Focusing on the Winter Olympics | Su Yiming: My name is "not nervous"

No one could have imagined that Su Yiming would be able to overwhelm a group of snowboard stars and slide into the slope obstacle course final of the Beijing Winter Olympics, after all, this is his first winter Olympic trip. His best result in this season's World Cup is only 6th. But on February 6, in the first round of the Beijing Winter Olympics Snowboarding Men's Steeplechase Qualification Tournament, Su Yiming took out a set of difficult moves and completed it steadily, obtaining a super high score of 86.80 points, ranking first in the qualifiers to advance to the final, which was a full 8.04 points higher than the players who ranked second in the first round of the qualification round.

A total of 30 players participated in this qualifying round, and after two rounds of qualifying, 12 players will enter the final at noon on the 7th, and Su Yiming will be in 28th place to start. When he came to the departure area, the cheers of the mountain tsunami sounded at the scene of the competition, and he was the only Chinese player in this competition.

Su Yiming set off. In the props area, Su Yiming completed two 540-degree rotational actions in a row, and when the "eaves" obstacle was blocked, he even made a vaudeville-like flip action, which caused a lot of applause at the competition scene. Subsequently, Su Yiming continuously completed 1260-degree movements, 1440-degree movements and 1620-degree actions in the jumping platform area, and each action was steadily landed. When Su Yiming slid to the end area, the scene was already completely boiling! Su Yiming also couldn't believe his eyes at all, after watching the live results announcement card play 86.80 points, he kept shouting: "Oh my God! It's incredible, oh my goodness! After the first round of matches, Su Yiming did not give a media interview, but still high-fived with many people on the scene, and then quickly went to the departure area to prepare for the second round.

Before the second round of competition, the slope obstacle course in Genting Ski Park was already crowded with media, because Su Yiming had already made history, he was the first male athlete in Chinese history to participate in the Winter Olympics, and he was also full of gold hopes for the first time, and he was destined to become the "darling" of the media. In the second round of the competition, Su Yiming wanted to challenge more difficult moves but made mistakes, but this did not affect his strong promotion to the final with the first result of the qualification round. Everyone cheered and congratulated him.

Su Yiming came to the mixed interview area, sorted out her clothes, and put on a mask with the national flag printed on it. The media rushed to ask him questions, and he answered them one by one. He said: "I fulfilled my commitment and stood on the stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics. I was very touched by the fact that there were a lot of people supporting me, both in the departures and the ends. My mentality adjusted better in today's race, usually before this kind of competition will make people very nervous, but when I see my family and friends in the departure area, and think of a strong motherland behind me, I feel that there is nothing to worry about and nervous. The only thing I have to do is enjoy the game and focus on the game, including the final. In tomorrow's final, I'll probably choose more difficult moves to get a higher score. ”

Su Yiming was a child star when he was a child, and played the role of "Little Plug" in the movie "Wise Tiger Mountain", which is quite well-known. He once wanted to go the path of a professional actor, snowboarding as a hobby. However, with the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics, he germinated the idea of becoming a professional skier, until he was selected into the Chinese snowboarding national training team in 2018 and officially became a professional skier. He once said in an interview: "For me, from a hobbyist to a professional athlete, I have changed a lot, but I think the only thing that has not changed is the love of snowboarding." ”

Photo by Pan Zhiwang, reporter of the Winter Olympics

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Source Client The Winter Olympics | Reporters Li Yuanfei, Chen Jiakun, and Deng Fangjia

Edited by Han Ye

Process Editor Liu Weili