As the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang draw closer, the Chinese short track speed skating team took on the heavy responsibility of fighting for gold and silver for the Chinese delegation. The Chinese short track speed skating team has produced a number of Olympic champions, of which Li Jianrou is china's luckiest Olympic champion. Today, Li Jianrou, who has been retired for more than 3 years, has switched to the snowboard slope obstacle course for the Beijing Winter Olympics, just so that he can stand on the Olympic field again.
In the women's short track speed skating 500 meters competition at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, after the opponents fell off the track because of the collision, Li Jianrou, who was originally behind, was not affected and won the gold medal in one fell swoop, and after years of hard work, he finally realized the dream of olympic champion. At the end of 2014, Li Jianrou chose to retire. At present, she has many identities, becoming an associate professor of Northeast Normal University in 2015, and is also a doctoral student, setting up an ice and snow fitness club in her hometown to prepare for the 2022 Winter Olympics as a short-track talent. After more than three years of retirement, because of her love of ice and snow sports, she switched to snowboard slope obstacle course skills in order to compete in the Winter Olympics on her doorstep in 2022.
What is the reason why Li Jianrou has the courage to choose a new project from scratch at the age of 31? Li Jianrou gave the answer in his heart. "He began learning short track speed skating at the age of 10, studied for 18 years, and retired after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Because short track speed skating is a purely competitive sport, it requires a lot of physical fitness, but as an ice and snow sports person, I like ice and snow sports very much, and at that time I was thinking, what other sports can allow me to participate in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics? By chance, I came into contact with snowboarding and fell in love with the snowboard slope obstacle course, so now my next goal is the 2020 National Winter Games, the goal is the top three, and the next goal is to be able to stand on the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. ”
From short track speed skating to snowboard slope obstacle skills, Li Jianrou's mentality has also changed a lot. From winning the gold medal event to focusing on participation, Li Jianrou also ridiculed himself as an older ice and snow sportsman, as long as he stood on the Olympic field. Whether you can produce results depends on your training status after that.
Li Jianrou, who has been retired for more than three years, has long been no longer the image of the short-haired tomboy on the field that year, wearing exquisite makeup, wearing a big red cloak trench coat, and long-haired shawl Li Jianrou has become feminine. Especially after the wedding was held in Guangzhou the day before attending the event, Li Jianrou, who was still a bride, had more tenderness and sweetness, and many ice fans shouted that they simply could not recognize it.
The biggest competitor of the Chinese short track speed skating team is the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics host South Korea, as a person who has been fighting against the Korean team for many years, she also gave advice to her former teammates and juniors. "I want my teammates and all the athletes in the Chinese delegation to treat the game with the most normal mentality, because many athletes will have pressure, nervousness, this is very normal, when he has this feeling, he can't play to the extreme on the field, so I will say do my best, challenge myself, challenge other opponents." At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Lee will go to the site to watch ice and snow sports, and then teach more experience to his teammates.