Hangzhou, 9 Sep (ZXS) -- Title: "Flowers" have reopened and thunder is young

China News Agency reporter Miao Lu

In 1984, China's first Olympic fencing gold medal fell to the women's individual foil event, the year that Lei Sheng, the head coach of Chinese women's foil, was born in Tianjin.

At the Hangzhou Asian Games being held here, up to now, the two gold medals of the Chinese fencing team have been won by the Chinese foil team led by Lei Sheng, and it has also broken the "gold medal drought" of the Chinese women's foil team in the Asian Games for more than 20 years.

At the age of 11, he began to practice fencing systematically, and at the age of 18, he was selected for the national team and won the gold medal in the men's foil individual competition at the London Olympics, achieving a breakthrough of "zero" in the Chinese men's foil Olympic gold medal... The fate of Thunder and Foil is not limited to this. In 2017, Leisheng announced his retirement and began to transform into the head coach of Chinese women's foil.

Once, the foil brought countless flowers and applause to the thunder, making him experience turbulence and surging; Today, the flower foil calms down the thunder to preach and teach, and the "six years of sharpening a sword" bears fruit.

Leisheng told the China News Agency: "I am very happy, I didn't expect such a perfect result, and the previous goal was a gold medal." In the post-match interview area, the thunder that has never seen much expression could not suppress the rise of the corners of his mouth.

In the women's individual foil event, "Post-00s" Huang Qianqian defeated Asia's No. 28 Japan's Ryokazu Higashi Seiwa, who had defeated her Yuka Ueno in the group round robin on the same day, and won the first gold medal of the Hangzhou Asian Games for the Chinese fencing team. On the <>th, the Chinese women's foil team exceeded expectations, defeating Japan and South Korea, and once again "stabbed" the second gold medal of this Asian Games.

At the threshold of alternation between old and new, these two gold medals are of great significance to the Chinese fencing team. Lei Sheng said: "When I was an athlete, women's foil has always been a weak sport for the Chinese fencing team, before the Asian hegemony was the Korean team, now the Japanese team, this time we subverted them for the first time, standing on the top podium, which is a great encouragement for Chinese women's foil." ”

From the men's foil "curtain call", but on the women's foil "bright sword", Lei Sheng confessed that it was related to his own personality. In the eyes of Wang Haibin, president of the Chinese Fencing Association, Leisheng's personality is relatively introverted, female players are more emotional, and the calmness of the coach may help the players maintain mental stability.

At the beginning, the calmness of the thunder was vividly reflected in the field, and even if the fight was fierce on the field, he still did not express particularly excited emotions. But after nearly 6 years of coaching, Leisheng gradually realized that he needed to try to change.

At this year's Asian Games, Thunder will stand the whole time when the score is glued, and will also shout reminders when points are lost. Lei Sheng said frankly: "The more I become a coach, the more I find that there are many details to consider, each athlete has its own characteristics, how to adjust the psychology of athletes, how to help them adjust relevant techniques, I still have a lot to learn." ”

When he was studying at Peking University, Lei Sheng's favorite was the philosophy class, he believed that fencing is like a chess game, in addition to the competition of speed and strength, you also need the competition of brain power, and the dialectics in philosophy is very enlightening for himself. "I've been a martial arts fan since I was a kid, and I've always loved lining up troops, and when I'm an athlete, I often give advice. Now that I am a coach, I can take some of my experience and moves apart, which is a very interesting thing. Thunder said.

Huang Qianqian is a "big heart" athlete with a sense of responsibility; Chen Qingyuan has experience and strong comprehensive strength; Wang Yuting's technique is very good, but it requires confidence... For the characteristics of the players, the thunder is like a treasure.

In the individual final, Lei Sheng adjusted Huang Qianqian's tactics, Lei Sheng said: "Although this makes Huang Qianqian very uncomfortable, the opponent is even more uncomfortable, which is an important reason for her win." In the team final, Leisheng boldly used Wang Yuting, a "surprise soldier" who had no understanding of the opponent.

"A light rain is new, and a thunder starts." The Chinese foil women's group that went out this time, in addition to Chen Qingyuan, Huang Qianqian, Wang Yuting, and Wang Yingying are all "post-00s". When talking about whether the training methods for them are different, Lei Sheng said: "Their usual training is very hard, but the psychological pressure is not great, I will not blame them too much, let them set a performance and technical goal that can be achieved before training, with the goal, there is a direction to strive for." ”

After dormancy, the era of Chinese women's foil is not finished. (End)