(Tokyo Olympics) Chinese swimming army is richer in "fireworks"
China News Service, Tokyo, July 25th, title: Chinese swimming army is richer in "fireworks"
China News Agency reporter Zhang Su
The Chinese swimming team that came to the Tokyo Olympics was slightly "starlight" inadequate because of the lack of a group of world-class players.
But these team members interpret their special Olympic experience with rich "firework" words.
On July 25, local time, Chinese player Zhang Yufei left the field after the game.
On the same day, the Tokyo Olympic Games women's 100-meter butterfly semifinal was held at the Tokyo Aquatic Center. Chinese athlete Zhang Yufei advanced to the final with a time of 55.89 seconds.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
On the 25th, after finishing the semifinals of the women's 100m butterfly, Chinese athlete Zhang Yufei came to the mixed interview area.
She looked relaxed and smiled. She was very straightforward when talking about the upcoming finals: "It's like a championship or a record. I think it's a very'virtual' thing. Thinking too much is not a good thing."
So, what is the player thinking about the biggest expectation of the Chinese swimming team to win gold in this Olympics?
"The tension is gone, I am more enjoying it." Zhang Yufei replied.
She also introduced the life in the Olympic Village with great interest.
"I thought I would eat specialties from all over the world, but I found out that most of the dishes are Asian-inspired." There seems to be regret in words.
Yan Zibei, a Chinese player, has "a peach" in his heart.
Before participating in the men's 100-meter breaststroke preliminaries, he reposted Weibo on his personal social account, and there was a pink and plump peach on the picture.
Yan Zibei told a reporter from China News Agency that in 2017, he set a national record in the game after he reposted the Weibo for the first time.
"I think whether it is useful or not, it will help me psychologically anyway." He said with a smile.
Maybe it's really useful.
In Tokyo, he swam in the semifinals even better than the preliminaries and successfully advanced to the final.
Even those Chinese athletes who missed the podium, or even "one round trip", can calmly face reporters and successes or failures.
For example, the "Golden Flowers" who participated in the women's 4×100m freestyle relay.
The preliminaries and finals set the Asian record one after another. Unfortunately, the team finally ranked seventh, but the girls summed up the overall performance loudly in four words: "Very good."
As the "eldest sister" in this temporary relay team, Zhu Menghui is not hesitant to praise the performance of other players.
She also smiled and said that she had finished her mission in the Tokyo Olympics, and she would do a good job of logistics support for everyone.
Wang Shun, who regretted to be out of the men's 400m medley preliminaries, Yu Yiting, who stopped in the women's 400m individual medley preliminaries, and the "marksman" Yang Qian, who won the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation in this Olympics, are hometowns.
When interviewed, they not only objectively analyze the reasons for their own failures, but also enthusiastically send blessings to the young fellows.
In fact, many changes have taken place since Fu Yuanhui, a swimmer who quickly became popular at the Rio Olympics with the phrase "I have used the power of the wild".
On the one hand, the stereotype of Chinese players has been gradually broken; on the other hand, more and more Chinese people no longer only value the competition for gold and silver.
Take this Olympics as an example, "I have been looking forward to the Olympic Games for 5 years without McDonald's. I want to eat free McDonald's! So I have to stick to it again for this reason", "I want to eat braised prawns in oil" and other expressions. , And further make the image of athletes no longer "cold".
The public's encouragement to the frustrated, such as "No matter whether you rank or not, you are the pride of China!" and other messages also convey warm feelings.
These changes may be related to age.
The average age of the athletes of the Chinese Sports Delegation is 25.4 years old, and many teams have caused a "youth storm".
They uttered these "smoky", interesting, and personalized words, which also met the psychological needs of the people in the diversified era.
Of course, there is no shortage of disputes and risks here.
Some players lost after the game and confided their feelings through social media. As a result, they were subjected to online violence.
Fortunately, soon more people will spontaneously stand up to support the athletes.
As the comment said, the original ecological life and expression cannot withstand the scrutiny of the Internet with a magnifying glass.
Rather than let the competition become trembling, it is better to let this "firework" warm the world, and let the Olympic Games regain confidence inside and outside the stadium and move forward hand in hand.
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