Meet the ice and snow, together 丨 fearless teenagers

In 1924, the first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France, and 11-year-old Norwegian female figure skater Sujaheini stepped on the stage of the Winter Olympics for the first time, and four years later, at the second Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz in 1928, she won the women's figure skating championship. She was only 15 years old that year. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, South Korean short-track speed skater Kim Young-mi set a new record and won the gold medal in the women's short track speed skating 3000m relay. That year, she was only 13 years old and 85 days old.

If it is not a cold bone, where the plum blossoms are fragrant.

Winter is the end of the year, and spring is not far away; winter always breeds hope and represents the future; and at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, a group of young people with an average age of less than 20 are preparing to set new historical records and challenge themselves to new heights.

Kelly Sidaro, who has been on the championship podium at the age of 13, will have the opportunity to make up for her absence due to injury at the Winter Olympics; Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming is about to usher in his 18-year-old "coming-of-age ceremony" at the Beijing Winter Olympics, just when he just created two new histories of Chinese skiing in a row; Gu Ailing, who has just passed her 18th birthday, will represent the Chinese team in her first Olympic match after naturalization The 21-year-old Hanaori Sakamoto just finished a beautiful figure skating competition in order to qualify for the Japanese team; in the Russian women's figure skating world, which is full of strong players, three hot "post-00s" players this year have finally entered the championship battle.

For these young and famous athletes, the process from rising star to athlete is not only accompanied by luck. For the sake of dreams and glory, they gave up the freedom and joy of their youth, but resolutely picked up the difficulties and challenges that should be borne beyond their age.

Gu Ailing fell during training and had a headache to "temporary amnesia", but when the pain disappeared, she once again put on her equipment and stood on the training ground. Moments like this, too many to count. There is no doubt that compared to the veterans who have been in the field for a long time, the teenagers, despite their youthful advantages, lack the experience that time has given. So they will cherish every opportunity to train, every opportunity to compete, and even every opportunity to watch others compete.

Some people say that all greatness begins with the first step in the foot, and the teenagers on the field are using each solid step to move towards a stronger self.

In the field of the Winter Olympics, some people have just arrived, some people have experienced practice, some people have lost their arms, and some people have won a battle. Applause and regret are always alternating, and only "heroes from ancient times to teenagers" will be staged as promised. Fearless teenagers, with youth as a horse, along with the struggle and persistence of sports, with sweat and blood to make themselves closer to the championship trophy.

Young and young. On the sports arena, the back waves are endless, fighting against the increase, injecting fresh blood and youth vitality into the tree of human life.

For more information, please pay attention to the Winter Olympics.

(Original title: Fearless Teenagers)

Source: Winter Olympics | Reporter Cheng Mingjie

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