In Tokyo 丨 Chinese kayak team head coach Meng Guanliang: the whole team 1 gold and 2 silver performance, praise three Zhejiang youngsters

Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News Special Correspondent Zong Qianqian sent from Tokyo

In the women's double rowing 500m event at the Tokyo Olympic Games that ended today, the Chinese duo Xu Shixiao / Sun Mengya won the championship with a time of 1:55.495, winning the 37th gold medal for China. After the race, Meng Guanliang, head coach of the Still Water Project of the Chinese Kayak Team and director of the Zhejiang Provincial Water Sports Management Center, was interviewed by the special correspondent of Tokyo.

Meng Guanliang is a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, the first gold medalist of the Chinese Kayak Olympics, and the only Chinese who has stood on the highest podium of the Olympic Games twice as a kayaker and a kayak coach on the highest podium of the Olympic Games.

Meng Guanliang said: "The performance of our Chinese kayak team in the Tokyo Olympic Games this time is in line with expectations, and now we have won a gold medal, two silver medals, and a sixth place, which has fully demonstrated the overall strength of the Chinese kayak team." But still a little regret, the double rowing boat, because of the influence of the wind, has a little regret about the performance of our results. ”

It is worth mentioning that in the Chinese kayak team of the Tokyo Olympic Games, there are three Zhejiang athletes, Li Dongkun, Wang Nan and Wang Congkang. Referring to the performance of the three young players, Meng Guanliang also gave affirmation: "I think the performance of the three young players is good. Li Dongkun and Wang Nan not only performed well in the double boat, but also won the sixth result in the four-person boat; another young player, Wang Congkang, participated in the project to reach the final, which is also the best result in the history of the Chinese kayak team in this project, and their performance let everyone see the strength of the Chinese kayak and this high kayak. ”

The Chinese kayaking team has deep ties with Zhejiang, and Qiandao Lake is the base of the National Aquatic Center. According to Meng Guanliang, the national kayak team spent most of its time training in Qiandao Lake, benefiting from the superior resources and conditions of Qiandao Lake. "In Qiandao Lake, no matter what the wind direction conditions, we can always find a piece of still water in the lake, which provides a good guarantee for our usual training." In addition, the scenery of Qiandao Lake is good, and athletes also like to come here, and their mentality is maintained well. ”

In Meng Guanliang's view, the strength and thickness of Zhejiang canoeing are all in the country, but from the olympic level, Zhejiang lacks top-strength athletes, "this is also the direction of our future Zhejiang kayaking, rowing and other water sports, while reserving reserve strength, strengthening the training of top athletes." ”

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