Nandu News Reporter Wang Yayun The day after the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games on the 23rd, the Chinese fencing team will usher in the first competition day, in which the men's sabre competition will be carried out on the evening of the 24th Beijing time, Xu Yingming, a Panyu boy from Guangzhou Sports Vocational and Technical College (Weilun Sports School), will usher in his Olympic debut as the captain of the male Pei, and another female swordsman, Guo Yiqi, also qualified for the women's team competition.
The reporter recently met Zhang Fan, the coach of the Sword Team of Weilun Sports School, in the fencing hall, and he also told reporters that he had been in contact with Xu Yingming and Guo Yiqi during this time. For Xu Yingming's first game, Coach Zhang still gave confidence, "I feel that his desire seems to come out, and this game is going to play." Coach Zhang said.
"Xu Yingming shuai?" But he's really confident..."
In fact, the 29-year-old Xu Yingming has long been a famous player in the Chinese fencing team, and this time he also competed in the Tokyo Olympics as the number one individual sabre in the Asia-Pacific region. At the age of 10, he began to learn fencing and soon grew into a major general in the Chinese fencing team. It is worth mentioning that at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, Xu Yingming's handsome appearance and slender figure made others soar in popularity, and was once praised by fans as the "most handsome male athlete" at that Asian Games.
Xu Yingming, the captain of the Chinese Sabre Men's Team, is a handsome young man from Panyu, Guangzhou. (Source: Xu Yingming's personal Weibo)
However, speaking of Xu Yingming's "handsomeness", Coach Zhang Fan laughed that he may have grown up with him since he was a child, and did not get this. "I remember that when he first came, he was relatively small, his height was not the highest, probably not the best in the group of students from the physical condition, and he was also a late bloomer, and it was after he arrived in The First Group that his advantage was slowly reflected." Coach Zhang recalled, "But he has a very bold personality, very outward, very publicity, so he is very confident in himself." In fact, according to the way we have been in contact for so long, we grew up together, and we didn't feel particularly handsome, because we were all team members. ”
In fact, from a professional point of view, self-confidence and publicity are the characters that sabre fencers need to have, which Xu Yingming is very much in line with the "human design" of sabre swordsmen. Coach Zhang recalled the story of Xu Yingming who participated in provincial competitions one year ago and was determined to win the championship. "I remember that after Xu Yingming came in, his results were not the best, maybe the team was also ranked second or third, in Guangzhou, in the province about the top three levels.
But he once made a very deep impression on me. At that year's provincial championship, he said that I would definitely win the individual championship in this competition. I said no way, you still have xxx, xxx, if you can win them and win the championship, I will reward you when you come back.
Who knew that the best player under me lost when he was in the top two and didn't make it to the final. And Xu Yingming finally entered the championship game, the final seems to be a player in Zhongshan, the fight is very fierce, and finally he decided to win or lose with a sword, and really won the championship. So I thought his belief was very strong, and his belief in winning the championship was stronger than that of other players. ”
"I hope Guo Yiqi is more domineering"
In fact, in addition to Xu Yingming, the Weilun Sabre Team also has a female swordsman Guo Yiqi who will also appear in the Olympic Arena this time, she won the P card of the women's team competition, and is expected to appear in the women's team competition on the 31st. And this post-90s female swordsman from Nansha, Guangzhou, can make Coach Zhang even more pleased, because from the beginning of Guo Yiqi's entry into Weilun Sports School, Zhang Fan is his coach, participating in and witnessing her entire growth.
"At that time, I was also a coach not long ago, I became a coach in 2005, and she joined the team in 2006." Coach Zhang said, "In fact, at the beginning, I was not optimistic about her, because we had to be a more generous and lively player in the sabre, but she belonged to the kind of player who didn't make much noise, so at first I thought her development might not be very good." ”
However, after a period of intensive training, Coach Zhang found that the little girl's physical fitness and predicted height exceeded that of the same class of students and reached the standard of the Weilun fencing team, so he let her live in the school with the mentality of trying it out and began the collective life in the sports school. "Maybe she hasn't lived a group life before, but after moving in and integrating into the group, there have been great changes in all aspects of her personality." Coach Zhang said, "In addition, her basic skills have also improved very quickly, the sense of distance is also very good, after a period of training, the whole personality is also changing, that is, according to my train of thought, according to the direction of the sabre athletes in development." Half a year later, it was at the leading level in the province. ”
Xinhua News Agency photo, Wuhan, October 23, 2019 (Military Games) (4) Fencing - The Chinese team won the second place in the women's sabre team. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li He
And this time Guo Yiqi can win the opportunity to go to the Olympics, coach Zhang Fan also hopes that she cherishes it and strives to improve herself. "She is not like Xu Yingming in the national team, Xu Yingming has always been the best in the national team. But Guo Yiqi may always be medium in the national team," Coach Zhang said, "but this time she can participate in the team, although there is no chance to participate in the individual competition, but considering that her level is not the most aggressive group of people in the national team, so she can participate in the Olympic Games, and it really depends on her efforts during this time." ”
"Guangzhou fencing is promising"
It is worth mentioning that 2 of the 3 Guangdong fencers who went to the Olympics this time were trained by the Guangzhou Sports Vocational and Technical College, which also reflects the good development atmosphere of fencing in Guangzhou.
"It is true that a large part of our provincial team is a member of the Guangzhou Municipal Team, and many of them can get results, because Guangzhou's fencing has always been an advantageous event in Guangdong Province, and the first place in the Provincial Games and the Provincial Championship is basically Guangzhou." Zhang Fan pointed out, "And the clubs are running very well now, we run some open social competitions, basically one or two thousand people will sign up to participate, and there are too many large and small sword halls."
For our coaches, it is actually a good thing, and there is a chance to choose better seedlings. In the past, we basically selected materials from the district team, but now slowly, we can discover a lot of good seedlings in the society. They are training while taking classes, and they have less time, but his talent is there, so we can discover some athletes, let these athletes have better improvement, can better participate in competitions, and reserve talents for Guangzhou fencing. ”