(Beijing Winter Olympics) Feature: See Jia Zongyang again: "Iron Man", don't cry!
China News Agency, Zhangjiakou, February 17th, title: Feature: See Jia Zongyang again: "Iron Man", don't cry!
China News Agency reporter Chen Lin Wang Yu
Six days later, when he saw Jia Zongyang at the Yunding Ski Park in the Zhangjiakou competition area of the Beijing Winter Olympics, he was still determined to win the gold.
The picture shows Jia Zongyang in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia
On the evening of the 16th, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu, two veteran Chinese skiers, once again joined hands to make gold for the Chinese team.
The last time they fought side by side in the final was the mixed team final of freestyle skiing aerials on February 10.
Aiming to break the "gold medal shortage" of the 2016 Winter Olympics for aerial skills, the Chinese team sent Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu, who were regarded as the "best puzzle" of the champions.
In the end, because of Jia Zongyang's mistake, the three Winter Olympics "four dynasties veterans" regrettably only won one silver medal.
After the game, he cried and blamed himself.
At the press conference, he said that he would adjust his state as soon as possible and go all out to prepare for the next individual competition.
"I believe that in individual (match), I and my two teammates can play better."
Jia Zongyang, who returned to the competition, challenged the difficulty of 4.425 in the first jump of the first round of the freestyle skiing men's aerial skills final.
Lifting, flying, spinning... After landing smoothly, he raised his arms and shouted again.
The on-site commentator said that "China's 'Iron Man' has now found his best self".
On the evening of February 10, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills Mixed Team Final was held at Zhangjiakou Yunding Ski Park. The Chinese team won the runner-up.
The picture shows the Chinese team player Jia Zongyang made a mistake in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia
The same roar also appeared in this arena 6 days ago.
When Jia Zongyang made a mistake, he roared to express his unwillingness and regret for losing the gold medal.
This feeling was experienced as early as four years ago at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
At that time, he made a great leap but won the silver medal with a disadvantage of 0.46 points.
Such regrets and unwillingness have been experienced by the Chinese aerial skills team in the past few years.
After the first jump, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu ranked third and fifth respectively.
In the second jump, Jia Zongyang, who increased the difficulty of the challenge, failed to enter the second round of the final due to a mistake.
While waiting for the score, the audience applauded him.
Knowing that he might not be able to advance, he did not roar again, but smiled and waved his thanks to the audience.
A few days ago, an X-ray film of his left leg with 22 steel rods was circulated again on the Internet, which is also the origin of the nickname "Iron Man".
During preparations for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Jia Zongyang suffered a serious fracture due to an injury.
In order to return to the game, he underwent several surgeries, and many netizens cried out in distress after seeing it.
On February 10, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills Mixed Team Final was held in Zhangjiakou Division.
The picture shows Chinese team player Jia Zongyang after the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
In the end, Jia Zongyang's teammate Qi Guangpu won the precious gold medal.
This is the first gold medal for the Chinese air skills team in this event after 16 years since Han Xiaopeng won the first gold medal in the Chinese snow event at the Winter Olympics.
When Qi Guangpu wore a five-star red flag to celebrate at the scene, Jia Zongyang, who was already in the mixed mining area, cried and applauded him.
"Why don't you laugh when your teammates won the championship?" Jia Zongyang laughed first when he saw the reporter.
He said that he certainly has regrets, "but satisfaction will definitely outweigh regrets."
He hoped that everyone can remember this moment today, "a moment that can show the energy of the Chinese team".
He also thanked his opponents, "having them makes us better".
In the interview, Jia Zongyang talked about "my 4 years has ended" several times.
He said that in the four years of preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics, not a single day was wasted. "These four years are really not easy."
Next, he will take some time off to deal with the injury.
When the media asked about the injury, he smiled and said, not to mention the injury, "talk about happy topics."
Walking out of the mixed mining area, Jia Zongyang saw someone he knew.
He, who had been laughing at the media just now, burst into tears and hugged them, hugging each other hard.
On February 10, the mixed team final of freestyle skiing aerial skills at the Beijing Winter Olympics came to an end, and the Chinese team won the silver medal with a score of 324.22.
Jia Zongyang, the second player of the Chinese team, made a mistake when he completed the action with a difficulty factor of 4.425.
When he walked to the score waiting area, Xu Mengtao, who was already waiting there, gave a big hug to his teammates.
The understanding from teammates is more soothing than gold medals.
When he and Qi Guangpu met, the two hugged tightly again.
Afterwards, Qi Guangpu entered the mixed mining area to be interviewed by the media, while Jia Zongyang walked to the place where he played just now.
Along the way, many people cheered him on and comforted him not to cry.
Returning to the snow field where he just competed, the skiing veteran, who is about to celebrate his 31st birthday, opened his arms and held a snowboard in one hand. With the sound of the camera shutter, he bid farewell to his trip to the four Winter Olympics.
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