At Xi'an Olympic Sports Center , Xie Wenjun won the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles of the National Games for the third time in a row. Standing side by side with him on the podium is the famous coach Sun Haiping .
Sun Haiping is no stranger to everyone-since Liu Xiang was born in 2004 and won the gold medal in the Athens Olympics, the "master" has become known to everyone.
Time flies. Xie Wenjun, the former junior of Liu Xiang, has now become the "ancient creature" in his own words-his final opponents are already young players born in 1995 or even after 00.
The Shanghai 110-meter hurdle has experienced a change of times from Chen Yanhao to Liu Xiang and then to Xie Wenjun. Now the project has won eight consecutive championships in the National Games. Sun Haiping has always stood there.
Different athletes have the same mentorship
"Xie Wenjun ran the best result of this year, and today is not very smooth, the start has fallen behind, but he did not give up, hurdle after hurdle After chasing, he is ahead in the eighth hurdle. It should be said that Jiang is still hot." Sun Haiping evaluated the disciple's performance for the first time, his eyes were full of excitement.
The first person Xie Wenjun mentioned on his personal social media later was also Sun Haiping, “I was very confused at one time because of the injury that caused the loss of the Olympic Games. After returning to Shanghai, my tendon injury improved and I took full advantage of it before the game. Three weeks of training has helped me to improve my state. I can defend my title at the National Games. First of all, I must thank Sun Haiping for his guidance for training me over the years."
A familiar scene.
We still remember that at the Xinzhuang Sports Training Base, when Liu Xiang finished training and rode from the track and field back to the dormitory only separated by a road, Sun Haiping always followed behind and told him, "Be careful and watch out for the car."
What is even more unforgettable is the scene of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, after the match, Sun Haiping talked about Liu Xiang's injury in tears.
Sun Haiping is Yan Shi, but he is more like a loving father, and his children have crossed the different eras of Chinese track and field, and the biggest age difference is over 30 years old.
In the 7th National Games of 1993, the disciple Chen Yanhao, born in 1972, won the 110m hurdles; in 2021, Xie Wenjun, born in 1990, won the National Games, and Qin Weibo, who entered the final with him, was just 19 years old ......
For 28 years, eight gold medals in the 110-meter hurdles of the National Games have never been dropped. Behind this is Sun Haiping's hard work for decades.
stick to the front line. He is reluctant to let go of these disciples.
In 1984, Sun Haiping became the coach of the hurdles of the Shanghai Athletics Team. He has worked for 37 years. Today, Sun Haiping, born in 1955, is 66 years old.
According to age, he reached the age of retirement in 2016, but he still works 6 days a week, and is the first to come to the training ground every day. According to Xie Wenjun, "'Master' or'Master', there is nothing in every aspect. Changes, the master knows my technical characteristics best, and will always take me.”
Sun Haiping was reluctant to part with these disciples. Shanghai’s 110-meter hurdles were even more inseparable from Sun Haiping. At that time, the Shanghai Sports Bureau decided to purchase services from the government. In this way, after retiring, Sun Haiping set up a studio and continued to lead the team.
Speaking of "retire without rest", Sun Haiping said: "Although I am getting old, I have been thinking about whether I can train a few more high-level athletes while my body is still healthy."
This National Games Yes, the "master" who appeared in front of everyone was obviously much older, with a haggard face and gray hair. In fact, Sun Haiping had just performed stomach surgery in the first half of this year. He coughed up blood and fainted during training not long ago. However, in order to escort his disciples, Sun Haiping has always been on the front line.
Looking back,Xie Wenjun’s condition this year was not good. He stopped in the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics. He also said: “I have been injured all the time, and the injuries are very serious. The National Games) is a big test for me."
The most critical moment was when Sun Haiping encouraged his disciples and kept digging out details for him. In the final, Xie Wenjun's 13.37 seconds not only surpassed the Tokyo Olympics, but also a personal one. The best result of the season.
Sun Haiping remained awake enough while he was overjoyed, "Xie Wenjun’s 13 seconds 37 was'brought out' by the second and third place, (starting to the first column) he changed from seven steps to eight steps, eight steps Going back to seven steps, the starting point is still not perfect, and it is not until he has played his best level in the later stage to surpass his opponent."
In his opinion, next year’s Asian Games will be Xie Wenjun’s bigger examination venue, “Asian Games We are under a lot of pressure. Several foreign players are now around 13:17 and 13:20. Together, we have to work harder."
He also wants to bring out more outstanding young people
The 31-year-old Xie Wenjun has not stopped, and how long the 66-year-old Sun Haiping can accompany the 110-meter hurdles in Shanghai and China is also a question of concern to everyone.
A reporter asked him after the finals, "When can the'Master' really take a break?" Sun Haiping habitually responded: "I can't let go, I can't stop."
In fact, this time there is a 110-meter hurdle. Three Shanghai players were shortlisted to the finals. All of them were Sun Haiping’s disciples. Among them, Qin Weibo, born in 2002, participated in the competition for the first time and won the fifth place with a personal best of 13.72 seconds.
Sun Haiping made up his mind to accompany this young man to a bigger stage, "(This year) it improved by 0.3 seconds, and the improvement is still not small. There are still three years before the Paris Olympics, and we have passed these three years. To strengthen, I still want to push him to the international arena.”
As early as when Qin Weibo was 16 years old, he was compared with his senior brother Liu Xiang. His best time at that time was 14 seconds 20 and Liu Xiang's 14-year-old 14 The second 19 is in the middle.
This time Sun Haiping also responded to this topic: "Liu Xiang's muscle mass is the best I have seen for so many years. Qin Weibo is still lacking in this aspect, so let's take it slowly."
Chinese hurdles "Master" has never left
Sun Haiping wants to see the next Liu Xiang appear more than anyone else, but Sun Haiping also knows that Liu Xiang, a phenomenon-level player with unusual talents, can be met, but he guards younger ones. A group of disciples are full of wings and move from the domestic to the international arena. This is his goal set for himself.
One day after Xie Wenjun won the championship, in the men’s 400-meter hurdles final, Henan’s post-00 player and Xie Zhiyu won the championship in 49.67. He was also the only one of the eight players who opened the 50-second mark that night. .
Before the National Games, Xie Zhiyu came to Shanghai Xinzhuang Training Base for closed training three months in advance. He studied under Sun Haiping. After the game, Xie Zhiyu said: "In the past few months of training, Sun Zhiyu has been helping me. Polishing the technique on the hurdles has helped and improved a lot. Now I pass the hurdles more smoothly, and I am more comfortable between the hurdles."
If it weren’t for the awarding process of the coach and team members on the podium at the National Games. , I am afraid that Sun Haiping will not appear in the sight of many people this time.
However, in many days without attention and applause, Sun Haiping has been silently giving. His gray hair is the best proof. In the hurdles in Shanghai and even in China, the "master" has never left.
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Text: Chen Jun
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