This is the second gold medal, the fifth and the sixth medal in China track and field.
Two gold medals in one Olympic Games. Compared vertically, China's track and field is the best in history, which tied Athens 12 years ago-however, in 2004, except for Liu Xiang's 1 10 meter hurdles and Xing Huina's 10,000 meter race, all other events were wiped out, and even a medal was not caught-in contrast, this year, the China track and field team won 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. In horizontal contrast, the track and field team has surpassed the gymnastics team, shooting team and badminton team. In the ranking of gold medal contributions of various sports teams, the track and field team ranks fourth. Track and field, which has never been left out in the cold at the China Olympic Games, is finally proud.
When did China track and field, which has been weak for many years, become so powerful?
In the women's 20-kilometer race in Rio Olympic Games, Liu Hong and Gonzalez of Mexico still went hand in hand with the last 200 meters left in the race. The long race was condensed into the final one-on-one PK, and the walking race also had the flavor of swordsman confrontation. I saw Liu Hong constantly speeding up the frequency, accelerating, getting rid of and sprinting, and every step can throw off his opponent by a few centimeters. Under such a deadly offensive, Gonzalez's defense finally collapsed, and Liu Hong took the lead in crossing the finish line. Seven seconds later, Lv Xiuzhi made the third contact.
This is the second gold medal, the fifth and the sixth medal in China track and field.
Two gold medals in one Olympic Games. Compared vertically, China's track and field is the best in history, which tied Athens 12 years ago-however, in 2004, except for Liu Xiang's 1 10 meter hurdles and Xing Huina's 10,000 meter race, all other events were wiped out, and even a medal was not caught-in contrast, this year, the China track and field team won 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. In horizontal contrast, the track and field team has surpassed the gymnastics team, shooting team and badminton team. In the ranking of gold medal contributions of various sports teams, the track and field team ranks fourth. Track and field, which has never been left out in the cold at the China Olympic Games, is finally proud.
When did China track and field, which has been weak for many years, become so powerful?
Before Rio, track and field had risen in China.
Last year, China won 1 gold, 7 silver 1 bronze in the world track and field championships, ranking fourth in the world in the total number of medals, achieving the best result of the track and field team in the world competition in 22 years. Traditional strength walking and women throwing broke out in an all-round way. Six events contributed 1 gold and 5 silver, totaling ***48 top eight, of which China occupied 13!
The bigger breakthrough came from the men's running and jumping events: Su ran 9.99 seconds, broke the yellow race limit and broke into the 100-meter final historically; Zhang Guowei lost the gold medal in the fierce play-offs, but the silver medal in the high jump also created the history of China people; There was a blowout in the long jump. Wang Jianan, Gao Xinglong and Li Jinzhe entered the finals and won 3/4/5 places. The man's 4× 100 meter miraculously won the silver medal, which is an achievement that he couldn't even dream of in the past, which further confirms that there is still a dream. What if it comes true?
The success of Rio Olympic Games is a continuation of Beijing World Championships. Zhang Wenxiu's silver medal in hammer throw and Dong Bin's bronze medal in triple jump continue to make history. The men's 4× 100 m was fourth, Wang Jianan was fifth in the long jump, Xue Changrui was sixth in the pole vault, and Lu Hui was seventh in the javelin throw. The women's discus finally entered the final at the same time. The progress of track and field in China is no longer a point like Liu Xiang's, let alone Ma Jiajun's temporary glory, but a collective outbreak-only such progress.
"Who says the yellow race can't make it to the quarter-finals, I am the Olympic champion", the classic saying after winning the championship in Athens, Liu Xiang is still in my ears, but no one can deny that China people really don't have innate advantages in sports that rely more on physical talent, but the gap can't be narrowed or even smoothed.
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
Depending on one person's salary and courage, the two major plans will be relayed back and forth.
At the Sydney Olympic Games, the China delegation won 28 gold medals, a record high. However, track and field, swimming and water sports performed poorly, because the total number of gold medals in these three events was as high as 1 19, so the "1 19 plan" came into being. Eight years later, at the Beijing Olympic Games, swimming and water sports made gratifying achievements, and * * * won four gold medals. However, the track and field team received the most applause and the most controversy in the Liu Xiang era.
