Yu Yu was not selected as the flag bearer of the Japanese delegation to the Winter Olympics.
On the evening of the 20th, the Japanese Olympic Committee announced that it would send 122 Japanese athletes to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Although the much-anticipated Yusei Yusuke was not elected as the standard-bearer, for Yusheng fans around the world, it is the top priority to let him have more time to recuperate and adjust his state, strive for the triple crown and complete the 4A Axel 4-week swing.
And for the 4A Axel 4 week jump, Yusheng has been fighting with himself - pain, wandering, and even preparing for "destruction", this is The true story of Yusheng.
Habu challenges Axel to jump around.
Beep and talk to yourself
In December last year, Yusei yushin publicly stated that he hoped to win his third Singles Gold Medal in Beijing after Sochi and Pingchang.
At the All Japan Championship at that time, the first match was also challenged by the 4A Axel 4-week jump, but unfortunately it was not successful, but he still insisted on becoming the first player in the world to use the 4A in the official competition.
At that time, Yusheng said in an interview that he kept practicing 4A and let himself feel the "horror of death": "Every time my body fell heavily on the ice, as if it was a death jump, I was training with my own mental preparation that I was not sure which time I would fall out of a concussion and then die." ”
Yu Sheng's heart is only 4A.
Because of the obsession of 4A, over time, Yusei began to self-motivate himself in the form of self-talk. A Japanese TV colleague revealed that every time he saw Yusei during an interview on the sidelines of the training ground, he could hear him muttering:
"'This time it's not official' 'Believe in yourself'! The pressure on him is in people's eyes, after all, every spin and jump practice is accompanied by the risk of injury. ”
After the training, people will see Yu Sheng's replay equipment on the sidelines to explain and comment on his actions just now, and constantly review them in this way in order to be able to do better next time.
Many fans familiar with Yusei's knots say that he was originally a person who liked to talk to himself, but this has become more and more recent. Shumi Oriyama, a sports journalist who has been interviewing him for many years, said: "Yusheng's coach Oser could not come from Canada because of the epidemic, because the coach could not guide him closely, in the past two years, he has talked to himself more and more on the sidelines. ”
This behavior has made the outside world begin to wonder whether the Yusheng knot is caused by too much pressure, and Origami explains, "This is actually a way to release stress, just like some other individual sports, athletes achieve self-suggestion in this way, which is an encouragement to themselves." ”
What does 4A mean to him?
The 3-time winter Olympics championship is not only the expectation of the outside world, but also The feather himself expressed this attitude. But compared to the 4A, breaking through himself is his greatest desire.
When asked by a reporter from Japan's "Literature and Art Spring and Autumn" about his goals for this tournament, Yu Sheng said, "I don't have the feeling of having to win a gold medal when I was in Pyeongchang 4 years ago, and my goal is to complete a perfect 4A roundabout than to win a gold medal." ”
So, what does 4A mean to Yusheng?
Axel's 4 weeks became the ultimate goal for figure skaters due to its extremely difficult movements. Yusei's coach Brian Oser achieved a feat of 3 AAA in a single game that year, and Yusei's own AAA success rate was also amazing. In this way, 4A has become his only goal at this stage.
At the same time, Chen Wei, a Chinese-American athlete who is seen as his biggest rival in winning the gold, has made it clear that because the 4A move is too difficult, he will not challenge in the Olympic arena. Therefore, people's eyes are more focused on Yu sheng's body.
The hard work of practicing 4A once made Yusheng's life dark.
"I trained alone for a long time, and my confusion and annoyance gradually increased, and I thought that my training was all useless and meaningless. I felt as if I were at the bottom of a dark valley, very low. ”
At the All Japan Championships last December, although Yusei won the championship, what people felt from his words was not the joy of winning the championship, but the dedication to the 4A:
"No matter what, I want to finish the 4A action in the game, I said it many times, that's my ultimate goal. I want to do my best to make up for my shortcomings and realize the 4A in my mind as soon as possible. ”
In order to achieve this goal, Yu Yu sometimes stopped practicing any other movements at the training ground, but simply lasted for more than 2 hours of 4A training.
Tired, boring, and tormented, Yu Sheng is like a martial arts master, and 4A is the Ren Dou Er Vein that he needs to break through.
Falling down is just a common thing for Yusheng to practice 4A.
Japanese netizens called for him to be decompressed
On the evening of January 20, the Japanese delegation announced the candidate for the Winter Olympics flag bearer, which did not have the name of Yu yu yu, which many fans regretted very much, but for Yu Yu who aspired to complete the 4A, these are not the most important.
When the fans understand his inner feelings, they can quickly be relieved - compared to the opening ceremony flag bearer, or even a gold medal, Yu Sheng only wants to defeat himself, for the 4A in his heart.
At the same time, Japanese fans also hope that the media will not disturb Yusei too much and let him better immerse himself.
Especially in response to his previous self-talk, the Japanese media "Women Herself" also invited psychological experts to analyze, but netizens did not buy it, thinking that the excessive interpretation of the outside world would give Yusheng more pressure.
Japanese netizens wrote that "training in the case of the epidemic itself is very difficult, and calls on the outside world to give him a more relaxed environment."
It is true that Yusei does not care whether he is a standard-bearer or not, and for an athlete, appreciating his performance on the field is the greatest respect for him.
Moreover, we may be able to witness the history of mankind in Beijing and witness the 4A of Yusheng. (Supine Braces/Zhang Yangyuan)
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