On February 3, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ice hockey project kicked off, the Chinese women's ice hockey team against the Czech Republic, in the case of the overall strength is not as good as the opponent, the Chinese team finally lost to the opponent 1-3, failed to get the opening red. The only goal scored by the Chinese team in this game was the core leader Miller, after the game, Miller sent a text stressing that he regretted not winning the ball and hoped to continue to work hard.
Miller said: "Sorry for the result, but we will continue to work hard. It was an honor to score the team's first goal at the Winter Olympics, which was the result of the combined efforts of the whole team. Thank you all for your support! Everything just started, we'll see you tomorrow! ”
Miller is still slightly different from other Members of the Chinese Ice Hockey Team, she is a naturalized player of the Chinese women's ice hockey team, a blonde, blue eyes, originally Canadian, represented Canada in the U18 World Championships during the youth team, and finally helped the team win the championship, is a very strong ice hockey player, with strong personal strength.
The Chinese women's ice hockey team due to the overall lack of strength, the foundation is thin, since Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, has been planning to introduce naturalization to enhance the strength of the program, Miller has become the naturalization of the ice hockey team. Today, Miller, who is a member of the Chinese women's ice hockey team, can already speak a fluent Chinese, and before the loss to the Czech Republic, Miller used Chinese to cheer for the team
Miller said in Chinese: "Hello everyone, I am Miller, a member of the Chinese female ice team, and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, let's cheer together." "It is clear that Miller has fully integrated into the Chinese women's ice hockey team and is an athlete with Chinese nationality.
Of course, the process of naturalizing Miller in the Chinese women's ice hockey team is not easy, considering the influence of public opinion, every project in the Chinese sports world as long as it involves naturalized players, it is inevitable to be controversial. After the loss to the Czech Republic, Miller's personal social media account was attacked by a netizen: "It is really speechless to drag China back." ”
In fact, the domestic ice hockey project has not yet become a climate, the women's ice hockey project is registered no more than 1,000 people, which leads to the lack of strength at the national team level, in order to play the Winter Olympics, the introduction of naturalization is reasonable, and strive to play the Winter Olympics at the doorstep of the family first, before trying to promote the sport of ice hockey, cultivate more talents, and form a good cycle. Netizens who support the naturalization plan analyzed and said: "The Chinese ice hockey team is ranked 20th in the world, the Czech Republic is ranked 7th in the world, we only have more than 30 girls registered for ice hockey, there are only more than 1,000 registered ice hockey players in China, and there are 100,000 people in the Czech Republic. ”
(Lin Xiaoxiang)