In another month, the Paris Olympics will come as scheduled, in the critical stage of the sprint countdown, Chinese gymnastics, table tennis, weightlifting, diving, women's volleyball, badminton, taekwondo, sailing and windsurfing and other sports are showing an atmosphere of preparation for the battle, and the teams continue to work the details and make unremitting efforts to achieve the best competitive state.
Solid and make up for shortcomings and create brilliance
The preparation of the national gymnastics team has entered the pre-competition joint training stage, and the training atmosphere is more enthusiastic. While polishing the complete set of actions with the goal of "high difficulty, high quality, and high stability", the team members are improving in the direction of achieving better team cooperation, a more united and upward team atmosphere, and a better completion of the complete set of actions. The women's team tried the actual combat on the high platform in the selection test conducted on the 12th of this month, and found that the shortcomings such as a high error rate and a discount in the use of difficult actions by the team members were found. After the end of the Olympic trials, the national trampoline team also invested in intense high-platform practical training, further consolidating the foundation, focusing on the combination of competition and training, starting from actual combat, and constantly improving the actual combat ability, so as to help the team members find the right state of the competition to the greatest extent. The national rhythmic gymnastics team has just returned to China from the Milan World Cup competition, and will continue to polish the complete set of movements in the remaining month of preparation based on the problems found in the competition, so as to improve the quality of completion and artistic expression.
"Dare to win, want to win, can win, the champion is fought by yourself!" "Grasp strictly, carefully, and practically, and go all out to impact the Paris Olympics!" The Chinese badminton team is training for the Paris Olympics at the National Badminton Training Base in Shuangliu, Sichuan. Walking into the base, the slogans that can be seen everywhere remind the national feather soldiers that they are getting closer and closer to the Olympic Games. June 25 is the start of a training cycle, with teams starting at 8:30 a.m. and the singles group starting with strength training. Women's singles "first sister" Chen Yufei is training meticulously from lifting barbells to other equipment under the guidance of Li Chunlei, a member of the expert guidance group and physical fitness coach. On the other side, men's singles player Shi Yuqi is also proceeding as planned. At 10 o'clock, after the strength training of the singles group, the singles group returned to the arena, the women's singles group carried out special movement and sprint running training, and the men's singles group carried out special agility training. In the women's doubles group, the two pairs of Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan and Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, who will participate in the Paris Olympics, received special care during training, and the four of them were divided into four venues for technical training. Chen Qingchen even staged a "one dozen four", and the women's doubles coach Tao Jiaming joined the training against Chen Qingchen. When Chen Qingchen formed a multi-round confrontation with the four people on the opposite side of the net and won a ball, she was especially happy and shouted, "That's amazing!" ”
With the Paris Olympics approaching, the Chinese table tennis team is currently in the Chengdu table tennis training base to consolidate advantages, make up for shortcomings, and save strength for the Paris Olympics in all aspects. Deng Yaping, the first Grand Slam winner of women's table tennis, had a close exchange with the national table tennis soldiers to prepare for the competition, Deng Yaping, who is good at long rubber play, directly picked up the racket and walked into the venue, and explained the essence of particles and anti-arc play to the Olympic team members in detail, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and other team members also experienced it personally. Deng Yaping said that it is not only necessary to "seriously study the opponent", but also to have the courage to "defeat yourself".
Grand Slam winner Wang Nan shared her years of experience in preparing for the Olympics and the adjustment of her mentality in the face of difficulties with the national table tennis women's team, she said: "The more critical the last moment, the more confident you must be. The person who can represent the Chinese table tennis team in the Olympics must be the strongest. Everyone must dare to face difficulties and overcome difficulties in the closed training camp. ”
In the sprint stage of Olympic preparation, the national weightlifting team is going all out to increase its intensity, in accordance with the requirements of "training high, steady, thick and practical", with the goal of "winning stable gold medals". According to the relevant regulations for weightlifting events at the Paris Olympics, the Chinese weightlifting team has completed the final registration last month, Hou Zhihui, Luo Shifang, Li Wenwen, Li Fabin, Shi Zhiyong, and Liu Huanhua will participate in the Paris Olympics, and substitutions and substitutions are not allowed. Therefore, in the next preparations, the team will prepare for each day with high standards and strict requirements, and do a good job in injury prevention and control.
