Who achieved a breakthrough of "zero" in snow sports at the Chinese Winter Olympics? Who was the first Chinese trailblazer to challenge the three-week jump in the air? Who is afraid that the right foot of the fractured hematoma will no longer be able to put snowshoes into the snowshoe before playing, and will not be able to participate in the competition, so they endure severe pain and refuse to take off the snowshoes? Harper's Bazaar was deeply touched by the touching stories of the ice and snow athletes on CCTV4's "Legend of China's Ice and Snow" program, and left them with a wonderful blockbuster worth remembering.
The sport of freestyle skiing air skills has only entered China in the 1980s, setting a number of "firsts" in China's snow sports. Today, those ice and snow athletes who have created brilliant aerial skills for China's freestyle skiing came to the performance site of CCTV's "Legend of China's Ice and Snow" and achieved a record "gathering of the leaders of China's ice and snow project era." ”
Outside the track, Guo Dandan, the first world champion in the history of Chinese skiing, although he is younger, has always supported his girlfriend and teammate Xu Yuanyuan with a strong heart, they know each other deeply, and the details of each other's lives are not even known to their husbands.
Aerial skills li nina and Guo Xinxin belong to "one article and one martial art", reading is a pair of sister flowers that copy books from each other; the last time they hugged and cried was at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, when Guo Xinxin landed, Li Nina was the first to rush to her.
The ski aerial skills project leads the comprehensive development of China's ice and snow sports, and this proud achievement comes in part from the vision of Mr. Shan Zhaojian, the father of Chinese skiing, many years ago. Today, three generations of Chinese skiers have finally gathered in the CCTV studio to reminisce about the passionate years.
Guo Dandan
China's first freestyle skiing world champion,
At the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, he finished seventh in freestyle skiing aerial skills
In 1998, at the 18th Nagano Winter Olympics, Guo Dandan, as China's first freestyle skiing world champion, was at the peak of his competitive state, but unfortunately only won the seventh place. Still, her two jumps in the final are still worth remembering.
At the time of the final, no one, including the commentators, knew why the game was delayed by 10 minutes. The fact is that Guo Dandan just broke his right foot and lost consciousness below his hip bone due to a test jump 10 minutes ago. But she smiled at the coach and signaled that she could continue playing.
"We athletes are not afraid of pain, we are afraid of not being conscious, so I use both hands to keep cutting these two legs, and finally when I have a feeling of pain, I laugh."
The deputy head of the delegation said: "Son, if not, we will retire from the competition." ”
Guo Dandan, who had just laughed, suddenly burst into tears. Years of hard training are for the Olympic Games and for the glory of the motherland. "Please give me a chance to play!" Guo Dandan refused the team doctor's request to deal with it, and she realized that after taking off the snowshoe, her foot would be rapidly swollen and she would no longer be able to wear the snowshoe. "Give me a little tighter so I can race and have no choice!"
The whole world was still for Guo Dandan's jump. She ended up finishing 7th, but this real Warrior created a "moving moment" in the history of the Winter Olympics, and without Guo Dandan, this game would not be exciting.
"What is the true Olympic spirit? It is not standing on the highest podium at all, it is tenacious, hardworking, not accepting defeat, and moving forward bravely! Guo Dandan said.
Xu Yuanyuan
Runner-up in women's freestyle skiing aerial skills at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics
At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, 19-year-old Xu Yuanyuan participated in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time, and won the first medal in the women's freestyle skiing aerial skills event for China, achieving a breakthrough of "zero" in the Chinese snow sports at the Winter Olympics.
"Because after all, it's the Winter Olympics, you get the top eight, the top six, if you can hit the medals it will be better." Unfortunately, just a month before the Olympics, I suffered a serious injury to both of my elbows. ”
During training, Xu Yuanyuan landed on both elbows because he failed to control the movements, severely dislocated, and his arms and forearms were stacked back and forth; the doctor predicted that the recovery period would be at least one month. At that time, Coach Chen believed that even if she could not participate in the Winter Olympics, she should let her feel this atmosphere and learn and understand.
"The only goal is that I can compete." Xu said there was no excessive pressure at the time. Unexpectedly, in the preliminaries, 3 teammates of the women's freestyle skiing aerial skills, 2 withdrew due to injury, and 1 was eliminated in the semifinals. Xu Yuanyuan, who was seriously injured and not healed, instead held the mentality of "focusing on participation" and leapt into the final in one fell swoop.
In the final, Xu became the only remaining player in the Chinese project, single-handedly picking up the chinese snow and aerial skills to debut in the final of the Winter Olympics. Because China entered the event relatively late, Westerners are not optimistic about Chinese players at all.
