Recently
17-year-old high school student Ma Jiajun
of Jiangcheng Middle School in Jilin City, Jilin Province received
Guinness World Records certificate
He achieved 701 times
refreshed the world record
"The most three consecutive jumps skipping rope (male)"
This record has been dusty for 35 years
The previous record was held by a Japanese athlete 423 times
Ma Jiajun jumped 278 times more than him
Ma Jiajun started jumping rope in the third grade of elementary school
At first he just wanted to keep fit
improve his physical fitness
Ma Jiajun said:
"When I was a child, I was very thin and not very tall.
When I was in junior high school, I was only 1 meter tall. 55
I was taller than those around me. His classmates are all much shorter
and often have colds and fevers"
In 2019,
Ma Jiajun, who was in junior high school, came to Jilin Letiao Club
to train with coaches Xu Tianhai and Mang Yong. Practice
In the words of Xu Tianhai
"When he first came here, he was a bit rebellious and not very obedient"
Later
Xu Tianhai was responsible for training
Mang Yong was responsible for doing Ideological work
With the continuous help and encouragement of the two,
Ma Jiajun gradually adjusted his mentality
and slowly found the joy of skipping
In 2020
Ma Jiajun won the
National Rope Skipping Finals. He won the three-swing rope skipping championship in a row. ml3 Xu Tianhai introduced Three-swing rope skipping requires very high core strength It is a sport that requires athletes to have both rhythm, endurance, and elasticity. Comprehensive exercise of jumping and coordination The training is difficult The exercise intensity is high It is difficult to complete without extraordinary strength and perseverance It is difficult and intense But Ma Jiajun did not give up Go to school in the morning and train in the afternoon Practice for five or six hours every day Hard work pays off Starting from 2021, he will specialize in triple jumps More than a year later he improved his score from more than 300 times to 701 times "When I was a child, my favorite TV program was " Guinness China Night " At that time, I dreamed that I would also have a certificate one day. " Currently Ma Jiajun is preparing for the 2022 Asian Skipping Championships He has set a new goal hoping to break the official competition record of 530 times pairs For Ma Jiajun, who has tried his best to jump out 701 times, this goal may not be too difficult. But facing next year's college entrance examination, Ma Jiajun hopes that his next certificate will be an admission notice from his favorite university Ma Jiajun said He will work hard to promote the sport of skipping Let more people fall in love with skipping as much as they love running Source: Xinhua News Agency
