On February 11, Yan Wengang from Tianjin won the bronze medal in the men's steel frame snowmobile event at the Beijing Winter Olympics with a time of 4 minutes 01.77 seconds, creating the history of steel frame snowmobiles in Tianjin and even China.
Yan Wengang played for his country on the field, and the people of his hometown cheered him up in the rear. In the evening, Yan Wengang's mother, as well as relevant leaders and staff of Tianjin Municipal Sports Bureau and Tianjin Winter and Water Sports Management Center, also gathered together to witness the historical moment when Yan Wengang won the Olympic bronze medal. The competition is about to start, the Tianjin Winter and Water Sports Management Center is crowded, Yan Wengang's family, leaders, colleagues, about thirty people gathered here, looking forward to his good news.
After the third slide, Yan Wengang slipped down one place in the ranking and came to the fourth position. At this time, everyone suddenly found that Yan Wengang's mother was missing. Until the fourth slippery Yan Wengang reappeared, she was always hiding alone in the next room, afraid to face the TV screen.
Yang Shuying
Yan Wengang's mother
It's also very intense and dangerous, so as a mother, I really can't bear to watch it. When he was playing, I was always behind the stage, listening to the results below, better than cheering for him, not good to continue to work hard.
In her mother's heart, it was clear that Yan Wengang's last slip would definitely fight hard, but the clearer this understanding was, the more uneasy her heart became.
As parents, we all hope that our children will achieve something, but in the end, it is better to know that they are safe. Sometimes, when everyone, including ourselves, is looking forward to flying faster, higher, and farther, it may be that only parents will care about whether your children are tired or not...
This may be The mood of Aunt Yang at that time.
The fourth skate, which decided the final result, was enveloped in an atmosphere of tension and anticipation. Yan Wengang finally lived up to expectations, adjusted the state in time, and crossed the finish line in a way that refreshed his personal best, and the atmosphere of the scene also reached the climax. Yang Shuying, who missed the moment of counterattack, of course, can not miss the historical moment when Yan Wengang stepped onto the podium. In order to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics, Yan Wengang immersed himself in training and has not returned home for nearly a year. At this moment, seeing her son make a breakthrough, Yang Shuying, as a mother, has too many things to say to him.
I'm really excited and proud of my kids at this moment. I am really happy to be able to win glory for the country and to win more honors for Tianjin. I also thank you for the cultivation of the country, thank you for the strong support of the Tianjin Sports Bureau and the Winter Water Center, and thank you for the cultivation of the coaches. He loves to eat Tianjin pancakes, and when he comes back, he hopes to eat Tianjin pancakes, and he hopes that I will give us Tianjin pancakes on the ground, and make them more suitable for his taste.
Yan Wengang
Chinese steel frame snowmobile athlete
My dad and my mom were completely supportive, and they told me that you were fighting for the country, and as long as you were for the country, you were done. In fact, my parents, including my grandparents and grandparents, may miss me a lot, but every time they say it, they say, you go to your busy, don't affect your training. In fact, they still miss me a lot, so seeing my achievements like this is also a kind of comfort for them.
In the blink of an eye, Yan Wengang grew into a strong boy who won glory for the country, which inevitably aroused Yang Shuying's memories. Don't look at Yan Wengang, who is now engaged in an exciting steel frame snowmobile project, but he was not a bold child when he was a child. According to Yang Shuying, Yan Wengang was still a little afraid of the dark when he was particularly young, but he had a strong spirit of daring to fight since he was a child, and his physical fitness was also good, and he also had the nickname of "Little Whirlwind" among neighbors. One day, Yang Shuying went home to find that Yan Wengang had spread the quilt at home on the ground and two bamboo poles next to it. As soon as she asked, she learned that Yan Wengang had signed up for the high jump at the school games, and only then did she return home to practice. Unexpectedly, this became the starting point of a good athlete's career.
With an interest in sports, coupled with Yan Wengang's own good physical fitness, he was discovered by the coach and began to practice in athletics, but he practiced not high jump, but sprinting and long jump. After Beijing successfully bid for the Winter Olympic Games, Yan Wengang transformed from athletics to ice and snow projects through the cross-border talent selection policy proposed by the State General Administration of Sport. However, steel frame snowmobiles can be regarded as niche projects even in the world, especially in China at that time. Many athletes may not be clear when they go to the selection, and they are about to step into such a exciting sport.
Yang Shuying recalled that Yan Wengang, who was being selected in Beijing at the time, said to her that the steel frame snowmobile project was somewhat thrilling, and Yang Shuying, as a mother, was also worried that her son would encounter danger, but Yan Wengang told her that he felt that he could bear it, and wanted to stay and insist, and strive to pass the selection. Seeing that her son already had his own decision, Yang Shuying did not show his worries anymore, but chose to silently support the child with actions. For example, after Yan Wengang truly transformed into a steel frame snowmobile athlete, Yang Shuying used his spare time to sew a shoe bag for Yan Wengang. This is due to the fact that the steel frame snowmobile athletes take off on the ice, and the soles of the professional steel frame snowmobile sneakers are densely covered with sharp steel nails. Just as the so-called "mother's hand is threaded, the wanderer's body is clothed", the shoe bag sewn by Yang Shuying not only protects her son from the risk of scratching, but also pins on the mother's thoughts. In Yan Wengang's view, although the equipment issued by the national team is complete, it can use the protective gear and equipment sewn by his mother, which makes him more at ease when training and competing.
At this time, although Yan Wengang had long abandoned the fear of darkness in his youth, in the face of steel-framed snowmobiles with a speed of more than 100 per hour, fear was an instinctive survival reaction of human beings. Like many people, Yan Wengang's first track slide was pushed down by the coach. After a trip down, the tension before the sledding turned into an indescribable pleasure at the end. Yan Wengang knew that he had fallen in love with the project. After breaking through this layer of psychological obstacles, there are still a lot of difficulties waiting for him to overcome, improve the speed of the sled, increase his personal weight, and be familiar with the various tracks, especially the route of the National Bobsleigh Center, Yan Wengang began a long practice. At the European Cup, the Fourteenth Winter, the World Championships, and then to the Ultimate Goal Winter Olympics, Yan Wengang also followed the team step by step, constantly improving himself and narrowing the gap with the world's highest level. From the time he drove on the "Snow Dragon" track, it was already a breakthrough, and winning the bronze medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics achieved a greater breakthrough for Tianjin Ice and Snow and even China's steel frame snowmobile project!
It is worth mentioning that Yan Wengang was transformed from an athletics athlete to ice and snow sports through the cross-sports talent selection policy proposed by the State General Administration of Sport after Beijing's successful bid for the Winter Olympics in 2015. This precious Olympic bronze medal is the result of the Tianjin Municipal Sports Bureau's decision to make Yan Wengang cross-disciplinary transformation.
Zhang Zhongquan
Director of Tianjin Winter and Water Sports Management Center
It is also the policy of the General Administration that we can have a cross-discipline athlete to participate in the winter center. Through the efforts of yan wengang in recent years, through technical research, from psychological research, to technical adjustment research, Yan Wengang has made great progress in becoming familiar with the world's tracks, especially in Yanqing.
In addition to the efforts of the athletes themselves, this bronze medal is also inseparable from the strong logistical support work of the Tianjin Winter and Water Sports Management Center. It is the silent efforts of many unsung heroes that can make Yan Wengang walk on the Olympic field without distraction. And this bronze medal is obviously far from the end of Yan Wengang, with the support of everyone, he will continue to sprint to a higher level for the dream in his heart.