Liu Jiayu laughed

Xinhua News Agency, Chongli, Hebei, February 10 Title: Liu Jiayu's laughter

Xinhua News Agency reporters Liu Bo, Zheng Zhi and Yang Kai

In the Genting Ski Park under the blue sky and white clouds, Liu Jiayu's braids that will "fly" are like flying wings, taking her to spin in the U-shaped field.

In the Beijing Winter Olympics snowboarding women's U-shaped track skill final on the 10th. Liu Jiayu, who made his sixth appearance, made two consecutive misses and ranked eighth with only the third jump. But Liu Jiayu still walked off the field with his trademark smile, and there was no trace of loneliness in his eyes.

In the face of a group of masters, Liu Jiayu had to "amplify the move" as soon as he came up, ready to make a two-week backflip of the front blade of the front foot, but regretted that there was a mistake. The second round came up with a set of relatively novel moves, but unfortunately there was a mistake when the reverse foot turn 720. After two rounds, it was last of the 12 players.

At this time, Gu Ailing was also at the scene to cheer for her.

After the first two jumps, Liu Jiayu decided to give it a go in the third round. A series of actions such as the reverse foot forward blade into the pool, the outward turn 720 and the front flip were completed in one go, and the game was successfully completed.

"The last jump was boring, and I wanted to enjoy everything I could do in the moment." Liu Jiayu said.

Even if the competition failed to win the ideal gold medal, Liu Jiayu, who is no longer young, still said that in the next four years, she will still insist on it, just to realize her Olympic gold medal dream.

"Get the gold medal!" The silver medal has been taken, and nothing else can be taken. ”

Competitive sports always have to be won or lost. As the "elder of the four dynasties", Liu Jiayu has maintained a very high competitive standard for a long time, reaching the final of four Winter Olympic Games, and the lowest result is also the ninth place in Sochi in 2014.

2010 in Vancouver is guarded. Liu Jiayu said that because I didn't know enough about snowboarding at that time, and I couldn't talk about how much I loved it, I raced for the sake of going to the competition.

In 2014, I wanted to fight in Sochi. "But there is no certain accumulation of training, because of injuries and other factors, and finally achieved the ranking is average." Liu Jiayu said.

Before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Liu Jiayu staged a nightmare in training, her right shoulder was seriously injured, and there were 3 major surgeries before and after, which almost made her say goodbye to skiing.

This girl who had been practicing martial arts since she was a child was confused. Do you stick to your dreams, or just leave. Liu Jiayu chose the former, and after a complete recovery after 2015, she returned to the team to train again.

Jumping, taking off, landing, tens of thousands of training actions, just for the wonderful performance of that moment on the field, the thrill of each leap in the U-shaped groove, only she knows in her heart.

At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Liu Jiayu summed up the experience of the previous two sessions. "I went to enjoy the project and did it without regrets." In the end, Liu Jiayu stood out among the strong European and American professional players and won a valuable silver medal, achieving a breakthrough of "zero" medals in the mainland in this project.

In front of the camera, people also know this smiling Chinese girl, who uses her strength to tell the world: in the U-shaped pool of snowboarding, Chinese can also fight for a place.

Three Olympic Games, she grew from a little girl to a mature athlete.

At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Liu Jiayu still had to fight again.

"I want to spell it out, haha!" She said after the game. Speaking of defending champion Chloe King. "Although the American players have difficult movements, we also have our own style and characteristics. I believe that as long as I can make everything I have, I will definitely be able to defeat her in the future. ”

The Winter Olympics are not the end for her...

"Come to Japan for a long time." In an interview after the game, Liu Jiayu laughed many times. At nearly thirty years old, she is still exploring the upper limit of her abilities. During the Beijing Winter Olympics cycle, she developed several new moves and successfully used them in competitions.

"From start to finish, whether it's my fourth Olympics or the next, the reason I stuck with it was because I believed I could have a better breakthrough, and it turned out that my ideas and decisions were right." Liu Jiayu said, "My goal is to continue to improve and make breakthroughs, not only to break through myself, but also to break through the upper limit of the lifespan of female athletes in this sport." ”

Spending 16 years with the snowboard U-shaped venue has given Liu Jiayu a new understanding of the project.

"When you really love this sport, in the end it's not just gold for your purpose, it's more about how you can have fun and enjoy the day's game." Liu Jiayu said that the competition is to present my best state to all the audiences and show the charm of the sport for everyone.

Liu Jiayu said that she most wanted to say to the audience: "After watching this game, you will see the attitude of snowboarding, whether you have any problems in life or problems on skiing." As long as you believe in yourself, you will definitely be happy and enjoy the exercise process. ”

"It's not sad to be funny, but I love skiing and I'll grow old with snowboarding." Liu Jiayu said on social media after the game.

This may be the reason why she is a little sad, but always smiling. (End)