(Beijing Winter Olympics) Fan Kexin: I kissed the ice face goodbye, but I never left

　　China News Agency, Beijing, February 14th: Fan Kexin: I kissed the ice face goodbye, but I never left

　　China News Agency reporter Xing Chong

　　On the evening of the 14th, standing on the podium of the Beijing Awards Plaza again, Fan Kexin seemed to have tears in his eyes.

In the Winter Olympics of the Third World War, she was left with too many tears on the short track speed skating track of just 110 meters.

The picture shows Fan Kexin kissing the ice after the game.

Image source: ICphoto

　　For example, in Sochi, she was regarded as the best women's 500m runner in China after Yang Yang and Wang Meng. As a favorite to win the championship, she accidentally hit the ice with her skate in the semi-final, and suddenly lost her balance and fell to the ground. Helpless farewell.

　　Another example is in Pyeongchang. She is the eldest sister of the team. She led the two teenagers to sprint 500 meters again, but was again eliminated in the semifinals because of a foul.

It was said at the time that if her stage had been better, the results would have been completely different.

　　Fan Kexin once cried more than once and said that he really really wanted to win the Olympic championship.

　　After another Winter Olympics cycle, Fan Kexin, who chose to stick to it, finally achieved her dream. She joined forces with her teammates to win the gold medal in the mixed relay final.

When she presented the award, she kept touching her gold medal and said, "I've been waiting for the gold medal for too long!"

　　Fan Kexin said more than once that he would like to thank the team, "I have believed in my teammates since the day I entered the national team."

In fact, she is also the one who has always been trusted.

　　In the women's 3000-meter relay final on the evening of the 13th, Fan Kexin completed the start and sprint stick of the Chinese team.

In the final sprint, the Chinese team once fell to the end. It was Fan Kexin who fought hard and won a precious bronze medal for the Chinese team. This is the first time the Chinese women's relay team has stood on the podium of the Winter Olympics after 12 years.

　　"Trust brings me a lot of strength. Since I was given this task, I will do my best to fight." Fan Kexin said that she hopes that all five members of the team will have gold medals, but the bronze medal is also the result of everyone's joint efforts. This result is acceptable.

　　After this relay final, all her competitions in this Winter Olympics are over.

At the moment of leaving the short track speed skating arena, Fan Kexin leaned over and kissed the ice surface.

　　Is this a goodbye to the ice rink, a goodbye to short track speed skating?

　　Fan Kexin said that she kissed the word "Beijing" on the ice.

"I would like to thank the strength of the motherland for giving me the opportunity to show myself and the strength of the team at the Winter Olympics at my doorstep." She also said that she would like to thank this ice rink and short track speed skating, a project that accompanies her growth. .

　　But she also said she didn't see it as a "goodbye" but rather a "beginning."

"My kiss is just a 'start'. I am 28 years old and I still have the ability. I like this project. As long as the national team needs me and short track speed skating needs me, I will always stand on the ice."

　　Looking back on the past, Fan Kexin is vivid in his mind.

"I clearly remember the experience of skating through the Sochi Winter Olympics and then through the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. I have been repeatedly asking myself why I stick to it, and now I finally got the answer."

　　During interviews during the game, Fan Kexin could not help coughing.

In the past four years, every day of training she was so tired that she coughed up blood in her throat, but she enjoyed the process of being happy, working hard and struggling with her teammates.

And every time in an interview, Fan Kexin always asks reporters to ask the little teammates next to her, and encourages them, "I hope they can pick up the baton and continue to rush forward."

　　Tonight, when she led the four little sisters to the podium together, she was no longer the character who was always given the footnote of "sadness".

When she held up the "never withering Olympic flowers", she motioned her teammates to hold up the velvet flowers, "like Superman."

　　Because she loves this ice rink, she used to cry for it.

When she kisses the ice face goodbye, she will not leave, but will only be more nostalgic.

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