Li Fabin: "Golden Rooster Independence" is a common thing

On July 25, In the men's 61 kg final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, China's Li Fabin won the championship. Xinhua News Agency

Shenzhen Evening News (reporter Lin Weihang) 141 kg, deadlift 172 kg, the total result of 313 kg, grab lift, the total result broke the Olympic record, this is Li Fabin in the Tokyo Olympic Games men's weightlifting 61 kg competition handed over the report card. He defeated his old rival Irawan "easily" in the competition, adding another gold to the Chinese Olympic team, and his "golden rooster independence" posture also fixed the classic picture in the history of Olympic weightlifting.

The center of gravity is unstable but can be "hard" back

In the deadlift stage of this competition, Li Fabin reduced the weight of the handle to 166 kg, and after lifting the barbell, his center of gravity was unstable, and he made a "golden rooster independence" posture shakily. Fortunately, he quickly adjusted and regained his footing, which won the referee's three white lights. The subsequent competition was not challenged, leading Indonesia's Irawan by 11 kg.

However, the question is, why does the "Golden Rooster Independence" appear on the originally stable weightlifting platform? Li Fabin said after the game, "The center of gravity is biased, but my core ability is relatively strong, and I have to break it back." It seems that the speech of "Versailles" came from his self-confidence. The same "Versailles" statement has also appeared before.

At the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, Li Fabin won three championships with a snatch of 145 kg, a deadlift of 173 kg and a total of 318 kg, breaking the two world records of total and snatch. However, he was not satisfied: "If it is a perfect score of 10, give yourself a score of 6." Because at that time, Li Fabin was still preparing for the Olympic Games, not satisfied with the existing achievements, he thought that if he wanted to win gold with more confidence, he would have to go further. In the march 2020 team test and the subsequent summer training, Li Fabin has lifted 180 kilograms more than once.

The secret to getting results: let go and eat!

Born in 1993, Li Fabin has won the National Games, Asian Games and World Championships. But this is his first olympic participation. Behind the fame of this "Olympic rookie" in one fell swoop, there is also an interesting little story.

In 2018, the International Weightlifting Federation adjusted the level, and Li Fabin was upgraded from the 56 kg class to the 61 kg class, which made the former "weight control difficulties" breathe a sigh of relief. With a few kilograms of room to rise in my weight, I no longer have to control my weight as carefully as I used to. Li Fabin said: "In the past, when the weight was reduced, the whole person felt relatively soft, felt that the level of competition was not as good as others, and self-confidence would be lacking. After changing the level, what I want to do is to let go of eating and practicing, the level naturally increases, and the self-confidence increases a lot. ”

This time he won the Olympic gold medal in one fell swoop and achieved a major goal in life, and Li Fabin was very happy. He confessed: "The first time I participated in the Olympic Games, I was nervous, but I still believed that I could do it." At the same time, he also reminded: "'Golden Rooster Independence' can still be broken back, which is my personal characteristic, because I have fewer injuries and are more able to practice, and the team calls me 'Small Steel Cannon'." But this action is wrong and it is not recommended to imitate. ”

Source: Shenzhen Evening News