Do you remember when you were 10 years old, about the cowhide that you dreamed of?
Perhaps, you have forgotten.
But Pan Zhanle, a boy from Wenzhou, remembers.
10 years ago, Pan Zhanle, who had just turned 10, walked out of the pool wet, and when asked what his dream was, he lowered his head and said with the youthfulness and perseverance unique to him:
"It's okay to swim faster than Sun Yang."
At that time, Sun Yang had just won the freestyle championship at the London Olympics.
At that time, Pan Zhanle, a young swimmer also from Zhejiang, had not yet shown his sharp corners.
Today, 10 years later, at the Paris Olympics, Pan Zhanle did what he said.
In the men's 100m freestyle final, he broke the world record held by himself with a time of 46.40 seconds, winning the ninth gold for China and the first gold medal for the Chinese swimming team at the Paris Olympics.
If you have seen the video of Pan Zhanle winning the championship last night, if you have heard the almost crazy screams of the female commentator at the moment of his victory, if you know how many Chinese people on the Chinese Internet shed tears of excitement for Pan Zhanle last night, and if you know what kind of pressure the Chinese swimming team has been under in the past few years, you will know how important Pan Zhanle's innocent and undisputed victory this time is more important than Taishan.
After winning the championship, Pan Zhanle wrote the following words on Weibo:
"One person pool, can swim fast!
Pool for a group of people to swim faster!
I'm not fighting alone, behind it is the strong Chinese team!
I felt everyone's expectations in the moment before I got into the water.
This gold medal of mine is dedicated to the great motherland! ”
He didn't write down the truth that is fermenting on the Internet at the moment, telling the fight on another battlefield in this game.
On the first day of the 4x100 self-pick-up in Paris, Pan Zhanle greeted a former Olympic champion from Australia with a warm greeting, but was completely ignored.
When he warmed up in the pool with competitors from all over the world, a group of athletes, including the United States athletes, deliberately splashed huge waves in the pool and splashed on Pan Zhanle's coach Zheng Kunliang.
Pan Zhanle felt humiliated at that time.
Coach Zheng calmly said to him:
"We want to use the results to let them take the initiative to shake your hand."
After winning the championship, Pan Zhanle faced an interview with reporters and said the above humiliation.
After finishing speaking, he asked hesitantly, "Can this be said?" ”
Chinese Internet netizens replied in unison: "You are the number one in the world, of course you can say it!" ”
CCTV broadcast Pan Zhanle's original words live throughout the whole process, and used truthful and unedited playback to place the grievances of a Chinese athlete: "You are wronged!" You're angry! We're angry because of you! ”
Pan Zhanle is angry, not to mention these.
In preparation for the Paris Olympics, he has undergone 21 urine tests in the past two months.
After winning the championship, a reporter asked him what he thought of such frequent urine tests, and he said lightly:
"The procedure is legal, and it doesn't affect my game."
After winning the championship, when he spread his wide arms like flying fish and ran to the audience, someone took out a notebook and asked him to sign it, and he signed it, but someone took out the flag and asked him to sign it, and he refused.
These two details are moving.
In the face of difficulties and discrimination, 20-year-old Pan Zhanle did not act rashly, did not complain, did not make mistakes impulsively, but calmly accepted the test, and then bravely and fearlessly broke the prejudice:
"Today, I finally took them all!"
Who are they?
It is those who are concrete and tangible, but also those who are solid and invisible arrogance.
In the face of cheers and gold medals, 20-year-old Pan Zhanle was not carried away by victory, let alone snatched by pride, but clearly knew what to do and what not to do:
Writing your name on paper is the beauty of adulthood, and writing your name on the national flag is pride.
A Chinese teenager with flying scales and claws, and a long mind.
A shame before the snow, a bang, winning the championship in one fell swoop, and a blockbuster, is just Pan Zhanle's bloody side.
One thought of Guan Mountain, one Bing Dagong, one ice heart, and dominating the world is the most valuable place for Pan Zhanle.
In the past five or six days of chasing down the Paris Olympics, the Chinese team has had the frustration of sighing, the glory of raising its arms and shouting, the tragedy of enduring humiliation and burden, and the narrow victory of breaking out of the encirclement.
When Guo Jingjing stood heroically on the referee's bench, when Quan Hongchan hugged Gu Ailing who came to visit the class after winning the championship, when the 61-year-old Ni Xialian lost to Sun Yingsha and her ancestors and grandchildren showed sympathy beyond winning or losing, and when Pan Zhanle showed sobriety and sanity after winning the championship, I actually believed that the world would slowly get better in pride.
To be precise:
I believe that the Chinese, who have strength, blood, and strategy, will get better and better after going to the world, seeing through the world, and taking power in more fields.
Winning the championship is just the beginning.
Being in power is king.