At the Winter Olympics, this province held up most of China's sky!

　　This is a somewhat long Heilongjiang speed skating story.

　　At the Beijing Winter Olympics, athletes from Heilongjiang, including Fan Kexin and Ren Ziwei, won the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation.

　　On February 5th, in the short track speed skating mixed team relay race, Fan Kexin burst into tears when she won the gold medal and cried bitterly. She said,

　　This is Fan Kexin's third time participating in the Winter Olympics.

　　In the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, in the women's 500-meter short-track speed skating semi-final, she accidentally fell during the competition and missed the final, which made sports fans who love her regretful;

　　In 2018, at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, in the women's 500-meter short track speed skating competition, Chinese female athletes were eliminated in the semifinals, including Fan Kexin...

　　This Beijing Winter Olympics will be the last Winter Olympics the 29-year-old veteran will participate in.

　　In the post-match interview, Fan Kexin choked up when he accepted the award:

　　"When the flag was raised to the top podium, I felt very proud, the moment that (the gold medal) was put on my neck, it was all worth it."

On the evening of February 6, the Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating mixed team relay award ceremony was held.

The picture shows the Chinese team members Fan Kexin, Ren Ziwei, Qu Chunyu, Wu Dajing, etc. (red, left to right).

Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Jun

"Everything is worth it"

, these are only 5 words, but they are powerful.

　　This gold medal moved the mighty "Fan Ye" in Wang Meng's mouth several times. The "tears" she couldn't help being full of emotions expressed her ten years of perseverance for this gold medal, and she was also expressing the "Taoism" of outsiders. Incompleteness” many forbearance and sacrifices, and perhaps also a kind of self-moving that gritted his teeth and survived countless hardships for the belief in his heart.

　　This moment of tears is a moment that all athletes in the Winter Olympics and those who have participated in the World Series can appreciate and understand.

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　　On the podium of this Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing, a Northeastern man from Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, just said these short 8 words:

Instantly burst into tears.

In the short track speed skating mixed team relay final that ended on the evening of February 5, the Chinese team consisting of Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Fan Kexin and Qu Chunyu took the lead in crossing the finish line, winning the first place for the Chinese sports delegation in this Winter Olympics. gold medals.

The picture shows Wu Dajing celebrating after the game.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun

　　Ordinary people live by year, while athletes live by season. An Olympic season is 4 years, and how many 4 years can an athlete have in his career?

　　When people are in high spirits, it is actually not difficult to do something energetically.

The difficulty is that in the tediousness, confusion, stress, and exhaustion that are too long to see, still doing the same thing at the same rhythm.

　　This is the daily life of an athlete.

In the men's 1000m short track speed skating final at the Beijing Winter Olympics on the evening of February 7, Chinese player Ren Ziwei took the lead in hitting the line and won the championship.

The picture shows Ren Ziwei celebrating his victory.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun

　　Short track speed skating "big devil" Wang Meng explained the competition, saying that training is very boring, and one has to endure loneliness to skate around on the ice.

　　Borrowing another stalk from the "Mengzhu" commentary: "This player is a person with a story."

In fact, every player is a person with a story, including Wang Meng.

　　In the history of Chinese speed skating, Wang Meng was once an unshakable "big sister" and the absolute hegemon of the international short track speed skating field for many years.

Wang Meng.

Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau

　　At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Wang Meng caught a bad cold, and her coach Li Yan was worried.

However, Wang Meng used his absolute strength to easily defend the 500-meter championship, and won the 1,000-meter and 3,000-meter relay championships at the same time, becoming the first "triple crown" in the history of China's short track Winter Olympics.

　　After the game, what everyone did not expect was that Wang Meng slid directly from the track to the coaching area, knelt down and thanked Li Yan, then jumped up, hugged and cried with the coach across the stadium fence.

This scene still makes countless people moved.

The picture shows Wang Meng kneeling in front of coach Li Yan.

Photo by China News Agency Sheng Jiapeng

　　Previously, this was a pair of masters and apprentices who were almost "disrupted".

　　In the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, Wang Meng participated in the World Youth Championship for the first time and won the first gold of the China World Youth Championship by relying on the 500 meters.

Since then, she has turned into a gold medal harvester, winning the 500-meter event in various events such as the World Championships, World Cup, and Tenth National Games.

After the First World War at the Turin Winter Olympics, the newly appointed head coach Li Yan adopted a new training method.

