TOKYO, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Wearing cool big black headphones and listening to the song "Tianxia", which brings him good luck, 19-year-old Wang Jian Jiahe stepped onto the women's 1500-meter freestyle in the new event of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Unfortunately, she did not recreate the Asian record-breaking hero in the preliminaries in the pool - ending the battle with fourth place. But for her, good luck doesn't just mean achievements, but her long-cherished wish to compete with idol Ledecki and hug and shake hands.
"My Olympic goals? It's just that I can play with my Ledecki in the same pool, shake hands and hug! The good luck brought to me by listening to "Tianxia" before going on the stage was that I embraced my idol and my dream was fulfilled. Wang Jian Jiahe smiled contentedly, and became "lost sister" in seconds.
What's it like to compete with Ledecki on the same pool? "Excitement! After all, it is my idol, and this is my first Olympic Games. I hugged her after the preliminaries, and I hugged her again today, and I thought to myself, 'Successfully completed the task'. She told me to keep trying and I was happy. What I admire most about her is that she is not proud to lose, she is the first to win the world championship from 200 meters to 1500 meters, which is very worth learning. But in terms of strength, there is still a gap between me and her. ”
On July 28, China's Wang Jian Jiahe was in the competition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Xu
When Wang Jian Jiahe reviewed her final performance, she analyzed: "On the one hand, there are reasons why the morning game is difficult to mobilize, and my own physical strength distribution is not done well, and the first (half) is a bit fast. Ledecki swimming fast does not affect me, I see the change of opponents, I am not nervous, focus on my own rhythm. ”
In the preliminaries, Wang Jian Jiahe swam a new Asian record of 15 minutes 41 seconds 49, which made everyone hope for her medals – in fact, if this result was in the final, she could win the medal. 19-year-old Wang Jian Jiahe did not have such ideological baggage, she simply said: "I just came to exercise, I can get a medal counts as my luck; if I don't get it, I will go back to work hard and take it next time." ”
On the evening of the 29th, Wang Jian Jiahe will fight alongside his friend Li Bingjie in the 800-meter freestyle preliminaries, and once again play against Ledecki and Titmus, who won two consecutive golds in Australia. "I will work hard, just 800 meters, fight." Wang Jian Jiahe said.
Produced by the Xinhua News Agency's Tokyo Olympic Games Reporting Group
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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