Zhang Kexin
Gu Ailing
Li Fanghui
On February 17, the Beijing Winter Olympics held a women's U-shaped venue skills qualification tournament. In the U-shaped venue skills qualification tournament of this Winter Olympics, the players competed for two rounds, taking the highest score to rank, and the top 12 players advanced to the final held on the 18th.
Yesterday, Gu Ailing, a Chinese team player who has won a gold and a silver medal in this Winter Olympics, also ushered in his strongest main event. In the qualifiers, Gu Ailing and teammates Zhang Kexin, Li Fanghui and Wu Meng launched a challenge to the final qualification. In the end, Gu Ailing, Zhang Kexin and Li Fanghui advanced to the final. This is also the best result of the Winter Olympics for The Chinese women's U-shaped venue skills. Zhang Kexin and Li Fanghui said that they still have higher difficulty reserves and hope to usher in a greater breakthrough in the final.
The best teacher is the opponent
Gu Ailing, the world's number one, advanced to the final on the 18th with the highest score in the qualifying round. The U-shaped venue deserves her strongest main event, and Gu Ailing's performance in the qualifiers is particularly relaxed.
Since the opening of the Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing has become one of the busiest athletes in the Chinese delegation. After the previous slope obstacle course, Gu Ailing had to immediately transfer to participate in the training of the U-shaped field. "No need today, the afternoon men's preliminaries, no training." Although tired, Gu Ailing has the ability to look after the family, that is, he can sleep. "I felt very tired after the game and had to train for other sports at the same time. But today I slept very well and finally had energy in my body. Gu Ailing said that fortunately, he had prepared physically a year in advance, "I am the only athlete to enter the three Winter Olympic finals, from the opening ceremony to now, every day training, every day to play, there is no day off, but I am ready." ”
In this qualifier, Gu Ailing also paid attention to the performance of his Chinese teammates. In addition to Wu Meng's mistakes and being eliminated, Zhang Kexin and Li Fanghui both successfully advanced. "My team-mates are doing very well. Li Fanghui is young and very talented, and Zhang Kexin is very powerful and very motivating to me. I am also learning from Zhang Kexin, she has more experience than a Winter Olympics, more experience than me, and I hope to learn something from her. ”
Gu Ailing said that he has made great progress in projects such as U-shaped venues over the years because he loves to observe and will take the initiative to learn from all the competitors. "Including my Chinese teammates, I have learned a lot from Zhang Kexin. In fact, in my career, the biggest help is not my mother or any coach, but other athletes. Gu Ailing said that she learned a lot from other players, "I am a very willing to learn people, I will observe, see other players make mistakes, mistakes, I will remind myself to avoid making the same mistakes, if they do well, I will learn." 」 There are also psychological adjustments, some people have been doing well, they can perform well in big and small events, I will pay attention to the way they adjust themselves, and see how they deal with pressure. All of this helped me grow. ”
At the U-shaped venue final on the 18th, Gu Ailing will welcome the most anticipated audience - her grandmother. "We said okay, she'll come and cheer me on. Grandma is still on the plane today, she will arrive in a moment, and tomorrow she will come to see me play. Gu Ailing said.
The final strives to come up with the highest difficulty
For Zhang Kexin, this is her second promotion to the Winter Olympics. After the game, she said she was still nervous in the first round. "The second round was released and slipped, and the results were not bad." When talking about the help of foreign teacher Elena, Zhang Kexin said that she grasped the details of her actions very well. "Every time we play, we are encouraged to be bold and not afraid to lose."
This time to be able to qualify at the home of the home, Zhang Kexin said that he is very happy to show his progress in the past four years at home. "From PyeongChang to now, the progress we have shown, you can also see, in fact, four years is not a particularly long time, we try our best to make breakthroughs, including competitions with masters, we are also improving." We also had an exchange after the game and would ask the boys on the team how to improve their technical movements. In the final, I will do my best and strive to come up with the most difficult moves. ”
Four years to hone out your own style
Li Fanghui is the highest ranking of the Chinese team in the qualifiers besides Gu Ailing, which is also Li Fanghui's first time participating in the Winter Olympics. "I'm very excited, I want to come up with the best level and write the best stroke for my future career, I haven't come up with the best level yet."
Li Fanghui said that she has a difficulty reserve and will show it in the final next. "I am especially grateful to the foreign teachers, who have always helped me adjust my movements and have always encouraged me to relax and do my best. In fact, some people say that my gliding style is very masculine, the movement is flowing, and I have slowly polished my own style in the past four years. My coach would let me play on my own and then help me to choreograph the action, which I've been honing for seven or eight years. The charm of this movement is actually that everyone is full of flowers, and everyone has their own style. My style is more casual, and the movements want to look more easily expressed. ”
Wu Meng
Mistakes missed the final
In 2018, Wu Meng participated in his first Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and finally ranked 20th and missed the final. Four years later, Wu Meng attacked again, once again missing the final qualification. "I was nervous in the first round of skating, I talked to the coach, and after the first round of mistakes, I still fought a difficult move in the second round. I think it was quite successful, but unfortunately the score was not enough to advance. ”
Compared with four years ago, Wu Meng, who can participate in the Winter Olympics at home this time, said she was looking forward to hearing cheers and worried that she would make her nervous. "We also skated a lot before Genting. In fact, so many people came to see us and cheered us on, which made me both excited and nervous. However, compared with the first Winter Olympics, I still have a lot of maturity and mistakes, but my mentality is much more stable. ”
In order to prepare for the Winter Olympics, Wu Meng trained in various places, in addition to the ski tracks, but also in the air cushion and pool. "We can ski if we can, physically if we can't. There are also going to Chengdu to practice air cushions, to Qinhuangdao diving pool. Even when isolated in the house, I was practicing physical fitness. "What makes Wu Meng regret is that she was not able to show all her difficult moves at the Beijing Winter Olympics." In the past four years, I have made breakthroughs in technology and difficulty, and I have not had a flip before my movements, but unfortunately I still have difficulty actions to do. ”
Text/Reporter Chu Peng Courtesy photo/Xinhua News Agency