“The other name for miracle is hard work.” This is the motto Liu Shiying wrote on her social account. In the javelin throw final of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 28-year-old Liu Shiying scored 66.34 meters in the first throw and won the championship with this result. Many people called her victory an upset. However, the victory was inseparable from Liu Shiying's tenacity to overcome injuries, the difficulty of the coaching team in formulating a training plan and the silent support of her family.

The training plan formulated for Liu Shiying by her coaching team was based on the four-year cycle of the Olympic Games. The goal at that time was also to achieve the Olympic gold medal. While everyone was training and competing intensively as planned, the COVID-19 epidemic ruthlessly swept across the world, and the Tokyo Olympics, which was supposed to be held in 2020, was postponed for one year. This is a very big blow to the coaching team who have devoted all their energy to preparing for the game, and to Liu Shiying herself.

Currently, Guo Qingxian, who returned from Tokyo triumphantly, is undergoing quarantine. When he once again recalled his beloved disciple’s trip to the Tokyo Olympics, he admitted that Liu Shiying was sure of victory, but there was also a certain degree of difficulty. Even though Liu Shiying's old injury relapsed before the Olympics, Guo Qingxian still trusted her very much and kept comforting his beloved disciple that "everything is possible in time."

Over the past five years, she has laid a very solid foundation in terms of physical fitness and technology, and with the support of the coaching team, Guo Qingxian’s trust is by no means blind confidence. With her many years of team leadership experience, she has perfectly avoided eliminates all disadvantages. Before the final, Guo Qingxian specially told Liu Shiying: "The first shot must be successful, otherwise it will be easily affected by various factors later, and in turn, other people will be affected."

So Liu Shiying performed a throw A great show to determine the outcome. This good show achieved China's first javelin gold medal in Olympic history.

The 2016 Rio Olympics was the first time Liu Shiying participated in the world competition. In the women's javelin qualifying competition, her performance was unsatisfactory and she ranked 23rd and missed the final. A year later at the World Athletics Challenge, Liu Shiying won the women's javelin championship with a time of 66.47 meters, breaking the Asian record of 66.13 meters set by Lu Huihui at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing. In 2018, at the IAAF World Challenge Osaka Golden Grand Prix, Liu Shiying won the women's javelin championship with a time of 67.12 meters. At the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Liu Shiying won the silver medal in the women's javelin with 65.88 meters. In 2020, in the women's javelin final of the National Track and Field Championships, Liu Shiying achieved a comeback and won the championship while creating a personal best with a throw of 67.29 meters in the sixth round.

It can be clearly seen from the competition data that Liu Shiying is constantly improving and definitely has the strength to win the Olympic championship. Liu Shiying's leap from 23rd place in the Olympics to Olympic champion was achieved with real sweat and tears. The first throw to establish the championship at the Tokyo Olympics further demonstrated her dominance. In fact, facing Andrechik, who threw 71.40 meters, the world's best throw this season, Liu Shiying never thought she could win the gold medal. After the game, she herself felt very surprised, describing herself as "just like dreaming" ".

During the preparation for the Olympics, injuries and illnesses had a great impact on her performance. Especially after learning that the Olympics might be cancelled, she was very disappointed, nervous and anxious. When talking about winning the championship, the first thing that came to her mind was not her own difficulty, but her gratitude to the entire team for their dedication to her. She choked up and said: "I feel that I am not strong. What is truly strong are the people around me. , they pushed me away. Thank you to the motherland, thank you to the team, and thank you to everyone around you." Liu Shiying said that the most unforgettable moment of this Olympic trip was when she knew she had won the championship and looked back to see her family and friends cheering for her. , and another moment when the national anthem was played on the podium, "Actually, I was wearing a mask, but my voice was trembling when I sang.

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The moment Liu Shiying won the championship, his parents were watching the live broadcast in front of the TV. His mother, Che Shourong, couldn't control herself with excitement, "Liu Shiying, awesome!" marvelous! "In order to cheer her daughter on, she had already changed her WeChat signature to "Come on, my daughter, success must belong to you who work hard and work hard." When the victory really came, both parents shed tears, Liu's mother Che Shourong He has prepared her favorite crayfish to treat her when she comes back. Her father, who is a chef, also said very proudly: "My daughter will cook whatever she orders." There is another interesting thing. Liu Shiying’s parents run a hotel in Muping District, Yantai City. They changed the name of the hotel to Olympic Hotel five years ago. Regarding this, her mother Che Shourong said with a smile: “My daughter is a sports practitioner, so she is called Olympic Hotel. The hotel also contains a lot of good expectations. "

Changing the name of the family hotel to the Olympic Hotel once caused Liu Shiying a lot of embarrassment, because every time she went back to her hometown, her neighbors would jokingly shout when they saw her: "The Olympic champion is back!" "This made her feel very uncomfortable, because she was not an Olympic champion at that time, and the neighbors' jokes put a lot of pressure on her, so in order to avoid embarrassment, she would try to avoid the folks in her hometown every time she went back.

From now on, she will no longer have to hide.