[Beijing Winter Olympics] Baodao sled runner Lin Xinrong talks about the Beijing Winter Olympics trip: no regrets rushing to the finish line
[Concurrent] Lin Xinrong, Chinese Taipei team player
This Winter Olympics will allow me to see more of the world's top athletes, and it will also make me more aware of where I am. Then I can go back and continue to work hard, hoping to get better results next time.
[Commentary] On February 8, Lin Xinrong, a player of the Chinese Taipei team, skied through three rounds in the women's single sledding event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and finished 31st with a time of 3:03.611.
The 24-year-old said she had "no regrets" on the trip.
[Concurrent] Lin Xinrong, Chinese Taipei team player
In fact, I was in the thirteenth turn, which is half of the turn where the most accidents happened. I thought wow, I'm so happy, I didn't have an accident, and then at the end, I was really happy and moved, and wow it's over. .
But I feel like I'm just saying I've done a good job.
[Explanation] Since the day she came into contact with sports, she has put "on the Olympic stage" at the top of her wish list, and now she has finally realized her dream in Beijing, becoming the first Baodao athlete to qualify for this event.
[Concurrent] Lin Xinrong, Chinese Taipei team player
So it's just that I'm actually really relaxed at the moment, and I smile from the bottom of my heart, and I'm finally done.
[Explanation] The competition venue of the sled project is the Chinese National Snowmobile Sledding Track in Yanqing, Beijing. This track called "Snow Dragon" is quite challenging, and Lin Xinrong was initially daunted.
With several practice sessions before the race, Lin Xinrong began to enjoy the track.
[Concurrent] Lin Xinrong, Chinese Taipei team player
After that, the impression of this slide was actually quite good, that is, the ice on it will make people very comfortable to slide, but there will not be too many holes, and even if you roll over, you will not feel too much pain, which is very important.
[Commentary] The 31st place is the end of Lin Xinrong's first Winter Olympics trip, and it also refreshed her personal best.
Lin Xinrong practiced track and field events since she was 10 years old, and only switched to sledding when she was 18 to realize her Olympic dream.
Behind the finish line is six years of hard training and hard work.
[Concurrent] Lin Xinrong, Chinese Taipei team player
I really didn't think at that time that I could slide from a starting point to an ending point, because in fact, during the training process, I bumped into my hands and feet and couldn't lift them up, and then I would feel a dull pain when I lay on the bed. kind.
[Commentary] Talking about her experience in the Winter Olympic Village, Lin Xinrong said that the long-lost Chinese food was "very happy" and that the epidemic prevention work was "not a choice". If there was no epidemic, she would still like to go to the Great Wall for a run and taste Beijing-style snacks.
She has not celebrated the Spring Festival in Asia for five years, and this year she spent an unforgettable New Year in Yanqing Winter Olympic Village.
[Concurrent] Lin Xinrong, Chinese Taipei team player
The happiest thing for us that day was actually writing the Spring Festival couplets, because the Spring Festival couplets we wrote were very cute, so I would laugh as I wrote them, and then I posted them, and then I felt like a New Year's Eve.
[Explanation] During the six years of marching to the Beijing Winter Olympics, Lin Xinrong spent most of her time training and studying "half funding and half at her own expense".
After fulfilling the Olympic dream, Lin Xinrong wants to do better.
[Concurrent] Lin Xinrong, Chinese Taipei team player
I think it may be a milestone for winter sports athletes to participate in the Olympics, but I will want to do better, and then let more people see that this is the Winter Olympics in Asia, and winter athletes are like this.
[Explanation] Regarding future planning, Lin Xinrong warned herself not to relax, "At least I will fight until the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics, and then I will decide whether I will fight until 2030."
Reporter asked Baokui Zhu to report in Beijing
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]