As the "dream team" of the Chinese sports delegation, the Chinese diving team will send 10 athletes to compete for gold medals at the Paris Olympics, including five gold medalists at the Tokyo Olympics, Xie Sicheng, Wang Zongyuan, Cao Yuan, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi. The 10 players of the diving team all have world championship titles, and the most concerned is Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi's competition in the single 10-meter platform. After the Tokyo Olympics, the two swept the women's singles 10-meter platform championship in a number of world championships. In the men's diving event, world champion Wang Zongyuan and Olympic champion Xie Sicheng are strong contenders for gold in the 3m springboard singles event, while world champions Wang Zongyuan/Long Daoyi will challenge for the top podium in the men's double 3m springboard. At the 2024 Diving World Cup Finals held not long ago, the Chinese team performed well, winning a total of 8 gold medals, and Yang Hao and Chen Yuxi won the best men's and women's athletes in the Diving World Cup respectively. In the face of the upcoming Paris Olympics, it is worth looking forward to whether the Chinese diving "dream team" can return with a full load.
There is still a month before the opening of the Paris Olympic Games, and the national rifle pistol shooting team and skeet shooting team are undergoing intensive training in Beijing to prepare for the final stage of the sprint. According to the official website of the International Shooting Federation, the national skeet shooting team has won a men's two-way quota, so that the national rifle pistol shooting team and skeet shooting team have achieved all events in the Paris Olympics.
After the list of participants was determined in late March this year, the national rifle pistol shooting team participated in the two World Cups in Baku, Azerbaijan and Munich, Germany, and the Chinese team ranked first in the gold medal list and medal list. In the two competitions, many athletes showed a good sense of competition and competitive state, such as Liu Yukun broke the men's 50-meter rifle three-position final world record twice in a row in the Baku station, and the veteran Li Yuehong won the men's 25-meter pistol rapid-fire gold medal twice in Baku and Munich.
The skeet team has returned to Beijing after the World Cup in Italy to continue their preparations, and after the World Cup, the team will also confirm the squad for the Paris Olympics. According to the website of the International Shooting Federation, the national skeet shooting team has won the men's two-way quota, which means that after the Beijing Olympics, Chinese men's two-way athletes will once again stand on the Olympic stage. At the same time, the skeet team also won a two-way mixed team seat, so that the rifle pistol team and the skeet team achieved the participation in all events of the Paris Olympics.
Sweat the lineup
On the occasion of the one-month countdown to the Paris Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team, which had just qualified for the Paris Olympics through the World Women's Volleyball League, seized the last time at the Zhangzhou training base in Fujian Province and sprinted to the Paris Olympics. After the results of the Olympic Games group draw were announced, the team carried out targeted analysis and technical and tactical drills in an orderly manner according to the situation of the group and the main opponents, and sweated on the training ground. Captain Yuan Xinyue said that all strong teams in the world women's volleyball world have different characteristics, and the Chinese women's volleyball team also hopes to achieve good results in the Paris Olympics. She and her teammates will continue to prepare for the Paris Olympics by training every day. Li Yingying said that it has always been her dream to participate in the Olympic Games, and she hopes to stand on the podium with the Chinese women's volleyball team at the Paris Olympics. Gong Xiangyu said that the ups and downs she had experienced before had strengthened her courage to face difficulties. She is about to stand on the Olympic stage for the third time, and she hopes to enjoy the Olympic arena while working hard under pressure. She also hopes to stand out with her teammates and stand on the podium at the Olympics.
With the Paris Olympics approaching, the Chinese swimming team that is training in Shanghai recently announced the list of participants for the Paris Olympics, the main force of the last Olympic Games will basically fight again in Paris, the Chinese swimming team will send 13 female athletes and 18 male athletes, a total of 31 athletes to participate, an increase of 2 compared with the last Olympic Games.
