This summer, 11-year-old Zheng Hao stepped on a skateboard and went to Paris for a lap. Of course, it's a bit big. Because she skated into the Olympic skateboarding women's bowl.
Zheng Hao stood on the Olympic stage
commencement
The Olympic Games listed skateboarding, breakdancing, BMX, rock climbing and other extreme sports as competitions, and the century-old sports event was suddenly much younger. IOC President Thomas Bach visited Shanghai and made a special trip to the skatepark on the banks of the Huangpu River to interact with the children there. Bach encouraged them to qualify for the Olympics in the future. Mr. President, he must be happy to see that Chinese children like Zheng Haohao have made it to the Olympic stage.
Before coming to Paris, Zheng Hao attended the primary school graduation ceremony. At the ceremony, Hao Hao took the stage to speak as a representative of the graduates, focusing on his "whistle killing" in the Olympic qualification series.
Zheng Hao Hao at the Olympic Qualification Series in · Shanghai
Zheng Haohao took the shuttle bus to Paris through the IOC's new two-stop qualifying series. In May, the girl made a splash in her first stop in Shanghai, and the youngest of the 44 contestants ranked 20th. In June, the Budapest leg will decide who will be awarded the Olympic ticket, and according to the plan, Zheng Haohao needs to score around 68 points at this stop, but she scored less than 64 points in the first round and only 43 points in the second jump due to mistakes. In the last round, Zheng Hao added two difficulties, and his mother Wang Zhexin mentioned her throat, "That was the longest 45 seconds I have ever experienced." As a result, he scored 72.6 points and pocketed the last Olympic ticket. Packing up, this summer, Zheng Hao stepped on a skateboard to Paris.
9-year-old wishes
Searching for Zheng Haohao's resume, the information begins with "In the early years, she ......" A 11-year-old child has such a deep relationship with skateboarding, which shows how important the guidance of interest is.
The first skateboard that Zheng Hao stepped on was lying at home, and the core of the board had broken. It was her birthday present when she was 7 years old. When I was in the second grade, I was exposed to piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing and dancing, but I didn't show a strong interest. Buying a skateboard for his daughter, Wang Zhe also wanted to be fresh, at that time there were not many people playing skateboarding, and his mother thought that maybe it would make a good eye.
As a result, you can't stop having fun. Catching up with the establishment of a skateboarding team in Huizhou and the construction of a first-class training ground, the little girl was called into the Guangdong team soon after practice, and participated in the National Games held in Shaanxi at the age of 9. In the past two years, Zheng Haohao has also appeared in more international competitions.
Zheng Hao stood on the Olympic stage
In order to support her daughter, her mother quit her job and became a translator for the Guangdong Provincial Team, so that she could take good care of her life. The reason why the mother did this was that she accidentally turned to a line of her daughter's wish written in the book: "Become an elite in the skateboarding industry", "It's very touching." Maybe she really loves this thing, so it's good for parents to support it. ”
Plan for yourself
The beginnings of those stories related to sports are somewhat similar. But in the future, playing happily and happily is the reason why Zheng Haohao has been able to partner with skateboarding so far.
Olympic Qualifying Series · Shanghai, Zheng Hao finished the action in the bowl pool, and said to himself: "Laugh off the big teeth." What she means is that she is very happy, she can see so many big names in the bowl, and she can show the tricks she has learned to so many audiences, she is so happy that she can't hold back.
Children are so relaxed, which is naturally related to the people around them to relieve stress. Mom never stressed the results to her, "For Hao, she didn't have the idea of making skateboarding completely competitive, and when the competition was over, everyone was like having a party together, playing crazy together, and she enjoyed this state very much." ”
Zheng Hao Hao at the Olympic Qualification Series in · Shanghai
To put it well, my mother is not so strict with herself, as long as she can skateboard well, "I can drink Coke, every day." Nobody put a lot of pressure on me. ”
Skateboarding makes you grow up a lot. In the eyes of others, this girl who has always been smiling is sincere, kind, and very focused. "She has this background, and we are very comfortable with her. There is no need to plan anything special for her, she has planned herself well. Mom said.
After the qualifying round in Budapest, Zheng ran outside the venue to play, and her teammates suddenly stopped her and told her that she was entering the Olympics. The little girl just responded, "Oh, I'm in." Little Olympics, take it! ”
Severed fingers
Zheng Haohao's small body contains great courage, otherwise it is impossible to explain that she is still a primary school student who can represent China in the bowl of the Paris Olympics.
When I started training two years earlier, I was about to rush down from a one-story high bowl pool, and my grandfather looked at it and asked, "What kind of sport is this, do you want to jump off the building with a board?" "Knocks, falls, it's commonplace. Sometimes I fell so hard that the blood flowed all over the bowl. When I went to the hospital for stitches and had to be anesthetized, and when the thick needle was poked into the body, the family was very worried. But Zheng Haohao didn't want to give up at all.
