Sean White, who took off his goggles, had tears in his eyes. Just before, he failed to successfully complete his skating in the third round of the men's U-shaped field final at the Beijing Winter Olympics. His final result was locked in as 85.00 points from the second skate, with three more runners ahead, meaning he had missed the podium.
"Wow!" At the moment of Sean White's mistake, The Genting Ski Park's venue B erupted in a sigh. Everyone knows that this is the "last minute" that Sean White has mentioned many times before. From now on, he will still exist in people's hearts as a generation of snowboard gods, according to his own words, he will not leave the arena, will continue to be with friends who love snowboarding, but on the field, people will never see him flying again.
Faced with the powerful impact of the 23-year-old Hirano Bumon and the young generation of snowboarders led by him, Sean White continued to improve his competitive status at the Beijing Winter Olympics. In the preliminaries, he finished fourth and advanced. "I'm not far from the podium?" This is half-joking and self-deprecating, and it also reveals the ambition of the veteran. Sean White was the 2006, 2010 and 2018 Snowboard Men's U-Shaped Track Skills Champion. When he first reached the top of the Olympic Games, he was still a dancing teenager. Now, at the age of 35, when he is still trying to complete two consecutive 1440 jumps in the competition, The Australian Valentino Guselli, who is competing with him, is only 16 years old, and a group of young players have been able to come up with moves that amaze him. "The younger generation has fantastic performances." He said, "Of course I wanted to push my performance in the final slide, but I didn't succeed, but I enjoyed the process very much and I'm very proud of every moment of my career." ”
As he passed the mixed interview area, Sean White cried. As in the preliminaries, he held his own snowboard, interviewed at every TV interview point, and in an hour and a half, almost choked up the not-so-long interview path. In the meantime, he was uncontrollable several times, crouching down and whimpering. "Thank you" and "proud" were the two key words that appeared most frequently throughout the process, and he greeted every athlete who passed by and him, as well as those who asked for signatures.
And not very far from white, Hirano, the silver medalist in men's U-shaped track skills at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, is receiving the award on the podium. As Hirano walked toward the mixed interview area draped in a Japanese flag, a group of Japanese photojournalists just happened to squeeze into a fan not far behind Sean White's interview location, directing Hirano to pose in a fist-swearing position.
After both were in the mixed interview area, Sean White was still interviewing one media outlet after another, and Hirano was interviewed much less often, so he traveled much faster than Sean White. However, just as the new king was getting closer to the old king, Hirano Waso was called by the Japanese team to take a group photo at the end of the track, and the distance between the two was lengthened again. Finally, when Sean White was about to finish the mixed interview area, Hirano came to the adjacent location for an interview. Shaun White, who had finished the interview, didn't leave right away, he took a few sips of water, saw Hirano's interview end, walked over and shook hands with him and hugged him. "Do it again, man." When the two separated for the first time, Sean White did not let go and embraced Peaceful Wildbu dream again. At that moment, the two kings completed the handover, and the men's snowboard U-shaped field opened a new era.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Li Yuanfei, Chen Jiakun, Deng Fangjia, and Pan Zhiwang
Edited by Xie Yongli
Process Editor Liu Weili