One week, two weeks, three weeks, four weeks... On the ice at the Capital Gymnasium, Japan's Yusuke Yusuke challenges Axel to jump around in the men's singles free skating competition. Turned around, but failed to stand, fell on the ice, did not qualify for three consecutive championships, only ranked fourth.
Known as the 4A, this action has been hailed as the "jewel in the crown of figure skating", which has not been conquered by any player on the official competition field before, and it is also the first time it appears in the Winter Olympic games. In fact, Yu Sheng's failure was not unexpected, in the previous warm-up, he twice tried to fall on the ice. But this did not shake his determination to try in the official competition, and he did not hesitate to lose the championship. There is only one reason for this, "I hope I can improve and become the first person to complete this action in the game." ”
Two days ago, in the final of the women's freestyle ski jumping event, 18-year-old Chinese athlete Gu Ailing chose a 1620 that he had never practiced in his own way but had imagined in his mind. After the game, she said lightly about her "divine stroke", "I just want to do a move that I have never done before, I want to surpass myself, and it doesn't matter if I can succeed." ”
Similar ideas, the same choices, but very different results. Gu Ailing, who succeeded in the challenge, won the championship and won the praise of the world, and the feathered knot that fell on the ice also received countless applause and respect. "An action that no one has ever done is certainly difficult, let alone a difficult move at the age of 27 on the trip to the third Olympic Games, and the spirit of Feather String is admirable." Jin Boyang, a Chinese player who competed with Yusheng and set the best performance in his personal Winter Olympics, said so after the game.
In fact, not only Gu Ailing and Yusheng knotted, since the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, so not only the results, not only win or lose, but only to enjoy the challenge of themselves, surpass themselves, and realize the Olympic dream at the Winter Olympic Games. What is particularly moving is the scene at the men's U-shaped track skill qualification tournament on Snowboarding on February 9, where Chinese teenager Gao Hongbo only did some basic moves, not even an aerial turn, only scored the lowest 15 points in the game, and laughed happier than the first place after the game. The truth is that he broke his ankle before the game, and when he left the game, he had to go to the hospital for surgery. Sliding up this time, he only realized his Olympic dream.
The Olympics are not just champions. For more and more players, especially the younger generation of athletes, their knowledge and understanding of competitive sports is also getting younger, and they are more integrated with their own personality and charm while pursuing the Olympic spirit of "faster, higher, stronger and more united".
Text/Hubei Daily reporter Tong Junpeng Guo Xiaoming sent from Beijing
Video/Hubei Daily reporter Guo Xiaoming from Beijing, People's Daily
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