Stevens and teammates push the car for training. Video screenshots
Beijing News (reporter Sun Haiguang) Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was amused by the special training method of a Jamaican snowmobile player when she was video-linked with members of the Royal Air Force a few days ago. Affected by the epidemic, the snowmobile team member named Stephens Shane Wayne can only do physical exercise by pushing the car. At present, Stephens is working hard to qualify for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Stephens, from commonwealth Jamaica, joined the RAF in 2011 and was one of three officers and men on video link with the Queen. When connected to the Queen Video, Stephens introduced himself as a snowmobile. Curious, the Queen asked how to train now, and Stephens said he was pushing the car back and forth in the street for training. This answer amused the 94-year-old queen.
Stephens and his teammates flew from Jamaica to Austria for a world competition in January before moving to England for training. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the UK's fitness facilities have been closed, and Stephens and teammate Turgut can only do physical training in a special way, that is, pushing the car back and forth in front of the house.
"We usually do resistance training, but now we don't have access to those things, so we came up with a way to get back to training and pushing the car is a good way." Stevens said that at first, the neighbors saw them pushing the car and thought it was broken, but when they came forward to help, they knew that this was a special training method.
Stephens said that pushing cars was inspired by the movie "Light Ride on Ice". In 1988, the Jamaican Snow Team overcame many difficulties to participate in the Calgary Winter Olympics for the first time, but unfortunately the rollover failed to finish the race. In 1993, this inspirational event for the Jamaican Snow Racing Team was adapted into the film Light On Ice.
Now, Stephens and his teammates are aiming for the Beijing Winter Olympics, "At this moment, we are very firmly focused on the goal, because we missed the last Winter Olympics, and that defeat is also the driving force for us to move forward." "At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, the Jamaican women's snow team qualified for the first time, but the men's team did not qualify.
Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang
Edited by Wang Xichong Proofreader Li Lijun