Author Li Xiaowei
On August 26th, China's Guo Lingling, who participated in the Paralympic Games for the first time, won the women's 4 1 kg class on the first competition day of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and set the world record twice with the scores of108kg and109kg.
"Yesterday's birthday wish has finally come true today." After the game, Guo Lingling sighed in the WeChat circle of friends.
Having been engaged in weightlifting for only 10 years, this disabled rural girl from Dashanli, Cixian County, Hebei Province has become the "terminator" of various records: before the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, she won the National Games, the National Championships, the Asian Games, the Asian Championships, the World Cup and the World Championships, and broke her own world record for seven consecutive times. At the 202 1 Disabled Weightlifting World Cup, she broke the world record three times after moving from 45 kg to 4 1 kg.
Although her past performance has proved that she is the king of this class, Guo Lingling admits that she will still be nervous when she sets foot on the Olympic Games. In order to prepare for the Paralympic Games, she has been unable to accompany her children for two years. ...
Guo Lingling, who joked that "life is still very lucky", had an unhappy childhood. At the age of one, she was disabled by polio and had to crawl on the ground. When she was old, she dragged the small bench and moved it step by step. In primary school, it took her more than ten minutes to get from the classroom to the toilet, so she could move for a short distance of 100 meters. "I didn't go to physical education class in junior high school or senior high school, but in the end it was sports that changed my fate." She said with emotion.
The turning point of Guo Lingling's fate appeared at 20 10. At that time, she was a kindergarten teacher in a vocational and technical college in Handan, and met Xue, the first teacher and old athlete in her sports career. Because of Guo Lingling's strong personality and physical fitness in weightlifting, he showed amazing talent in just two weeks' training and was directly introduced to Sun Xiaogang, coach of China Disabled Weightlifting Team.
"At that time, I felt that I was gambling and I was under great pressure." Guo Lingling said that she had a boyfriend at that time, and her parents didn't want her to be an athlete. "They just want me to be honest, get married and teach each other." . However, unwilling to accept fate, Guo Lingling insisted on his choice. From 20 1 1 the 8th China Disabled Games, she broke out into a brand-new life world.
"Disabled athletes are no better than ordinary people. They need to work harder. " Coach Sun Xiaogang, who has been the coach of Guo Lingling, said that Guo Lingling not only has amazing talent, but also trains hard. One thing made him unforgettable: Guo Lingling just gave birth to a baby and needed to lose weight. A physically disabled girl, who can't lose weight like a normal person, is still breastfeeding, but she lost weight in two or three months with strong will 16.5 kg. Sun Xiaogang said with emotion, "This is really not easy."
In Sun Xiaogang's view, Guo Lingling has now shown great strength on the field. Talking about the future, he said that for the disabled weightlifting, Guo Lingling, 32, is in its heyday, and there is still room for improvement. After the Tokyo Paralympic Games, I will go back to China for a short rest, and then continue training and competition to prepare for the next Olympic cycle.
Guo Lingling believed that "the stars don't ask passers-by, and time pays off". In the future, she will continue to set new records.