Introduction: Han Xiaopeng, a name that has touched countless people - he is the Chinese spokesperson for the snow project, and he is a Chinese warrior who fights alone.
Of the 13 Winter Olympic gold medals won by the Chinese team so far, 12 are from the ice event, and the only one gold medal in the snow event is the freestyle skiing men's aerial skills event. The Chinese free skater made a stunning leap in 2006 and pocketed a precious gold medal.
At the Winter Olympics in Turin, this event, which has long been dominated by European and American athletes, has made unexpected waves.
On the evening of February 23, 2006, the final.
Freestyle skiing is also known as "aerial dance". After choosing different jumps, the contestants complete various difficult churning and rotating movements in the air, and land steadily on the soft snow surface and glide to the emergency stop area. The referee scores the jumping points, the air points and the landing points, and the scores of each link are combined to determine the ranking. China has been at a disadvantage on this project.
In the first jump, Han Xiaopeng did a good job, but Belarusian Dasinski also played well, 0.89 points higher than Han Xiaopeng. Han Xiaopeng's first move had a difficulty of 4.425, which was the middle of the 12 finalists. The difficulty of the second jump Han Xiaopeng chose was 4.175, which was lower than the first jump, while several foreign high-level athletes used 4.425 or even higher difficulty moves, in terms of difficulty, Han Xiaopeng was obviously at a disadvantage.
Compared with the 24th place he won at the Winter Olympics in 2002, today, both the Chinese team and Han Xiaopeng's own strength are not the same as four years ago. Starting from the qualifiers on February 21, Han Xiaopeng blew the clarion call of breakthrough and reached the final with the first place in the qualifiers.
The two competed fiercely, and the final jump was completed by Han Xiaopeng. He took a deep breath in the wind, leapt out, made a perfect set of movements in the air, and landed on the ground.
The whole Chinese team delegation was very nervous, and according to his recollection, as soon as he landed, he felt that this gold medal was more than 50%, and he could almost win. Kunpeng spread its wings and slid across the sky, then landed steadily, scoring a high score of 120.24. Before the referee announced the score, Dasinski had even raised the flag to celebrate, but in the end, it was Han Xiaopeng who laughed to the end with a 2.09 points lead in total points. After 26 years of participating in the Winter Olympics, the Chinese team finally won a precious gold medal in the snow event.
The reporter asked him: What is the biggest feeling that this movement has brought you. Han Xiaopeng said: "The biggest feeling is that this sport is very enjoyable, very enjoyable. And it's very challenging. And every day of training is very passionate. Very happy to practice. I especially like this sport, my first feeling is that it is very exciting, and the ornamentation is very strong, I feel that this project is so beautiful, so beautiful, this feeling, I went to practice this project. ”
Recalling the winter before 2002, when Han Xiaopeng was actively preparing for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, he accidentally fell during training, resulting in a rupture of the ligament in his right knee. Not wanting to miss the game, he resumed training while treating, and in February of the following year, he took the steel needle left in his body and stood on the jumping platform of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and finally finished 24th because of a mistake.
In the next few years, Han Xiaopeng won two World Cup silver medals and third place in the World Cup finals. Since Chinese male players have never won a world championship medal before, the Winter Olympics have not even scored in the top 12 final rounds. Therefore, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, The Chinese men's aerial skills did not receive much attention. But in Han Xiaopeng's heart, he had already made up his mind.
Thus began the earth-shattering leap of 2006, who proved to the world that he was still the genius teenager, Chinese, and could also stand out in snow sports.