Just now, the 15-year-old Hong Kong teenager who became a scientist competed in the Winter Olympics for the first time!

　　Recently, the Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, and it can be said that it is a major event that attracts the attention of the whole country.

　　A few days ago, Chinese player Gu Ailing won the freestyle skiing championship, which pushed the whole event to a climax.

　　In addition, hot topics about the mascot "Bing Dun Dun" and commentary Wang Meng are also emerging one after another.

　　In the midst of these dizzying hot spots, a Hong Kong player suddenly appeared out of thin air, which also attracted attention from the mainland and Hong Kong.

　　That's right, it is the Hong Kong short track speed skater who has been repeatedly searched for his "Northeastern dialect": Zhu Dingwen.

　　At the beginning, everyone's interest in Zhu Dingwen came from two points: one was that he was the flag bearer on the day of the opening ceremony, and "Hong Kong flag bearer is so handsome" instantly rushed to the top of the hot search.

　　In the hot search, everyone talks about Zhu Dingwen's "handsome", not because of how good-looking his facial features are, but as a young athlete, his vigorous vigor is very infectious.

　　Another point is that his Northeastern words are very "6".

　　After all, a native Hong Konger can speak fluent Northeastern dialect, and the interest of this matter is instantly filled.

　　How many "6" exactly?

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　　After watching the video, you can see that Zhu Dingwen is not the only one who speaks the Northeast dialect very well. Their entire short track speed skating team speaks the Northeast dialect at level 10, and it can even be called the "official language of Hong Kong short track speed skating".

　　The reason why the Northeast said it so well is actually because they often go to the Northeast to train and communicate with the coaches in the Northeast more.

　　But if you think that Zhu Dingwen is just a Hong Kong mascot who can speak Northeastern dialect, then you are wrong!

　　Zhu Dingwen is not only an athlete, he is also a scientist who has published papers at the age of 16, won numerous awards, and is proficient in 5 languages!

　　Today, I will take you to see how the Hong Kong Winter Olympics team is crouching tiger, hidden dragon.

young scientist

　　The reason why Zhu Dingwen embarked on the road of scientific research was because of the influence of his family.

　　In 2013, Zhu Dingwen's grandmother was diagnosed with cancer.

　　At that time, Zhu Dingwen was only 13 years old. He had just entered junior high school. While still in school, he found that he was too weak to do anything in the face of the unforeseen circumstances of his fate.

　　But really can't do anything?

　　Zhu Dingwen is not willing to accept the arrangement of fate like this. He believes that as long as he wants to do it, he can always do it himself.

　　So he studied hard, studied with great concentration, and even only slept two hours a day during the hardest time.

　　In just two years, Zhu Dingwen handed over an amazing answer: he invented a "rapid cancer detection system", which shortened the traditional detection and analysis of 60 hours to only 2 minutes to find out the mutation Gene!

The validation efficiency of cancer has been greatly improved.

　　This system allowed him to win the "First Prize of Computer and Information Technology in the Senior High School Group", the "Best Project Award", and the highest honor "Young Scientist" in the "Hong Kong Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition".

　　Not only that, he was also a finalist in the "Intel International Science and Engineering Grand Prix", which is called the "World Cup" of the global youth science competition.

　　After that, when he was only 16 years old, he published his own paper as the first author, which attracted much attention in the academic circles.

　　As early as 2016, Zhu Dingwen came to the mainland to participate in a program called "Youth Edison" and won the popularity championship.

　　In 2018, he was admitted to the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, where he studied public health and molecular and cellular biology.

　　He has also done many volunteers. For example, he has been to Cambodia to teach English to impoverished children, and he has also volunteered in the hospital.

　　Even in the new crown epidemic that is currently plaguing all mankind, he is also involved in the related work of confirmed contact tracing and epidemiology in the United States.

　　Zhu Dingwen, who was born before the millennium, is only 22 years old this year. When he achieved these achievements, he had not even graduated from school.

