Her father passed away when she was 4 years old, and her mother raised her alone. Zhang Yufei, who won two gold medals and two silver medals, finally came out of her misery.

Who is the most popular and awesome Versailles winner?

It must be the new "Butterfly Queen", Zhang Yufei.

This kind of Versailles is so domineering. I really hope that the more the better, netizens commented one after another.

What's more, coupled with Zhang Yufei's energetic smile and energetic face, the more you watch it, the more joyful it becomes.

Facing the camera, with a cheering gesture, he happily waved his arms to greet the audience, smiling as brightly as a flower...

This is clearly a straightforward, lovely, beautiful and Lively girl.

In addition to her status as an Olympic champion, Zhang Yufei is like an ordinary post-90s generation. She especially loves to follow costume dramas. When she sees the male idol she likes, she can't take her eyes away and keeps laughing.

I also like to embroider cross stitch and can tell funny and witty jokes.

When participating in the Olympics, her declaration was: "Nezha is ready to make waves." After saying that, she smiled sheepishly, with a twinkle in her eye.

I have to say that Zhang Yufei is really a treasure girl.

The video of the 200-meter butterfly race is really magical.

Entering the water, Zhang Yufei shot in like an arrow, swimming as nimble and dexterously as a fish, with every swing and kick full of power and momentum. A turn is also wonderful.

In the last few seconds, she arrived lightly and nimbly, and then revealed a smiling face, with a little moisture at the corners of her eyes. She turned around, and in just two seconds, she turned around and smiled from the bottom of her heart.

This scene brought tears to the eyes of countless people.

Zhang Yufei, a 23-year-old girl, not only brings us surprises, but also moves and empowers us.

To be able to stand on the battlefield of the Tokyo Olympics, she has experienced ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties in the past. When she is at a low point, there is always a voice saying in her ears, give up, give up, you can't do it.

However, she was not willing to let it go.

I can only grit my teeth, raise my head, and immediately get into the next training session.

In order to improve the absolute speed of Qiancheng, the most important breath-holding exercise has always been Zhang Yufei’s focus and difficulty. At first, she could barely swim 50 meters in one breath, let alone compete in a competition.

I can only practice uninterruptedly every day on the shore, take a deep breath, try my best to sink into the water, count the time in my heart, and only raise my head when I can't stand it anymore.

As soon as he opened his mouth, his face turned red and he kept coughing.

Turn around and start the next set of exercises.

Zhang Yufei did this kind of breath-holding exercise for more than a month before she was finally able to swim the 50-meter butterfly in one breath. In order to reach the speed of the competition, she had to continue practicing.

This was the winter training in 2019. At that time, Zhang Yufei had not yet found her confidence, and her mind was filled with doubts about the future and herself.

In order to keep up with the coach's training rhythm and methods, she not only has to swim, but also learns to think about every movement, how many times to lower her legs, how to control the speed of turning, and how to increase the speed while moving forward...

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"We need to keep thinking about these issues, how can we control the details of the body and think about the position of the body when swimming." At the end of the day's training, Zhang Yufei was not only tired physically, but also mentally.

Faced with the coach's extremely strict requirements and unconventional training methods, Zhang Yufei could only bite the bullet.

In addition to daily training, you will be tested every week, and you must be the first to rush directly before training in a fast swimsuit. The move was to overcome her fear of the 200-meter butterfly.

But the results were little. Zhang Yufei was still very timid, and her results were not as good as the last.

Not only is the coach worried, but Zhang Yufei is also becoming less confident. Sometimes she loses her temper at the coach like a little girl, "I just can't hold my anger in, I'm tired."

In fact, it is not the fear of tiredness, but the fear of losing.

When Zhang Yufei was 3 years old, her parents threw her into the water.

A simple board was tied to her body, and she started splashing in the water. Although she couldn't swim, she still had a great time.

Born into a swimming family, my parents are both swimming coaches, and my mother teaches swimming to 7- and 8-year-old children.

Every time my mother takes her students to the deep water, she follows behind. This frightened the adults and coaches who saw it.

But Zhang Yufei was very happy. She was tumbling in the water and somehow learned to swim. "Since I can remember, I have been in the water every day, that is, swimming every day."

Later, in order to receive formal training, her mother entrusted her to another coach.

Because her father passed away when she was 4 years old, her mother had to support the family by herself and she really didn’t have the energy to teach her how to swim.

