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Text: Dreams of Nine Songs
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On September 29, in the women’s 4×100-meter medley relay final of the Hangzhou Asian Games, when the referee raised the red flag and canceled the results of the Chinese team, the audience was in an uproar, and Zhang Yufei, who had already won the gold medal, also missed another gold medal.
This accident left a regret for the Chinese women’s swimming team to participate in the Asian Games, and also made all Chinese fans feel sad, as the host and the favorite of the event, the Chinese team performed well before, frequently won gold, but did not expect that on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a mistake in a relay race has become the biggest regret in this Asian Games.
The Chinese women’s swimming team played a losing role
In the women’s swimming competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese team performed well, winning multiple gold medals, but also suffered some embarrassing defeats.
In the women’s 4x100m medley relay preliminaries, the Chinese team sent a strong combination, the first bat Wang Xueer played well, laying a good start for the team.
But this became a foul in the eyes of the referee, and finally punished the Chinese team for a jumping foul, the results were canceled, and the final was missed, when the result was announced, the scene was in an uproar, Chinese audiences and netizens said that the referee’s punishment was too strict, Wang Xueer also broke down emotionally, crying bitterly for this major mistake that may affect her career, she apologized to her teammates, and her heart was full of self-blame and sadness.
On the other hand, the Japanese team, which was originally ranked behind the Chinese team, easily won the first place in the preliminaries and was able to advance to the finals.
This is a heavy blow to the Chinese swimming team, who were full of confidence in their strength before the competition, but ended up losing at such a critical juncture, and the coaching staff was also in a difficult situation at this time, they thought that they could easily reach the final, but now they can only accept this cruel result and reflect on the problems in the preparation.
In this Asian Games, Zhang Yufei is the favorite of the Chinese team, she has won 6 gold medals before, and was once pinned on the hope of realizing the dream of 7 golds, but she did not participate in the medley relay, and finally the dream of 7 gold was shattered, in the individual event 50m butterfly final, Zhang Yufei broke the Asian Games record with a time of 25.10 seconds and won the 6th gold.
This is also her last gold medal in this Asian Games, although she added a gold medal, but unfortunately, Zhang Yufei’s dream of a perfect closed loop of 7 gold came to an end, her face could not hide her disappointment, and her teammates also felt sorry for her regret.
Despite the accident in the women’s medley relay, the Chinese swimming team still performed well in other events, Li Bingjie won the gold medal in the men’s 50m breaststroke, Xu Jiayu won the gold medal in the women’s 800m freestyle, and Shuichi Takehara and Li Zhouhao won the gold and silver medals in the men’s 200m backstroke.
It is worth mentioning that Japan’s Ikee Rikako competed fiercely with Chinese players in many events in this Asian Games, and finally won the bronze medal, and she tied with Chinese player Zhang Yufei for the two most gold medals in this Asian Games.
Ikee Likako was diagnosed with leukemia in 2019, successfully returned to the arena through tenacious treatment, and even performed so well in this Asian Games, full of legends, Zhang Yufei and Ikee Lihuako hugged each other and cried after the game, which made people moved by their friendship.
In this Asian Games, although the Chinese swimming team has achieved many impressive results, it has not ended perfectly, especially Zhang Yufei’s missed 7 golds, and the women’s medley relay event ended unexpectedly due to fouls, leaving some regrets.
I believe that through this exercise, the Chinese swimming team will become more mature and stable, both internal and external, and create new achievements in the next training and competitions, and win glory for the country!
What is the strength of the women’s swimming team
In recent years, the Chinese women’s swimming team has shown strong strength and unlimited potential in the international arena, and they have frequently set Asian and even world records in various swimming events, which has impressed the world.
Zhang Yufei is the pillar of the Chinese women’s swimming team, known as the “Asian butterfly queen”, she won medals in a number of competitions, showing her fierce strength, such as at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Zhang Yufei won the silver medal in the women’s 100m butterfly, and the American star Dallas is close to reach.
The final was a classic, with the two sides battling it out to win the gold medal by just 0.05 seconds, but it was also the highlight of Zhang’s career, and at the recent World Championships, Zhang Yufei broke her own Asian record, which is a testament to her progress and she is expected to do another great job at the Paris Olympics in the future.
In addition to Zhang Yufei, the Chinese women’s swimming team has emerged many outstanding new stars in recent years, such as Li Bingjie, who is the leader of the Chinese women’s middle and long distance freestyle, and has won silver medals in the 800m and 1500m freestyle at the World Championships and Asian Games, as well as the teenager Cheng Yujie, who reached the 50m freestyle final of the World Championships, achieving this breakthrough for the first time in 29 years.
