The most important event this year is the Guangzhou World Championship in July. Sun Yang said that he would go to Beijing to do some tests and then have a foreign training plan.
Xinhua News Agency, Guangzhou, April 28 (reporter Li Jia, Wang Haoming) Chinese swimming star Sun Yang won two gold medals in the FINA Championship swimming series held in Guangzhou on the 28th, and said domineering, the results of that night gave him reason to expect his outstanding performance in the Gwangju World Championships and the Tokyo Olympics.
Sun Yang fought in high-intensity combat that night. First, he participated in the 400-meter freestyle, leading the way to win the championship easily. The Championship score of 3 minutes 42 seconds was still the best in the world this year. About 40 minutes later, he took part in the 200-meter freestyle race, and this time he met the challenge of Lapsis, a swimming star from Lithuania. The latter exceeded Sun Yang at the last 20 meters, but Sun Yang clenched his teeth at the last moment and touched the wall at 1 minute 46 seconds 12, 0.16 seconds faster than lapis.
“The two matches tonight fully show the results of my training during this period. 200 meters and 400 meters are both medium and long distances. I compared them in 40 minutes. In such a high-intensity competition, I can have such a result, I think I, the coaching team and the Chinese swimming team have reason to expect that I will perform well in Gwangju (world championships) and Tokyo (Olympic Games).” Sun Yang said.
“I reached my expected goal tonight. I am finish (the competition) according to every requirement and step of the coach, from starting, turning around, to the edge, today, I handled the details better than last month in Qingdao (National Championship). This venue is also very comfortable to swim. However, this competition is relatively difficult. If one shot is decided to win or lose, there will be no time to find a feeling. This is a big challenge for athletes and requires athletes to fully mobilize their abilities. I also want to exercise myself, test your willpower.”
Guangzhou is Sun Yang’s lucky place. At the Guangzhou Asian Games nine years ago, Sun Yang make a great coup broke the Asian record of 1500-meter freestyle for many years and won the championship.
He said: “I am very happy to go back to Guangzhou for the competition. I started my swimming career here nine years ago. At that time, I broke the Asian record for the first time in this venue. I feel very cordial when I come back here to compete and everyone supports me very much. I will regard everyone’s support as the motivation to continue my efforts. I hope I can continue to contribute my strength to Chinese swimming in the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2022.”
Since the 2010 Asian Games, Sun Yang has recorded gold medals in every competition, whether it is the Olympic Games or recent world championships, and has maintained a high level of competition for several years.
“The reason why I have such strong strength is that I have paid a lot of training at ordinary times to keep such a high level all the time.” Sun Yang said confidently, “like Huo Su in Hungary, she is older than me and still maintains a very high competitive ability, which is also the result of her usual training.”
The most important event this year is the Guangzhou World Championship in July. Sun Yang said that he would go to Beijing to do some tests and then have a foreign training plan.
“In the first half of the year, in order to prepare for the championship, my training intensity was very high, and my shoulder injury had not fully recovered. I had to be treated every night. But now my competitive state and feeling are very good. Controlling fatigue is another important issue next.” He said.