Linked to the competition selection, some of the stars missed the finals
Should physical fitness be controversial?
From September 22 to October 2nd, the 2020 National Swimming Championships and Tokyo Olympics Qualifying Tournament, the controversy caused by the direct link between the physical fitness test results and the selection of the competition is still continuing to ferment-on Sunday, the famous Wang Jian Jiahe in the women Won the first place in the 1500m freestyle preliminaries and broke the Asian record for the event, but missed the final because of the previous fitness test failed.
In this competition, Wang Jian Jiahe became another main player of the national team who, after Wang Hexin, Yu Jingyao and Fu Yuanhui, were restricted by physical fitness tests and could not advance to the finals.
According to the notice on matters related to this event issued by the Swimming Center of the State General Administration of Sports, this event includes physical fitness competitions and swimming competitions.
The top 16 athletes in the preliminaries are ranked according to their physical fitness scores, and the top 8 athletes in the physical fitness competition enter the final.
This rule means that only players who meet the top 8 physical test rankings and the top 16 preliminaries can enter the finals.
If the physical test scores are not ranked in the top 8, even the first in the preliminary round can only accept the result of being eliminated.
Yu Hexin, Fu Yuanhui, Yu Jingyao and Wang Jian Jiahe all belong to this situation.
According to the reporter's understanding, linking the physical fitness test to the competition selection is not the first of the national swimming championships.
The Chinese Super League that started at the end of July, the Chinese Badminton Super League and the National Track and Field Championships in August and September have all introduced physical fitness tests.
Even the 2020 National Chess Men's Division A, which does not seem to have very high physical requirements, clearly requires athletes to participate in the basic physical fitness test in the competition rules, which is the entry condition for participating in the National Chess League this season.
In the just-concluded 2020 National Athletics Championships, many celebrities including Dong Bin, the third runner-up of the men's triple jump at the Rio Olympics, missed the competition because of their low rankings in the "Physical Contest.
The introduction of physical fitness tests in various project centers and major events is inseparable from the overall Olympic preparation arrangements of the State Sports General Administration.
At the end of February this year, the State Sports General Administration issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening Basic Physical Training and Complementing Physical Ability".
It clearly stated that since the Tokyo Olympics preparation cycle, the General Administration of Sports has achieved initial results in strengthening basic physical training. "However, due to the long-term'debt', the problem of weak basic physical fitness and poor specific physical fitness has restricted our decisive battle. Tokyo, the decisive field of ability improvement and strength development. We must continue to pay close attention to physical training."
As the Tokyo Olympics was postponed for one year, the basic physical intensive training of national teams covering almost all events began.
The phenomenon that some famous players missed the promotion due to the substandard performance of the physical fitness test has aroused widespread concern from all parties concerned. Many media even questioned whether the "one size fits all" physical fitness test deviated from the laws of different sports.
In this regard, Chen Xiaoping, a researcher from the Institute of Physical Education of the State General Administration of Sports who has been committed to sports team physical training for a long time, said that physical fitness is an important factor in determining athletes' specific performance. "For competitive sports training, physical fitness is divided into basic physical fitness and specific physical fitness. For a long time In our country’s training industry, there is a phenomenon where special physical fitness is less important than basic physical fitness. To change this problem, it is important to change consciousness and follow science."
According to reports, in the process of preparing for the Tokyo Olympics cycle, various national teams found in their physical fitness data analysis that basic physical fitness is indeed the shortcoming of Chinese athletes.
The serious lack of basic physical fitness has become the main factor restricting athletes from achieving breakthroughs.
After the General Administration issued relevant regulations on strengthening basic physical training, in the actual strengthening process of various sports teams, although some athletes still felt strenuous, the positive changes brought about by the physical training also felt the same.
In the physical fitness test of the National Weightlifting Championship held by the National Weightlifting Team at the end of September, all the participating players passed the test, demonstrating the obvious effect of systematic physical training.
"Through the systematic training of core strength and physical fitness in the first half of the year, I feel very relaxed in this physical fitness test." 36-year-old veteran and Olympic champion Lu Xiaojun said.
Deng Wei, the women’s weightlifting Olympic champion, believes that physical training in recent months has yielded a lot. “Last year’s winter training was unable to train systematically due to injuries. Through targeted rehabilitation and physical training, training results and confidence in preparation have also been restored. ."
In the just-concluded National Track and Field Championships, although many talented players missed the competition or the finals because of their poor physical test results, they did not resist the "Physical Contest", "The changes brought about by physical training during this period of time, It may not be reflected in this game for the time being, but strengthening physical fitness is still helpful in general."
"This event is an important attempt to link physical fitness with qualifications in accordance with the requirements of the General Administration." Yang Feng, deputy director of the Competition Department of the China Athletics Association, said: "In fact, we are not blindly emphasizing physical fitness. Track and field special skills still cannot be lost. "
In the eyes of many experts and industry insiders, physical training is the foundation of competitive sports, and "the ability of physical fitness should not be a topic of controversy."
Chen Xiaoping believes that basic physical fitness testing is a means but not an end. It is fundamental to strengthen the scientific understanding of basic physical fitness and specific physical fitness, and to explore scientific methods of physical fitness training in practice.
Reporter Lee Won Ho