At the Beijing Winter Olympics, 46-year-old Brazilian Jacqueline Moran finished the women's 10 km race in cross-country skiing with a score of 82nd, and also ended her eighth Olympic trip. This isn't the first time Moran has stood at the Beijing Olympics, where she represented Brazil in mountain biking at the 2008 Olympics 14 years ago.
Her results may not be excellent, but her experience and persistence deserve the applause of all of us - as a 46-year-old veteran, 8 Olympic Games, constantly challenging herself, coming to Beijing twice, and realizing the transition from the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympics.
The name Jacqueline Morran is unfamiliar to many people, she is not a legendary ski king like Sean White; not a pioneer like Yusei Yushin who constantly challenges the extreme movements of human beings; and she is not a genius new star like Gu Ailing and Su Yiming. She is just one of countless "nameless" athletes who have set an example for you and me in the Olympic arena, with ordinary and touching power. She showed us that as long as you use a young mindset, a positive state, and an optimistic attitude to meet every challenge, you are your own legend.
Born in 1975, Jacqueline Morann started her sports career at the age of 15, which is really not too young for professional athletes. Starting late, he went to train desperately, relying on his indomitable will, and After practicing mountain biking for 14 years, Moran stood on the stage of the Athens Olympic Games. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she reappeared on the cross-country skiing field. In the following ten years, she has successively participated in the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympic Games and the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.
After each race, Moran would keep the number as a souvenir
Moran had planned to retire after the Tokyo Olympics, but she insisted on training for another year because of the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics for a year. As a result, the pace of the Beijing Winter Olympics is approaching, and Moranso once again postponed his retirement plan. The legend continues, and we are also fortunate to see her continue her story in the City of The Two Olympics.
And Jacqueline Mourland's experience from the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympics shows the romance of sports to the world. While competing in Canada for the 2004 Athens Olympic Mountain Bike Qualification Tournament, Morran met cross-country skier Guido Wiesel, and the two fell in love at first sight and quickly entered the palace of marriage and gave birth to a man and a woman. One day in 2005, Moran was in a snowstorm while training on his bike and had to be suspended. Her husband took the opportunity to recommend cross-country skiing to her, and after just one experience, she fell in love with the sport: "I love the feeling of being in nature, it's fascinating. In fact, she is the only Brazilian athlete to date who has competed in both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics.
Coincidentally, there is also a veteran in the short track speed skating: Claudio Pehistein, who is nearly 50 years old, slipped past the finish line in her 8th women's 3000m speed skating, but she looked out of breath. She finally waited for someone to break the Olympic record she set on February 10, 2002.
Peschstein, the oldest athlete at the Beijing Winter Olympics
There's an old saying: "Age is just a number." "At this Winter Olympics, this never seems to be so real. Peschstein waited for the record-breaker, and the record she set for the oldest female athlete to break was waiting for the next person to break it.
Jacob Baylis, 36, won 2 gold medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics
When the 36-year-old Jacob Baylis redeemed herself on February 9 to become the oldest woman in the United States to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, her combination with 40-year-old Baumgartner won another gold medal at the Feb. 12 mixed competition, making Baumgartner the oldest snowboarder in winter Olympic history to win a medal.
Canadian hockey player Eric Starr, 37
According to statistics, there are as many as 27 ice hockey players over the age of 35 at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and 6 athletes in the Canadian men's ice team are over the age of 35 - Olympic athletes are constantly extending their sports careers like professional athletes.
John Claret, 41, won his first Winter Olympic medal
Earlier this year, the NFL's greatest quarterback, Tom Brady, 45, retired after 22 years of career, while Ronaldo, 36, and LeBron James, 37, remained one of the best players in football and basketball, in addition to four-time WNBA champions, five Olympic gold medals, four-time World Cup winner, and 41-year-old Sue Bird is still active on the court. Improvements in training, nutrition, and medicine have helped athletes have a longer career, but more than that, their love of the sport.
yes
It's never too late,
As long as you still love it.