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Hong Kong Athletes Show Determination and Perseverance in Chengdu Universiade Half Marathon

【Chengdu Direct Attack】Chengdu Universiade held men’s and women’s half marathons this morning (6th). Huang Zhuoning, who was injured and played in the race, finally crossed the line in 1 hour, 28 minutes and 04 seconds, successfully finishing the race. After crossing the line, she hugged her teammate Luo Yingchao and shed tears, “I really want to run the whole course.” She said that she could not beat the injury at this moment, but after knowing her own limit, she hopes to learn how to retract and release freely on the training road in the future .

Zhuang Siyang Lin Yingzhang

Shoji Yang felt unwell after crossing the line, but he was fine.

The Hong Kong team sent 3 male and 2 female runners to participate in the half-marathon individual race and the men’s team race. However, the Hong Kong team failed to achieve effective results because Huang Yinjun, the Hong Kong record holder, did not play. As for Lin Yingzhang and Zhuang Siyang, they ran 1 hour 10 minutes 49 seconds and 1 hour 13 minutes 43 seconds respectively, finishing 27th and 31st among the 33 runners. Zhuang Siyang suffered from slight dehydration after the game, and he is not serious, but he still needs to be sent to the hospital for examination.

Wong Cheuk-ning, Law Ying-chao

As for Luo Yingchao, who finished 23rd in the women’s group with 1 hour, 21 minutes and 01 seconds, Huang Zhuoning, who revealed earlier that he was troubled by a left leg injury and whose biggest goal was to finish the race, ran 1 hour, 28 minutes and 04 seconds, ranking among the 30 women’s runners. Hands finished 29th.

After crossing the line, Huang Zhuoning, who was crying excitedly, hugged Luo Yingchao, and the latter also cried for a while. Huang Zhuoning revealed that there is currently a crack in the meniscus of the left knee, and the periosteum of the tibialis anterior muscle of the left calf is inflamed. It is also doubtful whether he can participate in the race. Therefore, under the limited state, he can only aim to finish the race. It hurts, so I am very worried. Yesterday there was no pain, but today I woke up and felt pain again. I had no choice but to take painkillers.” Even though the coach has always forbidden her to take painkillers for the competition, she still hopes to give her best, “because I really want to run I really want to complete the whole process in 1 hour and 30 minutes, although it is far from my best time (1 hour, 18 minutes and 30 seconds). For the first time, I feel that 21 kilometers are so long, and I haven’t tried it in the past 3 months. I ran more than 10 kilometers in a day, and I have never tried to run separately, so I am more worried.” Although the humidity reached 90% today, the pace of the start was faster than expected, and I was able to follow the opponent in the middle and late stages, and completed this “return” Come” half marathon.

She ran a total of 9 races in the first three months of this year, including two full marathons, but was injured due to insufficient adjustment. Fortunately, the injury is not too serious and does not require immediate surgery, but at least a period of recuperation is needed, and the future is still full of unknowns. “Injuries are always the biggest enemy of athletes. I have not defeated the enemy so far. In fact, the meniscus I don’t know when I will get better, and I don’t know when it will get worse, so I won’t see me in the competition in the short term. I don’t know when I can practice without pain and then prepare for the competition. There are many unknowns. I don’t have a definite answer in my heart. When will I be able to go to the competition with confidence.” In addition, because her mental state is too tense, she suspects that she has a slight hormonal imbalance and needs to rest after returning to Hong Kong.

Take a step back and think about it, if you don’t challenge in the most difficult mode, you may not know your limit, “I have successfully broken through this game, but if I have to take it back later, I will not regret the previous decision, and I have always considered it clearly. There is still a long way to go in an athlete’s career, and this moment is the beginning. I have always known that the world is big, but I have never seen it in person. I have prepared for this game for half a year. This is a kind of growth, and I will know how to do it in the future Choose.” She said that she tried to prepare for a full marathon in 6 weeks, but she needed to push herself to the limit in each class, and believed that there was still room for improvement in the arrangement of the preparation. It’s hard to go to the critical point, when the prophet is in the middle, and you have to learn to handle it.”

Luo Yingchao was also infected by Huang Zhuoning’s persistence, and frankly admitted that the opponent is the MVP of the Hong Kong team.

Luo Yingchao (Virginia) and Lin Yingzhang, who represented the Hong Kong team for the first time, failed to set a new personal best time, but said that this is the biggest match in their careers, and they will be overage in the next year, so they cherish the opportunity to play. The two hope that the level of long-distance running in Hong Kong will continue to improve, and more new-generation runners will challenge the next Universiade or other world stages. “The most important thing is to make progress together. There will be Asian Games and Olympic Games later this year. I think I can try to catch up with the progress of the world. I don’t mean to win prizes, but I want to see more young runners on the world stage.” Virginia, who sponsored a brand to race in Germany this year, took the opportunity to learn about the training methods of world-class runners and Thinking, and gradually adjust to the rhythm that suits you.

Photo and text: Li Zizheng

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2023-08-06 05:36:01

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