how can zhejiang competitive sports go global? technology empowerment creates a “championship model”
2024-10-06
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china news service, hangzhou, october 6 (guo tianqi, li qichen, lu yishuai) "my goal is to adjust wang shun's condition to the best, try to extend his career, and help him maintain a good condition." "olympic champions go from 'zhe' to the world" - a visit to zhejiang's competitive sports base camp recently held in hangzhou, zhejiang, zhang tao, the full-time rehabilitation trainer of wang shun, a "veteran of four dynasties" olympic games and zhejiang swimming star, said this.
in the men's 200-meter individual medley final of the paris olympic games, zhejiang swimming star wang shun won the bronze medal. the picture shows wang shun competing. photo by reporter zhao wenyu
in the just past paris olympic games, 37 zhejiang athletes competed gloriously, 7 won 8 gold medals, and 20 won medals, continuing zhejiang's honor of having gold medals in every olympic games. in fact, behind this achievement is not only the hard work of athletes and coaches, but also the help of technology and medical support.
if an athlete is compared to a supercar moving at high speed, then technology and medical security are its boosters and accelerants. during the preparations for the paris olympics, the zhejiang provincial sports bureau accurately organized and implemented the "one person, one strategy, one team" strategy, and established a composite training team supported by scientific research, medical, physical fitness, rehabilitation and other professionals based on the individual realities of each key athlete. provide guarantees to help key athletes achieve the best results in the olympics.
when talking about "one person, one strategy, one team", wang shun said three times "very happy". since joining the zhejiang swimming team in 2007, wang shun has grown from a young boy to the "big brother" of the national swimming team. as a veteran, wang shun's biggest concern is the recovery of physical fitness and the effective prevention and control of injuries. in view of wang shun's individual situation, the team assigned him a full-time physical rehabilitation therapist to help him maintain the best physical condition.
at the paris olympics, wang shun, who was on the olympic stage for the fourth time, was still able to win a valuable bronze medal, which brought quite a surprise to the chinese swimming team and the audience. according to wang shun, he is currently preparing for the 2025 guangdong-hong kong-macao national games, hoping to successfully complete the competition and achieve good results.
"the deep integration of modern technology and competitive sports has become the magic weapon for winning current and even future competitive sports." han chen, coach of the physical fitness center of the scientific research office of zhejiang sports vocational and technical college, said that injuries are the "natural enemies" of outstanding athletes. now with the help of advanced equipment and technology can accurately collect sports information, prevent athletes from being injured due to overtraining, and provide strong data support for scientific physical training. these are important guarantees for athletes to continue to create great results.
it is worth mentioning that in the process of empowering competitive sports with technology, zhejiang has also taken the lead in proposing the concept of "championship model" in china. the so-called champion model uses high-tech instruments and equipment to comprehensively monitor athletes' form, physical fitness, technology and other aspects, and compares various physiological parameters and training indicators of "champions" to discover problems, find gaps, and formulate personalized training programs to comprehensively improve athletes' competitive abilities.
"through scientific and quantifiable data or indicators, we can find the general rules for cultivating 'champions' and realize the 'copy' and 'paste' of champions." said zhang yingyue, a researcher at zhejiang sports vocational and technical college.
taking the zhejiang badminton team as an example, the scientific research team collected and recorded data on 22 key indicators in four modules including body shape, basic physical fitness, special physical fitness, and technical and tactical skills for more than 40 athletes. with the support of detailed data reports and result evaluations, the coaching team can "prescribe the right medicine" according to the different characteristics of each athlete, greatly improving the quality and effectiveness of talent training.
similarly, at the zhejiang provincial water sports management center, the effect of technology empowering competitive sports is also immediate. taking the zhejiang kayaking team as an example, during the preparation period for the paris olympics, the scientific research team tested more than 2,500 people, resulting in more than 150 data reports and 324 body composition test reports. any subtle changes in an athlete's physiological state, fatigue response, etc. cannot escape the keen eye of the scientific research team.
gao weidong, who graduated from the chinese university of hong kong, has been stationed at the center for many years. his daily job is to provide athletes with a series of scientific research support and technological research services such as load monitoring, fatigue monitoring, functional evaluation, technology optimization and injury prevention.
"with these data, coaches and nutritionists can adjust training and diet arrangements accordingly to optimize the athletes' condition," gao weidong said. (over)
