Genting gold, this is the charm of ice and snow sports!
Congratulations to Su Yiming for winning her first Winter Olympic gold medal! The second jump successfully completed the ultra-difficult action of the inner turn 1980 grab board, becoming the first snowboarder in the world to complete this action, breaking the Guinness World Record.
Three days later, it was Su Yiming's 18th birthday, and daring to take risks was a kind of sportsmanship presented by young athletes. And Xu Mengtao, the "fourth-time Winter Olympic veteran" who won the fifth gold last night, is another kind of sportsmanship that persists for the dream.
On the most romantic Valentine's Day, Xu Mengtao won the most precious gift - successfully won the gold medal in the freestyle ski women's aerial skills final at the Beijing Winter Olympics, fulfilling her 16-year Olympic gold medal dream!
As a four-time Olympic veteran, Xu Mengtao's 28th world championship was finally completed at her doorstep, which is also her deepest obsession as a "veteran".
Under the stars, in the snow and ice, she was the happiest person of the night.
"Am I number one?"
Yes, the overwhelming cheers, the smiles that bloomed because of her, were firmly answering her, "Yes, you are the first!" ”
When it comes to athletics, when it comes to extreme sports, people always think that these are battlefields that belong to young people. Although youth symbolizes fresh faces, strong physiques, unlimited possibilities...
However, the veteran can still win his own glory and the respect of the spectators in the fierce and cruel arena with the spirit of never accepting defeat and the skills honed day after day, year after year.
Last week, in the freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed team final, China's three four-time Winter Olympic veterans Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu have joined forces to pick up silver.
They are like guests from heaven, flying freely in the air, breaking through the limits of themselves and human beings in one jump to the sky again and again. The vast expanse of the sky became their most romantic background, and if they wanted to give a name to such a picture, "hand picking stars" is the best description.
Xu Mengtao, who firmly believes that "love to fight to win", once sent a circle of friends in the last world cup match of the Pyeongchang Olympic Games: If I can't win the championship, I will not eat for two nights.
Without his thoughts in his heart, at this moment, he finally fulfilled the Olympic gold medal dream, and behind it was only a simple "want to practice, want to win, and want to succeed." ”
Not only Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang, who had 22 steel nails implanted in his leg due to injury, faced dreams without fear of injury, and won a silver medal in the individual event at the Pyeongchang Olympic Games.
That's how steel is made.
At the 2013 World Championships, Qi Guangpu completed the "Skyline Action" with a difficulty factor of 5.0. What level is this? It is equivalent to stepping on a double board, and in a few seconds, he completes the action of flipping backwards for three weeks and turning 1800 degrees, so he is also crowned with the glory aura of "the world's first difficulty person".
Beijing Winter Olympics, originally decided to retire, he chose to "go out again" in order to win glory for the country on his own land. Forget the glory of the past, put aside all regrets, this time he and his teammates in the yellow land again embark on the journey.
The spirit of competition is touching enough, and the strong camaraderie they exude during the game is even more touching.
After Jia Zongyang made a mistake in the second jump, he fell into a mood of self-blame, and Xu Mengtao gave a hug. In the post-match interview, Jia Zongyang wept because of his mistakes, and Qi Guangpu kept cheering loudly on the side, "Jia Zongyang, come on! ”
The status of veterans not only allows them to have pure technology, but also tempers their general style and collective sense of honor outside of their competition.
In the short track speed skating mixed doubles team 2000m relay final, Wu Dajing, one of the leading figures in the speed skating industry, led his teammates to win the first gold of the Chinese Winter Olympics. Regrettably, due to pressure and unexpected on-site factors, he was unable to have a medal of his own in the next personal project.
After the results of the men's short track speed skating 500m race that missed the Group A final were finalized, Wu Dajing kept repeating the word "regret" in the interview to try to calm the mood.
"There will be regrets, but still adjust your mentality, there are still games to come."
'I've always compared every game to the last, and I don't know if I'll be in the world later.
"This session is a bit of a pity, but also a regret of my own."
As a veteran, he has played 12 games in 4 match days; he has protected himself in unexpected situations and showed his great power style.
His name has been recorded in the history of Chinese sports, and it is still recorded in the world record and the Olympic record.
It seems that every story about dreams and blood boiling should have a happy ending, but sometimes regret will still draw an unwilling end to the story without discussion.
There is no story without ups and downs, and no life without winning or losing. In the women's snowboard U pool final, Cai Xuetong, who tried several difficult moves, failed to achieve the desired result because of a snow support action, and she still failed to fulfill her Olympic medal dream after participating in the Winter Olympics for the fourth time.
