At 2013 National Games, Ye did not need to break a sweat in bagging both the 200m and 400m medley titles.
Since then, Ye had struggled with problems outside the pool, leaving her nowhere near top competition's podium any more. She failed to bag a single medal at the Rio Olympic Games, the 2017 and the 2017 World Championships. Sometimes, she even failed to make the final.
After probably hitting her last growth spurt a few years ago, Ye started to put on weight and had trouble sleeping at night. She also had to grapple with confidence issues.
"For the past few years I was at a low ebb. Although my daily training went quite nicely, I couldn't bring it to a full display in competitions because every time I competed, I was afraid. I wanted to win as much as I feared to lose," she said.
Hitting rock bottom can often mean one is due to make a comeback. Ye hopes it is true for her.
Her coach Xu Guoyi once suggested she leave swimming behind and go finish her university education first. Ye refused.
"I don't want to let it go. I am extremely self-disciplined in life and absolutely hard working. I want to show all my efforts in the competition. I will not give up. I will continue trying until I win," she said.
"Hopefully, this victory at the National Games will be my first step out of the my past shadows," Ye added.
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