On September 3, in the semi-finals of the men's 100m freestyle at the 2017 Tianjin National Games Swimming Competition, Ning Zetao, who ranked second in the preliminaries, showed a good state, ranking first in the group with a time of 48.11 seconds and successfully advancing to the final. Then he met Sun Yang, the captain of the Chinese swimming team who won the third gold of the 4X200 National Games, who took the initiative to greet him, and the two sides also high-fived each other to encourage each other. From a certain side, it reflects that the two are not as hostile as between their fans.
Sun Yang took the initiative to extend his hand
The 100m was divided into two groups from the semi-finals, and Ning Zetao played in the fourth lane of the first group. After entering the water, Ning Zetao accelerated his swim, leading more than half of the body in the first half, with a time of 22.85 seconds in 50 meters, and the advantage reached 0.96 seconds. After turning around, Ning Zetao continued to extend the lead and won the first place in the group with a time of 48.11 seconds. This result can be tied for 5th place in the final at the World Championships in Budapest. After jumping out of the pool, Ning Zetao bowed to the enthusiastic fans on the spot like the preliminaries to thank him.
After the game, Ning Zetao walked out of the pool and came to the mixed interview area, but still did not accept an interview like in the preliminaries. Coming to the rest area, Ning Zetao quickly came to the Australian foreign teacher Brown. Seeing Ning Zetao, Brown immediately gave a smile, and after talking to Ning Zetao, the latter shook his head slightly. Like after the preliminaries, they quickly summed up Ning Zetao's performance in the game.
The two famous generals will communicate with foreign teachers
After summarizing, Ning Zetao was ready to go to the relaxation pool, just met Sun Yang and his foreign teacher Dennis is also together, in fact, from a video, it is obvious that Sun Yang saw Ning Zetao first, so he said hello to Dennis and rushed to Ning Zetao's side, and took the initiative to extend his hand, Ning Zetao seemed to be a little surprised, but still slapped Sun Yang. The two didn't even make any verbal communication, and then they hurriedly separated.
As the former two flag figures of the Chinese Swimming Corps, the relationship between the two is somewhat delicate, after all, the upward trend of Ning Zetao in the previous two years is very obvious, and even the first brother Sun Yang is eclipsed in front of him. However, last year, Ning Zetao and the swimming center were like strangers, expelled from the national team, and embarked on a single road. Instead, Sun Yang became the leader of the Rio Olympics and the number one star of the National Games.
Hurry away
Although Sun Yang and Ning Zetao's fans have always been hostile to each other and look down on each other, at least from the public occasion, the two have never shown a disagreement, and Ning Zetao has always called Sun Yang "Brother Yang", and Sun Yang took the initiative to show kindness this time, which is also the friendship of the captain for his former national team teammates. As two chinese swimmers, there is really no need to create unnecessary contradictions.
Ning Zetao and Mentor Ye Jin
Subsequently, Ning Zetao came to the relaxation pool and saw Ye Jin, who had previously been in the national team and the Navy. Ye Jin smiled and praised Ning Zetao's performance in the semifinals of the 100: "Good swim. ”
During the conversation between the two, Ning Zetao pinched his lips with his hands like a big boy and listened carefully to his mentor's words. Ye Jin smiled and said, "There is a little bit in the back." Ning Zetao nodded, "Well, I've collected a little." ”
Ye Jin said, "Tomorrow I will enter, it will be up to you." Ning Zetao smiled cheerfully at Ye Jin, turned away, and prepared to enter the pool to relax.
Ning Zetao smiled
Ye Jin was Ning Zetao's instructor in charge and had taken him all the way from the time he was in the naval army. But after the sponsor storm last year, the relationship between the two was somewhat delicate, and at the beginning of last year, the swimming center had a conflict with Ning Zetao, and It was difficult for Ye Jin to be a person in the middle, "I am very embarrassed, the leader has the requirements of the leader." I am the coach of the national team and the coach of the naval army. What should I do when the country has requirements for an athlete? Should we listen to the athletes, or should we listen to the country? ”
When the swimming center punished Ning Zetao, Ye Jin was forced to choose the hardest. She chose to stand with Ning Zetao, offending the leader and risking losing the iron rice bowl; if she chose the so-called supremacy of national interests, she could only obey the arrangement and let Ning Zetao bear the torment alone. In the end, she chose to let go of Ning Zetao, who she had brought from childhood.
However, when Ning Zetao appeared in the Olympic roster on July 18, it was Ye Jin who went into the pool to accompany Ning Zetao. Ning Zetao did not qualify for the 100 self-finals at the Rio Olympic Games, but Ye Jin was very satisfied, and he adjusted his state for a short time to swim out of this result, relying on strength, "otherwise the results will be worse, and the foreign phase will be even uglier." ”
Ning Zetao and Ye Jin
Nowadays, Ning Zetao's coach has been replaced by a foreign teacher Brown, but he has not forgotten Ye Lian's mentorship, nor has he put the other party's choice in his most difficult time, and he has been a teacher for life as a mother for a day, which also makes people feel very warm.
I also hope that Ning Zetao can find his state and return to the national team as soon as possible!