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Qingdao, May 4 (Xinhua) -- "My face is frozen with laughter. Ningbo young general Yu Yiting rubbed her face hard as she spoke, but still uncontrollably raised the corners of her mouth and smiled in her eyes.
Yu Yiting, who is less than 16 years old, recently broke the women's 200-meter individual medley world youth record twice: she swam 2 minutes 09.88 seconds in the preliminary round on the evening of the 2nd, rewriting the world youth record of 2 minutes 09.98 seconds created by Japanese star Ikee Rihanako in 2017, and in the final of the 4th, she went further and raised the "benchmark" of the world youth record to 2 minutes 09.64 seconds, ranking sixth in this year's world rankings. On the 2nd, she also followed Zhang Yufei and won the silver medal in the 100m butterfly.
"The pre-match coach didn't say a lot of tactics in particular, and it made me go with the feeling. I didn't have any pressure, so I wanted to shoot again. After the game, the coach said, 'Swim well,' and I was so happy that I improved my grades again. "The little girl has a gold medal around her neck and is fiddling with the mascot in her hand.
Yu Yiting began swimming at the age of 8, was a class leader in elementary school, and practiced while learning and practicing "not feeling tired". In 2015, he entered the Zhejiang provincial team under the guidance of coach Wang Haibo. In the coach's view, the disciple has good physical fitness, strength, strong self-control, clear brain, and self-conscious and hard training, and is a "child who does not have to worry."
At the end of 2020, Yu Yiting followed Wang Haibo to the national team and strengthened her physical training, and currently swims about 7,000 meters per water class, landing classes three times a week. "Training in the national team is very systematic, and focusing on training, strength and physical fitness have improved a lot. The coach gave me a good foundation, my core strength is OK, and long-distance running is a short board. ”
Yu Yiting and Coach Wang Haibo (right)
However, the training intensity of the national team is also very large, from 6:50 a.m. to 9 p.m., eating, training, resting, massage occupy all the time, Yu Yiting's biggest wish is "just want to sleep."
In the national team, Yu Yiting gained a little sister named "Tingting" - Tang Qianting, a master of breaststroke, who has just swam the best result in the Chinese women's 100-meter breaststroke in nearly 11 years. "Her nickname is also Tingting, we have known each other when we were young, and after arriving at the national team, we are very happy with Xiao Tang every day, and I want to laugh when I see her."
Yu Yiting said that she was "outgoing, loves to talk and laugh, and is everyone's pistachio": "But I practice crying every day, and when I cry, I have to continue to swim, continue to top, and grit my teeth to swim." The coach said, 'Top, you don't top anyone, eat bitterly, and be a good person'. ”
Yu Yiting is currently 1 meter 73 tall and weighs 63 kilograms, which is a "pocket type" among swimmers. "I was tall when I was a kid, but now it doesn't seem to be long. My characteristic is that I have no characteristics and rely on my own efforts. Backstroke also needs to be strengthened. ”
Speaking of idols, Yu Yiting first recommended the world record holder, the Hungarian famous Hosu, and the role model Ye Shiwen around her. "Miss Xiaoye's mentality, including her efforts from the trough to the present, are worth learning from me, because an athlete will not always be at the peak, and I can understand her mood very well." She also often gave me advice, cheered me up, like the day before yesterday's preliminaries, I didn't think I could swim within 2 minutes and 10 seconds, she said 'you must be able to', and I really swam. ”
The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics for one year is a rare opportunity for young Yu Yiting. "I didn't think about going to the Olympics a year ago and the postponement gave me time to train," she said. My Olympic goal is to improve myself, to train at the level of my training, and to create good results. ”
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