Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition
On August 2, Chinese girl Li Wenwen won the championship in the final of the women's weightlifting women's 87 kg and above. The picture shows Li Wenwen celebrating "than heart". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei
On August 5, in the final of the women's 10m platform diving event at the Tokyo Olympics, China's Quan Hongchan won the championship. The picture shows All Red Chan in the game. Photographed by Wang Xiaguang, a reporter of this newspaper
On August 5, in the women's team final of table tennis at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team to win the championship. The picture shows Sun Yingsha, a Player from the Chinese Team, during the match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei
On August 3, China's Guan Chenchen won the championship in the women's balance beam final of gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The picture shows Guan Chenchen in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lan Hongguang
Chinese player Yang Shuyu (right) layups in the semifinals of the women's three-man basketball group at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lan Hongguang
Although the Tokyo Olympics have been closed for more than ten days, the isolated life and fighting stories of Olympic athletes still touch people's hearts. At this Olympic Games, many energetic young faces shine in the spotlight of world sports, and many unfamiliar names become familiar because of the highlight moments on the field - they are "post-00s" athletes.
At the Tokyo Olympics, more than 50 Chinese "post-00s" rising stars appeared in various sports, and 12 people hung shiny gold medals on their chests. In the game, they are not afraid of challenges, dare to fight, and show the fearsome strength of the future generation; off the field, they can be soft and gentle, showing personality, depicting the appearance of youth.
Work hard and sweat
Small size, short, crisp hair, a crooked smile – as the youngest player on the Chinese delegation, 14-year-old Quan Hongchan created a surprise on the 10-meter jumping platform. Three jumps full marks, water splash disappears... People remember Quan Hongchan's perfect performance on the jumping stage, and they are also touched by her frankness.
Although it is known as the "debut is the peak", Quan Hong chan is by no means a casual success. From Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, she began to practice diving at the age of 7 and entered the Guangdong Provincial Team at the age of 11, behind the "pressurized water" stunt, it is several years of hard training. He Weiyi, coach of the Guangdong diving team, once commented on Quan Hongchan that her training attitude is the most engaged among athletes of the same age, jumping more than 400 times a day on land and water.
Quan Hongchan said that she was not a genius. As "post-00s" athletes, Quan Hong Chan has better training conditions than their predecessors, but the hard-working spirit of young athletes is even worse.
In the Chinese diving team headed by the little devil, there are still many emerging "post-00s". Chen Yaoxi, who won a gold and a silver medal at the Olympic Games, is only less than two years older than Quan Hongchan. She was a blockbuster at the 2019 World Championships, but in the process of preparing for the Olympic Games, she encountered "growing pains".
"When I first arrived at the national team in 2018, I was the shortest and smallest in the women's platform event, but now I am the 'biggest'." Chen Taoxi said that after growing a body, higher requirements have been put forward for the intensity of training, and injuries to the wrists and ankles have also brought great challenges to training. Behind the medals, there is sweat spilled on the jumping platform.
The Chinese women's basketball team is the best team in the three major ball events - the debut three-person basketball won a bronze medal, and the five-a-side basketball team won all the qualifiers, regrettably stopping in the quarterfinals. Among the two teams, the "post-00s" players performed well.
Among the three-person basketball team, Yang Shuyu, born in 2002, has received great attention because of his high appearance and good skills. Yang Shuyu said that he would not be too much in the public opinion of the unexpected world, and he wanted to play well and use his ball skills to attract more people to pay attention to three-person basketball.
Although the 21-year-old Li Yuan is the youngest player in the Chinese women's basketball team, she has won the trust of the manager with her outstanding organizational skills and passing vision, and has won many appearances in the Olympic arena.
"We're a young team, spelling the word." Li Yuan said that everyone's selfless dedication comes together to form the fighting spirit of the Chinese women's basketball team.
Confidence and frankness are a good example
There is a big heart on the field, and the last shot reverses the opponent; off the field is a "soft girl", fancy than the heart "circle powder" countless - "post-00s" sharpshooter Yang Qian shot two gold for the Chinese delegation at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The image of her hands on the podium with her hands raised above her head became one of the most impressive Olympic memories. In addition to shooting athletes and Olympic champions, Yang Qian's other identity is a student of Tsinghua University, enrolled through the recruitment of high-level athletes, and is currently enrolled in the school's School of Economics and Management.
Why can the young general "break the circle"? Hard power on the field of play is naturally fundamental. At the same time, as "internet natives", they are more familiar with the Internet, dare to open their arms, express emotions, show personality, are willing to share their lives, and know how to interact with fans, showing the confident, open, frank and affinity of Chinese athletes in the new era.
"Post-00s" weightlifter Li Wenwen won the gold medal with absolute strength in the competition. During the Olympic Games, photos of her sleeping on the floor in the Olympic Village aroused concern on the Internet, and many netizens sent her private messages to worry about her life and physical state. To this end, Li Wenwen specially explained and expressed her gratitude to netizens who cared about her after the game. She said that because she could not sleep in a soft bed, she would sleep on the ground every time she competed. In the post-match interview, the domineering female Lux on stage also had a playful and cute side, she said, "Fat Girl" also has a dream, to believe in herself.
Diver Zhang Jiaqi likes to collect dolls, Yang Qian loves to eat braised prawns made by her mother, Quan Hong Chan wants to eat spicy strips after winning the championship, table tennis young sun Yingsha is a "snack goods" in the Olympic village, gymnast Guan Chenchen makes a cute "kangaroo shaking" action on the balance beam... True and interesting, this is the general perception of Chinese athletes represented by the "post-00s". The details presented inside and outside the arena make the image of the athletes more real and three-dimensional, and also make more young people feel close, and have more desires to see the wise and think together.
Sincere openness, credibility and respectability
At the press conference after the final of the women's 10-meter platform at the Tokyo Olympics, Wu Liqun, a Chinese-Australian athlete who won the bronze medal, talked about his family who had just passed away and cried. After the press conference, Chen Yaoxi caught up with Wu Liqun, who was 13 years older than himself. Behind the baffle, the two men hugged each other tightly.
It's a heart-warming picture, and it's also a scene that makes people stand in awe of Chinese athletes. At the Tokyo Olympic Games, the younger generation of Chinese athletes demonstrated the Olympic spirit of friendship and unity on and off the field, creating a credible, lovely and respectable image of China.
There are many more stories like Chen Taoxi. In the gymnastics balance beam competition, Chinese and American players felt sorry for each other on the field - American teenager Suniza Lee excitedly cheered and applauded the actions of Chinese player Guan Chenchen. After the game, Guan Chenchen also warmly hugged the American star Byers. Another Young Chinese general, Tang Xijing, showed off his Winter Olympic badge in front of the camera to "promote" next year's Beijing Winter Olympics.
Sun Yingsha, who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, played a heavy role in this Olympic Games - in table tennis singles and team competitions, she played the role of Japanese teenager Ito Mimachi. The two confrontations between the two people, Sun Yingsha laughed to the end, and was even called "stop vine film" by fans.
Despite the fierce swords on the field, sun Yingsha always praised and was full of humility to the opponent of the same age. She said that every time she played against Ito Mimachi, she could gain a lot, "we can feel the desire for victory in each other", the reason why we can win the opponent twice is that we are more prepared in mentality and technical tactics, and enter the game faster than the opponent.
The self-confidence and broad vision created by the open environment, and the rich experience accumulated in the exchange of overseas participation and recruitment exchanges, have given young Chinese athletes a broader vision and made sports a bright Chinese business card.