Source: China Sports News
Text: Wang Xiangna Li Xiaojie
Four years ago at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, 20-year-old Ren Ziwei made his first appearance, and he still remembers the nervousness and expectations for the competition when he first arrived at the Winter Olympic Village. Finally returning to Beijing with a relay silver medal, Ren Ziwei made up his mind to be a "sharp knife on ice" and realize his golden dream at the Beijing Winter Olympics four years later.
Four years later, at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium, the home camp for the development of China's ice and snow sports, Ren Ziwei finally turned his dream into reality, winning the gold medal in the mixed 2000m relay with his teammates Wu Dajing, Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu and Zhang Yuting.
When the dream shone into reality, Ren Ziwei was calm and abnormal, and experienced a difficult four years of preparation, and he did not have the excitement and excitement he imagined at the moment he won the gold medal, "Four years of preparation, two of which were closed training because of the epidemic, and I have made a big improvement from psychology to ability level."
In the past four years, ren Ziwei has also been creating miracles on the field and moving forward step by step towards the goal. This is also reflected in this season's World Cup, with three individual gold medals, he became the most stable player of the Chinese team, making people look forward to his trip to the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Ren Ziwei cherishes the opportunity to win glory for the country, since 2004 engaged in short track speed skating, his dream is to join the Chinese short track speed skating team this glorious team. This strong driving force prompted him to enter heilongjiang from Harbin and finally to the national team in 2014 and stepped onto the world stage.
"Every day from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., I always stick to the last guy. Even after suffering from a knee injury, I still insisted on being on the training ground and on the field, never absent." Ren Ziwei once commented on himself, whether it is him when he was a small player or he became the main force of the national team, in the eyes of his teammates and coaches, he has always been the hardest one.
"The experience of participating in the Winter Olympics four years ago made me really understand the meaning of winning glory for the country, especially when I saw the bright five-star red flag raised, I knew the meaning of fighting for the country for an athlete, which is a heavy responsibility on my shoulders." 」 Ren Ziwei said.
Ren Ziwei, who has experienced growth, has become more and more mature, standing on the field of the Beijing Winter Olympics, he has also set goals for himself, "spelling" the word as the head, "in every project participating, we must work towards the best results."
"Didn't you get the gold medal in the hybrid relay?"
"No, I feel like the stress is just beginning." Ren Ziwei smiled, "There are still four projects in the back, whether it is a single event or a relay, I will do my best."
(Source: China Sports News, Text: Wang Xiangna, Li Xiaojie, Wang Xianmin, Ni Minzhe, Produced by Li Zhihua)