Zhu Yi's mood returned to normal, and on February 8, she appeared in the audience of the free skating men's short program competition to take photos with Russian talented girls Sherbakova and Jin Boyang. Zhu Yi was wearing a mask, more than scissor hands, and from the look of her appearance, she was in a good mood. Many people are speaking out for Zhu Yi, Gu Ailing hopes that everyone will tolerate Zhu Yi, and Professor Ma, a colleague of Zhu Yi's father, Professor Zhu Songchun, has also spoken out on social media.
Professor Ma is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He said on Weibo: "Zhu Yi is the daughter of my colleague's old friend Professor Zhu Songchun. She won the American Figure Skating Championship. Our colleagues have always been privately proud that he has such a wonderful daughter. Later, she returned to China to represent her motherland, and we were also very pleased. Because of some mistakes, the remarks that have occurred on the Internet these days have shocked me greatly. ”
Professor Ma also stressed: "The vast majority of these people simply do not understand the pressures faced by young athletes competing at the highest level in the world. The confrontation of sports competition and the politicization of athletes' personal identity are exactly contrary to the Olympic spirit. An excellent young athlete returned to his homeland and hoped that the Chinese people would give some gratitude, understanding and encouragement. This doesn't seem to be too demanding, right? ”
Born and raised in the United States, Zhu Yi won the National Figure Skating Championships Rookie Division in January 2018, joined The Chinese in 2019, and began representing China in international competitions.
As Professor Ma said, many people don't understand the pressure of young athletes facing the world's highest level of competition, such as the Olympic Games. Zhu Yi obviously did not have the same good mentality as Gu Ailing, and in the short program and the free skating project, Zhu Yi made mistakes.
Many people criticize Zhu Yi, in fact, the most important reason is that China's figure skating selection is not transparent enough, and the details of the match video and scoring are not announced, and many people are crying for Chen Hongyi. If the Chinese team publishes the information that Zhu Yi did defeat Chen Hongyi through the selection competition, then there will not be much doubt about Zhu Yi.
Things have happened, Zhu Yi can only face it calmly, she also has to participate in the competition of personal projects, looking forward to her rising out of the shadows. At least from today's situation, her condition is recovering well.