Elephant News Reporter Yuan Xiaoqiang Correspondent Feng Weifeng Xue Mingrui
(Source: Xinhua News Agency)
On February 17, Tagou Wushu School passed the cross-border cross-discipline selection to the national ski team student Ran Hongyun, ranking third in the group in the 1/8 final of the Freestyle Ski Women's Steeplechase At the Beijing Winter Olympics. Although he did not win the medal, Ran Hongyun was able to enter the Winter Olympics, which has created history and achieved China's "zero breakthrough" in the project.
Go all out and compete to be the best you can be
On the morning of the 17th, the Winter Olympic Freestyle Ski Women's Steeplechase Qualification Tournament began, ran Hongyun in the competition steady, constantly exerting strength, sliding out of 1 minute 25 seconds 83 times to qualify for the quarter-finals.
In the afternoon one-eighth qualifying round, Ran Hongyun competed in the second group, and the players from Switzerland and Canada advanced, and Ran Hongyun ranked third in the group, and stopped here.
Walking down the field, Ran Hongyun wore a helmet and large goggles, but he still couldn't hide the smile on his face. "The first time I participated in the Winter Olympics, it was a good feeling." Ran Hongyun said with a smile. "Although I have participated in the World Cup at Genting Ski Park before, there are some modifications to the venue of the Winter Olympic Games, I did not walk well at the departure platform, and I can skate well in the back."
From martial arts to skiing, although entering an unfamiliar field, Ran Hongyun is now fascinated by skiing. "On the slopes of the skiing, I tried a lot of things that I had never touched before, and skiing made me feel very happy and very exciting, because the speed of the skiing was very fast in the race, and then there were a lot of obstacles and jumps, and you had to try different routes, do your best, reach the fastest speed." Comparing the best self, this is the goal of Ran Hongyun's participation in this Winter Olympics.
He has been practicing martial arts for six years, using martial arts to shape his strong character
In the game on the 17th, Ran Hongyun was injured, in addition to her own strong perseverance, the spirit of not accepting defeat that she had trained in six years of learning martial arts at the Tagou Martial Arts School was also encouraging her.
Ran Hongyun, born in 2003, went to Henan Tagou Martial Arts School to learn martial arts routines at the age of 9. In 2016, through the selection of the intramural sports meeting, Ran Hongyun was selected into the Tagou Wushu School Women's Taolu Professional Team, and gradually grew into a miaozi member of the class, ready to participate in the Henan Wushu Taolu Competition.
"Ran Hongyun's basic skills are solid, the body flexibility is strong, the coordination is good, the speed, agility and bouncing power are far beyond the peers, after two years of tempering, could have won the championship in the 2018 Henan Wushu Taolu Championship, just the State General Administration of Sport Winter Sports Management Center to the school to select talents, her test results are also excellent, directly selected by the national ski training team, preparing for the 2022 Winter Olympics." Her martial arts instructor, Miao Leitao, recalled Ran Hongyun with unspeakable relief in her heart.
Across the border, Tagou Wushu School sent 315 team members to the country
Cross-border cross-sports selection is a new measure implemented by the State General Administration of Sport in 2017, and its purpose is to reserve and select outstanding talents for the national Olympic projects.
Liu Haike, secretary of the party committee, chairman and head coach of Tagou Wushu School, said: "Wushu is the mother of sports, after practicing martial arts team members cross-border across disciplines, they can be quickly transformed and integrated into other projects, Tagou Wushu School students have martial arts skills and the spirit of hard work, which has also been recognized by the State General Administration of Sports, indicating that we are right to respond to the cross-border cross-discipline initiative." ”
It is understood that Tagou Wushu School has sent 315 Miaozi team members to 9 projects such as national skateboarding, BMX, rock climbing and other extreme sports and skiing sports, and some team members have won gold and silver in domestic and foreign competitions after short-term training with good physical fitness and martial arts skills.
Watch the live broadcast, the master and sister cheer for the master sister
In order to encourage all teachers and students to actively participate in the talent training strategy of the national Olympic project, on the day of the competition on February 17, Tagou Martial Arts School organized Ran Hongyun's teachers and sisters to watch the live broadcast of the game and cheer for her. "Seeing her sister represent China on the stage of the Winter Olympics, we are all happy for her and cheer for her." Yao Jiatong, the little sister of the Taolu professional team, said happily.
This time to the Winter Olympics, Ran Hongyun did not give herself more pressure, this winter Olympic trip, she has gained a full harvest. "There is still a big gap between our current strength and the world's top players, and this time participating in the Winter Olympics is with the goal of learning and accumulating experience." On the stage of the Winter Olympics, I saw that the top players were much faster than us, saw where others were strong, and saw my shortcomings. Next, I will learn from experience, train seriously, and continue to improve, hoping that the future results can be more excellent, and I am full of expectations for the future. Ran Hongyun said.