94-year-old swimming pool, the cradle of champions, is "nurturing" more future stars. On September 2, swimming Olympic champion Le Jingyi returned to the place where he trained as a child - the Municipal Sports Club swimming pool located in the Sports Building on Nanjing West Road, for the teenagers who are preparing for the 17th Municipal Games here. Come on and encourage .
From "novice" to breaking the world record
Relying on persistence to reach the highest podium
is located in Nanjing The Municipal Sports Club Natatorium in the West Road Sports Building is the cradle of swimming champions. It has produced two Olympic champions, Yang Wenyi and Le Jingyi, as well as more than a dozen world champions such as Jiang Chengji and Xue Wei. Asian champion, national champion. "Although the equipment here has been renovated, the design of the gym is still the same as before." Returning to the training venue of her childhood, Le Jingyi fell into confusion when she saw the classic "mosaic" pattern and 2.5-code words on the swimming pool wall. In the memories of the past.
With broad shoulders, small hips, long legs, and a light feel in the water... Le Jingyi was sent to the Shanghai Sports Club to participate in swimming training when she was in the first grade. However, her physical fitness, which is weaker than that of her peers, limited Le Jingyi's performance. She has never participated in the Municipal Games, nor has she received a good ranking in municipal competitions. For this reason, Le Jingyi was once recommended to try high jumping and synchronized swimming, but he was rejected. Although encountered setbacks, Le Jingyi was a strong girl, and she insisted on staying to train . "At that time, my parents also hoped that I could persevere, so I did not deny myself because of these things."
Le Jingyi told the story of her jersey
Gold will eventually shine, and Le Jingyi proved her success to everyone with her persistence. Swimming talent. "At that time, I often trained myself while other team members were resting." At the age of 11, Le Jingyi's excellent physical condition and swimming ability put her on the radar of the Shanghai swimming team. After a period of tracking and testing, Le Jingyi entered the Shanghai swimming team in 1988. Just two years later, Le Jingyi was selected into the national swimming team. "During my time in the Shanghai team and the national team, I followed the coach's plan and moved forward step by step, hitting the mark every step of the way."
At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Le Jingyi competed in the women's 100-meter freestyle China broke the Olympic record and won the championship with a time of 54.50 seconds. This was the only swimming gold medal won by the Chinese delegation at the Olympic Games . When she came to the Shanghai Sports Museum next to the sports club swimming pool, and saw the photo of herself standing on the Olympic champion podium in the exhibition hall, Le Jingyi said with emotion: "I was too tired at the time. The moment I stood on the podium , I was still confused in my mind, I just knew that I would win the championship. After finishing the competition, he didn’t know that he had broken the record. Only after he stepped off the podium did he realize that he had broken the Olympic record.”
In his swimming career, Le Jingyi broke the world record 10 times and became a legend in the international swimming community. . Recalling this experience, Le Jingyi said that her childhood experience allowed her to maintain the quality of perseverance. " I have always had goals for myself, and I also know that achieving goals depends on persistence, so I can break through myself again and again."
loves all kinds of water-related sports
A message to parents to take a long-term view
In 2000, after taking over After winning the 100-meter freestyle gold medal Grand Slam and breaking all relevant world records, Le Jingyi chose to retire. When he first retired, Le Jingyi was confused and wanted to see the world outside competitive sports, but after walking around, he found that he was still a "fish" who couldn't live without water. Because of her hobby of diving, she picked up this sport that has been with her for many years again. Now she is engaged in youth swimming training and serves as the president of the Xuhui District Swimming Association, guiding more people to participate in swimming correctly. In addition, she also established the Coral Protection Foundation to promote public welfare activities to protect the ocean. From the swimming pool to the ocean, Le Jingyi never stopped, just like her love for swimming, she never changed ."From the age of 6 to learn swimming until now, I think the impact of swimming on me for a lifetime, swimming and sharpening my tough personality is also a lifetime. I will always insist on doing the cause of water."
, Shanghai Sports School Swimming Coach Luo Jun is bringing athletes to prepare for the Municipal Games. Seeing young athletes training with headphones, Yuejing Yizheng had a interest in communicating with Luo Jun. It turned out that the coaches could communicate with the athletes on the land through the headset and the athletes, and no longer needed to shout again. Le Jingyi said: "The current training conditions are far more advanced than the 1980s I trained at that time. now has more youth swimming competitions than before. has a big stage like the city games. I believe in Shanghai. The fifth swimming Olympic champion will appear in the future not far. Don't pay too much attention to the results in front of you, because this does not mean the future, like me as an example. For children, more encouragement. must grow into an excellent swimmer. The most important thing is to persist in . Sports
