This boy is an adult today!
Author: Liu Xingchen
February 18 is Su Yiming's 18th birthday.
On his first trip to the Winter Olympics, this "genius boy" won 1 gold and 1 silver, and prepared the best adult gift for himself.
"Successful flowers, people only admire her current bright and beautiful, but its buds were soaked in the tears of struggle and sprinkled with blood of sacrifice." Bing Xin's words are the most appropriate to describe Su Yiming.
The picture shows Su Yiming in the game.
#1
At the time of birth, Jilin had a blizzard
"In winter, I always go out to play early in the morning and don't come back until dinner." Su Yiming was still very happy when he recalled the days when he was playing in the snow as a child.
From Su Yiming's father's point of view, his son's relationship with Bingxue seems to be destined.
"On the day he was born, there was a blizzard in Jilin, and the car was blocked."
Since his parents were the first snowboard enthusiasts in China, Su Yiming followed his parents to the ski resort when he was 4 years old.
At that time, China's snowboarding was not long after its start, and it was not easy to buy children's snowboards in China.
The first snowboard that his parents gave Su Yiming was an adult board, which was more than 20 centimeters taller than he was at that time.
In this way, wearing the adult protective gear that did not fit, Su Yiming started to scrambling around on the snow field.
Image source: Screenshot of Xinhua News Agency video.
"Seeing athletes flying freely on the snow field, I began to like this sport." Su Yiming once said when he was a child when talking about his connection with skiing.
Because he could not understand skiing terminology, Su Yiming could only form muscle memory by repetitive movements at first.
After falling and getting up again and again, he learned to skillfully change blades.
Slowly, Su Yiming's father found that he had no skills to teach his son.
By chance, he met Wang Lei, who was very famous in the snowboard world at that time.
At that time, Wang Lei was preparing to hold a ski youth training camp at the Qiaobo Indoor Ski Resort in Beijing.
Regarding Su Yiming, the two sides hit it off.
In the second year, he came to the youth training camp.
Soon, Wang Lei saw the potential talent in Su Yiming.
"He was very conscientious in training classes, and his imitation ability was very strong. At a young age, he would ponder the movements he learned and know how to make himself better through thinking."
In Wang Lei's eyes, Su Yiming is not only passionate about sports, but also calm and calm.
#2
Cheerful, not afraid of hardship
Image source: Screenshot of Xinhua News Agency video.
"I'm Su Yiming from the second class of the third year. The veneer king you just saw is me." Facing the camera, Su Yiming, who was still in elementary school, was full of confidence.
At that time, he had already set the goal of becoming the king of veneer.
Su Yiming studied at Wanda Experimental Primary School in Jilin City.
In the eyes of the class leader He Ling, Su Yiming was always enthusiastic.
"He is a very lively little boy who likes to make friends very much. Because of his ski training, he often shares with his classmates how to better protect himself while skiing."
What impresses He Ling is Su Yiming's concentration and not afraid of hardship, which is also the reason for his success in the future.
Image source: Screenshot of Xinhua News Agency video.
"He will make up for the class as quickly as possible." "The exam can always get 100 points, and the math, Chinese, and especially English scores are very good, and he has been rated as a 'three good students' many times."
One time, Su Yiming was injured while exercising in the playground, but he smiled and said to He Ling, "Teacher, do you think my blood is red?"
#3
Take the exam, be an actor
Even though Su Yiming fell in love with snowboarding at first sight, at first, he did not embark on a career path.
When he was 8 years old, Su Yiming once said, "I don't want to make skiing a professional. If I become a professional, I will be very tired of practicing every day, and I don't want to hear the word 'skiing' anymore. If it is a hobby, I want to play every day, very happy."
In front of the camera, Su Yiming, with a Northeastern accent and a firm expression, is not joking.
Image source: CCTV video screenshot.
One day in December 2013, Su Yiming's mother saw on WeChat that director Tsui Hark, who filmed "Taking Tiger Mountain by Outsmart", was recruiting actors for Xiaoling skiing across the country.
Without thinking much, she uploaded a video of her son skiing.
Soon after, she received a call from Zhu Laicheng, the assistant director of the "Taking Tiger Mountain".
Su Yiming stood out from more than 30 candidates.
