[Sports Road to Hangzhou]The Hong Kong Rowing Team added 1 silver and 1 bronze on the last day of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. Among them, Zhao Xianzhen, who won the bronze medal in the men’s single sculls, smiled at the award ceremony after the game, but held back during the interview. He couldn’t help crying and described his preparations and participation in the Asian Games as “life-defying”. He lamented that he failed to achieve his goal of winning the gold medal in the end and felt like he had let down his family who had always supported him. However, after Ah Zhen wiped away her tears, she talked about her next goal. She hopes to once again prepare for the Paris Olympic Qualifying Tournament in April next year and strive to enter the Olympic stage for the second time.
Zhao Xianzhen was all smiles at the award ceremony
Ah Zhen, who won the silver medal in the lightweight single sculls last year, will compete in the open category this year. Before the Asian Games, he said that his entire preparation process was “life-threatening”. He also said that he would aim to win the gold medal, and finally win the Asian Games. Today (25th) the final time was 7:00.55.Won the bronze medal just behind Chinese and Japanese players. After the race, Zhao Xianzhen bluntly said that he was not satisfied with the results, but he had no regrets: “Because my requirements and goals are very high, but my opponents are really powerful. They are the best rowers from China and Japan in the open category. This time I I have performed the leapfrogging challenge to the best of my ability. If I am satisfied with my performance and dissatisfied with my results, there is nothing I can do about it. I have no regrets!”
When talking about the difference between this bronze medal and the previous silver medal, Ah Zhen, who was originally smiling, choked up and burst into tears. He said that this medal is of great significance, but the result is not satisfactory: “I have been preparing for this medal for two years, and I am really excited for this medal.” “Fighting for life”, but we can’t win the gold medal, I think it’s a pity. This time our training plan is more complete and well-planned than the last time. In addition to the epidemic, we spent half a year traveling around the country for training, and met many people. It was difficult to wait until the 2022+1 Asian Games. It was very hard to prepare, so I am not satisfied with the results.”
Ah Zhen used idioms to describe the process of preparing for the Asian Games: “working hard and burning the boat”, and continued to point out that the most difficult part of the training process was the long period of separation from his family: “I often have to leave my hometown to train. I should have spent three-quarters of the time in the past two years.” I am not in Hong Kong at the time. I am very grateful to my family for their support and unconditional love, but I have let them down a bit with the bronze medal.” Ah Zhen’s mother and sister also attended the game. He said that when he saw the two of them on the medal podium, he was even more excited. The feeling of letting down my family is even stronger.
Ah Zhen looked at the bronze medal and felt pity
But after A Zhen wiped away his tears, he looked to the future. In order to focus on preparing for this Asian Games, the Hong Kong team chose to avoid competing in the 2023 World Championships to be held from September 3 to 10. They were unable to take this opportunity to qualify for the Paris Olympics, so they could only compete in the Asian Qualifying Tournament in April next year. Fight for tickets again. He joked that he had “failed to risk his life” and said he would fight for his life again, “It doesn’t mean a lot of lives, but try your best to achieve your goal!”
Ah Zhen partnered with Deng Chaomeng in the double-handed boat event in the 2016 Rio Olympics. However, he failed to qualify for the single-person boat in the last 2020 Tokyo Olympics. When asked about the transition from double-person boat to single-person boat, he pointed out that even if he is alone There is no other way: “It is difficult to find a good partner in the team to cooperate with, and my single-person boat performance is better than that of the double-person boat, so the team’s strategy is for me to row the single-person boat. However, this event is very challenging, and it is also the most popular event. Project…but leave this task to me!”
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Pictures and text: He Ziyuan
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “【Hangzhou Asian Games．Direct Attack]”Despite life”, Zhao Xianzhen cried and lamented that he had failed his family after picking copper for two years without receiving the goods」
2023-09-25 04:50:04
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