Source: CCTV
CCTV News: The Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, and many viewers are very concerned about the performance of Chinese players. In fact, in addition to the Chinese players, many foreign players have untold stories behind them. Some of them left their hometowns to chase their dreams, and some of them went to the field with family dreams, and today we will talk about their stories.
Lotit: Persevere for your dreams
Leave your hometown for your dreams. 18-year-old Canadian player Lotit was fascinated by ski jumping as a teenager. However, in 2018, the jumping platform used at the Calgary Winter Olympics was closed due to poor operation, and there was a lack of venues suitable for young snow jumpers in Canada, so many of Lotit's friends quit the sport, and the young she was reluctant to give up and went to Slovenia to train at the age of 13. Her dream is to become the first Canadian ski jumper to win an Olympic medal, and the Beijing Winter Olympics is her dream come true.
Canadian ski jumper Alexandria Lotit: It's amazing, "Snow Ruyi" is very beautiful, there are a lot of girls I know well here, they are very unusual, it's really great to be able to compete with so many good girls in such a great place.
On February 5, the Beijing Winter Olympics ski jumping women's individual standard platform competition began, but in the first round of the competition, Lotit was cancelled because the length of the snowboard did not meet the standard, and did not qualify for the final. Fortunately, this year's Winter Olympics added a ski jumping mixed team competition, and after sorting out the mood, Lotit and his teammates fought for the bronze medal for the Canadian team and realized their dreams.
Canadian ski jumper Alexandria Lotit: My team and I proved ourselves to the world, showed our ability, we can do it.
Kumari Tashvili: In the name of sledding
In the men's single bobsleigh race, 21-year-old Saba Kumaritashvili became the first Georgian to compete in the Winter Olympic bobsleigh competition, while also fulfilling his cousin's unfulfilled Olympic dream. In 2010, hours before the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Saba KumariTashvili's cousin Nodar accidentally fell off the track during training and tragically died, at the age of 21, and could have become the first Georgian athlete to compete in bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics. Now, 12 years later, in the men's bobsleigh competition, Saba successfully completed the race, although the results are not outstanding, but the significance of it is self-evident.
Saba Kumaritashvili, a member of the Georgian bobsleigh team: I love speed, my family loves sledding, all my knowledge of sledding comes from my family, and my dream has come true.
Zogler: Female inheritor
There is also a legendary presence in the world of sledding, and he is Amin Zogler. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the Winter Olympics, having won medals at the Winter Olympics for six consecutive years. Now his daughter Nina Zoegler is also a bobsleigh athlete. Wearing the aura of a father may also be a kind of pressure for Nina. In the first round of the women's single bobsleigh event at the Winter Olympics, Nina was still a little nervous and made mistakes, but then she gradually found the feeling of the game and became more confident. After three rounds of slabing, Nina's results have continued to improve and are now in the final round.
Italian bobsleigher Nina Zogler: My goal is to come here, to China, to stand on the Olympic stage. I enjoyed the moment, enjoyed the game, thank you for paying attention to my game, I love all of you.