In 20 10, Beijing won the right to host the 20 15 World Athletics Championships. Taking this opportunity, the Tianguan Center put forward the "15 16 Breakthrough Action Plan": the idea of top-level design is also very clear: to strive for good results in the 2065438 Beijing World Championships and the 20 16 Rio Olympic Games (to strive to win four medals): to ensure the advantages of race walking and women throwing, and to enhance 4×/kloc-
Pay is rewarded. The results of Beijing World Championships and Rio Olympic Games even greatly exceeded the expectation of four medals. The outbreak of race walking, women's throwing and men's running and jumping events also verified the scientific nature of "15 16 Breakthrough Action Plan" from the results.
Take a closer look at the "15 16 plan", give full play to the advantages of the national system, add highly concentrated national teams, and strengthen the strategy of "going out, please come in" ... Similar measures are common in all sports teams. Why is the track and field performance so obvious?
"Westernization Movement" in China Track and Field Sports
On the first day of track and field in Rio Olympic Games, the China delegation had a lot of good news. And Cai swept the gold medal and silver medal in the men's 20km race-in the last Olympic Games, Chen Ding won the only gold medal in track and field for China. "China Walking Race has always been an advantageous event, and it has accumulated a lot of competition experience. Especially with the arrival of Damilano, the training concepts and methods have been greatly improved." Feng Shuyong, head coach of China track and field team, told the story of The Secret Behind's success. Who's Damilano? This white-haired Italian has trained five Olympic champions and six world champions, which is of great help to China's race walking.
It is not a day for the track and field team to invite foreign teachers. In the Rio Olympic cycle, their enthusiasm is higher. At present, China's track and field teams have hired nine foreign teachers in marathon, walking, jumping, shot put, discus, pole vault and javelin, all of which have the world's top teaching level.
Randall Huntington is one of them, and his proud disciple Powell once set a record for men's outdoor long jump of 8.95 meters with 199 1, which has not been approached, let alone surpassed. Wang Jianan, who won the bronze medal in the long jump in the World Championships and ranked fifth in the Rio Olympics, had a best score of only 7.90 meters before emulating Huntington. It is common practice to jump 8.20 meters now-this 30 cm is the difference between winning a medal and not making it to the final. In fact, the long jump has become the fist event of track and field in China. There are more than 10 athletes in China with scores above 8m, and more than half of them have skipped 8m. In Huntington's mind, Li Jinzhe is still the most talented person in China's long jump. He once made it clear that "I always believe that Li Jinzhe has the strength to jump to 8.60 meters"-you know, the result of this Olympic champion is 8.38 meters.
In addition, the javelin team has Horn, the leader team has Clark, and the discus team has Kanetz ... Under the guidance of these excellent coaches, Zhao Qinggang, Lu Hui, Gong, Su and others have reached the top level in the world. The track and field team also invited Ute Stamer, a physical rehabilitation teacher from a well-known rehabilitation center in South Munich. Many players in Bayern Munich are his clients, and the video of Bayern captain Ram's rehabilitation is often played by Ute Stamer to track and field athletes.
More than "please come in", China track and field is still "going out". 20 13 12, Zhang Guowei, Wang Yu, Zheng Xingjuan and others from the high jump team flew to Kansas, USA for a two-month training, which was the first time that China sent high jumpers to the United States for training in 30 years. It is no accident to go abroad this time. After that, a large number of track and field people in China embarked on the journey of studying abroad to learn from others.
Liu Xiang can be described as the "pioneer" of overseas training all the year round. However, people with this kind of experience, which used to be rare in China track and field circles, have now become the norm among top athletes. The men's sprint team trained in the United States for more than three months at the beginning of the year, and even flew from the United States to Rio to participate in the Olympic Games. During Su's training in America, the American coach suggested that he start with his left foot. Although he was uncomfortable at first, Sue did improve his ability through this technique. Last year, he ran into 10 second twice and kept it within 10 second for a long time, which is proof. Even gatling sent an invitation to Sue, hoping that he could come to the United States to train with him.
Of course, not all foreign teachers can succeed. Italian marathon coach Rosa insisted on her own training methods during her teaching in China, but ignored the differences in physical fitness and ideas of China athletes. After two years, she finally left sadly. There are also local team coaches who say that it is a waste after going abroad for training. "We can't practice what black people practice at all, and the physical differences can't be crossed."
Feng Shuyong revealed that the track and field team has always adhered to three principles when hiring foreign teachers: First, it does have high achievements in the professional field; Second, I really want to help the development of track and field in China, not just to make money; Thirdly, we can understand the different characteristics of China athletes. Under such guiding ideology, these foreign teachers not only raised the athletes' performance to a new height, but also left their advanced training concepts in China, which is far more significant than training one or two successful athletes.
