknown." Recalling his childhood diving experience, Lin Yue said that it was difficult to describe his diving experience as enjoyment, "Young age, everything is a little strange, it is difficult to feel the charm of diving." ”
However, with the passage of time, Lin Yue gradually fell in love with diving, and felt the charm of diving in day-to-day training, "At first I didn't understand the project, it took 5 years to slowly understand where the charm of this project is." Lin Yue said that this charm is the sense of achievement after breaking through the difficulties, "especially the moment of standing on the podium can be more vividly displayed." When I found that my efforts could represent China in a valuable medal, my efforts were also given meaning. ”
From diving score of 0 points to Olympic diving champion
In 2005, Lin Yue, who had just turned 14, was selected for the national team, and in preparation for the Beijing Olympic Games, Lin Yue had to train for 12 hours a day, training the same action day after day just to be foolproof in the Olympic arena. However, for Lin Yue at that time, he was not too clear about what the Olympic Games were, only that the Olympic Games were a very important competition. 1,000 days after the countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games, Lin Yue began to realize that the Olympic Games are a stage to win the highest honors on behalf of the motherland, "It turns out that it is so important, you can represent the motherland, you have the opportunity to make the national flag rise on the world stage and play our national anthem." ”
When preparing for the Beijing Olympics, Lin Yue was under a lot of pressure, not only from the fact that everyone hoped to get a medal at home, but also from his personal state at that time, Lin Yue said that his level and state at that time had declined. During training, athletes will practice to the 5255B with the highest difficulty in action, the highest score is 10 points, the passing line is 7 points, and the passing standard given by the Chinese team is 8 points, but Lin Yue's score in this field is often only 1-2 points, and even 0 points have appeared. "If the passing line hadn't been reached, let alone competing for a medal, it would have hit me hard." The experience before the Beijing Olympics seems to be the darkness before the dawn, after self-adjustment and accumulated training, in the end, Lin Yue and Huo Liang won the gold medal in the men's double 10 meters platform diving with a total score of 468.18 points, winning the seventh gold medal of the Olympic Games for the Chinese diving team.
Know how to go from darkness to dawn to crawl out of darkness again
"I climbed to the highest point, then to the lowest point, and then slowly climbed from scratch to the peak." Lin Yue's metaphor for his career experience is a V word. In an interview after the 2012 London Olympics, Lin Yue was asked a very sharp question by countless media, "They said that you created the worst result in the history of the Chinese national team's men's athlete diving project, how do you feel?" The post-match interview hit Lin Yue over and over again. Unexpectedly, the bigger blow is still behind, the 2013 Diving World Cup competition Lin Yue was eliminated in the preliminaries, the former champion seems to have stepped off the altar, and many people began to persuade Lin Yue to consider retiring.
Hearing the "advice" of many people, Lin Yue also had the idea of retiring, but he also thought that he was still young, and there might be a turnaround in biting his teeth. Under the continuous self-encouragement, Lin Yue's negative emotions began to gradually dissipate, and he slowly found his original intention, returning to the state of not being afraid of losing at the age of 15 or 16, and accumulating a little bit and making progress step by step. In Lin Yue's view, without accumulating steps, there is no way to reach a thousand miles; without accumulating small streams, there is no way to become a river and a sea.
Finally, the kung fu paid off, and Lin Yue won the gold again at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, this time not only proved that he had the top diving ability, but also proved that he had the comprehensive quality necessary to become an excellent athlete, that is, to look at the game with a normal heart and dare to get back up from failure.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Lin Yue (right)/Chen Aisen shows the gold medal after the award ceremony Xinhua Net Photo
Make diving a hobby for kids and integrate sportsmanship into new competitions
After retiring from the army, Lin Yue joined a diving club, dedicated to promoting diving among teenagers and adhering to the principle of "happy enlightenment". "Making diving a hobby for children, a way to strengthen their bodies" is the direction of his future efforts.
Lin Yue interacts with children
Lin Yue has always wanted to narrow the distance between ordinary people and diving by "playing", "It is actually very close to us, in life, using diving as a way to add some wonderful moments for you, or vent in a very busy moment, release yourself." As a professional diver, when coaching teenagers, Lin Yue always looks at the problem of diving from the perspective of children, and those complex and difficult professional terms have become concise vernacular words in his mouth.
In addition, Lin Yue has also turned his focus to e-sports, which has begun to emerge in recent years, trying to find similarities in two different competitive competitions, bringing the sportsmanship of traditional sports competitions into new competitive fields. "I approached the esports project because it has a lot of similarities with traditional sports, and it takes you the time and effort to do all the groundwork for this project." Lin Yue said.
After experiencing the ups and downs of his diving career, Lin Yue's toughness and endurance are admirable, and he also hopes to pass on the athlete's will quality to more people. Although he is no longer active on the field, Lin Yue's sportsmanship and the concept of happy diving will enlighten more children.