On February 2, the Beijing Winter Olympics will usher in the first competition at the National Aquatics Center, which is a mixed double curling event. Fan Suyuan/Ling Zhi became the first group of Chinese delegations to appear at the Winter Olympics.
Ling Zhi Fan Suyuan Photo/Beiti Media Guan Zihao
Many people are not familiar with Fan Suyuan/Ling Zhi, because the two have been teaming for less than three months, and the experience of the World Series is not rich. The duo was born in a six-week Olympic trials that kicked off in November 2021. In the first two weeks of the game, the two performed well and formed a team to become a new combination. In the following four weeks of competition, the two passed the barrier and qualified for the Olympic Games.
Parents learned on television that their daughter had been named in the Olympic squad
Born in Jilin on August 1, 1996, Fan Suyuan began practicing speed skating at the age of 13, and was selected by the curling coach of the Jilin team in 2014 to transfer to curling training. In the 2019-2020 season, Fan Suyuan began to focus on the mixed doubles event, partnering teammate Nan Jiawen to finish second in the isS Mixed Doubles Lodz and Brantford Mixed Doubles Cashspiel competitions.
Fan Suyuan
Although Fan Suyuan's parents are outsiders, they have always respected their daughter's decision in the curling career, supported her daughter to realize her dream of winning the championship, mentioned why she sent her daughter to learn sports, Fan Suyuan's father Fan Zhongbo said: "When my daughter was a child, she grew up with long arms and legs, and it is estimated that skating will definitely work, so I sent her to learn speed skating." ”
In order not to disturb Fan Suyuan's training, her parents did not dare to call her, and could only download the daughter's few game videos to the TV, watch it repeatedly, and learned that her daughter was selected for the Olympic list, Fan Suyuan's mother Su Yuxin said: "When she was selected for the Olympic list, she did not tell her family, I only knew the news by watching the game and listening to the commentary. She was very busy with the game, did not dare to disturb, she knew it herself, and stole the pleasure. "
Fan Suyuan's lover Chen Ziang is also engaged in curling and is currently a curling coach, and the two are related to curling. Fan Suyuan has been training in the team, the time to go home is also small, after the two received the license, there has been no wedding, there are plans to start preparing for the wedding after the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. In the eyes of her lover, Fan Suyuan is a girl who has her own ideas but can always think about others. Chen Ziang said: "She trains seriously and hard, always thinks from the perspective of others, and the coaches and teammates like her." ”
The "great wisdom" of giving up the opportunity to study in the United States for curling
Ling Zhi was born on April 6, 1994, and in 2009, curling star Wang Bingyu won the championship at the Winter Games, Ling Zhi and his family paid attention to the curling project, and in the same year he joined the Harbin team.
Originally planned to practice curling for two years to study abroad, he developed a strong interest in curling, but also showed his strength, only 2 years, Ling Zhi was selected for the national youth team, study abroad was also shelved.
For curling, Ling Zhi believes that this is a difficult sport to get started, like playing chess, you must first study the rules, but after the rules are thoroughly studied, you will play better and better, if you like it, you will like it more and more.
In the first ten years of curling, Ling Zhi was more focused on the training of the team four-person project, and in 2019, the team organized the confrontation, and the coach gave him suggestions for the mixed doubles project according to the physical fitness, technical and tactical evaluation, etc. Ling Zhi began to focus on the mixed doubles project.
Although they are all curling events, for professional athletes, the requirements for team and mixed doubles events are also different. Ling Zhi once said: "Four-man competitions everyone must do a good job in each special technology, but mixed doubles need to be more comprehensive, you have to have both the tactics of four bases, but also the ice sweeping ability of the second base, and at the same time have the feel of the first base and the communication ability of the third base." "
Ling Zhi
In life, friends and teammates will call Ling Zhi "Great Wisdom", perhaps because he has an open-minded personality and "great wisdom". He loves to watch movies and loves fitness, and he has watched the TV series "Romance of the New Three Kingdoms" many times, because each time he has a different feeling.
(Xiao Bo)