Written by Liu Lingyu
Editor/Li Xu Liang Lina
Visual/Wang Ye
On February 7, Beijing time, the men's 1000-meter final of short track speed skating began, and China's Ren Ziwei won the championship. Since winning the first gold medal for the Chinese team on February 5, Ren Ziwei has become more and more courageous in the Battle of Vietnam and won the second gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
After getting the first gold, Fan Kexin cried, Wu Dajing choked up, and Ren Ziwei, who was beside him, smiled foolishly and said, "Why don't I cry?" I have fantasized countless times about what I was going to say standing here, but in fact, there is nothing to say here. In fact, it is just happy. ”
On the evening of the 6th, at the Beijing Awards Plaza, when Ren Ziwei hung the heavy gold medal on his neck, he shrugged his shoulders and breathed a long sigh of relief, and then wiped his eyes with his hands, and the man's emotions seemed to be so subtle but strong.
Ren Ziwei of this cycle has transformed, and the former substitute has become the only all-round fighter in the team to participate in the World Cup, the most reliable comrade-in-arms around Wu Dajing, and the "elephant" who shoulders the heavy responsibility in the mouth of his teammates. Ren Ziwei said, "I don't have a particularly weak project, strive to attack the gold medal in every project, go all out to impact the gold medal, every event, every game, every round of the competition, I have done my best to fight!" ”
The gold medal of the mixed relay has opened the first cannon for the Chinese legion, but this is just the beginning, and people are more looking forward to Ren Ziwei, continuing the glory in every subsequent event.
All-around warrior, full competition
The short track speed skating arena is like a battlefield.
Athletes set off, take a quick seat, bend their knees, bend and overtake, every contact between the ice knife and the ice surface, every moment is the collision of speed and passion. The battle of the millimeters is decided in the order of the tip of the knife crossing the finish line. In this ice competition that requires a "knife" to play, there is a pair of orange ice knives, which are particularly conspicuous every time they play.
Orange, which is a vibrant and brilliant color, is the warmest color in the warm color family. This is also very similar to its master, an all-powerful warrior who is always full of energy- Ren Ziwei.
The moment Ren Ziwei sprinted
On February 8, 2020, in the men's 1500m final of the 2019-2020 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Dresden, Germany, after the first corner, Ren Ziwei suddenly accelerated and rushed out. Like a rabbit, he flew out, and after a few laps, he almost slid behind the last player to complete the "snare". Gritting his teeth and stiffly holding his legs, Ren Ziwei crossed the finish line to win a second individual world championship and also made a beautiful start for the Chinese short track speed skating team in the race, breaking the monopoly of South Korean athletes on the men's 1500m championship since Montreal.
1500 meters, there is a double test of the athlete's physical fitness and endurance, this rare opening is the long-distance leading skating method, is Ren Ziwei's classic tactic. With the same tactics, Ren Ziwei has repeatedly reached the top podium.
He also jokingly called himself the "golden oil" of the team. The relay race is a 4-person cooperation, and the absolute strength of the individual is not as good as the team cooperation, especially the mixed relay race, which requires the cooperation of men and women. Girls push boys, often more difficult, easy to have a bad handover, boys need to do some speed in advance to prevent each other from overtaking. Ren Ziwei's protrusion speed is fast, and it can play a role in carrying up and down. As a regular member of the whole cycle of team relay races, Ren Ziwei, the first gold of the mixed relay, naturally contributed to it.
In the four World Cup matches this season, Ren Ziwei has a gold medal in each station, and he is also the only player in the Chinese team to participate in the full event. Ren Ziwei showed the same confidence as ever, and he was "guaranteed" to enter the Winter Olympic squad and said confidently, "I think I have the strength to win gold medals in 5 events." "As the main force in the team, this is Ren Ziwei's consistent trait, and what supports this confidence is excellent strength and continuous efforts."
The metamorphosis of the "elephant"
Ren Ziwei was born in Harbin with a strong ice and snow atmosphere, 8-year-old Ren Ziwei just entered the professional team, once took the bus, saw the electronic screen is playing the clip of Zhou Yang's game, watching Zhou Yang lead, he could not help but straighten his waist, thinking, "I am also a short track speed skater." More than a decade later, he became the protagonist of television.
At the age of 12, it coincided with world champion Wang Hongyang returning to the local team on leave. Ren Ziwei loved to hold Wang Hongyang's world championship gold medal, and after taking a photo with Wang Hongyang, he was still reluctant to let go. After Wang Hongyang took the gold medal back, he told Ren Ziwei that he liked to go later. Ren Ziwei stared at Wang Hongyang's gold medal and said, "I will definitely get it later." ”
Extremely competitive and amazing endurance allowed him to grow rapidly. Today, Ren Ziwei has become the protagonist of television and the master of the Olympic gold medal.
Ren Ziwei in training
Ren Ziwei, who just began to systematically learn speed skating, has experienced two fractures in succession. His family was adamantly opposed to his continued practice. Enlightenment coach Wang Beiming came to talk to him in detail. After making up his mind to continue practicing, he actively cooperated with the rehabilitation training, and after recuperating, he immediately returned to the training ground without delaying the training.
The old disease left by the fracture makes Ren Ziwei often suffer from knee injuries, especially the use of rabbit tactics, the pressure on the knee is particularly large, and during the sprint stage, Ren Ziwei always struggles to support the knee and rush forward. But he never wanted to give up again.
After the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Ren Ziwei was selected to enter the national team. Eight to seven in the morning, boring cycle of training programs, he always stayed until the end, never absent.
Flexible, elegant, is the most common adjective for skaters. Soon after entering the national team, li Yan, the head coach of the national team, gave him a nickname, called elephant, because he "stood still when his legs were up" and slid "bulky", like an elephant.
Another feature of elephants is that they are usually not dazzling, but when they can accelerate, they burst out huge amounts of energy. "Once you rush up, it is difficult for anyone to stop him", this is also Li Yan's evaluation of Ren Ziwei.
Mission: Decisive victory in the thousandth of seconds
Ren Ziwei and the Chinese short track speed skating team brought the first gold of the Beijing Winter Olympics to the Chinese team
"It's not that I'm in good shape, I'm just biting my breath and fighting." Others lamented that he had endurance, and only Ren Ziwei knew what he had paid.
Ren Ziwei's amazing willpower even the "Four Golden King" Wang Meng always sighed. With perseverance and domineering spirit, Ren Ziwei won gold medals in the four World Cups before the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Ren Ziwei's idol is the famous NBA star James, who has multiple James dolls on the bedside. As long as James plays, he will pay attention, "the kind of king domineering spirit in him has always attracted me", Ren Ziwei laughed and called himself the Harbin overlord.
James also had a great influence on Ren Ziwei's life and training. James, who has been the captain for many years, makes Ren Ziwei feel responsible and responsible.
Today, the 24-year-old Ren Ziwei is no longer the youngest member of the team, and he has gradually grown into a backbone, his thinking has changed, and he has begun to feel that the burden on his shoulders is heavier, "I didn't need to do too much when I was a child before, but now I want to stay with the whole team and rush forward." He said.
The Beijing Winter Olympics is "a competition at the doorstep, all the participating projects will go all out", he said, "I did not divide any main events, part-time events, I attach equal importance to each project, I will do my best." ”