Author: Xue Mo Editor: Jia Fangfang
Source: Journal of Marriage and Family
ID：hunyinyujiating99
One of the most "beautiful" events at the Winter Olympics, the figure skating women's singles event ended its short show yesterday.
This time, the Chinese delegation only sent one player to participate, and this lucky one was Zhu Yi.
Although she finished 27th and did not qualify for the free skating competition, she showed her most beautiful self on the field.
In the previous team competition women's singles short program and free skating competition, Zhu Yi fell down twice, tears spilled on the scene, and the Chinese team finally ended the competition with fifth place, but also created a new history of Chinese figure skating teams.
However, some netizens on social platforms have harsh evaluations of this, and there have been hot search topics such as "Zhu Yi fell", "Zhu Yi's debut in the Winter Olympics is not perfect", "Zhu Yi talked about the tears of the Winter Olympic debut", and Zhu Yi himself admitted that "there is a lot of pressure".
Gu Ailing, who is also a post-00s naturalized athlete, called on netizens to be tolerant of Zhu Yi: "Mistakes and pressure are part of the competition, many athletes will fall in the competition, but the most important thing is to enjoy the game on the basis of ensuring safety." Athletes definitely want to show the best in themselves, and I hope everyone can understand. ”
In the women's singles short program competition held yesterday, Zhu Yi walked out of the shadow of team game mistakes, defeated himself, and completed his actions well, scoring 53.44 points. After the game, she finally smiled.
Zhu Yi, who ended the winter Olympic tour, said on Weibo:
"I would like to say thank you most, thank you to my coaching teammates, family friends and spectators for giving me a lot of encouragement and warmth. There are regrets, more touching, and everyone's encouragement gives me courage and makes me more determined and calm when I stand on the field again today. Thank you for your support, companionship, understanding and tolerance, I will be more sunny and work harder in the future! ”
Looking at the appearance, round face, big eyes, slender figure, she is dazzling like an elf;
Look at the technology, gliding, spinning, jumping, debuting, every action is flowing, beautiful.
As many netizens said, Zhu Yi is indeed worthy of being "the most beautiful little flower in Chinese figure skating".
Speaking of which, this title has a long history. The so-called "most beautiful" is not only about appearance and technology, but also about the inside.
At the age of 16, she won the National Championship, renounced her American citizenship, and exclaimed, "I only fight for China."
This girl grew up and was "someone else's child".
And opened her beautiful report card, only to find that excellent children were originally trained by "three hearts".
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A patriotic heart, choose "the third bank of the river"
2018 can be said to be a watershed in Zhu Yi's life.
At the American Figure Skating Championships, at the age of 16, she won the women's singles title in the rookie category with an absolute advantage of 35 points beyond the second place.
All the media praised her extremely, and Zhu Yi instantly became a hot figure skating star in the world.
At that time, in front of Zhu Yi, there were two ways to choose.
The left bank of the river is to abandon the career path, use the national champion as a stepping stone, first enter the institution of higher learning, and then continue their hobbies;
The right bank of the river is to take the opportunity to become famous in one fell swoop, join the more outstanding overall strength of the American figure skating team, waiting for the opportunity to march to the world's top stage.
No matter which road she chooses, for her, it is all logical, and it is all capitalized "sunny".
What is surprising is that Zhu Yi did not choose any of them, but firmly chose the "third bank of the river".
Renounced his American citizenship and joined the Chinese figure skating team, fighting only for China.
As soon as this news came out, the Figure Skating Circles in China and the United States boiled over.
However, our side is rejoicing, and the other side is sad and miserable.
In order to keep Zhu Yi, the US side has made a lot of efforts, and even made it difficult for her to return to China.
Zhu Yi, who had made up his mind, was not intimidated by the difficulties. Later, she finally returned to her dream-haunted motherland and became the first naturalized athlete to appear in the "Morning Dew Project".
At that time, many foreign media questioned Zhu Yi, thinking that she had lost the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds.
As everyone knows, returning to China to serve is not only a decision made by Zhu Yi herself, but also her dream from childhood to adulthood.
Zhu Yi was born in the United States in 2002.
Her father, Zhu Songchun, a native of Hubei Province, graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China, went to the United States to study for a Ph.D. in computer science from Harvard University, and also met Zhu Yi's mother, Cui Jie, in the United States.
After graduation, Zhu Songchun wanted to return to China, but for various reasons, he could only stay in the United States. In the field of artificial intelligence, he has won a number of international top scientific awards and is a proper "scientific god".
