One person, one car, 10 years of wandering, the way she works hard for her dreams, it is so touching.
Who would have thought that the experience of Liu Changchun 90 years ago would be repeated in this era, her name is Janice Spitery, a snowboarder born in 1992.
Make a distant dream
One day in 2012, Janice posted a message on social platforms, hoping that someone could take her to learn professional snowboard U-pool skiing skills, underneath this message, there were several messages from Janice's friends, who either had a questioning expression or asked Janice, 'Are you serious?' ’。
A few days ago, Janice set a goal in front of these good friends, to become the first skier in Malta to stand in the Winter Olympics, I thought it was just Janice drunken nonsense, after all, at this time, she is 20 years old, and she has only been practicing skiing for 2 years.
You know, in many snow sports, teenagers to win the world championship abound, such as Su Yiming, when she won the Olympic gold medal, was not yet 18 years old; and Gu Ailing, 4 years old to practice skiing, 9 years old to win the national youth champion, look at these people, Janice's dream, it is indeed a little out of reach, but she has worked hard for this, consumed year after year of youth.
10 years of perseverance
Malta is a small country with a population of only a few hundred thousand, the land area is less than 1/100 of Hainan Island, the climate is mild throughout the year, almost no snow can be seen, although the Maltese Olympic Committee is very supportive of Janice's idea, but it is unable to provide funds, which also means that Janice will pay various expenses alone every time she participates in the competition, so in the past few years, she has been "half-work and half-study", while doing various part-time jobs to earn living expenses, competition fees, while immersing herself in hard work.
To save money, Janice moved her family to the car, because there was no refrigerator, food is difficult to store for a long time, so she hoarded a large number of canned fish and cheese, while driving, eating, while racing, while recording these unforgettable experiences;
In order to save money, even if it is minus eight or nine degrees outside, Janice is reluctant to open the heating equipment, so she curls up and hides in the sleeping bag, every morning, she will be frozen awake, rub her hands, pick up a waste card next to the pillow, skillfully scrape off the frost on the glass, and then start the car and continue on the road;
In order to save money, Janice even spent the money ($125) for the cable car up and down the mountain, hiking 1.6 kilometers a day and walking for an hour to get to the U-shaped pool training ground, and the skateboard was too old to change;
Looking at if tired, hard Jenny, friends have advised her to give up, especially due to injury missed the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, but she is not discouraged, but more hard training, in 2020, Janice in the North American Cup, won the 7th place, 1 year later, she won the 8th place in the open tournament held in Colorado, half a month before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Janice finally earned enough points and qualified for the competition.
Lose the game, win the world
In the Winter Olympics qualifiers, Janice played a mistake in the first jump, only 7.25 points, which is also the lowest score in the game, but even so, she still smiled at the camera, and pulled out her pocket, which had been bitten, and ate it with relish, and at the end of the 3 jumps, Janice's total score ranked 21st among the 22 players who appeared, and she failed to reach the final a few days later.
10 years of persistence, only in exchange for the 3-minute performance of the Winter Olympics, although many people regret Janice's performance, but in her own eyes, she can stand on that stage, it is enough, she does not expect to have how good results, and will not ask herself to get a medal, just as Janice has come all the way, many people may feel that she is bitter, but when you watch the daily life shared on her social platform, you can feel that Janice actually enjoys such a process.
Rankings really don't matter, enjoying the joy of sports is the real Olympic spirit.