Xinhua News Agency interview with 18-year-old Su Yiming: The gold medal that creates history is the best rite of passage

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At the Winter Olympics at the doorstep of the family, under the attention of the whole world, he completed his coming-of-age ceremony with a gold medal that created history, and for Su Yiming, who turned 18 on the 18th, it seemed that everything was the best arrangement.

Before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, he was a well-known snowboard newcomer transformed from a child star, and when the Beijing Winter Olympics were approaching the end, his identity underwent a new transformation, as the first gold medal and the first medal winner of the men's first medal in the history of the Winter Olympics of the Chinese delegation's snowboarding project, Su Yiming accepted an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency.

On February 15, China's Su Yiming attended the post-match press conference. Xinhua News Agency Photo

Talking about the Winter Olympics - "The biggest feeling is love"

When Su Yiming appeared in the video interview screen, it was almost two days since he won the big jump.

"For the past 48 hours, I have tried to recall all the experiences and feelings that the day of the game or this Winter Olympics have brought me... Although it seems that the day was only about three or four hours. Su Yiming said, "I spend a lot of time emptying myself, thinking about these beautiful memories in the past 4 years, including the day I won the gold medal or when my father took me to ski the first lesson when I was growing up." ”

The first two slides performed amazingly, the opponents were powerless to turn over, and before the last slide, Su Yiming had locked the gold medal in advance. Just when many thought he would challenge himself to the Guinness Book of World Records-certified 1980 move in a stress-free slide, he slid down briskly and ended the final slide of the entire snowboarding event in Beijing winter olympics with a simple freehand aerial freeze frame.

Later, in the TV screen, I saw that in the departure area of the big jumping platform, after learning that she had won the championship, Su Yiming could not stop crying, and while whimpering "I did it", she threw herself into the arms of the coach.

"I fantasized about this moment for a long time, put all my efforts into it, and there were really too many challenges and difficulties in the past 4 years." Su Yiming recalled, "At this time, I also wanted to try some more difficult moves, but when I really stood on the starting platform, I just wanted to use my favorite way and favorite action to complete my third slide." At that time, I really only had one thought, I was going to enjoy this trip, I was going to enjoy the most precious and beautiful moments of my life. ”

Also in the broadcast screen, Su Yiming's parents appeared in the stands, but there was no close contact between the closed loop and outside, and Su Yiming shared this moment with her parents on the phone.

"I knew they were there, but there was no way to see them, no way to get close, so I called them too." Su Yiming said, "My parents have taken me to snowboarding since I was very young, no matter what decisionS I make, they all choose to support me and believe in me unreservedly, without their support, it would be impossible to have me today." ”

Today's Su Yiming, with the Beijing Winter Olympics snowboard slope obstacle course silver medal and big jump gold medal, of course, also has two limited editions of the "ice pier", in the connection, he deliberately moved the camera to the bed, two "ice piers" and two medals lying there quietly.

"Now I'm still on my bed, I'm really already sleeping with my gold medals in my arms, and I still put them on the bed every day. My gold medal... My 'ice pier'..." His tone was unconcealed love, "This is really too big for my life, I especially like it, and I will definitely give it to my most important people." ”

This gold medal is equally important to the Chinese delegation, which is the first Winter Olympic gold medal in Chinese snowboarding, and after he won the gold medal, the Chinese delegation broke the two records of the number of gold medals and medals won in a single Winter Olympics, creating the best record in history since participating in the Winter Olympics.

This boy, who was still slightly immature and had a somewhat milky voice, may not have anticipated all this before the game. Although he did not want to get off the snowboard since he was 4 years old, it was not until the Winter Olympics fell in Beijing that he gradually tried to touch a dream that was once out of reach. After that, step by step, it came to the fore in the competition, the State General Administration of Sport set up a cross-border cross-border training team, was selected, accompanied by the team to train outside the competition, and qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics at the World Cup... The personal struggle and the process of the times have synchronized with the grand event that has led 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports.

"I don't think there's anything better for me than this Winter Olympics, I've really accomplished all my goals." He said, "I also gained a lot at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and felt the strength of the motherland, without the motherland, there would be no me today." I'm very proud and proud that I'm a Chinese, and I really feel very happy the moment I put on the flag and stand on the podium and the national anthem is played. As a Chinese, I can maximize my own strength and win glory for my motherland. ”

"In fact, the biggest thing I feel this time is love, my own love for snowboarding, everyone's love for me, I have a deep feeling." If I had left this kind of love, I wouldn't have made me where I am today. So this gold medal is not only the result of my own efforts, but also of everyone. He said.

Talking about veneer – "My original intention will not change"

Although he has won the World Cup big jump single stop and the season championship before, Su Yiming admitted that the feeling of participating in the Winter Olympics is incomparable.

"Although I tried very hard to tell myself that there was no difference between playing in peacetime, standing on the podium and listening to the national anthem played really made me feel that the Winter Olympics were so different and so fascinating."

Su Yiming said that in the World Cup, everyone will still have reservations, after all, they all want to stay healthy before the Winter Olympics, but everyone will try their best and most difficult actions at the Winter Olympics. He competed in two events, and there were two qualifiers and finals, "but every qualifier for me is to compare it as a final." He said that the day before the opening of the Winter Olympics, he sat in his room and the game that he had dreamed of every day for the past four years was about to start, and it was "particularly stressful".

