"The ups and downs of these four years have been a lot, and sometimes the mood will be very low, very sad. But I have always believed that the joy and light that my love of figure skating brings me. I will definitely be able to show my best side and play it out... I hope that in the next four years, everyone knows that there has always been a Jin Boyang who loves figure skating..."
|Author: Wang Zhening Yu Bing
| Editor: Yu Bing
| Editor: Ling Yun
At the end of the "Angel" of the Xicheng Boys, there was a warm applause at the scene, and Jin Boyang in the center of the ice rink bowed deeply to the audience, drawing a satisfactory end to his trip to the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Not long ago, after the figure skating men's singles competition, "Jin Boyang defeated Jin Boyang" rushed to the Internet hot search.
He is recognized as a "genius teenager", at the age of 18 to complete the "world's first" difficult action - hook the hand for four weeks and then the outer point ice for three weeks, known as the "difficulty monster" and "China's first figure skating wizard". But later, with the trough period, injuries and other problems, the cheerful Jin Boyang once "isolated" himself from the world.
Perhaps, this passage of CCTV commentary can better explain the ups and downs of Jin Boyang over the years.
After finishing 22nd at the World Championships, Jin Boyang's career seems to have fallen to the bottom. Even in the darkness of the night, as long as you believe, 'I was born a mountain, not a stream, and I want to look down at the low ravine at the top of the peaks'. ”
The "genius boy" who came out of nowhere
Figure skating projects have developed late in China, and it has only been more than 30 years.
Whenever it comes to Chinese figure skating, the first thing that comes to mind is the pair skating represented by Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, and the "butterfly on ice" Chen Lu in women's single skating. Previously, men's single skating has been because of the "barrenness" of talent, and rarely won international competitions.
Until a little boy named "Tian Tian" appeared, so that Chinese flower fans saw the hope of men's singles...
In 1997, "Tiantian" Jin Boyang was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang. There have been many outstanding ice and snow athletes, and many children have been associated with ice and snow at a very young age, and the same is true for Jin Boyang.
When he was 5 years old, his mother took him to an ice show. Accompanied by melodious music, the contestants danced on the white and flawless ice, and Xiao Jin Boyang was deeply attracted. "At that time, the most impressive people were Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, and after reading it, I asked my mother to take me to learn to skate." Jin Boyang said.
A year later, he studied under coach Chen Xiujing and formally practiced figure skating. Jin Boyang's parents are both middle-distance runners, he also inherited the sports gene, showed a high talent in skating, and mastered 5 3-week jump techniques at the age of 10.
· Jin Boyang as a child (front row, first from right).
After starting professional training, Jin Boyang improved rapidly, "suddenly opening up" in a training session and completing his first four-week jump. He was only 14 years old. The ice rink has since become his paradise, and every time he is the first to go to the ice rink, sometimes the staff is still pouring ice, and he arrives.
Later, Jin Boyang studied under Xu Zhaoxiao and Fu Caishu, who won the national men's single skating championship and the women's single skating championship respectively during their athlete period. Xu Zhaoxiao was in charge of Jin Boyang's jumps, while Fu Caishu taught him delicate gliding and acting. Soon, he rose to prominence as a rising star in the "difficulty" of the figure skating arena.
· Coach Jin Boyang and Xu Zhaoxiao (right) and Fu Caishu (left).
In August 2012, Jin Boyang, who debuted in the youth group of the International Figure Skating Grand Prix, made his debut with his iconic action of jumping around and won the French championship with a total score of 194.13. In December of the following year, he won the World Figure Skating Grand Prix Youth Finals.
Jin Boyang, who has attracted the attention of the world's ice world, is still creating miracles.
In the short program of the men's figure skating qualification tournament at the 2015 National Winter Games, Jin Boyang completed his first hooker four weeks followed by the outer point ice three weeks jump, and completed the "four four week jumps" on the free skating. In the same year, he reappeared at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in the China Cup, becoming the first player to complete the action on the international stage after four weeks of hooking and then jumping on the outer point ice for three weeks.
· In 2015, Jin Boyang completed a difficult action in the China Cup of the ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix, and his skills were amazing.
At that time, Jin Boyang was only 18 years old, and his perfect performance attracted a lot of admiration at home and abroad. Many netizens said that "god-level jumps appeared", and some people called Jin Boyang "Martian Boy", lamenting that this action can probably only be completed on Mars.
