On February 17, Beijing time, Jia Zongyang, a famous freestyle skiing aerial skill, updated social media. He wrote affectionately: "You say don't love, and you cling to it, so life, he is bitter as a song." The teenagers of Vancouver have become the uncles you call them. Jia Zongyang thanked everyone for their support and blessings to him, the 31-year-old veteran who failed to win the Olympic gold medal, but his story is already a legend.
12 years ago, Jia Zongyang stood on the stage of the Olympic freestyle skiing aerial skills for the first time, and perhaps he would not have thought that he was still holding on to his dream 12 years later. From the 6th in Vancouver, to the bronze medal in Sochi, to the silver medal in Pyeongchang, Jia Zongyang must have dreamed of this time in Beijing, he can go further.
But fate is sometimes so playful, just at the doorstep of Beijing, Jia Zongyang won his worst result since four Olympic Games. In the second round of the final, he faced the pressure of being eliminated, and under the pressure, Jia Zongyang made a mistake and finally failed to compete in the decisive round. After teammate Qi Guangpu successfully won the championship, Jia Zongyang had tears in his eyes. Although he did not win this gold medal, Jia Zongyang may be able to feel the same as watching his teammates who have participated in the same four Olympic Games being crowned to achieve their dreams.
4 Olympic Games, 2 silver and 1 bronze. As a name that will never be erased in the history of China's freestyle skiing aerial skills, Jia Zongyang does not need Olympic gold medals to prove his greatness. In a project with such a high risk factor and such a large degree of contingency, no one can guarantee 100% performance. 12 years of perseverance, in itself has been very human.
Now, Jia Zongyang has ended his trip to the Fourth Winter Olympics. Will he still challenge the Fifth Winter Olympics? Perhaps the answer is known only to him. But in the past 12 years, he has been worthy of the national team's cultivation of him, and he has also been worthy of all the spectators who love him, and most importantly, he has been worthy of himself.