Volkswagen Newspaper · Dazhong Daily Client 2021-08-03 14:26:21
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In the final of the men's 1000m single kayaking for the still water kayaking at the Tokyo Olympics that ended on the morning of August 3, Weifang Zhang Dong finished 6th. It is reported that this is the first time that a Chinese athlete has reached the final of the Olympic Games in this project, making a historic breakthrough.
On the other side, in the west half of Xinzhai Street, Linqu County, Weifang City, his hometown, banners were hung with cheers. In the party member activity room of the party service station, Zhang Dong's family and villagers held up the national flag and sat around the TV shouting and cheering.
As Zhang Dong's enlightenment coach, Wang Zhenji said that when he went to the school in 2012 to select materials, he caught a glimpse of this good seedling at a glance, not only taller than others, but also particularly strong. Wang Zhenji said bluntly that Zhang Dong's ability to enter the final is already a historic breakthrough in China's project. The 80-year-old grandfather Zhang Kesheng is particularly proud, "The baby can bear hardships, go home for five years, stay for three days, and the children who come out of the zhuang family can bear hardships." ”
It is reported that Zhang Dong entered the Weifang City Kayak Team in June 2012 from the Linqu County Athletic Sports School, officially entered the Shandong Provincial Kayak Team in October 2014, is a member of the active national kayak team, the champion of the 13th National Games in 2017, the champion of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, the winner of the 2020 National Kayak Championships, and the world record of the men's marathon of the land rowing ski dynamometer in June 2020. On May 21, 2021, he won the men's kayak single 1000 meters championship at the Still Water Kayak World Cup and Tokyo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barnaul, Russia, and qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games Static Water Kayak Single 1000 Meters and Four 500 Meters.
(Reporting by Zhang Bei, client reporter of Dazhong Daily)
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