"Post-00" Mahonda from Zhejiang Construction Technician College recently won the gold medal in the "Plastering and Partition Wall System" project in the French division of the 2022 World Skills Competition Special Competition, realizing the "zero" breakthrough of the Chinese team in the gold medal of this project. Netizens Admired "It's amazing to do anything to the extreme!"
On November 18, Mahonta returned to school for the first time after winning the award.
Walking on the campus, he is like a walking gold medal. The students expressed their pride for Mahonda, and were inspired and inspired by his fighting spirit.
His alma mater, Hangzhou No. 10 Middle School, initiated the establishment of the Mahonda Ingenuity Studio. When he shared his lectures with his classmates, he specially showed and narrated the tools he used, so that the younger students could truly feel the power of role models.
On the afternoon of November 18th, in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, Mahonda said frankly that the gold medal was not only the result of a player fighting alone, but also the strong support of the motherland and the dedication and encouragement of the teachers, which allowed him to stand on the field Shanghai is full of confidence to finish the race better and win glory for the country.
In the future, he will spare no effort to pass on his skills and attract more young people to embark on the road of becoming talents with skills and serving the country with skills through hard work.
Before the competition even started, the 6mm gypsum board brought challenges
The WorldSkills Competition is the highest-level world-wide vocational skills competition held every two years. Its competitive level represents the world's advanced level of today's vocational skills development and is known as the "World Skills Olympics".
As the pioneer of this competition in my country, Xu Zhen, the coach of Mahonda, the head coach of the plastering and partition system project of Zhejiang Construction Technician College, and the Chinese technical guidance expert of the World Skills Competition, said that in 2017, my country began to participate in the World Championship from the 44th session , and won the silver medal in the 45th session in 2019, "At present, from the equipment to the training system, our national team is firmly in the first echelon. Before the start of the game, I was full of hope for Mahonda to win the gold."
Recalling the scene of winning the championship, Xu Zhen was still excited, "At that time, the championship was the last to be announced. I was shooting the announcement process with my mobile phone. The more I got nervous, the more nervous I got. The moment we heard China, we couldn't help standing up and cheering. We were so excited. Everyone feels that the craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation has finally won the gold medal, and it is very proud to be able to fight for the country and for honor."
In addition to being excited, Mahonda was more immersed in summarizing and thinking about the game.
The organizing committee distributes consumables according to the calculation diagram. Therefore, the day before the competition, each team has to go to the arena to calculate the diagram. For the competition, the drawing is very important. Once the competition starts, all calculations and execution sequences will be based on Calculating the plan, "Only by calculating clearly and understandingly can we complete the competition of the four modules more accurately."
However, the competition encountered a test before it even started: the gypsum boards used in previous competitions were all 12 mm, but this time the gypsum boards were only 6 mm.
Mahonda said: "Gypsum boards are needed for the lightweight partition wall stage at the beginning of the competition. What will happen to the 6mm boards and keels? I have never done it." The accompanying expert team comforted him, "Don't worry about this, Go ahead and figure out the blueprint, and we'll go back and discuss it."
That night, Mahonda and the team of experts relied on their rich experience and calculations to quickly and clearly establish the three-dimensional structure of the building in their minds through the plan, top view, and section drawings.
During the game, Mahonda maintained a smooth rhythm and touch all the way, and became more and more confident.
He is quite satisfied with his racing state in Module 3, "In the past, I didn't try my best in the training, but this time I completed it in 5.5 hours, which is regarded as an extraordinary performance."
There is another interesting phenomenon in the competition schedule: there is an aisle outside the square arena. During the competition, there are a lot of people visiting the venue. The skillful workmanship of the players in the Chinese competition area has attracted many spectators to stop and appreciate.
Will being surrounded by people affect the performance of the game?
Mahonta was very calm, "the more people who see it, the more affirmation of himself", inspired by this, he did a better job.
