"The Beijing Winter Olympics are determined to win the gold medal! Although the more you practice this project, the more scared you become, but when you hear the three words 'Olympic Games', you will have a sense of urgency and mission! This is a passage that Jia Zongyang said to the camera before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, and this passage also touched many people.
I was afraid because I was afraid of a recurrence of my injury. After the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, he had an accident during a training session, with a comminuted fracture of the tibia of both legs, a ruptured fibula, and a ruptured medial ankle. Just when everyone thought he would end his career, Jia Zongyang did not give up, and his leg also left an eternal "memorial" because of this injury. Jia Zongyang did not believe that the long night was coming, because he firmly believed that the torch was in his hand. This fire illuminated his Olympic path and gave him the courage to continue...
More than 20 steel nails are his medals of merit, and if we can't defeat me, we will eventually become stronger
"I can't remember if it was 22 nails or 21 nails, but now there's one in my leg that I can't get out because it was screwed too tightly." Although you can still take it out, you don't want to bother anymore. Just leave a memory for yourself. ”
In the later stage of treatment, Jia Zongyang needs to go to multiple cities for different recovery training and treatment. When traveling by plane, the alarm sounded when the steel nails and steel plates hit by the fracture passed the security check, so he had to explain to the security inspector every time and show a lot of formalities.
"In the past, some veteran players went to recover, and when they said that Ma complained about something, they didn't feel it, they didn't understand it, but when they were really immersed, they could understand the pain and irritability." Jia Zongyang said that it was difficult to survive that time, and it was the light of dreams in his heart that made him continue to move forward.
After the athletes suffered major injuries, some people were reborn in nirvana and the king returned, and some people could only be saddened, which was regrettable. For ordinary people, crushing fractures of the lower leg mean that they can no longer engage in sports with a large amount of activity in the future, and for athletes, it basically means the end of their sports careers.
But Jia Zongyang did not retire, and he was torn around with injuries for three years. At the beginning of 2017, he returned from injury to start the preparation for the Winter Olympics, and in the freestyle skiing aerial skills World Cup Chongli station competition at the end of the year, Jia Zongyang won the gold medal, which seemed to tell everyone: the talented player of that year is back.
The silver medal in PyeongChang was a regret that could not be erased in his heart
The last player to appear in the final round of the men's freestyle skiing aerial skills group at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics was China's Jia Zongyang. Waiting, waiting for up to a minute before taking off, which is also a rare wait time for such a long time in this project.
Jia Zongyang, who came out in the finale, completed the complete set of actions excellently, and basically stood firm on the ground, but there was a small shaking. In the end, Jia Zongyang won the second place with 128.05 points, and it should be noted that Jia Zongyang was only 0.46 points behind the Ukrainian athlete Abramenoko who won the championship.
Jia Zongyang said that he was not a person who loved to cry, and as for the things in his life that made him cry, he couldn't remember when the last time he cried was. Indeed, the accidental fracture a few years ago almost ruined his career, and he did not shed tears.
But this time, when he stopped to look back at the slope and look at the coach again, the tears couldn't stop flowing out, and this was the first time he had shed tears in the game.
"It's still a bit of a shame." Coming down from the podium of the third place, Jia Zongyang had already packed up his emotions, and he lightly described the state of mind at that time, "I think more that the gold medal of the Chinese team is gone. In fact, for myself, from the sixth place in the previous edition to the podium, these four years are worth it. But for the Chinese team, these four years are somewhat worthless. ”
Jia Zongyang still holds a "record" for the Chinese freestyle skiing aerial skills team, he is the first and only athlete in the team to have a crushing fracture of the tibia fibula of the lower leg, and this injury has caused a lot of trouble for the team. The whole team, coaches, team doctors, physical fitness divisions are around Jia Zongyang's injury every day, monitoring his leg injury every day, and then arranging training and rehabilitation according to the situation of the leg, the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics preparation cycle, but also to give him meticulous care, maybe such a result, is the reason why he feels that it is not worth it for the team.
Great filial piety in the eyes of parents A good example in the eyes of classmates
"He asked us where we were watching the game, how many relatives were coming to the house, and he didn't forget to tell us to rest early." This is what Jia Zongyang will say on a video call with his family after each competition.
Jia Zongyang's father, Jia Tongcai, said that he and his wife watched his matches many times without closing their eyes all night. "It was really a pleasure because we didn't expect our children to get so many medals before, so every time we can afford to pay for ourselves, we are quite satisfied." The couple most hope to see their son as soon as possible after the game, as parents do not value the color of the medal, the son who has challenged the snow limit for many years has worked hard, and their eyes are full of heartache.
During the time when Jia Zongyang went abroad to compete, although his parents' life was plain, Jia Zongyang had a sense of ceremony. Every time I go abroad to compete, I bring gifts to my family and surprise them.
Jia Zongyang's mother, Liu Chunxia, said: "My son is not good at words, and the usual contact is to simply ask us how we are doing, we are reporting each other's peace, we always report good news and no worries, we will be told to rest earlier than after the game, and relatives praise him as a filial piety child." ”
In the eyes of his family, Jia Zongyang is a filial piety child, and in the eyes of his brothers and sisters, he is the power of example. When watching international competitions, this is an inspiration for young athletes who are still in school.
"When we usually go to culture class, we have a brother-in-law relationship with Jia Zongyang, and we watch his game on TV, which feels very different." During the entire live broadcast of the event, as long as there are Chinese players on the scene, the young teammates who watch the game will unconsciously ring out applause of encouragement, and at the moment when the team members land successfully, cheers will erupt, and this cheer often resounds in the dormitory building of the Shenyang Sports Courtyard.
Now, with everyone's blessings and expectations. Jia Zongyang came on the snow, he did not believe that the long night was coming, because the torch was in his hand.
Written by Wang Yefeng
Editor/Li Xu Liang Lina
Visual/Liu Liang