Swimming Olympic Champion Le Jingyi: Persistence is the most important quality

The 1994 -year -old swimming pool, the cradle of the champion, is "transporting" more future stars. On September 2nd, the swimming Olympic champion Le Jingyi returned to the place of childhood training -the municipal sports club swimming pool located in Nanjing West Road Sports Building, cheering for the young people who are preparing for the 17th Municipal Games.

From "Xiaobai" to breaking the world record

Relying on the highest podium on the highest podium

The city sports club swimming pool in the sports club in Nanjing West Road is the cradle of the swimming champion. Here there have been two Olympic champions from Yang Wenyi and Yuejingyi. National champion. "Although the equipment here is refurbished, the design of the museum is still the same as that year." Back to the site of childhood training, I saw the classic "mosaic" pattern and 2.5 -yard eye eyes on the swimming pool wall. In the memories of the past.

Shoulder wide, small hips, long legs, and light water fluttering ... Le Jingyi was sent to Shanghai Sports Club to participate in swimming training in the first grade. However, the weaker physical fitness than her peers limited Lejingyi's achievements. She did not participate in the Municipal Games and did not get a good ranking in the city -level competition. For this reason, Le Jingyi was also recommended to try to jump and swim, but they were all brushed down. Although she encountered setbacks, Le Jingyi was a strong girl, but she insisted on staying for training. "At that time, my parents also hoped that I could persist, so I did not deny myself because of these things."

Lejing Yi tells the story of his jersey

After all, gold will glow after all, and Le Jingyi insists on proved her swimming talent to everyone. "At that time, I often practiced myself while other players resting." At the age of 11, Le Jingyi had excellent physical conditions and swimming ability to let her enter the vision of the Shanghai swimming team. After a period of tracking and testing, Le Jingyi entered the Shanghai Swimming Team in 1988. Just two years later, Le Jingyi was selected into the National Swimming Team. "During the time of the Shanghai team and the national team, I walked forward step by step according to the coach's plan, and I stepped on each step."

In the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, Le Jingyi broke the Olympic record and won the championship in the women's 100 -meter freestyle competition with a score of 54 seconds and 50. This is the only swimming gold medal won by the Chinese delegation at the Olympic Games. When I came to the Shanghai Sports Museum next to the Sports Club's swimming pool, I saw the photos of the Olympic champion podium standing in the exhibition hall. In fact, I still know that I have won the championship, I do n’t know that I have broken the record. After I stepped down the podium, I realized that I had broken the Olympic record. "

In the swimming career, Le Jingyi broke the world record 10 times and became a generation of legends in the international swimming world. Recalling this experience, Le Jingyi said that her childhood experience kept her persistent quality. "I have always had a goal of myself, and I know that the goal must be adhered to, so I can break myself again and again."

Love all kinds of sports related to water

Parents who send their eyes should take their eyes in the long run

In 2000, after winning the 100 -meter freestyle gold medal Grand Slam and refreshing all the relevant world records, Le Jingyi chose to retire. When she just retired, Le Jingyi was confused and wanted to see the world outside the sports sports, but after walking around and found that she was still a "fish" that could not be separated from the water. Because of the hobbies of diving, she picked up this exercise that accompanied herself for many years. Now she is engaged in the training of youth swimming and serves as the president of the Xuhui District Swimming Association to guide more people to participate in the swimming. In addition, she also established the Protective Coral Foundation to promote the protection of marine public welfare activities. From the pool to the ocean, Le Jingyi never stopped, just like her love for swimming and never changed. "From the age of 6 to learn swimming to the present, I think the impact of swimming on me for a lifetime, swimming and sharpening my tough personality is also a lifetime. I will always insist on doing the cause of water related to water."

In the Shanghai Sports Club Swimming Pool, Luo Jun, a swimming coach at Shanghai Sports School, is taking athletes to prepare for the Municipal Games. Seeing young athletes training with headphones, Yuejing Yizhen had a interest in communicating with Luo Jun. It turned out that the coaches could communicate with the athletes on the land through the headset and the athletes, and no longer needed to shout again. Le Jingyi said: "The current training conditions are far more advanced than the 1980s I trained at the time. Now there are more youth swimming competitions than before. Five swimming Olympic champions will appear in the future. "

For the young swimmers and their parents who are preparing for the city games, Le Jingyi has a message: "I think parents should take their eyes in the long run, and don't pay too much attention to the results in front of you, because this does not mean the future. An example. For children, we still need to encourage more, and to grow into excellent swimmers, the most important thing is to persist. "

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