The Paper's reporter Song Chengliang
Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu hugged.
When the music ended, Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu, dressed in "green mountains and green waters", hugged tightly, and Wang Shiyue couldn't help but burst into tears.
On February 14th, China Ice Dance created our Olympic history - Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu won the 12th place, which is also the best record since China's ice dance participated in the Winter Olympics.
Behind this, it is the tacit understanding between the two of them to cooperate with the partner since childhood, and it is also the stubbornness of the two who will never give up and never break up the gang.
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu has been partners since childhood.
Open up a good path for future generations
The combination of Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu is affectionately known as the "motor engine combination" by netizens, and their clothing "Green Mountains and Green Water" at this Winter Olympics has also attracted countless fans before.
In the first rhythm dance competition, Liu Xinyu combed the "Elvis Presley" big back hairstyle, and Wang Shiyue tied a high ponytail. With the melody of "Trouble" and "Blue Sheepskin Boots", the two had rich expressions and agile dance steps, and finally successfully won 12 places to ensure the results of promotion.
However, the score of 73.41 was lower than the team rhythm dance score (74.66 points). After the game, the two also said that they would look at the scorecard again, find out the details of the deduction, and then polish the action with the coach.
The best record of the Chinese ice dance program at the Winter Olympics was 18th in Albertville, France in 1992. At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu only finished 22nd and failed to qualify. In addition to the strength reason, Wang Shiyue was also deducted points for the jewelry falling from her clothes that year.
In the new Winter Olympic cycle, the two have improved their level by going to Canada for foreign training and other methods.
"We know how hard and how hard we practice." Liu Xinyu said in an interview that the results of the two have long since stopped worrying about whether they can advance. The previous experience of training in Canada has greatly improved the technology of the duo, and the firm belief that they can rank among the top ten in the world has also made them confident in their own possibilities.
"Our first year in Canada was very confusing and unconfident, but the strength and support that the whole team gave us helped us grow. Later, we found that we could also, maybe we started a little late, but we believed that we could catch up through the efforts of the day after tomorrow. ”
Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu and their foreign coach.
However, affected by the epidemic, in the past two years, Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu said that they can only accept foreign teacher guidance through video connection in China, which has a certain impact on the improvement of technology, "In the past two years, we have basically not participated in the competition, but in these two years, our growth is not in technology, growth in mind and thinking, so we feel very happy to be able to slide out." Wang Shiyue said.
Participating in the Winter Olympics for the second time, the two are looking forward to finally entering the top 10, "In fact, we have set goals very early, and no athlete does not want to get good results." We first of all do a good job of ourselves, and we also hope that through our efforts and everyone's help, we will bring Chinese ice dance to a new height. ”
Wang Shiyue also set a higher goal for herself, "We also hope that one day, like Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, we can open up a better path for future generations." ”
Work together and never disband
Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu were both born in 1994, and Wang Shiyue was born in April, more than half a year after Liu Xinyu, who was born in October, and both studied single figure skating at the Jilin Provincial Winter Sports Management Center.
Due to the similar age of the two and the outstanding talent of figure skating, the coach let Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu train together. Shortly after the combination training, the coach found that the two had a tacit understanding. So, let them become partners.
Because China's ice dance at that time was in its infancy, the pair of super powerful partners was very optimistic, but the two athletes gradually opened up the gap in height - Liu Xinyu, who entered adolescence, was straight up and grew to 190cm, while Wang Shiyue's height was delayed, staying at 163cm.
From a professional point of view, the height difference of 27cm, and then continue to be a partner is not appropriate. The huge height difference will make the two people have a lot of incongruity in dance movements, but after training together for so long, the two agreed to work together and never disband.
In the end, the two successfully persuaded the coach with excellent results and continued to be partners.
In 2017, the 8th Asian Winter Games figure skating ice dance free skating, the two with a high score of 164.28, defeated the Japanese combination to win the gold medal, Wang Shiyue also instantly left tears.
"The reason for crying, one is the knee problem, the other is this year's efforts, the efforts felt that it was not in vain but was rewarded." And during my training in the United States, my grandmother died, and I grew up with my grandmother, and now I do. Grandma will be very happy. ”
The day before the match, Liu Xinyu's ice knife accidentally cut Wang Shiyue's knee, and Wang Shiyue stitched three stitches to choose to continue the game. When stitching needles, she did not shed a tear, after winning the championship, Liu Xinyu also hugged Wang Shiyue, and Wang Shiyue also kissed the medal with tears in her eyes.
Because of the height difference between the two, Liu Xinyu, in order to take care of his partner, will split his forks to make himself look shorter during interviews and photos.
Liu Xinyu classic split fork interview.
Netizens who saw this scene felt that he was too intimate, and even when they held up the trophy, Liu Xinyu would hold Wang Shiyue on the stage.
In order to stay in shape, the two often meet to go to the gym together and take photos to punch cards. When they are on vacation, they will also go to Disney together to enhance their tacit understanding with each other.
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