These "ifs" really happened to a young man named Zhang Jiahao, who handed over his regret-free answer sheet to life.
Mischievous personality, so-so achievements, less than 18 years old was "forced" to inherit his father's business - Zhang Jiahao became a "hereditary" baker in the back kitchen of the hotel.
■ Image source: Bilibili@ Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
In 2012, Zhang Jiahao came to Beijing Nanshan Ski Resort for the first time and learned about the sport of skiing for the first time.
Looking back on the first ski "body feeling" was not very wonderful, I couldn't control the snowboard at all, and I fell 40 heels all the way on the intermediate slope. "Body feeling" is not good, but "feeling" is very good, when skiing, Zhang Jiahao seems to be able to forget all the problems about bread in the world, completely immersed in the "snow country".
■ Image source: Bilibili@ NetEase Wang Sansan, I am a lover, Zhang Jiahao 1995
17 years old, still in high school, but it should be a glorious age for athletes.
Zhang Jiahao said that many professional international skiers have been exposed to the sport since they were 3 or 4 years old, and at the age of 17, they already have a wealth of professional knowledge and training experience. With physical development, 17 years old is enough to allow them to reach a peak level.
The reason why hot-blooded idiots seem a bit stupid to others is because in the beginning, they have nothing but a passion for blood.
The one-month internship salary is only 1200 yuan, and a ski ticket costs 180 yuan. In order to earn enough ticket money, he went to the night shift to squint at the bus and subway to the ski resort for a while, and the moment he stepped on the skis, he became a "ski machine with feelings" in his friends' mouths - not eating, not going to the bathroom.
180 yuan at a time was too expensive, he saved 3,000 yuan in one go to get an indoor ski monthly card, and then took the bread he made to consult the masters in the stadium.
In 2014, Beijing Jingzhihu built the first air cushion venue to provide training space for professional training teams. Zhang Jiahao cheekily went to rub the training and jumped with the people.
The following year, China set up a national team for the park ski program, and with the help of coach Dong Mingjie, he successfully joined the Heilongjiang provincial team.
The "half-work, half-study" model continued into 2016, when Mr. Zhang hoped to complete a two-week maneuver at the Nanshan Open that no one in the country had ever succeeded. In order to get a satisfactory result, he quit all his jobs and officially became a skier.
In 2015, when China had just announced its successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhang Jiahao felt that the Winter Olympics were too far away from him. A year later, when he represented the country in the New Zealand Intercontinental Cup as the only Chinese athlete, the 16th place ranking was already the best in the country at that time, and he was thrilled by the unprecedented sense of pride and mission.
It was at this time that a crazy idea broke into his head - can he fight for the Winter Olympics in 6 years?
Participation in the Winter Olympics is a mandatory requirement, and only those who have sufficient FIS points and World Cup competition experience can qualify for the Winter Olympics. In order to win the host place in the men's snowboard park project of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhang Jiahao began the "Global SkiIng Campaign" journey in 2020.
■ Image source: Bilibili@ Zhang Jiahao 1995
All the way to the second half of 2021, Zhang Jiahao is still two times away from the world cup qualification of the top three points of the Intercontinental Cup, time is tight, the task is heavy, Chile and Argentina have become his few choices.
Originally getting an Argentine visa, Zhang Jiahao already felt stable, but suddenly received a telephone notice from the Argentine Embassy: the policy has changed and it is impossible to enter.
The dream still gave him the opportunity, and the Chilean embassy approved his special visa. However, due to weather reasons, the snow field could not meet the standards of the game, and I was not sure whether it could be held normally, so Zhang Jiahao still chose to leave without hesitation.
■ Image source: Sina Weibo @ Zhang Jiahao 1995
Fortunately, his lonely courage did not go to waste. Because there was no snow, the game was postponed for 10 days, and the day of the competition coincided with the end of Zhang Jiahao's isolation, and he finally won a gold, silver and two bronze results in this competition.
He then rushed to Switzerland to compete, and by the time he got his visa, it was only 10 minutes before the flight took off.
The United States, Canada, Sweden, Chile, the Netherlands... Strange countries, white jumping platforms. While other athletes and teams were nervous about whether they could play their best, Zhang Jiahao was worried about whether he would be able to arrive at the scene of the game on time.
