On February 19, Huaimingming Team, which represented the Chinese team, competed in the women's double snowmobile race. Photo by Yi Xiao, a reporter of this newspaper
Canada's Noah Bowman in the men's U-shaped pitch skills final in freestyle skiing on Feb. 19. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Feng Kaihua
On February 19, when the 20-year-old player of the New Zealand team, Nico Portios, won the gold medal in the U-shaped field skills of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the New Zealand team staff present danced excitedly; when the 36-year-old Swedish men's curling team captain Edin finally won the gold medal in his fourth Winter Olympics and achieved the "Grand Slam" of his sports career, he hugged his teammates tightly, and the joy of winning the championship ignited the enthusiasm of everyone on the scene.
Laughter and tears, hard work and glory constitute the highlight moment of the Beijing Winter Olympics. "Many athletes have overcome their own injuries and other difficulties, actively showed themselves, and demonstrated their high level of competition." IOC President Bach sighed.
The pursuit of excellence and the push to the limits
On February 19, the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" ended all competitions. On this ice, 13 people (teams) in 10 events set a new Olympic record, and 1 event set a new world record. The Beijing Winter Olympics also tied the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, becoming one of the winter Olympic games with the most speed skating Olympic records.
"The ice here is so smooth. At 'Ice Ribbon' I set a new Olympic record!" Thomas Kroll, a Dutch player who won gold medals in the men's 1000m and silver medals in the 1500m in speed skating, said. His teammate Irene Worcester, who set a new Olympic record in the women's 1500m, became the first athlete to win a gold medal in an individual event at all five Winter Olympics.
At the Capital Gymnasium, the Olympic record for short-track speed skating was set 10 times, including one world record. The Chinese short track speed skating team won gold in the mixed team relay, a new event of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and wrote a new page of short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics. The spirit of unity and dedication inspires the younger generation of short track speed skaters.
After 4 years of waiting, tenacious struggle, hard work, athletes are eager to show their best selves in the Winter Olympic Games. In the men's singles field of figure skating, 18 of the 29 athletes skated their season best in the short program or free skating, and Japan's Yusuke Yusuke bravely tried Axel's jump around, although it did not succeed, but also left a mark of hard work.
Fight hard and strive to be the first
At the Winter Olympics, young athletes are fearless and have an impressive courage to challenge themselves, and their all-out efforts interpret the Olympic motto of "faster, higher, stronger – more united".
In the final of the men's steeplechase skills in snowboarding, Su Yiming, the last Chinese team to appear, struggled to challenge the limits and completed the first 1800-degree action of the game, winning a valuable silver medal. A few days later, in the final of the snowboard jump, he completed two consecutive 1800-degree moves and finally won the gold medal.
In the final of the freestyle ski women's big jump, Gu Ailing of the Chinese team jumped out of the 1620-degree super difficult action of the rotation in the last round and won the championship. This is currently the most difficult action in the project, and Gu Ailing has never tried it in previous competitions. Bach, who watched the game from the scene, praised the game as a nervous one.
Young athletes perform well, are enthusiastic and cheerful, and have a lot of personality on the field. In the final round of the freestyle ski men's big jump, Norwegian player Burke Ruder stood on the starting stage, holding the flag of his country, and jumped a perfect parabola in the air, leaving an unforgettable memory for the audience.
Perseverance and brave pursuit of dreams
With 15 gold medals, Norway is currently at the top of the medal table for the Winter Olympics. Among them, the 31-year-old Matt Olseb Reseland competed in 6 minor competitions in biathlon, winning 3 gold and 2 bronze for norway. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, she won two silver medals in her first Winter Olympics. Some people say that she is "late in the day", she said: "My goal is to make myself a little better every day." "Letting go of the pressure and focusing on the game can reap the joy of performance and sports on the field.
Since 2002, when she was exposed to freestyle skiing aerial skills, Xu Mengtao has integrated herself with the sport. In the face of pain and frustration, she had only one thought in her heart: "I still have to fight for the country." "Those who pay perseverance and love will not fail to live up to the dreamers." In the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Xu Mengtao won the first gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics for the Chinese aerial skills women's team with difficult moves and perfect play.
In the Winter Olympics, the struggle is the most moving story. In order to return to the race, Canadian snowboarder Max Parrott has gone through a long process of battling cancer. After resuming training, he constantly challenged the limits of the project and completed one difficult action after another. In this Winter Olympics, he proved himself with 1 gold and 1 bronze, and also inspired other players. Max Parrott said: "Thank you to every athlete for making the competition more intense, the competition more exciting, and driving the development of snowboarding. ”
People's Daily ( 2022-02-20 06 edition)