The team's oldest athlete, Wang Shun, will begin his title defence after swimming 1:55.35 in the men's 200m individual medley at this year's National Swimming Championships and currently ranks first in the season. In the final stage of preparation, Wang Shun is also actively improving his breaststroke and backstroke results. The first-time Olympic player is already aiming for an Olympic podium, having swam 47 seconds in the men's 100m freestyle three times in the last year and set a new world record of 46.80 seconds at the World Championships. Tang Qianting's women's 100m breaststroke event will also be a strong contention, and Tang Qianting swam the best time of the season so far at this year's National Swimming Championships, one second faster than the second-placed South African. In addition, the "Butterfly Queen" Zhang Yufei and the "Frog King" Qin Haiyang are undoubtedly the core of the Chinese swimming team.
The Chinese synchronized swimming team, which is preparing for the Paris Olympics at the Training Bureau of the General Administration of Sports of China, will send 9 players this time. At the Doha World Swimming Championships, the Chinese Huayou team set the best result in the history of the World Championships with 7 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze. According to the rules, synchronized swimming at the Paris Olympics has two events: team competition and pair competition. This weekend, the national synchronized swimming team will conduct a pre-competition simulation. Zhang Xiaohuan, head coach of the national team, previously said that the Chinese team has many competitors, and all strong teams are trying to adapt to the changes in the rules, and a stable strength pattern has not been formed. "Our goal is to keep the referees and spectators in a state of shock and awe, which is not easy to do, but we always believe that Chinese athletes can do it."
With a month to go before the Paris Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team is training overseas and preparing for the game by participating in a series of warm-up games. The Chinese women's basketball team will successively launch a series of warm-up events with teams such as Turkey, Belgium, Spain, and Australia, combining competition and practice to make final preparations for the Paris Olympics. In the two overseas warm-up games that have ended, the Chinese women's basketball team first defeated Turkey 56-51, and lost to Spain 46-70 in the second warm-up game.
The Chinese 3x3 basketball national team is training by participating in a series of FIBA 3x3 basketball tournaments. At the FIBA 3x3 Basketball Chengdu Masters and Women's Series that ended on June 21-23, the women's team sent four players, Zhang Zhiting, Wan Jiyuan, Chen Mingling and Chen Yujie, to defeat the Australian team by one point in the final of the women's series, and won the runner-up in their debut this season. In this game, the Chinese team defeated the opponent 16-14 in overtime in the group stage. The men's team sent Zhang Ning, Lu Wenbo, Zhao Jiaren and Yan Peng to form the Beijing team to play in the Chengdu Masters, which was the first official competition this season, and although they stopped in the semi-finals, they had beaten the world No. 1 Ubud Huishan team in Serbia in the group stage.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) will announce the full list of tennis participants for Paris 2024 on 4 July. Judging from the current situation, Zhang Zhizhen and Zheng Qinwen will play, and other players need to consider factors such as rankings, opponents, and doubles pairings. Zhang Zhizhen is currently competing in Europe for the grass court season and is in good form. He defeated No.3 seed Dmitry Medvedev at the grass court in Halle, eliminated last year's Wimbledon quarter-finalist Eupenks, and met world No.1 Sinner to meet him, becoming the first Chinese player to reach the last four on grass. From state to confidence, Zhang Zhizhen is in a rising stage. Coincidentally, Zheng Qinwen is also a player who uses European clay as a training base. Zheng Qinwen is currently ranked No. 8 in the world, and it makes sense to be on the shortlist for the title, whether it is in the professional arena or in the Olympics.
In the Paris Olympics, the Chinese golf team achieved the goal of "2 men + 2 women". Since the return of golf to the Olympic family in 2016, this is also the third consecutive time that the Chinese team has completed the full quota of participation. The 21-year-old will wear the Chinese jersey for the first time at the Olympics, "I don't think I can put into words how I feel. After all, it has always been my dream to participate in the Olympics and to represent China in the competition. "On the men's side, Yuan Yechun and Dou Zecheng got tickets to the Paris Olympics." Playing for the country, the Paris Olympics," Dou Zecheng wrote on social media.
