The figure skating event of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ended the competition for the last event at the Capital Gymnasium. In the pairs free skating competition, the last Chinese "onion barrel" duo Sui Wenjing / Han Cong played well, winning the gold medal with 239.88 points. This is the 9th medal of Chinese figure skating in the history of the Winter Olympic Games, and the ninth gold medal won by the Chinese team in this Winter Olympic Games.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong won the silver medal with a slight disadvantage of 0.43 points, just one step away from rewriting history. Entering the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong both encountered injury and illness troubles, the two underwent surgery separately, while waiting for each other, one person with the strength and dream of two people insisted on training, during this period of bitterness and forbearance, I am afraid that only the most understandable, and only their partners know best.
Fortunately, sui wenjing and Han Cong recovered well ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and they reactivated the 2016-2017 song "Golden Bridge on the River of Sorrows", which was also the track they used when they won the World Championships for the first time in 2017. In Sui Wenjing's words, the bridge has been built and the road is ahead.
From the short program to the free skating, Sui Wenjing / Han Cong performed impeccablely, the short program broke the scoring record, and finally won the championship with a good result of 239.88 points, after the game, Sui Wenjing tearfully spilled on the field, and the male partner Han Cong hugged deeply, at this moment, the tears spilled on the ice surface of the Capital Gymnasium, shining with the Olympic light.
This Winter Olympics is the second time that Sui Wenjing/Han Cong has participated in the Winter Olympics. At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics last year, the "Onion Barrel Combination", which stood on the Winter Olympic field for the first time, scored a high score of 82.39 points in the short program, ranking first. However, in the free skating competition, when Han Cong jumped for three consecutive weeks on the back outer point ice, the second jump was only completed for one week, while Sui Wenjing turned over during the three weeks of single jumping in the rear inner ring. These two mistakes affected their scores, and in the end, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong won the silver medal.
After 4 years of perseverance and hard work, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong realized their dream at the Beijing Winter Olympics. At the award ceremony after the game, Han Cong directly carried Sui Wenjing to the podium, and Han Cong kept tightly wrapping his arms around Sui Wenjing's shoulders. When receiving the medal, the two helped each other to put it on, but the two embraced each other deeply, which was very sweet. I'm so happy and proud of them!