Xinjiang girls have twice competed in the Winter Olympics, and the ice and snow sports in Hebei have attracted more people

Infographic: Tian Ruining in the game.　Courtesy of Karamay Amateur Sports School

Urumqi, February 14 (Gou Jipeng, Mayira Pilates) The Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating women's 500-meter competition was held on the evening of the 13th, and the Chinese women's jin jingzhu and Tian Ruining won the 12th and 14th places respectively. This is the second winter Olympic trip of Tian Ruining, a 25-year-old girl from Xinjiang.

Born in Karamay, Xinjiang, Tian Ruining has loved sports since she was a child, and when she was 8 years old, her family bought her her her first pair of roller skates, which made her fall in love with it. Later, she was exposed to skating, and Tian Ruining, who has a foundation in roller skating, is also at ease on the ice rink. She said: "Skating feels like you're flying like a bird. ”

Tian Ruining, who loves skating, has also insisted on hard training for many years, practicing skating in winter and roller skating in summer. In this regard, Tian Ruining's enlightenment coach, Karamay Amateur Sports School speed skating coach Ma Chao is quite touched. He said: "The reason why Tian Ruining has achieved today's results is inseparable from her years of hard work. She is very able to endure hardships and has tenacity in her bones, which is why she can constantly break through herself and achieve better results. ”

In 2010 and 2014, Tian Ruining represented Karamay City in the 12th and 13th National Games of the Autonomous Region, winning four individual first places in his category and winning the all-around championship. In 2016, he entered the national team and won the silver and bronze medals at the 13th Winter Games of China. At that time, she said: "My biggest wish is to represent the Chinese team in the Winter Olympics." ”

In 2018, Tian Ruining represented the Chinese team in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as desired. This year, she has participated in the Winter Olympics in Beijing for the second time as she wishes. "I am looking forward to it, and I hope to play at the best level in the field of the Winter Olympics, show the best of myself and the best state." She once said that she also hopes to take the opportunity of the Beijing Winter Olympics to vigorously promote ice and snow sports with people who love sports across the country, fully display the charm of ice and snow sports, and let ice and snow sports attract more people to participate.

In the women's 500m speed skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics that night, Tian Ruining slid a good time of 10.31 seconds in the first 100 meters, and the back distance slowed down significantly, and finally ranked 14th with a time of 37.98 seconds. After the game, Tian Ruining said that from the feeling of the game is not bad, the start is smooth, the back distance has not found the point of speed reduction, after going back to watch the video, as soon as possible to find the root cause of the problem, continue to work hard to improve, to the next Winter Olympics to launch an impact. (End)