Zou Shiming: Skiing is like life, falling and getting up

Many people may not believe that the recording of the fourth episode of the Winter Olympic sports experience reality show "Winter Dream Covenant Season 2" at the end of 2021 is the first snowboard experience of Zou Shiming's life. Although there was not much time to actually ride on the snowboard from morning to night, Zou Shiming still felt that skiing was a sport full of charm. He also attaches great importance to cultivating his three sons' love of ice and snow sports.

Biography

Zou Shiming, born on May 18, 1981 in Suiyang County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, is an Olympic champion, a 48 kg boxer of the Chinese men's boxing team, a teacher at the School of Physical Education and Health of East China Normal University, and the president of the Shanghai Boxing Association. In 2008, he won the gold medal in the 48 kg boxing competition at the Beijing Olympic Games. In 2012, he won the Men's Boxing 49 kg championship at the London Olympics and successfully defended his title.

Never experienced snowboarding

"I'm pathetic, I've never been on veneers before." Zou Shiming laughed and said that many people think that he is an athlete, and many sports must be having fun, but the truth is that he has only drilled into his own boxing project for so many years, "My friend asked me to play golf, I will not." ”

In 2015, when recording the variety show "Son-in-law Came to the Door", Zou Shiming experienced skiing once. "At that time, they went to Changbai Mountain with Wang Zulan, and in order to record the program, they did not specifically slide over. There is really no time. When you were an athlete before, your own sports were already dangerous enough, and the coach couldn't let you try other sports, what if you fell on a ski? After playing the game, I was busy running around, and there were various activities... Now that I have opened a company myself, I have even less time to play. ”

Zou Shiming decided to participate in the "Covenant of Winter Dreams" and try snowboarding in the program, mainly to better promote the Beijing Winter Olympics and ice and snow sports. "Beijing is the only city that has hosted both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics, and we are all proud of that. After the successful bid for the Winter Olympics, we have been vigorously promoting the Winter Olympics, but the popularity and understanding of ice and snow sports in many people's hearts are not particularly high, so we hope that through this program there will be a better popularization, so that everyone can pay more attention to and participate. For example, the issue I participated in was dedicated to snowboarding, what posture to use, what skills to use, and how to calculate the score. ”

It is understood that through the combination of "professional athletes + literary and artistic guests + ordinary people", "Winter Dream Covenant" forms a diversified viewing perspective, walks into the Winter Olympic sports projects in an all-round way, and understands the development process and competition rules behind the Winter Olympic ice and snow projects.

Olympic champions wrestled in the snow

For the first time to experience snowboarding, Zou Shiming and the guests Li Wenhan and Liu Yuxin, who are also novices, staged many funny scenes in the show. Don't look at Zou Shiming in the boxing arena domineering, but as soon as he comes to the snow field, he seems to switch the painting style in an instant, becoming a "primary school student", stumbling on the veneer, his body is not controlled by himself at all, and he wrestles one after another. In the snow brake session, he also chose the challenge with the highest difficulty factor, which required braking within three seconds after hearing the command, and the result of course ended in failure. Li Wenhan on the side did not get much better, laughing that he was the best at using the "butt brake", he did not renege on his word, and almost every ski ended in wrestling.

Zou Shiming admitted that he "basically fell out" of this episode of the show, and snowboarding requires certain skills, not a day can be achieved quickly. "Where the center of gravity is, how to shift, how to change direction, are all things that have not been experienced in ordinary times." Even if you tell you the rules and tricks, you still have to rely on experience, it is not so easy to know and act, and you think so in your heart, but you may not be able to control it. Liu Yuxin and I both fell very badly. ”

When asked if he could apply boxing skills to skiing, Zou Shiming said that he could, but after all, interlaced like a mountain, just like playing golf also requires force, but the action can not be deformed, perhaps the more force the more inaccurate.

"It's really fun to be in the snow and everyone is addicted. First of all, snow itself is a feeling that you don't usually have, unlike in the city. You can relax on the snow and switch directions according to your mood. Even if we've just been on the ice, we're still a little stranger, and we often fall, we're willing to get up and start over. This is also more similar to life, where you fall, you get up. ”

Although the recording was only a day, Zou Shiming had already experienced the experience from zero contact, to the beginner road, to the intermediate road at night. "Sliding down the intermediate road, turning to change direction, crossing the pole, making it more difficult for us." He said that although he already knew how to get up from the board, how to jump, how to turn, he was still at a "relatively grassroots level."

As the home of Olympic champions, Zou Shiming's three sons began the enlightenment of ice and snow sports early. "They played skiing more than I did, that time I went to Changbai Mountain, my lover also took Xuan Xuan and Hao Hao to play snowboarding, at that time there was no old third." We also got a card in Shanghai, which is the kind of indoor ski equipment with a wheeling device that can take people up the slope. They're studying double boards now, but they're also interested in veneers. They also play roller skates on land. In Zou Shiming's view, sports is a door that can help children be healthier and more cheerful, and also help them open up more communication space and make many good friends," and learning a sport can be used for a lifetime. ”

The whole family celebrates the Chinese New Year in Shanghai

This year's Winter Olympics coincided with the Spring Festival, zou Shiming admitted that for reasons of epidemic prevention and control, their family spent the New Year in Shanghai and did not return to their hometown in Guizhou.

Talking about the story of the New Year, Zou Shiming recalled that when he was a child, he would get together with his family and relatives, and the whole family would concentrate on the New Year. "On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the adults are busy cooking, toasting the deceased old man before the meal, playing mahjong after eating, watching TV and setting off fireworks at night." Guizhou will also hoard some meat before the New Year, hang it up after smoking, and eat it all year round. "There are more Specialties for the New Year, spicy chicken, steamed button meat... Anyway, chicken, duck and fish meat are available, and they have to be prepared. Later, after practicing boxing, entering the national team, and also training in winter during the Spring Festival, Zou Shiming basically rarely returned to his hometown for the New Year.

Looking back on the past 2021, Zou Shiming sighed that he had entered the "40+" stage of his life, with more white hair and more children. "Although I didn't bring more victories to everyone in the boxing ring, I organized activities to promote Chinese boxing under the boxing ring and worked together to promote the cause of boxing. In the past, I may have wanted to grab, take and fight in the boxing ring, but now I want to build this stage, let more young people with dreams stand on this stage, and let the public prefer boxing and participate in boxing. "He said he felt more and more mature, which made him happy." A little happy is that I can now sleep at night, the pressure was too great before, although the body is very tired because of training, but often can not sleep, now basically do not insomnia. ”

Winter OlympicS Q&A

Q: How did you celebrate the Beijing Winter Olympics?

A: Watching TV broadcasts at home, waiting for our national flag to be raised again and again, and the national anthem to be played again and again.

Q: Is there a particularly favorite Winter Olympics event?

A: We all pay attention to the champion. I also love watching hockey because in a specific area of this project there will be people wearing helmets to play against each other, and it feels like this is the presentation of boxing elements on the ice.

Q: Do you have a favorite Winter Olympic star?

A: In the past, such as Yang Yang and Chen Lu, there are now many athletes who are younger than us, and they will pay attention.

Q: What kind of blessings do you send for the Winter Olympics?

A: I hope that everyone can still adhere to the spirit of daring to fight and be optimistic at the Winter Olympics, show themselves in the competition, and achieve good results. I hope that everyone can greet the good friends from all over the world safely and healthily during the competition.

Q: Does your hometown have a custom that you have always adhered to?

A: The custom that must be adhered to is to pay homage to the deceased ancestors on the first day of the Chinese New Year.