The 60 -year -old man across the Yangtze River 13 times in 11 hours

Acting in the interviewee of Wan Jinjun

□ Chutian Metropolis Daily Journalists Qiu Mu Judge Wang Jiawen

In 11 hours, 13 times across the Yangtze River, with a total mileage of 33.7 kilometers. On September 18, Wan Jinjun, a member of the Yangtze River Rescue Volunteer team, set a record in the Yangtze River near the Mountains and Yangtze River Bridge. Wan Jinjun said that this move broke his record of crossing the river for 10 consecutive times, and also broke the record of recording folk enthusiasts to cross the river.

I dared to swim by the river in the past two years

In 1960, Wan Jinjun was born in Tianmen, Hubei. In 1979, Wan Jinjun abandoned his studies and joined the army. It was 13 years in Xinjiang, thousands of miles away. It was not until 1992 that he was transferred to work in Changhang Group. After the work was stable, his wife helped him run a long -term member card of a swimming pool, hoping to let her husband regain this hobby. Through the introduction of the swimming pool swimmer, he came into contact with outdoor swimming.

"I just started swimming in the Yangtze River, I only traveled by the river, and I was familiar with the Yangtze River environment for nearly two years." Wan Jinjun said, "Later, I joined the Yuehu Bridge Winter Swimming Team before The first time crossing the Yangtze River. "

Recalling the feeling of crossing the river for the first time, Wan Jinjun felt that "it is an unprecedented wonderful experience." More than 80 players crossed the river collectively. In order to maintain the team type, everyone must face the difficulties together. The team's collaboration made him enjoy it. Since then, Wan Jinjun's passion for crossing the river is out of control. Wan Jinjun said: "Now to me, the Yangtze River is like my lover. Every time I cross the river, it is like a date with her. The crossing the river has become my daily exercise." Wan Jinjun will cross the river every time The data was recorded, and he said that it has successfully crossed the river more than 1,600 times.

Swimming friends call him "Yangtze Tong"

Wanjinjun, who is crossing the river

Swimming in the Yangtze River often encounters drowning. In order to facilitate the rescue of others, Wan Jinjun joined the Wuhan Water Rescue Team (later renamed the Yangtze River Rescue Volunteer Team) in 2012.

On July 1, 2018, Wan Jinjun was swimming with several swimming friends in the river, and suddenly heard that someone was calling for help. Wan Jinjun and the swimming friends went to check in and found that a man was far away from the shore, and his head was sinking into the water.

"This situation basically believes that it can't be saved. Because people need to dive into the water to hold the drowning person, it is very difficult to save people on the surface. But I didn't think much, I still saved him in the water. "

Wan Jinjun said that after joining the rescue team, he rescued four people. In 2018, he was most impressed by the difficulty of saving people in 2018.

"I can cross the river safely for more than 1600 times, and I pay attention to my safety." Wan Jinjun said, "I will fully understand the weather and hydrological conditions of the day before crossing the river. Be sure to lose. "

On the Winter Swimming Network of the National Winter Swimming Lovers Forum, Wan Jinjun has also published many articles related to the safety of crossing the river, reminding the swimming friends to pay attention to the safety of crossing the river. The swimming friends all refer to the enthusiastic Wan Jinjun "Yangtze River".

It is not recommended to cross the river casually

Due to the drought, the water level of the Yangtze River decreased significantly this year, and the river surface became narrower. In August, Mr. Yang, a swimmer of swimming friends, invited the group friends to try to challenge the Yangtze River Shimu. Wan Jinjun was glad to "take the move".

On August 26, after eight or nine hours of hard work, the two successfully completed the ten consecutive crossing of the Yangtze River. "After completing the ten -consecutive crossing, I feel that there is no problem with my body function, so I want to challenge the crossing the river more than ten consecutive times." Wan Jinjun said.

The pictures of Wan Jinjun who completed the crossing river are provided by the respondent

After a period of training, Wan Jinjun decided to challenge on September 18.

At around 8:30 in the morning on September 18, Wan Jinjun entered the river from the Junshan Yangtze River Bridge and began to cross the Yangtze River. After nearly 11 hours of stubborn struggle, he went ashore near Wuchang River Beach at around 8 pm. According to the sports software software, Wan Jinjun's total mileage across the river reached 33.7 kilometers.

Wan Jinjun said that crossing the river during the day is relatively smooth, but when the sky began to be dark, the wind and waves of the river became big, and he had to change his backstroke to free swimming.

Regarding the crossing of the river crossing the river, the police of the Water Branch of the Wuhan Public Security Bureau reminded the general public that ordinary people must not try easily. The players of the Yangtze River Rescue Volunteer team dared to cross the river after the Yangtze River was very familiar with the Yangtze River. If the citizens tried it, they would not only affect the river shipping on the way to cross the river.

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