In that decisive moment, she wrote a new chapter in the history of Chinese fencing.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, after passing all the way through the barrier and drawing with his opponent in the women's epee individual final, Sun Yiwen decisively attacked in the "decisive sword" stage and sealed his throat with a sword.
The first gold medal in the history of the Chinese women's epee individual Olympics shines on Sun Yiwen's chest.
The 15-year-old girl who picked up the sword has now become an elegant swordsman who has competed in countless world competitions, reached the top of various world championships and finally won the Olympic championship. Struggle, setbacks, pains, through ups and downs, in the end she accumulated thick hair, ushered in her own victory and glory.
With the sword as the bone and the dream as the horse, Sun Yiwen walked out of a path of swordsmanship that belonged to her.
On July 24, 2021, the scene of the women's epee individual final at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Opposite Sun Yiwen stood two-time Olympic gold medalist and world number one Anna Popescu.
It was a game that could not be respite, the two sides have been tightly matched, Sun Yiwen played proactively, once won the match point in the third leg, but was stubbornly equalized by the experienced Popescu, and after three rounds, the two sides drew 10:10.
It's time for the suffocating "duel" session – in the minute of extra time, the athlete who hits the first sword wins.
Between the electric light and flint, Sun Yiwen decisively took out his sword and hit!
At the moment of winning the championship, coach Yuge Oberley was ecstatic, rushed to the stage to carry Sun Yiwen all over the field, and instantly became a hot search screen for the social platform, and also became one of the impressive shots of this Olympic Games.
"What was I thinking at the time?" I am particularly happy that after so many years of hard work, I have finally ushered in this moment, and I am extremely proud to win glory for the motherland. ”
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However, the two years that preceded it were full of twists and turns and uncertainties.
In 2017, Sun Yiwen's state gradually rose, and in the important points cycle of preparing for the Olympic Games in 2019, she reached a new peak. In May, she won an individual gold medal at the ISA Epee Grand Prix cali, in July she won the Women's Epee Team Gold medal at the World Championships with her teammates, and a few months later she won the Individual Epee Championship at the Military Games.
Morale is like a rainbow, and the sword is pointed at Tokyo. For Sun Yiwen, who is in the year of fighting, she has made all the preparations.
However, the sudden outbreak of the epidemic interrupted all this, the Tokyo Olympics were postponed, and there were rumors of complete cancellation in the middle, and in the end, the competition was postponed for a whole year. "In fact, what we can be sure of is that it will definitely open, but we don't know the specific date, so we continue to practice, and then rely on self-regulation to suppress that excitement and pull the rhythm over little by little."
From a 15-year-old fencing girl to a 29-year-old Olympic champion, the sword in her hand has been with Sun Yiwen for 15 years, witnessing her glorious moments, and also recording the growth of youth, the pain of failure, and the strength of every setback again.
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In 2006, Sun Yiwen, who was still practicing long-distance running in the Athletics Team of Qixia Sports School, was selected to join the Yantai Fencing Team, and the coach valued her comprehensive physical quality and explosive power.
After 4 years of training, the Yantai fencing team made a big splash at the Shandong Provincial Games, winning 7 gold medals, Sun Yiwen was selected to join the provincial team, and entered the national team after 3 years, and soon came to prominence.
As an aristocratic sport that originated in Europe, fencing requires both physical fitness and excellent mind, and as a professional competitor, the psychological quality must also be good. Due to the long training cycle, this is a project with thick accumulation and thin hair, and it is not easy to select a good player after several conditions.
As a young player, Sun Yiwen soon ushered in a highlight moment. At the age of 21, she traveled with the team and won the team championship of the FIB Women's Epee World Cup Grand Prix; at the age of 23, she represented the Chinese team at the World Fencing Championships in Moscow, where she won the championship; at the age of 24, she won the individual bronze medal and team silver medal at the Rio Olympics.
After the Rio Olympics, the epee team made a relatively large adjustment, a group of veteran players retired, once won the gold medal in the Athens men's epee team, after coaching the French team won the championship many times Yuge Oberley as the Chinese fencing team male and female epee coach. The change of the tactical system requires more energy to adapt to the mature players who have formed their own technical and tactical styles. From stumbling running-in to the perfect integration of both sides, in a new Olympic cycle, Sun Yi culture cocoons into butterflies.
"From Rio to Tokyo, in the past five years, I have matured from my thoughts, experiences to swordsmanship."
