News on February 22, on February 15, in the final of the men's big jump in snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Su Yiming won the gold medal, achieving a breakthrough of zero gold medals in Chinese snowboarding at the Winter Olympics. At the age of 4, he went to the snow field, decided to become a professional athlete at the age of 14, won the Winter Olympic Championship before the age of 18, and the snowboarder Su Yiming shined and became the youngest Winter Olympic champion in China. CCTV interviewed Su Yiming in the face-to-face column, and Xiao Su talked about the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics when he decided to take a career path.
In 2013, 11-year-old Su Yiming had already made a name for himself in the ski circle, but he said in an interview, "If I go professional, I will feel very tired of practicing every day, and I never want to hear the two words skiing again." If I'm a hobby and I want to play every day, I'm happy. ”
But when Beijing successfully bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Su Yiming changed his original idea, "Before I may have been a chemistry enthusiast, I was still watching the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at home, I thought the Winter Olympics was the biggest competition in the world, at that time I thought, if one day I can stand on the podium of the Winter Olympics, or come to participate in the Winter Olympics to get the best results, I think this feeling should be unique, should be a more special moment in life, so at that time I want to try." ”
Host Dong Qian asked, "At that time, did you think it was whimsical, or did you have the strength to do it?" ”
Su Yiming replied shyly, "It can be said that it is whimsical, strength is completely impossible, I know how big the gap between the world's highest level player and me is." At that point I probably didn't have some amateurs skating well, so it was a completely impossible thing to do. But I'm also more confident that I can challenge it. At least I can try, I can give my all to try. ”
It is worth mentioning that at the time of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Su Yiming was only 14 years old, and it was from there that he decided to embark on a career path.
At that time, he also had many hobbies, such as he was a film and television child star, and he also liked music, fashion, surfing, skydiving, etc., and was involved in a wide range of subjects.
In this regard, Su Yiming said, "When I was a child, I had love, and I had a lot of energy on different things, but since I decided to become a professional skater, everything was gone. I'm 100% focused on snowboarding. ”
In August 2018, 14-year-old Su Yiming was selected for the Chinese Snowboarding National Training Team and officially became a member of the national team, under the famous Japanese championship coach Yasuhiro Sato, focusing on slope obstacle courses and big jumping.
Four years later, Su Yiming won 1 gold and 1 silver in these two events at the Beijing Winter Olympics. What was once a dream shines into reality.