Cui Chenxi in the game.
Zhu Yuanling in the game.
Zeng Wenhui in the game.
On the evening of July 28, Beijing time, in the preliminaries of the women's skateboarding street event of the Paris Olympics, three female skaters from China performed remarkably, and the Asian Games champion Cui Chenxi reached the final and is expected to hit the medal. The two female skaters from Guangdong, Zeng Wenhui and Zhu Yuanling, did not make it to the final, but they also tried to play their own level.
Jinan teenager Cui Chenxi
"Because I like it, I will keep sliding"
Cui Chenxi, a 14-year-old from Jinan, finished fourth with 241.56 points, the best place in the history of the Chinese team in the Olympic skateboarding event.
"There is still a little bit of regret, just a little bit. Actually, it doesn't matter - it's the first time I've been in the Olympics and I'm feeling good if I've worked hard. In the mixed interview area after the game, Cui Chenxi said this with a faint smile on his face, and a few strands of sweat-soaked hair stuck to his sideburns.
Cui Chenxi said that he enjoyed the game very much: "I was a little nervous in the preliminaries and wanted to be in the top eight. In the finals, it is to play and enjoy the game with everyone with a more relaxed mentality. ”
At last year's Asian Games in Hangzhou, Cui Chenxi won the gold medal in this event, becoming the youngest gold medalist in the history of China's Asian Games. Since then, people have remembered the name of the girl from Quancheng and remembered her posture in the ring. Many children who have just started to practice skateboarding also regard Cui Chenxi as an idol.
In Cui Chenxi's view, the most important thing to practice skateboarding is interest. Cui Chenxi said that she has been practicing skateboarding because of her interest: "The most important thing is to enjoy the joy of this sport." If you don't like skateboarding and just want to get results, I don't think it's necessary. You have to love it and enjoy it. For example, if you practice a move today and you don't do it, you can do it again the next day, it doesn't matter, you just need to enjoy the process. From the moment you first started doing this movement, to the time you completed the biggest pole, and then you look back and think about it, from the beginning to the time when you succeeded in the biggest pole, you will be very proud and will enjoy the sport. ”
Talking about his future plans, Cui Chenxi said: "Because I like it, I will keep sliding." Next, I want to continue to participate in some international competitions, participate in the National Games, and there will be many competitions in the future. Some new, young skaters have also come up to skate and enjoy with them. ”
Guangdong skaters Zeng Wenhui and Zhu Yuanling
Skateboarding, a turning sport, enjoyed racing in Paris
The first group of athletes included two athletes from China, including Zeng Wenhui, the only Chinese female skater who competed at the last Olympics, and the most experienced big sister in the team. But even so, when she came to the Olympic arena, Zeng Wenhui was inevitably nervous, especially when it came to the big move, she only succeeded once in the first four attempts. "I'm still too nervous, and the choice of the ultimate move may be a little different from what I thought before, so I didn't do it well." Zeng Wenhui said. However, she chose a more difficult move with a good completion in the last ultimate, which also helped her get the third place in the group. Although Tsang did not make it to the final, she said she had done her best and enjoyed competing in Paris. She calmly and confidently expressed her determination: "See you in the future."
"I'm a skateboarder who switched to skateboarding, and I was very ignorant about this sport at the last Olympics. But this session is a little more mature, and I have a little more thoughts in my heart, and I feel a little more pressure than the previous one, but I will also enjoy it a little. Very different feeling. ”
Zeng Wenhui said, "In fact, the preparation for this competition is more adequate than the last Olympics, such as the diet is controlled, I can't gain weight, I also want to surpass my previous performance, but maybe thinking too much will backfire." But I'm sure our younger players will be able to surpass my sixth-place finish at the last Olympics. ”
Zeng Wenhui's message was addressed to 14-year-old Cui Chenxi and 13-year-old Zhu Yuanling, the latter of whom is from Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, like Zeng Wenhui. Zhu Yuanling, who participated in the Olympics for the first time, appeared in the second group of preliminaries, and her performance was also relatively good, and she gave herself a full score of 10 and 7 points. "I think I'm still playing relatively normally, but I'm a little nervous when I walk the line, and I'm not doing a good job. But overall, I don't feel as nervous about going to the Olympics as I am about competing in other international competitions. There was no particularly nervous feeling. The young Zhu Yuanling told Nandu and N video reporters.
When she made a big move, she fell on her buttocks, and after the game, she also took a big bag of ice cubes to prepare for ice packing, and heard the reporter mention that the family members who rarely had the opportunity to watch the live broadcast of her game were watching the game in the back this time, and when she was afraid of distress when she wrestled, the 13-year-old girl hurriedly said sensibly, "I'm fine, I want to tell my family that I'm fine, and it's normal to fall on a skateboard, it doesn't hurt!" She said that she didn't come to the Olympics with a high goal, "In fact, I have already achieved my goal when I entered the Olympics, and the coach told me not to be so nervous, as long as I show myself in the Olympic arena." ”
After knowing the results, Zeng Wenhui's mother Zeng Shaoxing said: "I am very proud, it is not easy to be on the Olympic stage, and she has been there twice!"
Zhu Yuanling called her mother immediately after the game and said, "It's a pity, it's just a little bit." But her mother, Ms. Liu, said: "It's a pity, this time it's better than the last competition!"
Zeng Wenhui and Zhu Yuanling are both athletes from Guangning, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China. Coming out of the Quang Ninh countryside, the lives of the two girls are like skateboarding, making challenging "sharp flips" - somersaults, spins, and colorful trajectories in the air. The experience itself is even more remarkable in terms of the outcome of the competition. And their story is just the beginning.
Integration: Dong Shuyun
Writing/Photography: Nandu, N Video Special Reporter Wang Yayun Li Zhanjun from Paris, France Intern Pei Han, Luo Yanqing
Comprehensive South+, Jinan Daily