Ocean News Time: 2007- 10- 10 Source: Guangzhou Daily Author: Sun Jiahui
Five weightlifters from Guangzhou showed reporters the medals they won at the Special Olympics. Sun Jiahui, a special correspondent of our newspaper, reported on digital fax in Shanghai.
Quanyongchang
■ Special correspondent Sun Jiahui
Our newspaper Shanghai 65438+1October 9th.
The 48-year-old Guangzhou coach He Zeng represented China in the 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games. It was a lifelong regret for him to miss the silver medal in that Paralympic Games.
They, the only five Guangzhou athletes in the China Special Olympics delegation, came to the Shanghai Special Olympics with their Olympic dreams.
He is a master and they are apprentices.
This is a touching story of Quan Yongchang, who participated in the Paralympic Games and is now the coach of Special Olympics, and his five disciples of Special Olympics athletes.
Achievement article
The "five tigers and generals" have a bumper harvest.
65438, 2007 10 2, Shanghai Special Olympics was grandly opened. Five Guangzhou Special Olympics athletes appeared at the opening ceremony. The children were excited by the spectacular array and gorgeous fireworks they had never seen before.
On October 3rd, 65438/KLOC-0, the children came to the weightlifting training room early in the morning and began the final preparation before the competition. The sudden visit of Chen Guo, vice mayor of Guangzhou, excited the children. "The leaders of the Guangzhou Municipal Government personally came to Shanghai to visit us. I didn't expect to be so concerned about us. " Quan Yongchang told reporters that he was very excited to become a Special Olympics coach through self-study.
The weightlifting competition started on the 5th. After four days of competition, everyone in Guangzhou's "Five Tigers and Generals" got something, and * * * held 4 gold 13 silver and 2 bronze in his arms. This made the children the happiest people. Many volunteers came to take photos with Feng, and Feng got 2 gold 1 silver 1 bronze. The clever Ada became everyone's favorite. "There are so many medals that I can't carry them." The oldest Liang Feng showed his medal to the reporter. In the men's 60kg class, he won 65,438 gold medals and 3 silver medals.
"The children did very well. It should be said that they played beyond the level. " All Yongchang is happy from ear to ear. For today's achievements, the children experienced three or four years of training and three months of hard special training in Zhengding, Hebei.
Besides their grades, they will also attend the closing ceremony on the evening of June 65438+1October 65438+1October 65438+1October 0, during which the coach can take them to have a good time in Shanghai.
Tutorial article
Physically disabled, determined, warm and gentle.
Self-taught national team coach
Congenital polio makes it very inconvenient for all Yongchang to move, and basically loses the ability to do heavy work. But he fell in love with "strength training", when he was 20 years old.
"At that time, I spent 3 yuan a month to exercise in the gym on Huifu Road." Quan Yongchang told reporters, "It is because I see the strong arms of others that I feel very beautiful." Since then, all Yongchang has embarked on the road of strength training, from general fitness to weightlifting to bodybuilding. More than twenty years have passed in a flash. 1992 makes the whole Yongchang unforgettable. As the only weightlifter of the China delegation, he participated in the Barcelona Paralympic Games, and he missed the silver medal because he was finally convicted of a foul. "At that time, my arm was deformed and my arm could not stretch freely." Quan Yongchang said regretfully.
After that, Quan Yongchang won many championships in the Far South Games, the National Paralympic Games, the National Championships and other large-scale events, and set a new world record for four times. In the 1990s, he almost dominated the 52kg class. At the 1994 Far South Games, he met and fell in love with his lover, who was also a weightlifter, and finally came together.
About games
★ "Children's sweat does not flow in vain, blood bubbles do not flow in vain, and efforts do not flow in vain."
The cruelty of the Special Olympics competition is unimaginable for Yongchang. "The rules are very complicated, and every time you add weight, you must calculate it carefully." Quan Yongchang said. Recalling the special training held in Zhengding, Hebei from July this year to 10, and looking at the achievements made so far, Quan Yongchang still feels worried: "The children's sweat has not flowed in vain, the blood bubbles have not flowed in vain, and their efforts have not flowed in vain."
According to reports, during the three-month special training period, the average scores of the five players led by Quan Yongchang increased by 25% ~ 30%. More importantly, after his training, the children's psychology has become more stable, and they can bravely go to the stadium and compete with players from all over the world.
★ "He bought all the training equipment himself."
A coach inadvertently revealed to reporters: "All their training equipment was bought by Quan Yongchang himself." It turned out that in order to train the team members, Quan Yongchang took out his savings for many years and bought training equipment for the children to train. During several years of training, he volunteered to work.
