Thrilling to achieve the 110-meter hurdles all-time championships, Xie Wenjun, who felt the challenge, still wanted to work hard

In 13.37 seconds, in the men's 110m hurdles final of the 14th Games held tonight, Xie Wenjun reached the top and won the championship. This is his personal three consecutive championships in the 110m hurdles of the National Games, and it also achieved Shanghai's eighth consecutive National Games championship in this event. After the game, Xie Wenjun breathed a long sigh of relief, "The stone in my heart was finally put down, and this honor (eight consecutive championships) was too heavy for me. While I often deliberately overlook it, it's not that simple. ”

The Three Consecutive National Games titles were impressive, but in tonight's race, Xie Wenjun, who ran his season's best, encountered severe challenges. After the starting gun, Ning Xiaohan, born in 2000, has been in the lead until the last few hurdles, Xie Wenjun achieved a rebound with strong back-end strength, and when he crossed the finish line, his lead was only 0.08 seconds. Sun Zhenjiang, the third runner-up born in 1999, also performed well, finishing in 13.51 seconds. It is worth mentioning that Ning Xiaohan and Sun Zhenjiang both refreshed their best results tonight.

"It's the toughest I've felt since I've been in the National Games. I was seriously injured before, and my state of mind at the Tokyo Olympics was very poor, and after I came back, I was isolated and my training was not systematic. This year was a big test for me, but fortunately I finally withstood the pressure. Xie Wenjun said that his starting and first half performance in the race was really bad, and his body was a little shaky, but he always believed that he could catch up. When it comes to the young challengers in the arena, Xie Wenjun gave a positive response, "I am actually very happy to see so many young runners running so well, which is a good thing for the Chinese hurdles. ”

In the National Games, Xie Wenjun completed three consecutive championships without any danger, but in another championship field, it was not so easy for him to defend his title again. "Next year's Asian Games will definitely be harder for me. As you all know, there have been a couple of Japanese players who have done very well recently, and that's the bigger challenge for me. The Japanese runners Xie Wenjun is talking about are Junsuke Izumiya and Daiwang Kanai, who have run 13.06 seconds and 13.16 seconds respectively this year.

"The recent results of those Japanese players are indeed very outstanding, but I think Xie Wenjun is not without opportunities." Coach Sun Haiping said in an interview with reporters that Xie Wenjun's first task is to improve his starting ability, "Everyone has seen that today his starting is still a bit of a problem, but xie Wenjun did play his best level in the second half." If you want to have a good result at the Asian Games, the problems in the first half of the journey must be solved as soon as possible. Hopefully, he will be able to adjust his performance to a level of 13.10 to 13.20 seconds. ”

From changing the seven-step hurdles to the eight-step hurdles due to injury before the Tokyo Olympics, to changing the eight-step back to seven-step before the National Games, such frequent technical adjustments have made Xie Wenjun quite tormented. Xie Wenjun said that he is recently studying some of the latest technologies in the seven-step upper column, and has already used some of them in the competition, "These technologies are definitely good, but I feel that I have not yet eaten these technologies thoroughly, and the combination with my own characteristics has not been the best, so the effect has not been fully displayed." Hopefully, I'll be able to get a boost through training next. For next year's Asian Games, we really have to step up our efforts. ”

Author: Chen Haixiang

Edit: Gu Miao

Image source: Xinhua News Agency