Free exercise and vault have always been our shortcomings, and we are very short of powerful athletes. It's difficult to train strong athletes in these two events in training methods. Even if uneven bars and balance beams are excellent, it is difficult to make up the gap between floor exercise and vault, and there is almost no possibility of competing for gold and silver medals.
And the whole 05-08 Olympic cycle, as if God helped me, Cheng Fei was born, and the short board was no longer a drag. At the same time, the traditional advantages of uneven bars and balance beams are still stable and excellent.
In Athens in 2004, Cheng Fei, a 6-year-old Hubei teenager, participated in the Olympic Games for the first time. She entered the floor exercise finals with the second place in the qualifying round and finally won the fourth place. Although there were no medals, the breakthrough of this weakness was the only surprise of the women's team that was "a mess" in that year.
Cheng Fei, aged 0/7 at the 2005 Melbourne World Championships, became the first (and only) world champion of women's vault in China. The International Sports Federation named her shuttlecock backhand 180+ straight forward somersault 540 as "Cheng Fei Jump".
2005 CCTV Sports Person of the Year Best Female Athlete. Thus, Cheng Fei's vault gold medal is of great significance. That was a "zero breakthrough" in gymnastics in China.
So there was an unprecedented situation:
Cheng Fei, who won the vault three times in a row and the floor exercise gold medal, made it possible for the women's team to compete with the United States and Russia for the championship.
Moreover, in the new and old iterations of that period, excellent athletes Jiang Yuyuan and Deng who can complete vault and floor exercise with certain difficulty were trained. In the team competition, the total score of these two events will not pull the crotch, and even the gap can be narrowed to a very small range.
This is the key to determine the competitiveness of our women's team.
In that period, the women's team led by Cheng Fei made history, winning the first and only gold medal in the Danish World Championships in 2006 and the only Olympic gold medal in 2008, which was unprecedented.
I still remember the two times I won the championship. In the TV picture, the women's group and the girls in the coaching staff hugged each other tightly, shouting and crying excitedly.
(From left to right) The China women's team, consisting of the captain, Cheng Fei, Li Ya, Zhuoru Zhou and Pang, won the championship for the first time in the 2006 Danish World Championships by defeating the arch-rivals USA and Russia with 0 mistakes.
(From left to right) The women's team of China, composed of Jiang Yuyuan, Li Shanshan and He Kexin, won the women's team championship at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games with its captains Cheng Fei, Yang Yilin and Deng. He Kexin was followed by Shanzhen Lu, then head coach of the women's team.
The women's team of the Beijing Olympic Games was a golden lineup in history, and that women's team final was really a good time and place.
On the day of the final, we were in the same group pk as the second-place and first-place American team in the qualifying round.
Cheng Fei has an action difficulty coefficient of 6.5, and the completion degree is the highest in the audience. Deng's difficulty coefficient is 5.8, and Yang Yilin's difficulty coefficient is 5.8. The completion quality is good. On the US team's side, the three-person difficulty is 6.3, 6.5 and 5.8 respectively. In this event, the United States scored 46.875 and China scored 46.350, only 0.525 points short! ! There is hope!
Look at the games around the 2008 cycle. How difficult is our vault compared with other teams? How can I compete with others? )
Generally speaking, as long as there is no big mistake or falling off the bar, it will be a starting point for the China women's team. At that time, there were He Kexin with a difficulty coefficient of 7.7, Yang Yilin with the same difficulty of 7.7, and Jiang Yuyuan with a difficulty of 7. 1. Among them, He Kexin is even more worrying, because she made a big mistake in the qualifying round and almost failed to reach the final. On this day, however, He Kexin steadied himself. All three of them played well.
"Princess uneven bars" He Kexin, her ultra-difficult target action "Lingjie twist+Li Ya somersault+cheating eger", is as thrilling and wonderful as the men's horizontal bar, and always causes the audience to exclaim again and again.
(Note: 1. Ling Jie, a gymnast at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, was once regarded as Liu Xuan's successor. Won the silver medal on uneven bars in Sydney Olympic Games.
2. Li Ya was a member of the women's team at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and a gold medal member at the 2006 Danish World Championships. She is good at uneven bars. It is quite controversial because of refusing to participate in the competition. )
Yang Yilin of Guangdong team also has a set of high difficulty of 7.7, but unlike He Kexin who is good at somersaults, Yang Yilin's uneven bars are famous for all kinds of difficult twist connections.
However, uneven bars is the traditional weakness (relative) of the American team. Only the Russian-American famous Liu Jin has 7.7 difficulties (voice, the judges of the International Sports Federation have always favored this, but she still got a high score. Today, everyone's uneven scores are really nothing compared with her, and even competitions that worship women with alien forces are often scored.
The other two players of the US team, 6.8 and 6.4, are much less difficult than us. In this project, the United States scored 47.975 points and China scored 49.625 points. Generally speaking, we have surpassed Russia and the United States and temporarily ranked first! ! !
Our traditional advantage is also recognized as the most practiced but most difficult event in gymnastics. China's Li Shanshan set top 1, the difficulty is 7. 1, and Deng is the balance beam champion in the next Olympic Games. However, the strength of the United States is also strong! Sean johnson+Liu Jin, this group of double insurance, Sean also won the balance beam championship in this Olympic Games.
16-year-old Sean Qiang Sen and 19-year-old Nastia Liukin were both superstars in gymnastics at that time and the most terrible opponents of China team members.
The first person on stage was captain Cheng Fei. Although she mainly focuses on floor exercises and vault, the balance beam is also the level of the World Cup champion, and she also won the bronze medal on the balance beam at this Olympic Games. As a result, when completing the difficult action of "360 somersault behind the group", I accidentally fell down, and this fall was deducted by 0.8 points.
