Original title: Lu Yunxiu won the women’s windsurfing RS: X-level competition gold medal, love to fight to win
Source: Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission website
On July 31, in the Tokyo Olympic Games women’s windsurfing RS: X class competition, Chinese athlete Lu Yunxiu won the championship. This is the second time that Chinese athletes have won Olympic gold medals in windsurfing after the Beijing Olympics.
The good news came that Gao Chuanwei, the coach of the Fujian windsurfing team who is leading the training in Weifang, Shandong, was excited but not surprised: “I recruited her to the provincial team in 2008 and brought her to the national team as the national team coach in 2013. Usually we I also train with the national team, knowing that she has the ability to hit the gold medal, and I am very confident in her.”
Lu Yunxiu was originally a track and field athlete. He was recommended by a sports school coach to a sailing coach but was unsuccessful. However, Gao Chuanwei, who coached windsurfing, became a windsurfing athlete.
According to Gao Chuanwei, windsurfing is a level in sailing, and the two have different requirements for athletes. Sailing boats prefer to be tall and tall, while windsurfing emphasizes explosive power, the weight should not be too large, and the muscle lines are better. “Lu Yunxiu was very thin at the time, with short hair and a dark face. She was not selected by the sailing team because of her figure. I happened to see it. So I went to my side to give it a try. After testing, she found her explosive power was very good.”
Lu Yunxiu is a native of Hokkien, and she loves the Hokkien song “Fighting to Win”. In Gao Chuanwei’s view, windsurfing training is quite difficult. Lu Yunxiu relied on the spirit of “one-third of the day is doomed, seven-pointer depends on hard work” until now: “When he first came to the provincial team, Lu Yunxiu was not in good health. There was a problem. One time she passed out during training at sea, but we observed that she was not only willing to endure hardships and had a high level of understanding, but she also had a sense of reluctance to admit defeat.”
Although women’s windsurfing is the traditional advantage of the Chinese team, compared with other “hot” projects, the popularity and influence of windsurfing in China is not high. During Lu Yunxiu’s competition, some audience members said that they “don’t understand.” In this regard, Gao Chuanwei analyzed that the sailing competition is held at sea, and the audience is not easy to watch, and the equipment is expensive. Unlike football and basketball, “flying into the homes of ordinary people”, resulting in low popularity. “I hope to win the Olympic Games. Gold is an opportunity to drive more people to pay attention to sailing and windsurfing.”
Lu Yunxiu is a rural girl who was born and raised in a rural village. She was born in 1996 in an ordinary peasant family in Fanyang Village, Duxun Town, Zhangpu County, Fujian Province. Parents are usually busy with farming work, Lu Yunxiu starts from playing with her friends in the fields, looking for her love for sports while running.
“Mum and Dad have not engaged in any sports, but they do a lot of physical work. It may be considered a genetic.” Lu Yunxiu’s brother Lu Junfeng joked that her younger sister liked sports since she was a child. After being a professional athlete, whether in training or in life, she will calmly resolve the difficulties she encounters. She has always been very independent and courageous.
Lu Junfeng told reporters that after his sister went ashore, she called her home as soon as possible, but because the environment was noisy and could not hear the sound clearly, they had to wave to her and give her a thumbs up at the camera. At this moment, Lu Junfeng felt extremely proud.
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