Facing the camera, stretch out three fingers, the meaning is self-evident: three consecutive championships! Xie Wenjun, who has always shown himself calmly and calmly, is rarely "domineering side leak".
The men's 110m hurdles have been the golden sign of Shanghai sports for so many years. Last night, Tokyo's veteran Xie Wenjun continued to defend this honor, defeating many strong players in the men's 110m hurdles final and successfully winning gold. He ran a season best of 13.37 seconds and successfully equaled his brother Liu Xiang's three consecutive National Games titles, and the Shanghai men's hurdles also achieved the legend of eight consecutive National Games championships.
Pictured: Xie Wenjun held out three fingers in front of the camera Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Mingzhen photographed
Challenged
After Liu Xiang, Xie Wenjun is the unyielding overlord of the men's 110-meter hurdles, and the gold medals in the National Games and the Asian Games will not fall by the wayside. But last night, Xie Wenjun felt great pressure and challenge for the first time.
The challenge comes from two sides, on the one hand, external, and on the other hand, oneself. Standing on the starting line of the final, Xie Wenjun is the most "old", only he is "post-90s", the others are "post-95s" or even "post-00s", the youngest Qin Weibo was born at the end of December 2002, which is smaller than Xie Wenjun in the last round. "In front of these young people, I feel a little bit like an ancient creature." He teased after the game.
From his own point of view, Xie Wenjun's state this year is not good. "I've been injured, I've been injured, I've been injured for a month, I've been in a very bad state and I've been in quarantine and then training, it's not systematic, it's not a big test for me."
Pictured: Xie Wenjun in the competition Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Mingzhen photographed
The back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave, which is the eternal and unchangeable law of sports competition, but not now. Xie Wenjun did not win easily: the fastest starting reaction after firing the gun was 21-year-old Beijing youngster Ning Xiaohan, who took the lead in stepping on the first hurdle, and Xie Wenjun was obviously behind in the future; but Xie Wenjun was even better at hurdles technology and experience on the way, catching up all the way in the second half, successfully overtaking, and crashing into the line, and his lead was only 0.08 seconds.
Strong psychology, rich experience, and more mature and stable technology are the magic weapons for Xie Wenjun to win in the end. After the game, he breathed a long sigh of relief: "The stone in my heart has finally been put down, and the honor of three consecutive championships is too heavy for me." Although I often deliberately ignore it, it is not so simple to shake off the pressure. ”
Just passed
In front of the young juniors, the eldest brother Xie Wenjun came up with the best performance of the season, but he was not satisfied with the 13.37 seconds - 0.2 seconds slower than his highest level.
Pictured: Xie Wenjun and Sun Haiping Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Mingzhen photo
'The game still feels shaky and the pressure on me from young opponents is also very good, so it's not particularly good." After the game, Xie Wenjun only scored 60 points for his performance, just passing. But he also said: "The triple crown is very important to me and a testament to me for so many years. ”
However, Master Sun Haiping did not think so, he tried to support his beloved disciple: "It is not easy, this year's injury has such a big impact, and finally it was taken down." In a year's time, let's take another good shot. ”
To be sure, xie Wenjun will still be one of the important gold medals in Chinese athletics at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, and his competitors are stronger than the National Games. "Next year's Asian Games will definitely be harder. As you all know, several Japanese players have done very well this year, and that's the bigger challenge for me. ”
"This project is about playing against myself, and I want to get better." Xie Wenjun said. (Xinmin Evening News special reporter Guan Yin Xi'an today)