(Beijing Winter Olympics) Roundup: Farewell to "Ice Strong and Snow Weak" The Chinese Legion has ushered in leapfrog development
China News Service Beijing, February 20 (Reporter Wang Zumin) 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze! For many Chinese viewers, this is a set of data that was unimaginable before the game, but now it is fixed on the gold medal list of this Winter Olympics as the achievement of the Chinese delegation.
On February 19, the night view of the torchbearer of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was dazzling. Image source: Visual China
At the Winter Olympics held in the world's first "Twin Olympic Cities", the Chinese legion ushered in leapfrog development, not only creating the best results of its single Winter Olympics, but also achieving many breakthroughs, filling in a number of gaps, and changing the previous situation of "strong ice and weak snow". The rise of a group of young players has painted a beautiful blueprint for the future development of China's Winter Olympics.
Achieve many breakthroughs and fill many gaps
The "soldiers and horses" did not move, and the "breakthrough" went first. Before the opening of the Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation had written the "breakthrough" in the honor book - for the first time, it achieved the goal of "participating in all projects" of the Winter Olympic Games, and participated in 47 more events than the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, of which 35 were on the stage of the Winter Olympics for the first time.
After the opening of the Winter Olympic Games, words such as "breakthrough", "best result" and "filling in the blank" were hot words for reporting on the Chinese team and Chinese players.
On February 15, China's Su Yiming won the championship in the final of the men's snowboarding platform of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics held at the Shougang Ski Jump. The picture shows Su Yiming at the award ceremony. Photo by China News Service reporter Li Jun
Of the 9 gold medals of the Chinese delegation, 7 were the first in the project, or even in the field. Among them, the men's 500 meters of speed skating is a flying man battle on the ice rink, and Gao Tingyu has won the gold medal this time after winning the bronze medal in the last session.
Su Yiming won 1 gold and 1 silver in the men's big jump and slope obstacle course of snowboarding, which is not only the first gold medal (medal) of the Chinese team in the snowboard event, but also the "Winter Olympic Triple Jump" that realized the Chinese team's first participation, the first final and the first gold medal (medal) in these two events; Gu Ailing won 2 gold and 1 silver for freestyle skiing, both of which are the first gold medals (medals) of the Chinese team in this event, and she also became the first athlete in the world to win 3 freestyle skiing medals in a single Winter Olympics.
This time, the Chinese team played in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 35 small events, and in these "standing on the field is a breakthrough" project, Chinese athletes not only filled the gap in olympic results, but also raised the starting point of many events with their own hard work and efforts.
Say goodbye to "strong ice and weak snow" and expand the field of advantage
Previously, China's Winter Olympics projects were not only in a relatively backward position as a whole, but also had serious uneven development. In the previous 11 Winter Olympics, the Chinese team won a total of 13 gold medals, of which 12 were from ice events, and only 1 gold in snow events (freestyle skiing men's aerial skills).
But this situation of "strong ice and weak snow" has been completely changed this time. Of the 9 gold medals of the Chinese delegation, 5 came from the snow event, even surpassing the ice win.
Short track speed skating, figure skating tandem skating, and freestyle skiing aerial skills are the "old three" in the previous Chinese Winter Olympics advantages. In this Winter Olympic Games, the dominant position of the Chinese team in these events has been consolidated. Short track speed skating won 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, the same number of gold medals as the Korean team and the Netherlands team, due to one less medal, ranking second among all participating teams after the Korean team.
After finishing second with a difference of 0.43 points at the last Winter Olympics, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong took home their gold medal in Beijing. The Aerial Skills Team also showed the "Dream Team", winning the men's and women's single gold medals and the mixed team silver medal.
What is even more gratifying is that the Chinese legion has "developed" a new "sphere of influence" at this Winter Olympics. Snowboarding men's and women's big jumping and slope obstacle course skills, the Chinese team is the first time to qualify for the Olympic Games, Su Yiming, who won 1 gold and 1 silver in the men's event, just celebrated his 18th birthday, and the next few years may be able to create an era of his own in his field.
On February 18, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women's U-Shaped Venue Skills Award Ceremony was held, and Gu Ailing received the gold medal and displayed a total of 2 gold and 1 silver medals won at the Winter Olympics. Image source: ICphoto
Due to the joining of the mixed-race girl Gu Ailing, the Chinese team's advantages in freestyle skiing have been greatly expanded. In particular, U-shaped venue skills, in addition to Gu Ailing winning the gold medal, the other two Chinese "post-00s" Li Fanghui and Zhang Kexin ranked fifth and seventh respectively, showing the strong overall strength of the Chinese team in the project.
China only established the steel-frame snow team in 2015, but in this season's World Cup race, Geng Wenqiang won the gold medal for the Chinese team. At this Winter Olympic Games, Yan Wengang achieved a breakthrough of zero winter Olympic medals for the Chinese steel frame snow team.
The veteran sword is not old, and the new star is later on top
In this Winter Olympics, many veterans will become the "treasures of the town team" of the Chinese team. Three elders of the Freestyle Ski Aerial Skills Team won 2 gold and 1 silver, of which Qi Guangpu and Xu Mengtao won gold medals in men's and women's aerial skills respectively, and together with Jia Zongyang won the silver medal of mixed team.
On February 16, China's Qi Guangpu competed in the competition. On the same day, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing Men's Aerial Skills Final was held in Zhangjiakou, and China's Qi Guangpu won the championship. Photo by Zhai Yujia, a reporter from China News Service
In the women's U-shaped track skill competition on snowboarding, Cai Xuetong and Liu Jiayu, who are also the elders of the Four Dynasties, won the fourth and eighth places respectively, although they did not win the medal, they still showed their strong strength in the project. Wu Dajing, a short-track speed skater who participated in the Winter Olympics for the third time, although he did not have the opportunity to defend his title in the men's 500 meters, he won the mixed team gold medal and was already the DinghaiShen needle of the Chinese men's speed skating team.
The persistence of these veterans has helped the Chinese team maintain a strong position in some projects, and the rise of a group of young players has shown the great prospects for the future development of China's Winter Olympics projects.
In this Winter Olympics, young players have already picked up the beams. As the leaders of the new generation of the Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing and Su Yiming jointly contributed 3 gold and 2 silver. Among the many breakthroughs and many gaps filled by the Chinese Legion in this Winter Olympic Games, there are many "post-00s" figures and footprints.
The Chinese delegation had 131 athletes participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time, accounting for 74.43% of the total number of athletes. These new faces in the Winter Olympic Arena will be the main force of the Chinese legion in the future ice and snow sports.
At this Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation achieved a leapfrog improvement in sports performance, but its greater gain is that in the 7 years of successful bidding for the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's Winter Olympic territory has become increasingly complete, the layout of ice and snow has gradually improved, new forces have continued to rise, and the social atmosphere has become increasingly strong, and a beautiful blueprint integrating China's Winter Olympics and ice and snow sports is slowly being presented through this Winter Olympics. (End)