Yesterday, the first gold medal of the 18th Asian Games was won at the Jakarta International Exhibition Center in Indonesia. Sun Peiyuan, a famous Chinese martial arts player, won the championship of the men's long boxing competition with 9.75 points, which was the first gold medal of the Chinese delegation at the fifth consecutive Asian Games. Sun Peiyuan choked up after the match. He said with tears in his eyes that this was the hardest match in his 23 years of sports career because of fighting with injuries.

　 Has won the Long Fist Champion for seven times

Sun Peiyuan from Shandong is a true martial arts "Grand Slam" player. Prior to that, he had won the championship of world championship swordsmanship, the championship of Asian Games swordsmanship and cudgel all-around competition, the championship of national games martial arts routines and other honors. As the all-around champion of knife and stick at the last Incheon Asian Games, Sun Pei, 29, originally participated in the long boxing competition at the Asian Games for the first time.

In yesterday's game, Sun Peiyuan's whole set of movements had three difficult points of convergence. Except for slight shaking in the first point of convergence, other movements were almost perfect. The whole set of movements stretched smoothly, and finally obtained the highest score of 9.75 points. The host Indonesian player Mavilo won the silver medal with 9.72 points, while Cai Zemin of the Chinese Taipei team won the bronze medal with 9.70 points.

Sun Pei won the gold medal for the first time. It was the seventh gold medal of men's long boxing competition won by Chinese athletes since martial arts became the official competition of the Asian Games at the Beijing Asian Games in 1990. It was also the sixth consecutive time that the Chinese team won the champion of men's long boxing event of martial arts. At the last Incheon Asian Games, the Chinese team did not send people to participate in the Changquan event.

　 Too nervous to play for the first time

Although he has rich experience in the competition, Sun Peiyuan, who took part in the long boxing competition of the Asian Games for the first time, was very nervous before yesterday's competition.

The men's long boxing competition was hit by the host Indonesian team as the first gold medal. The 20-year-old Mavero, who had the advantage of home court, became more and more brave in the cheers of the whole audience. The whole set of movements were clean and neat, and finally got 9.72 high scores. Li Xiacheng, a Korean player who was considered as one of Sun Peiyuan's powerful competitors before the competition, lost his balance of gravity when landing in a somersault. He sat on the ground and only got 9.31 points, which was not a medal. "Indonesian and Korean athletes are very close to China in the Long Boxing event. This time, the Korean athlete was the champion of the last Asian Games, and the Indonesian athlete is very distinctive, young, and energetic." Sun Peiyuan said, "I was very nervous when I just waited for the score of the Indonesian athlete, because he is the host player. However, I am confident of myself. "

　　 The hardest time in 23 years

Sun Peiyuan was very nervous before the first Asian Games when he participated in the Long Boxing Competition of the Asian Games for the first time. In addition, he was injured, which was one of the reasons why he felt stressed before the competition. He came to the Asian Games with injuries and illnesses. It was very difficult to train, and he had been wearing a bandage. However, after finishing the first gold medal task, Sun Peiyuan sighed that it was worth suffering again. "After (winning the championship), he felt that everything was worth it. No matter how much he suffered, even if he suffered again, I felt that everything was worth it."

When the first gold task of the Asian Games was completed, Sun Peiyuan was finally relieved of the pressure he suffered. On this topic, he choked up after the game. "This time, the pressure is really great, and I often feel overwhelmed at night. I have practiced martial arts for 23 years, and this is the most painful time for me because of injuries. Before the game, I wanted to play quickly, but when it came to the game, I felt that the game was coming so soon, and I felt that I had not practiced well. "

Finally, Sun Peiyuan also expressed his wish that "Wushu is expected to enter the Olympic Games, which is the biggest stage."

Beijing Morning Post reporter Kang Xuesong