Formal training is difficult. In addition to going to school, I have to spend several hours in the swimming pool every day. For Zhang Yufei, who was only 5 years old, she was still very unhappy at first.

Despite this, Zhang Yufei has always been more proactive in the training ground.

Every time the coach asked for a competition, she was the first to raise her hand and stand up. Gradually, she lost a little more often and won more often.

In the eyes of enlightenment coach Kong Miao, Zhang Yufei is not afraid of difficulties and dares to accept challenges. "She always lost in the challenge at the beginning. She didn't cry even when she lost. She is very resilient. She will stand up first in the next challenge."

In fact, during this most difficult time, my mother saw Xiao Xiao At this young age, Zhang Yufei's training was too hard and she had the thought of giving up. But in the end I persisted.

In 2011, Zhang Yufei, who was only 13 years old, was selected into the Jiangsu Provincial Swimming Team and became the youngest member of the team.

With excellent basic conditions and hard practice, Zhang Yufei began to stand out in just 3 years.

At the 2014 National Championships, Zhang Yufei won the championship in the women's 200m and 400m freestyle finals. At the Incheon Asian Games in September, she won the women's 4*100 relay freestyle gold medal.

At the 2015 World Swimming Championships in Russia, Zhang Yufei set a world youth record in the 200-meter butterfly.

At the same time, he can lead other players in competitive performance and physical fitness tests, and is called a "hexagonal" fighter.

The so-called "Hexagonal Warriors" include the best in strength, speed, skills and other aspects.

For Zhang Yufei at this time, she is young, has great potential, and has a bright future.

However, is success really that simple?

In the blink of an eye, the 2016 Rio Olympics arrived. Zhang Yufei was selected to participate in the 200-meter butterfly.

However, this time the result was cruel for Zhang Yufei, and she only finished sixth.

Zhang Yufei was just 18 years old at that time, and her desire for the Olympic championship was not very strong. She had no idea about failure or falling.

Until 2018, after going round and round, Zhang Yufei changed coaches and needed to make comprehensive changes.

First of all, there are technical difficulties. We must fundamentally master every small technical point. Learn butterfly swimming from scratch, including the hand shape, force point, stroke route, pushing position, and mid-air movement when holding the water. The position of the arms, head, etc., all have to be completely changed.

Unexpectedly, in the championship a few months later, Zhang Yufei lost the gold medal and was 5 seconds behind.

Everyone was in an uproar, and there were many voices questioning coach Cui Dengrong.

But Zhang Yufei didn’t think too much. She believed in the plan made by the coach and everything followed.

After several ups and downs, the worst one was the short-course World Championships at the end of 2018. Zhang Yufei collapsed several times, and being overtaken by a young player became a lingering shadow in his heart.

During the winter training at the end of that year, she didn’t swim much for two months. She wanted to cry when she saw the swimming pool every day.

"I'm afraid of losing, and I feel like I have no hope at all."

The coach didn't force her to get into the water, but stayed with her quietly.

At the 2019 World Championships, Zhang Yufei was on her menstrual period, and her whole body went limp during the 100-meter butterfly, which ended hastily. In the 200-meter butterfly, she even failed and was overtaken by others.

At this time, in addition to a lot of criticism from the outside world, Zhang Yufei fell directly into confusion. "The 200 butterfly has a shadow on me. I lost the first match. I lost so much that I became numb."

One day, when she heard that American player McKeown had achieved a time of 55.66 seconds , collapsed instantly. The whole night, Zhang Yufei couldn't sleep at all.

"I used to think that the Olympic champion was 80 years old, but at that moment I realized it was not."

The thought of giving up once again occasionally flashed into my mind, but just thinking about it, Zhang Yufei never dared to say it. Later, the coach decided to turn around and attack the 100-meter butterfly.

There is a big difference in training methods between the 100-meter butterfly and the 200-meter butterfly.

Zhang Yufei began to change again, adjusting technical details and breathing rhythm. Unexpectedly, she suddenly became calm at this time.

Try and adjust each key point one by one, and gradually find the feeling.

At the beginning of 2020, Zhang Yufei, who had been in the quagmire for more than two years, finally stood up and easily won the 100-meter butterfly in a time of 56.29 seconds.

Just as the Tokyo Olympics was postponed for one year, Zhang Yufei turned around and prepared again for the 200-meter butterfly.

