18-year-old high school student in Nanchong wins 4 golds at World Shooting Championships

  Remind parents: keep a low profile, don't post a circle of friends

  West China Metropolis Daily - Cover reporter Xie Jie

  Win 4 golds in 5 days!

The 2022 International Shooting Federation Pistol Shooting World Championships is being held in Cairo, Egypt. As of the morning of October 18, Beijing time, among the youth group players, 18-year-old girl Pang Yuqian from Nanchong, Sichuan has won 4 gold medals for the Chinese team, becoming the current Chinese team. The first player in the team medal standings.

  On the morning of October 18, a reporter from the West China Metropolis Daily interviewed Pang Yuqian's mother, coach, class teacher and school in Nanchong, Pang Yuqian's hometown, to explore the shooting journey of the 18-year-old.

  Received a "small note" in physical education class

  12-year-old girl accidentally walks on shooting road

  "Very excited, proud, proud!" On the morning of October 18, Ms. Li, Pang Yuqian's mother, introduced to reporters that Pang Yuqian has been a sensible girl since childhood.

  "It was really accidental that she embarked on the road of shooting." Back in 2016, 12-year-old Pang Yuqian was in the first year of Nanchong No. 5 Middle School. He gave Pang Yuqian a small note for trial class experience: If you are interested, you can visit the shooting team of Nanchong High School on weekends and have a try.

  When she came home at night, Pang Yuqian showed the note to her parents. The parents asked her if she wanted to go. She thought about it and decided to take a look.

  "We went to the shooting team that weekend. She touched the gun for the first time. We thought she was mediocre, but she turned out to be the best baby that day." Pang's mother said that at that time, the coach said that Pang Yuqian was in a good position to hit the target. Tight, very stable, no nervousness on his face.

  In this way, Pang Yuqian joined the shooting team of Nanchong High School and began to learn shooting.

  "At that time, she was in junior high school, and every night after school, she would drive her to training and eat dinner in the car." In mother Pang's memory, her daughter was in the car every training day from the age of 12 to 14. "After eating in a hurry and hurrying to train, my dad and I both felt very distressed, but she was very happy herself, she never cried, she persevered."

  In 2018, Pang Yuqian entered the provincial team, and in 2021, he was selected for the national team with excellent results.

  "After she entered the provincial team, she could only go home during the holidays. She was training outside alone. We all feel sorry for her, but she made us proud and cherished every step of the way." Ms. Pang introduced that this World Championships, Pang Yuqian only told his family about the results after winning the second medal, and also told his parents to "keep a low profile and don't show off on the circle of friends."

  However, the excited mother Pang finally posted on the Moments, but in order not to affect her daughter, she has blocked her daughter in the Moments.

  "As soon as you touch the gun, the aura changes"

  Six years of grinding guns from Nanchong to the national team

  Hu Shiyu, the shooting project leader of the Nanchong High School Shooting Team, is Pang Yuqian's training coach.

  "She came to try out that weekend six years ago, and I noticed her. Although she has never learned shooting, she showed good physical coordination and mental concentration during the tryout." Hu Shiyu told reporters that the girl is very Talented, hardworking, and willing to persevere.

"She looks small and quiet, but as soon as she touches the gun, her aura changes, full of power!"

  In order not to delay learning, the shooting coach chose after-school training after communicating with Pang Yuqian and his parents.

"Training for an hour a day, from the training effect, has made great progress." Hu Shiyu said that although the training time was not long, with hard work and love, Pang Yuqian ushered in the first leap.

In 2018, Pang Yuqian participated in the 13th Sichuan Provincial Games, won the 10m Air Rifle Women's B Division Championship, and successfully entered the Sichuan Provincial Team Special Training.

After that, she worked harder and participated in the 2nd National Youth Games.

In 2021, he was selected to the national team with excellent results.

  "She is very focused and has a mental willpower beyond her age." Hu Shiyu introduced that Pang Yuqian has very high requirements for herself, and she has a strong comprehension ability and is very capable of self-adjustment and improvement.

  Hu Shiyu was very happy to learn that Pang Yuqian represented China in the World Championships.

Even if there is a jet lag, Hu Shiyu still watches the real-time game every day, pays attention to the information of the game, and understands Pang Yuqian's situation as soon as possible.

When Pang Yuqian won the gold medal again and again, Hu Shiyu was excited and proud.

  "We also often chat online. After the competition every day, we have to chat. She is very stable. From the 18th to the 20th, there are 3 projects, and she has a clear goal for herself."

  Diligence and seriousness are the impressions of Pang Yuqian's high school teacher Yue Pengcheng.

"Although she participated in professional training, she did not miss the cultural class, and took online classes outside of the training." Yue Pengcheng introduced that Pang Yuqian attended school when he was in Nanchong, and took online classes when he was in Chengdu.

"The teachers in the class all know her situation and take the time to give her study guidance at any time." Yue Pengcheng said that after Pang Yuqian was selected for the national team, her alma mater and coaches have been looking forward to her performance in the world arena, "One gold medal after another in the World Championships, Make her classmates and teachers proud of her!"

  the stars shine

  The sports dream of a century-old school

  "The information of Pang Yuqian's consecutive championships is boiling in our sports group! Many alumni and classmates of the national team in other sports have sent congratulations." Cheng Jian, director of the Sports and Health Department of Nanchong High School, introduced that over the years, Nanchong High School has trained many students Athletes enter the provincial and national teams.

  Track and field athlete Ma Wusan, the champion of the National Middle School Athletics Championships and the third runner-up of the Asian Middle School Cross Country Championships, "runs" from Nanchong High School to Peking University.

Race walker Luo Yue, champion of the National Middle School Track and Field Championships, "walked" from Nanchong High School to Tsinghua University.

Lu Wei, a diver from Nanchong High School, won the 2019 Gwangju World Swimming Championships in South Korea's women's 10-meter double platform champion. He "jumped" from Nanchong to the provincial team and "jumped" into the national team.

He Wuxia, a track and field athlete, created the best 10,000-meter Chinese female athlete in the past 10 years and "entered" the national team.

Badminton player Chen Lu and Taekwondo player Wang Fuhui are also in the national team now.

  There is also Ma Xiuzhen, a girl from the Yi nationality from Liangshan Prefecture. At the age of 17, she became a special student of Nangao Sports and started her personal sports career. In just a few years, she won the third place in the women's 3000 meters in the National Middle School Games and the championship in the 3000 meters in the national sports traditional sports school track and field competition.

Student Liu Qi, the first place in the National Sports Dance Championship for middle school students; student He Yue, the champion of the 200m track and field competition in the National Sports Traditional Project School (Midwest Division); student Ren Qian, the 55kg champion of the 2018 National U Series Taekwondo Championships… …These young students have all gone from Nanchong High School to a wonderful future.

  "Sports are strong, China is strong, and national sports are prosperous, sports are prosperous." Tu Gang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Principal of Nanchong High School, said that the school already has more than 10 sports such as shooting, track and field, swimming, martial arts, basketball, volleyball, and badminton. The training team allows students to experience the charm of sports while learning cultural lessons.

Students who are capable of writing and martial arts have performed well in competitions across the province, the country and even the world, not only winning glory for the country, but also giving students more possibilities for development.

(Source: West China Metropolis Daily)