After losing the 200-meter butterfly, Zhang Yufei, who was interviewed, kept smiling.
On the fourth competition day of the 2023 National Swimming Championships, Zhang Yufei won with 0She lost to Chen Luying in 02 seconds and won the silver medal in the women's 200m butterfly.
Zhang Yufei was interviewed after the game. Photo by surging news reporter Hu Jie (01:08).
In the past year's World Championships, as long as Zhang Yufei participated in the 200-meter butterfly competition, he did not let the champion fall aside, and the last time he lost gold was at the World Swimming Championships in June last year;In the domestic competition, the last time Zhang Yufei lost the event was back in the National Swimming Championships in September 2019.
But unlike last year's World Championships, when he bluntly said that he was "under a lot of pressure", after losing the gold this time, it is difficult to see that Zhang Yufei has too much frustration: "This year I have seen a different version of myself, and I have gained a different mentality, and I have learned to lose." ”
Although he lost the game, Zhang Yufei felt full of gains.
One of the toughest schedules.
An hour after the game, the relaxation pool of the swimming pool of the Jinan Olympic Sports Center was empty, and only Zhang Yufei was left to "charter" the venue to relax.
As early as the morning preliminaries, Zhang Yufei sighed: "This may be the most difficult schedule ever. ”
The reason for this feeling is that Zhang Yufei, who had just swam the 200-meter butterfly preliminaries, did not even return to the locker room, and after a simple swim of two laps in the relaxation pool, he participated in the men's and women's 4 100-meter medley relay.
It was really less than 5 minutes of rest, so during the relay, I also said to my teammates, 'Big brother take me more, you use more strength'. Zhang Yufei said with a smile.
The final in the evening was slightly better, with the women's 200m butterfly and the men's and women's 4 100m medley relay separated by a men's 1500m fast final and two medal ceremonies, but Zhang Yufei still put on her swim cap after stepping off the podium.
Zhang Yufei in the game.
The pressure of the race and the physical discomfort seem to be the harder part.
After the final, Zhang Yufei said: "After watching this game, everyone may say that Zhang Yufei lost, but they don't know the cause and effect. ”
After coming back from the World Cup, I actually wanted to free my mind from the main event, so I didn't swim butterfly this month. In addition, after trying a new training mode, it is still in an unstable stage. The most important thing is that I got the flu some time ago and didn't go into the water for two weeks. ”
In the interview in the preliminaries, Zhang Yufei also revealed that he had recently developed allergies and had a rash on his body.
Zhang Yufei greeted the audience.
The KPI has been completed.
For Zhang Yufei, the purpose of this National Swimming Championships is more to train for competitions, "In fact, my KPI this year has been completed, so the results of this competition are not so important, mainly training." ”
In the past year, Zhang Yufei has participated in the most competitions - the Spring Swimming Championships in March, the National Swimming Championships in May, the World Championships in Fukuoka in July, the Chengdu Universiade in August, the Hangzhou Asian Games in September, and the three swimming World Cups in October.
The continuous rotation of the game in the second half of the year made Zhang Yufei feel a little numb.
Later, I also communicated with Coach Cui Dengrong, and he just wanted to train our ability to continue playing, just to make us numb. Talking about the reason for the frequent participation, Zhang Yufei explained, "I compete with more than a dozen shots in each competition, just to simulate the rhythm of the Paris Olympics, and only then do I know how to adjust myself." ”
Faced with the question of "whether you have found a set of experience", Zhang Yufei said with a smile: "There must be, more than 60 shots (this year) are not in vain." ”
Zhang Yufei was on the podium.
In fact, after participating in three consecutive swimming World Cup events at the end of October, Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang entered a state of rest and did not make much preparation for this National Swimming Championships.
A similar situation has also appeared in many athletes who have become famous, such as Xu Jiayu in the main backstroke who signed up for the freestyle event, and Tang Qianting and Yan Zibei who signed up for the medley event in the main breaststroke, which is both a training and an adjustment.
In this way, it is often young athletes who show their edge, and Chen Luying, who beat Zhang Yufei to win the championship, is the best representative.
As a young player born in 2006, her results in the 200-meter butterfly competitions at the beginning of the year were still outside 2 minutes and 15 seconds, but at the Youth Conference in November, Chen Luying won the championship with a time of 2:08.08, greatly refreshing her personal PB.
After winning the championship with a time of 2:08.36, Chen Luying said that she couldn't believe it: "I thought I was wrong, Sister Yufei has always been my idol." I'm really happy to be on the podium with her. ”
Zhang Yufei said that he would not lose in foreign competitions.
I learned to lose".
As a love-hate event for Zhang Yufei, she has absolute dominance in the 200m butterfly. Even before the Hangzhou Asian Games, Zhang Yufei set a flag: "As long as I swim my own results, no one can win me." ”
But now that he has lost the domestic competition again after four years, Zhang Yufei doesn't care too much: "Maybe for some 'performance fans', they will think how an Olympic champion lost in his main event." All I can say is let them go, at least I've never played badly in international competitions anyway. ”
Behind this slightly free and easy answer is Zhang Yufei's self-analysis: "This year, I have seen a different version of myself, and I have gained a different mentality, and I have learned to lose." ”
Zhang Yufei's different self is that he found that he could not only rotate in top events such as the Asian Games and the World Cup, but also continue to maintain a high level of competition, "I found that I was so good. ”
"Before the 200-meter butterfly competition, I was thinking about whether I could win the first place, this state is very similar to Ye Shiwen before, we are very afraid of losing, and we are even more afraid of being seen by everyone to lose." ”
Zhang Yufei won the MVP of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
As early as the National Spring Championships in March, Zhang Yufei had told the famous Wu Peng about this topic, and Wu Peng also gave the answer in the interview, but how to be self-consistent is obviously a process of self-exploration.
Now, Zhang Yufei seems to have found his own answer: "I later figured out that only 1 person will win, and the remaining 7 people must always learn to lose, as long as the loss is valuable." 2:08.38 Although it is 002 seconds, but that's a good result for my training form. ”
Indeed, in the past year, Zhang Yufei always maintained the Xi of "whole flower work" on the podium - at the Chengdu Universiade, Zhang Yufei stood on the podium every time he stood on the podium, and the panda pendant on his body was different;At the Hangzhou Asian Games, Zhang Yufei standing on the podium always had different outfits and accessories;Even if it is not an important national swimming championship, Zhang Yufei promised to prepare different gifts for fans after each competition.
These details that have nothing to do with the results seem to prove that she sees more than just winning and losing.
I won't defend anything if I lose, and if I lose, I lose. But you can rest assured that Zhang Yufei will not lose in the international competition. Zhang Yufei, who said this, turned around and left with a smile.
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