Chinese players participating in the freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed team competition hugged each other on the field.
Photographed by Wang Liang, a reporter of this newspaper
Canada's Hamelin in the competition.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Yibo
American Jacob Baylis in the game.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Chang
In the field of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, there are many athletes who have participated in many Winter Olympic Games, who either show superb strength in the project or interpret the Olympic spirit in the struggle. Chasing dreams without regrets, these athletes who have been fighting on the field for many years show the charm of ice and snow sports and drive young players to accelerate their growth.
Fulfilling a dream: "Every gold medal has a different meaning"
With the emergence of young players, receptor energy, injuries and other factors, some older athletes face more and more challenges in the Winter Olympic Games. Coming to the beijing Winter Olympics, these athletes are still obsessed with the competition and full of desire for victory.
On February 9, The 36-year-old athlete won the gold medal in the final of the women's steeplechase to the snowboarding women's steeplechase. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, JacobIlis, who had the lead, fell before the finish line and failed to win the title. In the next 3 Winter Olympic Games, she was not related to medals. When the Olympic dream came true, she said: "I can't believe this moment has arrived. Also participating in the 5th Winter Olympics, Dutch speed skating actress Irene West won her sixth Winter Olympic gold medal in the "Ice Ribbon" and also set a new winter Olympic record in the women's 1500 meters.
On February 8, 34-year-old Natalie Geisenberg of Germany won the women's singles bobsleigh championship, and two days later, she won the team relay event with her teammates. At the National Bobsleigh Center "Snow Dragon", Geisenberg achieved three consecutive Winter Olympic championships in these two events. Participating in the Winter Olympics 4 times and winning 7 medals, Geisenberg has been breaking through. "Every gold medal has a different meaning, but this gold medal in the single bobsleigh event at the Beijing Winter Olympics is very special to me." Geisenberg said, "This is the first gold medal I have won since I became a mother, and it is a proud achievement." ”
Love: "My legs are old, but my heart is still young"
On the evening of February 10, in the minus 10 degrees Celsius arena of Chongli Genting, xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu, three freestyle skiing aerial players of the Chinese team, hugged each other tightly, and they had done their best.
An accident in 2015 resulted in 3 comminuted fractures of Jia Zongyang's left leg. Qi Guangpu also had a concussion during the game. The reluctance to the project makes them choose to return to the field. After winning the silver medal in the freestyle ski aerial skills mixed group event, looking forward to the individual event, Qi Guangpu said: "Of course, it is to go all out and give it a go. ”
In the women's U-shaped field skill final on snowboarding on February 10, Cai Xuetong of the Chinese team launched an attack on the 1080 difficult move. The fourth time she competed in the Winter Olympics, although she failed to reach the podium, she was constantly breaking through herself. In the same event, Spain's Clart Castellet, who participated in the Winter Olympics for the fifth time, won the silver medal, her first Olympic medal. After the game, Cai Xuetong paid tribute to Castellet, saying: "Castellet never gave up challenging herself, and every time I see her, I think I can do the same. ”
"My legs are old, but my heart is still young," said Claudia Pechtstein, a German speed skater who has participated in the Winter Olympics eight times. Knowing that the results are not necessarily ideal, many athletes still go forward and go to the field because they love it.
Harvest: "No one has ever climbed to the top of the mountain, I want to see it"
Despite losing the short track speed skating 1500m semifinals on February 9, 37-year-old Canadian athlete Hameling will stay at the Winter Olympics. At the opening ceremony, Hamelin, who served as the flag bearer of the Canadian delegation, said: "I hope to drive the young athletes of the Canadian short track speed skating team to grow up and let more people love the sport." ”
"It's like climbing a mountain, no one has ever climbed to the top of the mountain, I want to see it." This sentence is the driving force for Japan's Nordic biathlete Watanabe to participate in the Winter Olympics. In the Nordic biathlon men's individual standard + 10 km cross-country skiing competition, he finished seventh. In the men's individual big jump + 10 km cross-country skiing event on February 15, Watanabe Xiaodou still had a chance to realize his dream, "This time I will go all out to fight for the gold medal."
Switzerland's Nevin Garmarini won gold in the men's parallel giant slalom event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. With a back injury two years ago, the 35-year-old did not perform well at the Winter Olympics and he ultimately failed to break through the qualifiers. But Galmarini did not have much disappointment on his face, saying: It is a wonderful thing for the world's top players to compete fairly and work the field of the Winter Olympics. ”
Source: People's Daily