The youngest athlete of the Chinese sports delegation at the Beijing Winter Olympics, creating China's best performance in men's cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics... At the just-concluded 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Peng Qingyue, Liu Rongsheng, Chen Degen and Pu Rui, four Yunnan athletes successfully completed the three major events of ski jumping, cross-country skiing and freestyle skiing, and Yunnan athletes made their first magnificent appearance in the Winter Olympics.
Yu Hongying, deputy director of the Yunnan Provincial Sports Bureau, said in an interview with reporters that Yunnan athletes showed the characteristics of tenacious struggle and dare to fight in the Winter Olympics, and yunnan will continue to develop Yunnan's ice and snow projects in accordance with the idea of "national needs and Yunnan characteristics" in the future.
The boy who had never seen snow skated out of China's best
On February 6, the clear sky in Beijing, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics cross-country skiing men's double chase (15 km traditional technology + 15 km free technology) project competition was held at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-country SkiIng Center. With the sound of the starting gun, Liu Rongsheng, a 20-year-old from Baoshan, Yunnan Province, slid out with great effort, 1 hour, 24 minutes, 59 seconds 6, 38th, which was the report card of his debut in the Winter Olympics. This seemingly ordinary result is no small breakthrough for Chinese cross-country skiing, creating the best result in the history of Chinese athletes participating in the Winter Olympic Games.
"The first time I saw Snow was when I went abroad to train." Liu Rongsheng stood out in the cross-border cross-border selection organized by Yunnan Province in 2019 and entered the ultra-long distance group training of the cross-country skiing national training team. He said bluntly that he hadn't even seen snow before.
On February 19, China's Liu Rongsheng crossed the line during the match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Deng Hua
"I went with the team members in that selection, and they tested several events such as the long jump, triple jump, turnback run and 3,000 meters, and Liu Rongsheng's 3,000 meters was the first in the province." Duan Qiquan, a middle and long-distance running coach at Baoshan City Junior Sports School, said, "If he continues to engage in middle-distance running training, he will certainly be able to practice with talent and hard-working spirit." After that, the Baoshan boy left the beloved track and field field and entered the cross-country skiing national training team to start a new journey, facing the challenges from land projects to snow projects, Liu Rongsheng not only had no fear, but also faced the difficulties one by one to break through, and achieved good results.
Cross-country skiing is one of the oldest sports in the world, known as the "snow marathon", but also an important basic event and gold medalist in the Winter Olympics, with the title of "cross-country skiers in ice and snow sports win the world". At the Beijing Winter Olympics, China changed the situation that its participation in this project for a long time was relatively low, and for the first time realized the participation of all 12 sub-events of cross-country skiing. Among the 12 participating athletes of the Chinese team, 5 athletes such as Liu Rongsheng and Chen Degen all came from cross-border funds. From zero to the station, Liu Rongsheng participated in a total of 5 small long-distance competitions in just 13 competition days, while another Yunnan athlete Chen Degen has played 3 games, they have overcome low temperatures, strong winds, fatigue and other unfavorable factors, showing strong physical strength and will, they are constantly writing the future of cross-country skiing in China.
On February 19, China's Chen Degen was in the competition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Deng Hua
Similarly, from a little girl in Yunnan who has never seen much snow to one of the youngest players in the Chinese delegation to the Winter Olympics, this is a magical experience for Peng Qingyue, a Dehong girl who has just turned 17. "It is a great honor to represent China in the competition, and in the future, we must continue to practice the basic skills, strive to participate in more Winter Olympic Games, and win glory for the country." Peng Qingyue made a beautiful promise and wish for his future.
China's Peng Qingyue was in the competition on February 6. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mou Yu
"She has been practicing this project for more than two years, it is really not easy, and if she can stand on the Olympic field and complete the competition, she has already won." After Pu'er girl Pu Rui dragged the injured meniscus and took knee pads to complete the freestyle ski women's obstacle course chase, the CCTV commentator said emotionally. Talking about the future, Pu Rui said: "I am holding a learning attitude to learn from experience, and I will continue to practice well in the future, hoping to achieve better results for the Chinese team in this project." ”
On February 17, China's Pu Rui was in the competition. Photography: Xu Chang
Cross-border cross-item selection to send outstanding talents to the country
"A total of 4 athletes from Yunnan have obtained tickets for the Winter Olympics this time, and judging from the composition of the entire Chinese delegation, in addition to the traditional strong provinces such as the three eastern provinces, Beijing and Guangdong, the number of athletes participating in Yunnan is relatively high in the country." Yu Hongying, deputy director of the Yunnan Provincial Sports Bureau, said in an interview that Yunnan athletes appeared on the field of the Winter Olympics for the first time, not only creating the history of Yunnan sports, but also gratifying in the number of selections, "These 4 athletes were selected for the national training team of ice and snow projects through cross-border cross-discipline selection, 3 years ago they did not even see snow, but after entering the national training team, with tenacious will and hard training, they grew into top athletes in their respective sports and participated in the Olympic Games, which is very remarkable." ”
In 2015, the moment of successful Olympic bidding, China's ice and snow ushered in a new development opportunity, and how to use less than 4 years to walk through the road that ice and snow sports powers have traveled for decades, cross-border cross-sports selection has become the most important strategy, and it is also a channel for Yunnan athletes to stand on the stage of the Winter Olympics.
