Text | Rice grain mom
The recent Winter Olympics saw that our family of three was full of excitement, one moment for Gu Ailing to wave the flag, the other moment for Su Yiming was indignant, and then listened to the explanation of the owner at night and laughed for a while, often watching it a day, the mood seemed to take several roller coasters.
In particular, the figure skating men's single free skating competition on the 10th day made the "former figure skater" rice grain mother who only turned in circles once choke up!
I believe that many rice noodles who usually do not pay attention to figure skating will also frequently see the names of Jin Boyang and Yusheng on the hot search in the past few days, and today the rice grain mother wants to talk to you about the white moonlight in these two hearts.
Kim Jump little genius 4 weeks era pioneer Bo Yang
From the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, we can hear that most of our ice and snow athletes are from the northeast, and Rice's father also joked that northeast dialect is the "official language" of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Because of its unique geographical environment, the children there have been associated with ice and snow since they were very young, and Jin Boyang, who was born in Harbin, is no exception.
▲ Jin Boyang childhood photo
When many children had not yet seen snow, 5-year-old Tian Tian (Jin Boyang's nickname) went with his parents to watch Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo's figure skating performance.
The gliding on the ice is so stretched, each spin and jump is so light, and the elegant performance of the two ignites a flame in Xiao Tiantian's heart.
When he got home, he begged his parents to send him to learn how to skate, but his parents who were engaged in athletics did not think about it and objected. Because they are practitioners, they know too well how difficult the path of competitive sports is.
When a parent, it is unconsciously want to help their children avoid all known risks, who does not want their children to go all the way?
But they clearly underestimate their daily love of skating.
Jin Boyang grinds hard bubbles every day, and finally at the age of 7, he got his wish to stand on the ice rink.
Since then, the ice skating rink has become his amusement park.
Soon after training, his talent was revealed, and Jin Boyang, who had only learned skating for 3 years, had mastered 5 types of 3-week jumps, and at the age of 14, he was already able to successfully make 4-week jumps.
Here the rice grain mother interspersed with a small science, figure skating in a total of 6 kinds of jumping action, "week number" refers to the number of turns in the air, such as 3 weeks of jump is to completely turn 3 laps in the air after the jump, the highest difficulty is 4 weeks to jump.
Therefore, at the age of 14, he can make a 4-week jump every day, fully worthy of the name of a "little genius".
But we all know that no matter which direction, whether it is learning or art and sports, if you want to go to the top level, talent alone is definitely not enough.
Talent and hard work are never opposites.
His coach once described him as "excited as soon as he got on the ice, every time he was the first to come to the ice rink, sometimes the ice truck was still pouring ice and he came." ”
When practicing sports, the bitter head must be eaten. Compared with those "seniors" who began to practice at the age of 3 or 4, the days when they were 7 years old and only went to ice were already considered "older" players.
Moreover, figure skating requires extremely high physical flexibility for players, and practicing soft opening is the first problem facing Jin Boyang.
On the first day of practicing leg press, Jin Boyang almost finished the training in tears. On the way home, Xiao Tian wiped his tears and said to his mother that he would never practice again, and as a result, when it was time for the next day's training, Jin Boyang took his mother's hand and said, I still want to practice skating.
Every day the entanglement of parents can be imagined.
As an old mother, The rice grain mother also had this kind of tangled moment, such as the previous "Should I go to the interest class of burning money?" You haven't thought about anything more important than that! I wrote about the choice of interest class.
▲ Jin Boyang's mother was interviewed, and guess who this good friend is?
But in the end, Tiantian's parents were still touched by the child's love and finally decided to accompany him firmly. Mom quit her job to focus on picking him up and taking care of his life. When Jin Boyang went out to play, his mother accompanied the team at his own expense, in order to accompany him every day between games and let him rest assured.
Day after day of persistence is finally paying off.
2015 was the first year that Jin Boyang stepped onto the adult stage, and at the Italia World Figure Skating Grand Prix in China, the 18-year-old gave himself and the entire ice world a big gift.
For the first time, he completed the "first difficulty" of the world men's ice world in the competition - hooking hands for four weeks and then pointing out ice for three weeks, a move that no one had ever done at the time. In that event, he refreshed the technical difficulty of the world ice world with his 6 4-week jumps, officially ushering in a new era of men's figure skating 4-week jumping.
He became China's first men's single skater to reach the World Championships podium and wrote his own history.
