The World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, is the sixth world championship trip of Sichuan flower tour sisters Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting. Known by the world as "elderly" players, they do not have the slightest timidity in the face of strong opponents. He won the silver medal in the two-person technical self-selection event on July 16, and then qualified for the second place in the preliminary round of the two-person free choice event on the 20th. In the final, the Chinese sisters spent a 3 minutes and 13 seconds of Tchaikovsky's "Swan" to perfect the dance in the water, and finally the Wenting sisters won a valuable silver medal with a score of 95.3 points slightly inferior to the Russian group. It was also their 7th World Championship medal, 5 silver and 2 bronze medals.
Before the game, the special reporter of Chengdu Business Daily specially interviewed the respective husbands of the Wenting sisters. Listening to them tell the bitter journey and happy family life of the Wenting sisters and the "mother-level" flower tour athletes from comeback to participation, a large number of moving details jumped on the paper.
The oldest player
But there is definitely a model
This year's Swimming World Championships Synchronized Swimming Arena, located in front of The Heroes' Square and the City Garden, a famous attraction in Budapest, is quaint and beautiful, and the flower sisters were deeply attracted by the beauty when they adapted to the venue on the first day, "The environment is too good, the sky is too beautiful, and the training is much easier." But because it is an outdoor swimming pool, the hot sunlight directly hits a pool of blue waves, which is not a small challenge for the participating athletes, in order not to be sunburned in the water for a long time, the two sisters had to use sunscreen to paint themselves into the shape of "Indians".
Three days later, Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting narrowly defeated the strong Russian duo in the final of the two-person technical self-selected event and won the silver medal in the project. This is the first medal of the Chinese synchronized swimming team at this World Championships, and it is also the sixth world championship medal won by the sister flowers. It is worth mentioning that synchronized swimming is a sport with extremely high physical requirements, and according to the official website of the International Network Federation, 31-year-old Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting are the oldest players in this final, or mother-level players.
"Although it is still the second oldest, this is the smallest difference with Russia." Without frustration and tears, Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting, who appeared at this world swimming championships, showed their most confident selves since participating in the world championships. After the comeback, they regard enjoying the sport as more important than winning or losing, and it can be seen from the game video that the two are more comfortable and confident than in previous competitions, whether in action or state, and they really do their best to interpret.
Therefore, although they once again rubbed shoulders with the gold medal, the sisters received more attention and praise from the world.
Comeback is not for "revenge"
Training to throw off 40 pounds of "bubble meat"
When people are still recalling Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting, who suffered injustice after the 2013 Liaoning National Games, the sisters have already chosen to let go of that time. In interviews with the media, they made it clear that the choice to comeback after marriage and children was not for "revenge", the only reason was their love for synchronized swimming. Friends who usually play with them said that in more than three years, they had never heard them mention that time and related people.
However, a comeback is not just an option. Liu Ou, former captain of China Flower Tour, and Huang Xuechen, a famous flower tour player who won the silver medal in the free selection of two people at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, both chose to retire at the age of 26 and 27. But this pair of Sichuan girls chose to make a comeback at the age of nearly 30, and re-stood at the world championship at the age of 31.
Sister Jiang Wenwen, who gave birth to a daughter in 2015, resumed training and went to Beijing to join the national team to prepare for the Rio Olympics. During that period of training, Jiang Wenwen often had more than ten bruises on her body at the same time, and she laughed at herself: "Am I practicing synchronized swimming?" But what makes Jiang Wenwen most difficult is not these injuries, but her young daughter, "I think about it every day, and I want to go back to Chengdu to be with her." Due to reasons such as not returning to the peak of his state, Jiang Wenwen did not qualify for the Rio Olympics.
However, this did not make the Jiang sisters give up. After Jiang Tingting gave birth to a daughter in 2016, she quickly threw herself into training. Flower Tour Sister Flowers is back. Considering that Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting are both mother-level athletes, and such a situation is rare in the professional sports teams of Sichuan Province, the Sichuan Provincial Flower Tour Team has given a humane management to the sisters, and they return to their homes after training every day, without living in the athletes' apartments.
Management seems to be relaxed, but the Jiang family sisters have higher requirements for themselves and more self-discipline. During the month, Jiang Tingting successfully and quickly threw off the 40 pounds of "bubble meat" that was fat during pregnancy through scientific methods. In the face of boring and tedious training, Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting no longer complained as before, but enjoyed every day as much as possible, and when they spent the New Year this year, they also used their bodies to spell out the letters of "Happy New Year" in the water with their bodies and sent them to the circle of friends to express their blessings.
