Before the Tokyo Olympics, Dong Dong, who had played in three Olympic Games before, said he was looking forward to ending his career with an Olympic gold medal. On the 31st, in the men's individual final of the Tokyo Olympic Trampoline, Dong Dong won the second place with 61.235 points, although he failed to stand on the highest podium, he "jumped out of the best self" in the final jump. It may be a pity in the eyes of the outside world that he may not be able to draw a perfect end to his career for so many years with a gold medal, but for Dong Dong, it is actually enough to be able to present his own game with such a performance and show himself in the competition.
In fact, before the Tokyo Olympics, people analyzed that the most likely to win the championship was Dong Dong's teammate Gao Lei. Gao Lei is a great athlete who has emerged in this Olympic cycle, and he has won the World Championship four times in a row, which is an unprecedented thing. Gao Lei, the Chinese trampoline team, is the most difficult, and he has the reputation of the king of difficulty. The pre-Olympic trials were also the first to be shortlisted. Although Dong Dong's fame and experience are far more than Gao Lei's, in terms of competitive ability and state, he is not the best one.
"In fact, there are many opponents in the trampoline project, the level of masters is very high, for me, in fact, the biggest opponent comes from myself, and the trampoline is still a project that compares itself with myself." Dong Dong described his state of mind this way before the game.
Dong Dong can have such a state of mind, and his experience has a relationship: Dong Dong from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to emerge, although only third, but his Olympic debut has been wonderful enough, people look forward to; four years of London, is the peak of Dong Dong's trampoline career, that time period he is the best, he also put himself on the highest podium in the Olympic arena, the gold medal crowning makes Dong Dong undoubtedly become a brother and leader of the Chinese men's trampoline. After winning the Olympic championship, Dong Dong did not retreat in a hurry, but continued to move forward, he stood in the Rio arena four years later, but unfortunately, he failed to defend his title and finally won the runner-up. "I have all the Olympic medals, and I'm content." Dong Dong said so at the time.
But in fact, in Dong Dong's heart, he still has some reluctance, and he still wants to fight again in the later stage of his sports career. But there is a five-year time gap between Rio and Tokyo, "it's hard for me because I'm no longer young and I need to adjust my form more to face the race, which is a whole new challenge for me." "He said it." But I still want to fight a little harder and end my career with a championship. ”
In the final in Tokyo, Gao Lei unexpectedly stopped the qualifying round, which left Dong Dong alone. But he was confident enough, steady enough, and the trampoline movement was completed in one go, landing steadily, like a nail to the ground. Dong Dong ended the Olympic Games with a set of clean, beautiful and successful actions, which is also his account of his sports career in the past 13 years.
Although he did not get the gold medal he wanted the most, Dong Dong used his persistence, hard work and dream to bring us the best Olympic interpretation, there is only one Olympic champion, but everyone can be their own champion.
Text/Beiqing Sports Song Xiang