Hohhot, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Su Yiming: The Winter Games will inspire China to improve snowboarding.
Xinhua News Agency reporters Lu Xingji, Gu Xun, Liang Wanshan, Liu Bo.
In the "14th Winter" snowboard men's big air open group competition held in Zhalantun, Inner Mongolia on the 23rd, Beijing Winter Olympics champion Su Yiming won his first gold medal in the National Winter Games. After the competition, Su Yiming said that he enjoyed the competition with high-level domestic athletes, which is conducive to the improvement of China's snowboarding level.
In recent years, Su Yiming's travel itinerary has mainly been in the international arena. He said that the biggest difference in the Winter Games is that the competitors here, who are also friends who motivate each other in preparation and competition, have been replaced by domestic athletes.
This is the first time in my career that I have participated in the National Winter Games, and I am very excited to be here and compete with all of you. Being able to compete with Chinese athletes, many of whom are also my friends, I feel like we can inspire each other. ”
It's a good thing to have healthy competition with them. Su Yiming said.
The athletes faced the challenge of high winds in the competition on the 23rd, and in the first round of skating, many athletes made mistakes, and Su Yiming also failed to land perfectly. This adds a lot of suspense to the game.
Yang Wenlong, a player from the Anhui team who started after Su Yiming, scored 8820 points, and the second round of skating also scored 87A high score of 40 points, which puts him in first place temporarily. But Su Yiming withstood the pressure and won 89 in the second and third rounds respectively20 points and 9340 points, coming from behind. Yang Wenlong tried to increase the difficulty of the move in the third round, but failed to complete the move.
Talking about the tense atmosphere in the game, Su Yiming said that this is the unique charm of competitive sports.
Everybody, including me, will try to put their best foot forward and break through in the competition. That's why I'm so happy to participate in this kind of competition. He said.
The mistakes in the first round did pose a big challenge for the next two rounds because I didn't have any chance to make any more mistakes and needed to get a good score on every remaining run. ”
After completing the third round of skating, Su Yiming went to his family who were watching from the sidelines. When it was confirmed that he had won the championship, the boy, who had just turned 20, shouted loudly and then hugged his family.
This race is very important for me and I am very hungry for a good result. Su Yiming said, "When I knew that I could win the championship, I got a kind of relief in my heart. ”
I want to share this joy with my family for the first time, and I am also grateful to my family and all my supportive friends for being able to be here and make me feel their love for me deeply. ”
At this year's National Winter Games, Su Yiming's Shanxi snowboarding team sent a team that can be called a "youth storm". Many of the Shanxi players competing in the snowboard halfpipe open competition are only in their early teens, and 12-year-old Zhou Yizhu is less than two points away from the podium.
I think the number uniforms they wear are probably longer than their clothes, so they look so cute! Su Yiming praised his little teammates.
I'm very happy to see more kids and more teenagers standing on both snowboards and skis, which is a very good phenomenon! ”
Su Yiming said that he highly recommends people to try ice and snow sports.
Ice and snow sports can really bring us endless fun! (ENDS).