[Explanation] With the approach of the Asian Games, the sports enthusiasm of the citizens of Hangzhou, Zhejiang is also unprecedentedly high.
Recently, the reporter saw a group of "unusual" winter swimming enthusiasts in an open-air swimming pool in Hangzhou. Among them, the silver-haired grandmother Huang Xingxia attracted the most attention.
It is understood that Grandma Huang is over 80 years old this year. When she was young, she came into contact with winter swimming by chance. Now she has been swimming for more than 50 years.
[Same period] Grandma Huang Xingxia in winter swimming
I graduated from junior high school in 1958 and came to (Hangzhou High School). At that time, I didn’t have a major (swimmer), and I was about to participate in a national competition. I was temporarily drawn (selected) as a (sports student). Seventy-two (height), the coach asked me, would you like to come to the (swimming team), and I said yes, so we went to Hangzhou High School with more than a dozen people. In 1959 (swimming) competition, we established a professional (swimming team) ) team, we asked me to come back to study because my mother was unreasonable (open).
[Explanation] The first encounter with winter swimming made Huang Xingxia fall in love with this challenging sport. Although she failed to become a professional athlete, Grandma Huang still insisted on her hobby of winter swimming.
It didn't take long before she got a second chance at swimming.
[Same period] Grandma Huang Xingxia in winter swimming
In December 1966, the first batch of Hangzhou winter swimming team members came out on the list (announcement). I was one of the members. There were many people who participated in winter swimming, and there were some who were earlier than me, but they were organized (teams). I was the number one in Hangzhou. A group of (team members), so they said that I was a veteran, we (at that time) had a lot of people who went swimming, some (later) stopped swimming, especially girls, we were not married at that time, (some people) I stopped swimming after getting married, and (someone) stopped swimming after having children, so I can persist until here. I am the only one in our entire winter swimming association. They said that I have been swimming for so many years.
[Explanation] Winter swimming is not only a physical exercise, but also a test of willpower.
The winter swimming spirit of not being afraid of challenges and facing up to difficulties fits the spirit of the Asian Games.
Grandma Huang said that winter swimming must be a gradual process. Scientific winter swimming is different from person to person, and you must try according to your own conditions, so that you can slowly persevere in winter swimming.
[Same period] Grandma Huang Xingxia in winter swimming
I think sports should be tailored to individual conditions, not stereotyped, because as I grow older, I have to consider the issue of scientific winter swimming. Scientific winter swimming has been raised in recent years. I think it makes sense, so I now swim in the afternoon Winter swimming, usually around 2:30 in the afternoon, ride a battery car here to swim, chat with friends, and usually go back at 6 o’clock (evening). I don’t pursue speed now. I think winter swimming should be done step by step, starting from summer swimming At the beginning, you must follow your own physical conditions and don't compare, so it is different from swimming competitions, so you can really taste the sweetness of winter swimming, and you can persist in winter swimming.
[Explanation] For winter swimming enthusiasts, it is a wonderful thing to be able to swim in natural waters.
Grandma Huang said that there are fewer and fewer waters suitable for outdoor winter swimming in Hangzhou. She hopes that relevant departments can open a natural water area for winter swimming, so that more winter swimming enthusiasts can experience the fun of natural winter swimming.
Zang Chengeng and Wu Liujing reported from Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]