Trendy Review: Sun Yang deserves applause for his return to the competition
2024-08-22
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Chao News Commentator Lu Haitao
Sun Yang in the swimming pool. Source: Visual China
"Big White Poplar" as netizens call him is coming back. According to Xinhua News Agency, the reporter learned from the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Sports Management Center on the 20th that Sun Yang will represent the Zhejiang team in the 2024 National Summer Swimming Championships to be held in Hefei, Anhui. The specific event Sun Yang will participate in is the men's 400-meter freestyle. "It's exciting that he can come back!" As soon as the news came out, fans were boiling.
This is indeed beyond many people's expectations. As of May 28 this year, the 4-year and 3-month suspension has passed, and Sun Yang is 33 years old. For an athlete, this age is not young. In addition, there is a lack of normal training and competition during the suspension period. How Sun Yang's competitive state is still needs to be tested in the competition. Therefore, no one knows what kind of results Sun Yang can get in this comeback battle.
However, no matter what the result is, as long as he stands on the field, he deserves applause. As Sun Yang's studio posted on social media on the day the suspension ended, "Surpass yourself, swimmers are fearless." Returning is the best interpretation of love and persistence; returning, he is still the high-spirited young man back then.
All the glory and twists and turns of the past are the new "starting platform" at the edge of the swimming pool today. As a representative figure of the Zhejiang Navy, Sun Yang became famous at a young age. In the 2012 London Olympics, Sun Yang broke the Olympic record in the 400m freestyle final and won the championship, becoming China's first male swimming Olympic champion. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sun Yang won the 200m freestyle championship, becoming the first swimmer in history to win Olympic gold medals in the men's 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, and 1500m freestyle. However, due to an out-of-competition doping refusal incident, Sun Yang's conquest of the swimming world came to an abrupt end.
During the suspension period, he got married, studied for a doctorate, participated in variety shows, and also did live streaming to sell goods. The struggling figure of "Big White Poplar" breaking through the waves in the swimming pool gradually faded away from everyone's sight. Many people think that he may never return to the court. However, only Sun Yang himself knows how much he has been eager to dive into the swimming pool and swim freely like a flying fish over the years. As Sun Yang's studio said on social media not long ago, "Persistence and passion are Sun Yang's unchanging pursuits. We will see each other on the court in the future."
Passion can withstand the long years, and the words "see you at the stadium" many years later are particularly touching. It is the charm of competitive sports that made him make such a choice.
At the just concluded Paris Olympics, Chinese swimmers, especially the Zhejiang water army, fought bravely, and newcomers emerged in large numbers, achieving outstanding results in key events. It can be said that the "new generation" has taken up the responsibility. As the big brother, the significance of Sun Yang's return is not only about results. Choose one thing and stick to it for the rest of your life. If you are a "swimmer", you must return to the pool. Resetting your identity to a swimmer is to give an account of your love and your career.
As you can imagine, this kind of return will face some difficulties. For example, it will take more effort than others to regain the rhythm and form of the game; for another example, if the performance is not as expected, he may face more scrutiny and pressure than others. However, since Sun Yang has made the decision and is making all-out preparations, we only need to send our attention and blessings.
From an unruly teenager to a steadfast veteran, although Sun Yang's sports career has not been as smooth as the so-called "perfect", we believe that his love for the swimming pool is sincere and firm. In addition to striving hard for victory, isn't this kind of perseverance and starting over again also a kind of sportsmanship?
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