Who says the Winter Olympics have nothing to do with basketball. The national goddess Gu Ailing is not only a model, a bully, a snow champion, after the Beijing Winter Olympics won the championship, some media posted a video of Gu Ailing playing that year, which can really be said to be heroic. Ren Ziwei, who won the men's 1000m final in the short track speed skating the night before, is more obsessed with basketball, and his favorite player is LeBron, the core of the Lakers today.
Before the Beijing Winter Olympics, many people may not know who Ren Ziwei is, but after winning the 1000 meters, Ren Ziwei became a household name. Many netizens poured into Ren Ziwei's social media, and they were surprised to find that in 2018, Ren Ziwei had posted a number of photos of himself wearing a LeBron James jersey.
However, the identity of Ren Ziwei Zhan Mi is not something that netizens have seen several photos of Ren Ziwei and James, and they have associated it out of thin air, but Ren Ziwei personally admitted it. In March 2018, the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics ended, and After a short break, Ren Ziwei and his teammates had to go to the Short Track Speed Skating World Championships.
In the capital airport terminal, Ren Ziwei posted a large poster made by a netizen, and a photo of pushing a suitcase and about to leave, and what is more striking is that in the middle of these two pictures, Ren Ziwei posted a large poster of James getting the best player of the month in February of that year.
During February 2018, James performed heroically, averaging 27 points, 10.5 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game, and interestingly, that month's Western Conference best of the month was James' current teammate, Anthony Davis, who was still playing for the Pelicans at the time.
In early February, the NBA announced the best winners of the East-West Monthly Awards, and a week later, Ren Ziwei posted such a picture on social media, which seemed to be "planned for a long time". Ren Ziwei writes in the caption, "The last battle. "It was Ren Ziwei's last major game of the season, and of course, LeBron James's last season with the Cavaliers.
Seeing Ren Ziwei's NBA iron fan attributes, some female fans ridiculed, "Wait for your triumph, Ren Ziwei refuel, Ren Ziwei is the coolest." PS, the second one, Kumi is still not convinced. But then there was a response from James fans, "Jamie ecstatic." ”
After leaving Beijing, the Chinese short track speed skating team quickly reached Montreal. But the match will not start until March 16, and Ren Ziwei, who is eager to play, posted some selfies of himself and wrote, "Waiting for the game has lost his mind." ”
Among these photos, a selfie of Ren Ziwei wearing a James sweatshirt is particularly eye-catching. In the comment area, some netizens asked, is it LeBron Jameswei? And Ren Ziwei responded after seeing it, "It's me Nangang LeBron." "Nangang LeBron here obviously refers to the Nangang District of Harbin, Ren Ziwei is an outstanding graduate of The Qingbin Primary School in Nangang District, obviously, Ren Ziwei's reply is somewhat ridiculous.
At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Ren Ziwei helped the Chinese short track speed skating team to win the runner-up in the men's 5,000-meter relay, and at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Montreal, Ren Ziwei won the runner-up in the men's 500 meters. After experiencing the test of the big game continuously, Ren Ziwei finally had some time to adjust, of course, Ren Ziwei also had more time to pay attention to James's performance in the playoffs that year.
How much Ren Ziwei loved James that year, after opening a short video, Ren Ziwei sent a video tribute to old Zhan, when Ren Ziwei took off six James-related jerseys in 15 seconds, and even the slippers were knight's.
Shortly thereafter, Ren Ziwei posted a photo of himself wearing a James Cavaliers jersey and sitting on the elevator to take pictures.
Although he did not win the final championship, LeBron James still won the respect of everyone that season. In the case of the Decline of the Cavaliers, James completed the first full attendance in the regular season, and in the playoffs, he led the team all the way to the Finals again. Although the Cavaliers lost 0-4 against the powerful Warriors, during the Finals that year, James averaged 34 points, 8.5 rebounds and 10 assists per game.
Obviously, Ren Ziwei also saw james that year as a driving force. When the new NBA season began, for Ren Ziwei, it was actually a new season, when James had already switched to the Los Angeles Lakers, and Ren Ziwei was also in training, wearing the James Lakers version of the No. 23 T-shirt.
