Sheng Lihao at the Tokyo Olympic Games
Sheng Lihao
On July 25, in the final of the men's 10m air rifle at the Tokyo Olympics, Sheng Lihao, a 16-year-old from Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, fought the final shot and won a silver medal.
Sheng Lihao's father, Li Xiangping, told the Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter in an interview at home: Although he won the Olympic silver medal, Xiaosheng is still a simple and cute "little guy" - because the diet of professional athletes is strictly controlled, 16-year-old Sheng Lihao will also be distressed by "not being able to eat braised meat".
Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Huang Yuqin
The 12-year-old took a gun for the first time and "played" was found to be extremely talented
Sheng Lihao, a native of Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, won silver at the Tokyo Olympics and was the first medal won by Jiangsu athletes to participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
"I never thought that the little guy would get acquainted with shooting and go on a professional path, and my son's exposure to shooting was really 'accidental'." Sheng Lihao's father, Li Xiangping, told reporters that the story of Sheng Lihao and shooting should start in 2016. At that time, Sheng Lihao was only 12 years old, before the summer vacation, there was a shooting club to promote shooting sports in the school, Sheng Lihao held the mentality of "playing" and went to the club with his classmates. Li Xiangping did not expect that because of a chance "play", he actually changed the fate of his son's life.
At the club, Sheng Lihao met his coach Yuan Kang. Yuan Kang is a retired athlete, and when Sheng Lihao raised his gun for the first time at the club, Yuan Kang discovered his outstanding shooting talent. After three months of training, Sheng Lihao had already surpassed all the players in the club. "Sheng Lihao is very calm compared to his peers, will not be disturbed, even if there is noise, he can still stabilize his mentality, this is his superiority." Yuan Kang said.
0 points to enter, the "dark horse" counterattack to qualify for the Olympic Games
Who would have thought that 16-year-old Sheng Lihao could win a medal at the Olympic Games. "At first I thought he was going to be a sparring partner." Sheng Lihao's coach in the provincial team Yao Ye sighed.
After the postponement of the Olympic Games, the national shooting team expanded the scope of material selection in order to enhance its strength, and through the national championships and national championships in September and November 2020, Sheng Lihao seized the opportunity to stand out and entered the preliminary selection team of the national Olympic Games.
Although entering the preliminary selection team of the National Olympic Games, Sheng Lihao is still a long way from the last game. The final Olympic team selection competition is based on the points ranking to determine the candidates, and only two people will finally represent China, while Sheng Lihao's original points when he first joined the team were zero.
Yao Ye said in an interview with the Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter: "After entering the national team, Sheng Lihao competed with many famous players, and his ability was rapidly improved during this time, which led to his three subsequent selection matches becoming more calm than one. ”
In the first game of the final Olympic team selection competition, Sheng Lihao first appeared sharp and won the third place. In the next two or three games, he overpowered all the famous players and won the championship consecutively. The last selection competition was in Guangzhou, and finally Sheng Lihao and Yang Haoran joined hands to qualify for the Olympics, and in the 10-meter air rifle mixed team, Sheng Lihao also won consecutive victories and won his second Olympic qualification.
Olympic teenagers also have "distress": they want to eat braised pork made by their father
16-year-old Sheng Lihao won a silver medal when he participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, so he was also called a "genius teenager" by many netizens, but in the eyes of his father Li Xiangping, his son was still a "little guy" full of childishness.
Sheng Lihao became an important player in 2018, because of the training requirements, the diet has also been strictly controlled, which is also a big challenge for the "snack goods" Sheng Lihao. When Sheng Lihao was training outside, he called home and mentioned "eating" almost every time he called. Li Xiangping recalled: "He said to me on the phone, Dad, I want to eat hamburgers, potato chips, and drink Coke. I criticize him for wanting to eat junk food. ”
What impressed Li Xiangping very deeply was that once Sheng Lihao came home from vacation, and the dinner table just put a few pieces of braised meat left over from the previous day, "The little guy saw the braised meat on the table, his eyes lit up, and he was eager to swallow the meat in one bite." Li Xiangping said with a smile.
Source: Yangtze Evening News