On February 16, the Trip to the Beijing Winter Olympics belonging to Chinese player Zhu Yi ended on February 15, Zhu Yi competed in the personal figure skating free skating event, ranked 27th in the 30-24 stage, and did not qualify, bidding farewell to the Winter Olympic stage. Zhu Yi's results this time also created a worst record in history, is the Chinese figure skating women's single skating since participating in the Winter Olympics in 1992, for the first time in 30 years without the opportunity to qualify for free skating, due to poor results, Zhu Yi encountered a lot of controversy.
Before playing in the free skating of the single event, Zhu Yi also played in two team events, personal performance was not good, for this reason, Zhu Yi from the first appearance in the Beijing Winter Olympics, for a long time was questioned, competitive sports, strength is the last word, once failed to have a good performance, being criticized and questioned is a common thing.
But breaking the worst record of Chinese figure skating in 30 years still put Zhu Yi on the cusp of public opinion. It should be known that Zhu Yi was formerly Chinese-American, born in the United States, and returned to China in 2019, thus getting the opportunity to represent the Chinese team in international competitions. Before the Beijing Winter Olympics began, Zhu Yi won a place in the Winter Olympics at the China Figure Skating Team Selection Tournament to replace Chen Hongyi.
Before Zhu Yi returned to China, his performance in figure skating was not bad, and he won the women's single skating championship in the rookie group of the National Figure Skating Championships in 2018, and participated in the World Series many times, with results around 10-15. Therefore, this Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhu Yi only 27th place did not qualify for the free skating performance, indeed did not play well, need to go back to do a good review.
It is worth mentioning that because Zhu Yi was previously a Chinese-American athlete, it is not easy for the Chinese sports team to naturalize Zhu Yi into the Chinese team, according to the data, the Chinese team naturalized Zhu Yi spent more than 1.5 million US dollars, that is, 10 million yuan, and also gave a number of naturalized athletes, including Zhu Yi, to give high-standard training conditions and facilities, the purpose is very clear, that is, to let the athletes have reasonable results in the Winter Olympics and impact the honor of the Chinese team. However, it is clear that Zhu Yi's performance did not meet the expectations of the Chinese team, so he encountered some controversy from the outside world, spent 10 million yuan, and failed to exchange for the desired results.
However, for Zhu Yi, it is already very successful for her to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, and after the event, Zhu Yi herself said on overseas social media platforms: "Last night was my last ice on the Beijing Olympic ice, and I enjoyed every moment. No one can take my Olympic experience away from me. Enjoying the Winter Olympics, this is Zhu Yi's emphasis, it can be seen that Zhu Yi has not been crushed by the outside world's remarks, and still maintains a good attitude.
Professional competitive sports, Zhu Yi wants to get rid of doubts, as long as he plays better, he will make these voices disappear. At the same time, when Zhu Yi returned to China in 2019, she also brought another help to China's entire social development, her father Zhu Songchun, who returned to China as the dean of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of Peking University, originally Zhu Songchun had his own artificial intelligence company in the United States, for his daughter, chose to return to China. From this perspective, the Chinese team naturalized Zhu Yi has a deeper meaning. Four years later, Zhu Yi is 24 years old, it is difficult to represent the Chinese team in the Figure Skating Event of the Winter Olympics, we look forward to more outstanding young players emerging, and strive to make a breakthrough again in the next Winter Olympics!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)