On August 1, Beijing time, the swimming competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games was completed, and the Chinese team won the fourth place in the women's 4×100 meters mixed swimming relay competition and failed to stand on the podium. Zhang Yufei, a new generation leader in Chinese swimming, set the Olympic results at 2 gold and 2 silver, but although he did not win the medal this time, the scene after the game where Zhang Yufei embraced Chijiang Lihuazi was very touching.
Ikee Rihanako is an absolute genius in Japanese swimming in recent years, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games once won 6 gold medals caused a sensation, but in 2019 Ikee Rihanako was diagnosed with leukemia, although she found the matching bone marrow, but the recovery process during this period is very difficult, Ikee Rihanako herself mentioned in the interview that she once thought of ending her life in the ward.
At the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, in the 100m butterfly swimming, Chijiang Lihuazi won the gold medal, while China's Zhang Yufei won the silver medal, one was 6 gold kings, one was 2 gold and 1 silver, and the two young people felt sorry for each other on the field.
2019 was a turning point, Ikee Rihanako once left the arena due to illness, and returned to the arena through a tenacious fight with the disease. Zhang Yufei has made great progress during this time and has become the top athlete in the butterfly swimming event.
The two did not meet again after the Jakarta Asian Games until this Tokyo Olympics. Although Ikee Rihanako magically qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, she registered for the relay competition and did not have any individual events.
Zhang Yufei fought from the first day of the official competition to the last day of the swimming competition, and finally met Again in the last women's 4×100 meters mixed relay competition after 3 years, the two had a direct competition in the butterfly of the third stick, and finally the Chinese team won the fourth place, while the Japanese team ranked eighth, but this was the only good result in the 3 relay races of Chijiang Lihuazi to reach the final.
When Zhang Yufei and others were interviewed, the Athletes of the Japanese Team walked past the Chinese athletes, and Zhang Yufei deliberately turned his head to have some exchanges with Ikee Lihanako and hugged each other.
Zhang Yufei, who was interviewed, told reporters that Chijiang Lihuazi was already very thin because of her ill physical condition, and she said to Chijiang Lihuazi that see you next year, hoping to meet again in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.