　　In 2007, at the Changchun Asian Winter Conference, Wang Meng openly said in front of the media that she felt that the training of the national team was not suitable for her, and she wanted to return to the local team by herself.

Data map: Wang Meng

　　Li Yan thought that Wang Mengguo was easy to break, so he should take the opportunity to grind it.

　　"She is a very individual child with extraordinary strength, but at the time I saw her as a 'trickster'. I had to see her shortcomings in order to help her improve."

　　The best love is that I know you better than you.

　　After a period of calm and running-in, the pair of masters and apprentices came together again due to a common goal, and continued to achieve great results.

　　At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the Chinese women's short track speed skating team led by Li Yan won 4 gold medals in all events, setting a Winter Olympic record.

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　　Li Yan, another Heilongjiang native.

　　Li Yan was born in Mudanjiang City and is a "godmother" figure in the history of short track speed skating in China.

Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau

During her tenure as the head coach of the national short track speed skating team, she brought out countless world champions. Wang Meng, Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, etc. are all her disciples.

Before the Winter Olympics, China had won a total of 13 gold medals, seven of which were won by Li Yan as coach.

Sweeping the Chinese speed skating circle, "Longjiang people" can be seen everywhere

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Because the speed skating in China was born with the innate "Longjiang gene".

　　Heilongjiang, the northernmost province in China, has a freezing winter for almost half a year, which makes Heilongjiang the first province in China to carry out ice and snow sports.

Photo courtesy of Guan Yanyun, former speed skating coach of Dongfanghong Primary School in Yichun City, Heilongjiang

　　To borrow Wang Meng's words again:

　　In the 1950s, when the winter was long, and people were "playing slippery" and "pulling ice", China's speed skating career began to take off.

　　At that time, the New China had no legal seat in the United Nations and was not eligible to participate in the Olympic Games. Only table tennis, weightlifting and speed skating were eligible to participate in the World Championships.

Therefore, for China at that time, speed skating was not only a sport, but also a way to enhance China's international status, which was of great significance.

　　Sun Xianchi is now 91 years old.

of the Heilongjiang Provincial Speed ​​Skating Team established in 1960, which is also the first provincial speed skating team in China.

Sun Xianchi, China's first-generation speed skating coach.

Photo by Wang Nina

　　There are 10 people in this team, 5 men and 5 women. The men are Luo Zhihuan, Wang Jinyu, Wang Wensheng, Yang Jucheng, and Li Taiquan. The 5 women are known as the "five golden flowers" in the Chinese speed skating world. They are Liu Fengrong. , Sun Hongxia, Yang Yunxiang, Jin Meiyu and the youngest Wang Shuyuan.

　　The coach of the women's team is Li Changyu, and Sun Xianchi is the coach of the men's team.

Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau

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　　If spring is to come, it needs a seed and a piece of land.

Then the earth will make it complete little by little, spreading green all over the world.

　　Chinese speed skating has a difficult start from 0 to 1.

　　"I saw a "Soviet Sports Illustrated" that had a picture of the former Soviet world champion skating swinging arms. I was so excited that I followed the picture and practiced arm swings against the shadow on the wall every day. "Sun Xianchi studied too seriously, imitating for 40 minutes every day, and practicing with his "shadow" until he was sweating profusely, the sweat dripped to the ground and became wet.

　　"When I can't hold on, I just meditate by myself, and the sweat will never flow in vain." Sun Xianchi said.

　　Sure enough, the sweat did not flow in vain!

　　In 1953, China held the first national ice sports conference in Harbin.

Sun Xianchi participated in the competition on behalf of the Northeast District because of his self-taught "shadowing" and excellent skills.

Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau

　　"I have never experienced such a scene before. The red flags are fluttering, and the wooden stands of the Eighth District Stadium in Harbin are very beautiful." Sun Xianchi said.

　　"The ice rink is watered with the fire brigade's water truck, and the track line is sprinkled with snow, and then sprayed with water with a watering can to make the 'line' freeze solid. Otherwise, the snow will fly when the wind blows." Sun Xianchi accepted Zhongxin During the online interview, he laughed and said, "It's too primitive."

　　Sun Xianchi's powerful arm swing stunned the audience and finally set China's first national record for men's 1,500-meter speed skating. This incident also changed his fate.