One day, there were a lot of people coming to the venue, and later the French players from next door also came to watch. Although the venue was noisy, Mahonda felt that the open and harmonious atmosphere was unforgettable, “We would chat with players from various countries In short, in addition to exchanging craftsmanship and construction methods, everyone gets along like friends.” The competition entered the final stage of free creativity, and the works presented by the Chinese team were smooth, clean, and smooth, filled with a peaceful and romantic atmosphere. The main wall in white, blue, and red It is decorated with gypsum reliefs of clouds, white doves and feathers. Its fineness and artistic beauty have won the praise of many viewers.
At the end of the game, there was a thrilling scene.
When Mahonda was working, a pigeon pasted on the wall fell off and fell to the ground due to the wet weather.
At first, he didn't know that he was wearing headphones, but when he heard the audience outside the venue "wow" in unison, he reacted and hurried to watch.
It was almost time to finish the race, and all the audience watched him with concern. Mahonda was very calm, and finished the work at hand first, and then glued the pigeon back to its original state with 502 glue, and finished the race against the timeline.
The audience couldn't help applauding.
Mahonda said with a smile, "During my training, there were small problems like fractures. For me, the most important thing is to predict the repair time immediately. If the subject cannot be found, it will be very time-consuming. So I always Seeing that the pigeon dropped four petals on the ground, but the main body is still there, I didn’t feel particularly panicked.”
After the honor and excitement, Mahonda had a deep understanding. He obviously felt that the foreign players used the same craftsmanship as before in the past two sessions, but our craftsmanship is constantly updated and improved, which is very unique.
"For example, the construction method of foreign players has always been to make the keel structure first, and then go to the gypsum board for encapsulation. But the process method we have developed now is to make the keel while making the gypsum board. The advantage of this process lies in its precision, all The vertical and horizontal adjustments can be made while doing it, even if it is almost finished, it can still be fine-tuned, and our crafting method is very smooth and has a kind of appreciation.”
In Mahonda’s view, this kind of inheritance and innovation is mainly due to the exploration of senior teachers, “The first time China participated in the World Championship was the 44th, and my coach Mr. Xu was one of them. They participated in the competition mainly to learn After returning, we will study together with experts to develop some better crafting methods.”
After going through ups and downs before the game, I made a "qualitative" leap after coming out
Mahonta was calm and played well in the game, but what is less known is that he had experienced some twists and turns before the game.
Just as Mahonda was gearing up for the competition, he waited for the organizing committee to announce the postponement of the competition. He reluctantly ended the training and went home.
Thinking of not being able to represent the country in competitions after five years of hard work, this blow made him very sad. He couldn't eat well, sleep well, and almost didn't want to communicate with outsiders.
Family, friends, coaches and seniors all comforted him, "However, that time was like a dream, and it was actually very difficult for me to get out, because I really felt regretful and unwilling."
To my surprise, news of the resumption of the competition came two months later, and the venue of the competition was changed from Shanghai to Paris.
Mahonta immediately packed his bags and went back to the school for training. However, when he got started at the training site, he found painfully that after two months of letting go completely, his physical and mental strength could not keep up. , and the amount of image recognition calculations dropped very quickly. The first set of pictures I came back took nearly three hours to calculate, and it was still wrong. According to my previous speed, I finished that set of pictures in more than an hour. "
At this time, Mahonta's mentality was a bit broken, and the coaches also saw the problems he exposed, and came to enlighten him every day and help him find a solution.
What he is particularly grateful for is, "Teacher Xu knows me very well. He understands the psychology of players very well, and he is very methodical. I have always been the kind of player who is relatively strong in work. For the first time, I feel that I can't keep up with the rhythm." .He also cares about me in life, often encourages me and gives me some advice.” After two weeks, Mahonda slowly regained his feeling.
Mahonda and the coach are both teachers and friends. He sighed and said: "A good player needs a good coach. Especially in this death match, Mr. Xu has been by my side and has given me great help, not only in terms of skills, He will give me some experience and direction in many aspects, so that I will not lose my mind in the arena. If Teacher Xu hadn’t come, I might not have won this result, nor this gold medal.”
When it comes to his lover, coach Xu Zhen always has a happy face. In his opinion, Mahonta has changed a lot after going through ups and downs. "He used to be a little reckless, but after some training, his willpower and mentality have improved. Everything has changed. After he came out, I felt that his whole person had a "qualitative" leap, and I had an intuition at that time that this gold medal was almost inseparable."
