Shangnan county celebrity

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Li Baojin is a typical late bloomer. As a teacher, he has a natural elegance, and he speaks slowly. This kind of character is different in the rough sports world. Rich knowledge reserves gave Li Baojin a different way of thinking. He said that "sports need wisdom".

I didn't come into contact with race walking until I was 24 years old.

There are many things in life that are hard to predict. Li Baojin never imagined that the race walking he came into contact with at the age of 24 had a lifelong fate with himself. Born in 1959, Li Baojin's life track was no different from that of an ordinary rural youth before he took up sports. As an intellectual youth who is thirsty for knowledge, Li Baojin has participated in the college entrance examinations of 1977 and 1978 in succession, but neither of them is on the list. 1978 After graduating from high school, Li Baojin returned to his hometown of Shangnan County and became a rural teacher in a rural middle school. Li Baojin first taught physics in grade two, and then went to physical education class for a semester. Two years later, Li Baojin was admitted to Shangluo Normal University. This time, he took a lesson in physical education class. In his words, he came into contact with sports by accident.

On the physical education class, Li Baojin practiced middle and long distance running. 1982 the 8th provincial games was a turning point in Li Bao's entry. At that time, Li Baojin represented Shangluo in the sports meeting. Because the number of middle and long-distance running places is full, Li Baojin has to choose a relatively unknown race walking project, which has influenced Li Baojin for most of his life. In order to achieve excellent results in the Eighth National Games, Shangluo specially sent Li Baojin to Xi 'an to learn race walking. His master was Li Zhanchao, a famous race walking coach in our province. Li Zhanchao taught Li Baojin some basic essentials of race walking, and soon Li Baojin returned to Shangluo to practice by himself. Li Baojin, who is introverted, is worried that others will see ridicule, so his training time is arranged after dawn and dark. At this time, Li Baojin was 23 years old. He never wanted to be famous by running a race. His greatest ideal is just to win some honor for Shangluo. However, after the official start of the Eighth National Games in August of that year, this little-known Shangluo youth made a blockbuster, winning two runners-up in 5000m and1000m. Since then, the race walk has forged an indissoluble bond with him.

26 years old shocked the whole country.

Although it showed great potential in the provincial games, Li Baojin did not enter the sports system, but was assigned back to Shangnan No.2 Middle School and became a physical education teacher. At the end of 1982, the head of the sports team at that time remembered this gentle Shangluo youth, so Li Baojin was temporarily seconded to the provincial sports team by secondment order. 1in March, 983, Li Baojin represented Shaanxi in the national competition for the first time. This competition in Shanghai has broadened Li Baojin's horizons. Although his performance in Sun Shan was lacking, this competition made Li Baojin clearly aware of the gap with the national level. 1983 65438+February, the provincial race walking team was formally established, and Li Baojin was selected as a seconder. Later, I participated in a national competition, ranking second from the bottom in the 50-kilometer race walk, but my performance actually broke the provincial record, which shows that the level of race walk in our province was low at that time.

Li Baojin doesn't want to lose his reputation in Sun Shan every time he participates in the competition, but he is determined to stick to it in the face of setbacks. Hard training finally paid off. By the national autumn walking race of 1984, Li Baojin had won the fourth place, and his performance had improved a lot. The rapid progress of his achievements has given Li Baojin great confidence and laid a good psychological foundation for his future rise. In the national spring walking race of 1985, by going up one flight of stairs of Li Baojin won the third place and broke the Asian record. The upward trend is unstoppable. 1986 autumn race, Li Baojin won the 20 km and 50 km championships, which broke the situation that Liaoning athletes monopolized the domestic race walking world and started the Shaanxi race walking brand. Li Baojin's achievement is a milestone in Shaanxi. Ten years later, Gao Kelian won the national women's race walking championship, which is considered to be the same as that of her predecessors.

At the age of 29, I participated in the Olympic Games alone.

Since then, Li Baojin has become the top player of the national team and a flag of Shaanxi track and field. In summing up the reasons for his success, Li Baojin thinks that he has good endurance and solid skills. During his sports career, Li Baojin has never received a yellow card in many competitions at home and abroad, which shows that his basic skills are solid. At the 6th National Games on 1987, 28-year-old Li Baojin easily won the 50-kilometer championship, and had an obvious advantage in the 20-kilometer race. With 300 meters to the finish line, he still kept ahead, but the players behind him trotted across the finish line while the referee was not looking. At that time, the level of supervision and judgment was limited. As a result, Li Baojin only got the fifth place. However, his ability is obvious to all. Li Baojin was the only player who was selected when determining the entry list of 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. Because the walking team only has official places, Li Baojin went to Seoul to participate in the competition alone, and the coach was himself.

Before the Olympic Games, Li Baojin represented China in the World Walking Race held in France, New Zealand and Spain from 65438 to 0985, and accumulated rich international experience. However, there is an obvious gap between the level of race walking in China and the world level. Li Baojin, representing the first-class level in Asia, did his best in Seoul and only won 29th place. At that time, the China Olympic delegation did not give Li Baojin any indicators, but he was determined to strive for good results. Looking back now, what Li Baojin regrets most is that his own tactics went wrong. As soon as he got up, he competed with the world champion at that time, and as a result, he was left behind by the big army because of fatigue. "I might have won about 20 places, but I fought too hard and didn't play as well as I should." Li Baojin's only Olympic experience ended like this.

Became a coach at 34.

During the period of 1990, Li Baojin's failure to participate in the Asian Games left a lifelong regret. In the Asian Games qualifiers, Li Baojin accidentally capsized and failed to get a ticket for the Asian Games. Even the State Sports Commission doesn't believe in such achievements. In order to give Li Baojin a chance, the then State Sports Commission specially rescheduled a qualifier, but fate once again played a trick on the honest Shangluo man and once again disheartened Li Baojin. At the age of 365,438+0, he thought of ending his career as an athlete. 199 1 year, Li Baojin was diagnosed with hepatitis B again, which was intermittent. 1993, 34-year-old Li Baojin officially bid farewell to his career as an athlete. The late bloomer ended the amazing athlete experience in a very bleak way.

Later, Li Baojin worked as a coach for the Second Race Walking Team in our province for ten years. It's been ten years, and Li Baojin mentioned his ten-year teaching experience. It seems that he has a lot to say, but he swallowed it. "In the past ten years, I felt it was as white as a blank sheet of paper." During the period of 1994, the State Sports Commission intended to let Li Baojin go abroad as a coach in Thailand, but the opportunity was wasted due to poor information exchange. After ten years of bleak coaching career, Li Baojin finally provoked the main beam of men's race walking in our province alone. Talking about the prospect of Shaanxi Walking Race, Li Baojin said: "Shaanxi Walking Race is still very promising. I think that through scientific training and material selection, Shaanxi Race Walking will rise again. " The reporter asked: "So when can I have a national champion like you?" Li Baojin was shocked and gave a wry smile: "Not yet. It takes some talent to do this, but it takes unremitting efforts the day after tomorrow. " I think this is a summary of Li Baojin's life race walking career.