"But that will never affect us. Whoever is injured will persist to the end. ”
In the end, Xu Won won the runner-up and achieved a huge breakthrough. The silver medal was also full of expectations from teammates.
Nina Lee
2006 Turin Winter Olympics Women's Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills Runner-up,
Runner-up in freestyle skiing aerial skills at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Nina Li has won two silver medals at the Turin Winter Olympics and the Vancouver Winter Olympics, and is the only athlete in the world to have won the world championships in freestyle skiing for three consecutive years.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Switzerland's Loy's difficult final jump completely disrupted the rhythm of the final of the Chinese team, which was already ranked in the top three. "It's competition, full of contingencies and challenging."
Teammate Xu Yuanyuan failed to defeat Roy in the second jump. Then, in front of the unimaginable pressure and situation of ordinary people, Li Nina, who completed the second jump with a serious injury, played her highest level flawlessly, even if the ranking number was "2".
Many netizens have questions, think it is worth it to make yourself injured in order to win the championship? "I think this sentence is a sick sentence." Li Nina said: "This is our career, we have encountered some difficulties in the process, our task is to overcome these difficulties and continue to run forward!" It's our choice, not that I don't want my own health in order to go there. ”
This is the simplicity of athletes, participating in the Olympic Games, is the supreme dream.
Guo Xinxin
2006 Turin Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women's Aerial Skills 6th Place,
3rd place in freestyle skiing aerial skills at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Guo Xinxin is the representative of The Three Weeks Jump in Chinese Women's Aerial Skills, known for her difficulty and strength, she has won the Freestyle Skiing World Cup and won a bronze medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Guo Xinxin was the only player to try the super difficult movements of the three-week platform, and she made unimaginable efforts to this end.
The three-week platform action is a difficulty that many female players, including Li Nina, dare not challenge, and in training and competition, Guo Xinxin often falls. "But every time she would stalk her neck, raise her head, go up and jump!" Just like Iron Man, she fell down and got up to continue, (really) a female warrior. Li Nina said admiringly.
At the final scene of the Turin Winter Olympics, the first jump of Guo Xinxin's action was perfect, ranking first for the time being; the difficulty of the second jump reached 4.050, and when he completed this three consecutive 360 super difficulty backflips, Guo Xinxin fell to the ground due to excessive pressure. But she immediately stood up, then patted the snow on her body and face, and said to the camera with tears: "I'll come back in four years!" ”
"I want to be the best female athlete in three weeks, and I want to make the hardest moves!" Even if I can't get the gold medal, I have defeated myself. ”
At the scene, Guo Xinxin excitedly recalled the mood at that time. "After the game, the reporter kept patting me and said, it's okay, girl, you're the best! Because they all thought I was really hopeful that year, so I felt that although I didn't get the gold medal, my spirit was like winning the gold medal! ”
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The father of skiing in China,
Former Director of the Ski Division of the State General Administration of Sports
China's ice and snow sports industry from small to large, from the frontier outside The Seychelles to the first-tier cities, from obscurity to fame, to the world stage, Shan Zhaojian spent more than half a century to make great efforts, known as the "father of Chinese skiing".
"The Skiing Career of the Chinese Team is relatively backward, so how to change the skiing situation of the Chinese Team? From the perspective of the State General Administration of Sports, I want to find a breakthrough project and break out a road! Coinciding with the rise of freestyle skiing aerial skills at that time, Shan Zhaojian believed that this project was very suitable for China's national conditions.
"After repeated discussions and arguments, our team has confidence in this project, so we chose the freestyle skiing aerial skills project as a breakthrough." This project has pulled the whole of China's skiing forward. Today's results validate Shan Zhaojian's judgment that 85% of the nearly 40 champions in Chinese skiing are aerial skill athletes. The dream of shan lao became true.
Since the birth of the Winter Olympics in 1924, almost a hundred years later, it has finally come to China. Shan Zhaojian's new hope is to popularize, publicize, promote and inherit ice and snow sports in China through the Winter Olympics.
"We also want to enable more than 300 million people in the north to feel the joy brought to them by the Winter Olympics, actively exercise their bodies, and contribute to the revitalization of China."
In the ice and snow memories that belong to Chinese, these moments are blood-boiling, unforgettable and even tearful. Today, relive the moments of classic events and pay tribute to the heroes, these moments are the profound interpretation of the Olympic spirit by athletes, who maintain the emotions of the Chinese nation with their iron will and prove to the world the vigorous power of Chinese sports.
(This article is based on CCTV4's "Legend of China's Ice and Snow")
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