In the ice hockey group stage of the Winter Olympics on February 6, Chinese goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying was like a god helper against Japan, and he repeatedly saved the opponent's single knife ball in the regular season and extra time, and the penalty shoot-out was a clean sheet for the Japanese team, becoming the key player for the Chinese team to win 2-1.
After the start of the game, the Japanese team played the characteristics of rapid attack, and the defensive pressure of the Chinese goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying was not small, especially when there were 2 minutes left in the first game, the Japanese team took advantage of more and less opportunities to score a goal, and Zhou Jiaying was completely irresponsible for this goal. In the three sets of matches, she repeatedly resisted the japanese team's shots, especially in the second and third sets, she had a wonderful performance of saving the opponent's single knife ball, and the goal was no longer broken by the Japanese team, and the score was always maintained at 1-1. Entering extra time, Zhou Jiaying continued his excellent form, and once again blocked the opponent's single knife ball in the final stage, dragging the game into a penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, Zhou Jiaying saved the shots of all 5 players of the Japanese team in succession, helping the Chinese team to finally defeat the Japanese team 2-1.
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Zhou Jiaying's mother is a Chinese, his father is Canadian, as a naturalized player of the Chinese ice hockey team, there may not be too many Chinese fans familiar with Zhou Jiaying, but she has actually won the honor of the young world championship in the international ice hockey arena.
In the 2012-2013 season, Zhou Jiaying was selected for the Canadian U18 national team and participated in the World Youth Championships. In the final game, he successfully defended 39 of the 40 shots against his opponents, helping Canada defeat the United States in extra time and win the championship. In 2013, she was also selected for the Canadian National Training Team at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Zhou Jiaying is not only a good ice hockey goalkeeper, but also a school bully. In 2012, zhou Jiaying, an outstanding student, entered the prestigious Ivy League university Princeton University, where he represented the varsity team in 111 games with an average save rate of 0.92 per game. He has been named "Goalkeeper of the Week" and "Goalkeeper of the Month" by the league many times.
After graduating, Zhou Jiaying did not continue his hockey career, but went to work on Wall Street and became a fund analyst working on Wall Street.
Although born in Canada, Zhou Jiaying has never forgotten her Chinese ancestry, starting in her sophomore year, she studied Chinese at Princeton University for 3 years, "I am very motivated to do this because I want to communicate with my grandfather, he can only speak Mandarin." 」 This is also the way I connect with my Own Chinese ancestry. Looking back now, I am very happy that I learned Mandarin myself. By studying Chinese and living in China, I am now more connected to China and Chinese culture. ”
Participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics is Zhou Jiaying's dream, but last November she fractured her left ankle in training, almost shattered her dream, fortunately the injury recovered quickly, 7 weeks later she returned to the ice rink, stood on the Beijing Winter Olympics, and became the key player in the Chinese team to win.