At that time, both the commentator and the audience felt suspended.
But who would have thought?
The first captain of the US team, Ms. Sacramento, just stepped on the balance beam and fell off the equipment, which was -0.8, and immediately gave us a big gift.
2 1 year-old vault star Sacramento. In the vault final of the 2005 Melbourne World Championships, she was determined to win. She met Cheng Fei, the star of Wei Zi, and lost to Cheng Fei with two moves close to perfect score. In the following years, Sa and Cheng were always "bitter rivals" in vault, but Sa never had a chance to win the gold medal.
I'm glad ... the danger is endless, and the Chinese and American teams have returned to the same starting line.
It's a pity that Li Shanshan has the world's top level balance beam, but it always makes great mistakes in the individual finals and misses the individual gold medal. On the day of the team final on August 13, she withstood the pressure and completed the whole set with high standards and high quality in the case of successive mistakes by the Chinese and American captains, creating new achievements for the Sino-American war.
Deng, a teenager of 0/6 years old, plays a steady role on the team balance beam. Four years later, in London, she played as a veteran+captain and became the Olympic balance beam champion.
In the balance beam competition, sean johnson's feet are very clean, like nails nailed to wood, and there is no room for error. By the way, the red rope on her ponytail is said to be specially prepared for the Beijing Olympic Games, because it is festive.
In the singles final, Sean and her coach Qiao Liang, yes, Qiao Liang, are now the head coaches of the China women's team. Qiao Liang replaced Liu Jin's father in charge of the American women's team in the London Olympic cycle, and trained another all-around Olympic champion-black star Douglas.
Balance beam, USA 47.250, China 47. 125. We got the score difference, and the three total scores 1 point were ahead of the US team. The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is just around the corner, and we are one step closer to our dreams!
There is no doubt that America's advantages and overall strength exist just like our uneven bars.
Team USA goes first.
At this time, I don't know if my brain is a little broken. Captain America and Ms. Sacramento, Cheng Fei's old rival, made a big mistake, but the complete set with the difficulty coefficient of 6. 1 got the score of 14. 100.
Like Cheng Fei, shawn johnson, who has 720 spins+1080 backspin, scored 15.5438+000 points for a set of movements.
Liu Jin 15.200.
In the TV picture, Sacramento, who was watching the China players' game on the sidelines, showed a desperate expression, and teammate sean johnson made a joke in her ear to comfort her.
The game reached the most intense stage. The girls of the China team gritted their teeth and launched the final blow to the team gold medal that countless generations of gymnasts dreamed of.
Deng, the first one to play, is not difficult. Fortunately, her score was high, and she scored 15. 1000, which wiped out the first American captain, Ms. Sa.
Then, Jiang Yuyuan presented the classic program "Lift your hijab". The scene of the audience clapping for her should impress many people, right? This movement is not difficult, but it is well done and she is also very expressive. She scored 15.200, not losing to the two superstars of the US team.
Jiang Yuyuan's free exercise track "Lift your hijab" set off the climax of the scene atmosphere. In the whole set, the dance movements in Uygur style are kind and lovely. Here, the suspense falls on captain Cheng Fei.
As mentioned above, she is the only world champion of free exercise in China. As long as she doesn't make too many mistakes, our gold medal will be stable.
I believe that friends who love gymnastics will be deeply impressed by this set of Yellow River. Her floor exercise is a classic, which was the most difficult and excellent for female athletes at that time. Seeing that many people say gymnastics is elegant, feminine and fairy, it is difficult to appreciate the elegance of "Kuang Kuang Kuang" everywhere.
However, Cheng Fei is unique.
She can not only do the "Kuang Kuang" somersault of American players with excellent leg strength, but also give consideration to the standard of action and graceful posture. When the well-known chorus music of the Yellow River sounded, Cheng Fei was like a fierce horse galloping on a huge wave, flamboyant and wild, and the atmosphere was overwhelming. The enthusiastic response of the audience is the best proof.
At the end of the last movement, Cheng Fei clenched his fist and waved hard on the court. Her expression tells us-it's done! Cheng Fei has always been a low-key and cautious person, especially as the core of the team. As a captain, she seldom shows her excitement like other little players.
"Yellow River" made Cheng Fei score the highest score of 15.450, which made China lead the United States by more than 1 point in this project.
In the end, China won the gold medal in Beijing Olympic Gymnastics Women's Team with a total score of 188.900, and the United States won the silver medal with a total score of 186.525. Over 2 points, we are undisputed champions! !
Five teenagers who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time wept with joy on the sidelines and waved to the audience. The moment of victory is beautiful, and the process of victory is not easy.
Cheng Fei and her mentor Shanzhen Lu celebrated on the sidelines. Shanzhen Lu is to Cheng Fei what Qiao Liang is to sean johnson and Bole is to a swift horse. Even more than that. When can we have the next flight? Before asking this question, maybe we should ask: When will the next Shanzhen Lu guide us?
The players and the coaching staff celebrated the victory. This gold medal belongs not only to the six players who fought on the field, but also to this great team, and more importantly, to everyone who contributed to the 2008 Olympic cycle.
Even if the opponent may take the initiative to make mistakes, the game may have a great turn for the better-for example, the United States this time-but we must at least be at a level that is not too bad with our opponents before we are qualified to play more stably and better, such as the Russian Olympic team this time.
Therefore, there is a long way to go. I hope the China Women's Team can scale new heights in the future.
From left to right: Cheng Fei, Yang Yilin, Li Shanshan, He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan and Deng. The gold medal in 2008 is called gold inlaid with jade, which is really memorable. A jade carving device, a stone opener.
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