The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, competitions are fierce, and the athletes participating in the Olympic Games are also struggling to compete with strong opponents. In fact, the domestic ice and snow event started late, and China does not have a lot of competitiveness in the ice and snow event.
But even so, in the highly skilled short track speed skating 2000 meters relay competition, the Chinese athletes still did their best to win the first gold medal for the mainland to win the Winter Olympics, this precious gold medal made us excited, and the hard-working athletes are also very worthy of respect, and there is such a girl among the five players who participated in this competition that we remember deeply.
She is positive and optimistic in her daily life, not afraid of challenges, in the field she is full of explosiveness, performance is very outstanding, she has challenged a number of events in the World Youth Championships to achieve dazzling results, became the first all-around champion in the 23-year history of the Chinese short track speed skating team World Youth Championships, in this Winter Olympics she is not far behind, suppressing and surpassing opponents to provide a good opportunity for teammates, she is the creator of China's first gold - Qu Chunyu. In this issue, the Ziya Children's Fun Sports Observer brings everyone to know the Olympic champion.
Qu Chunyu, a Chinese short track speed skater, was born on July 20, 1996 in Bei'an, Heilongjiang Province, China, to an ordinary family, and the unique conditions in the northeast have led to a strong interest in ice and snow sports. When Qu Chunyu was very young, because her parents left work late, there was no time to pick her up on time, Qu Chunyu practiced skating with the teacher after school, in the practice, the teacher found that she skated on the ice rink both steadily and fast, is a talented good seedling, the teacher will intentionally train her to skate. Parents are also very supportive of spring rain skating after knowing this.
In 2003, Qu Chunyu entered the city's sports school at the age of 7 to participate in short track speed skating training, due to the local infrastructure is not perfect, there is no good indoor ice rink, she can only train with her partners in the outdoor ice rink, the temperature in the northeast is very low in winter, they can not wear too thick clothes to participate in training, even if it is so cold Qu Chunyu can also bite her teeth and insist, it can be seen that she really loves this sport, because she likes to persevere.
Qu Chunyu trained very hard, under the leadership of the coach, she often represented the Bei'an Junior Speed Skating Team and won good results. In 2004, Qu Chunyu grew faster, she was no longer suitable to continue to train at the local sports school, she transferred to heihe city sports school to participate in more formal short track speed skating training, the conditions here are much better than before.
Qu Chunyu cherishes the opportunity to train here, she is more hard than before, harder, her achievements have also been recognized by the province, so in 2008, Qu Chunyu successfully joined the Heilongjiang Youth Training Team, here, Qu Chunyu did not stop the pace of progress for a moment, she trained solidly, played steadily, and was favored by the national team soon after and successfully selected for the national team.
With Qu Chunyu selected for the national team there are many people, some people have a higher starting point than her, some people are slightly inferior to her, in short, the national team is a star-studded gathering, Qu Chunyu knows that only more excellent she can really stand here, she has been very strong since she was a child, can bear hardships, can endure. She is like the wheat of spring when she enters the national team training, still strong despite the challenges of winter, and she is thriving at an alarming rate.
In 2015, Qu Chunyu, who experienced various trainings and various polishes, started his sports career. In the National Short Track Speed Skating League, Qu Chunyu was a hit, she won the gold medal in the short track speed skating women's 500 meters with a time of 43.976 seconds, and then won the gold medal in the women's 1000 meters event.
Qu Chunyu's starting point for starting her sports career is really high, which also proves that she has absolute strength. In November of the same year, Qu Chunyu entered the national training team, and in the following short track speed skating World Cup in December, Qu Chunyu competed for the first time but her strength could not be underestimated, she won a bronze medal in 43.963 seconds.
A major flashpoint of Qu Chunyu's career is the short track speed skating World Youth Championships held in Bulgaria in 2016, in the winter games just after the end of the domestic winter games, Qu Chunyu won the championship in the short track speed skating women's 500 meters event, and then came to participate in the World Youth Championships, she is still in a very stable state, in the field of good mentality, play very well.
She has won the short track speed skating 500 meters, 3000 meters relay and 1000 meters competition, but also broke the youth world record, she also created history, becoming the first all-around champion in the 23-year history of the Chinese short track speed skating team World Youth Championships, this news also caused quite a stir at the time. Qu Chunyu showed everyone her ability and let us see her omnipotent. Qu Chunyu also achieved good results in the subsequent competitions.
Time to 2018, this year's Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the technical level at that time is not as advanced as it is now, the South Korean team relies on holding competitions in their own countries to poke and poke behind their backs, in the final of the short track speed skating women's 3000 meters relay held on February 20, Qu Chunyu and Fan Kexin, Li Jinyu, Zhou Yang represented the Chinese team together, these four people are very strong.
In the previous semi-finals with a world record-breaking excellent result into the final, for the final key battle, Qu Chunyu they are full of confidence, the gold medal is also inevitable, the game to the last baton handover, South Korean players deliberately squeezed in front of the Chinese players to try to prevent the Chinese players from sprinting, resulting in some physical contact between the two players, the Chinese players finally won the second place, but after the game was sentenced to the Chinese team foul, cancel the results, missed the medal.
For this game Qu Chunyu also felt very pity, the Chinese team was clean, there was no foul, but the referee identified the Chinese team as foul, which shows how much unknown darkness there was in the game at that time. On March 18 of the same year, during the women's 500m race day of the Short Track Speed Skating World Championships, Qu Chunyu told us with her actions how to get the medal cleanly, she sprinted to the finish line with absolute strength, and finally stood on the podium and won the bronze medal.
Later, in a number of competitions in 2019, Qu Chunyu appeared in the women's relay and mixed relay competitions many times, helping the Chinese team to stand on the podium and hold the championship medal.
In 2021, at the women's 3000m relay race of the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in China, the Chinese short track speed skating women's team composed of Qu Chunyu won the gold medal and the bronze medal in the women's 3000m relay final in Hungary.
In the just-concluded Winter Olympics short track speed skating mixed men's and women's 2000-meter relay race, the Chinese athletes only grabbed the third position at the beginning, when the second stick was handed over to Qu Chunyu's hand, she aimed at the timing in the corner, surpassed the second position, and when the third baton was handed over, they moved cleanly and neatly, and also helped Ren Ziwei rush to the first position.
After that, Ren Ziwei did not play his cards according to the routine, quickly slid, and successfully handed over to the last baton of Wu Dajing, Who helped the Chinese team win the championship with absolute strength, and we Chinese to win the championship clean at our own doorstep, and also brushed away a lot of regrets left by the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. This championship also came very hard, and after the game they said that years of hard training were only for this moment.
This exciting competition made the people in front of the scene and in front of the TV set excited, Qu Chunyu's family also cheered for their daughter in front of the TV set, cheering proudly for the Chinese team, seeing such a strong and capable daughter, presumably Qu Chunyu's parents are very proud.
In the women's 500m 1/4 final of the short track speed skating at the Following Winter Olympics, Qu Chunyu reached the semifinals with a second-place finish, but accidentally fouled in the following competition and missed the final. Although this competition was lost, I believe that she has absolute strength and can play better in future competitions, and we look forward to Qu Chunyu's future performance.
Qu Chunyu debut is the peak, excellent she never stopped the pace of progress, she is still steady and steady, actively participate in training, not afraid of wind and rain to see the rainbow again, in the past she has made many good achievements, the future she will be able to continue to create brilliant, so she deserves our respect, but also worthy of our expectations.
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