Previously, no one thought that a boy from China would rewrite the history of international men's singles figure skating. Yusei said at the time, "I have only miraculously completed the Lutz jump (around the hooker) once (in training) so far. Russian figure skating emperor Pushhenko said: "This is the direction that figure skating should go in the future." ”
Since then, "difficult jumps" have become a must-have for men's singles players. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the emergence of Jin Boyang that makes the international men's singles figure skating "rolled up".
Once upon a time, the young man,
Goodbye and grow up
In 2017, Jin Boyang, who has twenty weak crowns, ushered in the peak of his life.
At the World Championships in Finland in April, he set a new personal best with 303.58 points, ranking among the world men's singles "300-point clubs". Not only did he win a bronze medal again, but he also won a place at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics for the Chinese men's singles. On that day, the CCTV commentator was excited, saying that he was a landmark figure in The Chinese men's single skating, and even praised him with an ancient poem - "When he was a teenager in fresh clothes and angry horses, he saw all the Chang'an flowers in one day."
The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics was Jin Boyang's Olympic debut. In the free skating competition, he was drawn to the finale. He later said, "I made my Olympic debut in the finale, and I was still a little nervous. When I was preparing for the activity, my tears even gagged in my eyes. ”
What is rare is that he overcame his nervousness and finally ranked fourth with the highest score of 103.32 points in his personal history short program, creating the best record in the history of the Chinese men's singles Winter Olympics.
· At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Jin Boyang won the fourth place.
That was the closest Jimbo Yang was to an Olympic gold medal. After the game, he reflected on the efforts of the team and his family, as well as the efforts of the past four years, and instantly broke the defense, "I especially understand my mother's difficulty, she gave up her job for me and put all her energy on me. Where I go, where she goes. ”
After the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, people still had high hopes for this "talented teenager", but the series of events that followed almost crushed Jin Boyang.
In May 2018, after a long period of deliberation, the International Skating Federation announced a series of new rules, including adding the content score of the program in figure skating competitions, reducing the technical score, reducing the difficulty of jumping and jumping the basic score, and expanding the scope of technical execution points.
China Sports News wrote at the time that the introduction of the new rules may have some impact on Chinese figure skating, especially men's singles and pairs skating.
What bothered Jin Boyang even more was that his injuries — periostitis of the soles of his feet and injuries to his ankles — not only affected his training, but also caused subtle changes in his mentality.
When he survived the recovery period, he wanted to focus most of his energy on jump training, but the result of being too hasty was counterproductive, and he once fell into a vicious circle of "eager to recover to a high level, repeated attempts but fruitless, and the mentality became more unbalanced". After entering 2019, the new crown pneumonia epidemic that swept the world also gave him few opportunities to complete his signature moves in high quality at world-class competitions.
At the World Figure Skating Championships in Milan, he finished 19th due to too many mistakes; at the 2021 Figure Skating World Championships, he was only ranked 22nd... The regression of the results almost made him withdraw from the competition for medals in the Winter Olympics. At the same time, the doubts about Jin Boyang are also getting louder, coupled with the hospitalization for appendicitis before the season, he began to doubt himself and "closed" himself.
During that time, the outside world was asking: Where did Jin Boyang go.
"Actually, I've always been there." Jin Boyang responded to this. In the trough period, he has been immersed in hard training.
Usually, figure skaters are in the best shape of the day in the afternoon and evening. In order to adapt to the men's singles schedule of the Beijing Winter Olympics, since September last year, Jin Boyang has trained according to the time pattern of the Winter Olympics. The intensity of the five tests before the Olympics was very high, and he had to skate 4 sets of programs in two days, which made his physical reserves particularly good, "The intensity of preparation may be twice that of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics." ”
Once a young boy, goodbye and grown up. In the Men's Singles Selection Competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Jin Boyang scored a total of 1074.89 points, and won the quota with an absolute advantage.
4 years later to dance "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
February 8 is the match day of the figure skating men's singles free skating short program. The competition was held at 9 a.m., and Jin Boyang got up at 7 a.m. and rushed to the Capital Gymnasium to train.
Dressed in aqua blue Kausten (the overalls of figure skaters), JimBoYang appeared at the Capital Stadium Ice Rink. The sequins embedded in the clothes extend down from the shoulders, making bamboo leaves, and attaching to the back to form a floral pattern, making this oriental teenager look cool and handsome.
