At two o'clock in the morning on August 6, in the conference room of the Luoyang Sports Bureau, a group of sports people with sports dreams were waiting for a result...... Henan's Bao Shanju and Guo Yufang and Jilin's Yuan Liying will compete in the women's team sprint at the Paris Olympics.
In the end, the United Kingdom team broke the world record three times and won the gold medal. New Zealand and Germany each set a world record, winning silver and bronze respectively. The Chinese team ranked sixth.
Break the world record in three hours and five times! The Chinese team ranked sixth in the women's track cycling team sprint
At the St Quentin Velodrome in Yvelines, three members of the United Kingdom team swept through the crowd like lightning bolts in front of the crowd, beating New Zealand to win the gold medal with a time of 45.186 seconds. Germany won the bronze medal over the Netherlands. The Chinese team lost to Mexico in the 5-6 place competition and finished sixth with a time of 46.572 seconds.
As the defending champions of the event, Bao Shanju, Guo Yufang and Yuan Liying set a world record of 45.487 seconds in June this year. However, as soon as the preliminaries began, United Kingdom broke the world record held by China with a time of 45.472 seconds, while China was fifth in the preliminaries with a time of 46.458 seconds.
In the ensuing catch-and-match battle, the Chinese team lost to the fourth place Netherlands team in the preliminary round in 46.362 seconds and missed the medal battle. Since then, the world record has been broken three more times – first Germany broke the record with 45.377 seconds, New Zealand immediately rode 45.348 seconds, and then United Kingdom set the world record for the fourth time on the day with 45.338 seconds.
The women's track cycling team sprint made its Olympic debut at London 2012 with a silver medal, and has since won two consecutive Olympic titles in Rio and Tokyo. The format of the event has been changed during the Paris Olympic cycle, and the number of participants has been increased from two to three.
Guo Yufang's mother: The child is holding back a lot of energy in his heart
"The moment I saw my child pedaling off in the car, I seemed to feel a breath of energy in her heart." In the opinion of Guo Yufang's mother Zhang Xiaoli, this child is very sensible and filial, "She never told me about her training, she was always afraid that we would worry at home, and she would report good news but not bad news when she called." After landing in Paris this time, I sent me a text message and took a small video, and I haven't been in touch until now. ”
Recalling the scene when he joined the Luoyang cycling team in 2012, Zhang Xiaoli remembers it vividly.
At that time, Bao Shanju went to the team a week earlier than Guo Yufang, and when her mother sent Guo Yufang to school, she was received by Bao Shanju, "Little Nier took the initiative to help pull the luggage, saying, 'Come, let's live together', who knew that they could participate in two Olympic Games together."
From the city team to the provincial team, to the Olympic Games, from Tokyo to Paris, Zhang Xiaoli thinks that the child is holding his breath, and after officially going to the national team for training, he basically goes home once a year, "When I go home, I will make her her favorite small bowl of soup."
Grandma Bao Shanju: The child is filial, and he cooks and washes his hair with me when he comes home
In the eyes of grandma Jiang Huatuan, Bao Shanju is a fiery girl: "She has a hot temper, she says she will do whatever she wants, she moves quickly, and she gets along well with her relatives." ”
Because of the training tasks to prepare for the Olympic Games, Bao Shanju rarely has the opportunity to return to her hometown, and occasionally in her spare time, she will still take on housework and take the initiative to cook for her grandparents. What my grandmother remembers vividly is the time when her granddaughter came back at the end of August last year: "She washed my hair and cut my hair. Grandma said three times in a row, thinking of Shanju, who had not been at home for a long time, her voice was choked and her eyes were red.
Cousin Bao Yidan often lived in Bao Shanju's house when she was a child, and she had a good relationship with Bao Shanju. In Bao Yidan's view, her cousin won glory for the country and Luoyang, which also played a spur role for her: "My sister is so good, I will have some pressure in my heart, and I am encouraged to work hard to be a better version of myself." Bao Shanju also often cares about Bao Yidan's learning situation and encourages Bao Yidan to continue to improve.
"She is more able to endure hardships, is introverted and quite athletic." Lin Yaqiong, Bao's eighth-grade physics and physical education teacher, shared her impression of Bao Shanju at that time, "She was able to focus all her energy on project training and had the spirit of striving to be the first. Lin Yaqiong believes that this is an indispensable part of Bao Shanju's becoming an Olympic champion.
After many years, Bao Shanju and Lin Yaqiong are still in contact with each other, Bao Shanju shares her usual training with the teacher, and will also care about the teacher's work and life.
During the day on the 6th, Li Bing, deputy county magistrate of Ruyang County, visited Bao Shanju's home and said: "It is not easy to produce a world champion in the family, which shows that your family style is good and your tutor is good, which has laid a very good foundation for her moral education." We have a talent in Ruyang who can contribute to the country. (Reporter Mo Shaohua Intern Wang Bingyan)