laitimes

How did the world champion's childhood end? Zhang Dan: I envy the children now

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is about to kick off, during this period, focusing on figure skating world champion Zhang Dan, Winter Olympic short track speed skating relay champion Zhang Hui, table tennis Grand Slam Deng Yaping, Olympic synchronized swimming runner-up Huang Xuechen, athletics Grand Slam Liu Hong and other athletes' mothers' family parent-child interview program "Champion Mother" has been officially launched. The program is jointly produced by the Shanghai Radio and Television Rong Media Center, Baidu APP and Baijia, and the champion mothers take the camera into their training and life scenes, visit their most memorable places, talk to their closest families, and explore their soft and delicate side under the field.

How did the world champion's childhood end? Zhang Dan: I envy the children now

Figure skating goddess Zhang Dan has faded out of the field for 10 years. But when Zhang Dan is mentioned, the audience will still think of the touching scene of Zhang Dan returning to the arena to complete the game after being injured in the figure skating pair skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao eventually won the silver medal of the Winter Olympics, and they also interpreted the Olympic spirit with strength and persistence, creating a new height of Chinese figure skating in the history of the Olympic Games. In 2012, Zhang Dan's 21-year figure skating career came to an end. After retiring, her life still revolved around figure skating. In 2016, with the birth of his daughter Qiqi, Zhang Dan had a new identity - mother. Follow the lens of "Champion Mother" and go to see what kind of mother Zhang Dan, the figure skating goddess in life, will be?

How did the world champion's childhood end? Zhang Dan: I envy the children now

Zhang Dan and his lover did not choose to let parents take their children, but brought their children to grow up together. Under Zhang Dan's ears, her daughter Qiqi also showed her love and talent for figure skating. My 5-year-old daughter is already looking a little better in the process of practicing figure skating. Zhang Dan said that when she trained on the ice, she was very strict with her daughter because she hoped to lay a good foundation for her children, and also let her know that she must be serious in the face of training. But as a mother, watching her daughter wrestle on the ice, she is also often entangled, so in life she hopes to be able to give her child more warmth and let her find balance in the cruel training.

How did the world champion's childhood end? Zhang Dan: I envy the children now

Seeing today's children learning figure skating, Zhang Dan will also remember the time when he trained in Harbin when he was young. Due to the lack of training conditions, it was a luxury for Zhang Dan at that time to be able to train in the indoor ice rink. Even in the winter outdoor temperature of minus 20-30 degrees, she insists on going to the ice rink every day after class to train. "It's fun to think back on, but it was really hard at the time." Zhang Dan said with a smile.

How did the world champion's childhood end? Zhang Dan: I envy the children now

Read on