On the evening of December 13, the women's 200m butterfly final of the 2023 National Swimming Championships and Doha World Championships Trials held in Jinan was an upset, and Chen Luying, a young player from Fujian, won the championship with a time of 2:08.36, and Zhang Yufei, the gold medalist of the Tokyo Olympics and the "queen of butterflies", won 0A narrow margin of 02 seconds was the second place.
After winning the championship, Chen Luying admitted that Zhang Yufei was her idol, and Zhang Yufei, who lost the championship, was still smiling and calm, she revealed, "There may be some people who say that the Olympic champion still loses the national competition, so let them say, I know my own situation, in fact, I am quite satisfied, this is a normal situation." Anyway, I've never played badly in international competitions. The high-intensity competition honed my will and physical fitness, and more than 60 shots were not in vain. ”
Zhang Yufei's "more than 60 shots are not in vain" refers to the fact that since the Fukuoka World Championships, seamlessly connected to the big meeting, and then to the Hangzhou Asian Games at the end of September, and then flew to Europe to participate in the three World Cup sub-stations, Zhang Yufei won 23 gold medals in the international arena in a row, including preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals more than 60 times on the starting platform, and more than 60 times to hear the starting gun. The high-intensity continuous combat has exercised her abundant physical fitness and tenacious fighting spirit.
This time I came to Jinan to participate in the national championships, Zhang Yufei is the second most individual player after the little girl Yu Yiting of the Zhejiang team, 5 individual events include the secondary freestyle and the main butterfly, and the other four relay competitions that can be participated in are also all reported, and she is still constantly honing herself.
Zhang Yufei said, "After returning from the World Cup, I made some adjustments, did not use butterfly as the main Xi stroke event, plus I had the flu, and I didn't go into the water for about two weeks, so I know my situation and I am quite satisfied with this (runner-up) result." Some people may say, how can you lose a national competition as an Olympic champion, then let them say, I can swim well in the international competition. ”
Zhang Yufei swam a time of 2:08.38 in this race, nearly five seconds slower than when she won the gold medal in Tokyo, which is by no means her true level. Zhang Yufei was indeed not affected too much, and she was always smiling during the interview. Champion Chen Luying worships Zhang Yufei as her idol, and Zhang Yufei responds: "My idol is not specific to a certain person, but a combination of several people. For example, Sweden's women's butterfly star Sjöström and Phelps are all role models for me to Xi. I want to focus their strengths and strengths on me. ”
When talking to a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily about why he participated frequently and how to adjust his condition, Zhang Yufei replied, "My focus next year will definitely be on the Paris Olympics, and it is impossible to leave the best condition for both the World Championships and the Olympics." Some time ago, I frequently participated in international competitions, because the intensity of domestic competitions is small, although many people call me a physical monster, but it is not enough to participate in domestic competitions, only in the international arena, my physical fitness, experience and other aspects can get more intense exercise. You must know that more than 60 shots were not fired in vain. ”
Text: Beijing Youth Daily reporter Liu Ailin.
Edited by Chu Peng.