China’s female sabers team won gold and silver medals in the female sabers individual competition of the Jakarta Asian Games. Qian Jiarui defeated his teammate Shao Yaqi 15-9 to win the championship. This is Qian Jiarui’s first Asian Games personal gold medal, “the next goal is the Tokyo Olympics.” She said after the game.
Two teammates broke through from the semi-final
In fact, the situation of Qian Jiarui and Shao Yaqi in the semi-finals was very thrilling. Qian Jiarui was facing Jin Jiyan, the female sabers individual champion of the London Olympic Games. “in the past, she lacked confidence in playing with her.” Qian Jiarui said, “before playing, I was thinking about hitting my opponent. Because she had a better understanding of the characteristics of the other side before, she attacked very fast. My main strategy was to boldly try to defend in the counterattack. In fact, she never thought of scoring actively, the purpose is not to let her attack me recklessly, but after the success of defense, her confidence is getting stronger and stronger.” In the end, Qian Jiarui defeated Jin Jiyan 15-13 and entered the final.
Shao Yaqi’s semi-final experience was equally thrilling. She was once suppressed by Japanese rival Ji Jia Tamura. She was 8 to 14 behind, and the other side could win with only one sword. Shao Yaqi stabilized his position, chased 6 points all the way, and finally won a sword. Shao Yaqi scored against the defensive counterattack. After the light was on, the referee decided that the counterattack score was effective, shao Yaqi eventually won 15 to 14 to advance.
Shao Yaqi smiled and said after the game: “I didn’t expect to play better when I relaxed. When the other side saw that the score was chased by me, her mentality changed, and she played miserably later.” Although Shao Yating finally only got the silver medal, it was also her first Asian Games medal.
Zhong Mang won the championship in the first Asian Games
Qian Jiarui’s coach was Zhong Man, the individual champion of men’s sabre in Beijing Olympic Games. He officially retired and transformed into a coach after finishing the Tianjin National Games last year. It was also after last October that he took over Qian Jiarui.
“This is my first time to lead the team to participate in the Asian Games. This group of players are young and have insufficient experience in the competition. Although the time for leading the team is very short, I see that they have made very obvious progress.” Zhong Man said.
Qian Jiarui has made rapid progress in a short period of time. What is the secret of Zhong Man as a coach? “I retired after the National Games last year. Maybe my teaching method is closer to that of athletes. I will tell them more about my experience in competition and training, because these players have high personal abilities and qualities. You just saw that we stand in front of our opponents and have advantages in both height and arm length, there is no problem in coordination and explosive power, but I don’t know how to play.” Zhong Man said.
Zhong Man’s teaching method is to share his own experience, “I have had this kind of experience before. At the beginning, I just wanted speed and played games by my physical and physical advantages, later, after Lao Bao (foreign teacher Bao El) took over, he taught me to expose myself earlier and faster. These are all my personal experience, and I hope my experience can give them a shortcut.”
Nowadays, the world ranking of Chinese women’s sabre team members has risen rapidly, and the group ranking has also reached the top 8. “The players have accumulated experience in the competition. I believe that after they have played more games and accumulated confidence, this young team has the strength to compete with the top teams.” Zhong Man said.