When Zhou Jiaying, who wore the "Dragon Pattern" knee pads on his legs and the "Great Wall" pattern helmet, calmly blocked the last "penalty" of the Japanese team, the girls of the Chinese women's ice hockey team could not contain their excitement, rushed up, and hugged the winning hero.
2 to 1! Chinese women's ice skating not only occupied a favorable position in the quarterfinals of women's hockey at the Winter Olympics with a victory, but also rewrote the historical record of "13 years against Japan". From a 3-1 kill to a 2-1 "point kill" of Japan, Zhou Jiaying, the 26-year-old goalkeeper of Chinese female ice, has once again become the focus of attention – not only because of the title of "Chinese style goalkeeper", but also because of her special experience and love for Chinese culture.
To be able to win this crucial "China-Japan showdown", The goalkeeper of Chinese women's ice, Zhou Jiaying, is indispensable. On social media, her magical performance of saving opponents' penalties for 5 consecutive times has long "blown up" the social network. Before the "penalty shootout", Zhou Jiaying had successfully defused many single-knife attacks of the Japanese women's ice in this game.
But Ms. Zhou said she was actually nervous when she stepped onto the stage for the "penalty shootout," "I believe we'll win, and then think back to the moves that Japanese players like to do." ”
Just before the game, Zhou Jiaying watched the Japanese game video for a long time, carefully analyzed the positions and batting methods of several of their important players, and because of this, Zhou Jiaying himself said, "So in the game I know how they like to play the door, and I can also know what they think." ”
When the reporter in the mixed interview area followed her words and asked, "Is this also related to your identity as a bully", Zhou Jiaying laughed after listening to it, "It is some relationship." ”
Just before becoming a professional hockey player, Zhou Jiaying was a white-collar worker working for an investment firm on Wall Street in the United States. In the early years, she entered The Ivy League's prestigious Princeton University with honors.
During his time in school, Zhou Jiaying also represented the varsity team in a total of 111 games in the NCAA, with an average save rate of 0.92 per game, and was repeatedly named "Best Goalkeeper of the Week" and "Best Goalkeeper of the Month" by the league.
When Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing Club invited her to join professional hockey in 2018, Zhou Jiaying resolutely gave up her job as an investment bank. Subsequently, in the four years of representing Shenzhen in the professional league, Zhou Jiaying won the Title of Russian Women's Ice Hockey League Champion and Best Goalkeeper.
Then, the Chinese and Canadian mixed race girl officially put on the jersey of the Chinese women's ice hockey team and decided to represent China in the Winter Olympics. "I think it's worth it." Just after winning this victory for the Japanese women's ice, a reporter once again mentioned the choice between "investment banking work and going to the Winter Olympics for China", "I have always wanted to play professional ice hockey, played professional games for four years, and have fulfilled my dream." Then I was able to represent China in the Winter Olympics, which made me even happier and prouder. ”
(Source: Network Editor: Zhan Yujing)