This is the third time for 32-year-old Shandong girl Sun Yiwen to stand in the Olympics. Compared with her teammates, she is no longer young. The growth of age brings experience, but also makes her feel a physical burden. In Sun Yiwen's own words, "In the past, the competition may have been about physical strength, but now the competition is about life! When you feel that you can't hold on, tell yourself that you have to persist and try again."
Beijing In the early morning of July 31, Sun Yiwen and his teammates Yu Sihan , Tang Junyao , Xu Nuo lost by one sword in the bronze medal competition in the women's fencing epee team competition.
The Chinese team played against the Polish team in the bronze medal match. The Polish team led by two points in the first three games, until Sun Yiwen chased five swords in a row in the fourth game and achieved a lead. At the last moment, the Chinese team, which was leading by one point, failed to resist the opponent's counterattack and was equalized by the Polish team. It failed in the "showdown" and missed the podium.
Before going to the Paris Olympics, Sun Yiwen hoped that he would fight every sword well and leave no regrets. How to define
regret? That is: if you work hard and fight hard, it won’t be a regret! Who says that only those who stand on the championship podium are heroes.
The individual competition was misjudged
Adjusted the mood and started again
In this Olympic Games, Sun Yiwen participated in two competitions - the women's epee individual competition and the team competition. On the afternoon of July 27th, Beijing time, Sun Yiwen took the lead in the women’s epee individual competition. In the 1/16 finals, Sun Yiwen lost to Japanese player Miho Yoshimura 13:14 in overtime and missed the chance to advance.
Sun Yiwen missed the top 16. No one expected this outcome before the game. Soon, the news that "Sun Yiwen was misjudged" quickly became a hot topic and caused heated discussions on social media. During the game, Sun Yiwen and Yoshimura Miho tied at 13 at the end of the regular game time. They had to decide the outcome through a "sword showdown" within one minute. With a countdown of 48 seconds, Miho Yoshimura hit the target and the light came on. After watching the video replay, the referee decided that Miho Yoshimura had scored, and the score was fixed at 14:13. Sun Yiwen's expression on the court was very confused. After many exchanges with the referee, the verdict remained unchanged.
"I think the opponent did not stab me with the last sword." In an interview after the game, Sun Yiwen said that the opponent stabbed herself and then turned on the light. Sun Yiwen also revealed that the coach of the US team comforted her immediately after the game, thinking that the last sword definitely did not hit her.
According to the latest technical rules of the International Fencing Federation, when judging a "sword duel", the referee must use video playback. Once the referee analyzes and makes a decision together with the video referee, the penalty is considered final. Athletes cannot further ask the referee to review the video or even change the decision for the same action. According to the rules, players cannot appeal the referee's decision on factual determination, which includes but is not limited to: the referee's ruling on situations that occurred on the playing field, such as the validity or priority of a hit, whether it left the sideline Or bottom line, Category III (disruption to the order of the game) or Category IV (doping) violations, etc. If an athlete violates this principle and questions the referee's factual determination during the competition, he or she will be punished in accordance with the FIE's technical rules.
Therefore, Sun Yiwen could not change the situation after the referee had reviewed the video and made a decision.
Just like that, Sun Yiwen stopped early in the individual competition. During the post-match interview, you could clearly see tears in her eyes. This was the reluctance of a veteran. However, Sun Yiwen knew that there was still a team competition to play next. After adjusting her mood, she wrote this on the social platform: "Thank you everyone for your concern. The arena has long taught me how to face winning and losing, and accept it." Everything. For me, fencing is not just about achieving glory, but I hope to set a good example for children who practice fencing and sports, telling everyone not to be afraid of difficulties or failure, to keep moving forward, to be brave, and to strive for success. I love fighting. There will be a women's heavy team competition next, and I will continue to go all out.Chinese fencing, come on! Chinese delegation, come on! "
Due to rules and misjudgments, Sun Yiwen stopped at the top 32 in the individual competition. This must be full of regrets and unwillingness, but she did not mention any regrets, allowing us to see a strong and progressive Sun Yiwen.
Team Competition 1 The old team has three new ones
takes the initiative to seek changes and polish itself
The Chinese women’s epee team has been fighting for the qualifications for the Paris Olympics since April 2023. After ten competitions, they finally got a ticket in the last points competition. As the only veteran in the team, Sun Yiwen has to fight side by side with three young players who are competing in the Olympics for the first time. Yu Sihan, who was born in 2001, just turned 23 at the opening of the Paris Olympics, and Tang Junyao did not turn 21 until the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics. birthday, and Xu Nuo is an athlete born in 1998, which makes her feel a heavy responsibility.
In fact, starting from last year’s Hangzhou Asian Games, China’s women’s weightlifting has been accelerating the process of replacement of old and new. This set of " The lineup configuration of "one old and three new" has also been tested in competitions. In the 2023 Asian Games, they lost to the South Korean team and only won a team bronze medal, which made many people feel cold sweat for the female-focused girls. The competition that ended at the end of March this year At the 2024 FIE Women's Epee World Cup (Nanjing Station), the Chinese team composed of Sun Yiwen and three young players Tang Junyao, Yu Sihan and Xu Nuo passed all the way, first defeating the Hong Kong team of China in the quarter-finals, and then in the fourth round. The quarter-finals stubbornly reversed the world's number one South Korean team, and then defeated the Ukrainian team in the semi-finals. Although they lost to the Italian team in the final, the 52 Olympic points brought by the runner-up were enough to help the Chinese team win the women's weight class in the Paris Olympics. Team quota and three individual competition quotas.
This is Sun Yiwen’s 19th year of fencing. She joined the Yantai City Fencing Team at the age of 13 and started her fencing career. However, she is a late bloomer. When Sun Yujie and Xu Anqi won team gold medals at the Olympics, she had not yet entered the national team. The 2016 Rio Olympics was Sun Yiwen's first time participating in the Olympics, and she won the women's epee individual bronze medal and the Tokyo Olympics silver medal. Last year, Sun Yiwen won the gold medal in the women's epee individual competition. This was also the first gold medal for Chinese women's epee in the history of the Olympics, making history.
After the Tokyo Olympics, in order to make her skills more comprehensive and more effective on the court. Being aggressive, Sun Yiwen took the initiative to practice the spear-hilted sword technique. She hoped that she could not only take advantage of the straight-hilted sword, but also develop the unique skills of the spear-hilted sword. This is undoubtedly a major step for athletes. Decision. "As a swordsman, you have natural shortcomings in attack. Even the best swordsman in the world cannot attack all the time. " Sun Yiwen said. "When there is no pressure, I will actively create pressure for myself. When there are no difficulties, I will actively create difficulties for myself. Changes in technology are the difficulties that I actively create. ”
Sun Yiwen’s third Olympic trip has ended. She has won one gold, one silver and one bronze in three Olympic Games. This may be her last Olympic Games, but her story with fencing is still unfinished. To be continued.
Reporter: Zhao Chen Editor: Li Fujie Photography: Xinhua News Agency Proofreading: Dongping
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