In December 2019, the "Boiling Snow" INTERNATIONAL SNOWBOARD Snowboard Jumping World Cup was held at the newly completed Shougang Ski Jumping Platform. Su Yiming, a 16-year-old Chinese teenager, finished sixth in the group in the qualifying round, passing by the final. Despite this, Su Yiming was still very excited. Looking at the dazzling lights of the arena, he couldn't help but think, "Will I still be standing here in two years?" What will I do when the time comes? ”
On February 14, 2022, the men's qualification tournament of snowboard jumping at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Su Yiming returned to the Shougang big jump and ranked fifth with 155.25, successfully advancing to the final. At noon on the 15th, Su Yiming will appear again and launch an attack on the gold medal. The ambitious teenager, who already has a silver medal in the slope obstacle course in hand, is looking forward to "taking off" here again.
The little boy who "spat out wild words"
Su Yiming debuted with the aura of "genius teenager".
At the age of 4, he went to the snow with his parents who were "enthusiasts" in snowboarding, got sponsorship from an internationally renowned ski brand at the age of 7, and became one of the top skaters in China at the age of 12. With the double blessing of hard work and talent, Su Yiming's road to becoming a talent can be described as "smooth all the way", and he is even more lonely in the domestic youth competition. Because of his skiing expertise, he was also selected by director Xu Kexiang, starred in the movie "Wise Tiger Mountain" in the small plug, and then appeared in a number of film and television dramas and variety shows, becoming a popular child star.
On July 31, 2015, Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. 11-year-old Su Yiming watched TV and couldn't sit still: "Skiing is my favorite thing, if you can represent your country and participate in the world's highest level ski competition in your own country, how cool!" ”
Therefore, when many of her peers have not yet thought about what to do in the future, Su Yiming has resolutely suspended her acting career and devoted all her spare energy to ski training. "Sometimes looking back, I was actually a child at that time, I could only complete a few simple actions, and participating in the Winter Olympics was indeed a 'great' goal." Su Yiming admits that he is very "dare to think", but it is by no means delusional, "because I have been working hard, moving closer to the goal little by little." The Winter Olympics are a big goal, but at any time, I have a small goal that never changes – to do a good job of training every day. ”
As Su Yiming said, in the following three years, he took one step at a time. In August 2018, he was selected for the national training team and put on the "national brand" battle robe. In the subsequent 2018-2019 national championships, Su Yiming, who participated in the national competition of the adult category for the first time, won the gold medal in the big jump, and since then, as long as he participates, he has not let the national champion fall by. In January 2019, Su Yiming made his first appearance in the International Snow League, and at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Snow Sports Arena - Phoenix Snow Park, he won the Big Jump Championship of the Korean National Championships and the runner-up of slope obstacle course skills. In February, he was invited to the U.S. Open snowboarding. This invitation-based event only accepts skaters from the world's top 30 or 40, and Su Yiming is the first Chinese to appear in the event.
"I believe that all great success comes from every small accumulation. No matter how great a goal is, if it is not implemented in every day, even every minute, every second of action, it is just lip service. Along the way, the little teenager who was "spitting out wild words" was getting closer and closer to the goal. And just walking in the Winter Olympics will not satisfy his "ambitions".
This "first man" who leapt nine leaps
After entering the national team, Su Yiming's "growth curve" rose all the way and made rapid progress.
In the 2020-2021 snow season, Su Yiming broke through successively, and successively "unlocked" the 1440-degree reverse foot turn and the 1620-degree action in four directions. On the second day of 2021, Su Yiming successfully challenged the 1800-degree difficulty of the reverse foot turn, opening the door of the "18 era" for The Chinese snowboard. In October, while preparing for the national training team in Austria, he completed the world's first ultra-difficult move with an internal rotation of 1980 degrees.
For professional skaters, it is not easy to turn 360 degrees more in the air, even if it is half a turn. The curve that seems to rise all the way is not without ups and downs. Behind the successes are countless failures and losses. When practicing the hardest, Su Yiming can slip and break several snowboards a week. But he is a child who has loved to "compete" with himself since he was a child, "Sometimes the action is not done well, I am angry with myself, especially annoyed." Some people may adjust it and try again when they're in good shape, but I don't. Even if I don't eat, I have to make it ready and then go down the mountain. ”
Su Yiming, who has sufficient "reserves", stepped onto the World Cup for the first time in the Winter Olympic season. After the Collapse of the Swiss Kuhl Station in October, he moved to the Steamboat Station in the United States, and completed the 1800-degree turn with high quality in the first round of the qualifiers, ranking first in the preliminary round, becoming the first male player in China to reach the final of the Snowboard World Cup. In the final, Su Yiming locked in the gold medal in the early round with a stable performance - this is the first time that a Chinese player has reached the podium of the World Cup in this project.
Finally, with full of honor and expectation, Su Yiming started the journey of the Beijing Winter Olympics. In the slope obstacle course final on the 7th, he played well, winning silver in one fell swoop, and creating another history of men's snowboarding in China. "Starting tomorrow, I will calm down, start with the details, and prepare for the big jumping competition." A silver medal is obviously not Su Yiming's ultimate goal.
Judging from the performance of the past two years, compared with the slope obstacle skills, Su Yiming's advantages in the big jumping platform are more obvious, not only the "difficulty" is online, but the action stability is also very high. However, the competition in the project is extremely fierce, and the finalists all have at least 1800 degrees of action reserves, and whoever wins the championship is not an accident.
But Su Yiming is still not afraid of challenges. "If you can't even think you can't do it, you really don't have a chance." In four days, he will celebrate his 18th birthday, eager to give himself the best gift of adulthood with better grades.