If you don't show up on the track in a race suit, it is difficult to realize that Yang Jiayu is a race walking athlete.
Fair-skinned, petite, and soft-spoken... It seems that they are a little different from the race walker you imagined.
Yang Jiayu won the women's 20-kilometer race walking event in the 2019 Military Games.
Image source: Yang Jiayu's personal Weibo
Apart from training and competitions, Yang Jiayu will also shoot some short videos and post them on social platforms.
Beauty is the most commented in the comment section.
Some people don't even believe that she is a professional athlete, and many netizens learned about walking by Yang Jiayu.
Of course, face value is more of a plus for Yang Jiayu.
It is her strength that keeps her on the track and keeps entering the public's field of vision.
Turn the track into a "T stage"
I first met Yang Jiayu in the National Race Walking Championship a few days ago.
In fact, Yang Jiayu in reality is even more beautiful and more conspicuous than the photos and the video of the game.
Although born in Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, Yang Jiayu's parents are from Chongqing.
The southern genes in her bones gave her full water spirit.
Yang Jiayu accepted a post-match interview.
Photo by Bian Liqun
This beauty is another way of presenting it on the field.
In the National Race Walking Championships, Yang Jiayu maintained his leading position after starting.
As the game progressed, her advantage continued to expand.
In the follow-up broadcast, Yang Jiayu was the only person.
The race walking track just made Yang Jiayu out of the "T stage" feeling.
Yang Jiayu led the national race walking championship.
Of course, it is not easy to "dance solo" in the arena.
After the 2019 World Championships, Yang Jiayu adjusted his skills and tactics-from following the previous to leading.
The completely different ways of playing have a huge consumption of physical energy, and also have more requirements in terms of technology, and require more powerful abilities as support.
Yang Jiayu is in the 2020 National Race Walking Invitational.
Image source: Yang Jiayu's personal Weibo.
In this national race walking championship, Yang Jiayu retired strategically after walking 10 kilometers.
Unlike the previous Olympic trials that broke the world record, for her, this time she practiced more with competitions.
Because the Tokyo Olympics more than two months later is her highlight.
Yang Jiayu's gleaming book of honor is still short of an Olympic gold medal.
After the game, Yang Jiayu gave autographs to the volunteers for a group photo.
"Accidents" all the way
When talking about his career, Yang Jiayu said most about "accidents."
It was very accidental for her to come into contact with the sport of walking.
In the second year of the junior high school, in a cross-country race organized by the school, Yang Jiayu took second place and was spotted by the coach, ready to take her into the race walking event.
Before that, Yang Jiayu had never been exposed to any sports.
Out of novelty and interest, Yang Jiayu chose to race walking at the intersection of life.
Yang Jiayu in the 2017 World Track and Field Championships.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
This step requires courage.
Yang Jiayu's academic performance was good at that time, and he was able to rank in the top few in the class.
The head teacher also advised her not to practice sports. "People who practice sports are very dark, tired, bitter, and ugly."
However, Yang Jiayu's parents supported her choice, "If you think you want to do it, then do it."
Screenshot of Yang Jiayu's social media
Yang Jiayu is predestined with race walking, and she is also very talented.
At the age of 15, he participated in the national youth competition for the first time, and Yang Jiayu won the second place.
In 2016, 20-year-old Yang Jiayu participated in the domestic adult 20-kilometer race for the first time. He immediately won third place and directly qualified for the Olympics.
Yang Jiayu recalled: "At that time, I didn't put too much pressure on myself. Because the youth competitions were all 10 kilometers before, I felt that where I went in the first 20 kilometers race, I didn't regard the Olympic Games as my set goal. I felt very much at that time. accident."
However, Yang Jiayu eventually entered the Rio Olympics as a substitute player.
"When you are in Tokyo, you must go in an official capacity."
Yang Jiayu, who cheered the seniors on the sidelines, silently made a goal in his heart.
She also imagined how she would behave if she was on the court.
In the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships women's 20-kilometer walking race, Yang Jiayu won the championship in 1 hour, 26 minutes and 18 seconds.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
After the Rio Olympics, Yang Jiayu won the national championship.
Entering 2017 the next year, she further rose to prominence and won the admission ticket to the World Championships.
When he first entered the World Championships, Yang Jiayu took another big step-winning his first world championship title.
In retrospect, Yang Jiayu still feels surprised so far.
"I was a young athlete at the time, and there was still a gap between my abilities and the old players, so I didn't expect to win the championship. After crossing the line, I felt very incredible."
After the World Championships, Yang Jiayu punched the National Games champion again.
In 2018, she won the Asian Games championship.
Screenshot of Yang Jiayu's competition video
In 2019, Yang Jiayu, who wanted to win the World Championships, once again experienced an "accident", but this time it was not a surprise.
"It's sad to say that I made any plans at the time and didn't expect that I would be sent off. That was the first time in my career." Recalling that game, Yang Jiayu was still a little uncomfortable.
"That game was played in Doha, Qatar. Even at 12 o'clock in the evening, it was extremely hot. I drank ice water on the field that day. My stomach and intestines were not good. As a result, I vomited during the game. Because of my physical reaction, I didn't pay much attention to it. I made mistakes in my own technology and was directly punished."
Yang Jiayu, who had a smooth journey before, encountered a major bottleneck in his career.
"At that time, the burden on myself was too heavy, and the psychological pressure was a little bit heavy. I wanted too much to fight for the championship, but it was counterproductive." Yang Jiayu replied.
Screenshot of Yang Jiayu's social media
At the end of 2019, Yang Jiayu, who was out of the gloom, expressed emotion on social media: "This year of Mercury seems to have officially ended, and everything is on the right track. I believe that 2020 will be happy and fulfilling! 2019 has gone through a long and tortuous year, but I am still grateful for everything. , Experience is growth, and there will always be gains in giving."
But in 2020, under the epidemic situation, the Tokyo Olympics that Yang Jiayu was looking forward to was forced to postpone.
Suddenly, the lost Yang Jiayu felt that he had no goal and motivation.
However, with the restart of the game in the second half of the year, Yang Jiayu, who has repeatedly achieved good results under the new tactics, adjusted his mentality.
"At that time, I felt that the goal was clear. After a few games, I was very confident that I would break the world record because I have this ability."
In March this year, Yang Jiayu broke the world record.
On March 20th, the starting gun was fired in the Tokyo Olympic Trials. The moment he went out, Yang Jiayu felt that he had no problem breaking the record.
In the end, Yang Jiayu walked out of 1 hour, 23 minutes and 49 seconds-125 days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, her wish to break the world record was fulfilled.
This time, there were no accidents.
For the Tokyo Olympics more than two months later, Yang Jiayu also hopes that there will be no "accidents."
"Do my best. I don't want to put too much pressure and burden on myself. I still have to learn the lessons and experience of 2019." (Author Bian Liqun)