"It doesn't matter if the guy [the winner] isn't you?"
"Yes, no problem, as long as it is China."
Last night (16th), after teammate Qi Guangpu won the gold medal in men's aerial skills in freestyle skiing, there were tears in his eyes on the sidelines, and Jia Zongyang, who applauded him, gave such an answer in an interview with CCTV.
When Qi Guangpu was interviewed after the game, Jia Zongyang also suddenly appeared in the camera, and Qi Guangpu came to a deep hug, and then said: "Go back to dinner, I want to eat skewers, I want to eat skewers and sausages now", Qi Guangpu patted him, "Eat everything!" "The scene was incredibly warm.
Jia Zongyang is the "elder of the four dynasties" of the Winter Olympics, before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, he made a steel nail bracket in his leg after being injured, and was embedded with 22 steel nails and two steel plates but still did not give up training, once known as "China Iron Man", during the Winter Olympics, after two mistakes, he once blamed himself to choke.
Last night, on social media, netizens also cheered for the veteran.
Some netizens moved and wrote, "I asked myself, can I slide down and fall in the air for more than ten years, maybe I can't get the highest honor in the end, and retire with injuries?" ”
In a word, it is tearful, but it also so accurately summarizes Jia Zongyang's experience over the years.
Jia Zongyang, born in 1991 in Fushun, Liaoning Province, has been competing in the Winter Olympics since 2010, finishing sixth at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
During a training session in 2014, Jia Zongyang had a crushing fracture of the tibia of his left leg, a ruptured fibula, a ruptured medial ankle... The doctor had to "assemble" his injured leg with steel plates and nails, and during the operation, his legs were embedded with 4 steel plates and 22 steel nails.
Jia Zongyang X-ray, 22 steel nails
According to the Yangtze River Daily, for athletes, such a serious injury is likely to mean the end of their careers, but Jia Zongyang did not choose to give up. In order to continue his career, Jia Zongyang underwent 3 surgeries before and after, and fought with injuries for 3 years.
In 2017, he officially returned to the team for training. In 2018, he appeared at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with steel nails in his legs, he successfully completed the BFFDF action with a difficulty of 4.525, and won the runner-up with 128.05 points, only 0.46 points away from the champion who completed the same difficulty.
After the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Jia Zongyang once again began the rhythm of treatment, rehabilitation, recovery, training and preparation for the competition, and this year, 31-year-old freestyle skiing aerial skill athlete Jia Zongyang once again stood on the field of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
In the mixed team final of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Jia Zongyang originally wanted to attack the champion with his teammates Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu, but unfortunately, there was a mistake when he landed, he cried bitterly and lost his voice, and he blamed himself very much, and in the interview channel, he choked up several times.
The teammates sent comfort for the first time, Xu Mengtao was the first to give a hug, and Qi Guangpu also kept stroking Jia Zongyang's back with his hand to comfort him: "It's okay, it's okay, the game is not over, we will see you in a single event." ”
Along the way, Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu were not full of pain, and the three of them were all four Winter Olympics, and because of this, they felt sorry for each other. On the field, the scene of three people hugging each other warmed everyone.
Xu Mengtao spoke up for his teammates again at the post-match press conference: "It will not stop him from continuing to be excellent because of a forward rollover, and we will continue to bloom." ”
Last night, in the individual single final, after Jia Zongyang made a mistake again, the audience immediately sent applause, talking about this, he choked up, "Really relieved, although I did not jump successfully, but so many spectators on the scene, teammates, all gave me great comfort, my mood is really difficult to use words to describe, maybe that moment I know that these 4 years of hard work is over." But everyone recognized my efforts, and I thank you very much. After speaking, Jia Zongyang bowed deeply to everyone at the scene.
When teammate Qi Guangpu competed, Jia Zongyang always stood on the sidelines, and in the end, Qi Guangpu won the gold medal. This is the second time that the Chinese aerial skills men's team has won the gold medal in the event after Han Xiaopeng won the first gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
According to @ CCTV News, at the moment when Qi Guangpu landed, Jia Zongyang also applauded him, "Really very happy, very very happy, happy for my team", in his opinion, there is no problem in whether he can take the gold medal or not, "as long as it is China!" ”
According to The China News Network, Jia Zongyang frankly said that there must be regrets, "but satisfaction will certainly overshadow regrets", and he hopes that everyone can remember today's moment, "the moment that can show the energy of China's team". He also thanked his opponents, "having them makes us more progressive."
2022 is the 20th year after Jia Zongyang first stood on the stage, and it is also the fourth Winter Olympic Games he participated in, which is how precious for him, you can imagine.
In the interview, Jia Zongyang said several times that "my 4 years have ended", he said that in the 4 years of preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics, he did not have a day to waste, "these 4 years are really not easy." Next, he would take a break to deal with injuries, and when the media asked about injuries, he laughed and said, don't mention injuries, "Nag some happy topics." ”
Veterans, do your best, you have no regrets!
Source: World Wide Web