On August 7, Beijing time, the weightlifting competition of the Paris Olympics kicked off.
In the first weightlifting men's 61 kg final, Li Fabin successfully defended his title with a total score of 310 kg, making a good start for the Chinese weightlifting team in this Olympic Games.
In the face of pressure, I am the main one
In this game, Li Fabin, who has outstanding snatching ability, adjusted the weight from 135 kg to 137 kg in a row, and lifted it steadily. After the rest of his competitors failed, the snatch world record holder adjusted the weight of the second snatch to 140kg, which was also an easy snatch. In the third snatch, Li Fabin focused on stability, and did not rashly challenge his 146 kg world record, but set a new Olympic record in the snatch with a snatch of 143 kg.
The biggest competitor, 20-year-old United States Morris, stuck at 126kg in the snatch, which also meant that the final battle was left in the clean and jerk.
Morris is the world record holder in the 61kg clean and jerk, so Lee Fa Bin's opening weight in the clean and jerk competition has dropped from 169kg to 167kg, hoping to be stable. Unexpectedly, the first attempt was unsuccessful, and the suspense of the game increased. Subsequently, the second attempt, Li Fabin easily completed it.
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Tension and stress spread in the weightlifting arena. The young Morris snatch opening 168kg also failed and succeeded with 172kg. With a slight lead, Lee opted for 172kg in the third clean and jerk, which was also the Olympic record he set in the clean and jerk at the Tokyo Olympics, but in the final lift, Lee failed. His total was stuck at 310 kg. But with Morris no longer hitting higher weights, Lee was firmly on the gold medal. In the end, Morris failed to challenge 178 kilograms and finished third; Thailand's Sirachai won the silver medal.
Persistence, just to win another Olympic champion
In the men's weightlifting 61kg final of the Tokyo Olympics, Li Fabin won the championship with a strong performance that broke the Olympic record in the clean and jerk and the overall score, and his famous scene of "Golden Rooster Independence" on the field (because he did not maintain a good balance) was also hotly discussed by netizens for a while, and now 3 years have passed, the Chinese strong man is determined to regain his glory in Paris.
On July 25, 2021, in the men's 61kg weightlifting final of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Li Fabin staged the "Golden Rooster Independence".
In the new Olympic cycle, Li Fabin is still the best athlete in the 61kg class, but the 31-year-old age also makes the veteran feel a lot of differences, he said frankly: "When you were young, you just practiced and the results came up, but at this age, you may have to pay time and energy, including the intensity of training, may be greater than when you were young. ”
In addition, Li Fabin has an old knee injury, according to his own statement, if he finishes a high-intensity impact, he will not be able to maintain a high level the next day, which makes him feel physically and mentally tired. Difficulties are difficulties, and a sentence that Li Fabin often hangs on his lips is - always persevere, because I still want to win another Olympic championship.
"When I was preparing for the Tokyo cycle, I had fewer injuries, and even if I had injuries, I could carry them on my shoulder." Lee's Paris cycle has skyrocketed, and the bone contusions in both knees are more severe, which can cause instant pain when trying to lift the bell.
After resting and not improving, Li Fabin chose to be accompanied by pain, "Although the symptoms of pain have always been there, I have gradually been able to bear this pain, and I have been insisting on systematic training, and the pain has been reduced." ”
Li Fabin
In September 2021, Li Fabin won the championship in the National Games; In 2022, the national weightlifting team won two World Championships trials; He won the Asian Championships in May 2023, won the snatch and overall at the World Championships in September 2023, and won the gold medal at the 2023 Asian Games...... After the Tokyo Olympics, Lee won almost every major competition he competed in, and he also achieved the grand slam of his weightlifting career.
However, Li Fabin is still not satisfied, in an interview, he said: "Although they have won the gold medal, but against Paris, this level is not enough, and all aspects need to do better. ”
Competitive weightlifting, constantly rubbing on the edge of the limit
Li Fabin once said that competitive weightlifting is to challenge the limit and constantly rub on the edge of the limit. If you want to smile the most beautiful on the field, Li Fabin believes that you can only practice harder and be more prepared than others, he stressed that the key to the entire Olympic cycle is to see if you can complete every training task and competition task step by step, "(just like every node in the process of finally reaching the finish line) If you miss a stop and a stop, it may end up in a mess, because you must do every detail well, competitive sports are actually quite cruel, what is the final result You can't say well, but you must do your best." ”
The Weightlifting World Cup in Thailand in April 2024 was the last major before the Paris Olympics, when Li Fabin won the snatch and total score with 146kg snatch, 166kg clean and jerk and a total score of 312kg, of which the snatch broke the world record, and the total score was only one pound different from the Tokyo Olympics, but Li Fabin was still dissatisfied with himself after the game, he said: "This game was like a slap in the face, which gave me enough lessons. ”
The reason for this is that after lifting 166kg in the clean and jerk, Li Fabin failed to lift 173kg in his second and third attempts, and the veteran is almost strict with himself, and in his opinion, he must have a more consistent performance in the competition.
Speaking of which, Li Fabin is a late-bloomer. He said that the beginning of his career was very tortuous, because the Chinese men's weightlifting small level is like a forest, and there are even five or six players of the same level, and for a long time, he has not played at the level of introverted himself, so he can only practice silently in the corner alone.
Until he met coach Shao Guoqiang, through some technical and ideological adjustments, Li Fabin was slowly excavated...... It is precisely because of the tempering of the past that Li Fabin now cherishes the opportunity in front of him and the opportunity to fight for the honor of the country.
For all Chinese athletes, this is an unshirkable responsibility, Li Fabin used a more direct word - faith, "In my opinion, this is a kind of faith, if I represent the motherland on the Olympic stage, I want to show a better self, I want to win that gold medal." ”
Source: The Paper