Learning from foreigners to control foreigners, the "Westernization Movement" initiated by China Athletics directly worships foreign countries instead of blindly following them has stimulated the improvement of achievements in the short term, but in the long run, it will bring endless wealth to China Athletics.
Science and technology are the primary productive forces
In the big picture at the top of the website of the Sports Science Research Institute of the State General Administration of Sport, the Chinese character "Science and technology are the primary productive forces" is very conspicuous. Yuan Tinggang, an associate researcher in the research institute, has been tracking Liu Xiang and other track and field stars for a long time since 200 1 to provide scientific support for the track and field team. At the end of 20 15, he revealed the secret of the overall progress of track and field in China from another angle in the article "The Power of Sports, the Power of Science and Technology".
As early as 2009, the Institute conducted a comprehensive "anatomy" of Gong by using the multi-processing technology of sports video images, fast video feedback technology and three-dimensional video analysis technology of sports biomechanics. The results show that her hand speed has reached the world-class 13.50 m/s, and her hand angle is less than 34, while the hand angle of world-class shot putters is generally around 39. Where are the defects? It goes without saying.
Especially in the collective men's long jump. The research institute found that the run-up speed of Chinese athletes reached the level of world-class elite athletes, but the take-off angle was low. The world record holder Powell's take-off angle is 24, carl lewis is above 22, while Li Jinzhe's is 18 to 19, Gao Xinglong's is around 18, and Wang Jianan is slightly better, but it has just reached 20. Since then, strengthening the practice of run-up rhythm and take-off explosive force has become the focus of the long jump team, and the performance of the players has also been improved.
The best walking team in the last two Olympic Games also has the long-term "service" of a scientific research team in Jilin University. They measure athletes' finger blood and other indicators every day to help make training plans and carry out scientific training. Damilano, a foreign teacher of the race walking team, brought a training method to monitor athletes with lactic acid and heart rate, which was widely adopted by the China track and field team.
In recent years, China's position in the world's scientific research field has become more and more important, with a blowout of high-level papers and patents, which is likely to overtake the United States. In this context, it is not surprising that science has blossomed in the field of track and field. As we all know, physical training is easy to encounter bottlenecks, especially in track and field events that are highly dependent on physical fitness. The "10 second mark" in the 100-meter race once stood in front of the yellow race for a long time. However, with the help of science and technology, the "Ren Durmai" of track and field in China was opened. Only in 20 15 years, the track and field team * * * broke four Asian records of men's and women's 4x4100 meter relay, women's javelin throw and women's pole vault, while Liu Hong created a world record of 20km walking.
Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and the so-called truth should be universally applicable.
The seeds have been sown, and the future of track and field in China can be expected.
After the 100-meter semi-final of Rio Olympic Games, Su said: "Now there are Zhang Peimeng, Xie and me, and the 100-meter level in China has reached a record high. I especially hope that more talents will join our project, so that we will not be so tired. "
In fact, the construction of the reserve talent echelon built by China Athletics Association 20 1 1 has begun to take shape. There are more than 30 reserve talent bases in track and field 12, which are resident in the national team12. A major league of amateur training in track and field has been established, and the third echelon of track and field athletes has basically been built. During the London Olympic cycle, the number of male and female registered athletes in China who race the traditional advantage events increased by 1.36% and 1.35% respectively. It has been seven years since the national youth team and the reserve talent training base were launched. The national youth team was divided into eight groups by region for long-term intensive training, and a Russian coach was hired as the head coach of the national youth team-a strong talent pool is the confidence of track and field in China now.
Of course, no matter how great the track and field progress in China is, there is still a clear gap with several big countries. Feng Shuyong said frankly, "There is no event in China track and field at present, and any player has absolute strength to win the gold medal." This sentence has two meanings: there are already some events in China that can compete for the championship, but none of them has absolute advantages-the pride and embarrassment of China track and field are among them.
Looking into the future, China track and field is still full of difficulties. The advantages of the United States, Jamaica, Russia, Kenya, Ethiopia and other countries basically cover all projects. What China can do is to eliminate the human body's natural disadvantages in explosive power, endurance, flexibility and muscle content, enhance its competitiveness as much as possible, and try to get a piece of the action.
Mr. Lu Xun has a famous saying: The road ahead is smooth, why don't some people leave because of a little obstacle?