Injuries and illnesses are not a problem in front of them. This is the story of the Shanghai Women’s Water Polo Team.Fly into the homes of ordinary people
Yesterday was a glorious day for the Shanghai Women’s Water Polo Team. In the final of the 14th National Games Women’s Water Polo Competition, the United team defeated the Hunan team 19-6 to win the championship. Among them were Wang Xinyan, Chen Xiao, Shen Yineng, Wang Huan, and Zhang Danyi from Shanghai. In the bronze medal match, they were short of soldiers. The major general’s Shanghai women’s water polo team won the bronze medal with a 15-13 victory over Tianjin. Behind the fight for gold and bronze is the Shanghai women’s water polo team’s hardworking spirit that is not afraid of difficulties and never give up. Injuries and illnesses seem to be no problem in this tenacious team.
Caption: Shanghai Women’s Water Polo Network
According to the rules for the joint team formation of the Olympic collective events of the current National Games, the Shanghai Women’s Water Polo Team will have 5 main players following the joint team to play in the National Games. In addition, the youth team has already communicated with the host Shaanxi team, so the Shanghai Women’s Water Team There are only 11 players left on the first team of water polo, making it the team with the fewest athletes among the participating teams in the women’s water polo competition at the National Games. What’s more difficult is that most of this team are veterans with varying degrees of injury. sick. Team member Zhao Zihan broke her leg more than two months ago, but after a cast, she returned to the training ground on crutches the next day for land training. With the concerted efforts of the rehabilitation team, Zhao Zihan removed the plaster for rehabilitation training in one month, and without complete recovery, played with injuries in key games to help the team win. “Each game has 4 quarters. Although I can’t bear it, Zhao Zihan can only play the full court as an offensive core player. She has paid too much for the team.” In an interview with reporters, the head coach Pan Shenghua said.
There are many examples of such selfless efforts. Starting from December 10, 2020, the Shanghai women’s water polo team has insisted on practicing three times a day, and insisting on doing morning exercises every day. The main player Wang Shimiao will have a low-grade fever after a large amount of exercise, but she has been overcoming difficulties and insisting on training. After the bronze medal match, team leader Shi Huanzhen also spoke highly of the captain and goalkeeper Peng Fei: “Generally, a team has to have two goalkeepers, and we are alone. She is very tired at the end of each game, but she can’t help it. Say,’As a captain, we must lead by example and set a role model for young athletes.'”
Caption: Pan Shenghua, the head coach who persists with illness
The head coach Pan Shenghua is 64 years old. In fact, he has been sick all the time, but whether on the training field or on the field, he seems to be full of energy and is fully engaged in training and competition-but what is less known is that for Leading the team to prepare for the current National Games, he pushed the originally planned heart surgery again and again.
Pan Shenghua was a famous water polo player in my country. After retiring, he has coached the Shanghai women’s water polo team, the national men’s water polo team, and the women’s water polo team. He is an experienced coach. In August 2020, due to heart disease, he resigned from the national team and returned to Shanghai, taking on the task of leading the Shanghai team to prepare for the National Games. Originally, Pan Shenghua planned to have heart surgery when he returned to Shanghai, but in order to prepare for the National Games, he pushed the operation time again and again. “Winter training and competitions are one link after another. I can’t go. And after the operation, I have to rest for more than a month. After training halfway through, I will be completely unrecognizable when I come back. It will definitely not work if I can’t see the players for more than a month, so I discussed with the doctor. , Decided to do conservative treatment.”
In order to stabilize the military spirit, Pan Shenghua never told his players about his health. After training and returning to his room every day, he had to decoct himself and drink the medicine while watching the video to study his opponent. During the National Games competition, Pan Shenghua had an illness and his heartbeat was once more than 190 beats. He calmed down and took medicine while he was dizzy and slowly returned to normal.
Caption: Pan Shenghua is guiding the players
There is always a reward for hard work. In this National Games, 11 athletes from the Shanghai Women’s Water Polo Team and 5 athletes from the United Team joined the National Games podium. After the game, they jointly paid tribute to the head coach Pan Shenghua, and the latter finally breathed a sigh of relief and gave thanks to every athlete. “I hope the Shanghai Water Polo Team will continue to maintain the unity and desire for victory and create more What a great achievement!”
(Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Yuanchun)
Editor: Shen Yuye
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