As the saying goes: Fight the tiger brothers, fight the father and son soldiers. At the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, on the snow field in Zhangjiakou, many brothers and sisters will compete together for gold and silver, among them, the "Dufuer sisters" are famous, and the "Auberge sisters" and "Hirano brothers" will join hands for the first time in the Winter Olympics.
The Dufour sisters struck again
In the list of Canadian teams participating in the freestyle ski snow skills competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, two female players have the surnames of Dufor Lapuente. Yes, they are sisters. They also have an older sister, who is also a freestyle skier snow skiller. The three sisters participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the year that the surname Dufour Lapente "made a big splash" at the Winter Olympics.
At that year's Winter Olympics, although the eldest sister Maxim unfortunately failed to make it into the 6-man final lineup, the second sister Chloe and the younger sister Justin both advanced, and in the end, Justin won the championship, and Chloe won the runner-up.
When it comes to skiing, Justin, the best of the three, should also thank his two older sisters.
The three sisters' home is in Quebec, Canada, near the Lawrence Mountains, which provides them with the convenience of "near the water", which provides them with the convenience of "near the water", and the first to start skiing in the family are the two sisters. In order to let the little sister, who was only 8 years old at the time, also go skiing, Maxim and Chloe used chocolate as a "bait" to lure Justin up the mountain, and thus discovered the little sister's skiing talent.
Justin made his World Cup debut in 2010 at just 16 years old, and since then the three sisters have traveled the globe together, with their mother as manager. Justin's first title soon came. In December 2010, she won the double snow skill competition in her second World Cup competition, Méribel, France, making her the youngest World Cup winner in the event. In the same year, Justin watched the performance of his second sister Chloe at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on his doorstep, which was deeply inspired and determined to participate in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, which made the legend of the three sisters jointly on the Winter Olympics and also brought her a gold medal.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Justin and Chloe competed together, while Maxim failed to participate due to injury, and Finally Justin won the silver medal. "I'm proud of this medal, which makes even more sense to me than the gold medal I won in Sochi." Justin said, "I think I put in more effort here, I don't have any reason to be disappointed, I have to remember that I made the podium with a smile." "At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Justin and the second sister are here again. Will the Dufour Lapuente sisters still bring home their Olympic medals this time?
The Hirano brothers challenge Sean White
In the men's U-shaped track skill event of the Beijing Winter Olympics, American legend Sean White is undoubtedly the most watched athlete, and another strong contender for this gold medal is Japan's Hirano Bumon, who won the silver medal in the U-shaped field at both the Sochi and Pingchang Winter Olympics. This time, Hirano's younger brother Hirano Haizhu also qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the brothers will launch an assault on Sean White together. The Hirano brothers are from Niigata Prefecture, Japan's "snow country". Hirano was trained in skateboarding and snowboarding since childhood, and has long had the aura of a "genius teenager". In March 2013, Hirano won the third place in the Arctic Challenge, a six-star competition of the World Snowboard Tour WST in Oslo, Norway, and was praised by the legend of the men's U-shaped track, Sean White. At the age of 15, he competed at the Sochi Winter Olympics, scoring 90.75 points in the first stroke of the final. In the second skate, he still dared to play, making a 1440-degree turn, which earned him a high score of 93.50 points, and finally finished second after The Russian-Swiss Yuri Poddradchekov.
Sochi is just the "place where dreams begin" in the dream of young Hirano. On February 14, 2018, Hirano Yum won second place in the men's U-shaped track race of snowboarding at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with 95.25 points. In 2021, he competed as a skateboarder at the Tokyo Olympics, becoming an "amphibious" athlete for the Winter and Summer Olympics.
Now, 23-year-old Hirano will participate in his third Winter Olympics, the Beijing Winter Olympics. He believes his past two experiences will help him win gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics. On January 9 this year, in the men's final of the World Cup of the U-shaped field of snowboarding, Mammoth Mountain station in the United States, Hirano Bumiyuki won the championship with 95.80 points. On 16 January, he won the men's final of the Snowboard U-Track World Cup in Lex, Switzerland, with 93.25 points. This season, Hirano is the number one player in the Men's U-Field World Cup.
Hirano's younger brother Hirano Haizhu is also a snowboarder and is also a strong player, and the two brothers will fight side by side at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Hirano said that this was a very valuable experience and something he had always expected. The brothers often skied together as children, and Hirano believes that his brother's previous experience in the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics will make him more mentally strong, thus helping him win gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Hai Zhu himself is also very happy to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, because this is his first Winter Olympics, and it is also the Winter Olympics in which the brothers participated together.
The Auberge sisters have their own strengths
Hannah Auberge will compete with her sister at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
There are also a pair of sisters in the Swedish biathlon team participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics. Her sister, Hannah Auberg, is the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the biathlon women's 15 km individual champion and the silver medalist in the 4×6 km relay event. Her sister, Alyvera Auberge, is celebrating her 23rd birthday this month, and the Beijing Winter Olympics is her first. Both sisters have a chance to win honors at the Beijing Winter Olympics, but judging by this season's World Cup rankings, the sister is in better shape, and she is currently in third place, having been on the World Cup podium eight times this season and winning four titles. The sister is currently ranked fifth. The duo's form was seen in the women's 7.5km sprint at the World Cup ruhpolding on 12 January, with Arivila winning the title with a time of 19:45.2, 21.6 seconds ahead of second place. Her sister Hannah lost one target each in a lying shot and a standing shot, accepted penalties twice, and finally ranked 11th, 57.4 seconds behind her sister.
However, the two sisters are good at different sports, and the vast majority of Hannah's championships come from individual and group races, and 15 km is her best sport. In her honor book, in addition to the 1 gold and 1 silver won at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, there are 1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze at the World Championships, as well as 33 World Cup medals including 9 championships. Although her performance this season is not very prominent, Hannah's calm and calm personality and consistent sense of competition have enabled her to become a "champion athlete" at all stages of her growth.
Unlike her sister, Arivila is better at short distance and chase events, and her gliding speed is very fast, which compensates for her lack of shooting accuracy and makes her a very competitive competitor in short distance events. Since she started competing in the World Cup in 2019, she has been on the podium 17 times, winning 6 gold, 2 silver and 9 bronze. She is a rising star in the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle and is expected to make a splash in Chongli. In Alyvila's heart, her achievements today are inseparable from the help and teaching of her sister who trained together, she said: "My sister is of great significance to my biathlon career. She taught me a lot and I've always seen her as a source of inspiration. I'm here today (Chongli) in large part because of her. ”
Source Beijing Evening News
Reporter Li Yuanfei
Image source: IOC website
Process Editor Wu Yue