At the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, the 25-year-old believes that her age and skills have reached its peak, and it is imperative to win gold. Unfortunately, two unexpected mistakes made her lose in this game that weighed the most bets.
Disappointment and helplessness surged into the heart in an instant, and no amount of comfort from others could resist the deepest regret and loneliness in the heart. Watching her fall down again and again but unable to do anything, her mother persuaded Cai Xuetong to retire, as long as she did not let her daughter be injured again.
But the voice in her heart still tells her that holding on is far from the time when you give up. So we met Cai Xuetong, who was more and more courageous in the Vietnam War, at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The missing medal does not negate everything Cai Xuetong has: the 2015 World Championships champion, the first person to successfully defend the World Snowboarding Championships in China in 2017, and the first Chinese to be invited to the X Games Winter Race.
40 times on the World Cup podium, 13 times won the World Cup sub-station championship, 7 Times the World Cup annual championship... For Cai Xuetong, who is always fighting on the road, there is no end on the road to do his best for love, only every new starting point.
Fan Kexin's growth story has touched countless netizens, and her competition experience and Cai Xuetong also have inextricable similarities.
The 17-year-old Fan Kexin won the 3,000m relay with his teammates in his first appearance at the World Cup in Montreal; won the women's 500m championship at the British Short Track Speed Skating World Championships in 2011; and won three consecutive World Championships in 2012 and 2013... He has made great achievements, but he has not been able to play at the best level in the Field of the Winter Olympic Games, and he has not been able to win the gold medal in individual events.
When Fan Kexin and her teammates won the bronze medal in the short track speed skating relay again, she kissed the snow white under her feet deeply, and her love and dedication to speed skating has gone beyond the meaning of a medal.
I once thought that "heroes who do not make or lose" was a comfort and encouragement to the frustrated, but later found that this sentence was a praise and praise for all the fighters who never gave up.
Heroes have to say goodbye to the tracks that are full of youthful memories and cry and laugh because of their age, but because of love, they shoulder the mission of inheritance.
Li Yan is the "woman who changed the history of speed skating in China" in Wang Meng's mouth, and she is also China's "short Taoist godmother".
In 1988, she set her own Olympic record in the women's 1000m final of the short track speed skating at the 15th Winter Olympics in Lalgali, Canada, and the Olympic Organizing Committee at that time used the words "dragon soaring" to describe the young Chinese girl. However, this time the competition was only recognized as a performance event, and it was not counted as a real Olympic medal.
Four years later, she won a silver medal in the Re-Olympics in France, the first official medal in the history of China's short track speed skating event.
After retiring in 1995, she received a call from the National Sports Commission in 1999 and began her career as a short track speed skating coach. Because of his excellent coaching skills, Li Yan once served as the head coach of the short track speed skating teams in Slovakia, Austria and the United States.
Later, she resolutely returned to China and joined the short track speed skating women's team, cultivating speed skating leaders such as Wang Mao and Zhou Yang. After becoming the first female coach to win the "Best Coach" in 2010, she became the head coach of short track speed skating in China in 2014.
As a result, we always saw the "Ice and Snow Dream Team" in the first Winter Olympics, and saw the coach Li Yan who was shouting at the side of the arena and crying for the excitement of the players.
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Wu Dajing said that Coach Li Yan is like a reassuring pill for everyone, she has a strong heart that ordinary people do not have, and she will not show a overwhelmed look on any occasion, as long as she sees her, everyone's heart will be stable.
But even such an iron lady will also try not to lose her attitude. During the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, she argued that there was a problem of unfair judgment in the referees, and she wanted the Olympics to give "their own children" an explanation, otherwise they would have to wait for the next four years with regrets.
She uses the strict mother's rules to train each "child" and strive for perfection; but uses the mother's heart to give them infinite warmth and support: "Sometimes, you have to be a little silly, you have to be persistent, insist on moving forward, and when you walk, the sky suddenly brightens." ”
When every athlete survives the title of veteran, he has to face his age, body and pain, some people are finally complete, some people inevitably regret, but as long as they love, they will never regret or retreat.
#COSMO Hot-blooded Teenager #, the sportsmanship of breaking through the self and never giving up is continuously inherited from the hands of veterans, with the concern of parents, with the expectations of the motherland, with their own love, generation after generation of athletes have embarked on a difficult but never give up journey.
Under the vast stars, in the midst of the ice and snow, #COSMO燃点 Winter Olympics Special#, igniting blood and challenging the limits of human beings. Cheer for the Winter Olympics and run with them to a new starting point in laughter and tears.