From Cleveland to Los Angeles, Ren Ziwei's love for James has not changed at all, and whenever he has time, he will watch the live broadcast of James' games. At the head of the bed in Ren Ziwei's dormitory, there are two James dolls.
As we all know, James is very versatile, almost no weaknesses, and Ren Ziwei's enlightenment coach Wang Beiming also said when evaluating Ren Ziwei, "Ren Ziwei is very powerful, in Northeast Chinese, it is more 'tiger momentum', more fierce, more comprehensive physical fitness, almost no weaknesses." ”
Although the talent is outstanding, but Ren Ziwei's short track speed skating road is full of bumps, in 2010 and 2011, he once suffered two consecutive fractures because of the competition, Ren Ziwei's family even planned to let the child give up short track speed skating, but under the repeated communication and persistence of the enlightenment coach, Ren Ziwei returned to the field. In the spring of the following year, Ren Ziwei won the provincial championship. Suffering two consecutive years of fractures, after returning to get the championship, many people lament ren ziwei's strength, so during that time, ren ziwei has another nickname of "ren strong".
In the nineteenth season of his career, LeBron James is still the league's top superstar, and Ren Ziwei's hard training can really be said to be on par with old Zhan. "Every day I train from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., I always stick to the last guy. Even after suffering from a knee injury, I still insisted on being on the training ground and the arena and never missing out," Ren Ziwei once said.
However, compared with nicknames such as South Gang LeBron, short track James, and Ren Jianqiang, one of the nicknames that everyone is more familiar with Ren Ziwei may still be "elephant", or "ice elephant". This nickname was given by coach Li Yan when Ren Ziwei first entered the national team, and then spread among teammates and fans. "It may be that when I first came to the national team, I was bigger, the skating was heavier, it was slower. In the middle, everyone has been calling it that, and I am used to it," Ren Ziwei said.
However, everyone seems to prefer another version of Coach Li Yan, once Ren Ziwei rushes up, it will give people a feeling of courage and unstoppable, like an elephant. I don't know if that kind of impact will make everyone think of LeBron, who is invincible in the fast attack.
Entering a new Olympic cycle, preparing for the Olympic Games on the doorstep, the pressure on elephants is obviously greater, Ren Ziwei has updated social media less and less frequently, and his main energy has been completely focused on short track speed skating. Now, if you want to watch him take off 6 pieces of clothing to pay tribute to James on Ren Ziwei's social media, you can't even see it.
Therefore, when Ren Ziwei liked James and when he began to watch basketball, the final answer can only be revealed by himself. Because Ren Ziwei has a hobby that fans don't like very much, that is, manual deletion. After the general athlete wins the gold medal, the major officials will automatically send social media for the athletes to celebrate, but netizens found that after the mixed 2000-meter relay won the gold, the first two social media sent by the official were deleted.
Of course, you can understand Ren Ziwei, a day later, Ren Ziwei will also compete in the short track speed skating men's 1000 meters. Perhaps it was also on this day that many people felt the charm of short-track speed skating for the first time. At the last moment of the game, Ren Ziwei lost to Liu Shaolin, and at that time, many netizens may still be feeling sorry for Ren Ziwei. But a few minutes later, after the referee played back through video, he ruled that Hungary's Liu Shaolin had fouled, and Ren Ziwei finally won the championship.
This feeling of being left to death and being born later may remind you of the NBA's countless classic killing moments, and of course it may also be a series of magical reversals, such as the equally magical 2016 Finals, where the Cavaliers completed a miraculous reversal when they were 1-3 behind in total scores.
However, compared to Ren Ziwei's final victory, one thing that makes everyone feel more tearful may be that in the short track speed skating 1000 meters final, Wu Dajing helped Ren Ziwei to hold the position in the case of physical weakness, and touched Ren Ziwei's hand, signaling his teammates to go first. Short track speed skating seems to be a more personal honor project, but here in Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing, you feel the team spirit that belongs to us.
In Ren Ziwei's top Weibo, the content is a summary of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, he congratulated his "brother Jing", and also encouraged himself not to forget his original intention, writing down China's victory, China NO.1. Four years later in Beijing, Ren Ziwei fulfilled his promise, and when Wu Dajing touched Ren Ziwei's hand and signaled him to go first, what everyone saw might be the "Zhan Wei Connection" that belonged to China's short track speed skating.