Guangzhou, 10 Feb (Xinhua) -- The men's single skating venue for figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics has attracted everyone's attention.
On February 10, Japan's Yu Yusuke yusuke competed in the men's singles free skating competition in figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Can
Japan's Yu Yusuke, who previously ranked eighth in the short program and trailed the American player Chen Wei by nearly 19 points, appeared in the free skate, and the first jump action was to challenge the unprecedented Axel around the jump (4A).
He knows that "4A" does not bring him a gold medal - in the ISU's scoring rules, "4A", although ranked first, is only 1 point higher than the second-ranked action, which is far from making up for the 19-point gap.
Taking off, spinning, and falling on the ice, Yu Yu eventually finished fourth and missed the medal.
Japan's Yu Yusuke attempted Axel's four-way jump in the Men's Singles Free Skating Competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 10 (stitched photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Can
The audience sighed - if he is not obsessed with challenging 4A and reducing the difficulty, he is likely to present a splendid and perfect performance to the world and win a medal.
Many people are looking forward to seeing Yusheng perform a flawless audio-visual feast, because his artistic expression has captured the hearts of too many people. The beauty of figure skating is the beauty of music and dance that combines visual and auditory senses, so that people are overwhelmed by it in the time of a song. Yusei can interpret this to the extreme, which makes countless audiences intoxicated. However, his lonely challenge tells people that the core of figure skating beauty is still the beauty of sports.
Champions are never the only meaning of sport. More important than challenging the opponent is to challenge oneself and challenge the human limits that one represents. Beyond gold, silver and bronze is faster, higher and stronger. The challenge is not completely successful, but why is the lack of regret not another beauty? Just as all athletes spin and jump, fall and get up again and again, their courageous fighting posture will be engraved on the Olympic scroll forever.
At the end of the curtain, Yu Sheng gently touched the ice under his feet. At this moment, on the ice surface of the Capital Gymnasium, the Olympic light shines.