The Beijing Winter Olympic Ski Jumping Competition is an "orientation party" for the Chinese team, and for the traditional power map of the project, it has witnessed the birth of a new upstart.
On February 14, China's Song Qiwu competed in the men's team ski jumping competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Kehong
The Chinese ski jumping team competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics is a new army without compromise. In 2019, the team was formed after cross-border cross-sports selection, affected by the epidemic, the team only participated in international competitions for the first time in the 2021 season, and finally Song Qiwu, Dong Bing, and Peng Qingyue stood out and qualified for the Olympic Games, and the Chinese team surprisingly set a historical record in the number of participants and the number of projects.
For the three newcomers who have just stepped onto the international stage, the debut of the Winter Olympics is not only exciting, but also brings unprecedented pressure. The results of the Chinese team showed the immaturity of the team, and they failed to break through the qualification round or the first round of the main competition in the small event. Dong Bing ranked 31st in the first round of the women's individual standard platform, just one step away from the final round, while 20-year-old Song Qiwu and 17-year-old Peng Qingyue failed to play their usual training level due to fluctuations in mentality.
"The change of mentality, leading to the deformation of the jumping action, the technology seems to have completely changed a person." The more anxious you are about your technology, the more technical fluctuations will be, which in turn will affect your mentality, especially for young people. Xu Gaohang, director of the training department of the Winter Games Center of the State General Administration of Sports and leader of ski jumping, said.
The "young eagles" of the Chinese team left unwilling in this Winter Olympics, and also gained the motivation to "want to fly farther". Dong Bing, Song Qiwu and Peng Qingyue all agreed with themselves 4 years later to step onto the field of the Winter Olympics again to surpass themselves.
"I want to say to myself 4 years later, I have succeeded in 2022, and I hope that after 4 years, I am getting better and better. In the future, we must continue to practice the basic skills well, strive to participate in several more Winter Olympic Games, and win glory for the country. Peng Qingyue said.
While the Chinese team headed by newcomers looking forward to the future, the Slovenian team, which has been honed for many years, broke out of the cocoon in "Snow Ruyi" and dominated the project medal table with 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze.
On February 6, the champion Slovenian Player Ursa Bogataj presented the medal in the women's individual standard platform for ski jumping at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Peng Ziyang, Xinhua News Agency
The Women's Individual Standard Stage competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics became a milestone for Slovenian ski jumping, and Ursa Bogataj won the first gold in the history of ski jumping for the team, and before that, the 26-year-old had not won the FIS World Cup. The first gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics for ski jumping and mixed team standards was also won by Slovenia with an absolute advantage.
Some people make history, some people regain their former glory. Kobayashi lingyou ended the Japanese captain's 50-year wait for the men's individual standard platform championship and also won the first gold of the winter Olympics; Norway's 23-year-old new sharp Marius Lindvik, let Kobayashi Lingyou's dream of winning the "double crown" of the individual standard platform and the big jump platform was shattered, and the veteran team Norway regained the men's individual big jump championship after a gap of 58 years; another traditional strong team, Austria, after the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, once again won the men's team big jumping championship.
Flying gives people a wonderful feeling of immortality. Winter Olympic four-time winners, Switzerland's 40-year-old veteran Simon Aman and Winter Olympic champion, 34-year-old Polish star Kamil Stoch, witnessed Kobayashi and Lindvik become the kings of the new generation, but the old Ji Futuo, when asked "if there will be another Winter Olympics", the veterans gave the answer of "never say never".
Reporters | Wang Haoyu and Li Chunyu