If 8 years ago at the Sochi Winter Olympics, The free skating program "The Best Of Proshenko" prepared by Pushchenko was a gorgeous curtain for the world, then Yusheng's "Heaven and Earth" at the Beijing Winter Olympics today is to give himself a pure farewell to the British.
Before today's men's singles free skating start, I sincerely hope that Yusuke Yusuke can create a miracle that belongs to him and the Olympic spirit, although after the short program he is more than 10 points away from the first place, if he can complete the 4A flawlessly, if...
Looking back eight years ago, before the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, when Yusuke Habu first appeared at the Winter Olympics, before the men's singles free skating tournament, my attitude towards Yusheng was completely opposite to now. Especially because before the men's singles free skating start, Plushenko announced that he was retired due to injury, and with his age and state at the time, retiring also meant retiring with the last regrets. As a "Puhuang" iron fan, I liked his kind of open and closed Russian gorgeous aesthetic expression, and I really couldn't appreciate the style of Habu knot strings at that time. More importantly, for me, Yu Sheng is the one who pushed the "Emperor Pu" off the "throne", and he didn't even have time to have a real-knife and real-gun Olympic ice duel, just because a retirement, a crown and so on.
Plushchenko at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Courtesy of Visual China
In accordance with the mentality of "black powder", I always "checked" and "examined" each season of Yusheng's string with a doubly critical eye, looking for those places where he was inferior to "Pu Huang", to prove that his victory was just a flash in the pan.
However, I was disappointed, in terms of technology, artistic expression, the fighting spirit on the field and the treatment of people off the field, he could not find any flaws; from another point of view, I ignited the hope of chasing the figure on the ice. As a fan of athletes, I like not only the outside, but also the spirit of fighting with the determination to burn life.
The first time I changed my mind about him was when I saw a video from 2014. During a warm-up before the China Cup, Yusheng and Yan Han accidentally collided, and both were injured. Yusheng knots have a hemostatic sticker on his chin and a bandage wrapped around his head. The pre-match injury affected the player's performance, he fell twice in the first half, what kind of mood he was in at this moment, others can not guess, we can only see that he still calmly completed the second half of the event. His face was full of scars and his hair was messy, but he didn't make people feel embarrassed, and the look in his eyes at the end of the moment was exactly the same as when he won the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and lost the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Habuyuki participates with a wound. Courtesy of Visual China
This follow-up performance, which was called "Blood Phantom" by ice fans (the soundtrack of the show was "Phantom of the Opera"), became a classic, not because of the high quality of completion, but because of his momentary integration with the talented and fate-tormented male protagonist of "Phantom of the Opera".
And it was this classic rendition that I felt for the first time the huge explosive power and perseverance hidden under Yusheng's seemingly thin body.
The free skating program that Proshenko arranged for himself before retiring at the Sochi Winter Olympics was "The Best of Plushenko", a brand new arrangement and choreography, listing the most famous programs in his history, such as "300 Years of St. Petersburg", "The Godfather", "Dedicated to Nijinsky", "Love Tango", etc., which was a strong and gorgeous farewell, although at that time his state was seriously affected by injuries and the technical difficulty was no longer as good as that of later young players, but he reviewed his past brilliant achievements through this way." Slide a personal biography on the ice with a knife blade".
Proshenko at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Courtesy of Visual China
Yusheng Chose "Heaven and Earth" for the final battle of his Beijing Winter Olympics, and his own interpretation is that the story and music of this historical figure are in line with his own current state of mind. Before the game, more people may still have the impression that his memory point is still stuck in the "burning love anime teenager", and the two-time Winter Olympic champion who has had a smooth career path, why do they need to take such a tragic soundtrack to describe their state of mind.
Yusheng knotted at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Li Zhanjun, Southern Metropolis Daily
But in fact, in the two years before this, because of the epidemic and other reasons, Yu yu yu string is insisting on training alone, he is bent on challenging the "human limit" 4A, in the training and competition to complete the quality of the ups and downs, coupled with the impact of age and injury, this former "hot-blooded teenager", this time is indeed holding the "lifelong suspense" mentality he has always adhered to on the field, he can accept imperfection, he can accept failure, and even predicted failure, but he is going to dance his impossible 4A on the Winter Olympics. His choice of "Heaven and Earth" is to use such a sad and resolute musical tone to accompany himself to such a brilliant farewell.
From The gorgeous curtain call of Proshenko to the decisive goodbye of Yusei, it feels like only 8 years. In fact, if you like an athlete, you will definitely learn to accept failure and say goodbye, and accompany him through the "peak to retirement" section. But in this process, the moments that can be left to us that can be touched and burned are the companionship of each other for a lifetime.
【Author】 Liang Yan; Li Zhanjun
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client
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