For example, in the 2018 Asian Games, the Chinese women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team won the championship with a record-breaking Asian record.
Although compared with the United States, Australia and other swimming powers, there is still a certain gap in the overall strength of Chinese women’s swimming, but they are growing rapidly at an astonishing speed, with the help of top coaches and scientific training, this batch of post-90s flowers have gradually matured and blossomed, I believe that through their unremitting efforts, the Chinese women’s swimming team will bloom on the stage in the future.
In order to further improve its strength, the Chinese women’s swimming team has also made great efforts in all aspects, such as strengthening basic training, improving scientific nutrition, and learning from the experience of the world’s top players, improving technical details.
The Chinese women’s swimming team is rising historically, and their goal is to aim for the future Paris Olympics, where we look forward to them blooming the gorgeous flowers of China’s power!
Swimmers have also made mistakes
In the 2012 London Olympics men’s 1500m freestyle final, Chinese player Sun Yang in the last round trip, suddenly accelerated to take the lead, leading the group, just when he was about to defeat all opponents to win the championship, the venue suddenly sounded a chaotic noise, Sun Yang was startled, lost his balance and fell into the water, the referee honked to stop the game, and the staff immediately rushed to ask Sun Yang about the situation.
Sun Yang climbed ashore, panting heavily, his face was flushed, he insisted that he was fine, but just now he suddenly heard an unusually loud noise, thinking that something was wrong, and fell into the water in a panic, the referee announced a rematch, and Sun Yang came to the locker room in frustration.
Just when Sun Yang was about to start again, the staff suddenly notified him of the doping test, Sun Yang was very anxious and annoyed, insisted on the inspection violations, refused to cooperate, the two sides argued, and finally the test was ruled invalid, but Sun Yang had missed the rematch because of this chaos and lost the chance to win the championship.
For a while, all kinds of speculations arose, some people said that Sun Yang deliberately created chaos and wanted to take the opportunity to evade the inspection, some people said that the referee deliberately found fault and made things difficult for the Chinese players, and even some media reported that Sun Yang’s team members destroyed blood samples on the spot, for these statements, Sun Yang was extremely angry and puzzled, he insisted that he was innocent, and this inspection was purely deliberate smearing.
The dispute attracted great attention from FINA, and after investigating and collecting evidence, the FINA believed that there were a number of procedural irregularities in the inspection, which should not be considered a doping violation, but despite the psychological pressure caused by the chaos, Sun Yang did not perform well at the subsequent Olympics and failed to win the title.
Four years later, at the Rio Olympics, Sun Yang once again broke into the 1500m freestyle final, and everyone expected him to raise his eyebrows, however, just one day before the preliminaries, some media broke rumors that he had used illegal drugs, although Sun Yang denied and passed the drug test, this incident became a big problem for him again, and finally, in the final, Sun Yang won the silver medal by a narrow margin.
After the incident, the World Anti-Doping Agency imposed an eight-year ban on Sun Yang for sabotaging drug tests, and Sun Yang again angrily appealed, and after repeated litigation, the court found that there were procedural deficiencies and finally revoked the punishment.
Now, the dispute that has lasted for many years has finally settled, Sun Yang said that the lawsuit has cost him a lot, but it has also made him realize the cruelty and injustice of sports competition, and he will train harder to prove himself with strength and win glory for China’s swimming career, and at the same time, he called on relevant institutions to improve the rules and regulations to prevent such miscalculations from happening.
This controversy has made people reflect on the consequences of the lack and imperfection of the system in sports competition, and at the same time, in the face of criticism, what kind of perseverance an excellent athlete should have.
epilogue
It is sad that the Chinese swimming team suffered a cancellation of results in this Asian Games, but every setback will be a motivation to rise up, and we firmly believe that the Chinese swimming team will stand up again and win glory for the country.
We look forward to the Chinese swimming team continuing to work hard and using their efforts to prove what fair play is, no matter what, let’s cheer for the Chinese swimming team, and let us continue to explore what is the true meaning of sports.
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Zhang Yufei is a carnivorous man, not enough to be a pillar. Lin Yufei obeys the Tao and remembers the teacher, is grateful, works hard as one, and misses it, and praises it
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I cried because the prize money was gone.
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2023-10-14 11:21:45
If you don’t write it, just go cool, and if you don’t have it, a foul is a foul.
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If you don’t write it, just go cool, and if you don’t have it, a foul is a foul.
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This result is really unacceptable, the Chinese team has already won the gold medal, but lost the honor because of a cancellation of the results, which is a huge blow to the athletes and fans alike
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