The Chinese team won the championship, and Yue Qingshuang got up to celebrate. Beijing News reporter Tao Ran photographed
Beijing News (chief reporter Sun Haiguang) After the 8-3 victory over Sweden, the Chinese wheelchair curling team defended the winter Paralympic gold medal with ten consecutive wins. China coach Yue Qingshuang burst into tears after the game, saying that the pressure of the past 4 years has finally been released. After the game, Yue Qingshuang most wanted to go home to see his son who was less than 3 years old, "preparing for 4 years, going home twice." Walking past him, he didn't even know me. ”
After the 7th game, the Chinese team led 8-3, and the Swedish team, which had already gone, conceded defeat in advance. Yue Qingshuang in the coach's seat immediately rushed into the field, leaned over and hugged the players one by one, and was already in tears when he got up. In the past winter Paralympic cycle, Yue Qingshuang was very stressed and had a very difficult time.
"It's been another 4 years, I've been through a lot of pressure, and that moment feels like I'm finally released." After winning the first gold medal of the Chinese Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang four years ago, Yue Qingshuang said that many people are paying attention to the Chinese wheelchair curling team, "This time we won the gold medal at home, we completed the task, and more importantly, we saw the growth of the team members." ”
Yue Qingshuang hugged the team members one by one. Beijing News reporter Tao Ran photographed
Yue Qingshuang introduced that in the early stage of preparation, there were a total of 12 team members, in addition to the 5 team members who entered the big list, she also read out the names of the other 7 team members in the mixed mining area today, "I especially want to thank Liu Wei, Zhang Qiang, Xu Xinchen in Heilongjiang, Zhang Shuaiyu and Zhang Peng in Hebei, as well as Wang Meng and Yu Xinyue in the Beijing team, they are all the best." Yue Qingshuang also thanked the leaders, coaches, staff, etc. of the China Disabled Persons' Federation in the team, "We won the victory by relying on the team." ”
Compared with winning gold in Pyeongchang 4 years ago, Yue Qingshuang said that the significance of winning the gold medal at home is even more different, especially this time the Chinese Winter Paralympic athletes have a very good performance, "This Winter Paralympic Games, we have achieved a breakthrough in the snow, we also want to cheer for tonight's Paralympic ice hockey." ”
After a long preparation cycle, Yue Qingshuang hoped to go home quickly after isolation to see his 3-year-old son Xiao Walnut. "I prepared for the battle for 4 years and went home twice. Walking past him, he didn't even know me. Speaking of family, Yue Qingshuang can no longer suppress tears, she has spent most of the past 4 years in the team, and her family and son can only be contacted by video, "My mother sent me a video, my son has been cheering me, saying that my mother is cheering, Uncle Haitao is cheering, I want him to see that his mother is the best." ”
Sun Haiguang, chief reporter of the Beijing News
Edited by Shaw Wanli