On the morning of February 10, in the men's singles free skating competition of figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Yusheng Yuxian scored 283.21 points with a song "With Heaven and Earth", missing the "Winter Olympic Triple Championship". Many people know the feather string for the first time, not because they love figure skating sports, but because of the "flying like a surprise, gentle like a dragon" left by the CCTV commentary scene; it is his clean sense of youth and temperament; it is a hot search that is not limited to the game itself again and again... What is the true story of this young and famous "ice king", under the "cloak" of being deified by the outside world?
Recently, "Feather String: The Road of the King", introduced and published by CITIC Publishing Group, can help us understand the world of the ice and snow king more deeply. Since 2007, the author of the book, Mie Noguchi, has been tracking interviews and reporting on Yusei Yusuke, leaving behind a lot of valuable information about all his important matches and transformations in the past decade. Among them, all the materials from 2007 to 2017 were condensed into more than 120,000 words, which detailed the growth process of this "ice king", and even peeled off the "coat" of Yusheng's deified by the outside world layer by layer, showing readers the path of a living, crying, laughing, and skating hard-working teenager, in addition, 16 news pictures were specially selected for readers, showing the agitation of Yusheng's string competition; 16 exquisite photos presented teenagers outside the competition.
Started skating at the age of 4, he is the "Sendai genius mushroom"
On December 7, 1994, in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the Habu family ushered in a new life. His father, Hidetoshi Habu, wanted the boy to grow up to be as relaxed as a bowstring, so he named the newborn "knot string".
Since the age of 4, Yusei has been practicing skating with her sister at the ice rink near her home. As a child, he was weak and suffered from congenital asthma, and his parents only hoped that he would be able to strengthen his body through exercise, but he soon showed extraordinary talent. By the age of 10, he was already known as the "Sendai Genius Little Mushroom", known as mushroom because he liked the Russian "Ice Emperor" Pushshenko, so he had the same mushroom hairstyle, and after winning the first local competition, he held the trophy high, just like Proshenko did in that year.
From an early age, he longed for victory. At the age of 14, he participated in the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the first time. In Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, he performed the famous song "Bolero" from the film Moulin Rouge, which was the first time he stood on the field called "World", and he had a nosebleed of excitement before the game. In this competition, his overall score was ranked 12. Facing reporters after the game, he said in a very young voice: "More than 99% of the people in the world don't know my name yet, so even if I can increase the number of people who know me by 1%, I will fight for it." "The adults at that time may not think it is a childish delusion, but Yusheng knotted the string is serious.
The tempering of the great earthquake made him stronger
March 11, 2011, was a normal day. After the end of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Yu Yusuke increased the amount of training, the quality of the overall jump has improved significantly, and he is full of expectations for the future, hoping to go further in the next season. At 2:46 p.m., a large earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on the Richter scale struck northeastern Japan. Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, where Habu is located, is at the center of the earthquake. Everything around Sendai became devastated and devastated. Everything in life stopped, and the Habu family could only take shelter in the resettlement site for the victims. In the process of evacuation, the most important skates for figure skaters have been completely damaged. During those days, Yu Sheng thought countless times that even living was not a natural thing: "If you continue like this, you can only give up figure skating." "But the deceased is gone, and those who survive must be strong. Figure skating is the kind of sport that feels unfamiliar if you don't practice it all day. Yusei contacted his childhood coach, and nine days after the earthquake, he managed to return to the ice rink exhausted. Training during that period was not stable, and Yu Yu went to multiple ice rinks, participated in 60 ice shows, and trained at intervals. He contributed the unforgettable "Swan Lake" to many audiences, from the initial painful struggle to the opening of his wings, and finally the departure to move forward, just as he was in at that time.
As the new season approaches, Yusei yusho reappears on the field as a brave warrior. In 2012, he participated in the World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, France, and presented the unparalleled "Romeo and Juliet", where passion and performance collided and intertwined perfectly, and in the applause of the drowning music, he performed with his soul.
The mood of that day, he can never forget. It was a cruel and harsh time for the 17-year-old, but he finally overcame his inner uneasiness.
Success and failure, they all became the driving force for him to move forward
In the afterword to Habu Knot: The Path of the King, Noguchi writes that there are many faces, both the side of the ashram who devotes himself to the performance like a monk, the gentle and lovely side like a teenager, and the side that is always grateful for the people and things around him and behaves calmly. In any case, though, what stands out most about him is his side as a sage, who often looks back on his own experiences, thinks deeply, analyzes them, and then figures out what works for him.
Mie Noguchi also shared what she learned about the many effective ways to become the King of Ice and Snow, especially how to mentally adjust herself. For example, the "declaration" is the method that Habu has used the most since childhood. Yusei always said, "I want to win" and "I want to be the champion of the Winter Olympics." After the 2011 earthquake in Japan, he also said when he encouraged himself to change from a "representative of the victims" to a "figure skater": "I told myself that I must express my feelings of 'wanting to win' to the media. If you just think about it in your head, you will forget, and if you say it through words, you will leave a mark in your heart. "Since he left for Toronto at the age of 17, Yu Yu's state of mind has also changed. At this time, he realized the importance of the balance between "calm" and "fighting spirit", "only fighting spirit cannot achieve victory, the important thing is to achieve balance", "although confidence is necessary, but not overconfident", "fighting spirit is important, but it is also important to focus on yourself". In addition, Mie Noguchi also summarized other powerful spiritual methods of Yusuke, such as "Don't pursue zero mistakes or rankings, but focus on every action", "Let the supporters be partners, thank everything, trust everything", "When you succeed, after a short cheer, you must continue to look forward." ”
In Noguchi's view, Habu summed up so many methods in success and failure, and they all became the driving force for him to move forward. "He's growing, winning games, experiencing setbacks and getting older. By recording these days of struggle, I would be overjoyed to be able to show readers how high his fighting spirit and how colorful his life was before the age of 21. ”
Yangzi Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Huang Yanwen
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Source: Purple Cow News