"Cross-border cross-border material selection work is carried out in the context of the implementation of the strategy of 300 million people on ice and snow in our province, and all along, Yunnan's competitive sports work has always been based on national interests and integrated into the entire system." Yu Hongying introduced that since 2018, the Yunnan Provincial Sports Bureau has actively taken action to start selecting ice and snow talents through cross-border cross-border projects, and comprehensively tapping the potential of plateau athletes to engage in winter projects, and it is also from then on that ice and snow sports entering Yunnan, which also marks the official start of competitive ice and snow sports in Yunnan Province.
Since the launch of the cross-border cross-discipline material selection test, Yunnan has held a total of 3236 people and 24 batches of selection covering all prefectures, cities and provincial training sports teams, ranking 6th in the country, covering 25 ethnic minorities in Yunnan Shiju, 169 athletes from roller skating, athletics, martial arts, judo, gymnastics and other sports have been selected into the national training team, and the selected athletes are Pumi, Tibetan, Lahu, Naxi, Nu, Lisu, Dai, Bai and other 12 ethnic groups. The number of entries and national characteristics make Yunnan unique in the national cross-border cross-border selection of ice and snow talents.
"We've given the best athletes to the country." Li Guangyan, captain of the Yunnan Provincial Sports Work Brigade, who is responsible for the management of cross-border cross-sports players in Yunnan, introduced that the outstanding seedlings selected by Yunnan Province through cross-border cross-sports are extremely strong and potential, and many team members are already the best in the same age group in the projects they were originally engaged in. ”
In the future, ice and snow projects with Yunnan characteristics will continue to be developed
Talking about the performance of Yunnan athletes participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics, Yu Hongying used "bright eyes" to describe, she pointed out that Yunnan athletes not only showed the characteristics of tenacious struggle and dare to fight in the field, but also showed the excellent qualities of the young generation of athletes in Yunnan when interviewed by media reporters, "They expressed the dedication of the new generation of athletes to the projects they are engaged in, their thinking about their careers, their expectations for better goals, their yearning for the future, and their love for the motherland and hometown, which is very touching." ”
Relying on the advantages of plateau endurance, middle-distance running, race walking and other athletics have always been Yunnan's strengths, and the four Yunnan athletes participating in the Winter Olympics have all been engaged in athletics, including middle-distance running, high jump and sprinting. Yu Hongying said that the breakthroughs and achievements made by Yunnan in ice and snow projects are the result of the joint efforts of the province's sports system, and the experience accumulated in cross-border cross-border material selection work will also provide a practical basis for the next step of competitive sports, "From the perspective of various domestic and foreign events, Yunnan athletes have a very large space in endurance projects and skill-based projects, and the Yunnan Provincial Sports Bureau has also conducted in-depth research on ice and snow projects in the '14th Five-Year Plan'." ”
"Until now, we still have nearly 10 athletes training in the national training team, including the first-line athletes of the Beijing Winter Olympics, as well as some outstanding reserve talents." The end of the Beijing Winter Olympics is by no means the end of the Yunnan ice and snow project, Yu Hongying said: "In the next step, we will provide the best guarantee for outstanding athletes, so that they can always stand in the team of the national team and ensure that they have no worries in future training." Athletes returning to Yunnan Province will continue to cooperate with provinces and cities with developed ice and snow projects according to their abilities, so that they can continue to engage in the projects they love. ”
As a province located in the southwest of the motherland, Yunnan Province has realized the process of ice and snow projects from scratch and from there to good in the past three years, "This is an innovative work, and in the future we will continue to study in depth, closely rely on the state and advanced provinces in ice and snow projects for development, and develop Yunnan ice and snow projects in accordance with the idea of 'national needs and Yunnan characteristics'." Yu Hongying said.
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