2023-10-22 20:42:34
The 2023 Swimming World Cup in Budapest ends with the “Frog King” and “Butterfly Queen” riding the wind and waves
Chinese swimming team aims for Paris Olympics
Guangzhou Daily omni-media reporter Zhou Wanqi
This morning, Beijing time, the Budapest station of the 2023 FINA Swimming World Cup came to an end. Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang won the women’s 100-meter butterfly and men’s 200-meter breaststroke championships respectively. In this way, all three FINA World Cup competitions this year have ended, and the “Frog King” Qin Haiyang won all 9 gold medals in the 50m/100m/200m breaststroke in the three World Cup events, while “Butterfly Queen” Zhang Yufei won all 6 gold medals in the women’s 100m/200m butterfly and 3 silver medals in the 50m butterfly. They participated in the Fukuoka World Championships, Chengdu Universiade, Hangzhou Asian Games and World Cup non-stop. Not only did they harvest gold medals, but their results were also stable at a very high level. This is enough to make people look forward to the competitiveness of the Chinese swimming team in the Paris Olympics.
Qin Haiyang and Zhang Yufei wear the crown
This year’s FINA Swimming World Cup will have three stops. The first stop will be held in Berlin, Germany from October 6 to 8, the second stop will be held in Athens, Greece from October 13 to 15, and the third stop will be held in October. It will be held in Budapest, Hungary from the 20th to the 22nd. The Chinese team sent Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang, who won the “Most Valuable Athlete” at the Hangzhou Asian Games, and Dong Zhihao, a young player who also participated in the World Championships, Universiade and Asian Games consecutively, to compete together.
Players who win three World Cup gold medals in a single event will not only receive additional bonuses, but also wear a special crown. Therefore, Qin Haiyang, who does not like the title of “Frog King”, had to be “crowned” this time. His pre-match The goal is to win all the gold medals in breaststroke. In the end, he completed the task and continued to remain undefeated in breaststroke throughout the year. Zhang Yufei also defended her “Butterfly Queen” glory in the 200m/100m butterfly.
Moreover, the gold content of their gold medals is not low. At the first Berlin station, Qin Haiyang won the men’s championship with three gold medals in the 50m/100m/200m breaststroke and three World Cup records. Moreover, he also followed the example of the former “World Frog King” and the Olympic champion of the British team. Peaty competed in the same field and once again defeated several famous players who tied for runner-up in this event at this year’s World Championships in the 100-meter final. At the Budapest station, Qin Haiyang swam another 26.30 seconds in the 50-meter race, only 0.1 seconds away from his own Asian record. Qin Haiyang said that his goal has always been to chase records, but the result is a bit regretful. “The important thing is that every game makes me stronger. I am very happy to compete with the best players in the world and win.” In the 100-meter breaststroke, Qin Haiyang swam a total of six times of 57 seconds in 2023. This year, only Qin Haiyang in the world has achieved a time of 57 seconds, fully demonstrating his dominance.
Similarly, at the Athens Station, Zhang Yufei swam 56.06 seconds in the women’s 100-meter butterfly final, which brought together the world’s top four athletes, breaking the World Cup record and winning the championship. Among her opponents were many Olympic champions, world championship champions, and world record holders, such as McNeil of Canada, Husker of the United States, and Sjöström of Sweden. In addition, Zhang Yufei also set the World Cup record in the 200-meter butterfly.
It is worth mentioning that the contestants in the three World Cups have created many good results. For example, Australian backstroke star McKeown first broke the world record held by Chinese star Liu Xiang in the women’s 50-meter backstroke in Budapest with a time of 26.86 seconds, becoming the first person in history to hold the 50-meter/100-meter/200-meter world record for the same swimming stroke at the same time. athlete, and then set a new world record in the women’s 100-meter backstroke with a time of 57.33 seconds. Sweden’s Sjöström also consistently dominated Zhang Yufei in the women’s 50-meter butterfly. Another example is that Hong Kong player He Shibei first broke the Asian record for the women’s 100-meter freestyle set at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 52.17 seconds, becoming the third fastest swimmer in the history of the event, and then broke the World Cup record for the women’s 200-meter freestyle.
Innovative training methods improve continuous combat capabilities
The strong performance of Chinese swimming in 2023 is of course related to the rise of Qin Haiyang. From the Fukuoka World Championships to the Chengdu Universiade, Hangzhou Asian Games, and then to the World Cup, Qin Haiyang won all men’s breaststroke individual gold medals. He said: “The reason why we can maintain good condition for a long time depends on the accumulation of daily training. This is the most important. And only this method can we perform at a high level in competitions many times.” Zhang Yufei said: “The first attempt (continuous high-intensity competition) feels quite successful. When I go back, I have to summarize why I can compete in so many games and why I can always maintain the same level.”
In fact, this year’s season of “Frog King” and “Butterfly Queen” is not over yet, and they still have to participate in the Youth League that opens in November. From them, we can see the improvement of the continuous combat ability of Chinese swimmers. It seems that previous breakthroughs in physical training and training in multiple sports in national competitions have certain effects. Qin Haiyang’s success comes not only from his talent and hard work, but also from the Chinese swimming team’s excellent training system and scientific training methods.
“Athletes and coaches alone cannot reach the top of the world through hard training and tenacious struggle. Only by constantly innovating training methods and concepts can we conform to the development trend of modern competitive sports and be at the forefront.” Guiding Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang, etc. The famous coach Cui Dengyong said this. After the former synchronized swimming world champion Kuili joined the Chinese swimming team as a physical coach, the athletes had to dance before every water class, because dancing can exercise the coordination of the athletes, mobilize the muscles of the whole body and help the athletes quickly enter a state of excitement. At the same time, Kuai Li also uses the characteristics of synchronized swimming to train swimmers’ special core strength and improve their “exclusive water sense.” In addition, the coaches also work closely with physical coaches in daily training to design corresponding training movements according to the different characteristics of different players, and continue to analyze and discuss international advanced training methods with scientific researchers.
Various advanced instruments such as underwater 3D cameras, artificial intelligence technology, and 360-degree holographic imaging systems have been put into use. Athletes and coaches can analyze the accurate data provided by these devices and adjust training plans and action details in a timely manner. Coaches can also use photoelectric heart rate monitors to timely monitor athletes’ heart rate, time, speed, action stroke length, left and right hand functions, starting, turning and other parameters during training, so as to conduct more quantitative and scientific training on athletes’ conditions. .
The various coaching staffs of the Chinese swimming team are more united and learn from each other. “Win-win cooperation” has become everyone’s concept and goal, combining Chinese and Western skills to continuously improve the depth of talents. “We used to go abroad for training, but now we invite foreign teachers to our homes, allowing more young coaches to have the opportunity to learn from foreign teachers, effectively improving the overall coaching level of coaches and the technical level of athletes.” Cui Dengrong said, in the coach Under the advanced coaching concept, the training ability and continuous combat ability of Chinese athletes have been fully improved, and they have become more confident and cheerful, and they communicate more with the outside world. If we persist in this way, Chinese swimming will have a promising future.
“Guangzhou Daily” October 23, 2023 Page A13
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