In the sprint stage of the Paris Olympics in the last month, the Chinese women's hockey team adopted the "competition and training integration" training model, through high-intensity and high-confrontation overseas training and competitions to train the team, inspect opponents, and enhance hard power. Alison Annan, coach of the Chinese women's hockey team, commented on the performance of the Chinese women's players in the international arena and said: "The girls are full of momentum and tenacious struggle in the World Super League, showing the team's toughness, and the use of competition skills is also more skillful, and at the same time accumulating more game experience, I am happy for their progress and growth, the Chinese women's hockey team still has a lot of room for improvement, I believe we have the strength to compete with a lot of opponents in the Olympic Games." ”
At present, the Chinese taekwondo team is preparing seriously in the national team training hall of Beijing Sports University. "Compared to the mentality I had when I was preparing for training, I really want to play now." Zhou Zeqi couldn't hide her excitement, she said that she will continue to understand the situation of her opponents and strengthen her strengths, "Although I am still a little nervous, I am very excited now and I am very much looking forward to going to the Olympic Games." Song Zhaoxiang said that as the numbers on the countdown card became smaller and smaller, his mentality became more and more relaxed, "Now the remaining time is getting shorter and shorter, I will not put too much pressure on myself, and strive to show my best skills and tactics and all abilities in the Olympic arena." "In the training ground and in the competition, I need to fight as an impactor," Luo Zongshi said, "In the last month of sprinting, I will continue to follow the coach's pace step by step on the basis of a calm mind, complete every day's training, and do every day's work meticulously." Guan Jianmin, chairman of the Chinese Taekwondo Association and head coach of the national team, said that the Chinese taekwondo team will cherish the people of the motherland and never forget the historical mission, and everyone will keep in mind their responsibilities and missions and fight for the honor of the country.
After completing the World Cup in Antalya, Turkey, the Chinese archery team returned to Beijing for the final stage of the Olympic Games. With this competition, the Chinese archery team performed well and won the full quota of participants. In the first Olympic qualifying tournament, the Chinese archery women's team won the championship all the way, and won three individual quotas while winning the women's team quota for the Olympic Games. It is worth mentioning that in the previous two World Cups in Shanghai, China and Liquan, South Korea, the Chinese women's team defeated the strong South Korean women's team in the finals with two different lineups to win the gold medal, showing excellent competitive state.
The national sailing and windsurfing team is in the final stages of preparation, and some classes have already travelled to France for pre-race adaptation training. On the afternoon of the day before the expedition, kiteboarder Chen Jingle still showed up on the beach on time with the board on his back. In hot weather, the way to prevent heatstroke and cool down is naturally indispensable, especially in the diet, the weather is hot, the consumption is large, the team members generally have no appetite, chef Zheng has thought of a lot of ways, every meal is carefully matched, and the fruit is not the same. In the final preparation time, the national sailing and windsurfing team was refined to each boat and each person, "one person, one plan", and focused on supplementing and improving according to the different situations of individuals.
The national rowing team is currently in the final stages of preparation in Shenyang, and the cool climate of the Northeast has brought athletes a better preparation experience. Each of the four girls in the women's quadruple sculls is monitored to ensure that there is no "non-combat attrition" before the start of the competition.
As an Olympic gold medal event, the mainland has qualified for the Paris Olympics in 15 people and 13 events in cycling (including 2 P cards). In the Paris cycle, the rules of the team racing event have been greatly adjusted, from 2 people to 3 people, and the German team is constantly breaking the world record, and the Chinese team is facing a severe challenge. At the upcoming China Track Cycling League Finals in Luoyang, Henan Province, the team will see the new performance of three Chinese girls in the team sprint competition.
In the Paris Olympics, we can also look forward to the BMX freestyle event, and at the recently concluded Paris Olympic Qualifying Series Budapest Station, the Chinese women's BMX freestyle car achieved full participation. Looking forward to the Chinese girl and the American player Hannah and other celebrities at the summit in Paris.
(Source: China Sports News)