International online news: Speed skating is a sport with a long history, it gave birth to the first gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics, and it is also the fastest sport that human beings can achieve so far by relying on human beings. From 1957, Chinese speed skaters participated in the Speed Skating World Championships and made their debut in international competitions, to participating in the Speed Skating World Championships in 1963 and winning the world championship. In 6 years, the world has learned about China.
Following the freestyle skiing aerial skills, figure skating, short track speed skating, the fourth issue of "China Ice and Snow Legends" will focus on speed skating, inviting Sun Xianqi, the first generation of Chinese speed skating meritorious coach, Zhang Hong, the Olympic champion of speed skating, Wang Shuyuan, the chinese speed skating star, Luo Zhihuan, the world champion of speed skating, Wang Jinyu, the world champion of speed skating, Ye Qiaobo, the world champion of speed skating, and Zhao Weichang, the first Chinese Winter Olympic flag bearer, to the scene to tell about their indissoluble relationship with speed skating. When Luo Zhihuan had tears in his eyes and told Zhang Hong about winning gold in the Olympics and realizing the gold medal dream of China's older generation of ice and snowmen, Zhang Hong also burst into tears and was moved. In the past 70 years, how have generations of Chinese speed skaters inherited and promoted the spirit of sportsmanship? How do you fight? How to go from backwardness to achieving a "breakthrough of zero" for Olympic gold medals? The "Legend of China's Ice and Snow" broadcast in this issue will take you into the inheritance story of Speed Skating in China.
From left to right: Sun Yapeng, Meng Shengnan, Sun Xianqi, Luo Zhihuan, Wang Jinyu, Wang Shuyuan
"Burning Moment" recreates the history of China's speed skating struggle
They let the world know about China
1m 14.02! In 2014, Chinese girl Zhang Hong won her first gold medal in the speed skating 1000 meters. This is the first Olympic gold medal won in the speed skating event since China participated in the Winter Olympics in 1980, and it is also a gold medal of extraordinary significance born in the basic event of the Winter Olympics. For this short minute, Chinese speed skaters have waited for 34 years. This is the "peak moment" brought about by the "burning moment" of speed skating in this issue of "China Ice and Snow Legend".
Speed skating Olympic champion Zhang Hong
Zhang Hong told that behind the seemingly short 1 minute and 14 seconds 02, a huge thrill was staged in her heart. "The hardest thing about speed skating is that you qualify for every event, you only have one chance to play... You're going to use your 1 minute to bring out all your energy..." With the focus of her body, skates, and ice surface as if they were integrated, Zhang Hong overcame the impact of the ankle injury and completed the final 200-meter sprint with the quality of will. There is such a sentence in Zhang Hong's circle of friends: "Staring at myself, I think that day, I did it." ”
Recalling this scene, Luo Zhihuan, the world champion of speed skating, had tears in his eyes, "The older generation has struggled for this gold medal for many years, but she has come to complete this task, and I am happy and proud of her." Luo Zhihuan's words made Zhang Hong also burst into tears and was moved.
From Zhang Hong's gold grab to go back, for decades, Chinese speed skaters have never stopped struggling. At the 1963 World Speed Skating Championships, speed skating put China on the top of the world, and Luo Zhihuan won the 1500m world championship in 2 minutes 09 seconds 2. This is the first time that a Chinese athlete has won a gold medal in a world competition, setting a new record. This is also the "moment to go global" in this issue of "Burning Moment".
In 1992, Ye Qiaobo, who was already famous in the world arena, stood on the field of the French Winter Olympics. This was the final of the women's 500 meters of speed skating, and finally the 28-year-old Ye Qiaobo won a valuable silver medal with a time of 40.51 seconds, creating a breakthrough for the Chinese delegation in the Winter Olympics medal zero, which was a breakthrough moment for Chinese speed skating. Three days later, Ye Qiaobo won the silver medal again in his non-main event in the 1000 meters. One Olympic Games, two silver medals, is of great significance, and China's ice and snow sports finally have the strength to move towards the world's top ranks.
Speed skating world champion Ye Qiaobo
In the world ice world, China's new speed skating report card is still being updated, and at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, China's Gao Tingyu won the bronze medal with a time of 34.65 seconds. This is a breakthrough that has attracted much attention, which not only makes up for the 55-year lack of Chinese men's speed skating since Luo Zhihuan, but also achieves the "zero breakthrough" of China's men's speed skating Olympic medals; it also ignites new hope for the future of Chinese men's speed skating.
Sun Xianqi: Excellent athletes are all soaked in blood and sweat
Older generation of speed skaters: Our love for our motherland is eternal, it has always been red, it has not changed
In the 1950s, China's State Sports Commission decided to take "speed skating" as a breakthrough to go abroad and go to the world, and at this point, the curtain of China's speed skating history slowly opened.
In the process of reminiscing about youth, Sun Xianqi, the first batch of coaches from the mainland to study in the Soviet Union, Luo Zhihuan, Wang Jinyu, and Wang Shuyuan, the first generation of speed skaters on the mainland, appeared. They were once in their prime, and now they have entered their old age. Wang Shuyuan is 79 years old, Wang Jinyu is 82 years old, Luo Zhihuan is 81 years old, and Sun Xianqi is also 90 years old, but when it comes to speed skating, they are still full of energy.
