On September 19, Hubei's Sun Lu (right) / Xia Hongyu won the championship with a time of 6:23.30. Xinhua News Agency
On September 19, in the rowing competition of the 14th National Games held at Yangling Water Base, the Hubei Water Army showed its might. A total of 10 gold medals were produced on the day, and Hubei athletes reached the highest podium three times. Of the three champions, two are from the Olympic joint team, while the two players who won the men's double single sculls, Sun Lu and Xia Hongyu, are athletes trained by Hubei Province themselves, which has a different meaning. Chen Zheng, head of the coaching team of the provincial rowing team, said that the men's double single sculls event and the men's four-person single sculls and the men's eight-person single sculls are listed as the most fiercely competitive projects in China, because "these three do not have the participation of the Olympic joint team, and other provinces will focus on these projects with the goal of winning gold and silver, from the preliminary round to the final, the field is fierce."
First Gold: Men's double single sculls, Xia Hongyu, Sun Lu
On September 18, Xia Hongyu and Sun Lu won a silver medal in the men's four-man paddle final with two other teammates. In that game, they led all the way, but unfortunately they were overtaken by their opponents in the last minute, and only finished second with a difference of 0.05 seconds.
After a day, Xia Hongyu and Sun Lu, who had been fighting continuously, quickly adjusted their state and threw themselves into the decisive battle again. This gold medal was won dramatically. In the last 500 meters, the Orange and Yellow Rowing of hubei team was still several hulls behind the leading Shandong team. At this moment, the Hubei team suddenly accelerated, caught up with the front boat at incredible speed and completed the overtaking, from 3.85 seconds behind to the final 2.51 seconds, achieving a big reversal!
At the moment of crossing the line, the oarsman Xia Hongyu kept slapping the boat, roaring and screaming, and Sun Lu, who was sitting behind him, raised his one-handed fist to celebrate. At this moment, the bitterness and bitterness of the past ten or so cold and hot summers were all released. Sun Lu, 28, a native of The Zongkou Management District of Qianjiang City, was transported from Qianjiang Children's Sports School to Hubei Provincial Aquatic Center in 2008. In 2013 and 2017, he participated in the National Games twice, once third and once fourth, both of which were missed out on the champions. Today, although Sun Lu has married and had children, he has been gritting his teeth and insisting on the dream of a champion in his heart. After the game, Sun Lu shed tears of excitement and hugged the coaches and leaders watching the race on the shore one by one, he said: "I have been practicing rowing for 13 years, entering the Hubei team for 11 years, winning gold at the National Games is my dream all along, yesterday's men's four-person single sculls won the silver with a difference of 0.05 seconds, I am sorry, today I finally succeeded, thanks to Coach Chen Zheng, thanks to the Hubei rowing team, thanks to Hubei Qianjiang My hometown father and elderly supported me." ”
The 32-year-old Xia Hongyu "debuted" for a longer time, and it has been 18 years today. Like his partner Sun Lu, he prepared for the National Games. They gave up countless time with their families, day after day, the wind and the sun, only with the rowing, often practicing until exhaustion but never complaining. Xia Hongyu said: "My teammates and I are 'dad' level veterans, the two of us in order to fight this National Games, we have not seen our family for a long time, I am very excited that today we won the gold medal, completed the dream, proud of me and my partner, thank my family for their understanding and support." ”
Second Gold: Men's double sculls, Liu Zhiyu
In the men's doubles sculls final that ended in the afternoon of the same day, the Olympic combination of Zhang Liang and Liu Zhiyu showed great strength, and they easily won the championship in 6 minutes 24 seconds 24 seconds.
At the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, Hubei's Liu Zhiyu and his partner Zhang Liang fought hard to win the bronze medal with a time of 6:03.63. This is the first Olympic men's rowing medal in China and even In Asia. After the national sports won the gold, Liu Zhiyu said in an interview: "From the Tokyo Olympics to the Shaanxi National Games, today's gold medal has drawn a perfect end to my preparation for this cycle. My partner Zhang Liangge and I have always had a tacit understanding, both of them have trained very hard, and the arrangement of the next cycle has not yet been determined, but I think I will fight again and continue to contribute to the Hubei water. ”
Third Gold: Women's eight-person single oar, Prince Feng, JuRui
Immediately following the men's double sculls final, the women's eight-man sculls final was fired. Without any suspense, the Olympic United team, which had just won the bronze medal in Tokyo, won gold in 6:10.80. Among the eight paddlers, Wang Zifeng and Jurui were both from Hubei. Among them, Jurui is an athlete trained by Wuhan Water Sports School to be transported to the provincial team. On the morning of the same day, Jurui also partnered Lin Xinyu to win a bronze medal for Hubei in the women's doubles paddle final.
With the hubei team in the afternoon in the men's eight-person single sculls with helmsman event to win the third place, the current National Games rowing competition all closed the oars, in 14 events, Hubei rowing team won 5 event champions, 1 runner-up, 2 third places, a change in the 4th National Games did not see the gold medal downturn, the coach team members in the years ago to make the brilliant words of remodeling finally became a reality.
Yin Jinbo, director of the Provincial Aquatics Center, said in an interview with reporters: "The rowing competition of the National Games is over, and the results are gratifying. It can be said that it has swept away the twilight of Hubei water sports in the past 20 years. Of course, it is not only the achievements that are gratifying, but the key is to boost our morale and self-confidence. Since this cycle, the aquatic center has paid close attention to the physical strengthening project, and put forward the spirit of 'two super and four dares', that is, 'superhuman pay, extraordinary life, dare to think and dare to fight', and instilled this spirit into every coach and athlete. It can be said that in the past few years, all the athlete coaches have put in several times more effort and hard work than usual. They are the real heroes, thank you very much. In the next kayak race, we must correct the problems exposed in the previous race in time and strive to continue the good momentum. ”
Special correspondent Zhang Lin sent from Xi'an
Source: Wuhan Evening News