November 13, Beijing time, is the 41st birthday of the famous figure skater Shen Xue. Shen Xue is China's first Winter Olympics pair skating gold medalist and a member of the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. After retiring from the army in 2016, in addition to serving as the president of the Chinese Figure Skating Association, she also served as the deputy secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Youth League, with the rank of deputy department. She will be responsible for the preparation of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games.
When Shen Xue is mentioned, many people will naturally think of her husband Zhao Hongbo. In addition to Shen Xue's husband's label, he is also the world champion with Shen Xue, in 2002, they won the world championships for the first time in pair skating, in 2010 at the 21st Vancouver Winter Olympics, the two broke the century record twice, won the figure skating double skating championship, breaking Russia's monopoly on figure skating pair skating at the Winter Olympics for many years, which is also the first Olympic gold medal in the history of Chinese figure skating.
Today, Zhao Hongbo has taken on the burden of the head coach of the Chinese figure skating national training team, he not only cooperates with Shen Xue in life and work, but also is responsible for the training of Chinese figure skaters. At the China Cup World Figure Skating Grand Prix held in Chongqing not long ago, Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo appeared together to help, and they also brought pair skating world champion Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, and men's singles world championships runner-up Jin Boyang, who won praise from the audience for their high-quality, delicate and moving performances.
It is worth mentioning that Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo also brought their daughter Zhao Xueer to the scene of the competition. Although she is only 6 years old, she inherited her parents' strong sports genes and showed a very high talent in figure skating. In the North China Station of China's first figure skating club league held last year, Zhao Xueer won the first place, and the total score was more than 9 points higher than the second place, which was really very powerful.
In between the China Cup World Figure Skating Grand Prix, Zhao Hongbo also practiced figure skating with his daughter outside the field, and Zhao Xueer's movements were beautiful and standard, similar to Shen Xue. At the scene of the competition, Zhao Xue'er was also very popular with the team members and the audience, and they took photos with her. Zhao Xue'er behaved generously, and sometimes compared to the last "V" gesture, which was very likable.
For such a good seedling of figure skating, many people are concerned about whether she will embark on the road of professional athletes. In this regard, Shen Xue's response is very clear: she will not deliberately guide her daughter to the road of figure skating, what profession the child will engage in in the future, and let her choose herself when she grows up. However, just as the so-called tiger father has no dog, if Zhao Xue'er embarks on the career road, he may be better than blue out of blue, bringing new surprises to everyone.
The China Cup is the fourth leg of the World Figure Skating Grand Prix series, followed by Russia and Japan, and this season's grand finals will be held in Italy. After that, Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo will continue to work together to compete in the World Figure Skating Grand Prix, expecting them to continue to create new brilliance.