"I really can't believe it, I did it!"
At the "Snow Dragon" race at the National Bobsleigh Center of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the first gold medal born here, the men's single bobsleigh champion, was won by the German Federal Police Ludwig.
It is worth mentioning that this is also the first gold of the German team in this Winter Olympics.
It is reported that Ludwig is a senior German police officer whose profession is that of an instructor at the Sports School of the German Federal Police.
A 35-year-old veteran, Ludwig has been in the bobsleigh world for many years, winning the 2017 and 2020 World Championships, but he has no chance of winning the Olympic gold medal.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Ludwig launched an impact on his last Winter Olympics and swam out of the wonderful competition.
"I haven't qualified for two Olympic Games and finished fourth." He said, "This gold medal proves that I was right to hold on for so long, and now, everything pays off." ”
In the game, Ludwig's performance was wonderful.
On the nearly 1.9 km long ice track, after the first three rounds of skating, Ludwig finished first with a time of 2:51.544.
In the final round of the glide, he showed good form from the beginning and finished the race with a time of 57.191 seconds, ranking first, with a total time of 3:48.735, 0.191 seconds ahead of the second Austrian.
According to Ludwig, before the final, in order to calm his inner emotions, he chose to read novels to help him calm down.
"I read the psychological thriller 'Courier Package' before the fourth round and I read one of the chapters to distract myself." He said, "It's cool, this chapter tells a very exciting story." ”
Cover of the Chinese edition of Express Parcel
Perhaps it was this thriller novel that inspired the police officer to win the gold medal with a perfect performance.
It is reported that "Express Parcel" is a tense and exciting suspense novel, produced by the famous German suspense mystery writer Sebastian, and currently ranks first in the list of major best-sellers in Germany.
At the Winter Olympics, Ludwig relied on this novel to win a gold medal.