But no matter how great the achievements in the career, they cannot fill the homesickness.
When he is idle, Zhu Songchun, who loves skiing and skating, also pays attention to China's sports industry. Coincidentally, he is also a fan of "Butterfly on Ice" Chen Lu.
He often tells his daughter about Chen Lu's glorious past, saying that she won the world championships in The United Kingdom in 1995, the first world champion in Figure Skating in China, and realized the dreams of generations. Unfortunately, after that, the Chinese figure skating women's singles fell silent again.
Zhu Songchun, who has a heart for the motherland, especially hopes that Chinese sports can develop and grow. However, at that time, he may never have imagined that his daughter would have the opportunity to pick up this "baton" in the future.
The starting point of this relay began when Zhu Yi was 7 years old.
That year, Zhu Songchun and his wife took Zhu Yi to see a figure skating competition, and they did not expect to ignite their daughter's enthusiasm for skating.
Although at that time in the United States, the cost of skating was very high, about $200 a day. But Zhu Songchun saw that his daughter was very talented in skating, and said that the money was worth it.
He hopes that his daughter can become a good figure skater, and he hopes that one day his daughter can represent China.
Under the infection of his father, Zhu Yi's fighting spirit was even higher.
Finally, the hand of time points to 2018. That year, the Zhu family had a female first growing up, and became famous in one fell swoop.
The dream they had guarded for many years sprouted.
Interestingly, after returning to China, Chen Lu, the common idol of the father and daughter, actually became Zhu Yi's coach.
What is even more exciting is that shortly after her daughter returned to China, Zhu Songchun also embarked on the road of return. Now, he is the dean of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence of Peking University, and is also a faculty member of peking university and tsinghua university.
A tech stuntman, a figure skating rookie, father and daughter fight together for the country.
The dreams of two generations came true because of a fiery patriotic heart.
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A stubborn heart, he will "feed" the dream big
As far as Zhu Yi is concerned, returning to China as he wishes is only to get the "admission ticket" to represent the motherland, which is the first step in the long march, and whether he can achieve good results or not depends on his own strength after all.
I still remember that when I first returned to China, it coincided with the national championship held in Harbin, and Zhu Yi immediately decided to play.
It is reasonable to say that it is indeed appropriate to make this game as the "debut" of returning to China. However, it did not happen that Zhu Yi was injured.
During one training session, the ice knife of her left foot landed on the skate of her right foot when it landed, causing the ice knife to plunge into the surface of her foot. What is even more outrageous is that during the operation, the doctor accidentally left the textile on the skates in the wound during the suture, so that every training after the injury, Zhu Yi's right foot would bleed.
Imagine that every jump is stained with blood, what kind of pain should it be?
But even so, Zhu Yi still resolutely chose to participate.
Not to achieve a stunning ranking, but to accumulate competition experience and prepare for the future to stand on the highest stage.
However, things did not go according to people's wishes.
In February 2019, after playing a match, Zhu Yi had surgery again due to injury. At that time, many people could not help but feel sorry for her, but she herself said:
"Last year, it took me a long time to recover from injuries and surgery. But when I was injured for the second time, both mentally and jumping techniques, I recovered a little faster than the last time. ”
Think of each race as a ladder to progression, and every injury as an opportunity to hone your will.
I remember that a few years ago, Chen Lu said that although from an objective point of view, the highest level that Zhu Yi could achieve at that time was still different from the top players, Zhu Yi had "potential". Her talent, foundation, growth environment, international vision, and the fighting spirit in her bones are almost in line with herself.
Yes, how to come from the sky to descend wizards, every "ice butterfly" is spelled out.
Speaking of which, Zhu Yi's fighting spirit can be seen when she was very young.
It was a small thing that happened when she was more than two years old.
One day, she especially wanted to drink milk. At that time, Dad was sitting in front of the computer working, and when she was young, she wanted to pour it herself, who knew that when her hand slipped, the milk was all sprinkled on the wooden floor.
But Xiao Zhuyi did not cry at all, but grabbed a rag and wiped it on the floor.
When the father found out, he comforted his daughter while dealing with the mess, but Zhu Yi insisted on finishing the finishing work himself.
From childhood to adulthood, Zhu Yi is like this, with his own ideas and stubbornness. If it were not for the independence and stubbornness in her bones, perhaps she would not have broken out of the future alone.
Take jumping, for example. The media once commented on Zhu Yi: "From the perspective of jumping, she will point out the ice after three weeks of this difficult jump, which is very rare. ”
Why?
