Halfway through the Beijing Winter Olympics, some of the athletes will be saying goodbye. On the 14th, Japan's "figure skating prince" Yusei Yusuke chose to bid farewell to Valentine's Day in the West, leaving all fans with an unfinished ending, because he still has a 4A dream. But no matter what, Yusheng is a foreign player after all, can the enthusiasm of the Chinese people for him also be shared with those equally respectable Chinese players?
On the evening of the 15th, the Chinese men's ice team will stage a "second battle" with the Canadian team in the promotion match of the Winter Olympic Games.
A colleague said so - why is it that Yusheng "fights a battle that cannot be won and defends a city that cannot be defended" is so touching, and Chinese ice hockey fights tenaciously against opponents who cannot win, but so many people are very disgusted to say that "they can't win anyway" and "they shouldn't participate"?
Indeed, even if Yusheng knotting the string did not win the medal in the end, it was still blown up by five hot searches, and its popularity was no less than that of the Chinese player winning the championship. How many of these are following the trend of the crowd? It is worth our calm thinking.
It should be noted that the Chinese men's ice hockey, ranked 32nd in the world, has made its debut in the Main Winter Olympic Games since the Chinese Ice Hockey Association joined the International Ice Federation in 1963. The boys who held the host 'wild card' did not "lie flat", the first game faced the strong American team dared to fight, the first quarter only fell behind 0-1; the second battle was in the case of 0-3 behind the two goals in a row, almost in the conventional time to force the last Olympic runner-up Germany team; encountered the world's number one Canadian team, the Chinese team scored three goals in the opening half of the quarter, but then adjusted in time, the last two quarters only lost one point, the players are still full of hard work.
Although the strength is not good, but the Chinese male ice spirit online. In this Winter Olympic Games, the significance of Chinese men's ice participation is greater than the result, acknowledging the gap in strength and daring to accept failure, which is not the spirit of competitive sports. In fact, many of the spectators who have watched the Chinese men's ice competition have been fans of the team's hard work and never give up.
In this team, Ye Jinguang, who will turn 37 in April this year, is the oldest athlete in the Chinese delegation. At the end of his career, the Canadian-born Chinese hockey player chose to return to China and become the captain of the Chinese men's ice hockey team.
Ye Jinguang (left)
A hundred years ago, Ye Jinguang's ancestors were sold to North America to build railways. In 1881, his great-grandfather moved to Canada. In 1985, Ye Jinguang, the fourth generation of Chinese immigrants, was born in Vancouver.
Since childhood, Ye Jinguang, who has high hopes from his family, began to learn ice hockey. In 2004, Ye Jinguang was drafted by the North American Hockey League (NHL) Colorado team, and he played in five seasons in the NHL, playing 174 games and scoring 56 points, making him the best Chinese male player in the history of professional hockey.
"150 years ago, my ancestors were in North America, but China has always been in the Ye family tradition." So when the Kunlun Hongxing Club, which was preparing talents for the Beijing Winter Olympics, selected Ye Jinguang, he did not hesitate to choose to return to China.
In the past 5 years, Ye Jinguang has scored more than 100 points in the Mainland Ice Hockey League (KHL), becoming the first professional league "100 point king" in the history of Chinese ice hockey, and he represents the image of Chinese ice hockey. Ye Jinguang regards representing the Chinese team to participate in the Winter Olympics as his "lifelong dream", "Fighting hard at the Winter Olympics is the best way for me to express my love to the motherland, and we will also use the hard work on the field to make every family member of the motherland proud of us." ”
The difference between Yusheng and Ye Jinguang is that the former is a top star, standing at the top of the pyramid of figure skating; the latter is an athlete who strives upwards, the paving stone of China's ice hockey project. However, when you watch the Chinese men's ice game and understand the responsibilities that Team Ye carries, you will find that he and Yusheng Jiexin convey the same spiritual core. For love, even if it is crushed to pieces, even if it burns out, there is nothing to fear.
Yu Yusei will not repeat himself for an Olympic champion, but out of the comfort zone, preferring to pay the price of failure to challenge the 4A, he wants to lead the epoch-making progress of figure skating.
Ye Jinguang hopes to be the star that illuminates The love of Chinese boys and girls in ice hockey, which is the success of their generation.
They are all warriors who deserve the same attention and applause.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Chen Hua Text Editor: Qin Dongying Caption Source: Xinhua News Agency
Source: Author: Qin Dongying