"Huai'an mermaid" Liang Xinyi won glory for the country

Mom shouted: Come back and eat lobster!

On August 7, the Chinese synchronized swimming team of Huai'an girl Liang Xinyu (first from right) competed. Xinhua News Agency

"Great, our Huai'an girl is awesome!" At 7 o'clock in the evening of August 7, the conference room of Huai'an Sports and Sports School was brightly lit and full. Under the joint witness of Liang Xinyu's family, leaders of the Municipal Sports Bureau, and representatives of teachers and students of Huai'an Sports School, the Chinese flower tour team, including Huai'an athlete Liang Xinyu, won the silver medal in the synchronized swimming team event of the Tokyo Olympic Games with a total score of 193.5310 points. This is also the second consecutive time that Liang Xinyu has won the silver medal in the Olympic Games, which not only won the honor for China, but also added color to Jiangsu and Huai'an.

■ Rong media reporter Chu Jun correspondent Xu Jin

"Mermaid" wins glory for the country

Mom: It's not easy, I want to reward my daughter with lobster

It is understood that the Olympic Flower Tour team event is divided into two competitions, technical self-selection and free self-selection, and the sum of the results of the two competitions of each participating team is its final result. The Olympic Games Flower Tour Team Technical Self-Selection Competition was held on the evening of August 6, and the Chinese team's performance of "Chasing Dreams" scored 96.2310 points, ranking second after the Russian Olympic team (97.2979 points), which is known as the "Flower Tour Ceiling". In the group free self-selection competition held on the evening of August 7, the theme of the performance chosen by the finale of the Chinese Flower Tour team was "Hero of the Towel" - this set of actions was choreographed by the Chinese Flower Tour team in early 2019, and the theme music was taken from the TV series "Mu Guiying's Great Breaking Heaven's Gate Array", using the pipa as the main instrument, which is very Chinese characteristics. The performance of Liang Xinyu and his teammates in the water is also remarkable, and the difficulty, strength and speed run through the whole process, showing a strong sense of beauty and expression. In the end, the Chinese flower tour team scored 97.3000 points, with a total score of 193.5310 points, and won a valuable silver medal with a slight disadvantage of 2.5669 points behind the Russian Olympic team.

When the final results appeared on the big screen, the originally quiet sports school conference room instantly boiled up, and everyone waved the national flag in their hands and cheered happily. Liang Xinyu's parents also finally relaxed their tense hearts, waving and clapping at their daughters on TV, and Liang Mama Wang Yajie also sent a congratulatory text message to her daughter at the first time: "Congratulations, daughter you are awesome!" "It's very exciting, it's not easy." As soon as she talked about her daughter, Wang Yajie's eyes instantly turned red. She said that due to the practice of sports, Liang Xinyu has been more sensible and self-reliant than children of the same age since she was a child, and every time she contacts her family, she has always been "reporting good news but not worry.". "Although the child does not say it, I understand her hardships and difficulties, so I will encourage her every time I call or text her." Wang Yajie said that Liang Xinfeng has only spent the Spring Festival with her family three times in the past 20 years, even if she goes home to rest, she is like in the sports team, insisting on getting up early to train every day, strictly controlling diet and weight, and not daring to relax at all. This also made Wang Yajie see in her eyes and hurt in her heart. "After participating in the Olympic Games this time, Liang Xinfeng will soon return to China to quarantine for 21 days, and then she will represent Jiangsu in the National Games, which is still very tense and hard." Wang Yajie told reporters that at present, Liang Xinyu can only have time to rest until the end of the National Games, "So many years she has accumulated a lot of injuries, this time I want to give her a good maintenance, let her eat more good." I'm going to cook a few meals of lobster for my girlfriend, and I'm going to pick the biggest one. Wang Yajie said with a smile.

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All along, Liang Xinyu has been the "brightest star" in the heart of Tang Liyang, the coach of the Huai'an swimming team. Although 21 years have passed, Tang Liyang still remembers the situation when he first met Liang Xinyu - when he was invited to do swimming training at the Seongnam Stadium, and happened to meet Liang Xinyu who came to learn to swim. The experienced Tang Liyang fell in love with this 6-year-old child at a glance. "Liang Xinyu's legs are long and tall, especially his inner temperament, which is obviously different from other children, and he is a good seedling who practices swimming at first glance." Tang Liyang, who had obtained the most precious treasure, contacted Liang Xinyu's parents for the first time, and later after many visits to the door to do work, he finally dispelled their ideological concerns and absorbed Liang Xinyu into the swimming team.

After receiving professional training, Liang Xinyu really showed outstanding athletic talent, and in just two years she practiced freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and so on. What is even more valuable is that despite her age, Liang Xinyu has a strong spirit of hard work, "At that time, after every day's training, she would take the initiative to ask for additional training, until finally she was alone in the pool." It's rare for a child. Tang Liyang said that good seedlings should go to a broader platform.

Later, Tang Liyang managed to transport Liang Xinyu to the provincial team to practice synchronized swimming, and the flower swimming career of the "Huai'an Mermaid" began - at the age of 12, Liang Xinyu was selected for the Jiangsu Provincial Synchronized Swimming Team, under the tutelage of the famous coach Wang Fang. In 2012, Liang Xinfeng won the gold medal at the World Synchronized Swimming Open in Bonn, Germany. In 2013, at the age of 19, she was selected for the new national team. In 2014, Liang Xinyu and her teammates won the championship in the Collective Long Distance Competition of the World Cup of the German Synchronized Swimming Open, and in October of the same year, they won the two championships of the FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup Team Technical Self-Selection and The Team Free Selection Championship. In 2016, she accompanied the national team to the Rio Olympics and won a silver medal in the flower tour team. In 2017, Liang Xinyu and his teammates won the final of the 17th FINA Swimming World Championships synchronized swimming free combination. In 2018, at the 18th Asian Games, she and her teammates won the 100th gold medal for the Chinese delegation. In 2019, Liang Xinyu and her teammates won two silver medals in the World Swimming Championships team technical self-selection and team free selection...

Now, looking at the beloved disciple standing on the podium, Tang Liyang was very excited. "As grassroots coaches, we actually shoulder the mission of discovering, cultivating and transporting high-level athletes for the country." Tang Liyang said.