(Beijing Winter Olympics) Goodbye Yusheng knotted strings
China News Service, Beijing, February 14 Title: Goodbye Yusheng Knotted Strings
China News Service reporter Zhang Su
Japanese figure skater Yu Yusei appeared at the main media center of the Beijing Winter Olympics on the evening of the 14th. During the more than 30-minute press conference, he sat alone under the "Winter Dream" emblem of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, answering questions from many media.
On February 14, Yu Yu attended the press conference. On the same day, Japanese figure skater Yu Yusuke held a press conference at the main press center of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
The Japanese Olympic Committee was the first to say that it had received too many applications for interviews with the Yusheng players, and it was impossible to arrange them separately, so it simply held a press conference to focus on answering the questions. This is also a continuation of the practice of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
However, at that time, Yusheng Yuxian won the gold medal in men's single skating at the Two Winter Olympics in Sochi and Pyeongchang, which was the "highlight moment" of his career. Today, many people are more concerned about where the "Twilight Hero" who has neither the opportunity to receive the podium nor successfully completed Axel's jump around will go.
On February 10, in the men's singles free skating competition of figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, although Japan's Yu yusuke failed to succeed in challenging Axel's four-way jump (4A), he completed the whole set of moves. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
Is Beijing the last Winter Olympics of the "figure skating king"? If he had asked more bluntly, would he have announced his retirement here?
For these, Yu Sheng did not explicitly answer. In fact, whenever he talks about topics such as "future" and "goals", he will slightly raise his head, think quietly, sometimes meditate for a moment, and then give a not-so-clear answer.
"I don't know if this will be my last Winter Olympics." He said he did not know whether he could stand on the stage of the Winter Olympics again. As for whether I will try Axel jump around in the future, "I don't have an answer now."
During the review of this "Trip to the Winter Olympics", Yu Yu said some inside information. For example, the Figure Skating Men's Singles Free Skating Competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics was held on the 10th, and the outside world noticed that his ankles exposed after the game were swollen, but he was reluctant to talk about it at the time. Today he revealed that due to the recurrence of his old injury, he was given a closed injection before playing.
It was also in that match that Axel, who was tied to the knot, did not jump around enough and fell down when he fell on the ice. But in his own opinion, no matter when he thinks back, he will feel that this Axel jump is "tall and beautiful" and a jump worthy of self-pride.
From short shows to free skating, Yu yu twice made a mistake in jumping around the rear inner knot ring, one of which was when he accidentally stepped on a "pit" on the ice, causing him to jump. Today he stressed that the ice rink itself is of good quality and feels comfortable to slide.
He said that he thought that he might not have the opportunity to perform here again, so he would bow deeply to the audience and to the ice rink for a long time after the free skating to show respect and gratitude for the ice.
Although there are many regrets, in general, Yusheng Yuxian is satisfied with his performance at the Beijing Winter Olympics. In fact, his "trip to the Winter Olympics" is not over.
Shortly before the start of this press conference, on the afternoon of the 14th, he appeared at the training ground of the Capital Gymnasium and continued to slide and jump in the soundtrack of "Sky and Earth". Journalists familiar with him noticed that he had a frequent smile on his face.
"According to the doctor, I shouldn't actually skate now, but I want to go on ice anyway." Yusei yushin came to the press room and explained that many things had crossed his mind in the past few days, and he still wanted to skate here no matter what. It was also with a love for the sport that he went to the ice rink again.
A long-lost smile runs through the training and appears in the venue from time to time. When a reporter mentioned that he won the gold medal at the Sochi Stadium on this day 8 years ago, "It was a question that wanted me to cry." He bent his eyebrows and smiled, saying that since the "triple crown" no longer existed, perhaps he had been freed from this pressure. On the other hand, "I am still a two-time Olympic champion, and I will stand up for this and live the rest of my life," he said with a determined smile.
According to the current list of performance skating released by the International Skating Union, Yu Yu is listed, which means that people have the opportunity to see his performance again on the 20th. For him, it is happiness to be able to feel the love and expectation of countless ice fans while continuing his beloved figure skating sport. (End)