Author: Shanjia
On February 15, at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Su Yiming won the gold medal in the final of the men's big jump on snowboarding. It is said that since the ancient heroes came out of the youth, the previous 18-year-old short track speed skater Zhou Yang, set a record for China's youngest athlete to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympics. And this time Su Yiming broke this record again, and there are 3 days to go when he is 18 years old.
If Su Yiming fell in love with skiing at the age of 4, Su's father and mother were indispensable; then when he decided to embark on a professional skiing journey, coach Yasuhiro Sato was the person who changed his life...
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Yasuhiro Sato, 47, is known as the "father of Snowboarding in Japan". Speaking of the relationship with ice and snow, or during Sato's study in Canada, he was depressed because he broke up with his long-distance girlfriend. Only when a person deals with emotions first can he handle things better. So Sato decided to go skiing. Unexpectedly, he has been completely fascinated by skiing ever since. Life is short, anyway will usher in death, it is better to challenge the limit, simply become a professional skier.
When all was said and done, Sato opened a training center and began teaching children to ski. Whether it is a line of love or a line of love, in short, Sato is fully engaged in his work. Competing with Su Yiming, Ken Otsuka, who scored the highest score of 95.0 points in single jump, and Reiko Iwaso, who scored the highest score in the women's slope obstacle course of snowboarding, are all former disciples of Sato.
On July 31, 022015, Beijing and Zhangjiakou won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Hearing this news, Su Yiming's idea of participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics also began to germinate. He was 11 years old. Xiao Su admitted: At that time, it was just an idea, at first I did not decide to become a professional athlete, and I did not know how to participate in the Winter Olympics. But the opportunity of history made Sato from Japan meet Su Yiming. With the help of Su Dad, Su Yiming visited Sato. When they first met, Sato was impressed by Xiao Su. Don't look at Xiao Su's young age, but he doesn't talk and behave like a 14-year-old child, which makes Sato impressed. You know, Xiao Su is a person who has seen big scenes, people have been actors, and they have lit up in the CCTV movie channel.
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Sato began to direct Xiao Su, known for his harsh training, showing an iron-fisted coaching side. Sato asked Xiao Su to be accurate to every degree, regardless of the position of his fingers or face, when making movements. Xiao Su had never experienced such a posture before. Since the coach asks for it, it is done in place. It is easy to see the flowers and difficult to embroider, and Xiao Su can only form muscle memory by practicing hard again and again.
Sato knows very well: one minute on stage, ten years offstage, only strict with disciples, is the best love for them, practice, without him, hands are only familiar.
Xiao Su, who now wins the gold medal, is known as a "genius teenager". But in the view of the philosopher Nietzsche, genius is synonymous with diligence. No, every time Xiao Su practices a new difficult move, he has to practice for 6 hours a day. Gou is new every day, every day is new, that's it, it may take a summer for Xiao Su to master this action. The amount of training at such a high intensity far exceeds that of its peers. But in Sato's eyes, Xiao Su has a very strong sense of victory and defeat, and he has very high requirements for himself. Some actions, in Sato's opinion, are completely passable. But Xiao Su was not satisfied, he would first go through it in his head, and then practice until he approved.
Xiao Su himself admitted that when he practiced fiercely, he would have to practice four boards a week. In addition to training, Xiao Su also taught himself Japanese, just to better communicate with Sato. Yan Shi out of the high apprentice, Sato advanced training methods, coupled with the disciples have requirements for themselves, Xiao Su's progress has advanced by leaps and bounds, the master and apprentice absolutely trust each other, entering a benign channel.
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No matter how big or small the game, before going on, Xiao Su always has to have a big hug with Sato, which is the "anchor" between their master and apprentice. "When I hug him, I feel a very special kind of strength. Only in this way can I feel at ease and fearlessly complete my actions. Under the leadership of Sato, Xiao Su first participated in small competitions again and again, and then rushed to large competitions with the improvement of his own level, and after getting enough points, he could participate in the World Cup. It is Sato, who takes Xiao Su step by step to the journey of professionalization.
In December 2021, the FIS Grand Jump World Cup was held in Colorado, USA, and Xiao Su won the championship, and he also became the first Chinese athlete to win the championship in this event.
On February 7, 2022, at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Xiao Su won the second place in the final of the men's slope steeplechase skills of snowboarding, becoming the first snowboard medalist in China and achieving a major breakthrough in China's snow sports. In an interview with reporters, Sato was completely intoxicated by the disciple's performance: "I was excited to punch hard into the air, so happy, really excited, if you use Chinese to describe the mood at that time is 'real cow X'!" China is the host this time, the pressure is unimaginable, and at this point, I am going to cry. ”
Here, Xiao Su hung the silver medal on Sato's neck and said to the teacher, "Thank you, it changed my life." After Sato put it on, he returned it to Xiao Su, "Thank you, this is yours." When Xiao Su replied, "It's both of us," Sato couldn't control his tears. It is said that the eldest husband has tears and does not flick, but this is the happiest moment of Sato's life, he does not want to suppress himself anymore, he is worth it!
In fact, if it were not for the wrong score by the referee, Xiao Su could have won the gold medal in the men's slope steeplechase skills final of snowboarding with a zero-error performance. Finally, in the final of the men's big jump in snowboarding, Xiao Su became a real champion. At that moment, Sato hugged Xiao Su on the high platform and folded his hands to express his gratitude.
Back in the year, the Chinese team invited Sato to coach. As a Japanese coach, he has hesitated and struggled with whether to join the Chinese team. But Xiao Su especially believed in him, "I felt from him that I trusted my heart". The overwhelming enthusiasm of the crowd made him decide to go beyond the borders to guide Xiao Su.
"The average person needs 10 years to reach the level, Xiao Su took 3 and a half years to reach, the potential is really high." Sato sincerely hopes that he can contribute to Sino-Japanese friendship, and he has done it! "There is nothing better than making sports a bridge of friendship between China and Japan..."