Three years later, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Jin Boyang ranked fourth with a total score of 297.77, refreshing the best record in the history of Chinese men's single skating at the Olympic Games, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a milestone figure in Chinese men's single skating.
At this time, Jin Boyang's idol, the 23-year-old Yusheng Yushin, had just won his Winter Olympic men's single skating championship.
Here the rice grain mother had to interject the fairy friendship between the two, and when tian tian's mother was interviewed, she personally stamped tian tian and Yu Sheng as good friends.
The relationship between the two of them begins when they were young, when Jin Boyang was still in the youth group, and Yu yushin was already the top player in the adult group, and he always regarded Yusheng as his goal every day and worked hard in his direction.
In each major competition, Yusheng Yuxin also took good care of this "little fan".
One of the few Chinese he will have is "refuel every day."
At the award ceremony, Yu Sheng found that the flag unfurled by Jin Boyang looked inverse in the camera, so he quickly stepped forward to help adjust it.
For Yusei's such good predecessors and opponents, Tian Tian also cherishes his friendship very much. At Jin Boyang's home, he placed a photo of himself and Yu Sheng in the most conspicuous position next to the trophy.
On the field, they are opponents in a backwater battle, and as soon as they play, the two immediately become good friends who laugh together.
Movement knows no borders, and beautiful people will eventually meet and feel sorry for each other.
Habu figure skating apostle, asthma conqueror, ice-picked man, knotted strings
Two days ago, Mi Grain's mother stimulated in "Gu Ailing's Origin" Who did? The chicken baby ceiling is really not in Haidian! In this article, it is mentioned that Habu yusuke, strong in technology, beautiful performance, high emotional intelligence, humble, or was a student bully graduated from Waseda University!
▲ A beautiful kiss on ice
Every time this ice nobleman appears, he is a well-deserved popular king.
But when he first started practicing skating, it didn't start with love like every day, but to relieve his pain.
Yusei has been in poor health since childhood and suffers from asthma, so his parents thought of letting him learn to skate with his sister, which not only exercised the body, but also did not cause a burden on breathing.
So 4-year-old Xiao Yusheng was taken to the ice rink.
At first, his mind was completely out of the ice skating, every day during class was jumping and mischievous, but his enlightenment coach also found that he was flexible, bold, not afraid of falling, and identified him as a good seedling.
But Yusei felt that it was easier to play baseball with his father.
After practicing like this for a while, Dad talked to Yu Chang once, he said that such an absent-minded training must not win the championship, rather than this, it is better not to waste time and do something you like.
The young and vigorous little boy was the most irritable, and his father's words suddenly ignited the fighting spirit of Yu sheng, who said that I could not win the championship?
In an interview at the age of 11, Yusuke Yusuke said, "I will become an Olympic champion!" Under the childish face, such a heroic ambition has been buried.
As he said, Yu yushin opened his own era with talent and strength. To this day, he remains the only ever Grand Slam + Double Grand Slam winner in the figure skating men's singles event.
The so-called Grand Slam refers to the Grand Prix, the World Championships, the Four Continents, and the Olympic Games, all of which have won the championships, and these four events are also the most important international competitions in figure skating.
Professional terminology may still be a little difficult to understand, rice grain mother to give you an example, analogous to the examination of famous schools, his results are equivalent to the eight Ivy League school offers over and over again, or each family ranked first.
His performance is not only difficult and technical, but the overall viewing is also a ride among men's singles players. From the choreography and soundtrack arrangement, he will personally participate in the design of the costumes, which is a habit that has been around since he was a child.
As we all know, figure skating is an extremely expensive sport, and Yu Yu's family is not rich. Dad is a teacher at school, and Mom Yumi takes care of Yusei's siblings at home, in order to save money, Yusei's Kausten (competition costume) when Yusei was a child was sewn by Her mother by Yumi.
Yumi, like Tenchi's mother, fully supports her child without interfering with any of his decisions.
At the age of 17, in order to get better professional training, Yu yu decided to fly to Canada for external training. After discussion, the family decided that his mother would accompany him to train abroad.
When he first arrived in Canada, the environment, language, and food made Yusheng feel uncomfortable, and he once thought about giving up. And Mom said, "You decide!" If we don't practice, we'll give up figure skating now! If you want to practice, then let's start by learning English, starting with trying to buy things on the street! ”
Rice grain mother really admires Yumi's strong heart, she always gives the child a positive hint while handing over the choice to the child, dissolving the big difficulties into small goals, bit by bit but always moving forward.