In the second year, China sent 22 students to the Soviet Union to study physical education. Sun Xianchi was the only foreign student who specialized in speed skating.

Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau

　　After studying abroad for 4 years, Sun Xianchi kept holding back his energy, "The speed skating level of the Soviet Union is world-class. I have to study hard, but I can't.

" Sun Xianchi said.

　　he made it!

　　He became China's first-generation speed skating coach, and developed a training method based on the characteristics of Chinese athletes. After 12 years, he trained China's first speed skating world champion and made speed skating the fastest-growing sport in China. One of the sports, in just over a decade, a group of athletes have entered the ranks of the world's most popular.

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　　"Zhihuan, look down and see what's on your chest?"

　　On February 24, 1963, Karuizawa, Japan, at the 57th World Speed ​​Skating Championships, Sun Xianchi stood in the coaching area and shouted to his teammate Luo Zhihuan.

　　Luo Zhihuan looked down and saw that on his clothes, the word "China" in traditional Chinese was close to his chest, and the huge national emblem was brightly colored. He nodded slightly towards the coach, and a strength rose in his heart.

　　At that moment, he knew that he was carrying the fate of China and was fighting for his country.

　　2 minutes 09 seconds 2.

　　This is an achievement for the world to see China.

Luo Zhihuan won the men's 1500m speed skating gold medal.

Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau

　　When Luo Zhihuan crossed the finish line, on the field of the World Speed ​​Skating Championships, the cry of "Long Live China" sounded, passing through the tearful eyes of more than 100 overseas Chinese, and a five-star red flag of China was rising in the world arena. rise……

　　Luo Zhihuan won the gold medal in the men's 1,500-meter speed skating, breaking the men's all-around world record in speed skating and becoming China's first world champion in the winter event.

Luo Zhihuan accepts the award at the World Series.

Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau

　　At the moment of winning the championship, it was the first time that a Chinese athlete broke the monopoly of more than ten years in the winter sports field, which has always been dominated by European and American countries.

At that time, the new China was not understood by the world, and people in European countries began to ask:

　　"China? Where is China?"...

In the short track speed skating mixed team relay final that ended on the evening of February 5, the Chinese team consisting of Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Fan Kexin and Qu Chunyu took the lead in crossing the finish line, winning the first place for the Chinese sports delegation in this Winter Olympics. gold medals.

The picture shows the Chinese team players celebrating after the game.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun

　　Sun Xianchi, Luo Zhihuan and the Heilongjiang speed skating team did it, and let the Chinese five-star red flag fly high in the international arena. They used this method to make the best answer for China:

　　"China, right here!"

　　At the scene, all the overseas Chinese burst into tears and shouted "China! China!" All the humiliation and hardships of the athletes were sublimated at this moment.

　　At this moment, the eyes of the world saw China;

　　At this moment, the world knows that in Asia, there is a country called "China".

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　　The highlight moment on the world podium was followed by countless unknown, long and boring training days.

　　A little girl, riding a 28-style "big stupid bicycle", rides from downtown Harbin to the suburbs every day, 100 kilometers back and forth. Because of her height of 159 cm, even if the seat is placed at the lowest level, the little girl will not Only by constantly moving her butt can she barely reach the pedals. After a few days of training, her inner thighs have been rubbed into a bloody mess...

　　This little girl is now in her 80s and can be called the "grandmother" in the Chinese speed skating industry. She is Wang Shuyuan.

　　In 1963, in the women's 1000-meter event at the 21st World Women's Speed ​​Skating Championships, she won the first silver medal in the Chinese women's speed skating world championships, creating a historical record in China's speed skating.

Wang Shuyuan and her teammates.

Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau

　　In those hard years, the speed skating training was all "depending on the sky", and it was basically "migration" training. In order to get on the ice a month earlier, the training team always had to go north for wild ice training earlier.

　　Since 1960, every October, Wang Shuyuan and the team members have been sitting in the open-top "Great Liberation" car for eight or nine hours to Heihe for training. The coat is also frozen.

　　Once, they went to the "Little North Lake" in Manzhouli for ice training early, and they were all on the wild ice surface.

Because it was the first day on the ice, everyone was very excited. Wang Shuyuan didn't stop when she kicked the ice, she slipped quite far, and with a "click", she fell into the ice hole.

　　The ice water is biting to the bone, instantly cooling down the spine...

　　Wang Shuyuan said:

Yang Yang (left) Wang Xiuli (middle) Li Yan (right).

Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau

　　Wang Xiuli, a native of Heilongjiang, is currently the head coach of speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

　　On February 11, 1990, she won the gold medal in the women's 1500m race, which was the first world champion of Chinese women's speed skating.

After retiring, she coached the Canadian national team for 20 years, with honors and a comfortable life.

　　In 2017, the state issued an invitation to Wang Xiuli to return to China to teach.

　　On May 17, 2017, she completed the resignation procedures for the Canadian national team coach. The next day, on the 18th, she was already standing on the speed skating training ground in Beijing and began to train for the Chinese national team players.

　　In the eyes of refreshing Heilongjiang people,

　　In the 20 years of coaching in Canada, Wang Xiuli has been an enthusiastic "volunteer" for Chinese foreign training athletes for 20 years, picking up, buying food, renting a house, contacting the training ice rink, and doing translation. The first person thought of Wang Xiuli, who has never stopped this kind of "voluntary service" for 20 years.

　　Because of Wang Xiuli, some team members have made rapid progress. Among them, Ning Zhongyan was also discovered by Wang Xiuli and went to the world competition. China has won several gold medals in world-class competitions.

　　Wang Xiuli, the "daughter" who has been away from home for many years, this deep love for China has been in her heart for too long...

Wang Xiuli guides the players on the field.

Photo by Tao Gang

　　There is no doubt that they are the founders and guides of China's speed skating career. It is with the inheritance of generations of old sportsmen from Heilongjiang that they paved the way for athletes from Heilongjiang to win gold and silver in the Beijing Winter Olympics.

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　　There is a dream in the heart, so there is light in the dark.

　　The belief of "winning glory for the country" in the hearts of generations of sportsmen in Heilongjiang makes them shine.

The joyous moment of Wang Meng and his teammates winning gold.

Photo courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau

　　Fan Kexin said that in the 12 years in the national team, "when we train every day when we get off the ice, there is blood in our throats." But she persevered no matter how difficult it was. When she won the gold, her parents, Big brother and big sister-in-law, everyone hugged and cried...

　　The little girl who lived with her parents in a 6-square-meter basement and had to pick up scraps to earn tuition after school has now won glory for her country.

　　In this Winter Olympics, the "Mengzhu" who came out of the circle by the strength of commentary was so popular among netizens that they shouted "Please weld Wang Meng to the commentary table".

In Wang Meng's explanation, he said: "I will let you not keep up with me, let you not follow me in any country, let you not even see the shadow of my butt, how do you pick me up? I see how you punish me. I?"

In the men's 1000m short track speed skating final at the Beijing Winter Olympics on the evening of February 7, Chinese player Ren Ziwei took the lead in hitting the line and won the championship.

The picture shows Ren Ziwei celebrating his victory.

　　In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are in vain.

And behind this absolute strength, there is too much loneliness to persevere. With the support of faith, we can grit our teeth and wipe our tears, and go through those long four years...

On the evening of February 6, the Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating mixed team relay award ceremony was held.

The picture shows Fan Kexin, Ren Ziwei, Qu Chunyu, Wu Dajing and Zhang Yuting (left to right) winning the gold medal.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Jun

　　In Heilongjiang Province, several generations of sportsmen have worked hard in the ice and snow for 70 years, so that the amazing "Longjiang Nationality" gold medals in the Winter Olympics have been continuously born.

　　Heilongjiang Province held the first National Ice Sports Conference,

　　Cultivate:

　　Luo Zhihuan, the first winter speed skating world champion,

　　Li Yan, the first Chinese Winter Olympics medalist,

　　The first Winter Olympic gold medalist Yang Yang,

　　Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo, the first Gold Medalist in figure skating at the Winter Olympics,

　　Han Xiaopeng, the first gold medalist in the Winter Olympics snow event,

　　Zhang Hong, the first Winter Olympics speed skating gold medalist,

　　A large number of outstanding athletes such as Wang Meng, who won four gold medals in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics alone...

　　Hemingway said that the world is a good place and worth fighting for.

　　Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing, Ning Zhongyan, Gao Tingyu, Qu Chunyu... The new generation is rising from generation to generation, and more gold medals will be infused with "Longjiang nationality". In the eyes of the world, the five-star red flag will fly high .

　　Athletes from Longjiang will shout in unison:

　　Author: Wang Nina Wang Lin