The National Games field came out of the trough Ye Shiwen still wanted to continue to swim

Although Ye Shiwen was runner-up in the women's 200m individual medley at the 14th Games, she had a high degree of attention. The 2:10:51 is far from her own Asian and national records, but for Ye Shiwen it was the beginning of a trough. After the game, Ye Shiwen said that she actually wanted to practice.

The London Olympics were a highlight for Ye Shiwen, who won two gold medals in the women's 200m individual medley and the 400m individual medley. Since then, Ye Shiwen's status has gradually declined, and the Rio Olympics failed to win the medal. Before the Tokyo Olympics, she failed to pass the selection and had to devote all her energy to the National Games. Preparations for the National Games were very arduous, and she was practiced crying almost every day during that time. "Sometimes I really feel that I can't stick to it, but Wang Shun gave me encouragement in time and gave me the motivation to persevere, he always said 'you can do it', so he kept sticking to it." Ye Shiwen said.

During the preparation period, Ye Shiwen appropriately increased the training of swimming special techniques according to his own situation, and from the perspective of the competition, the effect was still relatively obvious. In the women's 4×200m medley relay, in the case of the Zhejiang team lagging behind a lot, Ye Shiwen's swimming process in the breaststroke stick was surprising, Ye Shiwen quickly surpassed the leading Hubei athlete in the first 50 meters, this stick she was more than 8 seconds ahead of the second place when she touched the wall, directly laying the foundation for the Zhejiang team, such a performance vaguely reminds people of the last sprint in the 200-meter medley final of the Shanghai World Championships at the age of 15, which can only be described as "open and hanging". Ye Shiwen said: "In fact, there was only one goal at that time, that is, to compare the relay on the first day, and now it is a task, and the next may still hope to have a breakthrough in the 200-meter breaststroke, because the first day of segmentation did not master the rhythm too well." ”

Ye Shiwen said: "Although it is a pity that I did not participate in the Olympic Games, it also gave me time to precipitate, and I also thought about it a lot, and this period of training, competition, and life actually made me more mature and gained a lot of things." ”

Talking about the change of mentality after the London Olympic Games to the present, Ye Shiwen sighed a lot, "After the London Olympic Games, there is no way to accept that you won the second place or made mistakes, which is also a suggestion to young athletes, no matter what the game, we must calm our minds, and be brave to accept and face failure." ”

For the next step of the plan, Ye Shiwen hopes to complete her studies first. "Because a lot of the competitions have been suspended, I want to finish my studies first in the next stage." However, temporarily focusing on learning does not mean that Ye Shiwen has no Olympic dream. "I actually want to keep going." Ye Shiwen said, "First try to get on the Asian Games, and then plan other things." ”

Reporters Chen Sitong and Wang Can

Source: China Sports News