In order to let Yusheng adapt to the training life as soon as possible, her mother tried to prepare Japanese food every day, so that Yusheng Yuxin maintained a lot of physical strength and did all the logistical support work.
It was the gentle and firm companionship of her mother Yumi that gave Yusei Yusuke an increasingly strong heart.
Because they know that no matter how far they go, their families are behind them, and when they look back, they can see it.
Phoenix Nirvana, reborn from the fire
Athletics are always full of surprises and uncertainties.
After the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, due to injury, Jin Boyang's state once fell into a trough, and the proud difficult jump could not be done, which greatly affected his self-confidence, and the next two seasons of performance ups and downs.
The men's single skating at the 2021 Figure Skating World Championships was the most difficult moment for Jin Boyang, who only finished 22nd in that game, ranking third from the bottom among all.
The genius boy fell to the altar, and all the pressure, questioning, and blame came like a tide.
Yu yusuke also injured his ankle during pre-match training, and finally chose to withdraw from the competition.
By this time, he had been training alone at the Sendai Ice Rink in his hometown for more than a year.
Due to the impact of the global epidemic, Yu yusuke cannot travel back and forth to Canada to participate in training. There is no coach to observe and guide, and the conditions of the ice rink in his hometown are limited, and he can only be lent to practice after a day of business.
1 a.m. is the time he starts training.
In the middle of the night in the empty Sendai Ice Rink, he jumped, fell, and tried to attack 4A again and again, each practice was accompanied by the risk of injury, but he still bravely moved forward.
Although this action is also called 4 weeks jump, it actually takes 4 and a half turns in the air to fall on the ice, which is almost the limit of human beings, and no one has ever succeeded.
Yu yukari chose it as the opening action of the free skating of this Winter Olympics, and it is no accident that this will be the last Winter Olympics he will participate in.
On February 10, the last day of the Winter Olympics figure skating men's singles event.
Jin Boyang, who has already participated in two team matches and an individual competition, withstood the pressure of the high-profile competition at his doorstep and successfully reproduced his signature action - hooker four weeks after the outside point of ice for three weeks, perfectly falling on the ice.
In an instant, the applause on the field was thunderous, and he also refreshed his best result of the season with good form.
He said: "Always believe that you can succeed, and then continue to give yourself strength, when you fail, you must persist, stand up, stand up again, until the end, there will be a beam of light for you to open." ”
That teenager finally defeated his own demons.
Yusuke, on the other hand, was "hated by ice" in the first match.
Unfortunately, his starting point was stuck in the ice hole left by other players, which directly led to the loss of points for his first technical move, and even after such a mistake, he entered the next game with an 8th place.
If the program structure is readjusted and a more conservative and stable technical action is chosen, he is still expected to rush to gold in the second stage.
But it seems that for him, the impact of the gold medal is not a challenge to the 4A.
When the music started, Yu sheng jumped hard, and the miracle did not appear after all, he failed to fall on the ice, and the angle of the turn was slightly insufficient, and he fell on the ice.
But this is the closest jump ever made in figure skating to the limits of human physiology!
In the interview after the game, Yu Yusuke confessed that he had regrets and was unwilling, but only that he had no regrets.
He has given everything for his ideals.
Although he jokes that he is hated by ice, in the hearts of all viewers, he is already the ice king who challenges all the impossible, The Feather Skating Apostle, The Asthma Conqueror, the Man Chosen by Ice ( one of the after-effects of watching "The Beginning").
The final result is also known to everyone, Yu Sheng and Jin Boyang ranked 4th and 9th respectively, and did not win medals.
But The rice grain mother felt that this was not a victory for them, because they had all completed the transcendence of themselves and the challenge to the limits of human beings!
With interest and love to get started, with persistence and constant challenge to shine, compared to their efforts, talent is like a most common trait.
Their parents may not be like Gu Ailing and Zhu Yi's parents, with prominent status, High knowledge background, and clear planning for their children's future, but they also educate the best children with just the right love and full support.
Help children sort out their minds every time they walk at the intersection of life and face choices, and then give the choice back to the child;
When children need help, give everything they can; when children fly high alone, they always watch gently and silently support behind them;
Children who grow up surrounded by respect, tolerance, love and security will be very determined even if they move forward alone.
Overcoming yourself and challenging the limits is not only a victory for Jin Boyang and Yu Sheng, but also a victory for two great mothers and two family educations!
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