Zheng Hao Hao at the Olympic Qualification Series in · Shanghai
After the Shaanxi National Games, Zheng Haohao fell during a training session, broke a finger when his right hand was on the ground, and his fingernail was removed on the spot. Now when I touch the wound, I still feel pain. But the first thing she asked her coach was: when can she resume training?
At the beginning of the season, she was coached by foreign coach Wayne Wright to learn how to choreograph routes and design movements in competitions. After half a year of getting along, Wayne Wright commented that Zheng Haohao was a particularly cool girl. "When the action is not done well, she will tell me directly: No Good." But in any major tournament such as the World Championships and the Olympics, Zheng Haohao is not nervous, and Wayne Wright believes that her skills will improve a lot, "After all, she is only 11 years old now." ”
Olympic main play
Place de la Concorde in Paris, by the makeshift bowl pool, Zheng Haohao stands with a well-known skateboarder in the circle, which is not at all inconspicuous. After all, she is the youngest competitor to compete at the Paris Olympics. However, whenever she appeared, the announcer always liked to pronounce the name "Haohao" in an accentuated tone, and then reminded the audience that the girl from China was only 11 years old.
Age has never been the threshold for skateboarding, Zheng stepped on the tail of the board, jumped off the bowl, and started his own performance. Dressed in the white uniform of the Chinese team, she has a light posture, like a seabird feeding on the undulating waves, bringing a special fresh breath to the scene in the hot summer. Interestingly, when Zheng played well, every time there were clouds to cover the scorching sun, the arena was no longer steaming. God also loves to watch this girl perform, and the audience is not allowed to be listless in the stands.
Zheng Hao stood on the Olympic stage
Zheng Hao scored more than 63 points on the first jump, and the movements were completed smoothly and beautifully, and when she came to the rest area, coach Wayne Wright knocked on her helmet and congratulated her. But she couldn't stand the big gods of the group opponents, and the training and competition time was much longer than her, Zheng Haohao's score was not enough to advance to the finals.
The second and third jumps make it more difficult. It's a pity that he couldn't step on it after flipping the board in the air and fell down. After the game, Zheng Hao revealed that after coming to Paris, he fell in the face on the first day of training, and he didn't practice that day, and he was not familiar with the venue enough, leaving a little regret. When she said this, the scar on the right side of her face was clearly visible, and the redness and swelling had not completely subsided.
This time competing with the best skateboarders in the world, Zheng Haohao said that he saw the target of the chase, "It's more about the technique, they have a sense of power when they jump, they fly very high, and they move very big." And I move a lot, but it feels small to make. ”
In the end, Zheng Haohao ranked 18th in the preliminaries, and the Olympic journey was over. "It's just pride, I feel very special, to be able to go abroad to participate in such a big competition." "I'm mainly here to play, and my side hustle is skateboarding," she said. ”
Zheng Hao stood on the Olympic stage
Summer homework
Revealed that when I saw myself in the Olympics, my classmates exploded, "My best friend sent me WeChat, and when I looked at it, her personal status shown in the screenshot was: I wish my best friend a gold medal." Ha ha. ”
Before going on the field, Zheng Haohao was still chatting with his classmates in the group. Wayne Wright looked at the disciple and said, "Is she nervous?" Of course not. "Being able to use the Eiffel Tower, the Grand Palais and the Obelisk as a backdrop for his flight, Zheng Hao Hao is enjoying the joy of the Olympic Games, "I like Paris very much, it's beautiful and romantic." As for the results, it's good that I can play well, and I'm still very happy to be on this stage. ”
The next plan is to go back to the Olympic Village first, and then go buy some souvenirs and meet my mother. There is another wish, I don't know if it can be realized, "I like Sister Zheng Qinwen very much, she is the idol of our class." We all love to watch her compete and think she's amazing. ”
Zheng Hao stood on the Olympic stage
On the day of the closing ceremony on August 11, it was Zheng Haohao's 12th birthday, but according to the itinerary, he had already returned to China at that time. The girl revealed that her birthday had passed early in the Olympic Village, and "when the time comes, she will go home and do it again." ”
Ask Zheng Haohao, if you want to make a summer vacation report when you go back, what is the theme? The girl thought for a moment and said, "You can't be too proud." Anyway, the Olympics are pretty much what I imagined. I want to participate in the next Los Angeles edition. ”
For kids of this age, the Olympics are more like a graduation trip. This experience in Paris, Zheng Haohao will hide it in the bottom of his heart. In September, she will be in junior high school, and the pressure of studying will be much greater than that of primary school, and she will definitely have to rearrange her class and training time.
Is it time to go back to doing your homework first? The girl opened her eyes wide and corrected: "I am a junior high school and have no homework. ”