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Figure skating "Little Flower" Zhu Yi: The first Winter Olympics should turn pressure into motivation

Beijing, 29 Jan (Xinhua) -- On 29 January, Zhu Yi, the Chinese team "Little Flower," completed figure skating training at the Capital Gymnasium with Chen Kaiwen, a Chinese-American player, and Elyska Brzezinova, a Czech player.

On the same day, Zhu Yi and the music completely tried to dance the show, and the falling ice action was relatively stable. The Capital Gymnasium was officially opened to the Beijing Winter Olympic team and media on the 27th, but only Chinese players Zhu Yi and Jin Boyang made an appointment for figure skating training on the previous two days. Looking back on the three days of training, Zhu Yi told reporters: "When I trained alone in the main hall two days ago, I felt a little lonely, but I was very excited. The other runners came today and I skated even more excitedly. ”

Figure skating "Little Flower" Zhu Yi: The first Winter Olympics should turn pressure into motivation

Chinese women's single skater Zhu Yi conducts pre-match training at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium on January 29. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Can

Zhu Yi, 19, will represent the Chinese team in the women's singles event in figure skating. Talking about the feelings of participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time, Zhu Yi said: "Of course, the pressure is very high, but I will try to turn the pressure into motivation. ”

"There were five previous Olympic trials. The first time I didn't compare well, after the competition I felt like, 'What should I do, how can I continue?' But I fought to the end. I'm very happy to get this opportunity at the end. Zhu Yi said.

The Figure Skating Event of the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held at the Capital Gymnasium from February 4 to 20, with the women's singles short program and the free skating competition taking place on February 15 and 17 respectively.

Editors: Ding Wenxian, Wu Bowen, Cao Yibo

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