Tokyo, July 30 (China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily special correspondent Cixin) The Chinese swimming team passed on the good news this morning, and the 27-year-old Wang Shun, the eldest brother of the team, won the third gold medal of the Olympic Games for the Chinese swimming team in the men's 200-meter individual medley final. Wang Shun roared angrily at the sky after taking the lead in touching the wall, venting the excitement of a veteran who had finally realized his dream.
"It was 1.1 second faster than my original result, and today was a super level play, I feel very satisfied." In an interview after the game, Wang Shun was still in a state of excitement, and when he talked about the feeling of winning the Olympic gold medal, he deliberately lengthened his tone, "Wonderful." ”
In the current Chinese swimming team, 27-year-old Wang Shun is the oldest member of the team and one of the few veterans who has had three Olympic experiences. However, in the 12 years since entering the Chinese swimming team, Wang Shun has won many medals in the competition, but he has never become a world champion. Wang Shun also struggled with this problem, but later, he figured it out, he said, "Such a long time is a kind of tempering for me." God may have just destined you to win gold in the Olympics, but it made your previous results not too good. ”
Since winning the bronze medal for the first time at the World Championships in 2015, Wang Shunlian has won bronze at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, the 2016 Rio Olympics, the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, and the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, and has not even won a medal, only finishing sixth. He recalled that he also had times when he was discouraged, and he also lost his temper with the coach and said that he did not want to practice, but then he would control his negative emotions and re-devote himself to training.
Standing on the podium today, when the heavy gold medal was hanging around his neck, Wang Shun looked at it over and over again, "I want to take a closer look, what am I for?" It is because of it that I have persisted until now. Wang Shun said emotionally, "This gold medal is a recognition of my persistence for so many years." It weighed a lot more than I thought it would. You may only see that this is a gold medal, but for me, my life is included in it. ”
Last year, because of the epidemic, the sports team closed training for a long time, Wang Shun recalled that time, said that his mentality was also unbalanced, but fortunately, he adjusted it. Looking back now, Wang Shun feels that this year may be beneficial to himself, "Some athletes may have a mentality collapse in this year, but in this year, I don't think about anything, I just think that my goal is the Tokyo Olympics, focusing on my own training." 」 ”
Speaking of this, Wang Shun would like to thank the state for its protection of athletes, "Last year, because of the epidemic, under such a difficult circumstance, the state created conditions for us to train without any burden." Wang Shun said that athletes from not all countries can get such training conditions.
Wang Shun also wanted to thank his old coach, Zhu Zhigen, who is 64 years old, "I can always persevere, but also because I am infected by his professionalism." I know that Director Zhu has put a lot of pressure on me. ”
Before this trip to the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Shun received a letter from his mother, and his mother's thousand words actually had only one meaning, that is, he hoped that Wang Shun would go into battle lightly, and Wang Shun could understand his parents' hardships, "These two days, they didn't contact me at all, I know, they don't want to increase pressure on me." ”
For the men's 200m individual medley gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Shun was prepared, but he did not have the confidence to win. In today's competition, Wang Shun was in third place at the end of the third breaststroke, and the last freestyle was his strong point, he swam faster and faster, and finally surpassed Scott of The United Kingdom and won the championship as he wished. Wang Shun sighed, "Although it is late, it will always come." ”
Wang Shun said that he was not the one who would cry after winning the championship, but after the game, when teammate He Junyi excitedly said to him, "Brother Shun, when I saw you get the second place in the third 50 meters, I knew that the champion was yours", a seemingly bland sentence, but hit the deepest part of Wang Shun's heart, this sentence "The champion is yours" Represents the strength of the athletes, which comes from day after day of hard work and persistence when you want to give up again and again. He Junyi cried, and Wang Shun finally did not hold back, and the tears fell down.
Already the big brother in the team, can this gold medal be used as a sign of Wang Shungong's retirement? No, Wang Shun is still looking forward to, "2024, see you in Paris." ”
The pictures in the text are from the special photography: Kun Peng
Source: China Youth Daily client