Many people have heard this saying: Have you ever seen Los Angeles at 4 a.m.?
Yes, there is no casual success, as strong as NBA superstar Kobe, but also rely on the accumulated efforts, in exchange for today's achievements, in our short track speed skating team, there is also such a self-disciplined, hard-working girl, she is from Heilongjiang Qitaihe Fan Kexin, today, I also want to use such a sentence to describe her: Have you seen the Qitai River at 4 a.m.?
Born into poverty
Fan Kexin was born poor, the whole family relies on his father to repair shoes, a small business life with locks, a small house of more than ten square meters underground, carrying all of Fan Kexin's childhood memories, those days are very bitter, bitter to every time Fan Kexin thinks, she can't help but shed tears, before she was a teenager, she didn't even wear a new dress, either her brother wore a small one, or her mother picked up the second processing from the garbage heap, but it is also this kind of hard day that supports Fan Kexin all the way to today.
Just as the so-called "poor children are early home", Fan Kexin has known how to reduce the burden for her parents since she was a child, every time she comes back from school, she will learn the appearance of her mother, to pick up old paper shells that others do not want, discard mineral water, etc., without caring about the eyes and gossip of her classmates around her, and she also secretly swore that she must let her parents live a good life, and later, Fan Kexin came into contact with skating, because of good coordination, coupled with a strong personality, she was photographed by the coach at a glance.
But unlike other children, although Fan Kexin is 9 years old, but she has no foundation at all, and the family's economic conditions are general, can not afford to buy new skates, can only wear the old shoes picked up by the mother, because the size is not appropriate, Fan Kexin's feet will be worn out every time, fall, wrestling is more common, all over the body is bruised, looking at it is painful, although there have been thoughts of giving up, but calm down, Fan Kexin still decided to grit her teeth and insist, because in her view, she only has to take this road to change the fate of the whole family.
Hard work pays off
In order to improve himself as soon as possible, while not delaying learning, Fan Kexin will get up at 4 a.m. every day, and then follow his father to the nearby outdoor ice rink to practice, the winter of Qitaihe, minus twenty degrees, especially in the early morning, no matter how thick you wear, the cold wind is like a sharp knife, piercing the bone marrow, scraping on the face, it is like a knife cutting pain, adults are still difficult to bear such pain, not to mention a child of several years old, but Fan Kexin persevered, and a practice is 7 years.
Hard work will pay off, at the age of 15, Fan Kexin was picked up by the Heilongjiang provincial team, at the end of the same year in the national competition came to prominence, her sudden rise quickly got the attention of Chinese short track speed skating coach Li Yan, less than a year, Fan Kexin was selected for the national team, and in a few months later, at the World Championships, won the women's 500 meters championship in one fell swoop, at that time Fan Kexin, only 18 years old, soon, she was regarded as the next Wang Mao, the leader of the next Chinese short track speed skating team, however, Although Fan Kexin won 10 consecutive world championships in the next 12 years of her career, on the stage of the Winter Olympics, she always returned because of hate.
Drink hate the Winter Olympics
In the 14-year Sochi Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin, who had high hopes, accidentally fell in the semi-final of the 500 meters and was eliminated miserably, although later in the 1000 meters competition, she completed the counterattack, and in the last 2 laps, she surpassed 2 Korean players to win the silver medal, but overall, Fan Kexin's winter Olympic debut was still slightly regrettable;
18 years of Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, under the attention of all, Fan Kexin once again fell on the stage of the 500-meter semi-final, in the post-game interview, the stubborn Fan Kexin could no longer bear it, shed sad and unwilling tears, she did not explain anything, just choked up and said a word, it was over;
Not only the end of this Olympic Games, it may also be the end of Fan Kexin's career, because she is not sure whether she can still hold out until the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, to know that at that time, she will turn 29 years old, her state and physical fitness will be strictly tested, perhaps, she really wants to take an Olympic silver medal and end her athlete career.
However, after some ideological struggle, Fan Kexin still decided to fight again, although in the past Olympic cycle, she did not achieve too dazzling results, but in the selection competition, Fan Kexin resisted the pressure and won the 500 meters Group A final champion, and in the second selection, she successfully got an Olympic ticket with the first place in women's points, and went to the Winter Olympics for the third time in her career, this time, Fan Kexin never let the champion slip away.
Realize the dream of Beijing
Just a few days, Fan Kexin and Qu Chunyu, Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing teamed up, won the Beijing Winter Olympics mixed men's and women's 2000 meters relay gold medal, 12 years of perseverance, and finally look forward to an Olympic gold medal, after the game, Fan Kexin cried silently, no one knows how much she paid for this moment, how much effort, in addition, Fan Kexin will once again launch an impact on the 500 meters gold medal.
Bless Fan Kexin and look forward to your dream come true on the 500-meter race.