(Shaanxi National Games) Du Li: Chinese air rifle talents look to the outside world to view the significance of the gold medal objectively
China News Service, Xi’an, September 17 (Reporter Wang Yu) On the 17th, the women’s 10-meter air rifle competition at the 14th National Games staged the "Youth Showdown". The 17-year-old Wang Zhilin defeated the Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Yang Qian. .
After the match, Du Li, coach of the Chinese shooting team, said in an interview with reporters that the Chinese air rifle shooting talents are abundant.
At the same time, she also hopes that the outside world will view the meaning of gold medals and medals objectively.
In the women’s 10m air rifle competition at the National Games, Zhejiang teenager Wang Zhilin "one black to the end". Not only did she break the national record for the event with a total score of 634.4 in the qualifying round, she also defeated Hubei star Zhang Tianqi and Tokyo in the final. Olympic champion Yang Qian, standing on the highest podium.
After the game, the coach of the Chinese shooting team, Du Li, praised the psychological quality of the young players in an interview with reporters. "I was very nervous when watching the finals. The players are not very old, but their psychological conditions are very stable and they can beat them smoothly. , Which shows that their psychological quality is very good."
17-year-old Wang Zhilin, 22-year-old Zhang Tianqi, and 21-year-old Yang Qian, the three athletes on the podium are not only fierce rivals on the field, but also the future of China’s shooting women’s 10-meter air rifle.
Du Li sighed that China’s shooting air rifle project is full of talents. “(Women’s 10m air rifle) has always been our dominant project, and it is also the traditional first gold project. The Paris Olympics is a particularly good phenomenon."
The shooting venues of the National Games of this year were upset frequently, the Olympic champions frequently missed, and young dark horses emerged in endlessly.
Du Li said that everyone's expectations for the Olympic champions are too high, and they put too much pressure on them.
She believes that the shooting Olympic champions are very eye-catching in the National Games.
"Just like today, although Yang Qian did not win the (women's 10m air rifle) championship, it is not easy for the Olympic champion to win medals in the National Games. I hope everyone can take an objective view of the meaning of gold medals and medals." Du Li said.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Du Li made a magnificent turn from Olympic champion to Olympic champion coach.
Zhang Changhong, the athlete she coached, won the men's 50m rifle three-position competition with a world record of 466 rings.
Speaking of disciple Zhang Changhong, Du Li said: "He is relatively young, and the Tokyo Olympics is delayed because of the epidemic. This is an opportunity for him. It is beneficial for Zhang Changhong to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics by improving his basic skills in a year."
Like Yang Qian and Jiang Ranxin, Zhang Changhong is also a veritable "post-00" Olympic champion.
In Du Li's view, personality is synonymous with "post-00s" athletes. "Everyone has different personalities and independent thoughts. The changes on the field and the ideas in life are different, so they are personalized. a generation."
It has been nearly 30 years since I started shooting shooting. Du Li said that the meaning of sports for me is to break through the limit and make the impossible possible. I have hoped to be able to play in the Olympics for several times. What sports brings me (meaning) is to constantly push my limits." (End)