Liu Rongsheng in cross-country skiing competitions
Liu Rongsheng's family watches the Beijing Winter Olympics
On January 27, the list of Chinese sports delegations for the Beijing Winter Olympics was officially announced, and Liu Rongsheng, an athlete from Tengchong, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, was listed among them, becoming the first person in Baoshan to participate in the Winter Olympic Games.
At 15:00 on February 6, Liu Rongsheng participated in the men's double chase (15 km traditional technology + 15 km free technology) competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics, ranking 38th with a time of 1 hour 24 minutes and 59 seconds 6, creating the best time in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympic Games. After the news reached Tengchong thousands of kilometers away, Liu Rongsheng's hometown boiled over, relatives and friends rushed to tell each other, while praising and applauding Liu Rongsheng, they also sent him blessings, hoping that Liu Rongsheng would continue to work hard and continue to win glory for the country.
The first person in Baoshan City to participate in the Winter Olympic Games
Liu Rongsheng is a native of Mingguang Town, Tengchong City, and has shown outstanding talent in sports since he was in junior high school.
In 2016, Liu Rongsheng was sent to the Baoshan City Junior Sports School for training in the long-distance running team of Duan Qi, a junior long-distance running coach in Baoshan City. During this period, he participated in various long-distance running competitions and achieved good results, and won countless medals of various kinds.
In 2018, Liu Rongsheng participated in the cross-border cross-item selection, and each project had excellent performance, among which the 3000-meter middle-distance running performance ranked first in the province. With outstanding results, Liu Rongsheng stood out and was selected for the national cross-country skiing training team.
After being selected for the national cross-country skiing training team, Liu Rongsheng trained hard and his results improved by leaps and bounds. He won 1 first prize, 5 runners-up and 2 runners-up in the 2020-2021 National Cross-Country Skiing Championships and 2 championships respectively, and 3 runners-up in the 2021-2022 FIS Points Series.
Strive to achieve great results
Liu Rongsheng signed up for the Beijing Winter Olympics cross-country skiing men's double chase, a 15-kilometer chase consisting of traditional and free techniques. Previously, the best place in the history of Chinese athletes in the event was 50th.
At the Winter Olympics, a total of 70 athletes participated in the event, and the Chinese team sent a total of 4 athletes from Chen Degen, Liu Rongsheng, Shang Jincai and Hades Badri Khan. thereinto. Chen Degen, 21, and Liu Rongsheng, 20, were both middle-distance runners who entered the national training team through cross-border cross-discipline selection.
At 15:00 on February 6, the men's double pursuit competition of cross-country skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics officially began. After tenacious struggle, in the end, Liu Rongsheng ranked 38th with a time of 1 hour 24 minutes and 59 seconds 6, creating the best time in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympics.
Liu Rongsheng won the Winter Olympics, and his performance also became a concern for the people of his hometown. On the day of the competition, at the home of Liu Rongsheng in Mingguang Town, Tengchong City, relatives, friends, neighbors and villagers stood in front of the TV early in the morning with full expectations, waiting for the game to start and cheering him on together!
In order to make everyone see more clearly, Liu Rongsheng's cousin Liu Ji also specially borrowed a projector to project the whole game onto the big screen.
"Little brother come on, calm down a little more, and strive to achieve better results!" The game had just begun, and Liu Ji waved his fists to lead the whole family to cheer for Liu Rongsheng. "Don't be afraid, although you are a little behind, you can rush forward with enough strength." As the process of the game became white-hot, Liu Rongsheng's family seemed to be holding their breath.
"Good, good. Hurry up, go over one, Rongsheng, come on, you are really good. In the final stage of the competition, when liu Rongsheng was seen to launch a sprint and surpass an opponent, the whole family applauded Liu Rongsheng.
Tengchong's pride
Although he failed to win a medal in this competition, Liu Rongsheng's fighting spirit of challenging himself and pursuing excellence on the field deeply touched the people of his hometown.
"Good Liu Rongsheng, you are the pride of our Tengchong people, the first time to represent the country, you have achieved such a good result, proud of you and applaud you, I hope you will continue to work hard in future training and competitions, and achieve better results." A netizen excitedly left a message after watching the game. "Come on Liu Rongsheng! In the words of our Tengchong people, you are the most 'Hou' boy! A netizen left a message saying.
"I knew you would do it, little brother, and I'm so happy today." Liu Rongsheng's cousin Liu Ji could not calm down for a long time after watching the game, and constantly forwarded his cousin's game in the circle of friends. "I'm just going to let everyone share the joy with me." Liu Ji said that in fact, in his mind, his cousin is a person who can endure hardships and has perseverance.
"I remember once, when he ran a marathon, he may have broken his knee in the middle of a fall, and the blood flowed non-stop, but the younger brother gritted his teeth and ran the whole way, and achieved a good result." Liu Ji said, "As long as he believes in something, he will definitely stick to it and do it well." ”
On February 8, the Beijing Winter Olympics cross-country skiing men's short distance (free technology) competition began to chase at the National Cross-Country Ski Center. A total of 90 athletes participated in the qualification competition, including 4 Chinese players Wang Qiang, Shang Jincai, Tsering Zhandui and Liu Rongsheng. Yunnan youngster Liu Rongsheng played again. Liu Rongsheng skated 1:29.8 in the first 0.6 km and finished the race with a time of 3:12.14, ranking 79th.
Author: Yang Kun, All-media reporter of National Times, Sun Guisheng
Editor: Pang Yuzhen
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