For the past seven years, at least one morning a week, Wang Xirui, who lives in Meilan Lake, accompanied by her mother, has always driven 37 kilometers and spent an hour and a half to the Feiyang Ice Sports Center at the Sanlin Sports Center to participate in short-track speed skating training. "Because the place where you can find all over Shanghai and have a short track speed skating professional ice rink and club at the same time, this is the only place!" Mom said: "Recently watched the Winter Olympic Games, my daughter's enthusiasm for participating in training is even higher! ”
In the Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating mixed team relay competition, short track speed skaters Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin, Zhang Yuting, Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei won the first gold medal for China at the Winter Olympics (detailed poke burning!). The first gold of the Chinese team is thrilling! ）。 Soon, the Feiyang Ice Sports Center, which had just resumed business after the Spring Festival, had a situation where it was difficult to find a ticket for the public ice rink. Even in the "unpopular" of ice and snow sports, short track speed skating, the club will receive registration calls every day.
Wearing a red and white "battle robe", wearing a helmet, stepping on an ice knife, leaning down, on the ice you chase me, circle after circle. Yesterday morning, the short track speed skating club began training. The coach at the midpoint of the circle kept shouting, prompting technical movements. At this time, a late-arriving young student wanted to join the "circle", and was loudly "stopped" by the coach: "The speed is too fast, others stop and then come in, pay attention to safety." ”
Wang Xirui is 13 years old and has long been in the "head" position of the skating team. "When I was about 6 years old, I watched a short track speed skating competition and thought the athletes were skating so fast, I loved the sport and wanted to try it myself." Because there are many teams that want to use the professional ice rink, the ice time of the short track speed skating club is not fixed. Yesterday, Wang Xirui went on ice at 8 o'clock. The most exaggerated time was at 5 a.m., and she and her mother had to get up at 3 a.m. to wash up. After 7 years, the mother and daughter survived. Wang Xirui said that when skating, she felt relaxed and gained a sense of freedom: "In addition, my body is healthier, no matter what I do, I am more persistent and more persevering." ”
Another short track speed skating student, Yue Bo, is a first-year high school student, his hometown is in Harbin, he was exposed to short track speed skating at a very young age, and after arriving in Shanghai, he interrupted for a period of time until he knew about the Feiyang Ice Sports Center. "It's really not easy to find a place to practice short track speed skating in Shanghai." He said, "After seeing the news of China's 'first gold' at the Winter Olympics, I practiced more vigorously. ”
According to the on-site coach Mi Qingci, the short track speed skating club of Feiyang Ice Sports Center is divided into small classes, middle classes and large classes, with stepped, semi-professional teaching and training as the mainstay. If the trainees meet certain standards, they have the opportunity to push to the national youth team. In the 8 years since the club was established, there are currently more than 40 long-term trainees, the youngest is 5 years old and the oldest is 18 years old. Among the athletes who flew before, the best results were the Asian Challenge and The Asian Open Champion.
In winter sports, short track speed skating is both special and somewhat awkward. Although it is the favorite gold medal for the Chinese team, it is a "niche" project for the people, especially for the people in southern cities such as Shanghai. Mi Qingci admitted that this situation is caused by the scarcity of professional venues, but also because of the long training cycle, in addition, its ornamentality has not been recognized by the people for a long time. "Compared to ice hockey and figure skating, some people think that short track speed skating is very boring, and it is not interesting to go around in a circle." Mi Qingci introduced that because of the influence of the Beijing Winter Olympics and China's "first gold", many people have found that short track speed skating is so good-looking, "It is as exciting as a racing car, making people surging with blood." He also believes that with the continuous advancement of policies such as the "North Ice South Exhibition", more and more people will understand the charm of short track speed skating, so that "cold sports" will really "heat up".
Source: Pudong Release