At 14:00 on the afternoon of July 28, in the just-concluded diving men's double 3m springboard final, China's Xie Sibei and Wang Zongyuan won the championship with a score of 467.82! This is the third gold medal of the Chinese diving team for the Tokyo Olympics, and Xie Sibei also rushed to the first gold medal of the Olympic Games for the Guangdong Team.
Individual achievements
2020 East Olympic Diving Men's Double 3m Springboard Gold Medal
World Championship, World Cup, Asian Games, National Games men's 3m board gold medal Grand Slam winner
Fina Fina Male Athlete of the Year 2019
2020 National Diving Championships & Tokyo Olympic Games, World Cup Qualifiers Men's Three Meters Springboard Final Champion
It is worth mentioning that Xie Sibei is a 2019 master's degree student in international business at Jinan University. After the surprise news was issued by the official micro of Jinan University, the message liked the screen instantly, "The alumni are too excellent", "the direct seniors are too cows", "Fantastic! Jinan people"""Jinan people yyds! ”...... Blessings and applause from teachers, students and alumni poured in.
In 2012, Xie was called up to the national team; in 2013, he was arranged to partner with Olympic champion Lin Yue to officially start his Olympic journey; in 2015, he had to undergo surgery due to injury to rub shoulders with the Rio Olympics.
After a long recovery, Xie Began the long preparations for the Tokyo Olympics. Starting at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, he has won six world titles in just a few years.
Nandu reporters talked to the School of Economics of Jinan University to learn about the story of Jinan by this "Olympic student" Xie Sibei.
He enrolled in the School of Economics of Jinan University in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in international economics and trade, and in addition to intensive training and competition, he has not slackened off in his studies. In addition to the heavy training and competition every day, he tries to squeeze out time to ask his classmates and teachers about the learning process, and then refers to the study himself, and often carries books with him and uses the training to study hard.
"I don't relax my studies because I'm busy, and I do a good job in my studies in the gap between training." Zhang Lijing, a retired academic affairs teacher at the School of Economics of Jinan University, talked about her own athlete student and laughed, "Xie Siyan's personality is very down-to-earth. ”
Zhang Lijing poses with students Xie Sipi (left) and Zhang Yanquan (right).
An incident during Xie Sidney's school years left a deep impression on Zhang Lijing, "He was injured in that year's competition, had two orthopedic surgeries, the first surgery was not done well, and then did another one, which made him feel very depressed. ”
Zhang Lijing thought back, "At that time, I missed the exam because of the competition, and when I came back to make up the exam, I also talked to me. He asked me, 'Teacher Zhang, am I not going to be able to do it anymore..."Although he said so, I think his heart is firm, and he firmly believes that he can return to the field! ”
The risk of injury to the athlete is well known, but fortunately, Xie Sibei relied on faith to heal his injury, "I especially admired this child at that time, so strong and brave, no matter what, not to give up easily." ”
Today's Xie Sibei, overcoming the difficulties of injury and illness, has finally stood on the highest podium of the Tokyo Olympic Games and won the third gold medal of the Chinese diving team in the Tokyo Olympics. This Jinan student also rushed to the first gold medal of the Olympic Games for the Guangdong Legion.
On August 2nd and 3rd, Xie Sibei will also play in the men's 3m springboard preliminary round, semi-final and final, looking forward to his wonderful performance!
Written by: Nandu reporter Dong Xiaoyan
Image source: Image courtesy of the interviewee, courtesy of the school, People's Daily, Sina Weibo
Correspondents: Su Yunsheng, Li Weimiao, Peng Meilei