(Beijing Winter Olympics) No regrets, laughing to the finish line - Baodao sled player Lin Xinrong talks about Beijing Winter Olympics trip

　　China News Agency, Beijing, February 22, Question: No regrets, smile at the finish line - Baodao sled player Lin Xinrong talks about the Beijing Winter Olympics

　　Author Zhu He

　　"This Winter Olympics will allow me to see more of the world's top athletes, and I will have a better understanding of my position." