For the first time, my country has realized the participation of all items in the Winter Olympics
Cross-border and cross-option material selection leave more thoughts
In the gold medal list of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team ranked third, not only creating the best record in the history of the Winter Olympics in my country, but also for the first time participating in all events of the Winter Olympics.
"In terms of the number of gold medals, China has created the best ranking of Asian countries in the history of the Winter Olympics. This time we are targeting the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, in which South Korea was fifth. At that time, China's economic total The amount is 1/3 that of the United States and 6 times that of South Korea, and now it is 4/5 that of the United States and 10 times that of South Korea.” Yuan Xiaoyi, an associate professor at Beijing Sport University, emphasized that for countries without geographical advantages, comprehensive national strength is the basis for developing the Winter Olympics. The basics.
When it won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in 2015, of the 109 events to be held in the Beijing Winter Olympics, about one-third of the events in my country have hardly been carried out.
In the past seven years, the blanks of many projects have been filled, and the new model of talent selection and training has contributed greatly. In particular, the path of cross-border and cross-item selection has left more thoughts on the selection of sports talents in the future.
Among the 177 athletes participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics, about 1/5 came from cross-border and cross-sport selection.
This new selection method has deeply affected the talent concept in the field of sports in our country, and it is a historical leap from scratch.
Nearly half of the athletes in the snow sports come from cross-border and cross-event materials
From child star "Little Shuanzi" to "Su God" on the snow, 18-year-old Su Yiming used the Olympic medal as his most special coming-of-age ceremony.
Zhang Shixiang, a retired teacher from the School of Humanities of Beijing Sport University, once served as the team leader of Su Yiming, and has been accompanying him to grow up for several years.
Zhang Shixiang recalled that the first time he saw Su Yiming was in August 2018.
At that time, 14-year-old Su Yiming flew from Changchun to Beijing alone, came to the camp, and went to Japan to train together the next day.
Zhang Shixiang said that Su Yiming worked hard with the team in training, study and life.
He is smart and sensible. In addition to training with the team, he also learns Japanese, English and other cultural knowledge with the team members. He also teaches cultural lessons by himself or consults his middle school teacher through the Internet.
Su Yiming was recruited into the national training team for cross-border freestyle skiing and snowboarding, with more than 40 people from Guangxi, Yunnan, Henan and other places, mostly practicing martial arts, gymnastics and other sports.
Ni Huizhong, secretary general of the Chinese delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics, introduced that the 177 athletes participating in the Winter Olympics came from 20 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country, and about one-fifth of the athletes engaged in ice and snow events through cross-border and cross-selection materials. For training and snow sports, nearly half of them are cross-border and cross-sport selection athletes, completely changing the situation that ice and snow sports rely only on individual provinces.
"We only have one training preparation time for the Olympics. We can only use one day for two or three days, and one year for two or three years. There are no holidays during the training period. After skill training, we will learn cultural knowledge." Zhang Shixiang said.
In his opinion, Su Yiming, known as a "genius boy", trains very hard. In order to do a good move, he often practices and watches the video repeatedly.
In the meantime, he was injured twice, and in the process of treatment and rehabilitation, he overcame both physical and mental difficulties.
Su Yiming has mentioned his dream more than once, "To participate in the Winter Olympics at my doorstep and win glory for the country."
Yan Wengang, who won the bronze medal of the steel frame sled, once trained in the long jump for the track and field team of the Wuqing District Sports School in Tianjin for 7 years. physical fitness.
All the athletes who come from cross-border and cross-sports have the goal of participating in the Winter Olympics, but only a very small number of athletes finally stand on the field.
He Jinbo, who has entered a martial arts school in Dengfeng, Henan Province since the age of 10, has transferred to freestyle skiing training in 2018 through cross-border and cross-selection materials.
Although the 22nd place failed to qualify for the final, before him, no Chinese male competitor had ever participated in the Winter Olympics freestyle ski slope obstacle skills competition.
The Chinese ski jumping team competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics is an out-and-out new army. In 2019, it formed a team through cross-border and cross-item selection.
Song Qiwu, Dong Bing, and Peng Qingyue stood out, just one step away from the final round.
Make the most of an athlete's talent
In fact, China has had transfer athletes years ago.
For example, the well-known Liu Xiang, from high jump to hurdles; Tian Liang and Fu Mingxia, from gymnastics to diving; Zhong Man, the first men's fencing world champion in Chinese Olympic history, practiced high jump and basketball.
"Transferring items is actually a typical representative of coaches' experience and selection." Speaking of these, Zhang Yimin, deputy dean of the Chinese Academy of Sports and Health of Beijing Sport University, knows a lot about it.
Since 1992, my country's sports industry began to establish a youth selection system, and he has been in touch with selection work in the field of sports.
During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he also participated in the scientific selection of Olympic elite athletes organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
In preparation for the Beijing Winter Olympics, Beijing Sports University, as a pioneer, pioneered and innovated, and Zhang Yimin once again joined the work of cross-border and cross-selection materials.
"Whether it was the 'transition' at that time, or the 'cross-sport' today, the common point is that they hope to give full play to the talents of athletes and prolong their sports career." Zhang Yimin said.
After the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Gou Zhongwen, director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, said that it is necessary to focus on solving the word "cross", work hard on cross-event, cross-season and cross-border, improve the level of ice and snow sports through various methods, and make up for the participation of athletes. Experience short board, make up for the lack of team management level.
Zhang Yimin introduced that there is a "blank" in the "material" suitable for a certain sports event. The basic requirements are that the body is coordinated, sensitive, fast, strong in response, and has a certain physical fitness.
If you figure out the "champion model" of a project, and use some effective test indicators and methods to test the competitive potential of athletes, it will be more conducive for them to engage in suitable projects.
Since the preparations for the Winter Olympics, the sports department has made up for the shortcomings of talents, and has gradually established a scientific and sound system for cross-border and cross-selection materials.
Zhang Yimin remembers that in 2018, he entered the "expansion" stage of the most intensive selection of materials. A total of more than 3,000 people were selected, while only more than 300 people were preparing for the war in the previous cycle.
However, at the "fixed point" stage, some athletes face retirement or diversion.
In the later national team, only a few dozen people were left.
In Zhang Yimin's view, the value of cross-border and cross-item selection is to provide a new idea, allowing more young athletes to contact more events.
For example, when an athlete reaches adolescence and finds that it is not suitable, consider transferring to a similar project in the same group to try to avoid talent waste.
He believes that directional selection and cross-border and cross-item selection, and the work system of China's selection of materials should complement each other and form an effective and organic interaction.
"Cross-border and cross-events are scientific to a certain extent, but don't 'deify' it." Zhang Yimin said that after the Winter Olympics, it is necessary to summarize experience and conduct systematic scientific exploration on the selection of cross-border and cross-event materials.
Zhang Yimin also teaches courses such as "Athlete Selection" at Beijing Sports University.
In the future, under the trend of integration of sports and education, there may also be masters among ordinary children.
Therefore, coaches find that a pair of talents is very important, which requires them not only to understand the project, but also to master the corresponding scientific knowledge, and to be able to conduct the necessary tests to test the probability of a child's success.
To drive the ideological change of the whole sports work
On February 20, the Chinese team ended the Beijing Winter Olympics with 9 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronzes. The number of gold medals and medals reached a record high.
Among them, projects such as steel frame snowmobiles have also refreshed the best results.
More than 20 years ago, China couldn't even repair snowmobile tracks.
This is an "unaffordable" project. The overseas training cost of snowmobiles is very high, and the venue fee for one class is two or three thousand US dollars.
Therefore, this bronze medal won by Yan Wengang in the steel frame snowmobile project is particularly precious.
Yuan Xiaoyi once coached the China Steel Frame Snow Team and the China Snow Team, and went to the United States and Canada for training.
In his view, the cross-border and cross-sports athletes in Europe and the United States is a "talent reuse plan", but for China's preparations for the Winter Olympics, the most important thing is to solve the problem of what is and what is not, so as to provide future projects layout as a guide.
"In the process of preparing for this battle, there is actually not much experience to learn from. The greatest wealth is that the country has trained a group of coaches, referees, and security personnel with strong professional abilities."
Yuan Xiaoyi was a veteran of track and field before, and it was not until he became a member of the preparation team for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics that he began to contact sports such as snowmobiles.
Before this, even many sports people could not distinguish between snowmobiles, steel frame snowmobiles and sleds.
In Yuan Xiaoyi's view, the change from scratch led by cross-border and cross-selection materials has driven the ideological change of the entire sports work.
In terms of talent training, more emphasis is placed on people-oriented, more respect for athletes, and at the same time, it promotes the flow of talents and opens up a broader stage for athletes.
China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily reporter Zhang Yi Source: China Youth Daily