Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 10 Title: Winter Olympics "Great White", more than 60 years of story is not finished (Part 1)
Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Li
As the only medical security institution covering the Winter Olympics in three competition areas, the Third Hospital of Peking University was awarded the "Outstanding Contribution Collective" at the summary and commendation meeting of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on the 8th, which drew a successful end to their years-long Winter Olympic work.
But the story of the "Big Whites" and the Olympics is far from over.
As a medical expert of the Chinese Winter Olympic delegation, Wang Jianjian has fought side by side with Xu Mengtao, Su Yiming and other Winter Olympic athletes who were also commended this time for nearly a month, and has now returned to the Sports Medicine Department of the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical College. But in addition to his daily work, he will continue to treat the athletes of the national team and provide them with strong backing for gold and silver.
"Serving athletes has always been our glorious tradition and mission." The director of sports medicine said.
This mission, starting from the founder of sports medicine, Professor Qu Mianyu, has been adhered to for more than 60 years.
Relay: 14 years, saving Xu Mengtao's knee
The Department of Sports Medicine of the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical University is a name that is thunderous in the sports world and the sports medicine field. The department was established in 1959. As the only athlete injury prevention and treatment center designated by the Chinese Olympic Committee and the State General Administration of Sport, for 63 years, they have been different from ordinary departments in the "team service", a fine tradition that has helped many well-known athletes return to the Olympic arena.
In the Olympic military merit medal, there is half of the "great whites".
But almost all the athletes you have heard of the name have dealt with the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical College. This long list includes: Zhao Hongbo, Li Na, Gong Lijiao, Liu Guoliang, Ma Long...
The "Heavenly Regiment" of the Winter Olympics that went out on this expedition also mostly went in and out of the wards where the doctors were transported.
"Am I number one?" "Am I number one?" Time turned back to February 14, the Winter Olympics "Four Dynasties Elder" Xu Mengtao tearfully shouted after winning the championship in the air, which moved countless people. The pain, pressure and never give up released in this cry felt empathy for Wang Jianjian, who stood at the end of the track and applauded her.
This is the fourth time in a row that he has escorted Chinese Olympic athletes, and he is well aware of the physical condition of the athletes. The Department of Sports Medicine of the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical University has relayed four surgeries for Xu Mengtao, and it is a miracle that she can fly again in the Winter Olympics. Winning the championship is a miracle within a miracle.
"Dr. Wang!" "Peach! Congratulations! Needless to say, all those days of fighting injuries for their dreams are condensed in this tearful and smiling greeting.
Nearly 14 years later, Professor Cui Guoqing of The Medical Department still remembers the scene when Xu Mengtao performed her first cruciate ligament tear surgery in 2008, and a little carelessness could ruin her sports career. But after careful treatment and scientific training, Xu Mengtao returned to the field with amazing perseverance. As the chief medical adviser of the freestyle skiing aerial skills national team, Cui Guoqing provided support throughout the process.
Yu Jiakuo will not forget that during the 2016 National Winter Games, Xu Mengtao fell again, and the anterior cruciate ligament of another knee joint was ruptured. As the surgeon-in-chief, he had to remove 60 percent of the meniscus, which was already fragmented, but the surgery was exquisitely designed so that the fragile knee could still carry the Winter Olympic dream. For the operation, Yu Jiakuo is of course confident, and he is worried about this strong girl: "Although the operation was successful, if you were injured again, you would be afraid of causing irreversible results..."
In the process of Xu Mengtao's preparation for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the medical practitioners have been in communication with the coaching staff to help adjust the training plan.
Love can withstand the long years. Four Winter Olympics, four surgeries, the gold medal is the fate of the final give xu Mengtao courage in return. What the medical transporters do is to let the love not be disappointed, so that the persistence will eventually have meaning.
Wang Jianjian explained the difference between sports medicine and general medical disciplines - not only to treat diseases and save people, but also to ensure that sports ability can be restored as soon as possible. "Before developing a surgical plan, post-operative rehabilitation should be considered to minimize the impact of injuries on training and competition. Even a lot of tricks lie in not doing surgery, if you are just a surgeon, it is not good for athletes. ”
Therefore, in addition to being skilled, sports medicine doctors also need to understand the project. This is also why Qu Mianyu established the rule of "getting off the team" at the beginning of the establishment of the discipline, which has become a tradition that the transport doctors have adhered to for more than 60 years.
Inheritance: Zhao Hongbo's Achilles tendon, Sui Wenjing's ankle
To this day, the 89-year-old Professor Tian Dexiang still maintains the practice of "getting off the team" every week. Before Wang Jianjian, he accompanied the Chinese team to the Olympic Games for four times, treated tens of thousands of athletes, and was a "grandfather team doctor" respected by sports people.
In August 2005, just six months before the Turin Winter Olympics, figure skater Zhao Hongbo broke his left Achilles tendon during training. In the predicament, Tian Dexiang's surgery healed his "Achilles heel". After recovering after surgery, Zhao Hongbo returned to the field as he wished, and won the bronze medal in pair skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics with Shen Xue.
"Other countries were surprised that they felt that Zhao Hongbo had recovered too quickly." Recalling this experience, Old Master Tian smiled and said, "In fact, our treatment is not worse than that of foreign countries." "Like many workers of the older generation, he has a strong sense of national honor because he has experienced a period when the country is in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt. In another arena, "not worse than foreign countries" is also to win glory for the country.
After 10 years, Zhao Hongbo has become a national team coach, and a similar encounter has befallen his beloved apprentice Sui Wenjing.
This time, the lancet that Tian Dexiang passed to Hu Yuelin was passed on to Jiao Chen's hand. He performed surgery for Sui Wenjing's right ankle ligament repair and left ankle tendon reduction. The operation with both feet at the same time usually took more than two hours, and Jiao Chen only took less than an hour and a half.
As a "knife" that can be counted in ankle surgery, the operation itself does not pose a challenge to Jiao Chen, "the focus is on how to get her back on the ice rink as soon as possible." In order to compress the recovery period, he chose ligament repair rather than reconstruction, and in order to prevent re-rupture, he adopted the technique of "double row suturing" to strengthen the ligament. Tendons are also cleverly fixed to prevent re-dislocation.
After the operation, Sui Wenjing lay in bed for 40 days, absent from the ice rink for 4 months, and the fear of not being able to slide again made the usually cheerful "bucket sister" feel that "the sky is gray". "She is particularly strong, I know that athletes will be particularly anxious at this time, but she has never cried in front of our face, just after the operation can not get out of bed, just use the shelf of the bed to do strength training", the little girl's hard work made Jiao Chen, who was not confused, sigh, and especially wanted to help her return to the ice rink.
The surgery proved to be very successful. In February 2017, Sui Wenjing and her partner Han Cong staged the return of the king in their first four continents after their comeback, and in March, the World Championships won a seven-year absence for China.
Less than an hour and a half of surgery allowed Sui Wenjing to slide steadily to Beijing 2022 for more than 5 years, and finally slid to the top podium of the Winter Olympics.
This Winter Olympics, Jiao Chen did not go to the front line, but Sui Wenjing / Han Cong won the championship of the free skating, he deliberately watched the live broadcast, and there is a glory, but also sent a WeChat congratulations to the "barrel sister". "I am very relieved, her suffering has not been in vain." It is very happy to see the Chinese team win the gold, but this gold medal feels even more special, after all, I also contributed to it. ”
From Zhao Hongbo to Sui Wenjing, from Tian Dexiang to Jiao Chen, the spirit of hard work is inherited, and the benevolence of the magic hand is also inherited. (To be continued)