Just after the Hangzhou Asian Games, Xu Lijia, the sailing champion of the London Olympics, immediately transferred to the Shanghai Tennis Masters. In the next half a year, she will frequently appear on the scene of various marathons, sailing and windsurfing events held in China. “At the turn of spring and summer next year, I will go to Europe again and shoot some foreign competitions. “At the Paris Olympics, I really want to do media coverage or sailing, but I haven’t got the certificate yet.” Of course, it would be best if the identities of the two could be combined, and I am very much looking forward to it. ”
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The Hangzhou Asian Games is Xu Lijia’s third personal participation in the Asian Games. At the 2002 Asian Games in Busan and the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, she was an athlete and impressed both competitions. “The Busan Asian Games was my first large-scale multi-sport event, and I still remember the novelty. Xu Lijia said, “At the Doha Asian Games, I participated in the open category, and the male and female players competed together, and all the other players were male at that time. I definitely can’t match them in terms of physical fitness, so I can only outwit them in terms of sailing, route selection, sailing strategy, etc., and finally defeat them, which is a very special experience!”
After her career as an athlete, Xu Lijia completed her master’s degree in journalism and returned to the field as a media person, launching a number of programs, including “Sports News”, to continue to spread and promote sports by communicating with well-known athletes on the front line and telling their stories, experiences and feelings. However, at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Xu Lijia’s identity also completed another switch: she was a technical official for the sailing and windsurfing event before the end of the sailing and windsurfing competition on September 27. After that, she returned to the media as a media person, watched the competition in 23 events, and interviewed many well-known athletes.
“This time, the Asian Sailing Federation asked me to be a technical officer, but the registered reporter of the World Sailing Federation could not come due to urgent matters at home, so I also took on the English reporting work of the World Sailing Federation. Xu Lijia said that although she has been doing media reporting for nearly 6 years, the English report has only just started from this year’s World Sailing Federation World Championships, “The World Sailing Federation believes that I am a woman and an Asian face, and I can show the diversity of world organizations.” I’ve also received good feedback on my work, so I think it’s busy and fulfilling!”
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After the sailing and windsurfing competition, Xu Lijia rushed back to Hangzhou that night and started working as a media person. In the remaining period of the Asian Games, she interviewed fencing Olympic champion Sun Yiwen, gymnastics star Xiao Ruoteng, weightlifting Olympic champion Hou Zhihui, track and field star Ge Manqi, karate star Gong Li, etc. She was deeply impressed by the experiences and feelings of each famous player. “Gong Li has a very good personality, and the first time we met, we chatted like old friends. While karate is no longer an Olympic sport, she has new goals. Although Sun Yiwen did not achieve good results in the Asian Games this time, she was not disheartened, but more actively prepared for the Paris Olympics next year. Xu Lijia said, “Ge Manqi didn’t expect that she could win two gold medals this time, because of injury, her training was not systematic, and she almost missed the Asian Games squad, so she cherished the opportunity to show her best side in Hangzhou.” ”
In addition, Xu Lijia also met He Wenna, Zhuang Yong and other famous players in the sports world inside and outside the arena, many media friends, heads of various international individual sports organizations, etc., in the process of communicating with them, everyone praised the Hangzhou Asian Games. “It’s all full of praise, and there is nothing that doesn’t say good. She said, “Especially foreigners, Hangzhou is so beautiful, the venue is so big, the service is so good, the volunteers are so enthusiastic, foreigners feel that the standard that China brings to the world, other countries may be difficult to surpass, Hangzhou Asian Games to show the world our country’s economic strength, humanities, history, science and technology, etc., every aspect is great, Hangzhou is definitely handed over a perfect answer.” ”
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Personally, Xu Lijia thinks the best Asian Games event is break dancing, and she also likes rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming with artistic expressive elements. Of course, she was also there for the exciting canoe slalom, the hottest “three balls” events, and non-Olympic sports such as roller skating, jiu-jitsu, and kabaddi. “Enjoyed it and gained a lot. Because only when you have been to the site can you feel the project more deeply and be targeted during the interview. She said, “Gymnastics is what I regret the most this time.” I also missed it when I was working at the Tokyo Olympics. I hope that when the Paris Olympics are held next year, my wish to see the gymnastics competition come true!” Photo courtesy of Lijia Xu