In Tsui Hark's view, Su Yiming is a little boy who can ski and act.
The outstanding performance strength has increased Su Yiming's scenes from more than 20 to 37.
The picture that the guerrillas couldn't keep up with the skiing speed of "Little Shuanzi" made more people know Su Yiming.
With this role, Su Yiming was nominated for the Best Newcomer at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards.
After tasting the taste of "being a star" for the first time, Su Yiming said: I want to pass the exam and become an actor.
From the "six children" in "His Royal Highness Wolf", to the childhood "second child" in "Born in a Bright Day", and then to "Shui An" in "Lin Hai Xue Yuan"...
For a long time after that, "actor" became the most prominent label on Su Yiming.
#4
to participate in the Winter Olympics
All this changed in 2015.
On July 31 of that year, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, IOC President Bach announced that Beijing had won the right to host the 24th Winter Olympics.
When he learned that Bach called out "Beijing", Su Yiming, who had just finished skiing, decided to "break his promise".
"When the Winter Olympics were set to be held in China in 2022, Su Yiming had a goal. He said that he would work hard from now on and try to use his ability to represent China in the Winter Olympics." Su Yiming's father recalled this.
At that time, Su Yiming was only 11 years old.
Image source: CCTV video screenshot.
"For me, both skiing and filming are very happy. But when I started preparing for the Olympics, there was still a little conflict between the two. Because if I want to do something well, I have to devote 100% of my energy to it." At this time, training replaced acting and became the main theme of Su Yiming's life.
After the filming of "His Royal Highness Wolf", in 2018, 14-year-old Su Yiming was selected into the national snowboard training team and became a professional skier.
#5
7 days, 4 snowboards
After that, Su Yiming studied under the famous Japanese coach Yasuhiro Sato.
In the early days, Su Yiming learned difficult movements in Changbai Mountain.
Cold weather, high-intensity training, he once slipped four snowboards in a week.
In the eyes of Yasuhiro Sato, the 14-year-old Su Yiming trained far more than his peers.
To learn new movements, Su Yiming practiced for 6 hours a day until he mastered it.
The picture shows Su Yiming celebrating his victory.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
Although Su Yiming has made rapid progress, as an athlete, he has to face a new enemy-injury.
During a practice session, Su Yiming suffered a fractured ankle.
During the time he was resting at home in a plaster cast, his will was a little depressed.
It was also this injury that made Su Yiming transform.
"At that time, he was also changing his voice. After the injury, I found that he has grown up a lot, and he is more calm and firm than before. Nothing can beat him anymore." Wang Lei recalled this way.
Hard work pays off.
Su Yiming soon began to show his talent, earning Olympic points in various competitions.
In December 2021, Su Yiming won the World Cup in the United States with 155.25 points, becoming China's first world champion in the snowboard big jumping event.
On January 15, 2022, the Olympic points competitions for snowboard slope obstacle skills and big platform jumping events all ended. Su Yiming surpassed the Olympic points qualifying line with the 23rd pick, becoming the only Chinese man who won the Beijing Winter Olympics men's slope. Athletes who are qualified for face obstacle skills and big platform competitions.
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The picture shows Su Yiming doing a heart-to-heart match after the first round.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Jun
#6
bar mitzvah
After Su Yiming won the silver medal in the men's slope obstacle skill in snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympics, there was a lot of online discussion about the referee's score in the competition.
At this time, it was Su Yiming who stood up to quell the controversy.
He and his coach Yasuhiro Sato said they understood the difficulty of scoring in real time, thanked all the referees, and implored the public to stop criticizing.
The picture shows Su Yiming waiting for the score.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Jun
Not only that, Su Yiming inspires everyone with "because hard work will never deceive you".
On February 15, at the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform, Su Yiming took a leap and used the difficult movement of turning 1800 inwards and grabbing the board with his back hand to hold the gold medal in his arms.
In the fourth year of his career, Su Yiming stood on top of the world.
"I have fulfilled a dream that I have always had since I was a child. I have always fantasized about being able to win this gold medal before I was 18 years old. I did it." Su Yiming, who was still 18 years old three days away at the time, realized his third grade. The dream of becoming a "veneer king".
18 years old, a new beginning.
The future has come, Su Yiming stepped on his beloved snowboard and slid into the distance.