On February 6, the women's single skating short program of the figure skating team competition, Zhu Yi cried after the end of the competition; on February 7, the figure skating team competition women's single skating free dance, the competition was only half of Zhu Yi has begun to cry. On the evening of February 15, the women's single skating short program competition, this time Zhu Yi did not cry.
Accompanied by the music of the Rolling Stones' famous song "Paint It Black", Zhu Yi, wearing a purple dress, appeared for the 12th time today. She had done this action in the team game, but when she made a mistake in the first move, she fell directly on the ice and ended up scoring only 47.03 points. After the game, Zhu Yi could not suppress his sad emotions and shed tears several times in an interview. In order to help her sweep away the haze in her heart as soon as possible, after the game, the Chinese figure skating team has been comforting and encouraging her.
Now standing on the ice surface of the first body again, facing the same music, Zhu Yi later the inner point ice three weeks jump connection after the outer point ice three weeks jump to open, this time she did not fall. After that, she successfully completed the whole set of moves, laughing and completing the game. From 47.03 to 53.44, she didn't beat herself again this time.
Born in 2002, Zhu Yi grew up in the United States, began to be exposed to figure skating at the age of 7, and won the women's singles championship in the rookie category of the National Figure Skating Championships in 2018. In September of the same year, Zhu Yi joined the "Morning Road Project" Chinese figure skating training team with former Chinese figure skater Chen Lu as the head coach. In 2019, Zhu Yi joined the Chinese nationality and began to represent China in international competitions.
Reviewing the previous Figure Skating Team Competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhu Yi's performance was not satisfactory.
The coaching staff believes that due to the lack of experience in the competition and the susceptibility to psychological fluctuations, Zhu Yi did not play a real role in the previous competition. In fact, she is a very promising women's singles athlete with 5 kinds of three-week jumps and three-in-a-row difficulty reserves. The coaching staff also mentioned that compared with the other two Chinese players, Chen Hongyi and Lin Shan, Zhu Yi's jump is relatively stable, the quality of rotation and footwork completion is very high, and all of them can reach the fourth level after several trial matches.
But in any case, falling and jumping on the field is a fact, and the game is not over and I cry. Any explanation is pale in the face of mistakes, and for Zhu Yi, there is only one way to prove himself, that is, to compete well on the field.
Today, Zhu Yi finally defeated that fragile self and finished the game with a smile.
Of course, judging from this result, Zhu Yi's score still does not have any competitiveness, and such a result is not surprising. As Wang Yumin, chief referee and international referee of the Chinese Figure Skating Olympic Selection Tournament, said, objectively speaking, the overall level of women's single skating in the mainland is still low, compared with the world's top level represented by Russian female athletes, there is still a long way to go from the mainland women's single skating.
Indeed, since Chen Lu retired, the women's singles team that won the first figure skating world championship gold medal for China has since fallen into a trough: during which Liu Yan in Turin in 2006, Li Zijun in the 2013 World Championships, and Li Xiangning in the 16/17 season have all shown the best state of their careers, but after that moment, all three have not been able to go further because of various problems.
In this case, this generation of young women's singles players are shouldering heavy responsibilities and have room for growth that is worth looking forward to.
It is obvious to all that in the figure skating arena of this Winter Olympic Games, Chinese players have repeatedly broken through their own limits and refreshed the best results of the season. For example, Chinese figure skaters Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu, who have just finished the competition, ranked 12th with 184.42 points, setting a new record in the history of Chinese ice dance. After experiencing a low tide period, Jin Boyang also jumped out of two sets of high-quality moves at this Winter Olympics, and finally ranked 9th.
For young players, a momentary setback is just a necessary tempering on the way forward. From the two tears of the team competition to today, Zhu Yi finally finished his game with a smile.