Pyeongchang, 17 Feb (Xinhua) -- Yan Han under injuries: Accept, recover, and start over
Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhang Han, Wang Jimin and Yi Ling
Yan Han, 21, ended his journey to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics with regret on the 17th. The handsome teenager who created the best result in the men's single skating at the Winter Olympics for China four years ago, after experiencing injuries, surgeries and the difficulties of returning to the field, has been mentally prepared for the 23rd place result and can calmly say "start over".
In the men's singles free skating of the day, Yan Han, who had two serious mistakes in the short program, made the fourth appearance of the first group, the 8 groups jumped 5 times, the outer point was reduced to three weeks, one-handed ice, 3A changed the jump to the inner point, landed on the ground with both hands, jumped off the ice for three weeks after the outer knot ring, jumped a hooker for three weeks, and then jumped off the ice for three weeks after the inner point ice.
In the other three sets of jumps, the opening Axel three weeks followed by the outer point ice for three weeks, although it was reduced to 3+2, but the good villain was completed, the hooker three weeks jump was successful, and the back inner knot ring three weeks jump in the back section also jumped.
As he said in response to a fan message on Weibo after the 19th place of the short program on the 16th barely advanced to the final, "There is still half a life left, save it for tomorrow", the free skating carried by the half life only won him 132.38 points, a total score of 213.01, more than 100 points less than the champion Yusheng Yuxin.
When the scores were played, Zhao Hongbo, the head coach of the Chinese figure skating team sitting in the waiting area with Yan Han, said, "The Olympics are over."
On the eve of the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Yan Han fractured his shoulder and had to undergo minimally invasive shoulder surgery, "removing a bone and then taking bones from other parts." "The doctor punched two steel nails and two plastic nails in front of and behind his left shoulder, and the plastic would gradually absorb and the steel nails would remain in his body forever.
After five hours of major surgery by no more than five people around the world, Yan Han recovered faster than doctors expected and returned to ice training in mid-May. But 9 months is still too short for a player who has just finished surgery to prepare for the Winter Olympics.
"I'm definitely not satisfied with my performance, but within the range I can accept, it's a normal level," Yan Han said after the game, "The problems that have occurred in training will definitely have a chance to appear in the game, and they will all appear today." ”
After controlling his emotions and saying this sentence, Yan Han seemed to comfort himself, smiled a little, and said: "Anyway, I am relieved." ”
"Yesterday's short program should be my strength, should be able to skate better, a stand of the show, maybe I did not stand well." Today I didn't think of it as a game, I thought of it as an explanation for myself - I came hard, and I was more free (skating), and then I skated, in fact, I was very happy. ”
Asked how big the impact of the left shoulder surgery was, he said with a bitter smile: "The injury has always been there, and there is no good place left." But he quickly picked up his emotions and continued: "There is nothing to complain about, what is hurt, oh I am so uncomfortable, these are the things I should do, I am an athlete, I should go for my goals, for the people who have helped me, stand on this field." 」 ”
Next month is the World Championships, and four years later there will be the Winter Olympics on our doorstep. Yan Han, who is only 25 years old in 2022, said he would take a good rest next. "I felt like I should recuperate, think about it, and then set a new goal, get back to recovery, start over," he said.
Photo: Wang Haofei
Editor: Lu Yuchen; Issued by: Xu Zheng