But the original intention of snowboarding finally resolved this tension.

"I love snowboarding, no matter what race I'm in, I do what I like the most, and my original intention hasn't changed." Su Yiming said, "So I have been telling myself that I only need to do what I need to do or what I love to do, I just need to complete the actions I want to do in this game, and this is the most important." ”

In his opinion, making the action he wants to do is greater than any factor other than sliding, and when it comes to the controversy related to scoring in the slope obstacle course, his attitude is still open-minded.

"I didn't pay any attention to anything about it at all, I put all my energy into my own game. It can be said that I am really very satisfied, very happy, and can take my own dream set of actions to complete in the game. "The people who come to the Winter Olympics are the best players in the world, and in my heart we don't have a difference between up and down, and everyone is a champion in my heart." ”

He also mentioned the nobleman on his snowboard road, the well-known coach Yasuhiro Sato.

"It's changed my life, it's changed my understanding of snowboarding, and I've been lucky to have known him when I first decided to become a professional skater." He said, "The 15th is the most precious day for me and him, and it is also a day to complete each other's dreams." ”

The obstacle track of this competition was built into a unique "Snow Great Wall", after seeing the scene pictures, Su Yiming and Coach Sato did the most every day is to hold the mobile phone and think of more than one plan in advance of the action of the prop area in front of the picture. In the watchtower of the "Snow Great Wall", Su Yiming has repeatedly flipped down the tower, which has also become one of his landmark actions in this Winter Olympic Games.

"One of the biggest charms of snowboarding for me is its different stylization, and the slope obstacle course is a completely stylized project because there are so many different jumps and props... Everyone has their own unique approach, no one is right and no one is wrong. ”

"I've always had my own ideas, I have some of my own understanding of the movements, and I hope I'll keep passing them on, and I hope to show more people different moves or styles." He said, "When I was young, I was a child who followed in the footsteps of idols to improve. But when I really did something in the race, I thought it was time to set a better example for the snowboarder kids who were younger than me and younger than me. Because I know how important an idol is to me, I am also doing my best to set a better goal and example, to give these young children more inspiration and to use their maximum energy in snowboarding. ”

When he first entered the Winter Olympic Games, he received a gold and a silver, which did not slow down his pace of continuing to move forward.

"No matter what the results, the biggest motivation for me is always to remember the original intention, because I love snowboarding, everything comes from love." He said, "I will do all the things I like to do now because of my love, so no matter what kind of results I get, my original intention will not change." ”

Talking about the future – "there are many different goals"

Although the motivation is not reduced, the achievement of one gold and one silver is enough to make him feel at ease to give himself a vacation for a period of time in the future.

"In the past particularly important months, I was really too tired mentally and physically, and I was really a little tired." "So I'm going to take a good break and then adjust a bit and move on to the next stage of the process of pursuing goals," he said. ”

With regard to the next stage of the goal, it is not limited to snowboarding.

"I actually have a lot of different plans, different goals, whether it's in school, film and television, snowboarding or more on the road of life, I have a lot of new goals." 」 Su Yiming said, "I am a person who likes to constantly challenge and try new things, so no matter what kind of goals I have next, I will continue to give my all to achieve it as I do now." ”

After years of training competitions, Su Yiming has been able to communicate at least in Chinese, English and Japanese, which is obviously an advantage in future studies. For this former child star, film and television are like the reunion of old friends.

With the Progress of the Winter Olympics, clips of Su Yiming's film and television works as a child began to circulate widely on the Internet. If the "black history" of the "post-00s" is high-definition, then Su Yiming's is not only high-definition, but also with subtitles, even bilingual subtitles, of course, the spread of "black history" itself, is also a favorite expression.

"These are some of my most precious childhood memories, but also let everyone see more different me, and I am very happy to let everyone help me recall these beautiful moments." Su Yiming said, "In the past few days, I have seen videos or some photos of my childhood, and I am very happy to be able to see these beautiful memories." ”

Among these memories, "Wise Tiger Mountain" is Su Yiming's own most impressive work. "Because that was the moment when my dream on the road of film and television began, when I was eight or nine years old, I had a chance to be able to participate in this movie, so that there were more opportunities after that, it was a big change in my life, or a very special and beautiful moment." 」

To the question "Will you go back to trying the film and television industry again?" his answer was as crisp and clean as landing in the game.

"Definitely, whether it's in film or snowboarding or on other roads, I try some different challenges, and I try to present a more comprehensive and different version of myself for everyone."

The calendar is turned to the 18th, and the "little plug" welcomes its own coming-of-age ceremony. This 18th birthday during the Beijing Winter Olympics gathered the talents of the world and the place. He used his achievements to fulfill his wish to "use medals as his birthday gift", and with a feeling of harvest and satisfaction, he began to formally embrace life after the age of 18.

"Not only did I have the best birthday present, but I really felt the love everyone had for me, so I'm really satisfied right now." I hope that I can continue to ski better and better with love and snowboarding, and then I hope that I can continue to work hard to add glory to the ice and snow of China and my motherland, and I hope that when I face different goals in the future, I will continue to work hard to achieve these goals. "It's like accomplishing this goal now." ”