"As the host player, it is worth remembering for a lifetime" - interview with figure skating "Little Prince Around" Jin Boyang

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 17 Title: "As the host player, it is worth remembering for a lifetime" -- An interview with Jin Boyang, the "little prince around" of figure skating

Xinhua News Agency reporters Wang Chunyan and Li Jia

Chinese figure skating men's single skater Jin Boyang ended all the matches of his personal Beijing Winter Olympics on the 10th, but he can still be seen everywhere in the past few days, going to various sports venues to watch the games, cheer for teammates, and take photos with foreign athletes.

For his "high activity", Jin Boyang explained: "I hope that after the competition, I can have more energy to pay attention to other competitions and learn more about athletes. Regardless of success or failure, I think it is a good memory, and I hope that more memories will stay in this Winter Olympics, I think this is a happy thing that can make me remember for a lifetime. ”

(Subtitle) Show the mental outlook and slide out the best of yourself

It is rare to see Jin Boyang so relaxed, because the goals he set before the game have been achieved, "one is to be able to slide out of his best side, and the other is to show the spirit of defeating himself in the motherland, I think being the host player is a good memory."

In the preparation cycle of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Jin Boyang had a high success rate of jumping when training, but when he arrived at the competition, he was in a general state and was once questioned a lot. But at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Jin Boyang played better than the other in his four games, which can be called "gradually getting better".

In this regard, Jin Boyang said: "I think (in the previous game) may be too anxious, during the game I want to play a beautiful turnaround battle, want to succeed." Anyway, I'm going to make all the jumps, but when I think about it, I may completely ignore the programmatic execution of the action, so the sensibility is greater than the rationality. But this Winter Olympics, I was not nervous at all in the game, it was a very relaxed state to play, I think it is very incredible. ”

Jin Boyang said that in the past four years, the biggest change is still in the mentality. "In my usual training, I feel that my competitive level, including technical movements, has always been the highest level of myself. But after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, I felt that I had a responsibility to fight for the motherland, and I thought more and more, and I wanted to constantly break through myself, but I added invisible pressure to myself. In these four years, I feel that I have become more mature, more rational, and I can think calmly on the field, this transformation, I think it is very good, and I am very fortunate to be able to suddenly become this state of mind at the Winter Olympics, I think it is a very worthy of encouragement for myself. ”

Overcome difficulties and overcome the self

After the men's singles short program and free skating competition, Jin Boyang twice burst into tears on the ice rink. "[Tears because] felt particularly liberated, thinking of the ups and downs of these four years. For the past four years, I have been thinking every day, thinking about every jump I want to train, thinking about what the surrounding stadium is like, the size of the venue I skated, and then comparing, thinking about the atmosphere of the venue of the Capital Stadium, and the audience, including my own successful plan and the failure plan. Jin Boyang looked back on the past four years and felt a lot of emotions.

Jin Boyang said that in the past four years, the most difficult time, every day can not sleep, has been closed eyes but just can not sleep, from 10 pm to 4 am more than 4 am, a closed eye is how they did not succeed today, especially worried about this state. "During that period, I felt that I had no energy during the day, I couldn't sleep at night, I couldn't put in the training, I couldn't mobilize my nerves, and I felt that I couldn't pass the level in my heart."

Jin Boyang said that the most difficult moment may be the closed training after the start of the epidemic, "because the coach's diabetes is more serious, it is impossible to stay here every day, I really can't stick to it, and I start training myself from that time." ”

In October 2021, Jin Boyang was diagnosed with appendicitis. In order to compete, he chose conservative treatment without surgery, and suddenly lost 10 pounds in two weeks, and his body consumption was particularly large. "I started to think that I had a bad stomach, so I didn't tell the team doctor at the first time, and the team doctor also blamed himself." I think everyone works really hard because they're ready to help you 24 hours a day, it's a team strength. ”

The reason why he did not beat Jin Boyang was because he felt that "the people around me constantly encouraged me and helped me, so that I believed that I had the ability and confidence to complete the game."

(Subtitle) comes from love, from responsibility

"I really love figure skating, one is love, the other is responsibility. I hope to bring more children (participation) to more people who love figure skating. Jin Boyang said that seeing the continuous emergence of new faces in Japan, the United States and other teams, his heart is particularly unpleasant, and he feels that it is really difficult to play alone, and the pressure is also particularly great.

"The echelon of several teams is three people, and as the only Chinese team player, I have been fighting with them in the Winter Olympics, and I hope to have more reserve forces." My idea now is to let the people of the whole country know that Jin Boyang in the men's singles has been showing his best mental outlook for everyone, can impress more people, impress more children, let them love figure skating, only people who love will want to participate in figure skating, so that the development continues, continuous competition, will continue to have good results, in order to have more new faces on the field. ”

For the future, Jin Boyang's heart is also a war between reason and sensibility. "I don't know what the next four years will be, because rationally speaking, the competitive state of men's single skating after the age of 24 will not reach a higher level. But I feel that I am more mentally mature, and I also love figure skating, and then I am particularly touched by the sportsmanship of many athletes (who continue to insist), so I think that in the next four years, I hope that no matter what kind of skating, I can represent China and let everyone know that there is still one person fighting in men's single skating. ”

Addiction to skiing, there are many "ice piers"

For the sake of figure skating, this big boy who loves to laugh and play has many hobbies that he can't achieve yet.

"I love to drive a go-kart and ride a motorcycle, but because I have to protect myself from getting hurt, I haven't tried these things." Jin Boyang said that he also particularly enjoys skiing.

"I love skiing so much that two years ago I put on my skis and slid down for over an hour, which was so addictive and I don't know why. Sometimes I want to stop skating in the future, I want to become a skier. I especially like this kind of fast, stimulating project that can make my adrenaline rise all at once. ”

But because he had to train, Jin Boyang did not dare to go skiing, and he had to try to avoid injury. "I think it's a responsibility, for this Winter Olympics, I have to pay attention to every step of the way every day, don't get hurt, and be able to stand on the field of the Winter Olympics."

Although Jin Boyang did not stand on the podium at this Winter Olympics, he can still be called a "winner in life" because he has many "ice piers". "I have 12 kinds of 'ice piers', but there are very few in the Winter Olympic village, and I can only buy one a day. But many volunteers liked me very much and gave me their own 'ice piers' and I was very touched. A small half was bought by myself, and most of it was given by others. (End)