"We want to show the beauty of this project, we want more people to know about this project and like this project, this championship means a lot." In the mixed freestyle roller skating men's and women's synchronized pile finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games held on the 4th, the Chinese pair Zhang Hao/Zhu Siyi won the championship with zero penalty points, which was the first gold medal in freestyle roller skating at the Asian Games.
After the race, Zhang Hao, known as the "Emperor of the Stake Flowers" in the roller skating circle, led Zhu Siyi, the "little sister" who participated in the competition for the first time, to the mixed interview area after the competition. One is confident and handsome, the other is shy and cute, and they share a common dream.
"As long as you work hard, there will be good results"
As a sometimes dynamic and sometimes gentle Chinese style song "Ask the Wind" sounded, Zhang Hao and Zhu Siyi danced on roller skates. The two forms are one, the boy is the mountain, the majestic shore is tall, the girl is the water, soft and rippling...
This is the first time that the freestyle roller skating event has appeared in the Asian Games, with a total of 7 pairs from China, India, Japan, Thailand and other countries and regions appearing in the arena, among which the most concerned is undoubtedly the Chinese pair.
"This song is very good, and the rhythm changes are relatively rich, which is conducive to us to make some breakthroughs in arrangement and technology." After the competition, Zhang Hao revealed the origin and meaning of the song, "It originally told a relatively poignant love story, but we made some small adjustments in the end, and finally the two people came together." Zhang Hao said that they want to express through this interpretation, "As long as you keep working hard, you will definitely be able to achieve the beautiful results you want." ”
The performances of Zhang Hao and Zhu Siyi, whether it is the difficulty of the competition or the artistic expression, are impeccable, and the champion is well deserved.
The first time they partnered to participate in the competition, they had such a tacit understanding
"It feels too sweet to see them, and a sense of adolescent love comes to my face..." After watching the wonderful game, some spectators at the scene expressed such feelings.
Indeed, in addition to the difficulty of the action, the tacit understanding of the spirit and the unity of the heart are also the key points of this project.
However, the love story was performed on the field, and as soon as he walked off the field, the sense of déjà vu of the "brother and sister" immediately emerged, "She often oversleeps, and she can't wake up when she calls and knocks on the door." Asked what advantages and disadvantages the two have, Zhang Hao blurted out, and Zhu Siyi on the side giggled.
Probably for fear of embarrassment to his little sister, Zhang Hao then added, "This is still quite complementary to me, because I can't sleep." Unexpectedly, Zhu Siyi listened, but put on a little adult look, "He said that I have shortcomings, I still say that he has advantages!" In her opinion, Zhang Hao is very good at taking care of people, "He will also take care of me in life, and during training, if there is any movement that I feel that I can't adapt, he will change it for me." ”
It is hard to imagine that before this Hangzhou Asian Games, Zhang Hao and Zhu Siyi had never participated in any world-level events together. There is also a huge gap in the career experience of the two: before partnering with Zhu Siyi, Zhang Hao has long been famous and has countless honors - as early as 2017, in the field representing the highest level of freestyle roller skating today, Zhang Hao won the championship of four events, including single figure pile winding, figure confrontation, double figure pile winding, and speed pile crossing, becoming an unprecedented quadruple champion since the start of the All-Event Roller Skating World Cup. Years of competition experience have taught Zhang Hao to absorb the experience of others into his own, and then arrange his own things according to his own ideas.
Zhu Siyi is 17 years old this year, and this is her first time participating in an Asian-level competition. Although Zhang Hao has his advantages in leading the small team members, Zhu Siyi's studious and hard work is the key to the pair's rapid tacit understanding, "My speed is relatively fast, she has spent a lot of thought and effort to adjust, and we also have many differences in our movement habits, such as the height of the hands and feet lifted, and all the details are cut out little by little." Zhang Hao said.
Shanghai has the best "soil" for roller skating
"Along the way, there are many people around who don't know or understand the sport, and we want to actively promote it!"
Zhang Hao said that his choice of roller skating was actually completely out of novelty and interest. "When I was a child, my health was not very good, so my parents planned for me to learn a sport to strengthen my body, and when I chose it myself, I saw roller skating at a glance and thought it was fun and fun."
Nowadays, he feels more and more that roller skating has great potential as a mass sport, as a sport with low threshold, good ornamentation, and short performance cycle, roller skating is especially suitable for children to practice.
"Now in Shanghai, the atmosphere of roller skating is very good." It is understood that Zhang Hao and Zhu Siyi came from Shanghai and Sichuan to build a team, and Zhu Siyi was trained in the Shanghai Roller Skating School Team.
Shanghai can be said to have the best "roller skating soil" in the country: few colleges and universities in China will single move roller skating specialists, and students practice roller skating more interest. The roller skating team of Shanghai Sport University is composed of roller skating enthusiasts, and everyone usually conducts daily training and elective roller skating courses according to their interests; Shanghai also has the best tournaments in China – the Shanghai Open, which has been held for more than a decade, is second only to the World Championships in the world; In addition, the Shanghai roller skating team gathers the best athletes in China, and as early as ten years ago, Shanghai was already the strongest in Asia in men's roller skating speed pile and figure pile.
The reason why Shanghai can become the cradle of Chinese roller skating is because Shanghai started relatively early in the domestic roller skating industry. First of all, roller skating is the "one district and one product" in Huangpu District, and Huangpu District has invested relatively large in roller skating. Secondly, Shanghai has training bases such as the national figure skating team and freestyle training bases, which have both government input and administrative incentives. After the incentive, Shanghai roller skating has been well improved in the training, events and scientific research of the entire athletes, and the entire sports team has continued to improve, and has also attracted good roller skating seedlings from all over the country to join Shanghai.
"Of course, what I am most looking forward to is that roller skating can be selected for the Olympics, I have set a flag, if roller skating enters the Olympics, no matter how old I am at that time, I must also participate!" Zhang Hao said frankly that to fulfill such a vision, on the one hand, to let more people see the performance of Chinese roller skating in the world's top competitions, and then to let more and more families and children participate, "I also plan to help coaches do roller skating into the school in the future, so that more children can join the interesting and beneficial sports circle of roller skating." ”
Editor-in-chief: Chen Hua Image source: Photo by Haishal
Source: Author: Yao Qinyi