　　So, how did "Young Scientist" Zhu Dingwen become an ice athlete?

speed on ice

　　The fate of Zhu Dingwen and ice sports has to start from childhood.

　　He has been playing ice hockey since he was 5 years old.

　　At that time, he was surrounded by almost all Canadian classmates. As time went on, the differences in physique gradually became apparent.

　　The European classmates were tall and tall, and he gradually grew into a thin Asian.

　　Due to physical limitations, Zhu Dingwen gradually began to feel powerless, and he clearly felt the gap between himself and his classmates.

　　Not only that, because of the high-intensity training, he was already full of injuries when he was only 11 years old.

　　No matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't keep up with everyone's progress, which made him frustrated and anxious.

　　However, Zhu Dingwen is not ready to give up just like that. He loves ice sports. If ice hockey is not enough, then change it.

　　At the age of 12, Zhu Dingwen turned to short track speed skating.

　　The first time he skated on the ice while wearing a skateboard, he was attracted by this speed. "It was a feeling of flying on the ice."

　　Short track speed skating not only requires sufficient physical strength and accurate technical movements, but also requires the accuracy of equipment and the protection of the venue.

On top of that, when he "flyed" with the ice blade, there was a sense of "continually surpassing himself and surpassing the opponent" chasing him, and this feeling of accelerating sprint fascinated him.

　　Because he started later than others, Zhu Dingwen skates half a lap more than others every time he trains to hone his muscles and the sensitivity of the ice surface.

　　His hard work paid off. At the age of 15, he was officially selected for the short track speed skating team of Hong Kong, China.

　　He has won the Hong Kong Short Track Speed ​​Skating Championship 5 times and won 4 bronze and 1 silver medals in the Asian Championships.

　　At that time, Zhu Dingwen's biggest dream was to represent Hong Kong in the Olympic Games at the age of 18.

He had already made the best preparations, but unfortunately a bad news shattered his dream.

never give up

　　In 2017, after continuous and hard training, Zhu Dingwen was qualified to represent Hong Kong. He was originally going to participate in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

　　Who knew that at this critical juncture, an accident occurred.

　　He suffered a sudden injury to his right ankle during a training session that left him with three broken bones and will take at least four months to recover.

　　And 2 months later is the Winter Olympics qualifiers.

　　If he misses this opportunity, he will have to wait another 4 years, and how many 4 years can an athlete have in his life?

　　At that time, Zhu Dingwen was in despair, lying in a plaster cast on the hospital bed, and his legs could not move at all.

　　At this most desperate moment, his coach Sun Dandan encouraged him with his own story.

　　Sun Dandan once won the women's relay gold medal at the World Short Track Speed ​​Skating Championships and two relay silver medals at the Winter Olympics. After retiring, she trained Han Tianyu, the world short track speed skating champion, as a coach.

　　Sun Dandan told Zhu Dingwen that she also suffered the same injury as Zhu Dingwen while preparing for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. At that time, she only had 2 months to recover. After overcoming the injury, she was in the 2002 Winter Olympics. won the silver medal again in the arena.

　　"No matter what injury you have, you must work hard to get back to the Olympic stage."

　　This is what Zhu Dingwen learned from the coach.

So in the next time, Zhu Dingwen recovered from his injuries, resumed training one by one, and finally participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics trials as scheduled.

　　Although it is a pity that he still failed to qualify for the Winter Olympics that year, but in this year, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, he is back!

　　Today, 4 years later, Zhu Dingwen finally stood on the field of his dream Winter Olympics.

　　Just now, Zhu Dingwen participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time in the 500-meter men's short track speed skating preliminaries.

The final group ranked third and missed the final.

　　Although the result is regrettable, I believe that as long as you persevere, there will be a day when it will pay off.

　　Zhu Dingwen carries the dream of every young athlete.

　　Even through injuries and failures, they never give up!