Fight for the gold medal, fight for life!
On February 7, 2022, the final of the men's snowboard slope obstacle course at the Beijing Winter Olympics came to an end, and China's Su Yiming won a silver medal, becoming the first Chinese athlete to stand on the podium of the Winter Olympics.
But at the same time, many netizens regretted that Su Yiming completed the difficult action of turning 1800 in two consecutive rounds, but finally only picked up silver with 88.70 points. To this end, a topic of #Why he is not the first # rushed to the hot search.
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After the game, Chinese teenager Su Yiming responded in an interview: "In my third round of competition, I really did not complete the action I wanted to complete, and there was a problem at the start of the jump, so I changed my foot position between the second and third jump platforms, and did not realize the plan." ”
And Su Yiming's coach Yasuhiro Sato also said: "This is a very comprehensive project, want to get a high score must be perfect in every link, this jump may be Xiaoming in the props area has some small mistakes, resulting in losing a little point, this is part of the game, we will not complain about the referee's judgment, I am proud that Xiaoming can achieve such results." ”
Su Yiming said that she was very happy to be able to win the silver medal and stand on the podium with her idol, "Max Parrot (champion) and Mark McMorris (third runner) are both international 'god' skaters and my idols, I grew up watching their videos and imitating their movements. I am honored to be on the podium with them! ”
Su Yiming hugged her idol
Who is the Olympic champion who won Su Yiming?
The gold medalist was Canada's Max Parrot. About Max Parrot, he is currently the number one snowboarder in the world, the athlete with the most Big Air medals in the history of the Norwegian X-Games, a 2018 Olympic medalist and the winner of the 2021 Lawrence World Sports Awards.
On Twitter, his first introduction to himself was — cancer survivors.
Max Parrot's Twitter introduction
Born in 1994 in Quebec, Canada, Max Parrot began his snowboard career at the age of 16 and won numerous medals and applause for his countless jumps and flips.
Max Parrot jumps in the men's large aerial ski competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea
But it was after the silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that his life also underwent a "big reversal". On Christmas Eve that year, Max Parrot was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.
纪录片《MAX — Life as a Gold Medal》
He began to fear death, but more often than not, he was anxious about the future of his snowboarding career. He may miss an entire season because of his illness.
"It was a really tough time and sometimes I felt like a lion in a cage because I couldn't do my favorite thing, which was snowboarding." Max Parrot recalled, "It was the first time in my life that I had to put my skis in the closet. ”
In January 2019, a month after diagnosis, he began a 6-month round of chemotherapy — 12 treatments every two weeks. At the same time, he also brings hope and courage to more patients by documenting his struggle with cancer.
"At the hardest time of my life, getting myself out of trouble wasn't an easy task, but I wanted to help as many people as possible to continue fighting cancer and any challenges in life." Max Parrot recently said in an interview, "I want to inspire people to know that you can fight anything in life, any challenge. ”
Like other lymphoma patients, he also experienced nausea, vomiting, hair loss... Side effects of these treatments. In June 2019, Max Parrot ended his last chemotherapy and announced to the outside world that he had defeated cancer.
On August 31, he returned to X-Games. After a tough and challenging semi-final, he took to the podium and won the gold medal again!
Max Parrot believes that the fight with cancer has further inspired his love of snowboarding and a new understanding of life itself. "Every time I tie my feet to a ski, I'm more grateful than ever. I'm grateful to be able to do more of what I love every day. Max Parrot said, "The more you laugh, the better your life will be." The less pressure on yourself, the less pressure life will put on you. ”
Since then, Max Parrot has made six consecutive big jump podiums, the most big big-hat athlete in X Game's history, and he won Lawrence's "Comeback of the Year Award" in 2021 for his tenacity and perseverance.
The competition is Max Parrot's third time at the Winter Olympics and his first Olympic gold medal. "I tell everyone I want to get a gold medal. It was a really great feeling to win a gold medal on my third Olympics! Max Parrot said.
The scene of the Max Parrot competition at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Max Parrot, who has been a spokesperson for the Canadian Leukemia and Lymphoma Association (LLSC) for the past three years, hopes to raise $100,000 for the Canadian Leukemia and Lymphoma Association by sharing his documentary Lifelong Battle.
Lymphoma is not incurable,
Fight for your life with an Olympic champion!
Lymphoma is one of the common malignancies, of which Hodgkin lymphoma is a curable malignancy that originates in B lymphocytes. In the United States, about 9,000 people are expected to be diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma each year. According to the China Tumor Registry Annual Report, the incidence of lymphoma in mainland China from 2003 to 2013 was about 5/100,000, of which Hodgkin lymphoma accounted for about 10% [1]. The incidence is mostly male patients, the first peak of the age of onset is 15-35 years old, and the second age peak is after 55 years old, which is more common in young people.
Common clinical manifestations of lymphoma
Painless progressive lymphadenopathy is the main feature of lymphoma, but other clinical symptoms are not significantly specific, including unexplained fever (body temperature is usually greater than 38.3 °C), night sweats, weight loss, fatigue, and skin itching. Therefore, as an important sentinel for lymphoma, the monitoring of lymph nodes is particularly important.
The main treatment option for Hodgkin lymphoma
Traditional treatments for hodgkin lymphoma include radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and stem cell transplantation[2], with most early stage patients having a cure rate of more than 85%. In recent years, with the development of new drug research, targeted therapy and immunotherapy have also brought safe and effective treatment options to patients. In the future, it is believed that with the joint efforts of more doctors and patients, the lives of patients can be extended for a longer time.
We expect more cancer fighters to be infected by Max Parrot's tenacity and perseverance. As Max Parrot puts it, "Even though I didn't know if the treatment worked, I never offered cancer a chance to beat me." ”
"NO BAD DAY" - I hope to see every anti-cancer fighter like Max Parrot to defeat cancer as soon as possible and harvest their own life "gold medal"!
Max Parrot | live like a fighter and fight to the limits of his dreams
Resources:
[1].Chinese Medical Journal, 2018,98(28): 2293-2296. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.28.019.
[2] Cheson BD, Fisher RI, Barrington SF, et al. Recommendations for initial evaluation, staging, and response assessment of Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: the Lugano classification. J Clin Oncol 2014; 32:3059.
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