On the evening of February 3, Chinese female hockey player Lin Qiqi posted a photo of herself as a child on Weibo and asked: "Do you guess this little girl will know that she can get on the Winter Olympics when she grows up?" ”
The Canadian-born Chinese female ice hockey player not only fulfilled her dream of participating in the Winter Olympics, but also played a key player role in today's 3-1 win over Denmark by China, contributing 2 goals and an assist – all three goals of the Chinese team were related to her.
Before the second set of the match against Denmark, she used the ice hockey club pad to change the direction of the ball and help the Chinese team equalize. In the final 50 seconds of the game, she scored two more goals, first sending a clever pass to let teammate Linny get a single knife ball to easily break the goal, and then using the Danish team to rush the ball into the empty goal, locking the score to 3-1.
Born on May 12, 1996 in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, her great-grandfather and great-grandmother were both Chinese. When she became a naturalized player to represent the Chinese team, she was full of pride, "I feel honored to represent China, and my whole family will be very excited that I can realize my dream." ”
In 2000, when 4-year-old Lin Qiqi followed in her brother's footsteps and began to touch ice hockey, she never imagined that she could one day represent China on the field of the Winter Olympics.
In 2008, when 12-year-old Lin Qiqi witnessed the ice hockey final of the Vancouver Winter Olympics on her doorstep, she did not expect that one day she could represent China on the field of the Winter Olympics.
In 2022, when the 25-year-old Lin Qiqi realized her winter Olympic dream in beijing wearing the uniform of the Chinese team, she became the biggest contributor to the defeat of the Danish team.
In the four years of college, Lin Qiqi represented the University of Connecticut in the NCAA for a total of 4 seasons, scoring 42 goals and 60 assists in 148 games, scoring 102 points, and serving as the team's vice captain in the last season, being an NCAA star player.
In May 2018, Lin Qiqi, who had just graduated from university, flew to Shenzhen and joined the Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing Vanke Sunshine Women's Ice Hockey Team, transforming from a college student into a female professional athlete, and from here, she officially became a member of the Chinese women's ice hockey team.
Now, 25-year-old Lin Qiqi is at the best moment of her hockey career, and we wish Lin Qiqi a more brilliant career and chinese women's ice skaters to go further in the Winter Olympic Games.