The Chinese team has only 1 minute left! Wang Haitao looked at the line, briefly communicated with his teammates and then walked onto the wheelchair line.
Teammates Zhang Mingming and Yan Zhuo leaned over behind Wang Haitao to secure his wheelchair, and Chen Jianxin pointed to the shooting point in the distance.
Pointing and shooting, curling glided on the ice for more than 10 seconds, accompanied by a teammate's "Here! ”
The red pot has undergone two impacts and is precisely fixed at the center of the circle.
The Chinese team won the game! The Chinese team is the champion!
This is a magical scene staged in the final of the 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championships. The Chinese team achieved a stunning reversal with the last throw of wang Haitao, the fourth baseman, and defeated Sweden to win the championship.
2021 Wheelchair Curling World Championships
At the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese team's round-robin journey was full of ups and downs, and when playing against Norway and The United Kingdom, Wang Haitao also staged a flying fairy throw.
Wang Haitao, who has repeatedly saved the crisis at critical moments and led the team to victory, has been called "Mr. Key" by netizens, but such a firm-hearted, rare curling player has a life of ups and downs.
First, his mother carried him on his back to watch the fireworks Chinese New Year's Eve
Wang Haitao was born in Yilan County, Harbin City, his parents are farmers in the village, and he played in the fields as a child, full of happiness. At the age of 9, he suffered from a sudden acute myelitis that left his lower limbs disabled, lost consciousness in both legs, and had to rely on a wheelchair to live.
In order to treat Wang Haitao's illness, his parents sought medical treatment everywhere, and the family spent all their savings.
Parents are busy with farm work, Wang Haitao and his sister Wang Haixia go to school, life are taken care of by grandma, as grandma gets older and her health deteriorates, Wang Haitao looks at it but can't do anything. The previously optimistic and cheerful big boy became reticent under the pressure of illness and life.
At the age of 14, Wang Haitao had the idea of giving up his studies, and he said to his mother Wu Yanbo: "Mom, you let me come down and do something, the burden on the family is so heavy, I am admitted to college, how can I be, or a disabled person." ”
In order to let the children get out of the downturn as soon as possible, and in order to supplement the family, the parents used tin to weld a house in the village to open a commissary for Wang Haitao.
"His father set up a small shop for the child, and also bought an electric wheelchair with a small bucket behind it, you can put things, usually encounter someone in the village who needs to move something, Haitao uses this small car to help transport." In addition, he also likes to study electronic products, who has a small problem with the mobile phone in the village, and he can fix it without going to the city. In his mother's eyes, Wang Haitao was enthusiastic and flexible.
Wang Haitao struggled to throw the pot
Wang Haitao's enthusiasm has been exchanged for the love of the villagers, and the people in the commissary are constantly coming and going, and Wang Haitao has gradually come out in the noise.
One Chinese New Year's Eve night, Wang Haitao was lying on the windowsill watching the fireworks, his body trapped in a wheelchair, in order to find a better perspective, he supported his body with his arms, but he could only see half of the sky, and the other half was blocked by the wall.
The mother carried her son to the courtyard, the fireworks bloomed lively and brilliantly in the dark night, and the mother and son watched together under the night sky, as if life were the same, and there would be light in the darkness, although short but wonderful enough.
When he returned to the house, Wang Haitao was relieved, since his body could not be as light and free as fireworks, his heart must be strong and full of hope.
Wang Haitao and his parents' family of five family portraits
He said to his mother, "Mom, you are too tired to carry me, I must let you live a good life." ”
Second, the "fragrant food" in the sports team
One day, Wang Haitao paid attention to the sports of the disabled through television broadcasting, and watched the disabled athletes of the Chinese team compete for gold and silver on the field, and he was envious and excited in his heart.
His mind imagined that he could also stand on the field of competition, get honors and reduce the burden on his family, so his life path went to another possibility.
Under the introduction of relatives, 18-year-old Wang Haitao came to the Harbin Sports Team for trial training.
"At that time, there were many sports such as weightlifting, throwing, wheelchair running, and after his test, the coaches said that the child was in good shape and was quite suitable, and then he became an athlete." Mother said.
At first, Wang Haitao was not fixed on a certain sport because of his excellent athletic talent, and he trained hard and won the opportunity to participate in three sports in only one month.
"At that time, I practiced for a month, and the child participated in the competition in three different sports such as throwing and wheelchair running, and won 2 third and fifth place results, in addition to more than 9,000 yuan in prize money." Mother recalls.
Such results made Wang Haitao, who dreamed of winning the championship, unhappy, and he cried and asked the coach why others could win the championship, but he couldn't.
The coach said: "Child, you have only been practicing for a month, and it is already very good to have such results, you must know how many years many people have been practicing!" ”
Wang Haitao was not convinced, although he was late in contact with sports, he wanted to shorten the gap between himself and others through hard training, and even surpass his opponents to win the championship. So he trained hard and didn't sleep at noon until the coach picked him up and went back to his bedroom to rest.
Third, wheelchair curling begins a second life
In 2008, Wang Haitao officially joined the Harbin Wheelchair Curling Training Team and started his wheelchair curling career.
Wheelchair curling is a very challenging project for strength sensations and intelligence. Compared with the able-bodied curling, wheelchair curling requires the auxiliary throwing of curling through a curling rod with a length of 2.45 meters, and there is no ice sweeping during the curling operation, which actually determines the final position of the curling.
