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On February 4, the women's ice hockey match at the Beijing Winter Olympics continued, with the world's No. 20 Chinese team playing against the world's 11th-ranked Danish team. In the game, Chinese player Lin Qiqi performed well, she scored two points alone and sent an assist to help The Chinese team win 3-1. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Chinese women's ice hockey team defeated Slovakia 3-1 in qualifying for the 7th-8th place, ending in 7th place. However, at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Chinese team failed to qualify for the Winter Olympics. In this Winter Olympics, the Chinese team lost to the Czech Republic in the first match, and the victory over Denmark is the Chinese women's ice hockey team after 12 years to taste the victory of the Winter Olympics.
This long-lost victory made Chinese female ice hockey player Lin Qiqi quickly become popular, and in the last minute of the game, she gave an assist and then scored herself, helping the team completely lock in the victory. The 25-year-old girl is using her outstanding performance to help the Chinese team achieve the goal of qualifying from the group step by step, and at the same time attracting the attention of a large number of fans for herself.
Image source: Lin Qiqi social media
Born on May 12, 1996 in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, her great-grandfather and great-grandmother were both Chinese. At the age of 4, Lin Qiqi followed in her brother's footsteps and began to contact ice hockey, when she did not expect that she would one day represent the Chinese team in the Winter Olympics.
Practicing hockey from an early age, Lin quickly showed outstanding talent, and when she was in college, she represented the University of Connecticut in the NCAA for four seasons, scoring 42 goals in a total of 148 games, delivering 60 assists, and one person producing 102 points, she not only grew to become the team's vice captain, but also became an all-star player in the NCAA.
Since 2017, in order to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese ice hockey team has naturally joined the world in search of suitable talents around the world. In May 2018, Lin Qiqi, who had just graduated from university, came to Shenzhen to participate in the Olympic training camp of Kunlun Hongxing Ice Hockey Club. Subsequently, Lin Qiqi joined the Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing Vanke Sunshine Women's Ice Hockey Team, transforming from a college student into a female professional athlete, and also began to move forward step by step towards the goal of representing China in the Olympic Games.
The Kunlun Hongxing Ice Hockey Club, based in Shenzhen, is based on serving the women's ice hockey national team. In the first season after its establishment, the club's Kunlun Hongxing and Vanke Sunshine teams participated in the Canadian Women's Ice Hockey League (CWHL), which is also hoping to give more players the opportunity to play, be immersed in a high-level training and competition environment, and quickly improve their technical and tactical level. That season, Lin scored 4 goals and gave 6 assists in 28 CWHL games, contributing 10 points. In 2019, Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing officially joined the Russian Women's Ice Hockey League (WHL), becoming the first foreign team in the league's history. As a result, in the first season of participating in the Russian league, the girls won the league championship, not only becoming the first Chinese team to win the professional ice hockey league championship, but also becoming the first foreign team in the history of the Russian ice hockey league to win the championship. As the core of the team, Lin Qiqi scored 12 goals and provided 19 assists in 33 games in the regular season and playoffs that season, not only helped the team win the WHL championship, she was also selected for the All-Star Game. The following season, although shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing team failed to defend the title, Lin Qiqi's performance was still efficient, scoring 9 goals and assisting 18 times in 31 games.
Although Lin Qiqi was born and raised abroad, she has never forgotten the origin of her family. Since joining the Shenzhen team, Lin Qiqi has fallen in love with the city of Shenzhen, and she has said more than once that she feels very honored to represent China in the Winter Olympics, "My whole family will be excited that I can realize my dreams, as well as my grandfather, grandfather, grandmother and other relatives who have left, they will also be proud of me and will cheer for me." ”
Today, this little girl who loves ice hockey has grown up, and she has also helped the Chinese team achieve a valuable victory with her own performance. I hope that Lin Qiqi and her teammates will continue to work hard to achieve the goal of qualifying from the group as soon as possible and continue to write a new chapter in Chinese ice hockey!