On the evening of February 19, the Figure Skating Pairs Free Skating Competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics was staged, and the Chinese duo Sui Wenjing and Han Cong won the ninth gold medal for the Chinese team with a total score of 239.88 points. Another Chinese player, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang, also appeared in the free skating competition, with a total score of 214.84 points, ranking fifth.
At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo won gold medals in pair skating.
Tonight, their disciples Sui Wenjing/Han Cong once again won the event for the Chinese team.
Han Cong and Sui Wenjing, both from the ice city of Harbin, have been partners since 2007, when Han Cong was 15 years old and Sui Wenjing was only 12 years old.
The duo of green plum bamboo horses has been dancing on ice for 15 years. This is their second time participating in the Winter Olympics.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, they ranked first in the short program, but made mistakes in the free skate and eventually lost the championship by 0.43 points.
At this Winter Olympics, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong once again scored a high score of 84.41 points in the short program, ranking first. The three pairs of the Russian Olympic Committee team are second, third and fourth.
However, their scores are close, with the second-placed player and the Chinese combination having a score difference of only 0.16 points.
In the free skating competition, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong made his final appearance, and the track was "The Golden Bridge on the River of Sorrows".
When they won the 2017 World Championships, the two used this set of tracks.
This ballad is gentle and elegant, expressing the feelings of mutual support between friends.
Han Cong once had a romantic interpretation of this:
"We used this show in 2017, when Sui Wenjing had surgery and I had to wait for her to come back on the ice and give her support and strength like a bridge. And when I did the operation, Sui Wenjing became my bridge again. ”
In 2016, Sui Wenjing suffered a serious injury and underwent ankle surgery, when she was only 21 years old, and she doubted whether she could stand on the ice rink again. In April last year, Han Cong also underwent hip surgery.
In the most difficult times of partners, they all give each other the most sincere care and the strongest support.
Now, the old song has reappeared, and the two have slipped out of their new meaning.
Han Cong said: "We and Laurie (a Canadian choreographer) finally choreographed a new set of programs, to tell the story well, we must have new elements, we spent a lot of thought on the design of the lift, spiral and other details. ”
Sui Wenjing's hopes for the show are more:
"At this moment, there may be many people who are far away and can't see each other, hoping to bring you the power of the 'bridge' through our program." Just like the new 'more unity' added in the Olympic slogan, we hope that through our program, we can build a bridge between the audience and with everyone, and everyone has a strength in their hearts, more united, to fight difficulties together. ”
Living up to expectations, Sui Wenjing / Han Cong made a beautiful and difficult action in the melodious song, which was intoxicating.
At the end of the song, Sui Wenjing snuggled tightly on Han Cong's chest and shed tears of excitement.
It's a near-perfect rendition.
In the end, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong scored 155.47 points in the free skating, the highest in the game!
Whether it is a short show or a free skater, the Chinese group is the highest score in the whole game, and they are well-deserved champions.
12 years back in time, Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo realized their Olympic gold medal dream, and on September 4 of the same year, the ice couple held a wedding at the Capital Gymnasium, achieving a good sports story.
Now that their disciples have regained their Olympic glory, will the romantic story be replicated?
Text/Hubei Daily reporter Tong Junpeng Guo Xiaoming sent from Beijing
Photo: Xinhua News Agency