Holding her daughter on the highest podium
Strive only to set an example for your child
"Hot Mom Combination" and "Mother-level Player" are the new titles given to Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting by domestic and foreign media at this World Championship. In this regard, Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting gladly accepted. Jiang Wenwen also once encountered such a small episode, once she went to Changsha to participate in a competition, met a small athlete called her "good referee!" She later laughed and said, "Hahaha, can I tell her that I'm still an athlete!" ”
The "Hot Moms" are happy to talk about their daughters, because that is the greatest pride of them and their families, and it is also the "biggest motivation" after their comeback. Because before the World Championships, they also trained with their teammates in Beijing for a while, and after arriving in Budapest, the two missed their daughters like "gushing river water" rolling in their hearts, and they had prepared a gift for their daughter, the pink swimming world championship mascot Lily.
Some people have also said that since they are so reluctant, why should they choose to travel far. Indeed, if Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting had not made a comeback, their lives would now be equally stable and happy in their current lives, which have served in the Sichuan sports system. But they don't think so, "We want to be proud and role models for our children through our own efforts." "After winning the National Games again in May this year, Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting stood on the highest podium with their daughters in their arms, and at that moment, it was unique and touching.
In the water, the deepest impression that Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting left on the world is undoubtedly "beauty". In fact, as the mothers of the "post-80s", they are also trying to live a very beautiful life, they love their children, and they accompany their children as much as possible, but in their spare time, they will also go to the snowy mountains to try snowboarding, or suddenly become the first girls on a racing track in Chengdu. At the racetrack, the two sisters were as serious as they were in training, listening to the coaches explain the stories of each track and tire prints, hoping to help on the track. The phrase "Kung Fu pays off" seems to work everywhere, and last year Jiang Wenwen won back a Newcomer Award for the Southwest Touring Car Classic Super Endurance Championship.
At this year's Swimming World Championships, Jiang Wenwen/Jiang Tingting talked to the media about the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, as long as their physical condition allows, they will still go all out. "You don't give your life all your strength, why do you ask your children to work hard?" Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting lived their lives in this way, which is just as inspirational as this classic sentence that is red and purple on the Internet.
【Q&A on the same topic】
The successful comeback of Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting is inseparable from the support of her family, especially Jiang Wenwen's husband Tang Jia and Jiang Tingting's husband Chen Qi. And the joy and difficulty on the road back, they are undoubtedly the most understood. This time, Chengdu Business Daily set up the same question and answer for the two of them, asking them to answer the same questions separately, and something interesting happened, and the tacit understanding between them was no less than that of the twin sisters.
1. Did you watch them compete with your daughter?
Chen Qi: Yes, I didn't go to Budapest this time, so I cheered them on in front of the TV, and my daughter also liked to watch her mother play.
Tang Jia: Definitely look at it, this is a big thing in our family.
2. Have you thought that they could still get such good results?
Chen Qi: I didn't expect that the gap with Russia would be so weak, the original idea was that the Japanese team was the strongest opponent, after all, it was the tokyo Olympic preparation cycle, and Japan was making rapid progress.
Tang Jia: I didn't think much about it before the game, because when they went out, we said, "Enjoy the game." Being able to get this result is also a recognition of their efforts after their comeback, after all, the difficulty of this action has increased so much more than before.
3. I heard that they are suffering from shoulder injuries, etc., how is the situation now?
Chen Qi: Tingting's current situation is fine.
Tang Jia: Wen Wen's shoulder injury did have some impact before the trip, but through the pre-match adjustment, the shoulder injury was OK. They are all this age, in fact, they have been struggling with old wounds and diseases.
4. What do you think is the most difficult thing they have encountered after their comeback?
Chen Qi: The difficulty of the action, the new set of actions is too difficult, at least 30% more than before.
Tang Jia: Age, physical fitness, movement difficulty... After more than a year of recovery and adjustment, the current physical condition is not bad. But at the beginning of that time, it was really difficult, after all, I was older, I had children again, and it took a lot of effort to recover my physical fitness. There is also the need to spend most of your time and energy on training every day, and you always feel very guilty about your children.
5. What do you do when they're too tired to do it?
Chen Qi: With the child to accompany her, she is not tired as soon as she sees Doudou.
Tang Jia: Let her daughter be with her, as long as her daughter is around, she will not feel tired.
6. When you come back, how are you going to celebrate?
Chen Qi: Preparing for a family trip.
Tang Jia: Definitely eat a hot pot first, so that they can get over their mouths. Then adjust to take a break, or get ready to take your family out on a vacation and relax.
Chengdu Business Daily special reporter Zhou Yueting intern reporter Zhang Han
Edited by Jiang Yaling