This National Games is Su Bingtian's last National Games. Image source of this edition: @People's Vision
Quan Yun · Characters
Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Bai Zhibiao
The 14th National Games is coming to an end, and every National Games is full of veterans, who are still insisting on competing for the sake of ideals and for the sports they love, and this National Games is likely to become a farewell performance for some of the veterans.
Leaving the arena is only a phase
Recently, the 14th Games women's 20 km race came to an end in the misty drizzle, the Guangdong team race walking star Liu Hong, who participated in the National Games for the fourth time, ranked 4th, the result was 1 hour 29 minutes and 59 seconds, Yang Jiayu of the Inner Mongolia team successfully defended the title with 1 hour 27 minutes and 14 seconds, The Qinghai team's Qiyang Shi sister won the second place, and the third place belonged to the host Yang Liujing.
After the National Games, veteran Liu Hong plans to leave the arena again. "This is my 4th National Games and the last game of the stage, which I cherish. If the Olympics hadn't been postponed for a year, it's hard to say whether I would have stuck with it until now. After the game, although she had no chance with the medal, Liu Hong was not unhappy, in fact, she was smiling throughout the competition, "I really enjoyed the game, and the audience cheered for me and was very moved." In my last game, I also want to show everyone my best form and try my best to compare good. As for the "stage of the last game", Liu Hong explained, "From the perspective of their own goals, there is no motivation to practice further." ”
The National Games are full of new momentum
Liu Hong is not the first athlete to make a farewell statement at the National Games, Su Bingtian also admitted after winning his first National Games 100 meters championship, 32 years old he will be 36 years old in four years, so this is also his last time to participate in the National Games, but it does not mean that he does not participate in other competitions. 9.95 seconds, in the Mid-Autumn Festival, finally stood on the national championship podium; 9.83 seconds, the Tokyo Olympic Games set a new Asian record, standing on the Olympic 100-meter final; 10 career runs into less than 10 seconds... This year, Su Bingtian used his achievements to make his career more complete.
Earlier, after helping Hebei win the men's air pistol team championship, Pang Wei, the beijing Olympic men's air pistol champion and the Tokyo Olympic air pistol mixed team champion, also announced that the 14th Games was also the last national games for individuals, after which he would choose to retire. This National Games, which is also the fourth time Pang Wei has stood on the National Games, after experiencing the downturn of the London Olympic Games and the Rio Olympic Games, the veteran has regained new momentum at this year's Tokyo Olympic Games, and has won the bronze medal of men's air pistol and the gold medal of mixed team.
"People must have dreams, in case they come true!" After winning the Tokyo Olympics, Gong Lijiao's famous saying instantly became popular. From 2008 to 2021, Gong Lijiao said that his persistence has finally paid off. Born in 1989, she is also 32 years old this year, and it is no accident that the Fourteenth Games is also her last National Games, but her pursuit of her dreams will not stop: "My grand slam dream has come true, but the dream of achievement has not yet been realized, this goal is to break through 21 meters!" I take 21 as my lucky number, and my mobile phone tail number is 212121, so I hope to break through 21 meters as soon as possible and give myself a satisfactory explanation. ”
Coincidentally, the Fourteenth Games is also Fu Yuanhui's last time to participate in the National Games, and she is actually only 25 years old this year when she became popular with the "Power of the Flood" in 2016, but it is already the fourth time to participate in the National Games. In an interview, Fu Yuanhui said that she was "too old" and "felt older." "I'm already competing with athletes in the small round, and there's no power of flooding," she said, which may be her last National Games, but will try to prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Compared with Fu Yuanhui, the "Five Dynasties Elder" Liu Shiwen's seniority is deeper, from the Tokyo Olympic Games to the Shaanxi National Games, Liu Shiwen faced more bitterness in the year of his establishment, although he had a high popularity, but regrettably did not qualify for the Olympic women's singles champion and the National Games women's singles champion, but unfortunately the ambition was not rewarded but it was time to say goodbye. After the Tokyo Olympics, Liu Shiwen said that this was the last Olympic Games she participated in, and in fact the National Games were the same for her.
The 14th Games was the first time that the National Games were held in western China, thus opening a new chapter in the sports industry in western China. And this National Games is the performance stage of the new generation of Chinese sports born around 2000, when Lu Jiawen, Ge Manqi, Yan Haibin, Wang Zongyuan, Yang Qian, Wang Zhilin, Tang Muhan, Quan Hongchan and other "post-00s" players climbed to the championship podium, those veterans who are still fighting on the field are worth cherishing, after all, they face age in addition to their opponents, and the latter is even the strongest opponent of these veterans.