In the women's aerial skills final of freestyle skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's Xu Mengtao won the gold medal with 108.61 points. After years of hard work, Xu Mengtao finally realized her dream of the Olympic champion at her doorstep. After winning the championship, Xu Mengtao wept with joy and vented her emotions to the fullest. As a veteran, Xu Mengtao has waited too long for this gold medal and paid too much. There are still many hard stories behind Xu Mengtao's gold grab, and her father has been selling kebabs for more than 20 years in order to supplement the family. Compared with the national football team that lost to Vietnam on the first day of the New Year, Xu Mengtao's conditions are really far worse.
Athletes eat youth, once they reach a certain age, then injuries and bodies will become obstacles to their progress, and Xu Mengtao is no exception. Xu Mengtao is already a 32-year-old veteran who has competed in the World Series for many years, and his best result at the Olympic Games was the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. In the freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed team final of this Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao and his teammates Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu cooperated to win the second place. In Xu Mengtao's heart, there has always been a dream of an Olympic gold medal. For a 32-year-old veteran, this could be her last chance.
It is said that good food is not afraid of late, Xu Mengtao has waited for so long, and now that she has finally realized her dream, or is it at our own doorstep, what is more dreamy than such a way to win the championship? Xu Mengtao, who won the gold medal, draped in the national flag and cried with joy, and even knelt on the field to thank her, we can see her ecstasy after insisting on it for many years to finally realize her dream. At this moment, all the efforts are worth it. For Xu Mengtao, she is fully worthy of this gold medal, she used her persistence and hard work to get the best results, and also helped the Chinese team win the fifth gold medal of the Winter Olympics.
Behind Xu Mengtao's victory, there is also a difficult story. CCTV released a video about Xu Mengtao 9 years ago, after winning the World Championships, Xu Mengtao still had to go home to help her family work. In order to supplement the family, my father would set up a stall every day to grill skewers. Xu Mengtao also hopes to help his father share more as much as possible, and will grill skewers for his father himself and let his father rest for a while. For this family, my father has now grilled skewers for more than twenty years, and Xu Mengtao's victory this time will surely make his father's kebab shop business more prosperous.
Xu Mengtao's conditions are far worse than those of the players in the national football team. Wu Lei and Yan Junling never worried about their livelihood, and they all went to the beach or other places for vacation and enjoyed a happy time. However, Xu Mengtao is busier than usual during the holidays, and she has to help her parents reduce their burdens. After reading Xu Mengtao's experience, it is not difficult to understand why she is so happy after winning the championship. This is not a reward for her hard work alone, but also a reward for the parents who have raised her for many years. I don't know what it will be like in his heart to see his daughter win the championship? Seeing Xu Mengtao's performance, is the national football team ashamed?
The Beijing Winter Olympics let us see too many heroes, Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing, Gu Ailing, Gao Tingyu, Xu Mengtao, they are all people who work hard for their dreams and finally realize their dreams. Seeing them working so hard, shouldn't we, as ordinary people, also work hard for our dreams? As long as we persist, there will be a return, which is the enlightenment brought to us by Xu Mengtao.