Nanjing, 20 Jan (Xinhua) -- The first sight of "pills" was at the Ice Rink of the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center, where a little girl glided, jumped and spun on the ice, like an elf. Only 11 years old, she has been "ice age" for more than 6 years, and when it comes to the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, the little girl's eyes are full of longing: "I (also) want to (participate) in the Olympics." ”
Since his first exposure to skating in 2015, Zhu Ruojun, nicknamed "Maruzi", has fallen in love with the sport. Especially at the end of that year, her family took her to the United States to play, and saw the figure skating star Guan Yingshan on the ice rink in Los Angeles, "So beautiful, I also want to learn figure skating", a small seed took root in her heart.
At that time, it was not easy to learn figure skating in China, especially in the south, where ice and snow resources were relatively small. Lu Jing, the mother of "Maruzi", recalled: "When I first started, my eyes were black, and our enlightenment was still taught by the ice hockey coach. In order to figure skate, Lü Jing took "pills" around to find famous teachers, from her hometown of Wuxi, to Dongguan, Shanghai, Suzhou, and now to Chengdu. "Friends say we're skating versions of Mengmu Sanqian." She laughed.
The difference is that Meng Mu moved three times because "the son does not learn", and Lü Jing because the "pill" wants to learn too much. "To be honest, every step is difficult, especially when she reaches the bottleneck period, I feel like I'm about to collapse." Lu Jing said, "Sometimes I would tell her that we wouldn't slip, but in the end it was she who gave us the confidence to keep going, and she really loved the sport." ”
As soon as I stood on the ice rink, the "pill" who was still playing with her mother was like a new person, focused, hardworking, and strong. For every child who learns figure skating, falling down is a common thing, and "balls" are no exception, and a single action may take thousands of falls. "If you don't jump well, you won't be happy." The little girl said, "But I just wanted to be able to do it myself, and then I slowly got better." ”
365 days a year, Zhu Ruojun trains on ice almost every day, and she also likes to sing and dance, which is actually very helpful for her to learn figure skating. "She trains for at least 3 hours a day, which is very hard." Lv Jing said, "Before studying at an international school in Shanghai, in 2019 our family made a major decision to change to an online school, and now the 6th grade is in the 6th grade, and the academics are heavier, fortunately, the grades are still good, and each subject is basically above A." More importantly, Maruko herself learned to plan time training and study, and I think the tempering of sports has made her more sensible. ”
The sensible "Maruko" also began to emerge, winning many championships, and she won the children's women's A group championship at the 2021 Shanghai Junior Figure Skating Championships. Lu Jing said: "We took her out to play some competitions since 2017, the results are not bad, 'Maruzi' is a competition-type player, as soon as she arrives at the competition, she is excited, sometimes she falls in the competition, and we can quickly adjust back and do the following actions well." ”
Talking about the future, Lu Jing admitted that the child is still young, "although some plans have been disrupted by the impact of the epidemic, but in general, we are on the right track now, and when we pass the 15-year-old development barrier, we will have some more planning."
Editors: Shuwen, Yu Sihui, Zhou Xin