The picture shows Zhao Dan. Photo courtesy of Inner Mongolia Sports Bureau
(Beijing Winter Olympics) Chinese steel frame snowmobile athlete Zhao Dan's father: the circle of friends knows that his daughter is a flag bearer, and he is looking forward to the good news of the game at his doorstep
China News Network Hohhot, January 30 Title: Chinese steel frame snowmobile athlete Zhao Dan's father: The circle of friends knows that his daughter is the flag bearer, and he is looking forward to the good news of the competition at his doorstep
China News Network reporter Li Aiping
Zhao Haifeng only heard Zhao Dan's latest news at about 11 a.m. on the 30th.
Zhao Haifeng, who lives in inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Linger County, said in an interview with reporters on the afternoon of the 30th: "I only knew that she entered the Olympic Village before, and in the previous video call, Zhao Dan did not disclose any news. ”
According to the official news released on the 30th, Zhao Dan, a steel-frame snowmobile athlete of the Chinese delegation, was the female standard-bearer of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and Gao Tingyu from Heilongjiang served as the male standard-bearer.
Zhao Haifeng told reporters that he also learned this news from the circle of friends, and later, when Zhao Dan and his family called, this news was finally confirmed.
For this good news of his daughter, Zhao Haifeng did not say too much, but he was very excited, he said: "The most important thing is the next competition, whether you can achieve good results at the doorstep." ”
Born in 2002, Zhao Dan is a cross-border athlete from Inner Mongolia.
Zhao Haifeng told reporters that when he was studying in Hohhot, Zhao Dan was a triple jumper and entered the national steel frame snow team in October 2018 through cross-border cross-sports selection.
"At that time, Zhao Dan and we consulted with people in the industry, and the project was not as dangerous as imagined, so we agreed." Zhao Haifeng said.
After the cross-border cross-project, Zhao Dan has successively achieved good results in ice and snow projects, which makes Zhao Haifeng very pleased, "Choosing the right project." ”
According to the Inner Mongolia Sports Bureau, Zhao Dan is currently the youngest athlete in the Chinese steel frame snowmobile national team, and his performance has improved rapidly in the national team in 4 years.
In the 2019/2020 season, Zhao Dan represented the Chinese team in the Youth Olympic Games in Switzerland for the first time and achieved the 7th place result, which was the first time that the Chinese women's steel frame snowmobile had landed on the Winter Youth Olympic Games. In the domestic selection competition, Zhao Dan won the first place in four slides in both competitions, and finally entered the Beijing Winter Olympics with the first overall score.
According to reports, at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, China has won a total of two places in the women's steel frame snowmobile project, which is also China's first time to participate in the women's steel frame snowmobile event at the Winter Olympics, and Zhao Dan will represent China together with teammate Li Yuxi.
The Beijing Winter Olympics women's steel frame snowmobile event will start on February 11, and the final result will be decided on February 12.
Zhao Haifeng excitedly told reporters that with the help of time, location, and people, I believe that Zhao Dan will certainly be able to achieve good results. (End)