Jimu news reporter Xu Ping
Intern Wan Sisi Comprehensive Report
On the evening of August 6, Beijing time, in the final of the women's javelin at the Tokyo Olympic Games, as the Asian record holder, Hubei's Lu Huihui, who played in the Olympic Games for the third time, ranked 5th with 63 meters 41, and failed to further reach the podium of the Tokyo Olympic Games, leaving regrets again, and her teammate Liu Shiying won the championship with 66 meters 34.
Born with divine powers
She threw more than 24 meters in three days of training
Born in 1989, Lu Huihui grew up in an ordinary peasant family in Changyuan, Henan Province, with two children, her and her brother. "This girl has been very active since she was a child, and she began to trot step by step, and when she went down to the ground with me, she loved to throw dirt and play." Her arms were long, like mine, suitable for throwing javelins. Lu Huihui's father said this many years later when he recalled his daughter's childhood.
In the second year of junior high school, Lu Huihui was nearly 1 meter 7 tall, representing the school to participate in the county sports meeting, only three days of javelin training, she suddenly threw more than 24 meters of results, won the first place in the county, and was selected by the Xinxiang Sports School. Because it was more difficult at home at that time, Lu Hui would almost drop out of school because of this. Lu Huihui recalled: "After practicing javelin for so many years, I never wanted to give up because of bitterness and tiredness. But when I was studying in sports school, my family was very poor, and even the annual tuition fee of more than 3,000 yuan was difficult for my parents to afford. Fortunately, later, the coach saw a certain potential in me and helped me apply for a tuition fee reduction, so that I could continue practicing. Lu Huihui, who had won many good results in the competition, was finally selected by the Henan Provincial Sports Engineering Brigade and began the road of professional athletes.
The potential of Lu Huihui is recognized, but her performance has improved very slowly, and when the competitors who are at the same time as her cast a good result of 59.89 meters in the national competition, Lu Huihui's performance has been maintained at more than 40 meters. In March 2007, disheartened, she came to Zhengzhou University to study for an undergraduate degree at Sias College, hoping to get a diploma and find a job and start a new life path.
Lucky to meet bole
Twice helped her get back on the field
There is no heart to plant flowers and flowers, and there is no heart to plant willows and willows. In 2010, Lu Huihui represented the school in the 16th Henan Athletics Games, and she broke the record of 18 years of slumber in the Provincial Universiade with a score of 56.06 meters, which also inspired her determination to regain the javelin to prove herself.
"I just wanted to see if I was the material for the bidding gun." In 2011, Lü Huihui went to Wuhan University of Physical Education to pursue a second degree and officially studied under Henan coach Lü Gang. After Lü Gang's guidance, The javelin technical movements are becoming more and more perfect, some people say that her movements are more masculine, the explosion is stronger, the strength is greater, and the javelin is like a curved bow at the moment of the shot. In response, Lu Huihui responded: "Every athlete has his own characteristics, and I am such a characteristic. My set of movement techniques was trained under the guidance of Lu Gang, who tailored it to me according to my characteristics. ”
When Lu Huihui's javelin score steadily improved, in 2013, the god of fate seemed to have made a huge joke with her. In April of the same year, she tested positive for diuretics on a urine test. The penalty of a one-year ban almost collapsed Lu Huihui. In that difficult day, Lu Hui would once wash her face with tears, and the encouragement of Lü Gang and his relatives and friends helped her walk out. "If you give up, you're admitting that you're taking a stimulant." Lu Gang said. Although he missed the World Championships and the National Games that year, Lu Hui still did not relax himself and continued to train under pressure until his comeback.
During the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Lui's personal bests have continued to improve, and her Asian record has been rewritten several times. From 2017 to 2019, she set a new Asian record for women's javelin five times. She also won two bronze medals at the World Championships and won the 2019 IAAF Diamond League Finals. Her current personal best is 67.98m, which is currently unsurpassed in Asia.
Chasing dreams is a lot of tribulations
She also needs to keep working
Regrettably, whenever the outside world expects more of her, Lu will often drop the chain, and even at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, she also lost to her teammates who were below her and ranked second. This is the third time that Lu Huihui has stepped onto the big stage of the Olympic Games, and in the previous two Olympic Games, her best result was the 5th place at the London Olympic Games. That year, she was named the Best Newcomer Award in Chinese Athletics.
Now, 9 years later, Lu Huihui has changed from a fledgling newcomer to a 32-year-old veteran. For the Tokyo Olympics, Lu Huihui also held his breath. In order to achieve good results, she has been preparing for the battle before going to Tokyo, and has been training at Beijing Sport University for more than half a year. In June this year, Lu Huihui threw a world best of 67.61 meters in the season. Her training level has improved from 63 meters in previous years to 65 meters. In the past, more than 67 meters were like New Year's Eve, but now it is taken for granted. This shows that through accumulation, she has become stronger. Lü Gang was full of confidence in his disciple's trip to the Tokyo Olympics.
In the preliminaries for the Tokyo Olympics, Lu Hui will use the third shot of 61 meters 99 to enter the final with the overall ranking of 7th, which is different from her previous competitions. Lu Huihui admitted that she was adjusting her state and looked forward to a better performance in the final, but under heavy pressure, Lu Huihui finally failed to stand on the podium, looking forward to her continuing to work hard for the dream in her heart!
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