Just now, in the men's snowboard big jump competition, Su Yiming once again refreshed history, with the perfect two 1800 won the first gold medal of China's snowboard big jump!
And the difficulty that Su Yiming can achieve is more than that.
On January 22 of this year, the Guinness Book of World Records identified Su Yiming as the world's first snowboarder to make a 1980, spinning in the air for five and a half weeks. Since then, 17-year-old Su Yiming has refreshed the ceiling of human skiing difficulty.
Today we will talk about how difficult it is for Su Yiming to win the gold jump?
How hard is it to grab a gold jump?
Take Su Yiming's gold grab of 1800 as an example.
This means descending from a height of more than 50 meters, about 17 stories high, rushing onto the big jump, spinning in the air for a full 5 weeks, and then landing steadily and sliding to the finish line.
And his hardest 1980 was five and a half weeks... After him, no more than 5 people in the world made 1980 in the competition.
Su Yiming's first success in 1980
图片来源：CGTV.Moment: Trick first by Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming-Bs 1980 Indy Crail
This also means that to make this difficulty, you must first be able to overcome the instinctive fear of not being afraid of the high 2/3 of the crowd.
Almost everyone feels this way, and looking down from a high place will unconsciously feel dizzy.
This is because our balance system is not very adaptable, the eyes can not judge the position and movement of the surrounding environment, and the body's feelings are still flat. this...... All of a sudden people panicked.
Overcoming fear is only the first step in the long march.
In just a few seconds of glide, the speed can reach up to 70 km/h in an instant. For athletes, this is the best time to seize the best time and take the initiative to jump!
Since there is no object support in the air, the completion of the action requires more muscle strength. The grasping action and the body adjustment in rotation must rely on the strength of the waist and abdomen to drive the muscles of the whole body, timing, strength, and skill, and the perfect combination of the three can bring a perfect jump.
It's just gliding and jumping, and then the most critical spins are followed.
On the basis of inertia, the legs find the right time to exert force, and the upper body rotates in the air first. This increases the angular momentum as much as possible, allowing for more rotational possibilities for limited air time.
Waist and abdomen strength to drive the whole body, one week, two weeks, three weeks, four weeks... The air is spinning for five and a half weeks, does Xiao Su really not faint?
Yes. Su Yiming said in an interview, "The whole set of movements can only be practiced about 10 times a day, and if you practice too much, your head will be very dizzy." The perfect performance in all competitions relies on a lot of training to get used to being dizzy.
In medicine, this is called vestibular practice. In the human body, the vestibular system located in the inner ear is responsible for maintaining coordination and balance in complex movements.
The researchers found that after a long period of training, the athlete's vestibular system gradually became accustomed to the spatial change stimulus of the head. As a result, they are less prone to dizziness and can smoothly achieve a high level of posture and balance control.
This also means that every extra half turn is a very big challenge to the coordination and explosive power of the body.
And the last and most critical step is to land.
From the current record, the athletes of the big jump can reach a height of more than 7 meters. You can imagine that descending from such a high altitude, the impact alone is beyond imagination.
In order to land stably, athletes need strong leg strength and core strength to control the body. Su Yiming also mentioned in the interview that he once broke four snowboards a week.
Image source: CCTV documentary "Snow Yao China"
For us ordinary people, the above physical challenges are already daunting.
And even for professional skiers, it takes years to reach this difficulty. From 1440 to 1620, to 1800, 1980, and the 2160 expected by the next ski world. Every extra turn requires a high degree of height, strength, skill, and talent.
A declaration of war against physiological limits
So dangerous, so big impact on the body, why risk to do more difficult?
Aside from the gold medal, what is the point of challenging the limits of the human body?
This Winter Olympics, countless athletes are giving us answers.
At the age of 32, 70% of the meniscus was removed, and Xu Mengtao finally realized her dream of gold medal after four Winter Olympics.
"Please don't give up, your efforts will definitely help you at any time."
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He had saved his medal but decided to jump the more difficult Gu Ailing in the last five minutes.
"I'm not competing to be better than others, I want to skate to my 100 percent best. Whether it falls or not, it makes me very proud."
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You can make a combination of techniques that are closer to the medal, but still desperately throw the challenge 4a feather knot string.
"Although it didn't work out... I think this is an Olympic Games that has carried out the challenges and is full of dignity."
Beijing, February 10, 2022, Figure Skating Men's Singles Free Skating at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Multiple exposure shots of the Feather Knot String Challenge 4A instant
Participated in eight Winter Olympics, 50-year-old speed skater Peschstein.
"My legs are old, but my heart is still young. Today's results are no longer important, what matters is that I came here and skated across the finish line."
There is also Fan Kexin, who helped China's short-track speed skating to catch up at key moments, and Wu Dajing, who got up at four o'clock in the morning to skate...
Maybe that's what the Olympics are all about.
A declaration of war by athletes to the limits of human physiology.
It allows us to see that there is still such a group of people on the earth, falling, getting up, jumping, spinning... Even though he was covered in scars, he was still bent on breaking the ceiling called "Limit".
As Stetson said, "Why is the fire burning on Mount Olympus?" That is not for one person to defeat another, but for the opportunity to show off human indomitability to the gods."
"The limits of destiny can be eternal, but the indomitable challenge cannot be ignored or lacking."
We had the privilege of watching the event and drawing strength from it. Maybe we can't jump that high and fly that far, but at least a little faster, a little higher, a little bit stronger than yesterday.
The mountain is there, just go climb it.
This article is reviewed by experts