Two gold medals in Japan Zhang Liang is invincible in men's rowing

On September 19, the National Games rowing entered the final day of competition, and veteran Zhang Liang gained a lot. In the men's single sculls final in the morning, he led the way from the start of the course and finished first with a time of 6:48.40. After resting for less than half a day, Zhang Liang and his partner Liu Zhiyu competed in the men's double sculls final. The pair, who won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, continued their good form at the National Games and won the championship by an absolute advantage. This is also the second National Games title the two have won together since their first partnership in 2017.

The 34-year-old Zhang Liang is already a veteran of the battlefield, not to mention in the field of the National Games. However, Zhang Liang's participation experience is always full of twists and turns and thrills. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he was disqualified for the first time because he remembered the wrong time of the game, and the first Olympic tour ended dramatically. 5 years later, at the National Games, Zhang Liang once again experienced an "accident", in the final of the men's double sculls, Zhang Liang's paddles suddenly broke during the competition, resulting in his inability to continue the game, which also made him and his partner's ambition to win the gold medal. However, at that National Games, Zhang Liang did not achieve nothing, he won the men's single sculls championship, and achieved the defense of the title in the project.

At the 2017 National Games, Zhang Liang did not let the "accident" repeat itself, he and his partner Liu Zhiyu won the gold medal in the men's double sculls, and also won the gold medal in the four-person double sculls with his teammates. It was also at the 2017 National Games that Zhang Liang and Liu Zhiyu played together for the first time. Later, they were together day and night on the same boat, and they became more and more tacitly acquainted, fighting for the country and having a strong competitiveness in the international arena. In 2019, they won the first gold medal in the men's open world championships of Chinese rowing, breaking the long-standing monopoly of European and American athletes.

This is zhang liang's fourth time to participate in the National Games, from the fledgling star of hope that year, to now has been the leader of Chinese men's rowing for many years, Zhang Liang's competitiveness is not inferior to that of young people, but also a role model for many young players. All this is due to Zhang Liang's unswerving love for rowing, as well as his persistence and diligence day after day, and he is often able to work hard in training to touch himself. It took too long for The Chinese men's rowing to take their place on the international stage, and Zhang Liang and his partner were the ones who broke the deadlock. Zhang Liang clearly knew that once he relaxed, he would be overtaken by his opponents, so he could not and did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Now, Zhang Liang has added two more gold medals to his National Games account, congratulations to Zhang Liang.

Text/Reporter Wang Fan