Jiang Aiguo has been in the 69 kg class for nearly 14 years, and suddenly said that he was going to the 62 kg class, which really surprised many people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Except for Li Dai, he is not optimistic about Jiang Aiguo's decision, after all, Jiang Aiguo is 32 years old, and domestic athletes have reached this young age, and their bodies have begun to decline, and they are basically entering the countdown to retirement.

In the cafeteria, Huang Xiang's big mouth began to gush again.

"I said that Lao Jiang is really desperate, in order to stay in the team, he has to transfer to the 62 kg class, you must know that he is in his thirties, and the average athlete should retire when he is young." Huang Xiang said.

"Lao Jiang is not to last until 15 years, to receive a little more retirement compensation, I heard that his daughter will have a second operation soon." Coach Liu Tao next to him spoke.

"But I think it will be difficult for Lao Jiang to stay in the team even if he moves to the 62kg class. There are only two weeks left before the National Weightlifting Championships, and there is not much time left for Lao Jiang, who may not even be able to pass the pre-competition weighing.

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Weightlifting competitions are divided according to weight class, even if it is more than 0.01 kg, it is not allowed to participate in this class, so weighing before the competition is necessary.

On the eve of a weightlifting competition, athletes are weighed for up to two hours, and the pre-weighing room is opened an hour before and athletes begin to prepare for weighing. The formal weighing room will open after an hour, during which the athlete can weigh as many times as he wants, and if he feels too heavy once, he can go to the toilet to solve it, or do some strenuous exercise, and then weigh the next time until the athlete is satisfied with the weighing results.

In the rules of weightlifting, if two athletes lift the same weight, whoever weighs less will win, so weightlifters will do everything possible to reduce their weight. In the Olympic Games in the 80s of the last century, there was a famous weightlifter, because he drank a glass of milk for lunch, he ended up being 0.05 kg heavier than his opponent and lost the Olympic gold medal, which is called "a glass of milk gold medal" in weightlifting.

Generally, a few days before the competition, athletes begin to restrict their diet, eat only a few vegetables, and strictly control their carbohydrate intake; Athletes begin to limit their water intake 48 hours before the start of the competition, and some even do not drink water at all, often in a state of slight dehydration when weighing.

In addition, athletes will also take a sauna before the game, and high-weight athletes can steam for half an hour, which can reduce the weight of four or five catties. If there are really no conditions for sauna saunas, wrap cotton clothes and quilts around your body, and sweat hard to reduce your weight, this process can be described as suffering.

There are also more extreme methods, such as cutting hair, shaving, removing body hair, removing dead skin, as long as it can reduce weight, even nail clipping must be used.

When weighing, in order to make the weight lighter, the athlete must be naked, not even wearing underwear, and going directly to the scale with a bare buttocks. Domestic competitions tend to take care of the gender of the athletes, with the male referee in charge of the male athlete and the female referee in charge of the female athlete. But in many international competitions, foreigners don't pay attention to these, often five or six referees, both men and women appear together, and it will be more embarrassing for athletes to weigh themselves bare-bottomed.

It is also a common occurrence that athletes do not pass the pre-competition weighing, and there was once an athlete from West Asia who could not meet the standard in the pre-competition weighing of the Asian Games and finally had to abstain. In the national competition, there are also many people who abstain because of weighing problems.

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Two weeks passed quickly, and the competition at the Qingcheng Station of the National Weightlifting Championships also entered the competition day.

The 62 kg class is the second lightest weight in the men's class, and the competition arrangement is relatively high, so Jiang Aiguo came to the competition site early in the morning to prepare.

"Athletes competing in the men's 62kg competition, please prepare for the pre-competition weigh-in now." The announcer on the wall, a gentle female voice sounded.

The athletes who were about to compete stood up and walked towards the pre-weighing room.

"Brother Jiang, let's go and prepare!" Li Dai said.

"Okay." Jiang Aiguo looked solemn, got up and walked towards the pre-weighing room.

At this moment, someone not far away called Jiang Aiguo's name.

"Jiang Aiguo!"

Li Dai immediately turned his head and found that the person who shouted was the coach of another team, and that appearance made Li Dai feel a little familiar.

"I'm so familiar with this person, I'm sure I've seen it before, where did it come from?" Li Dai was pondering, but Jiang Aiguo next to him said the other party's name.

"Stone steel! What are you doing here? Jiang Aiguo patted his head after speaking: "Look at my memory, you are now the head coach of the Jianglin Provincial weightlifting team!" ”

Li Dai next to him heard the name "Shigang" and suddenly realized.

"Shi Gang, it turns out that he is the Olympic champion Shi Gang that year, I said why does he look so familiar, but he is much fatter than at that time, no wonder I didn't recognize it at a glance. He's retired as a coach now! At this time, Li Dai suddenly remembered the "grievances and hatred" between Shi Gang and Jiang Aiguo.

Jiang Aiguo defeated Shi Gang in the competition and qualified for the Olympic Games, but because of injury, he did not succeed, and finally Shi Gang replaced Jiang Aiguo and participated in the Olympic Games and won the gold medal. Since then, the trajectory of the fate of the two has changed dramatically, Jiang Aiguo has never achieved outstanding results, gradually disappeared, was forgotten by people, and finally even the provincial weightlifting team is about to be unable to stay.

Shi Gang also did not achieve better results, but with the aura of the Olympic champion, won countless praise and worship, the country and the government gave him a lot of bonuses, advertising endorsement income also made him worry-free, even after retiring, with the identity of the former Olympic champion, he also became a hot weightlifting coach without suspense, and now he has become the head coach of a provincial weightlifting team.

"Fate, I really like to play tricks on people!" Li Dai sighed silently in his heart.

At this time, Shi Gang had already walked closer and said: "Patriotic, I haven't seen you for a year, your complexion is much better than last year!" Come on, it's okay to be idle now, anyway, let's go sit over there. ”

"Shi Gang, when the game is over, I'm going to talk to you slowly, and now I have to hurry up and prepare for the game." Jiang Aiguo said.

"Race?" Shi Gang was stunned: "Jiang Aiguo, are you confused, now it's 62 kg to prepare for the competition, according to the schedule, it will be your turn to play in the afternoon." ”

"I'm in the 62kg class." Jiang Aiguo said.

"What? Did you turn to 62 kg? When did it happen? When I came here last year, you were still in the 69kg class? Shi Gang looked surprised.

"I just transferred two months ago." Jiang Aiguo said.

"Two months? Jiang Aiguo, are you crazy! You are all ...... this age" Shi Gang's voice suddenly stopped, and he remembered the special situation of Jiang Aiguo's daughter.

Shi Gang took a deep breath: "Patriotic, after all, we have been friends for more than ten years, if you encounter any trouble at home, just tell me, although I am not a rich man, I can help you more or less." ”

"Thank you, old stone! With your words, it's enough. Jiang Aiguo nodded at Shi Gang, then turned around and walked to the pre-weighing room.

Shi Gang opened his mouth, but did not speak, because he knew that if he continued to speak, it would probably hurt Jiang Aiguo's self-esteem.

Jiang Aiguo walked into the pre-weighing room, looking at the athletes around him who were much younger than him, and his eyes revealed a sense of determination.

He is not a successful athlete, nor does he have the ability to make a lot of money, his family burden is very heavy, he has a daughter who needs money for surgery, but he does not need other pity and sympathy, let alone the charity of others, he always firmly believes that with his own hands and relying on his own efforts, he will be able to bear the whole family, and he will be able to make his family live a better life!