The only constant is training hard.
In 2010, Xu Mengtao was 19 years old and participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time. In the next 12 years, she won countless championships, but the only thing missing was the Winter Olympic gold medal. In 2022, the fourth winter Olympic tour, Xu Mengtao's dream came true.
It is said that "the luck of people who love to laugh will not be too bad", Xu Mengtao is strong by nature, cheerful, optimistic, especially love to laugh, people call her "peach", "Xu Xiao stick", but behind her spring-like smile, it is full of injuries: rupture of the anterior cross band of the knee, sprain of the medial collateral ligament, deformation of the posterior angle of the medial meniscus, multiple bone contusions, joint effusions... The ligaments of the bare legs were broken twice, and four major surgeries were performed... Wounded, still injured, chasing dreams with tenacity and willpower.
Someone asked Xu Mengtao, what is the secret to becoming a world champion? Xu Mengtao said: "My answer is very simple, no matter what changes in the outside world, the only constant is to train hard, in the uncertainty, adhere to certainty." ”
When talking about participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao, as the elder of the four dynasties of the Winter Olympics, used the phrase "three lives are lucky" to describe, she said: "As an ice and snow athlete, I feel that I am really lucky to be able to participate in the Winter Olympics at my doorstep, this is also my fourth Winter Olympics, I hope to show the best performance on the field of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and put my most perfect action in the Beijing Winter Olympics!" ”
She did it!
Edit: Jiang Fang
General: Beijing Daily International Olympic Committee