"Beyond" truly restores the short track speed skater's dream road

Short track speed skating is one of the most advantageous winter sports in China, and the stories of short track speed skaters such as Yang Yang, Wang Meng, and Wu Dajing are also well known to the public. However, the TV series that takes short track speed skating as the performance object and really focuses on the professional arena of winter sports and professional athletes is still the first one being broadcast in a golden file of CCTV.

Data chart Short track speed skating - World Cup Dordrecht Station: Wu Dajing wins the men's 500m championship Xinhua News Agency reporter Zheng Huansong photographed

As soon as the TV series began, it returned to the era when the Heilongjiang Short Track Speed Skating Team was first created in 1989, which was also shortly after the short track speed skating was just listed as a performance project of the Winter Olympics. Coach Wu Qinghong came to the frozen Songhua River to set up a stall and used the gimmick of "prize skating" to dig up good seedlings. After Chen Jingye and Zheng Kaixin, two young people, chased after me, the camera quickly turned to 2014, Chen Mian, a roller skating girl on the streets of Jinan, used the competition prize money to buy her beloved short track speed skates, and secretly embarked on the dream road of going to the Qingdao short track speed skating team for trial training.

The story intersects in two time and space, telling the struggle and inheritance of three generations of short track speed skaters and coaches, and also outlines the chronicle of China's short track speed skating project from the rise to the present. The time and space span of 25 years apart allows the audience to see the development and progress of the times at a glance. For example, in the early 1990s, brewed milk powder from an enamel cup was the most valuable nutritional product for athletes, and the new generation of athletes not only had nutritious meal guarantees, but also comprehensively improved their training equipment, equipment and even management system.

In addition to the great improvement of material conditions, with the enhancement of China's competitive sports strength and the change of concepts, the slogan of the short track speed skating team has also changed from "gold medal shine" to "able to write and fight", no longer only gold medals on heroes, but more emphasis on the self-transcendence and comprehensive quality of athletes, which is also a further deepening of the understanding of the Olympic spirit.

The two generations of athletes have different backgrounds, different personalities, and face different opportunities and challenges, but what remains unchanged is persistence and love, hard work and dedication, which is also the "flash point" of sports-themed film and television works. According to reports, in the "Beyond" crew, the young actors all started ice training two months in advance, practicing the basic skills hard, and almost every day someone was injured. Because of this, "Beyond" is convincing enough in the technical and professional aspects of short track speed skating. At the same time, the realism in the details of life also makes the work more substitutionary. Walkman, skating wild ice, soaking in video halls, going to the South for business... These memories of the 1990s were restored one by one on the screen, evoking nostalgic thoughts from the audience.

"Beyond" not only has a large historical span, but also adopts a panoramic group portrait presentation. In addition to the athletes, the show also focuses on the coaches, sparring partners, families and staff. The coach played by Ma Li leads the team members to train with a big belly, and fights with these hairy boys in a different way, infiltrating the heart of each team member with selfless love; the coach wife played by Tong Yao volunteers to teach English to the athletes and takes the initiative to take out savings to support her husband to replace the team members with new ice knives; the mother played by Mei Ting does not blindly impose her will on the children, but lets go to support Chen Mian in pursuing her dreams, even if the road ahead is confused, she gives the child enough trust. It is their silent support and dedication that has made the athletes' concentration and persistence on the field.

In addition to showing the fire of competitive sports, "Beyond" does not shy away from its cruel side. Competition puts the feelings between teammates to the test, injuries can end an athlete's career at any time, and the individual has to sacrifice for the collective good when competing... The helplessness and regret on the ice rink are lamentable, and people also have respect for professional athletes. It is worth mentioning that the show adds a small interview at the end of each episode, and 40 real-life Chinese short track speed skaters come to the camera to tell their ice and snow life, which also gives ordinary athletes who fail to get on the podium a chance to be recognized by the public. Their true story and the plot of the play reflect each other, which makes "Beyond" have the emotional power to surpass ordinary TV series.

On the day when the Beijing Winter Olympic Games is about to open, the broadcast of "Beyond" is not only a gift, it shows the development results of China's winter projects, but also condenses the Olympic complex of the Chinese people, and encourages ordinary people to constantly surpass themselves in life and strive for the goals of their respective lives.

(Original title: The TV series for the first time a large-span group portrait all-round display of the winter project professional arena

"Beyond" truly restores the short track speed skater's dream road

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Source: Beijing Daily Reporter: Li Li

Process Edit: TF065

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