[Tilu Exclusive Interview]What were you doing when you were 13 years old? It should be a junior high school student who is beginning to worry about choosing subjects. Perhaps student athletes will strive for academic competition. However, when Wu Zhuoen was 13 years old, she had already broken the world record and won the gold medal in the World Series, and was the first to win the ticket to the Paris Paralympics next year. However, she did not let these brilliant achievements go to her head. Instead, she continued to train hard and strive towards His ultimate goal is to win a Paralympic medal. This time he competes in the Asian Paralympic Games, which can be said to be a small test of his skills, combining competition with exercise.
Wu Zhuoen started training in the sports academy at the age of 9 and has been training for 5 years now. In fact, Wu Zhuoen got into swimming as early as 3 years old. She revealed that her parents took her to the swimming pool just to play in the water. Later, she also participated in local interest classes. There was no professional training. However, Wu Zhuoen said frankly that she didn’t like it very much at first. Swimming: “At first I was afraid of the hard work, and I was even more afraid of being scolded by the coach if I didn’t swim well, but then I got used to it and got used to it.” Then I slowly transitioned from a recreational activity to a professional one.
Searching for Wu Zhuoen’s name on the Internet, you can’t find much news. The main news is that he broke the 200-meter breaststroke world record and won the gold medal at the Berlin World Series in May this year, and won the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the World Para Swimming Championships in August. Also win a ticket to the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Coach Jiang Junxian, who is responsible for coaching Wu Zhuoen, recalled that when he first saw Wu Zhuoen, he felt that she was a talented swimmer: “Nowadays, it is no longer possible for the new generation of young people to hit or scold her. They have to be coaxed, but Zhuoen did.” She’s not that kind of person. As long as you tell her the training content, she will automatically and consciously follow the instructions.”
There are gains and losses in balancing academics and sports.
Balancing academic studies and sports has always been a compulsory subject for student athletes. Swimming training takes place 5 days a week, for about 2 hours each time. Wu Zhuoen’s school is located in Kwai Tsing District, and it takes about an hour to drive to the Sports Institute. During this time, she will use Taking a break or doing homework: “Sometimes you need to make a choice. Most people will choose to have fun during recess or lunch, but I will seize the time to do homework.” She said that if she does not complete school homework before training, she will Need to open “OT”: “After practicing, go home and continue doing homework, but this is not ideal because sleep time will be delayed and personal time will be lost.” Therefore, time management is also a very important lesson for Wu Zhuoen. , and with her self-disciplined personality, she also successfully managed to balance her studies and sports. In addition to training, she usually has to go out to compete, but she said she enjoys visiting different places to compete, and she is grateful to have the school’s full cooperation: “Sometimes I will ask the teachers if I can defer the payment of a lot of homework, and they are all willing to accommodate.” Fortunately. With the help of school teachers, my academic progress has not been greatly affected. Any spare time outside competitions and training will be used for review and homework.
The ultimate goal of Paralympic medals may need to compete in the SH7 category in the future
Wu Zhuoen is about to compete in the Asian Paralympic Games. Although she has broken the world record, she has not been dazzled by the victory. She already has a good athlete mentality at a young age: “I still have room for improvement. The most important thing in the Asian Paralympic Games is to do it first Be good to yourself and take it step by step.” Coach Jiang hopes that Wu Zhuoen can win a medal, but the ultimate goal is a Paralympic medal. Wu Zhuoen is currently competing in the SB6 category, but coach Jiang revealed that Wu Zhuoen’s height is “out of bounds”. The height requirement for the SH6 level is below 1.30 meters. Zhuoen is currently about 1.29 meters. Once he is taller than 1.30 meters, he will have to upgrade to SH7 , by then the opponent’s physical function will have improved. Of course Zhuo En will need time to adapt, but I believe she can still achieve good results. “
Pictures and text: Intern reporter Zhang Faer
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Hangzhou Asian Para Games.Exclusive Interview]Wu Zhuoen, the 13-year-old little flying fish who broke the world record and won the gold medal, will not let the victory go to his head」
2023-10-18 03:38:49
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