In 2008, Wu Jingyu won the gold medal in her first Olympic Games. Infographic/Osports
Participating in four consecutive Olympic Games, the 34-year-old Wu Jingyu has left a record in the history of world taekwondo that is difficult for future generations to look up to. As one of the few highly educated athletes in China, Wu Jingyu, a doctoral student, also has her own understanding of learning. In her view, learning is like constantly having the key, the more keys you have, the more ways to solve the difficulties in the future, and the more solid your life will be.
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Being a student and a teacher enjoys campus life
In 2006, at the age of 19, Wu Jingyu entered Soochow University to study, majoring in traditional national sports. After that, she received her bachelor's degree and master's degree from Soochow University. Today, Wu Jingyu is a doctoral student at Soochow University and one of the few highly educated athletes in China.
Although she has completed her undergraduate and master's studies in succession, Wu Jingyu still has some small regrets. In the past decade or so, Wu Jingyu has spent most of her time in the national team, and it is difficult to concentrate on returning to school.
After the London Olympics, Wu Jingyu finally had time to go to Soochow University to concentrate on studying. After staying in the high-intensity, fast-paced sports team for more than ten years, Wu Jingyu said that she enjoyed the quiet campus life, and the relationship between classmates was also very harmonious.
After the Rio Olympics, Wu Jingyu worked as a physical education teacher at Chinese Min University, teaching taekwondo and tai chi. In the Renmin University, Wu Jingyu's curriculum is difficult to choose, and there are only more than 30 places for more than 3,000 students in a grade.
Wu Jingyu said that although the students are amateurs, everything has to be learned from the basics and it is more difficult to practice, but it is still quite interesting for everyone to communicate, which is also a learning process for her, "learning is absorption, after having enough energy, you must use the right way to output, so that life can be balanced, and the output process is also learning." ”
During her time as a teacher at Chinese University, Wu Jingyu rarely had the opportunity to show her professional expertise, she would seriously understand the needs of college students, and more importantly, she would exchange sportsmanship and physical education with them.
Engaged in taekwondo projects for so many years, Wu Jingyu said that the development of Taekwondo in China is still good, the public foundation is good, and everyone also recognizes this fashionable fighting project. "The taekwondo project is a particularly good example of sportsmanship." Wu Jingyu said that after practicing taekwondo for a period of time, the literacy will be particularly good, and they will know to respect their parents, respect their teachers, respect their opponents, and learn to overcome difficulties on their own. ”
At the London Olympics, Wu Jingyu won the championship consecutively. Infographic/Osports
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The more you learn, the more solid your life will be
On September 19, Wu Jingyu rushed to Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, to participate in the taekwondo project competition of the 14th National Games. This time, Wu Jingyu's identity is no longer an athlete, but vice president of the Chinese Taekwondo Association. In fact, as early as 2018, Wu Jingyu was elected as the vice president of the Chinese Taekwondo Association, but because of her preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, she focused her energy on the national team. After the Tokyo Olympics, Wu Jingyu quickly returned to work in the association and quietly completed the transformation of her life.
Speaking of this topic, Wu Jingyu said that today's society is more diversified, and the choices and ways out of athletes after retirement are also more abundant. Wu Jingyu said that she was particularly impressed by Li Shanshan, a champion of the gymnastics team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, working in a macau bank and engaged in financial work that was completely out of line with sports.
"Now everyone's understanding of sports is different, we all know that sports is an education, intellectual education, moral education, sports should be an important part of the complete personality of life." In Wu Jingyu's view, sports have now risen to a higher position, society also attaches great importance to mass fitness, sports people have to do more, "In fact, the athlete's learning ability is still quite strong, mainly to give him a chance." ”
From undergraduate to doctoral students, Wu Jingyu said that learning has brought her a lot of help, "learning is actually like constantly having keys, the more keys you have, the more ways to solve difficulties in the future, and the more practical your life is." ”
For a long time in the past, Wu Jingyu's knowledge mostly came from school. After becoming a mother, she is now accustomed to looking for answers in books. Wu Jingyu said that before, she hardly paid much attention to sports nutrition, sports rehabilitation and other aspects of knowledge, and she could quickly adjust after each training and competition. However, in the face of the epidemic at the Tokyo Olympics, coupled with her age and the slow recovery, Wu Jingyu no longer imagined that it was not enough to rely on her body in her youth.
It was also during that time that Wu Jingyu, who had no game tasks, had a lot of time to read books. After reading a lot of books, Wu Jingyu suddenly had a feeling of sudden enlightenment. "It's not the same thing as learning from the coach in the team, the coach teaches you more methods, and you will know more principles after learning, which makes it easier for you to use." Wu Jingyu said.
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Everyone needs to isolate and reflect at the right time
On July 24, the first match day after the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Wu Jingyu first lost to Iglias, who was 17 years younger than himself, in the quarterfinals, and lost to his old rival Bogdanovic in the resurrection match, and ended his fourth Olympic trip.
Two months have passed, has Wu Jingyu put it down? "To say that it is completely down, it is actually quite difficult for us athletes. To be honest, in my own heart, it is still very uncomfortable to recall every time. After the Rio Olympics, Wu Jingyu, who once retired, got married and had children, and after her comeback, she got a ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games at the last moment, becoming the first female taekwondo player in history to participate in the Olympic Games for four consecutive times.
The long 5-year preparation period, such a result is not very acceptable to Wu Jingyu, she said that she can lose, regret is that she has not been able to play a level, "athletes are like this, always feel that they can do better." ”
Fortunately, the 21-day isolation period gave Wu Jingyu enough psychological buffer time. Using this period of time alone with herself, Wu Jingyu basically digested some bad emotions. After that, Wu Jingyu set herself a lot of directions and goals that will make the state better, she will think more about what to do in the future, no longer regret, regret or discomfort, "Life is still quite long, there are many things that can be done, you have to look forward." This time also made me realize that there is still a lot to learn. I told myself that I didn't have time to look back on those things anymore, but to look forward and keep trying. ”
After the end of the quarantine, Wu Jingyu and her husband Hou Kun (a member of the Beijing Winter Olympics propaganda team) said that everyone needs to have such an isolation life every year, it may not need 21 days, and 7 days is not bad. I told him to give you 7 days of isolation, you will definitely be different, there will be sublimation. ”
Sun Haiguang, chief reporter of the Beijing News
Edited by Han Shuangming Proofreading Zhai Yongjun