Introduction: At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Pang Qing/Tong Jian won the silver medal in figure skating for two with a song "Chasing Dreams Without Regrets". After 13 years of figure skating, the two finally defeated the demons and achieved the best results since participating in the Winter Olympics. With 13 years of figure skating brigade, pouring out the hot snow youth without regrets.
Once upon a time, when it came to the Chinese figure skating team, people only knew the duo of Zhao Hongbo/Shen Xue, and Pang Qing/Tong Jian was slightly bleak. Pang Qing/Tong Jian has been training at the Harbin base since he was selected by the coach in 1993, and was not called to the Beijing base until 1997 to train, Pang Qing/Tong Jian cherished this hard-won opportunity. However, due to poor basic skills, lack of systematic training, and great limitations on the quality and stability of movements, the World Junior Grand Prix China Competition held in October 1998 and the National Ninth Winter Games held in January 1999 were folded one after another. This has also caused industry insiders to question the new pair, and the confidence of the two has also been greatly damaged. Fortunately, the coach insists on not giving up, believing that the Pang Qing/Tong Jian combination has characteristics, as long as it is carefully polished, it will never be bad.
So on the subsequent trip to the United States, Pang Qing/Tong Jian choreographed a new set of competition programs with their own style of action, and this 20-day trip to the United States became a turning point in Pang Qing/Tong Jian's career. At this point, the two finally understood how to train and how to cooperate. Although it was only 20 days, their progress was remarkable, and the two also regained their self-confidence.
With their new programme, Pang Qing/Tong Jian competed in the ISU Senior Grand Prix for the first time in November of that year. In the Canadian competition, although the enlightenment coach Yao Teacher did not personally bring Pang Qing/Tong Jian to play because he took Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo to participate in other competitions, Pang Qing/Tong Jian made a wonderful appearance with "Tango" and accidentally defeated several pairs of famous players in the short program competition and won the third place. Then, in the free skating competition, he performed "Red Poppy" well, and finally ranked fifth.
However, the role change is also a new challenge for Pang Qing/Tong Jian, who must learn to play at a high level under heavy pressure and get better results. In the 2003 Grand Prix Finals, Pang Qing/Tong Jian carried the burden of winning the medal, and as soon as he had an idea, his mentality was not corrected, and as a result, there was a mistake in the game, and finally he had no chance with the medal. However, at the Four Continents Championship held in January 2004, Pang Qing/Tong Jian was a small success, shouldering the task of winning the championship without Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo, resisting the pressure to win the gold medal. Two months later, Pang Qing/Tong Jian won the bronze medal at the World Championships with their outstanding performances and reached the podium of the World Championships for the first time.
At the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Pang Qing/Tong Jian's first short program was unfavorable, although the whole set of actions did not make mistakes, and the artistic performance also conquered the audience on the spot, they themselves were very satisfied with the performance, but because of the program overtime, they were deducted 1 point, ranking out of the top three, only ranked fourth. Unlike similar situations in the past, this time Pang Qing/Tong Jian calmly faced the results, and his mentality was not affected in the slightest, and he was normally prepared to slide freely.
The free skating competition was held on February 15, local time, and after Pang Qing/Tong Jian appeared, he set a record of 141.81 in the history of free skating with a flawless set of programs. Some people say that Pang Qing/Tong Jian surpassed the winner and loser, surpassed the interests, and surpassed themselves in this game. What moved Pang Qing/Tong Jian the most was that in the game, every time Pang Qing/Tong Jian completed an action, the audience responded with warm applause, and even screamed, when Pang Qing/Tong Jian's game program was nearing the end, the audience had already stood up impatiently and applauded Pang Qing/Tong Jian for a long time, which was the highest praise for Pang Qing/Tong Jian's perfect performance. Pang Qing/Tong Jian finally won the silver medal, which was also the first time that Pang Qing/Tong Jian had reached the podium on the three Winter Olympics trips, and it was proud that standing on the highest step of the podium was also a Chinese player, they were Pang Qing/Tong Jian's brother-in-law, sister Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo. When the majestic "March of the Volunteers" sounded at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the two five-star red flags were raised high, and the Chinese people felt extremely proud...
On March 26, 2015, after the end of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, at the World Figure Skating Championships, Pang Qing/Tong Jian scored 140.18 points in individual free skating, setting a new season high, winning the bronze medal with a total score of 212.77 points, and completing a gorgeous curtain performance.
Today, Pang Qing and Tong Jian have built an ice rink, established a skating club, and opened an ice public welfare class to continue to contribute to the cause of Chinese figure skating and give back to the cultivation of Chinese figure skating. Pass on the youth of hot snow.