She has been very independent since she was a child, can endure hardships and is very self-disciplined
Mahonda, who was born in 2000, grew up in an ordinary family. His father is a carpenter and engaged in the decoration industry, and his mother is a housewife.
In 2016, his junior high school graduation results were not satisfactory, and his family decided to let Mahonda learn a technology and have a good skill, so he was admitted to Zhejiang Construction Technician College.
Not long after enrolling, he saw the school's news about the recruitment of the World Championships, and his heart was moved. Later, the teacher came to recruit students in the class, and Mahonda signed up without hesitation. He chose the major of plastering and partition wall, thinking that he would learn more skills.
To become a player in the World Championship, you need to go through rigorous training and selection. From the initial number of more than 200 people, to 70 people, and then to 30 people, Mahonda has always maintained excellent results.
In 2017, Mahonda entered the training team of the college. In 2018, he won the first place in the national competition of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and successfully won the ticket for the national competition. In the same year, he won the third place in the national competition.
In 2019, Mahonda entered the national team for intensive training. Gradually, the sense of belief in wanting to stand on the world stage and win glory for the country continued to rise in his heart.
That year, Mahonda, who went to Russia with the team to observe the 45th World Championships, saw his senior brother Gao Yuyu bravely won the silver medal, waving his arms and shouting under the national flag, he had a shock in his heart and planted a dream of "going out on behalf of the country" seed.
Father Ma Suizhong could clearly feel the changes in Mahonda.
He was deeply touched. Since entering the world training team, Mahonda has been able to endure hardships. While feeling gratified, he also supports his son from the bottom of his heart to try on the world stage. He has to work harder in all aspects when he comes back from the game that time. He lives in the school, which is not far from home, but for training, he basically only comes back once every two or three months."
Ma Suizhong is well aware of the sweat behind the gold medal, "I do this myself, and I know that this work is very hard. He has never complained about it. Sometimes I heard him say that summer is very hot, and they do it during training. There is dust in the living room, and I can’t turn on the electric fan. It’s like going to a sauna. Several sets of clothes are wet a day. I’m also more professional in scraping putty and partitions. Before he studied this major, I thought maybe I could help him, but sometimes I see For the picture he sent, I still have to ask him how he made this work.”
Seeing his son show his professional strength on the world stage, Ma Suizhong's words revealed warmth, "When he participated in the World Championships, we were in touch every day. He finished his work and would send us photos in the evening. I saw The shape of the pigeon and its feathers is very exquisite and beautiful. I thought it would definitely win the gold medal? Because of the time difference, we found out that he won the gold medal at almost 12 o'clock in the evening. We have never been so excited! His mother spent the night Neither slept."
When asked about the "secrets" of training a world champion, Ma Suizhong said frankly that Mahonda was very independent since he was a child. "When he was in the fourth grade, we came out of his hometown Wenzhou to make a living. We were not around him. His studies and life were almost done by himself." Dad was very impressed. When Mahonda graduated from elementary school at the age of 13, he had to go to Hangzhou for an interview because he was transferring to another school. At that time, Ma Suizhong, who was busy working hard from dawn to dusk, entrusted a relative to send Mahonda to the long-distance station. Mahonda came to Hangzhou by himself by car. .
"He was very young at the time and had never traveled far. I really admired him that time."
Once, when Mahonta came home and saw his father moving, "he rushed to help me move." Knowing that he was very tired from training at school, he refused to go when his father asked him to rest.
The sensible Mahonda made his father proud, "He is very self-disciplined. I see him playing games occasionally and going to bed early at night. He is also very economical. Every time I give him living expenses or ask him if he wants to buy clothes or shoes, he They all said no, we really didn’t spend much money on him. He won several awards in competitions, including Guangzhou and Chongqing, and went to many places to compete. His suitcase was covered with checked stickers. Once I asked him Why are these stickers still attached, he said that those stickers are the records of his games, and he was reluctant to tear them off."