According to professionals, the players who can complete the three-week jump are desperate.
Because when they perform the three-week jump, the speed of the body must reach nearly 400 revolutions per minute, and they must always control the body, which requires getting rid of a strong sense of self-protection.
And a wheel speed of 100 km / h is only 800 revolutions per minute.
Just thinking about it makes you shudder. How tenacious mental strength does it take to break through the physical limits?
However, if you want to break through the cocoon and become a butterfly, you have to be fierce.
Not accepting defeat, not stopping, learning to "feed" your dreams big, always need some stubbornness that is different from ordinary people.
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A heart that changes its mind and constantly meets a better self
In addition to personal efforts, Zhu Yi can achieve today's results, but also inseparable from the help of his father.
This kind of help is not so much the aura of the "second generation of science" as the companionship of "warm dad".
Zhu Yi once said that her father was her best partner.
The reason why she is called a partner may be precisely because her father not only sowed the seeds of patriotism and dreams in her heart, but also accompanied her to watch the dream blossom.
I still remember when I was a child, day after day of training, boring, tedious, for a child, how hard, ordinary people can hardly imagine. In order to encourage Zhu Yi, her father often personally sharpened her ice knives, and after training every day, he would also give her a "masseuse".
For so many years, Zhu Songchun has been a "hardcore fan" of his daughter.
No matter how busy he is, as long as his daughter has a game, he will go to the game and record his daughter's performance. Back home, the father and daughter analyzed together, broke down one by one, and changed tactics, which was quite a bit of a difficult point in the field of science.
You know, if you don't want your children to suffer in the present, they will suffer in the future.
Sports are no better than others, many times can not spell the parents, can only fight themselves.
However, on their way to self-advancement, they are bitter and tired, accompanied by people, and they can also be guided at key moments, and the will poured out with love is both tough as steel and soft as cotton.
Teach children to change freely between tenacity and softness, so that they can move more calmly into the future.
I don't know if you have found that Zhu Yi's name is quite special. Not only special, but also profound. Zhu Songchun once said that Zhu Yi's yi originated from the yi of "Zhou Yi". What is "easy", change is also.
In addition to the daimyo, Zhu Yi also has a nickname, called Youyou. Yes, the nickname has a purpose. "The yellow crane is gone, and the white clouds are long in the air." The so-called "leisurely" also means homesickness.
One thought changes, two thoughts return, perhaps there is a destiny in the darkness.
At the National Championship a few years ago, Zhu Yi performed a short program and a free skating track, with a completely different mood. One is a soft piano piece that she excels at, and the other is an exciting 007 piece.
Two moods mean two moods, and the difficulty can be imagined.
But Zhu Yi not only tried, but also said that he hoped that the show would have diversity, and he hoped that the referees would see their own changes.
Many times, change is like a double-edged sword, which may make people see a different you, and may also expose shortcomings. However, there is room for change, which means that progress can be made.
If you want to see a landscape farther away, you have to constantly seek change.
Trying different styles and meeting more possibilities in life, whether it is success or failure, is the only way to grow.
When it comes to the future, Zhu Yi also has his own ideas: he hopes to strike a balance between college and skating.
In order to balance, it is natural to pay double the effort, but also to constantly adapt to loneliness and prosperity.
However, having a "mind to change" and wanting to cope with the changes in the world is not only not difficult for Zhu Yi, but also enjoy it.
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A patriotic heart, with the Chinese dream;
A stubborn heart, fearless long journey;
A heart that changes its mind and is not afraid to go up against the current.
Many times, a person's excellence is like a star in the sky, and when one excellent person after another comes together, it is like a sea of stars.
Over the years, just in the sports world, more and more outstanding talents have chosen naturalization: Zhu Yi, Gu Ailing, Lin Shan, Zheng Enlai...
I've seen a passage like this:
The sense of national belonging is like a seed, constantly taking root in the hearts of Chinese people who are abroad, and China's strength is like a kind of nourishment, nourishing this seed, germinating, flowering and bearing fruit all over the world.
When China is revived, when the sons and daughters return.
Resources:
CCTV Sports Interview with Zhu Yi, a new member of the Chinese figure skating women's singles team: the third bank of the river
Huaxia Women's Magazine, Figure Skating Champion Zhu Yi: Scientist Dad Inspired Me to Be China's "Ice Butterfly"
Yixiang Ice and Snow [Interview] Zhu Yi: Every competition is a valuable experience