legend! Austrian traffic police win the Winter Olympic championships Strötz won the gold medal in the men's all-around alpine skiing

Yesterday afternoon, the Beijing Winter Olympics alpine skiing men's all-around competition ended at the Yanqing National Alpine SkiIng Center, and 29-year-old Austrian Johannes Stroortz won the gold medal with a total of 2:31.43. It took him 7 months to write the highlight legend from a traffic policeman to a Winter Olympic champion. The 29-year-old Norway's Kilder won the silver medal in 2:32.02 and Canada's Crawford won the bronze medal in 2:32.11.

Magical reversal to win the gold medal

Alpine skiing men's all-around is better than two individual events, one is downhill and the other is slalom, and the two results are added together, and the fastest one is the champion. Alpine skiing men's all-around champion, reflecting the male player's most comprehensive technical and tactical ability, both racing, but also competition, both absolute speed, but also superb technology, is the king of alpine skiing synthesis.

Yesterday morning, the men's all-around downhill race began in the racing area, with a total of 27 players participating, and 3 players failed to finish. In the race, Norway's Kilde took the first place in 1:43.12. Canada's Crawford and teammate Brody Seeger finished second and third in 1:43.14 and 1:43.54, while Austria's Stroortz was in fourth place in 1:43.87.

Yesterday at 2:15 p.m., the men's all-around slalom competition continued. Kielder made his first appearance and finished with a time of 48.90 seconds, finishing first with a total time of 2:32.02. Canada's Crawford then finished second with a total of 2:32.11. Just when people thought the big picture was set, Austria's Stroortz skated a good time of 47.56 seconds, surpassing Kielder to win gold with a total of 2:31.43, Kielder to win silver, and Canada's Crawford to win bronze in 2:32.11. China's Zhang Yangming finished 23rd with a total time of 2:49.72, and teammate Xu Mingfu ranked 24th in 3:00.40.

Both father and son are Winter Olympic champions

In addition to skiing, Stroz is also very fond of mountaineering, cycling and football. What is more interesting is that he is actually an Austrian traffic policeman, 7 months ago, as a former member of the Austrian alpine ski team, he also worked hard in the traffic police post.

Johannes Stratz has the genes of a men's all-around champion in alpine skiing. Johannes Stratz's father, Hulbert Stroortz, won the men's all-around alpine skiing title at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and also won a silver medal in the men's grand slalom.

When his father retired, little Stroortz was still very young. "I started skiing when I was 2 years old. At that time, I was a small child, I didn't know much about the sport, I just thought it was fun and liked its speed. Johannes Stroortz said. Under the influence of his father, he grew up to become an alpine skier and joined the Austrian alpine ski team.

But his sporting career has not been smooth. In the 2020-2021 season, Stroz's best result in the Multi-World Cup was only 14th, and in order to earn money, he had to leave the national team and work as a traffic policeman in his hometown. So Stroz appeared in front of people in a police uniform and in a police car. When he is idle, he also does some work on his own family farm.

I'm the example of never giving up

"I see myself as an example of never giving up." "My experience proves that if you believe in yourself, keep giving yourself opportunities and keep moving forward," Stroortz said. ”

After Johannes Stroortz left the national team, his father, Hulbert, continued to encourage his son to extend his sporting life. With the support of his father, Strozz once again went to the game.

He started off after returning to the game, and the results were still not very good. He said: "My parents always encouraged me to keep working hard, even in the darkest moments of life, to be brave and move forward, which became an important reason for me to lead me to the light." At the same time, his coach Schwarzchel also encouraged him: "You will become a great athlete, and everyone will create their own incredible miracles and write their own moving stories." ”

In September 2021, Strolz finally won his first World Cup and came to the Beijing Winter Olympics.

This time, winning the gold medal at the Winter Olympics, Johannes Stroortz was very excited. "It's so amazing, it's a little incredible, I didn't think the gold medal belonged to me before the game, it's amazing, it seems like I'm still dreaming!" He said.

He said that he also had to do a good job as a police officer. It is estimated that in the snowy mountains of Austria, he will be the fastest police officer to ski.

(Original title: Legend! Austrian traffic police win Winter Olympics Stroorz win gold medal in the men's all-around alpine skiing)

Source: Beijing Evening News | Reporters Kong Ning and Guan Xin

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