After five years of high-intensity training, one pair of training shoes will be worn out in two months
In the field of world competition, the vertical or horizontal error of each operation cannot exceed 1 mm. To achieve such accuracy, in addition to continuous training to become a kind of muscle memory, experience and physical support are also required.
Mahonda said frankly that it was a high-intensity training state that was consistent every day, "A person with average physical strength may not be able to persist in a morning. Move it all at once."
Behind the gold medal is a five-year schedule: get up at 7 every morning and go for a run first.
Arrive at the venue at 8 o'clock to start training and work.
After lunch at 12 noon, you can go back to the dormitory to rest, but in order to save energy and time, Mahonda took a rest on the field and started training again at 1 pm.
He occasionally plays basketball in the evening to relax.
Continue to go to the classroom to learn professional English at night, "I have been here for five years, but I didn't go to concentrate on learning English before I was not a national player."
Mahonta wears out a pair of training shoes almost every two months. He said with a smile, "In our line of work, we must first ensure construction safety, and we must also abide by safety rules during daily training. Not only must we wear masks, goggles, and earplugs, but we must also wear Wear-resistant clothes. We wear a kind of safety shoes called 'steel-toed shoes' - the toe is made of steel to protect the toes; Impenetrable.” Usually, when doing exercises, standing, squatting, kneeling, except lying on the stomach, almost any movement can be used, “In this line of work, except for muscle strain, most of the waist will not be able to bear it. And we actually walk There are many roads, going back and forth to move boards, get keels, etc., which is why I spend more on shoes.”
In the view of coach Xu Zhen, Mahonda worked very hard and worked very down-to-earth, and he would always think about how to complete a set of drawings more standardly and how to do better.
Mahonda believes that in addition to being diligent, the quality that is required to do this work is "to have your own ideas, and you need to constantly study and improve the craftsmanship."
He has developed a habit during the training. When the problem arises during the day, after the day's training is over, he will go to the training ground alone at night to think about it until the problem is solved.
Coaches and seniors often see him on the training ground, "Sometimes they say a word, or we discuss it, and there will be a good solution."
Serve the country with skills to promote compound skilled artisans to take root in the industry
Many netizens are curious, can "scraping putty" also win gold medals?
Mahonda said bluntly that the "plastering and partition wall system" project is not just a type of "putty scraping", but a competition of "integration of multiple types of work". This project is equivalent to integrating many types of work in the construction unit, such as plastering Ash is masonry, light partition walls and moldings are carpentry, and creativity is painters.
"The plastering partition system project requires the skills of many types of work, and it cultivates compound skilled craftsmen."
Standing in the spotlight, Mahonda has been widely recognized by the society, and what he has experienced the most is that with the support of national policies, today's vocational education is also ushering in gratifying changes.
"The enrollment situation of our school is getting better and better, and the students going abroad are becoming more and more popular. Especially in the past two years, the school has paid special attention to the cultivation of skilled talents. I feel that the financial, material and human resources are very important. Support, such as inviting international experts from the World Championships to come to the school to exchange skills every year. After exchanges and learning with other countries in the world, students’ horizons have broadened. Moreover, there is a huge demand for skilled talents in the society. Come to our school every year There are dozens or even hundreds of units recruiting, and as the graduation season approaches, large enterprises and construction companies come to book students and recruit talents."
Mahonda’s study experience also enabled him to experience the changes in society’s views on skilled talents. “In the past, people in technical schools would think that this student was poor in academics and unpromising. But in recent years, the quality of students who apply for our college is very good. Very polite. The rules and regulations of our college have always been relatively strict, and the students who live in the school also abide by the management system."
Winning the gold medal is just a halo on the way forward, and the future is bright. Mahonda said frankly that he will continue to walk on the road of the World Championships as a coach in the future, inheriting the spirit of craftsmanship and discovering a new generation of skilled talents.
"Maybe with me here, everyone will work harder and win more medals. I hope that I can drive good craftsmanship, continue to integrate and innovate, and cultivate more players. These players are sown like seeds and promote compound skills. Artisans take root in the industry, become talented with their skills, and serve the country with their skills.”
Text in this edition/Reporter Li Zhe (Source: Beijing Youth Daily)