As the current Asian record holder, Wang Zheng, who has the title of "Asian Chain Ball Sister", undoubtedly has a good competitiveness in the women's chain ball project. Her Asian record of 77 meters and 68 meters set in Chengdu in 2014 has been unassailable in the past seven years. Although the players from Europe and Central and North America have an absolute say in the project, both Wang Zheng and her predecessor Zhang Wenxiu have made their own efforts to help China's chain ball become the world's first-class.
In the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics women's chain ball final, China's Wang Zheng threw his season-best 77 meters 03 in the last shot, raising his position from third to second, and finally won the silver medal. Two Polish players won gold and bronze medals in this event.
Wang Zheng won a bronze medal according to Visual China
Wang Zheng, who has been stronger than others since childhood, started her sports career very early, but her earliest project was shot put. In 2002, when the Shaanxi Provincial Team went to Baoji Sports School to select materials, the coach discovered Wang Zheng's chain ball talent with unique insight, and since then she has officially embarked on the road of chain ball.
Born in 1987, Wang Zheng is definitely a "late bloomer", and it was not until the age of 19 that she won the Asian Youth Championship, which made her begin to be known to more people. After finishing 32nd at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Wang Zheng spent another five years to finish fourth at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
It was not until the middle of the Rio Olympic preparation cycle that Wang Zheng began to truly "threaten" the status of teammate Zhang Wenxiu. It should be known that Zhang Wenxiu won the silver medal in both Olympic Games, creating the best international competition of Chinese athletes in this project. In 2014, Wang Zheng won the national athletics throwing competition in Chengdu with a score of 77 meters and 68 meters, raising Zhang Wenxiu's Asian record by 69 centimeters!
As Zhang Wenxiu gradually faded from the stage of chain ball after the Rio Olympic Games, Wang Zheng indisputably became the "Asian sister" of the chain ball project. In the face of the media camera, Wang Zheng did not hide his "ambition" - "My dream is to win a medal in the Olympic Games!" ”
You know, in the final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Wang Zheng's opponent is the world record holder, Poland's Lodarzk, this player is the only female chain ball player in history who can throw more than 80 meters, and the world record is the 82 meters 98 she holds.
Wang Zheng, who has long been plagued by a knee injury, could have missed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but the postponement of the Olympic Games for one year gave Wang Zheng the opportunity to realize his dream. "I will release all the strength I have accumulated over the years at this Olympic Games!"
With a silver medal in hand, Wang Zheng finally realized his dream and stood on the Olympic podium. Chinese athletics also continued Su Bingtian's good start, continuing to show Chinese speed and Chinese strength in Tokyo.
Red Star News reporter Li Bo Pei Han
Edited by Ou Peng
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