I finally stepped into the Winter Olympics – remembering The Short Track Speed Skater Zhu Dingwen from Hong Kong, China

On the evening of February 4, when the Hong Kong delegation walked into the Bird's Nest venue, the flag bearer was Zhu Dingwen, who participated in the men's short track speed skating 500 meters.

"Unfortunately, I didn't dare to compete with others when I started running, but I finally completed the task of stepping into the Olympic arena." In the men's short track speed skating 500m preliminary round in Group 8 on the evening of February 11, Zhu Dingwen skated 44.857 seconds, which was not qualified. Four years of Olympic dreams, only exchanged for a short moment on the field, "is some regrets, but the task is completed, successful!" Zhu Dingwen said so after the game.

The Northeast dialect began to laugh

"My mother..." When 23-year-old Zhu Dingwen had just walked into the mixed mining area, he was startled by the hordes of reporters. As soon as he opened his mouth, the reporters were not calm: although Zhu Dingwen was from Hong Kong, China, he spoke Northeast Chinese and made everyone can't help but laugh. Zhu Dingwen said "don't laugh" again, which was good, and the mixed mining area emitted a burst of laughter, and after a while, the interview was able to continue.

Zhu Dingwen said: "Thank you for your support to me, thank you to the mainland and Hong Kong audiences for their support to me and to the Chinese Hong Kong short track speed skating team. We come from a city with no ice and snow and no standard short track ice rinks, and I have been training 'away from home' since I was ten years old, in order to one day stand on the Olympic stage and inspire more Hong Kong citizens to participate in this sport. ”

As Zhu Dingwen said, it is quite difficult to develop ice and snow projects in Hong Kong, China. Zhu Dingwen was only exposed to ice and snow when he was practicing ice hockey at an international school and canadian classmates, and later turned to short track speed skating due to thinness. His talent made him quickly into the Hong Kong team, but he simply couldn't find a qualified ice rink in Hong Kong. Zhu Dingwen and his teammates had to train north, first in Dongguan, which has the only standard short-track ice rink in Guangdong, and later in Jilin. It was in the northeast for a long time that he and his teammates learned the northeast dialect.

Cherish the opportunities brought to Hong Kong by the Winter Olympics

During the epidemic, Zhu Dingwen could only train at the ice rinks in Hong Kong shopping malls, "All the ice rinks in Hong Kong are commercial ice rinks, if you want to rent for an hour, it will cost at least 5,000 to 8,000 Hong Kong dollars." During the epidemic period, it was also opened from time to time, and our training in the past two years was very unsystematic, and it was a bonus to be able to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics. ”

The Hong Kong short track speed skating team is a regular visitor to the Winter Olympics, and they have been present in the previous five competitions, four of them, and only regrettably absent at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics – Zhu Dingwen fractured his ankle three times in the two months before the opening of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which required at least four months to recover, and he had to choose to give up. At the end of November last year, in the final leg of the short track speed skating World Cup, Zhu Dingwen narrowly qualified for the promotion and boarded the "last train" to the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The ticket for the Ice Winter Olympics is equally important to the ice and snow sports in Hong Kong, China, with only three athletes, Zhu Dingwen, Jin Hexiao and Weng Houquan, the latter two participating in the men's and women's alpine skiing events, and only Zhu Dingwen playing in the ice sports. At the end of the interview, he said seriously: "It is really not easy for the Chinese Hong Kong team, and obtaining the winter Olympic qualification involves everyone's efforts, I hope that my participation in the Winter Olympics this time can inspire more Hong Kong citizens to participate in this sport, and I also hope that by holding the Winter Olympics in their own country this time, Hong Kong can promote more ice and snow projects." ”

(Hubei Daily Beijing, February 11, reporter Guo Xiaoming, Tong Junpeng)

Source: Jingchu Network