· Jin Boyang performed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the men's singles short program competition.
When Jin Boyang entered, the audience applauded him for the home battle, and the applause was mixed with the shouts of "cheering every day". Everyone is welcoming his return.
Four years ago, Jin Boyang chose "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and four years later, he chose this song again.
He said that this set of programs 4 years ago was more of a repertoire representing China, and now it is not only with the feelings of the motherland, but every second and every frame of it is his past for 4 years, "For me, this is not just a set of programs, it is myself." ”
When the music starts, he opens with the shape of Chinese kung fu, as if he is in the depths of the bamboo sea, or rises in the air, completes the jump around, or slides freely on the ice.
Subsequently, the war drums sounded, and Jin Boyang reproduced his first "hook hand four weeks plus three weeks of outer ice". Then, the music entered the theme of "Eternal Vows", and he took off lightly and successfully completed the second four-week jump. Although he made a mistake while doing Axel's three-week jump, he quickly adjusted and ended with a smooth succession. After finishing the performance of the show, Jin Boyang had covered his face and cried.
Although Jin Boyang's performance was not the best performance in the whole field, it was his best performance in the entire Winter Olympic cycle. In the end, Jin Boyang scored 90.98 points, ranking 11th to qualify for the free skating competition.
Two days later, Jin Boyang appeared in the figure skating men's singles free skating competition in a red suit, and the players who competed with him included two-time Winter Olympic champion Yu Yusuke from Japan, Japanese figure skating rising star Masama Uno, and Chinese American Player Chen Wei, etc. Netizens even called this game a "fairy fight" competition.
In the face of many international players with extraordinary strength, Jin Boyang's performance is remarkable. The first half of his selection of repertoire is from the Spanish blind composer's Prayer and Dance, and the second half is from the Bolero.
Around the opening hooker, Jin Boyang finished very well, landing firmly on the ice. Subsequently, the continuous jump, the rear outer point ice for four weeks and the rear outer point ice for two weeks... He glides and glides on the ice, moving gracefully and smoothly. When the last note of the music fell, he landed steadily, raised his arms and shouted at the same time, but also bowed his head again to cover his face and shed tears.
In the end, he scored 179.45 points, once again setting his season's best result, plus short program results, ranking 9th individually.
People sighed that the former Jin Boyang was back. For athletes, nothing proves themselves better than results. Resisting the huge pressure and doubts, Jin Boyang was finally reborn in nirvana, defeated himself, and found his original intention of skating.
"My good fortune is that I haven't been abandoned, nor have I been abandoned," he said. ”
Jin Boyang, who reappeared at the Winter Olympics 4 years later, no longer clings to medals and is no longer afraid of failure, "always insisting that he can succeed, and then constantly giving himself strength." When you fail, you must persist, stand up, stand up again, and hold on until the end, there will be a beam of light for you to open. ”
Now, this light is once again illuminating Jin Boyang, and the optimistic and positive "daily" is back. On the field, he found himself again, and off the field, he was also active again after a long time.
Some media have released the "face value killing" of Chinese ice and snow athletes, and Jin Boyang "is not convinced".
He also frequently appears in the photos of Gao Tingyu, the champion of the men's speed skating 500-meter event, the figure skating women's singles player Serbakova of the Russian Olympic team, and the Japanese figure skater Yu yusuke, which makes many netizens sigh, "This is the social ceiling!" ”
· Jin Boyang and Yu sheng yuxian wear panda-shaped hats together for a group photo.
When the Chinese figure skating team competes, Jin Boyang is always an "enthusiastic spectator" on the sidelines, waving the flag and shouting and cheering. Last night, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong won the gold double skating, and he took out a banner from his bag that read, "Will be the top of the mountain, overlooking the mountains and small".
· The banner was too long to completely block Jin Boyang.
Who can say no to the open-minded, humorous and optimistic JimBo-yang?
The Beijing Winter Olympics are coming to an end, and in the past four years, Jin Boyang has had laughter, tears, and more than that. He wrote this passage on Weibo:
Jin Boyang, see you on the next fixture!
Sources: Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News, Beijing Daily, New Weekly, Harbin News Network, Xinmin Evening News, etc.