The Paper's reporter Chen Jun
Li Fabin in the game.
Li Fabin, born in 1993, is participating in the Olympic Games for the first time this year.
28 years old, it is already a big age for weightlifting, and the quadrennial competition is even more precious and stressful in the sports career. Before the game, Li Fabin said: "Standing on the Olympic field, we must fight with all our strength. ”
On the afternoon of the 25th, in the men's 61 kg Olympic weightlifting field, Li Fabin won the gold as he wished! This is also the fifth gold medal of the Chinese delegation at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Let go of eating, let go of practice
The National Games, Asian Championships, and World Championship champions have all been recorded, and the champions that Li Fabin has not won for a long time are actually left with the Olympic Games.
This time, Li Fabin was determined to win, "My self-confidence is still very strong, and I believe that I will be able to do it." I also like pressure, and it takes pressure to have better motivation. ”
Li Fabin's confidence is based on strong strength, especially after the adjustment of the level of the International Weightlifting Federation in 2018, he was upgraded from 56 kg to 61 kg, and Li Fabin, who had difficulty controlling weight in the past, breathed a sigh of relief.
"With a new level and a few kilograms of room to gain weight, it is both an opportunity and a challenge. The subsequent gain of 0.1 kg of weight must be translated into training ability, which can be achieved with the help of the national team's current scientific training methods and concepts. ”
Not having to control weight brings Li Fabin not only the improvement of competitive ability, but also the psychological strength, "In the 56 kg class, the weight reduction is relatively soft, the level of competition is not as good as others, and self-confidence will be lacking." After changing the level, self-confidence and other aspects have improved a lot. ”
Sure enough, after adjusting to the 61 kg class, Li Fabin not only locked in the gold medal many times, but also broke the world record continuously.
In 2019, in the 2019 Weightlifting World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, Li Fabin won three championships with a snatch of 145 kg, a deadlift of 173 kg and a total of 318 kg, and broke two world records for total and grab, and the total result of 318 kg also set a new world record set by Indonesia's Irawan last year. "At that time, I lost to Irawan because I had just adjusted the class, and it was a level of promotion from 56 kg to 61 kg, which was a relatively short time. After a year of improvement, this year won back and was more confident of defeating him at the Olympics. ”
In Li Fabin's description: "I rose from the 56 kg class, and Irawan fell from the 62 kg class. My training level in the 56 kg class is not much different from his performance in the 62 kg class. ”
"What I want to do is to let go of eating and practicing, the level will naturally increase, my own ability is enough, and it is inevitable to defeat him."
Li Fabin's head coach Shao Guoqiang expressed the same view, and improving strength is the theme of preparation.
"In terms of the goal of preparing for the Olympics, Li Fabin has to go further. I feel sorry that the last leg of the World Championships did not get up, our inner goal is to achieve a total of 320 kg. Preparing for Tokyo must be of high standards and strict requirements. ”
"To die is to die on the weightlift"
Although the Tokyo Olympics were postponed for a year due to the impact of the epidemic, Li Fabin still maintained his outstanding state.
At the National Men's Weightlifting Championships held on October 22, 2020, As the first member of the national men's weightlifting team, Li Fabin performed quite brilliantly.
The deadlift of 175 kg surpassed the world record of 174 kg of deadlift held by Indonesia's Irawan, and the total score of 318 kg also equaled the world record of his own total achievement, but after the game, Li Fabin only gave himself a passing score.
What is the reason for this? A reporter asked Li Fabin, "How many of the best lifting achievements are in training?" Can you say that? Li Fabin responded: "180 kilograms, this is no secret."
As it turned out, in the team test, Li Fabin had lifted 180 kilograms, and he had lifted such a weight more than once in the summer training.
On April 18, 2021, at the Asian Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Li Fabin easily won three gold medals with another 142 kg in snatch, 170 kg in deadlift, and a total of 312 kg.
For the weightlifting veteran and Olympic rookie, only the final challenge of the Tokyo Olympics remains.
Coach Shao Guoqiang analyzed before the game that Li Fabin's ability has reached his best state, especially in terms of strength, "Our game success rate is higher than Irawan, the age is younger than him, and we are confident of winning him in the Olympic arena." ”
Compared with the coach's rational analysis, Li Fabin's words are more moving, "Training with Shao Dao, I think the improvement of the ideological level is more, Shao Dao teaches us to 'win glory for the country, do our best for the country', there is a saying called 'death will also die on the weightlift', I could not understand before, now I understand." ”
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