In the Dutch game that decided whether he could participate in the World Cup, as soon as the plane landed, he went straight to the big jump.
There is no vigor in the inspirational movie, there is no counterattack of the hot-blooded teenager who eventually becomes a hero, because of mistakes, Zhang Jiahao's journey to chase the Winter Olympics has reached a calm end.
Zhang Jiahao rolled around the world, and hundreds of days and nights of eating instant noodles in hotels did not seem to be exchanged for a proper happy ending.
Both hands and left legs have been fractured; the day before the 2018 Beijing Boiling Snow Open, training led to lung rupture; self-formulated training to practice the skill of cooking instant noodles... Zhang Jiahao said that he was not fighting alone, whether it was brand sponsorship, coaching guidance in the learning process, and support from strangers, which made him closer to his dream and more determined.
Zhang Jiahao said, "Dreams are originally used to pursue, and whether they can be realized seems to be less important." ”
Enjoying skiing is a pure thing, people, snow and snowboard are one, and the feeling of taking off and spinning is addictive and fascinating. Quiet enough to forget everything.
Zhang Jiahao is completely obsessed with skiing, and when he walks and works, he thinks about how this action should be done, how to practice tomorrow, and he has found the value of existence.
Those who are mad in the eyes of others because of their love seem to have truly owned their own lives, and the answers to all the philosophical ultimate questions about life and existence seem to have been generously given by life to the "madman" in the eyes of others.
So for the results, Zhang Jiahao is more grateful: grateful for living in this era, grateful for the success of the Beijing Winter Olympics bid, grateful for the coach to give him such good conditions for snow training...
There is no shortcut to dreams, hard work is Zhang Jiahao's talent, this blood is enough to boil you and me. Because of this, we followed his subway trajectory to this place that made him "addicted" - The South Mountain Ski Resort.
Regardless of the cultural differences between the north and the south, "snow" has an inexplicable attraction for our group, looking at the silver-white world in front of us, and the excitement and excitement that cannot be contained in our hearts.
In the low temperature of minus thirteen degrees, wearing a full set of GOSKI ORIGINALS ski suits, wearing knee pads for "life-saving" and skis in his right hand, we stood in the snow waiting for coach Li Xu to give orders.
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Li Xu, NitroL1 sponsor skater, snowboard national referee, won the 2018 National Snowboard Championships Big Jump Champion. When he heard that we wanted to popularize skiing, he said: Because of the Winter Olympics, more and more people have joined the sport of skiing, and more and more people have learned the story behind skiers, which is the magic of ice and snow sports.
Upright brakes, diagonal gliding, willow leaf fluttering and other actions were broken one by one... It's just the beginning, but at the moment when your legs are slightly bent and your hands are relaxed, you still feel the feeling of merging with the snowboard. So after mastering the forehand falling leaves, I was excited to challenge the intermediate path, and the coach's "you can't hold on" was blown behind my ears by the cold wind.
The relaxed appearance of the masters is just an illusion, sliding to half of the thigh and starting to burn, it is the heat burst of fat and muscle rubbing... I rushed down the mountain with the belief of "holding on", and at the same time as the dopamine was secreted, I suddenly understood Zhang Jiahao's sense of immersion for the snow madness and the sense of faith in fighting for honor.
"If youth is like smoke, it is only a wanton impulse. I will write what stories are in the past, scattered in the air. ”
Just like the performance in "Five Splashing Teenagers", although in the end they still failed to complete the backflip 720 degree ending pose, although the game did not change their lives... But at that moment, the teenagers in the pool enjoyed the unparalleled joy and pleasure that dreams, persistence and hard work gave them.
Make a dream, pounce on a void, even if everyone says it is useless, but it is a dream that cannot be touched - to have it, it is the most practical.
National ice and snow sports, from now until the end of the Winter Olympics, #COSMO燃点 Winter Olympics special # will continue to bring the story of #COSMO Hot Blood Youth#, cheering for the Winter Olympics, boiling for blood.
Producer: Li Xiaojuan
Director system: Yu Menghan, Gao Qun
Project Planning and Execution: Wang Yiwen
Text editors: Wang Yiwen, Sheng Judi, Chen Le
Video & Production Editor: Ning Yuhang
Artist Coordinator: Liu Liu
Design: Acetylene
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Sina Weibo / Bilibili / Fashion COSMO
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