On the occasion of the grand opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, we must not forget a man named Ye Qiaobo. She was the first athlete in China to win a medal at the Winter Olympics, breaking the zero prize in our country at the Winter Olympics in one fell swoop

On the occasion of the grand opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, we must not forget a man named Ye Qiaobo. She was the first athlete in mainland China to win a medal at the Winter Olympics, breaking the mainland's record of zero medals at the Winter Olympics!

And she herself has paid an unimaginable price for this honor!

Born in Changchun, Jilin Province, Ye Qiaobo was selected for the Bayi speed skating team at the age of 12 and won the national youth all-around championship at the age of 17. Prior to her participation in the 1992 Olympic Winter Games, Ye Qiaobo had broken both ligaments and patella in her left knee due to years of intense training and competition, and the intersection of her bones was jagged.

You can imagine how much pain it would cause her to participate in a fierce competitive sports competition in this situation. However, she endured such an injury and insisted on participating, and finally Qiao Bo won the runner-up in the women's speed skating 500 meters with a time of 40.51 seconds, and won another silver medal in the 1000 meters speed skating competition, achieving a breakthrough of "zero" for the mainland in the Winter Olympics!

If You sum up Ye Qiaobo's Winter Olympics in sixteen words, it would be "two competitions, two silver and one bronze, eight broken bones, and a wheelchair." After returning home, Ye Qiaobo could only sit in a wheelchair, but she still did not give up, and then at the 1993 World Championships, she won three gold medals alone and became the women's all-around world champion.

Even if Ye Qiaobo was entangled in injuries after the game, she said: "In the process of growing up, I have condensed the efforts of many people, without them, there would be no many honors and achievements in my future, regardless of self-interest, but to repay the society, the bottom of my heart is comfortable, and life is happy." ”

The most irreplaceable of these people is her father!

When Ye Qiaobo was young, her father would meticulously record the segmented achievements, strengths and weaknesses of her and her teammates, analyze them for her one by one, and give her great care and courage on the road to growth. And she lived up to expectations and became the hardest player on the ice rink — she said she would do 200 moves when others practiced 100 times; when the coach asked to do 500 times, she would do 1,000 times. She firmly believes that as long as she practices more and practices harder than others, she will definitely get good results.

It is Ye Qiaobo's persistence and courage that has inspired generations of latecomers, from Yang Yang, the first gold medalist of the Mainland Winter Olympics, to Gu Ailing, the young world champion, this spirit has made them brave the pain, overcome difficulties, and insist on going on the road of ice and snow sports.

Let us praise the fighting spirit of outstanding Winter Olympic athletes like Ye Qiaobo, and at the same time wish the athletes of the mainland to achieve excellent results in this Winter Olympics!

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