Sun Xianqi was the first national record holder in the 1500 meters and the first trainer on the mainland to study in the Soviet Union. After learning from his experience in the Soviet Union, he returned to China to formulate a detailed training outline. He brought this training outline to the program site, and what was written on the outline was not only some experiences and training plans, but also a coach's wish and voice for China's speed skating cause.
Why did you choose speed skating in the first place? The reason Wang Shuyuan told was particularly simple: for a set of autumn clothes and autumn pants. "At that time, the family was particularly difficult, cotton jackets, cotton pants in the head of a small pants, to give a set of autumn clothes, autumn pants, the inside will be warm, I was really for this set of autumn clothes, autumn pants, I went." 」 She started her ice and snow career with a wonderful fate, and soon discovered her talent after getting started, "I haven't planted a heel, I think I was born for skating." ”
How tough were the training conditions at that time? In order to prolong the skating time, athletes are like migratory birds, going to the coldest places in the country to find ice. Wang Shuyuan said that she had fallen to the small North Lake in Manchuria and it was not easy to "arch out." Accommodation conditions were still harsh, and the place where the team members lived was called "Big Car Shop", which was the place where the coachmen who drove the carriages used to live. Luo Zhihuan recalled, "There was a big Kang in the south, and there was an aisle in the middle, and the girls lived in the South Kang, and we boys lived in the North Kang. There was a curtain with a rope in the middle to block it. After living for nearly a month, whoever snores, this side can hear. ”
China's first generation of speed skating meritorious coach Sun Xianqi
In Sun Xianqi's view, the athletes of that era were willing to accept large-scale exercise training precisely because of their pursuit and belief. "When athletes reach a certain time, they don't shed ordinary sweat, it's water of concentrated blood, so I call it blood sweat, and excellent athletes are soaked in blood and sweat."
Despite the hardships of training and life, the older generation of Chinese speed skaters turned such bitterness into soil, watered it with sweat, and harvested fruitful fruits. Luo Zhihuan's testimonial represents the voice of many speed skating pioneers, "No matter where our generation is... Our faith in the motherland has never wavered. Our love for the motherland is eternal, has not changed color, is red. ”
Zhang Hong: Identity change The original intention of conveying the Olympic spirit remains unchanged
Show the unique charm of ice and snow sports and tell the story of China
In 1980, the Chinese sports delegation began its journey to the Winter Olympics. Ye Qiaobo won two silver medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics, achieving a "zero breakthrough" in medals since the mainland first participated in the Winter Olympics in 1980. In the 1990s, like the spirit of the women's volleyball team, there was also a spirit that tapped the hearts of Chinese and boiled with the blood of Chinese, that is, the "Qiao Bo Spirit". Ye Qiaobo has a strength not to accept defeat, in the scene of "China Ice and Snow Legend", she said that in the face of competition and competition, "even if there is only one percent hope, we must use 100 percent efforts to fight." ”
After Ye Qiaobo, Chinese speed skating began a new round of struggle. Xue Ruihong, Wang Manli, etc., whether in the World Championships or in the World Cup series, have won countless world championships. At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Chinese girl Zhang Hong won the gold medal in the speed skating 1000 meters, finally realizing the Olympic gold medal dream of generations of speed skaters.
In Zhang Hong's view, speed skating is a lonely race, when standing on the track, the person you want to win is yourself. Talking about her advantage in winning gold, she mentioned her own mental advantage, and her coach once said, "Zhang Hong is not suitable for being an athlete, she is suitable for being a waiter." The reason for saying this is that Zhang Hong giggles every day and is very happy every day. In the show, Zhang Hong admitted, "For example, before the Sochi Winter Olympics, don't let yourself think about more burdens, if you want to think about so many things, you can't focus on your game." ”
On July 31, 2015, Zhang Hong, as the Ambassador of the Olympic Bid, witnessed the historic moment when the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics fell to Beijing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Recalling the situation at that time, she was still excited, "When President Bach opened Beijing 2022, on July 31, 2015, I was the first to jump up... When I won the Olympic championship, I felt very good, but at that moment I realized that you were really small, because of the efforts passed down by generations of ice and snow athletes, there will be a birth at that moment. ”
After the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Zhang Hong chose to retire. From the winter Olympic speed skating champion to the current executive committee of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the athletes committee member of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, and the member of the International Olympic Committee, she has a different identity. Talking about the work of the IOC athletes, Zhang Hong revealed, "We are also facing a global epidemic, how to use the perspective of sports to promote world peace, how to use the perspective of sports to connect the world. The identities are different, but the original intention of sparing no effort to convey the Olympic spirit remains unchanged. At the scene of "China's Ice and Snow Legend", she also said, "I also want to tell more young people how to motivate themselves through sports, create the next goal for themselves, and work towards this dream." ”
How have Chinese speed skaters passed on from generation to generation over the decades and achieved the rise and take-off of China's power? At 17:30 on Sunday, January 30, let's witness it together in CCTV-4 "Legend of China's Ice and Snow".