In the early morning of August 5th, Beijing time, on the last competition day of the swimming competition at the Paris Olympic Games, the Chinese team made a big move. In the men's 4x100-meter medley relay final, the Chinese team defeated the American team, which has been the "hegemon" in this event for 40 years, and the host France team, which had the home court advantage, and won the championship with a time of 3 minutes, 27 seconds and 46 seconds. This is the first time that the Chinese swimming team has won an Olympic gold medal in this event, completing the "impossible mission."
Since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the Chinese swimming team has never won a medal in this event. The eighth place in the Tokyo Olympics is the best result in history. Nowadays, "reaching the sky in one step" makes people full of emotions. In the
competition, China's four swimmers Xu Jiayu , Qin Haiyang , Sun Jiajun , Pan Zhanle cooperated tacitly and tried their best. Among them, Pan Zhanle's segment score reached an astounding 45.92 seconds, helping the Chinese team Overtaking from third place to first position. Earlier in the men's 100-meter freestyle final, Pan Zhanle won the championship in 46.40 seconds, setting a new world record and making history.
For a long time, whether it is the men's 4x100-meter medley relay or the men's 100-meter freestyle, it has been an iron-hard "sphere of influence" for American and Australian athletes, and no one else can get involved. In the world of swimming, the stereotype has long been formed that the champion must be them. This pattern is of course based on super strength and profound foundation, but it does not mean "impeccable".
As long as the pursuers have the perseverance to improve themselves little by little, they will eventually have the opportunity to compete with the strongest. And if those who are latecomers always act like "they let others be strong" and "accord with destiny" and don't even have the courage to challenge, then how can they defeat themselves and surpass others? How can the Olympic spirit of "Faster, Higher, Stronger and More United" be reflected?
In the context of the Olympic Games, how a country performs in its traditional advantageous events often affects people's hearts because it is the basis of a country's sports strength. Extraordinary progress in non-traditional strengths has received special attention because it is an "addition" to a country's sports strength. The improvement of a country's competitive sports level is largely reflected in catching up in non-traditional strengths.
html For more than ten years, China's outstanding performance in the Olympic Games cannot be separated from the surprises brought by some non-traditional strengths. Previously, in the 2004 Athens Olympics, Liu Xiang won a gold medal in the "territory" of Europe and the United States, creating an unprecedented story; later in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Zou Shiming won the men's 48kg boxing competition; now, China, represented by Pan Zhanle, The swimmers advanced strongly, and of course there was Zheng Qinwen who won the first Olympic tennis women's singles gold medal in Chinese history.ta are full of challenger courage and turn the impossible into reality.
"Records are meant to be rewritten." This sentence applies to all areas of the sports world. Any competition does not advocate "conservation" of the inherent pattern, but hopes to break it frequently. This is echoed on both the competitive and spiritual levels. Our traditional strength exclaimed "Wolf is coming", and Zheng Qinwen's victory speech of "It's a worthwhile trip" all reflect the essence of changing history, breaking the pattern, and rejecting mediocrity from different levels.
The development of the Olympic movement to the state it has reached today is the result of countless historic moments. This is also the ultimate meaning of competition and appreciation. In this Olympic Games, my country's progress in non-traditional sports will inevitably broaden the horizons of the Chinese people, provide more "children of dreams" with a wider range of interests, and encourage more people to invest in "new" sports undertakings. .
