Near the Beijing Winter Olympics, in the figure skating training hall of Shougang Park, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang is seizing the last time to carefully craft the works and carry out targeted training for individual weaknesses. There has been no big change in the difficulty of their program, but Peng Cheng's three-week single jump is still not stable, and in training, it is also the content that makes her most "afraid" but more repetitive practice, "constantly accumulating every day to form a good muscle memory and making the jump more and more stable." The training intensity of the two is calculated by Peng Cheng's number of jumps, at least three ice training sessions a day, each training jump more than 20 times. A jump in a game requires thousands of efforts off the field.
Like another pair of pairs, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang also innovated on the show, "This is a very fresh attempt, and it is also an improvement for yourself." Jin Yang's words were concise and concise. This season, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang broke through the twist to reach level 4. At the beginning of this exercise, Jin Yang's hand never reached the required height and could not reach the grading standard. "This action should be the difficulty that we can achieve through practice, so it is to keep practicing and accumulating." The coach also helped us adjust together, and we also observed the way other players exerted their strength, and slowly found the feeling. Jin Yang said it lightly, but behind it is the silent efforts of the two in the "Beijing cycle".
The figure skating team made the final sprint for the Beijing Winter Olympics at the Beijing Shougang base. The picture shows Peng Cheng and Jin Yang (right) in training. Photo/ Zhang Xin
The short program was immediately out, so that Peng Cheng/Jin Yang, who had just been partners for two years, returned home at the Pyeongchang Olympic Games, and after crying bitterly, the two of them thought bitterly and grew up in the fall. Silver medal in the Finals of the Figure Skating Grand Prix in December 2018, gold medal in the United States at the October 2019 Figure Skating Grand Prix, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang rose steadily step by step. The U.S. race in Las Vegas impressed both the results and the course of the race. In that game, the two made a mistake in the first throw of the free skate, peng Cheng hit the baffle and the foot injury recurred. However, Peng Cheng persevered and completed the next game with high quality, and finally the two won the first Gold Medal in the Grand Prix of their careers, laying confidence for the preparation for the Beijing Winter Olympics. "I was also a little hesitant at the time, because this is the first action, it was a mistake, how to proceed with the next action, Peng Cheng had an ankle injury before, if this time it intensified, it is likely that the career will end." Do you want to keep the difficulty in the plan? Jin Yang revealed that although it was only a few seconds, he thought a lot, "but at that time, Peng Cheng gave me a very firm look, and we also successfully completed all the actions behind us." Peng Cheng's spirit gave me a lot of motivation. ”
"If this mistake had happened in training, I would have stopped and rushed to treatment. But I think that's the instinct of the athletes, as long as I can get up and slide up, I'm going to finish the game. "We've won a couple of silver medals before and have always been eager to have a grand prix gold medal." We put a lot of effort into this championship, and this gold medal is also a new starting point for us, let's work harder and hope to get a few more gold medals. ”
Peng Cheng and Jin Yang at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Photo/Ann Lingjun
The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 interrupted the game plan, but the training was even higher. Both men are increasing in difficulty from musical understanding to movement. Looking back on Sanya's three months of physical training, Peng Cheng, who had "cried" all the way, still had "palpitations in his heart", "Now when he touches the barbell, he will have a physiological reaction, that is, he is afraid." I really feel very bitter, I am crying every day, and I have to lift it after crying, because I really can't push it, I can't squat up, but I have to increase my strength. Looking back now, Peng Cheng felt the "sweetness" of physical training, "When these strengths are converted to special projects, I find that I will really jump higher and turn faster than before." The pain of eating is still worth it. "Physical training is not a problem for Jin Yang," strength exercises are very important for boys, boys have higher pushing strength, and girls will have less pressure to control their weight, which is complementary help between pair skating partners. ”
As Peng Cheng/Jin Yang said, there is no athlete who does not want to take the gold medal. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang will once again step onto the stage of the Winter Olympics. This time, they opted for Chinese-style music, and the costumes were also shown with Chinese elements, and they were ready to tell their Chinese story.