Yesterday, Yu Sheng concluded the match at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Because of the challenge of the 4A in his heart, there was a mistake when he fell on the ice, and the total score was 283.21, ranking 4th, and he missed the Olympic triple crown.
It should also be the 27-year-old veteran's last trip to the Winter Olympics.
When accepted after the game, Yu Yushi once cried against the wall:
"I'm really unwilling, I gave so much, it's also very painful, why the effort is not rewarded, I really worked hard." 」
"I can't praise myself, but I hope someone will praise me."
When the king ends, it is inevitable that he will be sad.
But in fact, as Chen Ying said:
Providence is difficult to participate in after all, if it is a pity to climb to the top, and the history of the Qing Dynasty is added to the history of the King, success or failure should also be laughed at.
Someone is praising you all the time.
During the game, the commentator used "a sword with diamonds" to describe The Feather String:
"Even if he is hidden in the bookcase of the golden silk nan wood, he cannot hide his dazzling light, and everywhere he goes, he is the focus of everyone."
Although the challenge ultimately failed, the referee also admitted that what he did was 4A, and the scoring was also based on 4A.
Opponent Jin Boyang also said: "The spirit of Yusheng knotting strings is incredible."
Darkness is the darkness of a person, but light is the light of the whole project.
And when the Winter Olympics have not yet opened, countless people are concerned, why hasn't the Feather String yet come?
Since then, the name of Yu yu has been on the hot search list.
At one point, the topic of #Yusheng Knot was 200 million views.
Because the Beijing Winter Olympics did not sell tickets to overseas audiences, many people began to shout again:
"Friends of China, we must cheer for Yusheng!"
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying also forwarded a tweet from the Chinese Embassy in Japan:
"Writing to Yusheng's fans, I saw (some Japanese people) say: 'Cheer up on the spot, please go to the Chinese audience'. (I would say) to (us)! ”
Many people also cheer for Yusheng's knots by handwriting and mailing postcards.
Further ahead, in South Korea, at the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, as soon as Yusei arrived at The Incheon Airport in South Korea, it attracted a large number of fans.
In the first public training, Yusei stayed on the ice rink for only 15 minutes, attracting more than 100 reporters to the scene.
Since then, the New York Times has referred to him as "Michael Jackson on Ice."
And in the words of the comments section:
When the Feather String is really perfect, only nationality can be spit on.
How perfect is the feather string?
He was born in 1994 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
He has a handsome face, just like the male protagonist in Japanese anime.
His father also hoped that he could be as calm and full of fighting spirit as the protagonist in the comic book story, so he named him Knot String.
At the age of 4, Yusei yushin followed his sister to the Sendai Ice Rink in order to strengthen his body and overcome his asthma, and has been associated with skating ever since.
In the fourth grade of primary school, he participated in the national competition for the first time and won the first gold medal in his life.
Since then, it has been hanging all the way to achieve the Grand Slam of the Olympic Games, World Championships and Grand Prix Finals.
The most classic is the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Battle of Fengshen, CCTV commentator Chen Ying commented:
"The face is like jade, the posture is like pine, the wings are like a shock, and the grace is like a dragon."
Not only is the appearance high, the technology is good, and the character of Yusheng knotted strings is also impeccable.
During the game, he often cheered on players from other countries on the field.
When he found that the Chinese team members had taken the national flag backwards, he would also enthusiastically remind and help correct it.
Other athletes would crawl through in order not to disturb others.
Off the field, he was also very low-key, no public social accounts, no entertainment programs, and only one commercial performance.
When the magnitude 9 earthquake hit Sendai, Japan, he took over dozens of commercial performances in one go and donated all the million yen he earned to the disaster area.
"If I get a good result in figure skating, people will become energetic, and that's what I can do for everyone."
In addition to these, he is most praised for his fighting spirit.
Yu Yusuke once used "a lifetime of suspense" to describe his attitude towards skating.
"Lifetime of suspense" is a Japanese phrase derived from the Japanese samurai, which means: fight your whole life and do one thing with all your strength.
There is no excuse to lose the game, let alone easily miss the game and withdraw from the game.
In a game in 2012, he had an asthma attack, but after insisting on completing the action, he asked the coach to help him take him off the field to get oxygen.
In the 2014 Figure Skating Grand Prix in China, Yu Sheng collided with Yan Han of China.
Both were injured, and Yusheng's jaw was stitched 7 times.
But he first found Yan Han to apologize, and immediately returned to the arena after making sure that the other party was not in serious trouble.
In that game, he took off and fell five times in eight consecutive jumps, stained the ice rink with blood, and was known as an indomitable four-and-a-half point.
And under the retrospective videos of many of his classic battles, there are stories of "not accepting defeat" summarized by ice fans.
And, of course, there's the 4A jump.
What is "4A"?
4A is a technical move in a figure skating competition, fully known as Axel's Four Jumps.
Originated in 1882, Norwegian athlete Axel Paulsen made a difficult jump that took off forward.
Requires a 1620-degree rotation in the air after taking off (the body rotates around four and a half degrees).
In 0.7 seconds, the body rotates 1620 degrees, and the body rotates 6 and a half times per second.
At this time, falling ice has to withstand the impact force of about 5 times your own weight.
If it falls, it is equivalent to a car accident, and the possibility of it falling down is still very large.
It is also because of this that the skating union believes that no one can complete this action, so for 4A, it is only symbolically set 1 point.
But Yusheng knot string is going to do it.
I wanted to jump 4A, not because no one had successfully challenged, but if I hadn't finished 4A, then I wouldn't admit that I had won.
With his life in suspense, he saw challenging 4A as his mission.
In order to complete this action, Yu Yushin conducts a high-difficult training that can be called "suicide" every day.
Because he couldn't get an injection in his ankle, he tried his best to keep taking painkillers.
Because this technical coach could not teach, he could only grope alone, jumping an average of 60 times a day.
But despite this, he has never jumped out of the true sense of 4A.
I barely managed to succeed once in training last year.
Later, he tried in the All-Day Figure Skating Championships and was relegated to AAA because of insufficient weeks.
At this Winter Olympics, the first jump took out 4A, and the result was regrettably falling on the ice, which affected the follow-up play.
Many people say that if you don't jump 4A, the story of Yu Sheng's knot could have had another ending.
Indeed, not doing 4A does not affect people's recognition of him.
Choose a less difficult one, this Winter Olympics can also stand on the podium steadily.
But from 2014 to 2021, 4A seems to have long been his destiny.
Jump "4 A", how does it feel in the air?
"It's something that only I've ever felt."
Not only feathers, but many athletes have thrown all their life experiences into one goal, moths to put out fires, and the flag is awe-inspiring.
For example, Li Xiaopeng jumped.
This is the charm of sports competition, but also the greatness of a person.
Not to surpass others, but to surpass oneself.
It may be like wrestling like a feathered string in the process, or it may never know if it can go any further.
But the effort will not be in vain.
Defending an undefended city, fighting an unwinnable battle, and sincerely loving love is the ideal of the world.
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"Yusheng Knots, the King Ends", South Wind Window, 2022.02.10
"Yu Sheng Yu String cried. But there are more worthwhile things than winning", New World Phase, 2022.02.10
Missed Medals! The whole network regrets for him: 27-year-old Yusheng knotted, why is it so popular in China? Yimei Media, 2022.02.10
"Today, Yusei Yusuke is not a champion, but he jumped out of 4A", City Pictorial, 2022.02.10