The identity of "figure skating pair skater" has been removed by Zhang Dan for 10 years. After retiring from the army, she is not in the jianghu, but this does not prevent her legend from always being in the jianghu.
Regarding Zhang Dan, sports fans may be most impressed not only by her achievements, but also by her tenacious perseverance in holding on to the game after being injured. As the Beijing Winter Olympics approached, "China Sports" zhibo.tv launched a documentary with the theme of the Winter Olympics, "Chasing Dreams in Beijing". In the latest episode of the documentary, Zhang Dan restored for us that her "rapid out of the circle" was seriously injured and could not get out of the line of fire.
It was the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. In order to impact the gold medal, Zhang Dan and his partner at the time, Zhang Hao, challenged the difficult action of throwing around the jump. However, just three weeks after Zhang Dan was jumped high, she fell heavily on the ice, and the huge impact caused her to fall seriously. Almost everyone thought she was going to give up the game, but in the only two minutes (more than two minutes without playing was considered a waiver), she just made a simple treatment on the sidelines, wiped her tears and then reappeared, and successfully completed the action, winning the silver medal at the Winter Olympics.
Because of the "serious injury can not reach the line of fire" and the final result, almost overnight, this strong girl was quickly known by sports fans, and many sports fans who were not familiar with or even did not care about ice sports also remembered the name "Zhang Dan". However, not many people know how Zhang Dan felt at that time? What was she thinking after the mistakes and injuries? After the injury, with what kind of faith did she forget the pain and continue to finish the race with high quality? In a recent documentary about Zhang Dan's athletic career zhibo.tv China Sports, sports fans can finally get the answer.
"It was as if (it seemed) that she had fallen off a cliff," Zhang Dan said of the injury, but her only concern at the time was to insist on finishing the game, "at that time, there was only the only belief, that is, I wanted to continue to persevere." "Many people will talk about the Olympic spirit, but in the past, Zhang Dan did not know the specific meaning of the Olympic spirit. After this experience, Zhang Dan finally had a deeper understanding, and she felt that this spirit should be understood by more people.
This is Zhang Dan's choice to chase his dreams, which is still infecting the Chinese athletes who "chase their dreams in Beijing". Because once you reach this willpower, you also have the courage to overcome difficulties.
After 16 years, Zhang Dan and his daughter saw the picture of their injury together. This experience and the Olympic spirit made her stronger and allowed her to complete one challenge after another with confidence after retiring from playing. From double skating to one-way street, Zhang Dan, who walks alone, has created more possibilities for his life and has more roles.
She became the lead actor of an ice dance drama, introducing figure skating to everyone in the form of a stage play, conveying positive energy and the spirit of not being afraid of difficulties to sports fans and the public, which is a road that most figure skaters have never tried. At the same time, she also set up her own figure skating youth training base to transform and train young players, popularize figure skating, and let more people know and pay attention to figure skating. Although she is no longer an athlete, she is contributing to figure skating in another way.
In addition, she is also a consultant to the Beijing Skating Association. Zhang Dan, who once said that "I will promote ice and snow sports with practical actions, hoping to attract more teenagers to participate in ice and snow sports, and contribute to the '300 million people participating in ice and snow sports'", is indeed promoting ice and snow sports with practical actions and helping the Beijing Winter Olympics.
In her own words, figure skating has melted into her blood. "One of my figure skating dreams after retiring was not to leave here, it seemed that it was as indispensable as the blood in my body. I also hope to be engaged in this project all the time, hoping to develop this project better through some of my own small strength, and make some of my own contributions to this project. In the documentary zhibo.tv "Chinese Sports", Zhang Dan said.
When she was an athlete, Zhang Dan participated in many Winter Olympic Games, and she knew the significance of the Olympic Games for athletes' careers, especially the significance of being able to compete at the doorstep of their homes. Of course, she also knows the pressure of playing on her doorstep. Four years ago, she especially wanted to convey to China's ice athletes to enjoy the game, enjoy the process, and experience the joy of the preparation process.
Now, the Beijing Winter Olympics are approaching, she has new expectations and blessings for Chinese athletes, "I hope that all Chinese athletes can harvest a different self in this Olympic Games, and I hope that our Olympic Games can be successfully held." ”
Dreaming of Beijing, Zhang Dan sent his blessings to the Chinese athletes and expressed his expectations. "Dreaming of Beijing" and "Chinese Sports" zhibo.tv are also ready.