(Beijing Winter Olympics) Conquering the "Snow Flying Swallow", Kong Fanying raised the Chinese alpine skiing flag
China News Service, Beijing, February 15 Title: Conquering the "Snow Flying Swallow", Kong Fanying raised the flag of China's alpine skiing
China News Service reporter Guo Chaokai
On the 15th, the temperature at the top of Xiaohaituo Mountain was lower than minus 20 degrees Celsius, and from the beginning of the women's downhill track at an altitude of 2050 meters, Kong Fanying conquered the "Snow Flying Swallow" in 1 minute, 44 seconds and 53 seconds.
The picture shows Kong Fanying in the game. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
After successfully reaching the finish line, she excitedly compared her love to the audience and gave herself a thumbs up to encourage herself. "I think it's amazing." The blunt Harbin girl excitedly said after the game that she had done her best and successfully completed the game to prove that the 4 years of hard work had not been in vain.
The alpine skiing women's downhill competition can be described as a "fairy fight": the women's downhill "new king" Switzerland's Zuttle, the world championship six-gold winner American Shiffrin, the Winter Olympics women's super giant slalom champion Switzerland's Behrami... In the star-studded "Snow Flying Swallow", Kong Fanying is not the dazzling one, and the 31st place is not a good result, but it is a big improvement for China's alpine skiing.
The move marks Kong Fanying's first athlete to finish in the women's downhill event at the Winter Olympics, following Xu Mingfu's successful completion of the men's downhill event on February 7, marking a new breakthrough in Alpine Skiing in China.
On February 15, in the women's downhill competition of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics held at the National Alpine Ski Center, China's Kong Fanying successfully completed the race with a time of 1:44.53, becoming the first athlete in China to finish the women's downhill competition in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics. The picture shows Kong Fanying in the game. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
Known as the "crown jewel" of the Winter Olympics, alpine skiing has always been known for its difficulty and ornamentality. However, in the previous six Winter Olympic Games, Chinese athletes mainly participated in the two technical sports of slalom and big slalom, and never appeared in the speed competition of sliding down.
After the successful bid for the 2015 Beijing Winter Olympics, the full-event participation has become the goal of the Chinese alpine ski team. In fact, European and American athletes rarely practice speed and technical sports, but the Chinese ski team is limited by the scarcity of talents, and can only select suitable athletes from technical projects to practice speed sports, and Kong Fanying naturally shoulders a heavy responsibility.
As the main player of the Chinese alpine ski team, Kong Fanying has won the national championship many times, but it is not easy to switch from a technical project to a speed project. Steep slopes, breaking hundreds of hours, tinnitus under rapid sliding, etc. are all problems that Kong Fanying needs to face directly, and injuries are common things in this "brave sport".
Kong Fanying still remembers the worst time he fell in the speed training project. "People fell outside the track net, and I was scared." That time she fell and she bit her tongue, the blood flowed non-stop, and she felt very wronged when she sat on the snow track and cried, but the strength in her bones that did not accept defeat made her rest and get up to continue practicing.
On February 15, in the women's downhill competition of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics held at the National Alpine Ski Center, China's Kong Fanying successfully completed the race with a time of 1:44.53, becoming the first athlete in China to finish the women's downhill competition in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics. The picture shows Kong Fanying comparing his heart to the audience after the game. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
On January 7 this year, on the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Kong Fanying won the Winter Olympic points as he wished, allowing the Chinese women's team to meet the standards in all 5 individual events, and also allowing the Chinese alpine ski team to achieve the Beijing Winter Olympics 11 sub-events. For the Chinese alpine ski team, the participation in the whole project is a breakthrough, and if it can finish the competition, it is a victory.
However, this also means that Kong Fanying has to "have multiple functions in one person". February 7 women's big slalom, February 9 women's s slalom, February 11 women's super big slalom, February 15 women's descent... Each woman can see the figure of Kong Fanying, which can be called a "labor model". It's a great drain on physical fitness, but she's always happy every time she finishes a successful match and faces a reporter.
Compared with the debut of the Winter Olympics four years ago, Kong Fanying has improved not only the number of participating events, but also the ranking of competitions. She ranked 40th in the women's giant slalom, a significant improvement from the 55th place at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, creating the best result of the Chinese athletes in the last four Winter Olympics in the event.
After the end of the women's downhill competition, Kong Fanying also had to prepare for the follow-up alpine skiing women's all-around and mixed team competition. At the age of 25, for alpine skiers, it is the year of play, Kong Fanying bluntly said that he will use the current results as a driving force and "strive to impact the track of the future".
In 2018, Kong Fanying participated in the alpine skiing women's event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics alone, and now that she is fighting at the "doorstep", she has more "comrade-in-arms" Ni Yueming around her. This Harbin girl who did not accept defeat and Ni Yueming, Zhang Yangming, Xu Mingfu and others have raised the flag of China's alpine skiing and are striding forward. (End)
Source: China News Network