Deep One Degree | Master Sun Haiping, also wants to train a few "Liu Xiang" for China

　　The Paper Journalist Chen Jun 

　　At the Xi'an Olympic Sports Center, Xie Wenjun won the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles of the National Games for the third time in a row. Standing side by side with him on the podium is the famous coach Sun Haiping.

　　Everyone is no stranger to Sun Haiping—since Liu Xiang was born in 2004 and won the gold medal in the Athens Olympics, the "master" has been well-known.

　　Time flies, Xie Wenjun, the former junior of Liu Xiang, has now become what he calls "ancient creatures"-his final opponents are already teenagers born in 1995 or even born in 00.

　　The 110-meter hurdle in Shanghai has gone through a change of times from Chen Yanhao to Liu Xiang and then to Xie Wenjun. Now the project has won eight consecutive championships in the National Games. Sun Haiping has always stood there.

　　Different athletes have the same mentor and apprenticeship

　　"Xie Wenjun ran the best result of this year, and today it was not very smooth. The start was already behind, but he did not give up. He chased after hurdle by hurdle. By the eighth hurdle, he was ahead. It should be said that Jiang is still old. Spicy." Sun Haiping commented on the disciple's performance for the first time, his eyes filled with excitement.

　　The first person Xie Wenjun mentioned on personal social media later was also Sun Haiping, “I was very confused at one time because of the injury that caused the loss of the Olympic Games. After returning to Shanghai, my tendon injury improved and I took full advantage of the three weeks before the game. His training has improved my state. I can defend my title in the National Games. First of all, I would like to thank Sun Haiping’s guidance for training me over the years."

　　This kind of mentoring and apprenticeship is deeply placed on Sun Haiping, and it has long been a familiar scene.

　　We still remember that at the Xinzhuang training base, when Liu Xiang finished training and returned to the dormitory just across the road from the track and field, Sun Haiping always followed behind and told him, "Be careful and watch out for the car."

　　What is even more unforgettable is the scene of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, after the match, Sun Haiping talked about Liu Xiang's injury, sobbing.

　　Sun Haiping is Master Yan, but he is more like a loving father, and his children have spanned different eras of Chinese track and field, and the biggest age difference is over 30 years old.

　　In the 7th National Games in 1993, the disciple Chen Yanhao, born in 1972, won the 110m hurdles; in 2021, Xie Wenjun, born in 1990, won the National Games, and Qin Weibo, who entered the final with him, was just 19 years old...

　　For 28 years, eight gold medals in the 110-meter hurdles of the National Games have never been missed. Behind this is Sun Haiping's hard work for decades.

　　Stick to the front line, he is reluctant to let go of these disciples

　　In 1984, Sun Haiping became the hurdles coach of the Shanghai Athletics Team. He has worked for 37 years. Today, Sun Haiping, born in 1955, is 66 years old.

　　According to his age, he reached the age of retirement in 2016, but he still works 6 days a week, and is the first to come to the training ground every day. According to Xie Wenjun, "'Master' or'Master', there is no change in all aspects. The master knows my technical characteristics best and will always take me."

　　Sun Haiping was reluctant to bear this group of disciples. The 110-meter hurdle in Shanghai cannot be separated from Sun Haiping. At that time, the Shanghai Sports Bureau decided to use the government to purchase services to set up a studio after retiring Sun Haiping and continue to lead the team.

　　Speaking of "retirement without rest", Sun Haiping said: "Although I am getting older, I have been thinking about whether I can train a few more high-level athletes while my body is still healthy."

　　At this National Games, the "master" who appeared in front of everyone was obviously much older, with a haggard face and gray hair.

In fact, Sun Haiping had just performed stomach surgery in the first half of this year. He coughed up blood and fainted during training not long ago, but in order to escort his disciples, Sun Haiping has always been on the front line.

　　Looking back, Xie Wenjun’s condition this year was not good. He only ran 13.58 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics and stopped in the semi-finals. He also said: "I have been injured all the time, and the injury is very serious. I came back from the Olympics for a month. To go through isolation and then resume training in a very bad state (the National Games) is no small test for me."

　　The most critical moment is when Sun Haiping encourages his disciples and constantly digs out details for him. Xie Wenjun's 13.37 in the final not only surpassed the Tokyo Olympics, but also his personal best result of the season.

　　With joy, Sun Haiping remained awake enough, “Xie Wenjun’s 13 seconds 37 was “brought out” by the second and third place. (starting to the first column) he changed seven steps to eight steps, and then returned to eight steps. By seven steps, the starting point is still not perfect, and it is not until the end of the course that he has performed his best level before surpassing his opponent."

　　In his opinion, next year’s Asian Games will be Xie Wenjun’s bigger examination venue. “We are under a lot of pressure in the Asian Games. Several foreign players are now at 13.17 and 13.20. Together, we need to work harder. "

　　He also wants to bring out more outstanding young people

　　The 31-year-old Xie Wenjun has not stopped, and how long the 66-year-old Sun Haiping can accompany the 110-meter hurdles in Shanghai and China is also a question of concern to everyone.

　　After the finals, a reporter asked him, "When can the'master' really rest?" Sun Haiping habitually responded: "If you can't let it go, you can't stop."

　　In fact, this time, there were 3 Shanghai contestants in the 110m hurdles. They were all Sun Haiping’s disciples. Among them, Qin Weibo, born in 2002, participated in the competition for the first time and won with a personal best of 13.72 seconds. the fifth place.

　　Sun Haiping made up his mind to accompany this young man to a bigger stage. "(This year) it has improved by 0.3 seconds at once, and the improvement is still not small. There are still three years before the Paris Olympics. If we use these three years to strengthen , I still want to push him to the international arena."

　　As early as when Qin Weibo was 16 years old, he was compared with his senior brother Liu Xiang. His best time of 14.20 at that time and Liu Xiang's 14.19 at the age of 16.

　　This time, Sun Haiping also responded to this topic: "Liu Xiang's muscle mass is the best I have seen for so many years. Qin Weibo is still lacking in this aspect, so let's take it slowly." The "master" in the Chinese hurdles industry has never left.

　　Sun Haiping wants to see the next Liu Xiang appear more than anyone else. After Liu Xiang retired, he had talked with some Shanghai reporters he knew well. During the exchange, he said sadly: "Now the focus of media attention and reports. It’s not in the 110-meter hurdle anymore."

　　At that time, he bluntly said: "As long as I am here, China must at least lead Asia in the 110-meter hurdle..." This is a promise to China's track and field and the reason why the 66-year-old Sun Haiping still sticks to it.

　　Sun Haiping knows that phenomena like Liu Xiang's talents are hard to come by, but it is his goal to protect a younger group of disciples who are full of wings and move from the domestic to the international arena.

　　One day after Xie Wenjun won the championship, in the men's 400-meter hurdles final, Henan's post-00 player Xie Zhiyu won the championship in 49.67 seconds. He was also the only player among the eight players who opened the 50-second mark that night.

　　Before the National Games, Xie Zhiyu came to the Shanghai Xinzhuang training base three months in advance for closed training. He studied under Sun Haiping. After the game, Xie Zhiyu said: "In the past few months of training, Sun Zhiyu has been helping me polish the fence. The technology has greatly helped and improved me. Now I pass the hurdles more smoothly, and I am more comfortable between the hurdles."

　　If it weren't for the awarding process where the coach and the team members stood on the podium together at the National Games, I am afraid that Sun Haiping would not appear in the sight of many people this time.

　　However, in many days without attention and applause, Sun Haiping has been silently giving, his gray hair is the best proof.

In the hurdles in Shanghai and even in China, the "master" has never left.