On the afternoon of July 27, Beijing time, on the women's double 10-meter jump platform of the Tokyo Olympic Games, there stood two young and immature Chinese girls, one named Zhang Jiaqi and the other called Chen Taoxi.
Only to see Zhang Jiaqi and Chen Taoxi like two flying fish, neat and uniform movements, clean and neat into the water, the splash can not be smaller.
As the narrator describes it: the splash of the dumplings is no more than that.
Zhang Jiaqi and Chen Yaoxi, with their stable play and strong psychological ability, won the gold medal in the 10-meter platform with an absolute advantage of 53 points over the second place.
Raising the national flag and playing the national anthem, when the bright five-star red flag flew high, when the impassioned national anthem resounded throughout the venue, China's netizens were boiling, and the two childish faces were also filled with excitement and joy that could not be hidden.
In the post-match interview, the two little girls clung to each other like twin sisters.
A foreign reporter asked, "Are you invincible?" ”
Zhang Jiaqi replied dryly, "Yes." ”
Chen Yaoxi added: "With the goal and confidence to win, we must rely on the usual tempering, which can become an invincible team." ”
In the face of foreign reporters' "cross-examination", whether it is "digging a pit" or "seduction", the two young girls can answer without leaking.
Later, when a reporter interviewed Zhang Jiaqi, the little girl's voice sounded milky, and when answering the question, it was also soft and cute, how to look like a childish baby.
The reporter asked Zhang Jiaqi: "Do you want any prizes with the coach now?" ”
Zhang Jiaqi's dark eyes rolled and he said a little embarrassedly, "Well... I haven't thought about it yet, maybe it's Barbie, because I like it! ”
Because of Zhang Jiaqi's answer, a group of netizens actually shouted to the Barbie manufacturer to let them quickly send a Barbie doll family portrait to the cute Olympic champion.
And the most unexpected thing is that the manufacturer who was shouted actually ran to Zhang Jiaqi's Weibo below the message: I heard that my sister likes our family white dragon, of course, I want to send.
Such cute netizens and manufacturers are also too cattle, and our cute Zhang Jiaqi is an Olympic champion who likes Barbie dolls.
Speaking of this post-00s Olympic champion Zhang Jiaqi, let's see what kind of story she has.
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On May 28, 2004, Zhang Jiaqi was born in Beijing, a native of Beijing, Zhang Jiaqi was very naughty since she was a child, not as quiet and cute as other girls, she lived a lively life, and her way of playing was to like to jump and jump, like a little rabbit who never tires, which can sadden Zhang Jiaqi's mother Xiao Yingjie.
The energetic Xiao Jiaqi's favorite thing is to jump on the sofa and bed at home, although her mother stopped it many times, but with little effect, until she broke the springs in the bed, Xiao Yingjie realized that she must find a sports luck to consume Xiao jiaqi's excess energy.
Therefore, Xiao Yingjie sent his 4-year-old daughter to a gymnastics club, but after practicing for a few days, Xiao Jiaqi was "returned" by the coach, and the coach complained that Xiao Jiaqi was "too fat", small short arms and small legs, which was not the material for practicing gymnastics at all, and poor Xiao Jiaqi's gymnastics career had not yet begun to say goodbye regrettably.
Xiao Yingjie This is really "heart planting flowers and flowers do not bloom".
Although he could not practice gymnastics, Xiao Yingjie pondered that he still had to find a sport suitable for his daughter, otherwise his daughter who was too lively was too energetic. Therefore, Xiao Yingjie sent Xiao Jiaqi to the diving club of the State General Administration of Sports to learn swimming and diving, and when she said that she could play with water, Zhang Jiaqi was excited, and she seemed to have found her own source of happiness.
When Xiao Jiaqi learned to swim, she began to practice diving, in the days when she first learned to dive, Xiao jiaqi never regarded diving as learning and training, for her this is play, at that time, Xiao Jiaqi, whether in the water or by the pool, had a lot of fun, happy to fly up and down like a bird.
Xiao Yingjie never expected that she wanted to find an idea for her daughter that consumed too much energy, but achieved a beautiful thing of "unintentionally planting willows and willows".
Xiao Jiaqi practiced in the diving club for three years, during which she not only increased her swimming skills, but also mastered the basic diving movements, and gradually became more and more outstanding among a group of small students.
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In 2010, the Beijing diving team went to Zhang Jiaqi's diving club to select young athletes, and Zhang Jiaqi, who was not yet 7 years old at the time, was selected into the second team of the Beijing diving team for his outstanding performance, and officially began professional diving training.
Although Xiao Jiaqi is a soft and weak girl, she can endure hardships in training, as long as there are movements that do not practice standards, she will always practice, and when other small team members rest and play, Xiao Jiaqi is still practicing.
Although Zhang Jiaqi's figure is not the most perfect in the diving team, the coach said that Zhang Jiaqi is very passionate about diving, and Zhang Jiaqi's training time is more than three and a half hours every day, and after day of hard training, Zhang Jiaqi has gradually become the vanguard of the team.
At that time, when Zhang Jiaqi first stepped on the 10-meter jumping platform, she was also very scared, but she did not flinch, she strictly followed the action points told by the coach to jump, only in this way she could avoid injury, but the good thing was that she completed it well the first time, which also gave her a lot of confidence.
Since then, Zhang Jiaqi has never been afraid when she stood on the 10-meter platform, and she did not expect that in the days that followed, she actually became a "professional household" on the 10-meter jumping platform.
