[Commentary] On April 17, the Jilin Provincial Sports Bureau Comprehensive Training Center held a special game. Two young athletes held the lever on the dynamometer, kicked their legs and lifted their chest, acting like a paddle. Although he didn't see his opponent, the coach's roar and the jumping numbers on the screen reminded them at all times-this is a game about whether they can win the "ticket" of the national rowing team.
"Dynamometer" is a common "rower" in the gym, and it is a land-based training apparatus for rowing that is designed to imitate the driving mechanism of rowing.
On the same day, the China Rowing Association held a national rowing team to test and select online competitions. The competition items were dynamometer 30 minutes 20 oars frequency special endurance and dynamometer 2 km maximum function.
[Same period] (Jilin Provincial Rowing Team Coach Zhang Jiaxin) The rowing event is boring, but our athletes can only adjust their own psychology, because rowing athletes are mainly based on strength and endurance training.
[Commentary] The intensity of the 30-minute game is not small. Li Yutong, a 19-year-old teenager, has been sweating during the game. After the game, he told reporters that physical strength and conviction are even more important during the game.
[Same period] (Participant Li Yutong) If you have faith, you can stick to your beliefs and you will reach the end. Everyone who wants to practice sports wants to go to a higher stage, to walk on the stage to play well (strength), (believe in yourself) is the best.
[Commentary] According to reports, Jilin Province formed a rowing team in October 2019. This time, more than ten athletes were sent to participate.
The national training team will select athletes who meet the standards to participate in the trial training, and the qualified athletes will enter the national training team to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics.
During the outbreak, the Jilin Provincial Rowing Team has been conducting closed training in Guangxi.
[Same period] (Liu Lijie, Director of the Competition Department of the Table Tennis Basketball Center of the Jilin Provincial Sports Bureau) Because from October 15 last year, our athletes have been in Beihai, Guangxi, and have been training there closed. (National Training Team) If you choose, you may want to join the national team preparing for the Tokyo Olympics. If (the epidemic situation) is lifted, we will immediately bring the child back to Changchun for systematic training.
Reporter Lu Shengnan from Changchun
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]