(Beijing Winter Olympics) Gao Tingyu's dream "Ice Ribbon"
China News Service, Beijing, February 13 (Wang Hao) When interviewed by reporters in the mixed mining area, the mobile phones and recording pens placed in front of Gao Tingyu piled up into a hill. Everyone wanted to know, what happened after he won the gold medal. how do you feel.
This hill is like a representation of the pressure of the game.
Go back dozens of minutes before the Beijing Winter Olympics in the men's 500-meter speed skating competition before the "Ice Ribbon" (National Speed Skating Stadium), and no one was sure who would win the championship.
Although Gao Tingyu has performed well this season, the outcome of the short-distance event is only within a millimeter, full of uncertainty.
This game undoubtedly attracted much attention. An hour before the opening, the press box was almost full, and the photojournalists competed with their colleagues to find a suitable angle.
The picture shows Gao Tingyu in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Jun
In the seventh group, Gao Tingyu appeared, and the audience gave him the biggest cheers of all the games that day.
After the starting gun was fired, the cheers covered the sound of the skates kicking the ice, and Gao Tingyu's start was very good.
In such a state, it is completely impossible to see that he strained his leg from the training the day before, and he hardly slept because of the pressure.
The 500-meter race was over in more than 30 seconds. The moment he crossed the line, the atmosphere reached a climax, and some people in the press box couldn't help but cheer.
Gao Tingyu took off his hat, looked up at the results, and quickly opened the zipper on his chest. He was no longer tense, but his expression was still serious.
34.32 seconds, which is an Olympic record-breaking time, but it is not certain that the championship will be won.
Gao Tingyu sat on the sidelines, gradually calmed his breath, and waited for other players to appear.
He said after the game that he had finished skating, and the players behind him were under even more pressure.
In fact, the pressure on the audience at the scene was equally great.
There are also 8 groups of contestants who appeared behind Gao Tingyu. Whenever a contestant's score was close to Gao Tingyu, the audience could clearly hear the noisy voices. After confirming that their final score failed to surpass Gao Tingyu, the audience will cheer.
The picture shows Gao Tingyu at the award ceremony.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Jun
This "sweet torture" was repeated as many as 8 times, but fortunately they also got sweet results.
After winning the championship, Gao Tingyu ran in the arena with the national flag held high. The loud roar in the sky contained too many emotions. At this moment when his dream finally came true, Gao Tingyu laughed and cried.
In the mixed mining area after the competition, the number of Chinese journalists reached a peak since the start of the competition.
For epidemic prevention reasons, they could not approach the players, but volunteers put recording equipment on the table in front of the players.
There are too many mobile phones and voice recorders, and they are piled up on the table several layers. The volunteers joked that it seems that the exam teachers used to accept mobile phones.
Gao Tingyu was completely relaxed, holding the "Jin Dundun" he had just received at the souvenir presentation ceremony in his hand, and with a clear northeastern accent, he answered the questions posed by the reporters briefly and witty.
He said: "The game at home is over." (End)