After the Tokyo Olympic Games women’s 4×100m mixed swimming relay, Chinese athlete Zhang Yufei did not leave first, but waited aside. After Chijiang Lihuazi was interviewed, he stepped forward and gave her a hug and said, “See you next year. ", meet next year's Asian Games.
In an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency recently, Zhang Yufei said that he hoped that Chijiang Lihuazi would return to the peak level as soon as possible and "compare with me again."
"I went to hug Japanese player Chijiang Rikako. Indeed, I was waiting for her intentionally." Zhang Yufei said: "Because I think she, as a leukemia patient, can recover and stand on the Tokyo Olympics again, and this It's their home court, fighting for their country, I feel deeply touched."
Zhang Yufei recalled that her results in 2018 were not as good as they are now, "I couldn't swim with her at the time."
This time, Chinese "Fei Yu" wishes the player from Japan to return to the peak level as soon as possible, "Compete with me again".
Zhang Yufei also said that through this move, he also wanted to tell everyone that friendship does not respect national boundaries and that every opponent must be respected.
(Reporter Xu Pengpeng Zhang Su)
Editor in charge: [Li Ji]