The gold medal in the freestyle ski aerial skills mixed team competition is regarded by many as the pocket of the Chinese delegation. After all, as a new project of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation gathered a number of veterans, including xu Mengtao, the fourth-term elder, and did their best. Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu, born in 1990, are old and strong, and the success of Ruka Station in Finland has made the outside world full of confidence in them.
However, Jia Zongyang, who is known for his steadiness, made a mistake, and with the unbearable roar he issued when he landed, the Chinese delegation lost the gold medal that could almost be regarded as tailor-made. Although they are very sorry, Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu still intimately comfort Jia Zongyang: We are a whole, and we must bear all the results together.
As the oldest female freestyle skiing aerial athlete at the Winter Olympics, when many people see Xu Mengtao's name, their first reaction is: She has not yet retired? Nicknamed "Peach Stick", Xu Mengtao has been old and new as the eldest sister many years ago, shouldering the inheritance of the Chinese ski team, and as a result, the newcomers she came out of were all swept away by the big waves, and Xu Mengtao was still in the old with the new.
For so many years, Xu Mengtao did not think about quitting, she has been asked to retire by her mother more than once, especially in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics because of the mistakes in the Waterloo, she was in tears after the game, and also moved the idea of retirement. But after calming down, Xu Mengtao still gritted her teeth and persevered, because she had a dream in her heart, in her words: "I am the girl who fights for the gold medal." I don't want to retire, my dream is still there, and I don't want to give up. ”
In this way, Xu Mengtao walked out of the shadow of defeat and actively participated in the preparation cycle of the Beijing Olympic Games. With amazing perseverance, Xu Mengtao overcame obstacles, including injuries, and miraculously returned to the top, with big and small medals being soft. Today's Xu Mengtao not only masters the most difficult technical movements of women in the world, but also rides the dust and is proud of the crowd in hard honors. With the re-entry of the Canadian leg on January 6, Xu Mengtao is also the freestyle skiing aerial skill athlete who surpassed the legendary Australian athlete Cooper and won the most World Cup titles.
What Xu Mengtao lacks, and what she has been fighting for, is an Olympic gold medal that fulfills her wish. Unfortunately, she once again fell to the last moment of standing on the top olympic podium. Just like the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, Xu Mengtao, who played well, was once just one step away from the gold medal, but belarusian veteran Ella successfully stole the championship. At that time, Xu Mengtao was not too upset, she knew that the era that belonged to her had come, and there was an opportunity in the future. Unexpectedly, 8 years later, history repeats itself, and the arrival of the second Olympic silver medal is quite helpless.
What many people don't know is that Xu Mengtao is the granddaughter of the famous storyteller Liu Lanfang, and her name was given to her by her grandfather. Teacher Liu Lanfang's book review, can always portray the heroic image in the book vividly, looking at the future Xu Mengtao, can always think of the book's Mu Guiying, Fan Lihua, such a heroic, white-clad heroine image. Xu Mengtao practiced gymnastics at the age of four, born with divine power, and made rapid progress; at the age of 12, he changed to skiing, studied under the famous teacher Chen Hongbin, and since then he has been out of control, and his achievements have soared, taking the first national championship after 3 years, taking the world rookie trophy and entering the national team after 5 years, and winning the first world championship after 9 years.
The smoothness of the early stage has highlighted the difficulty of Xu Mengtao waiting for the entire four Olympic Games, and it is very simple to give up, which is rare for more than ten years of perseverance and determination to match words and deeds. After regretting picking the silver, Xu Mengtao has completed the adjustment of mentality, "What we have to do is to adjust the mentality of the individual as soon as possible and prepare for the next personal competition, which is the most important thing at the moment." "I believe that Xu Mengtao can keep the clouds open to see the moon, peach stick, you are still great!"