Other information of Xu Dongxiang

Xu Dongxiang, who crossed the finish line, seems to have exhausted his last strength. She stopped rowing and sat motionless in the rowing boat. Less than five meters away from her, the Dutch team in the third runway is celebrating the victory. On the afternoon of August 17, 2008, the rowing event of the Beijing Olympic Games entered the final competition day, and Xu Dongxiang and his partner Yu Hua hit the final in the women's lightweight double sculls event. For this day, she has worked hard for four years, but she waited for the same result as four years ago-7 minutes 0 1.90 seconds, while Xu Dongxiang, who was bent on winning gold, was the same as in Athens Olympic Games, and finally only ranked fifth. After all the athletes in the same group were interviewed and passed through the mixed zone one after another, Xu Dongxiang/Yu Hua slowly rowed the boat to the shore. If the International Olympic Committee didn't stipulate that the finalists must pass through the mixed zone, Xu Dongxiang would rather go ashore from the athletes' zone like the semi-final and disappear from people's sight early. Four years ago in Athens, Xu Dongxiang cooperated with Li Qian and won the fifth place in the women's lightweight double sculls competition. After that, she vowed to compete for the gold medal in four years. During these four years, Xu Dongxiang, whose training volume has doubled, won the world championships in 2006, the Asian Games and the World Cup in 2007. Just when Xu Dongxiang was full of expectations for the gold medal in the Beijing Olympic Games, reality once again played a cruel joke on the 25-year-old Shaoxing girl. More cruelly, in the mixed zone, she had to show her most painful moments to everyone. In the mixed area of more than 30 meters, Xu Dongxiang was surrounded by reporters for three times, and Lacrimosa ended the interview three times. "In fact, I was quite calm before the final, but when I crossed the finish line, I suddenly felt an uncontrollable sadness, as if I had returned to the feeling of four years ago. In these four years, I really paid a lot ... "Xu Dongxiang was red-eyed and sobbing.

In Pingshui Town, Shaoxing, Dongxiang's hometown, the afternoon of the competition was crowded: journalists from all walks of life gathered in Dongxiang's hometown to witness the moment when Xu Dong won the gold medal. On the eve of the competition, Zhang Genhua, Dongxiang's mother, specially arranged the medals her daughter won over the years and reserved a small open space in the upper corner of the medals. She said that the empty place was for the Olympic gold medal. Halfway through the race, Xu Dongxiang/Yu Hua has faded out of the top three. Dongxiang's mother Zhang Genhua watched TV in a daze, and his father Xu Mugen was speechless. The flowers and firecrackers prepared by the villagers didn't come in handy.

After the game, mother Zhang Genhua saw her daughter crying in an interview and couldn't help but feel sad. "Dongxiang has won rowing championships such as the National Rowing Championships, the Asian Games and the World Cup. Only one Olympic champion is needed to achieve a grand slam. " Zhang Genhua, with a strong Shaoxing accent, said that her daughter was sadder than anyone because she failed to achieve a grand slam.

After the 2008 Olympic Games, some people showed fatigue and distraction after fierce fighting. But Xu Dongxiang's morale was greatly encouraged. Knowing that she still has strength, she said to the people around her, "I have an unfinished wish, that is, I hope to fight again at the London Olympics." On June 20 1 1 year, she left rowing 1 year for 4 years.

Xu Dongxiang and Huang beat their opponents perfectly in the last 5 meters and the last 1 2 of the 2000-meter waterway of Eton Water Center in London, winning the only medal of women's lightweight synchronized sculls for the China rowing team.

After three Olympic Games, Shaoxing girl Xu Dongxiang finally hung the Olympic silver medal on her chest. "She tried her best, it was really great!" Head coach Chen watched the game with Xu's parents in Xu Dongxiang's hometown Shaoxing. At the moment when his lover crossed the line, he was hoarse and his palms were red.

Chen said that he was not an enthusiastic person, but when he saw Xu Dongxiang finish this dream that he had persisted for eight years, he couldn't help being moved. "From retirement to comeback, Dongxiang has experienced too much ... this silver medal is worth having!" "In fact, life is not only a gold medal. I have won all the championships I can get. What I want to do most now is to live the most plain and simple life. "

"No way, I chose to practice rowing. I knew from the beginning that I was doomed to lose a lot. If I choose, I will only insist. "

"It's bitter, indescribable. But I don't regret it. I did what I should do. "

"We can't blindly learn from foreign countries, because physically, we are different from foreign players. They usually have bigger hands and feet, longer arms and legs, and different muscle types. We just have to make corresponding training plans according to our own characteristics, and we can't follow suit. "

"Doing anything is like walking. I may not know it for the first time, but I am very tired. But the second time I met him, the third time I became proficient and could walk very fast. But every time you have to go by yourself, you have to think, remember and analyze. " Career love does not delay.

According to Sun Jie's mother, Sun Jie and his girlfriend Xu Dongxiang usually train together and have been together for more than three years.

When Sun Jie brought his girlfriend home for the first time, Sun Jie's mother was worried that his obsession with love would affect his training and competition. At that time, Sun Jie promised his mother that he would fall in love, train correctly, and coordinate their relationship to ensure that the game would not be affected.

Now, it seems that Sun Jie coordinated well and relieved his parents' worries. Both of them went to London for the Olympic Games on behalf of the China team. As early as 20 10, the parents of both sides had already met, and originally planned to tie the knot in the second half of last year. 20 1 1 In June, Xu Dongxiang was recruited into the national team again to prepare for the London Olympic Games. "Both sides are very busy and can only postpone the wedding for two years." Sun's mother said that she plans to take a good vacation after the National Games next year, one is to accompany her family and girlfriend, and the other is to hold a wedding. "