In fact, according to the conventional selection criteria of fencing, Sun Yiwen is not "talented". In epee competitions, the whole body is a valid scoring part, so the offensive action range is large, requiring a certain height and arm span length. "In fact, my personal conditions can only be considered medium, one meter seven seven, and now young players can grow to one meter eight." Crucially, her arm span is about the same length as her height and is not dominant.
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Therefore, when Sun Yiwen was selected to enter the fencing team, the coach was still a little hesitant, but in the subsequent training, Sun Yiwen, who was willing to endure hardships, had a tough personality, a flexible mind, and a sense of responsibility, left a deep impression on everyone, including the coach. "Love to use the brain", "can bear hardships" and "have tenacity on the body" are the most common occurrences in the evaluations given to her by successive coaches, and with these, she has reached a height that many talented players have not reached.
"There's one thing very important about my personality – seriousness. If I win a game or lose a game, I will analyze and think, whether it is experience or lessons, these can push me forward. ”
Fencing originated in Europe. The sword, pinning on the ancient martial spirit, also represents the glory of the knight. In traditional Chinese culture, the sword is a combination of strong courage and elegance and romance.
Courageous and strategic, strong and soft, Sun Yiwen is using the sword as the bone, and has walked out of a path of her own.
Liang Jian, she is the invincible Olympic champion on the field; outside the sharp edge, she is the girl next door who can be salty and sweet.
"Everyone on the field is cool and sassy, and everyone laughs silly off the field", this is the official self-black from Sun Yiwen. "It's important to be able to burst instantly, but also to be calm at all times, and on the field, you have to switch between these two sides at any time." From the arena to life, Sun Yiwen is full of contrasts and cuteness.
Optimistic by nature, cheerful and lively, but often attracts attention because of "crying". She shed tears several times at this Tokyo Olympics – standing on the podium and crying tears for the glory of her country; anxiously crying because she couldn't do her best with a leg strain in the team competition; tears in a post-match interview about her father's condition...
Even in daily training, she would wet her eyes because she was really tired to the extreme: "Either because of grievances, there is no psychological factor, or purely because the training is too bitter, beyond the limit of the kind of tiredness, the whole person collapsed, just want to cry." 」 "An interesting detail is that after one training session, because of the fierce practice, her red, sweaty face could not be recognized by the face recognition function of the mobile phone.
So bitter, so tired, after a day of groping and rolling, Sun Yiwen is still a delicate girl who loves life, taking a bath and blowing her hair, she can instantly transform into a beauty sister.
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As the fencing team's skin care experts, friends and teammates in the heart of the "walking grass planter", Sun Yiwen's social platform, the first is training and competition, the second is beauty sharing.
Empty bottles, for the use of beauty products to do Before VS After photo comparison, in the skin care VLOG in front of the camera to demonstrate the maintenance steps, skillful techniques, patting the tiara, beauty bloggers of the routine operation Sun Wenwen is proficient. "I like to try and research, think of myself as a guinea pig, and then find a good use, I will sincerely recommend to many people around me, often I say this side, they have already clicked on the APP to place an order." 」
Not only beauty, Sun Yiwen's fashion skills are also rapidly full, at the end of 2019, harper's Bazaar's first interview with Sun Yiwen's photos have triggered a wave of small out of the circle, and returning from Tokyo, she has set off a fashion whirlwind, from the daily sports mix-and-match wind to the personality of the big-name design style, can be easily challenged, and no matter what kind of shape, there is a unique Sun Yiwen's upright confidence.
Not long ago, Forbes announced the 2021 U30 elite list, a number of young Olympic champions on the list, the most eye-catching of which are Sun Yiwen and Quan Hongchan, the hot search theme is "high appearance", one is "young age".
Many people were fanned by Sun Yiwen's old photos, dressed in black tracksuits, holding swords on their backs, with sharp eyes and sweet smiles, and a sense of strength.
With a height of 177cm, a straight and sword-like posture, with a "can fight" face and dazzling record, for the public, Sun Yiwen fully satisfies all the imaginations of fencing. And "ballet in combat" is also a concept she often mentions when popularizing fencing to the public, elegant movements contain full power, coupled with flexible tactics, no matter what you expect from a sport, fencing can meet these needs.
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"I want to tell more people what fencing is, and I want to make fencing more popular through everyone working together." In this way, she is the most heartwarming "grass girl" in fencing.
(For full text and graphic content, please see harper's Bazaar December issue)
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