The Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in a "super weekend" today, with the finals of several competitions played in 3 days. Today's latest finish is the men's steel frame bobsleigh race, and the 4th round of the final round will start at 21:55 pm, a "seamless docking" short track speed skating race. The men's steel frame snowmobile is the first event in this sub-event to determine the gold medal, and the two Chinese players Yan Wengang and Yin Zheng have the opportunity to hit the medal, which is worth paying attention to.
From 0 to 1: A good start, half the battle
The steel frame snowmobile has a history of "three in and two out" at the Winter Olympics: it entered the Winter Olympic Games twice in 1928 and 1948; since 2002, it has been an official olympic sport of the Winter Olympics, and currently has a total of 2 gold medals for men and women.
A few months after Beijing's successful bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Chinese steel frame snowmobile national team was established. With reference to international experience and domestic reality, the first batch of domestic steel frame snowmobile team members are "cross-border cross-sports", most of whom are track and field athletes, including sprinter Zhang Peimeng.
It is in this context that Yin Zheng, who originally practiced athletics, switched tracks from the olympic athletics projects and practiced the steel frame snowmobile project of ice and snow sports. Professor Wu Wenqiang, dean of the School of Chinese Athletics at Beijing Sport University, said in an interview with the author: "In order to vigorously improve the competitiveness of ice and snow sports, in March 2017, the State General Administration of Sport officially implemented the cross-border cross-border selection of materials for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Athletics is the basic sport of sports, the China Institute of Athletics fully supports the national policy, contributed a lot of sports talents, Yin Zheng is a representative cross-border outstanding athlete of our institute. ”
Also for the sake of short-term results, and based on the project characteristics of the steel frame snowmobile, the members of the national team have made great strides from scratch in a short period of time through the strategy of "please come in" (hire foreign teachers) and "go out" (foreign competitions). Generally speaking, in the off-season, the national team conducts physical fitness and departure training in the country. The steel frame snowmobile national team has repeatedly gone to shanghai university of sport for physical training, and there is good scientific research support and guarantee here. Set off for more training to the Qinling Four Seasons Ski Resort in Shaanxi Province. The venue is the "National Snow Project Training Base", which is an igloo base for three bobsleigh, bobsleigh and steel frame bobsleigh departure training tracks.
Before the completion of the Beijing Winter Olympics venue "Snow Dragon", there were only 16 bobsleigh venues in the world, distributed in 11 countries and regions, of which 10 were in Europe and 4 in Germany. Therefore, Germany is also a strong country in the skiing projects of steel frame snowmobiles, snowmobiles and sledges. There are not many bobsleigh venues, on the one hand, the design and construction of the venues are more complex, the input cost is high, and the degree of specialization in operation and maintenance is high. On the other hand, each venue is more customized, similar to an F1 track. Before the completion of the "Snow Dragon", the steel frame snowmobile competition of the 14th National Games was held abroad.
From 1 to 2: As long as the kung fu is deep, the iron pestle is ground into a needle
Since entering the Winter Olympics for the third time in 2002, the steel frame snowmobile has formed a cross-annual and hierarchical event system, including the World Cup sub-station competition, the World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games at the top. In a 4-year Olympic cycle, each season has 8 World Cups, 3 World Championships and 1 Winter Olympic Games, and there are generally no World Championships in the Winter Olympic Games. At the same time, in order to popularize the steel frame snowmobile and give more players the opportunity to participate, the steel frame snowmobile also has intercontinental cups, North American Cups, European Cups and other competitions. As can be roughly seen from the name, the international competition of steel frame snowmobiles is mainly held in Europe and North America.
For players from later countries and regions, they generally participate in the competition of the lower level first, obtain the corresponding points and experience, and then get more places to participate in the competition of the higher level. In 2018, Yan Wengang won the first gold medal in the history of the Chinese team in the Steel Frame Snowmobile European Championship. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, Geng Wenqiang finished 13th.
Ma Kuo, a counselor at the China Athletics Institute, said in an interview with the author that during the epidemic period, he would still insist on abiding by school regulations every day, take the initiative to report position changes and health conditions, actively learn the content of homework, and take the initiative to consult teachers and classmates in time when encountering academic difficulties. He is also a very polite and grateful child, saying "thank you" or "you worked hard" every time he got care or help.
In the 2019-2020 season, the Chinese steel frame snow team won a total of 6 North American Cup titles and 1 Intercontinental Cup, and Geng Wenqiang won the 3rd place in the World Cup. At the 2020 World Championships, Yan Wengang finished 11th in the men. For its outstanding performance, the Chinese team won 3 men's and 2 women's World Cup places in the 2020-2021 season; 2 men's and 2 women's Intercontinental Cup places. Due to the epidemic, the Chinese team did not participate in this season, and the quota was extended to the 2021-2022 season. The highlight of the season for the Chinese team was Geng Wenqiang's second world cup race in Innsbruck (3 people tied for the championship). The 26-year-old Yin Zheng has performed steadily this season, winning 5 championships and 1 3rd place in 6 competitions at the European Cup and The Intercontinental Cup.
From 1 athlete from the 2018 Winter Olympics to 2 participants at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the chinese steel frame snowmobile men's athletes achieved a breakthrough in the number of participants.
From participation to impact: there is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts
The Olympic steel frame snowmobile is only a single-player race, which is a speed event, a non-direct confrontation event, and a sport that requires skill. Previously, South Korea's Yoon Shing-bin won the gold medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, so Asian players and rising stars have successful models.
Professor Wu Wenqiang, dean of the China Academy of Athletics, is also optimistic about Yin Zheng's future. He said: "Yin is a sprinter, extremely explosive, this training foundation is very helpful to his early cart start, the starting record of the steel frame snowmobile is almost all created and maintained by Yin Zheng." In the six rounds of official training in the three days before the game, Yin Zheng won 1 first and 2 second. Yesterday, Yin was in the first 2 rounds of the race, ranking first at the starting, 1st and 2nd timing points, including the first round of which set a track departure record of 4.60 seconds.
When competing in Europe this season, Yin Zheng said to the counselor Ma Kuo: "Teacher Ma, I am very happy, and I will work harder to be able to attend the Winter Olympics, show myself in the Winter Olympics, and dedicate my strength to the motherland!" Teacher Ma Kuo said in an interview with the author: "I am very happy to see that he has achieved good results in the Winter Olympics, and I hope that his dream will come true!" ”
After the two rounds of competition yesterday, among the 25 participants, Yan Wengang ranked 3rd and Yin Zheng ranked 7th. They will be in Round 3 this evening at 8:20 p.m. The top 20 in the 3 rounds of competition enter the 4th round of competition, and the results of the first 4 rounds are added together to determine the final ranking. A senior person told this writer that Yan Wengang and Yin Zheng's first 2 taxis had different degrees of error in the 11th to 13th bends, that is, in the 360-degree bend (commonly known as the spiral bend). If today's competition can be solved well, the results will be improved, and it is not a dream to hit the podium.
About the Author:
Chen Guoqiang, male, is an associate professor at Shanghai University of Sport, a master supervisor, and a doctor of journalism and communication
Visiting Scholar, School of Public Health, Indiana University,USA (2013-2014)
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