(Beijing Winter Olympics) Hirano's "Step Dream": This time, be the master of your own destiny
China News Agency, Zhangjiakou, February 11, title: Hirano's "Step Dream": This time, be the master of your own destiny
China News Agency reporter Wang Yu Chen Lin
Facing the breeze blowing from the top of Genting Ski Park, Hirano Ayumi once again stood at the crossroads that decided his fate.
On February 11, Japanese player Hirano Ayumi was in the game.
On the same day, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics snowboard men's U-shaped field skills final was held at Zhangjiakou Yunding Ski Park.
Japan's Ayumi Hirano won the championship.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
Four years ago in Pyeongchang Phoenix Ski Park, he was a "loser" who stood at the foot of the mountain and waited anxiously. He could only look up at Sean White and flip over and over again, accepting the reversed ending amid the exclamations of the crowd. .
Although he tried his best to make 1260+ consecutive 1440 difficult moves in this game, which was called "peak duel" by the outside world, the commentators all sighed that this was a "non-Earth move".
But in the face of the snowboarding legend, he still lost and could only be the background board for his opponent to realize the "return of the king".
Ayumi Hirano, who became the youngest snowboarder medalist at the Sochi Winter Olympics at 15 years and 73 days old, had to bury his dream of standing on the top podium in his heart again.
During the Beijing Winter Olympics, he chose to start again on another track.
After the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Hirano Ayumi, who was keen on challenges, made a decision: to switch to skateboarding at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Starting from scratch in a fundamentally different sport, Hirano's decision was risky, but he said he wanted to take on any challenge he had never experienced before.
On February 11, Japanese player Hirano Ayumi was in the game.
On the same day, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics snowboard men's U-shaped field skills final was held at Zhangjiakou Yunding Ski Park.
Japan's Ayumi Hirano won the championship.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
Switching to skateboarding did allow Hirano Ayumi to temporarily break away from the "shackles" that snowboarding brought him.
He said that while facing one difficulty and another challenge in the past two years, skateboarding has allowed him to better regulate his mental state and control his emotions, and this experience has also given him "confidence and strength."
So, standing in the finals of the Winter Olympics again after four years, from the foot of the mountain in Pyeongchang to the top of the mountain in Beijing, facing the backward situation, Hirano Ayumi chose to take his fate in the final jump to decide the championship. firmly in your own hands.
Before departure, Hirano Ayumi constantly adjusted the headphones to block all external interference.
In front of the 180-meter track and the upcoming half-minute glide, his opponent is only himself.
And "you can only become stronger than yourself." This is what he learned in the process of chasing Sean White.
On February 9, Japanese player Hirano Ayumi was in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia
On the DEW Tour held in December last year, Hirano made history by becoming the first athlete to successfully complete the triple cork1440 (3-week off-axis 1440) in an official competition.
And this action has also become his killer in the final today.
Hirano Ayumi said that this movement has only been tried and practiced since the Tokyo Olympics. Although it has been successful in other competitions, it is not proficient and often falls.
I felt very frustrated for a long time because of this, and I also reflected on whether it was too risky to perform at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
It turns out that talent, hard work and luck are all necessary on the road to legend.
The final result came out - 96 points, Hirano Ayumi achieved the overtake of Australian Scotty James in the last jump and won the championship.
From being reversed by the opponent to reversing the opponent, from suffering from the bitterness of failure to standing on the top, this road has been traveled by Sean White, and Ayumi Hirano is also experiencing it.
After the game, Hirano Ayumi and Sean White met in the mixed mining area, and the two legends hugged and blessed each other.
At the age of 35, he completed the curtain call of his career and entered a new stage of life; at the age of 23, he realized his dream and reached the top, opening a new era of snowboarding of his own. The two also completed the handover of the extreme pursuit of snowboarding in this hug.
Hirano Ayumi said that he found the strength to challenge from Sean. "He has been trying to break through himself. I am very moved by this. Everything he does is pushing all athletes to move forward." Today, Hirano "steps forward" "Dream", he also used his personal experience to interpret and inspire latecomers to be the master of his own destiny.
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