Introduction: In 2002, the big Yang Yang shone in salt lake city and slid out of his own style. The Chinese team realized the dream of gold medal and brought back the best Chinese New Year gifts for the Chinese people.
After experiencing repeated gold rush failures, the gold medal dream of Chinese Olympic ice and snow athletes was finally realized at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics: short track speed skating star Yang Yang alone won 2 gold medals in a row, and the highlight performance of the "Ice Queen" made the dreams of generations of Chinese Olympic ice and snow athletes come true.
To avoid confusion with Yang Yang, another female short track speed skater born in 1977, people called her "Big Yang Yang" and Yang Yang "Little Yang Yang"; while the English used "Yang Yang(A)" and "Yang Yang(S)" to distinguish them. After the 500m short track speed skating competition at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, as a gold medalist, "Big Yang Yang" excitedly said: "I am Yang Yang A, I am not someone else, I want to skate out of myself." ”
Despite such pride, the road to gold in 2002 was not smooth, and it can even be said that it was difficult. The previous gold rushing plan has repeatedly failed, and the short-track speed skating player has invisibly borne a lot of pressure. From 1997 to 2002, Yang Yang won the all-around championship at the World Championships for 6 consecutive times, of which the 1000 meters event champion has not been sidelined for 6 consecutive years, and the 1500 meters has been ranked first in the world for 4 consecutive years. The women's 1500m is the first short track speed skating event to decide the gold medal, which is Yang Yang's strong point. Perhaps it is people's desire for gold medals, high expectations for Yang Yang that make her carry a heavy ideological burden, coupled with the fall of her teammates during the game, Yang Yang's heart fluctuated, and finally regrettably lost the medal, and only achieved the fourth place in her own advantage project.
Nevertheless, the first gold of the Winter Olympics must always be won by someone on behalf of the country. Before the 500-meter race, Yang Yang wrote nine reminders to herself in her notebook, and when the 500-meter group and the track came out, in order not to make herself nervous and afraid, she quickly took out a small notebook to remind herself, make tactics, and let herself return to the place where she really needed to focus on hard work.
On February 16, 2002, at the scene of the women's 500m final of short track speed skating at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the narrator shouted Yang Yang's name, she raised her head, waved to the audience, and quietly slid to the starting point of the final. In the referee clearly and forcefully "ready! "At the moment when the password sounded, Yang Yang concentrated on getting ready and waiting for the starting gun to sound." syllable! Yang Yang, who occupied the favorable position of the inner path, flew straight out like an arrow off the string and seized the leading position. Radanova, the 500-meter world record holder known for her extremely fast starting speed, also reacted very quickly, but still took a slow step and fell behind Yang Yang.
Time flies fast, 40 seconds, 42 seconds, 44 seconds, 44 seconds 187 - time freezes and cheers are everywhere. With the mood of a backwater battle, Yang Yang finally won back China's first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in the fiercely competitive 500-meter short track speed skating event.
Salt Lake City's ice center was boiling. Accompanied by the majestic national anthem, the five-star red flag is rising. Standing on the podium, Yang Yang caressed the heavy gold medal on her chest and silently sang the national anthem that she did not know how many times she had sung in her heart, and her eyes were moist. The five-star red flag rose to the top of the pole, Yang Yang gently exhaled a breath, this mouthful of depressed breath like a boulder has been pressed in the hearts of generations of Chinese ice and snow people for a full 22 years, at this moment, their dream has finally come true.
At that time, it was the Spring Festival in China, which was perhaps the best Chinese New Year gift for the Chinese Winter Olympic athletes to send back to China.