In 2014, Zhang Jiaqi was successfully selected into the first team of the Beijing diving team with diving talent and hard training.
At that time, Zhang Jiaqi no longer had a playful attitude toward diving, but more wanted to win awards, wanted to participate in more competitions, and even wanted to win the Olympic championship like idol Guo Jingjing.
The germ of this dream is said to be that when Zhang Jiaqi was 5 years old, he once met Guo Jingjing in the training venue of the State General Administration of Sports, Xiao Yingjie and Xiao Jiaqi were very excited, and Xiao Yingjie took a group photo of his daughter and Guo Jingjing on the spot.
Interestingly, there are a few words in the background of this photo, which read: Olympic Champion List.
It may be a coincidence that two generations of Olympic champions took a group photo a few years ago, but it is a silent encouragement for the young Zhang Jiaqi.
Zhang Jiaqi has been practicing in the beijing diving team for two years, and due to the continuous increase in training intensity, many places on her body have been injured, but she has never dared to tell her mother.
Day after day of training has made Zhang Jiaqi's diving skills more and more skilled, and the action essentials have become more and more standardized, and at the end of 2016, he was successfully selected for the national team, under the guidance of Coach Ren Shaofen, diving stars Chen Lin, Wang Rui, Chen Ruolin and Hu Yadan were all former students of the coach, and the coach has always been known for his strict teaching.
Coach Ren's first impression of Zhang Jiaqi is also very interesting, she said: "The first time I saw her, she was short and fat, like a baby panda, I think her conditions are not good among a bunch of students, I always thought that she was in the diving team just to play, but I didn't expect to see her again in a few years." ”
Speaking of the technical characteristics of Zhang Jiaqi diving, Coach Ren is even more gushing, she said: "Her diving foundation is good, the learning speed is fast, the improvement speed is fast, and her standard movements and water are better." ”
Since then, under the strict requirements of the coach and high-intensity training, Zhang Jiaqi has made great progress, at the same time, she has really begun to participate in some international competitions, and gradually entered people's vision.
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In May 2016, in the National Diving Championships, Zhang Jiaqi, who participated in the national competition for the first time, defeated the world champions Si Yajie and Ren Qian to win the women's single 10-meter platform championship, which was also Zhang Jiaqi's first 10-meter platform championship.
This victory for Zhang Jiaqi is definitely also a pressure, this national competition itself is to prepare for the Rio Olympic Games trials, although Zhang Jiaqi won the championship, but she was too young to enter the Rio Olympic Games list, at that time Zhang Jiaqi Although there are many regrets in her heart, but she also secretly made up her mind, in the future Tokyo Olympic Games, she must win the Olympic championship.
In August 2017, in the diving competition of the 13th National Games, Zhang Jiaqi, who participated in the National Games for the first time, won the women's double 10-meter platform and the women's single 10-meter platform double championship.
In March 2018, Zhang Jiaqi won the women's 10m diving platform individual and double championships in the competition between Beijing and Japan in the FINA Diving Series.
In June of the same year, he won his first world championship at the 21st FINA Diving World Cup.
In September 2019, Zhang Jiaqi and Chen Yaoxi partnered for the first time and won the women's doubles 10m platform championship at the National Diving Championships, which is also the original appearance of the "Surprise Attack Combination".
Zhang Jiaqi at a young age has won so many honors, but behind this there is also heartache and hardship that no one knows.
For female divers, the most terrible and critical problem is the weight problem, with the change of height and weight, the effect of entering the water and the jumping action will be more or less affected.
Zhang Jiaqi is experiencing the puberty period of girls, and all aspects of the body will have more or less changes, and how to better maintain the figure and weight at this time has become the top priority.
At that time, the members of the diving team had to measure their weight every day, and zhang Jiaqi was worried at this moment, she tried everything to make herself lighter and lighter, and her way was not to eat any snacks, chocolates, and tempting candy.
When other children were enjoying various foods, Zhang Jiaqi could only watch with his eyes, even if he wanted to eat it again, he did not dare to eat it.
There is no casual success in this world, and behind all the highlight moments are unknown efforts and efforts.
Especially in those days of preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, Zhang Jiaqi's daily training began very early.
"Morning exercises for an hour and a half, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, 2:45 p.m. to more than 8 p.m., 3 days a week training time of more than 10 hours..." Zhang Jiaqi revealed his daily routine when preparing for the Tokyo Olympics.
One minute on stage, ten years offstage, this is the portrayal of the life of a proper Olympic champion.
Zhang Jiaqi finished training every day, returned to the dormitory and did not want to move at all, so tired that he could fall asleep.
Such a soft and cute girl should have been a cute moment in front of her parents, but she could only strictly control her diet while carrying out high-intensity training.
Fortunately, the Emperor's heavens paid off.
On the 10-meter jumping platform of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Zhang Jiaqi and Chen Yaoxi, a naïve, pure and cute "surprise combination", finally realized their dream and won back the coveted Olympic gold medal.
Zhang Jiaqi once said in an interview: "Diving is a part of my life, it is a profession of mine, I love it, then I have to do it the best." ”
This soft cute baby looks young and cute on the outside, but has an incomparably firm heart and goals.
I hope that in the days to come, this cute "surprise combination" can bring more surprises, get more championships, and also wish the two soft cute girls can get their favorite gifts.