(Tokyo Olympics) They get together for a rowing, everything is the best arrangement
China News Service, Tokyo, July 28th, title: They get together in a rowing boat, everything is the best arrangement
China News Agency reporter Yue Chuan
"Let her speak first, she always says I rob her!"
Facing the camera, the girls laughed and "mixed" their mouths, just to let others answer the questions first.
Although they were wearing masks, they could still feel an uncontrollable smile in their eyes.
At this moment, they have Olympic gold medals on their chests.
On July 28, local time, in the women’s quadruple scull final of the Tokyo Olympics rowing event, the Chinese team composed of Cui Xiaotong, Lu Yang, Zhang Ling, and Chen Yunxia crossed the finish line in 6 minutes and 05.13 seconds and won the gold. At the same time refresh the world's best results.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
Cui Xiaotong, Lu Yang, Zhang Ling and Chen Yunxia won the championship in 6 minutes 05.13 minutes in the women's four scull finals of the Tokyo Olympics on the 28th local time.
The four girls created the world's best results in the project, leaving the second place far behind.
This is the second gold medal won by the Chinese rowing team in the Olympics.
The last one was the Beijing Olympics 13 years ago.
"Today not only won the gold medal, but also refreshed the best results. I am really happy." Cui Xiaotong said that she had expected such a leading process and results before the game.
"Because everyone can see our strength from 2019 to the present. We have always been strong. But in the game, the most important thing is to be yourself."
The absolute strength displayed on the field stems from the accumulation of bit by bit in daily training.
In preparation for the Olympic Games, the four girls had to get up at 5 o'clock every day when they were closed for training in Wuhan, and set off on time at 6 o'clock to start the "devil" training.
On July 28, local time, in the women’s quadruple scull final of the Tokyo Olympics rowing event, the Chinese team composed of Cui Xiaotong, Lu Yang, Zhang Ling, and Chen Yunxia crossed the finish line in 6 minutes and 05.13 seconds and won the gold. At the same time refresh the world's best results.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
The training every day is hard, and the idea of "not training" has also emerged, and there is always some motivation to persuade myself to persevere.
When it felt difficult, the four girls encouraged themselves with a sentence often mentioned by the coach: "Do a good job every day, do a good job in the process, and the results will not be bad."
They believe that some things are not because they see hope and then they insist, but when they persist, they see hope.
The match was undefeated for two years.
For these four girls in their twenties, there is no better description than riding the wind and waves.
Zhang Ling said that the four of them have their own strengths, and they make up for each other together and are perfect partners.
With similar ages, getting along day and night, and ambitions, the seeds of friendship naturally grow "savagely" on this racing boat.
When asked why they finally got together here, Chen Yunxia answered without even thinking, "It's fate."
In fact, Chen Yunxia had practiced track and field, and Lu Yang "started" from archery... The four girls have different growth experiences.
But with the same goal, they ended up sitting on the same rowing boat.
In May 2019, the four girls won the World Cup championship in the first international competition they participated in. Included in the bag.
The Olympic Games became their next stop to ride the wind and waves.
However, due to the epidemic, the Tokyo Olympics were postponed.
Wanted but temporarily unavailable, in Cui Xiaotong's words, the feeling is quite tormenting.
"The postponement of the Olympic Games means that one more year of training and another year of tension will affect the mentality."
But such days did not last long.
The four people encouraged and supported each other, coupled with their absolute strength and self-confidence, they quickly returned to the right track.
In multiplayer rowing, a sport where only cooperation and mutual trust can reach the end, the tacit understanding and trust between the four girls pushes them forward like a stream.
After waiting for a year, they finally came to Tokyo.
However, another episode occurred before the game.
The women's quadruple sculls group A final was originally scheduled for the 27th, but it was postponed due to weather.
Their desire to be on the highest podium had to be pushed back one day.
Unpredictable things happened, but there was no surprise in the competition, and the final finally became a one-man show for Chinese girls.
In the later broadcast footage, the opponent has been left far away, and only the rowing of the Chinese team can be seen.
When they crossed the finish line, the time was fixed at 6:05.13, the best result in the world.
Although the time to reach the highest podium was delayed by one year after another, the gold medal was finally hung on their chests.
They did the process, and they got the result.
After landing, the four girls hugged each other tightly.
Cui Xiaotong said that everything is the best arrangement.
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