Xinhua News Agency, Bandung, Indonesia, August 23 (reporter Ma Bangjie liang hui) Chinese players Quanxin and Chen Shi won the gold medals of men’s single whitewater slalom and women’s kayak sculling respectively in the canoe rowboat competition of Jakarta Asian Games on the 23rd, it made up for the regret that the Chinese team missed two gold dollars the day before yesterday.
Quanxin played a stable role in the men’s single kayak competition, pressing a Japanese player and winning the gold medal in 89 seconds 39. In the contest of women’s sculling, Chen Shi didn’t give the opponent a chance to win the gold medal in 110 seconds 32.
In the men’s sculling and women’s single kayak competitions held on the 22nd, Chinese players were the first in the semi-finals, but all of them were reversed by Japanese players in the final, and they won two silver medals.
Chinese team leader wanhongjun said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that although it cannot be said that Chinese players have the ability to include all four gold medals, it is a pity that the two gold medals in the first day of the competition were lost. He said: “It is true that we had certain opportunities in the two projects yesterday, but the opponents are also very strong. Japanese men’s players are the bronze medalists of the Rio Olympics and have always been the top ten in the world. This is also related to our light enemy and made some mistakes.”
Therefore, in the game on the 23rd, the Chinese team made sure not to repeat the same mistakes and not to make the mistake of losing the enemy again. Wan Hongjun said: “Compared with today & yesterday, we did a better job of adjusting and controlling athletes between the semi-finals and the final, ensuring that the athletes’ minds could not fluctuate. They should not be complacent because they were the first in the semi-finals, I can’t think that the final will be easy.”
“In addition, within more than an hour between the semi-finals and the finals, we also made some adjustments to the physical recovery and nutrition supplement of athletes. After the semi-final, in addition to watching the video for a few minutes, they immediately took a rest to recover their physical strength and spirit, ensuring that their physical strength, concentration and attention were recovered in the final.” He said.
Wan Hongjun said that the Asian Games suffered some twists and turns, which may be more conducive to the preparation for the Tokyo Olympics two years later. He believes that through this Asian Games, the Chinese team has gained valuable experience in the psychological control of athletes and the rest and recovery of the intermittent competition.
Chinese kayak whitewater slalom is at the lower-middle level in the world. In order to rapidly improve the level in less than two years and actively prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Games, Wan Hongjun said that the Chinese team will go abroad for long-term training and competition, “training together with the world’s top masters, adhere to the Iron Man plan to strengthen physical training and improve the scientific level of training through science and technology.”