When there are conditions on the ice, he and his teammates are almost "lying on the ice" and refuse to go; when there is no condition to go to the ice, in order to be able to grasp the feeling of strength, Wang Haitao often takes the empty curler to repeat the technical action again and again, he constantly simulates, so that he remembers this feeling, the same action may be repeated tens of thousands of times.
"We don't move our lower limbs and we don't feel it, so we wear thick shoes, and no matter how thick the pants are, they will still be very cold." I have been working on the left side for many years, the right side of the crotch is protruding very large, sometimes the sleeping legs will cramp, it is very uncomfortable and can not sleep, but do not think, every day there is no heart and lungs, happy. Wang Haitao said.
Although Wang Haitao is not the oldest in the national team, he has worked hard and has a calm personality, and eventually he became the captain of the national team, and this captain has been the captain for more than 10 years.
Fourth, "Mr. Key" people do not talk much harshly
The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games won the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation;
The 2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championships won the first World Championship for The Chinese team;
The 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championships won the home for the Chinese team;
……
Under the leadership of Wang Haitao, the Chinese wheelchair curling team played all the way and won countless honors.
Wang Haitao, the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games, led the team to win the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation
"You can always trust Wang Haitao!" This is the last shot of wang Haitao's final at the 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championships, and the evaluation given by netizens after the stroke of God was staged.
In that game, the Chinese team had the lead and had to steal points to win.
The opponent has a position in the center of the base camp that almost hides the scoring pot. To win, Wang Haitao must use the only two pots left in his hand and complete the difficult pass to have the possibility of winning.
In the first shot, Wang Haitao made a mistake, the angle was slightly off, and he hit his red pot out of the base camp.
The opponent continued to block the line, but there was a little mistake, and the Chinese team only had the theoretical line.
The second shot, the Chinese team only had 1 minute left, Wang Haitao looked at the line, briefly communicated with his teammates and then walked on the wheelchair line.
Ru Xia, the coach of the Chinese team on the commentary stage, was already nervous and did not dare to speak.
Only to see Wang Haitao holding his breath, looking at the target, struggling to throw, the pot through two passes, hit!
Wang Haitao waved his arms to celebrate, the former curling golden flower on the coach's seat, the current Coach of the Chinese Wheelchair Curling Team Yue Qingshuang excitedly knocked on the table with his fists, and coach Li Jianrui also cheered excitedly.
In the end, the Chinese team won the championship as desired.
Recalling the moment of the killing, Wang Haitao said: "At that time, I only considered the technical action, did not think too much, the achievement was the champion, the fight could not achieve the second, it was also forced there!" ”
This shot threw out a whole network question: "Wheelchair curling or able-bodied curling, which is more exciting?" ”
On this question, Yue Qingshuang gave his own point of view: "Wheelchair curling does not sweep the ice, it all relies on the push, so I think from the perspective of difficulty and excitement, wheelchair curling is more exciting!" ”
Fifth, there are everyone and small families
March 8 is International Women's Day and the key moment for the Chinese wheelchair curling team to qualify for the round robin tournament of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
As the captain of the team, Wang Haitao organized the male team members to prepare red envelopes for the team, including female team members, coaches and staff, to celebrate the festival for them.
"Just in time for the festival, there are no conditions to prepare flowers during the competition, and the red envelope is the most real, send a red envelope to all the ladies." Wang Haitao said.
Wang Haitao carefully helped every teammate on the field, and he also gave the team the strongest support on the field.
When someone asked Yan Zhuo, the first base in the team, how his teammates could help adjust their state if the field did not play well, Yan Zhuo replied: "The strength of the team and mutual trust are very important, such as Brother Tao, when I don't play well on the field, he will say that it is okay, there is a brother!" And I'm in the back, everything is left to the brother to solve! ”
In this Winter Paralympic Games, as the defending champion team, the Chinese team suffered two consecutive defeats at the beginning, and encountered difficulties in the team again, but everyone was actively adjusting the state, and the team regained its feel step by step, and advanced to the final with 9 consecutive wins.
Wang Haitao showed 100% trust in the team in the interview, saying: "I told myself that I must play well, otherwise I am sorry for the heart of our coach." ”
Indeed, behind the "Key Mr. Wang Haitao" is not only himself, but also the result of the efforts of the entire team of the Chinese wheelchair curling team.
Among them are the team members Chen Jianxin, Zhang Mingliang, Yan Zhuo, Sun Yulong, as well as Yue Qingshuang, Liu Jianrui, Coach Ru Xia, etc., and the stories of each of them are worth recording.
In the team, Wang Haitao cares about everyone, and he has his own goals in the family.
Wang Haitao's family of three
In 2019, Wang Haitao married his wife, who is also a curler, and has his own small family, and now he has a healthy and handsome son.
Beijing Winter Paralympic games cycle, more than 2 years of continuous preparation, he can not be with his family for a long time, he said: "Curling is my inseparable career, I hope to use my practical actions to set an example for my son." ”
Wang Haitao, who was flexibly controlling the wheelchair to slide from one end to the other, set up the curling rod, aimed it at the handle, and threw it hard. The ice reflected in his eyes was like a white picture, and he slid a victorious arc with the trajectory of curling. Then tell everyone with the result: "You can always trust Wang Haitao!" ”