On the 8th, the 5th day of the Beijing Olympics, medical professionals fighting the new coronavirus participated in a competition to slide on ice on a sled exceeding 100 km / h.
The medical worker is the 24-year-old Elsa Desmond, the Irish national team for the Luge Women's Singles.
In 2006, when she was eight, she watched the luge of the Turin tournament and was obsessed with her charm, after which she started the Irish Luge Federation with her family to practice.
At the same time, aiming to become an anesthesiologist, I was receiving an internship to study while experiencing work at a hospital in the UK, and initially I was planning to suspend training for two years before the Beijing convention to concentrate on acquiring the right to participate, but the new model In response to the shortage of doctors due to the spread of corona infection, he has continued to deal with patients and study while competing.
Under such circumstances, Desmond, who was the first Irish national team in Luge, finished the race together in the first and second times on the 7th, occasionally hitting the wall of the course violently and finished in 34th place overall. rice field.
And in the third time, which was held on the night of the 8th, the fastest speed ever exceeded 115 km / h, and the total time of the three times increased by one to 33rd place, but the final fourth time. I couldn't make it into the top 20.
Still, after slipping, Desmond raised her hands many times with her big smile and the joy of standing on the stage of her dreams that she had been aiming for since her childhood. It represented.
"She was able to slip. She may not have been the best slip, but I'm glad," Desmond said to her greeted team officials with excitement. ..
The fight on the ice is over for the time being, but according to the official website of the Beijing Olympics, Desmond will start shift work at the hospital as early as 11th of this month and will return to the fight against Corona. ..