Hohhot, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's first moguls Winter Olympics: I hope young people will make up for my regrets.
Xinhua News Agency reporters Yao Youming, Ji Jiadong, Wang Xuebing.
China's first Winter Olympics moguls athlete Ning Qin has now quietly retired, and is in Zhalantun, Inner Mongolia, as the coach of the Jilin moguls team, leading the team to participate in the 14th National Winter Games freestyle skiing moguls competition that will start on the 18th.
I hope that my team members will have the opportunity to stand on the Olympic podium in the future, or stand on the podium of international competitions. This will make up for the regrets of my career. Ning Qin said.
In Sochi in 2014, Ning Qin became the first Chinese athlete to compete in the freestyle skiing moguls competition at the Winter Olympics. She made her debut at the Winter Olympics and qualified for the final, finishing 18th. "Looking back on that time, I still feel a lot in my heart, I have feelings for this project, and some of the achievements I have achieved are all given to me by this project. Ning Qin said.
However, due to injuries, Ning Qin missed the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics one after another.
2018 was probably the peak of my game, but then I missed the opportunity to do better because of an injury. Even though injuries have hit me a lot, I feel like it's part of sport as well. Ning Qin said.
In the freestyle skiing competition of the 12th and 13th National Winter Games, Ning Qin has achieved two consecutive championships in the women's individual and team events in moguls. Although she is now in her prime, married and has children, she resumed training last year and is ready to fight again at the Winter Games.
I want to be like my good friend Xu Mengtao and be a person who is not defined by life. We all feel that the value of our life needs to be reflected by ourselves. Ning Qin said.
Perhaps to give it a try, she even dyed her hair in an ombre, ready to dance a pop of white snow at the end of her career. Unfortunately, her anterior cruciate ligament was injured again and she had to participate in the "Fourteenth Winter" as a coach.
To be honest, I'm a little nervous right now. When I'm a player, I can adjust and control how I'm in shape. But when I was a coach, I didn't know what kind of state everyone was in. Ning Qin said.
In the moguls open training session on the 16th, Ning Qin used a video recorder and a mobile phone to record the gliding footage of the ** people. When Jilin team player Ma Zhuoni completed a round of training and came to Ning Qin, Ning Qin said to **: "Look at the action just now, it is about to become a speed skating action." I don't think it's a technical problem, don't be so nervous. ”
Seeing that the reporter was curious about her coaching style, Ning Qin turned around and explained to the reporter that during the game, the coaches actually did not have the time and energy to help the players change their movements, and the players needed more mental encouragement to adjust their psychological state and try to show the best level during training.
When Ma Zhuoni was about to leave, Ning Qin said to her: "It's over!" ”
Compared with moguls powerhouses such as Canada and the United States, Ning Qin believes that the gap between Chinese athletes is mainly reflected in the basic skills of skiing. "In many countries, when the team is learning to ski, their straight skiing skills are already quite good, so they choose to work in different events such as halfpipe, aerials or moguls. And because we have not been in business for a long time, the team members have been practicing moguls directly from a young age. She said.
However, Ning Qin also believes that with the in-depth promotion of China's ice and snow sports strategy of "south, west, east and east", especially the first batch of domestic moguls athletes like herself gradually take up the coaching position, China's competitiveness in this project may be greatly improved in a short period of time.
For example, when I was in the fifth year of training with foreign teachers, I was able to deeply understand and grasp what the foreign teachers taught me in the second year. "Today's children have a more solid starting point than we do, because we have learned to teach them in a way they can understand, and they will take many fewer detours than we did back then." ”
Putting down the competition equipment, picking up the walkie-talkie and camera, Ning Qin completed the "turn" of her life.
With the spring breeze and rain, she is ready to embrace the "coming spring" of moguls. (ENDS).