On the Beijing Winter Olympics, Han Mei bluntly said that "very proud and satisfied"

With the enthusiastic cheers and cheers of the audience, Han Mei crossed the finish line in the women's 3,000 meters of the first race of the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" on February 5. The 4 minutes 07 seconds 740 is not outstanding, Han Mei said after the game that she only played a "normal level", but was able to climb on the Beijing Winter Olympics and leave her name and results, she bluntly said "very proud and satisfied".

Born in Inner Mongolia in 1998, Han Mei has an avid sports fan father. When Han Mei was 11 years old, because his father admired Wang Meng, he moved the idea of letting his daughter practice short track speed skating, but he did not expect that Han Mei was actually practicing speed skating, and when he watched Han Mei's game for the first time a few years later, his father inexplicably asked: "Why don't you hold the ice like Wang Meng when you skate?" ”

The lack of understanding of ice and snow projects is not only Han Mei's father, even in Han Mei's hometown of Inner Mongolia, the development of ice and snow sports has once encountered bottlenecks. Yang Hongjun, director of the Inner Mongolia Winter Games Center, introduced that between 1998 and 2011, Inner Mongolia had no professional ice and snow sports teams, nor professional competitions, and good seedlings like Han Mei could only train in other provinces, taking advantage of beijing's successful bid for the Winter Olympics, the ice and snow industry in Inner Mongolia developed rapidly, there are currently 61 ice and snow venues in the region, the number of people participating in ice and snow sports exceeded 3 million, and 7 of the 12 league cities have formed ice and snow sports teams.

"As an athlete in Inner Mongolia, in recent years, I have truly felt the rapid development of the ice and snow industry in my hometown, especially after hosting the 14th National Winter Games, the software and hardware of ice and snow sports in my hometown have been qualitatively improved." At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Han Mei became another Inner Mongolian athlete who appeared on the Winter Olympics after Su He in 1980, Wang Guifang in 1984 and Wu Fenglong in 1992, when she and her teammates worked together to win the fifth place in the team pursuit of women, creating the history of the Chinese team in the event.

In the previous World Cup, she helped the Chinese team to obtain 5 Olympic qualifications including women's 1500 meters, 3000 meters, 5000 meters, team chase, collective departure, etc., especially in Norway, the women's 5000 meters skated out of their personal best, directly helping the Chinese women's team achieve the goal of "participating in all projects".

National team coach Liang Linhua introduced that Han Mei's biggest feature is that she can endure hardships. The reporter also observed on the spot, more than two hours before the 4:30 p.m. game, Han Mei had already started ice training with teammate Agenal Adak, when there were less than 5 players on the empty ice rink. Yang Hongjun, who witnessed Han Mei's growth, introduced that Han Mei has an independent personality, must be strong, has good psychological quality, has hard work in training and competition, and has high requirements for himself.

Heaven rewards diligence, this is the motto that Han Mei believes in. After finishing the women's 3000m race in 15th place, Han Mei will then participate in the women's 1500m, 5000m and team chase competition, wishing this "handless ice" girl to skate out of the broader future in the speed skating arena.

(China Sports News)