Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, August 30 (Reporters Wang Zijiang and Lu Yuchen) August 30 was the second day after Zhang Yufei visited Hong Kong with the mainland Olympic athletes delegation. She went to the Hong Kong Sports Institute with the delegation early in the morning After participating in an exchange meeting with local elite athletes, the swimmers from the Hong Kong team were very excited to see their idols, while Zhang Yufei felt like going home.
"I have trained here before, and I lived in this building at the time." Zhang Yufei said. Because she won one silver and five bronze medals at the Paris Olympics, she was affectionately called a "model worker."
In addition to training at the Hong Kong Sports Institute, Zhang Yufei has also come to Hong Kong many times to participate in World Cup swimming competitions. She is very familiar with Hong Kong and has a special liking for Hong Kong-style dim sum.
“Coming to Hong Kong feels like going home,” she said.
At the Physical Training Center of the Hong Kong Sports Institute, Qi Yilin, a young swimmer from the Hong Kong Team of China, was not only excited but also kind to see her idol. She specially prepared a swimming cap with the Hong Kong SAR flag printed on it and asked Zhang Yufei to sign her name on it.
"I have always thought that Zhang Yufei is very good-looking, kind-hearted, and can swim fast. She has always been my idol. When I see my idol around me, I feel very real and happy."
Qi Yilin, who specializes in breaststroke, said that she I have been supporting the Chinese swimming team in front of TV. I will be even more motivated when I see a swimming cap signed by Zhang Yufei in the future. "I hope I can be as good as Zhang Yufei in the future."
Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin, who won the table tennis mixed doubles championship in Paris, met the mixed doubles partners of the Hong Kong team of China, Huang Zhenting and Du Kaiqin, at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. The four people had a great time chatting with each other this time, and Wang Chuqin even greeted everyone in Cantonese.
Sun Yingsha said: "We play against each other many times a year, more than 10 times in this Olympic cycle, right?"
"I didn't meet them in the draw for the Paris Olympics this time. I feel like I escaped." Huang Zhenting joked. "The cooperation between the two of them can be said to be perfect. They met five or six times a year, and the results were very happy."
Wang Zongyuan, who won the men's synchronized three-meter springboard diving gold medal again in Paris, also came to Hong Kong with the delegation three years ago. During the exchange, when the delegation took a boat tour in Victoria Harbor that day, he stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the enthusiastic crowd on the shore. He was very excited and opened his arms to wave to the audience from time to time.
"There are more people than three years ago." Wang Zongyuan said. "I really enjoy this atmosphere. I feel very happy to feel their enthusiasm. It feels like going home."
editor/Wang Fan
