On the evening of the 31st at the Capital Gymnasium, the Chinese ice dance group Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu completed their first official training on the ice of the figure skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, talking about the "Princess Hug Appointment" with their friend Yusheng for a period of one session, and the two laughed and replied, This time it is best not to hug.
China's number one ice dancer Wang Shiyue is the "little fan sister" of the figure skating men's singles world champion and Olympic two gold medalist Yu Sheng. At the post-match dinner of the 2016 ISU Grand Prix NHK Cup, Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu went to find Yusheng for a group photo, but they were coaxed by the surrounding people to perform ice dances, so there was a 1.0 version of Liu Xinyu's "Princess Hug" Yusheng knot.
This love story that spans the event has since become a meme between the three of them, and at the World Championships in Finland in early 2017, the World Team Championships in April, the Saitama World Championships in March 2019, and the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in February 2020, the "Princess Hugs Covenant" was interpreted to version 5.0 until it was interrupted by the epidemic.
"This time? Wear a mask and hug it," Liu Xinyu said halfway before being interrupted by Wang Shiyue: "Epidemic prevention considerations, it is best not to hug!" Liu Xinyu still seemed unwilling: "Don't you wear gloves?" Wang Shiyue then joked: "Wear a first-level protective suit." ”
This is the second Winter Olympics of Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu, and when asked about the feeling of the home game, the two said: "I feel a little pressure, because I want to perform better at the Winter Olympics on my doorstep; but it is more of a feeling of luck, proud to stand here."
For this extraordinary event, they also specially made a new set of free dance competition suits, the idea is based on Chinese landscape painting, the male companion is the mountain, the female companion is the water, painted with Chinese classical patterns, taking the intention of green mountains and green water.
The two said that the programming of this free dance has two meanings, one is to show the two people's journey in the past four years, and the other is to show Chinese culture on the Olympic stage. "The Olympic Games, it's at the doorstep again, it's a stage like a dream, so the design of our dress wants to express the feeling of a great river and mountain." Wang Shiyue said.
The Figure Skating Competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics will start in the morning of the opening ceremony on February 4, taking the lead in the team competition, and the last game of pair skating free skating is scheduled on the evening of the 19th. At noon on the day of the closing ceremony on the 20th, there will be a performance slide here.
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