In the Zhalantun competition area of the 14th National Winter Games, you can see the poster of the Winter Olympic champion Xu Mengtao everywhere - she is the image ambassador of Zhalantun City's cultural tourism and sports. In the Beijing Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao, who fought four Winter Olympics, won 108The score of 61 points surpassed all the competitors and finally fulfilled the dream of Olympic champions. "Fourteen Winter", 34-year-old Xu Mengtao competed again, although she missed the podium, she still said: "I have enough love and firm belief, I love this project very much, and I look forward to continuing to show a better self on the field." ”
The "14th winter" is very cold, and the minimum temperature in Hailar on February 22 has dropped to minus 32 degrees Celsius, the lowest since the opening. The "Fourteenth Winter" is also very hot, surging with the fiery and deep love of the athletes in the ice and snow events.
After the Beijing Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing's training was not systematic, but at the age of 30, he chose to fight again in the "14th Winter", and went out early in the main event 500 meters, so he put more energy into the mixed team relay and the men's 5000 meters relay, and finally ended his "14 Winters" journey with the silver medal in the mixed team relay and the gold medal in the 5000-meter relay. Wu Dajing, who has almost all the international and domestic honors in short track speed skating, still has dreams and pursuits? In an interview with reporters, Wu Dajing said that he still wants to skate to Milan and continue to contribute to the Chinese short track speed skating team and China's ice and snow industry. He said: "What has kept me going over the years is my love for the ice rink, as long as I can skate, I will keep going." ”
31-year-old Fan Kexin is already the "veteran of the four dynasties" of the National Winter Games, from the 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze in the "13th Winter" to the 1 gold in the women's 3000-meter relay in the "14th Winter". Walking off the field, Fan Kexin admitted that in recent years, in addition to comparing with his opponents and himself, he has been more about injuries. In the "Fourteenth Winter" competition, she had to take painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve knee and hip pain, but for the future, she never gave up easily. She said: "I hope that young athletes can improve and grow quickly, and when they are faster, I can be faster, and the team can be faster." All of them have the same goal, they all want to win glory for China in the international arena. ”
After Beijing Winter Olympic champion Qi Guangpu retired due to injury, Jia Zongyang, born in 1991, became the oldest of the 11 men in the open men's freestyle skiing aerials competition, and finally finished fifth, missing out on the podium. Over the years, the story of Jia Zongyang's legs being implanted with two steel plates and 22 steel nails has been well-known to many people, but he still looks forward, constantly challenges himself, surpasses himself, and is happy for the progress and improvement of young players. Jia Zongyang said: "The young athletes are all jumping very well, which shows that the prospects for the development of the project are very good, and I hope they will maintain a good mentality and condition in training and competition." Big-game competitions can enrich their experience, boost their confidence, and make breakthroughs. Jia Zongyang's "14th Winter" is not over yet, and he and Xu Mengtao will also compete together in the mixed team competition.
On the snowboard halfpipe field of the 14th Winter, there are also "30+" veterans such as Cai Xuetong, Liu Jiayu, and Zhang Yiwei, who are the first batch of athletes to engage in this project in China, and they are still the best athletes in China. After four Winter Games, Cai Xuetong finally stood on the top podium, and she said that she enjoyed the joy of snowboarding very much and got the best results. Liu Jiayu, the runner-up from Heilongjiang who is also from Heilongjiang with Cai Xuetong, also said: "Liking this event is the key to becoming an excellent athlete. The two have also made it clear that they will continue to attack the Milan Winter Olympics.
Zhang Yiwei has been away from international competitions for a while, and in this Winter Games, he chose to compete and won the runner-up. He said that he is in his 30s, and it is already a success to be able to compete with young players. Zhang Yiwei has now shifted the focus of his work to youth training, and the Beijing player Wang Ziyang, who won the championship of the project, is the child that Zhang Yiwei once bred. Zhang Yiwei said: "With the emergence of the joint training method of families and sports teams, more young people have participated, and they have started to practice since childhood, and the basic skills have been firmly established, and there are currently more than 50 children participating in the training under my hands alone." I believe that over time, more competitive talents will emerge from China's ice and snow. *Since February 23, China Sports News 01 edition).