★ "Pull it up and I'll buy them soda. If my wife knows, it will be terrible. "
The coach of the national team in the same room as Quan Yongchang told reporters privately. Quan Yongchang's family is poor, but in order to reward his children for training, he often buys soda for his disciples without telling his wife. "It would be terrible if my wife knew." Quan Yongchang said.
About disciples
★ "Don't be afraid of losing money, don't care so much, you can't do anything if you care too much."
Why are you doing this? This is what many people care about and what many coaches of the national team don't understand. "We have two or three thousand dollars a month, and he has nothing." A coach said with grievance.
"Don't be afraid of losing money, don't care so much, there is no way to manage too much." This is the answer given by Quan Yongchang, and it is also a true portrayal of his love of weightlifting.
★ "We disabled people are a little better than them. They didn't even think about it. It's so sad. "
Since teaching mentally retarded children to engage in weightlifting training, several years have passed, and Quan Yongchang has a deeper understanding of this special group.
"We disabled people are a little better than them. You can think about it. They didn't even think about it. It's so sad. " Quan Yongchang told reporters emotionally. This is the case with Quanyongchang, which is considered "difficult to protect itself" by the outside world. Like taking care of his own children, he took mentally retarded teenagers to the road of Special Olympics.
★ "At ordinary times, they treat me as a friend and hug me. I am very happy. Everyone is in peace. "
Mentally retarded group is a special group, which is easily ignored in the corner of society, and few people can enter their inner world. But all Yongchang went in and mingled with the children. "Be serious when training. Usually treat me as a friend and hug me. I am very happy and everyone is very happy. " Quan Yongchang said. This is also the "magic weapon" for his disciples to get good grades, because he touched and opened the children's hearts with his own heart.
About family
★ "If I collapse alone, this family will collapse."
"Children have to go to school, their wives are severely disabled, and there are mental illnesses." Quan Yongchang said sadly, "If I collapse alone, this family will collapse."
In order to support this family, in recent years, he has driven a tricycle for two or three hours every day to earn money to supplement his family. However, when his wife is sick, it often costs thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan. He has been living under great pressure. As a poor family, Quan Yongchang has been renting a small room subsidized by the government. He wants to be assigned to a poor room and have his own home. I heard that this wish will come true soon.
★ "We will be together for a lifetime, and I will take good care of her anyway."
During the special training in Zhengding, Hebei Province, his wife's mental illness was committed again, but in order to prepare for the Special Olympics, Quan Yongchang never went home to take care of his wife, which made him feel guilty.
"We will be together for a lifetime, and I will take good care of her anyway." Quan Yongchang said.
★ "My son is in the top two in every exam."
Today, Quan Yongchang's son has been in the fifth grade of primary school, and every exam is the top two in the class. Speaking of his son, Quan Yongchang looked happy. He hopes his son will study hard and make great achievements in the future.
Two wishes
★ "I hope my child can find a job."
Special Olympics athletes won the gold medal. How should they spend their old age? Quan Yongchang has been considering this question: "Like a 22-year-old Feng, he can't find a job after graduating from a school with mental retardation for several years."
Liang Feng and Feng are classmates, and they have not found a suitable job since they graduated in 2003. In fact, through the education and training in schools with mental retardation, they have made great progress. They can live independently and do some simple jobs. "I hope the government will arrange a job for the children." This has become the biggest wish of all Yongchang people.
It is reported that Wang Shoudong, a Shanghai athlete who participated in this Special Olympics, took the first step in employment four years ago. He is currently working in a coffee shop and his colleagues are full of praise for him. He has gradually integrated into the mainstream society and has his own girlfriend.
★ "I hope to have my own training room."
While thinking about his apprentice, Quan Yongchang also made a "plan" for his career. At present, on the one hand, it trains Special Olympics athletes, and at the same time, it also guides Guangdong disabled weightlifters. "I hope to have my own training room." This is the second wish of all Yongchang.
Continuing his favorite weightlifting career and being able to support a family of three are his persistent ideals.
School articles
The original intention of the mentally retarded school is good.
Five Guangzhou players all come from a school-Guangzhou Yuexiu Peizhi School. In fact, this school, which has been running for more than ten years, won its first Special Olympics gold medal in 1999, when its men's basketball team won the championship in the United States on behalf of the national team. Huo, the principal of the school, told reporters that the school has been working hard to build an excellent team with special skills. Basketball, weightlifting and table tennis are all the advantages of the school, which integrates sports into students' lives and makes sports a magic weapon for children's physical rehabilitation and intellectual recovery.
Speaking of his students, President Huo uses the word "child" the most. In her eyes, students are no different from their own children. "You will be happy after understanding them, and you won't be angry when children do bad things, because they didn't mean to." President Huo said.
What is the ultimate goal of schools for the mentally handicapped? "We should cultivate children's self-confidence by enhancing their own abilities." Huo said, "Sooner or later, these children will integrate into the mainstream society."