However, Zhang Yufei was not sure whether it would succeed at that time.

In addition to technique, what she should overcome most is her fear of the 200-meter butterfly.

Therefore, she is destined to walk this road alone.

"Even if I can't take first place, I won't let my opponent win easily. I must fight for it."

That year, the national team had a lot of turnover, and many people came and went. Go go.

Often Zhang Yufei is alone fighting in a pool of cold water, with no one around.

"When training is the most tiring, there really is no one to talk to." In order to fight against her inner demons, Zhang Yufei keeps telling herself in her mind every day that she must not relax. After working hard for three years, Continue anyway.

During the 2020 winter training, Zhang Yufei no longer dared to sleep late. She had breakfast at 7 o'clock every day and took the earliest bus to the training ground. At night, I always catch the last train back.

Sometimes I stand in the cold wind and can’t wait for the bus, which makes my heart feel even worse.

I don’t know whether I can succeed in the future, and there is no way out in the future. Zhang Yufei can only fight all the way.

In order to increase endurance, her land training load is higher than that of male athletes, and she has to advance and increase the amount of core training again and again.

Intense training in the water, every movement must be completed accurately, and the details of starting, turning, and reaching the edge must be accurate.

In order to do this, if there is a little bit of wrongness in each movement, you must practice more.

Extremely large amounts of practice can sometimes make Zhang Yufei collapse, but at most she just takes a break occasionally and never dares to relax for too long.

"Many times when I was taking a nap, I woke up with a soreness in my body. It felt like my whole body was burning. But I told myself to hold on and not complain about being tired."

There was a national swimming competition at the end of the year, and Zhang Yufei finally signed up for the 200-meter butterfly. It was more than 400 days since she last participated in this event.

Her opponents on the field were all the athletes with the best results in last year's World Championships, but she had almost forgotten what it felt like to swim 200 meters.

Before taking the field, Zhang Yufei was so nervous that her face turned pale and stiff, as if she had returned to the game two years ago, until the coach asked three questions: "Do you want to win? Do you dare to win? Can you do it? Win? "

Zhang Yufei woke up completely from the voice that struck her soul.

Deep in my heart, those beliefs that are unwilling to fail and never compromise began to sprout.

She jumped into the water and paddled quickly according to her own rhythm, as if there was no one around her. She was getting closer to the goal, 2 minutes, 05 seconds and 70 seconds, a very beautiful result.

In the finals the next day, it was also the time of her menstrual period. Zhang Yufei was not timid at all, and her performance improved a little bit.

After several outstanding performances, Zhang Yufei finally defeated her inner demons.

After the game, because she was fighting continuously during her menstrual period, she was in so much pain that she could not stand up in the locker room. Her face was pale and she could not walk. She waited for 20 minutes before helping her teammates to slowly get up.

Then there was the men's and women's medley relay race. Zhang Yufei was the fastest and achieved the best result among the four despite being in poor physical condition.

While waiting for the award, Zhang Yufei clutched her stomach and trembled all over. She didn't even have the strength to speak. She could only keep telling herself that she couldn't fall down and she had to award the award. There will also be awards.

Just like what she said, "I can lose, but I will never admit defeat."

How difficult is it for the Chinese swimming team to win the gold medal in this Tokyo Olympics?

Previously, the American magazine "Swimming World" judged that Zhang Yufei could only finish second in the 200-meter butterfly and third in the 100-meter butterfly, and then no more medals.

However, Zhang Yufei led the swimming team and slapped them in the face.

What a pleasure!

Another silver medal was won in today’s mixed men’s and women’s 4X100 relay race.

At the award ceremony, Zhang Yufei smiled shyly and gently, still the obedient girl next door.

In life, Zhang Yufei likes to read gossips and tell funny jokes, and also likes to follow dramas. She has watched "Nirvana in Fire" several times. Cross-stitch is also her hobby when she has free time, and she has completed several triptych works.

Of course, more importantly, "Little Nezha" is Zhang Yufei's favorite nickname.

In order to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, she specially got Nezha’s hair in a bun and looked cute in front of the camera.

What a perfect joker.

Anyway, in the eyes of everyone, Zhang Yufei is everyone’s favorite, most admired, and most distressed person no matter what she is.

In addition to her brilliant achievements, the optimism, strength and unbeatable determination she conveyed are the most beautiful.

Author: Liang Xiaoxiao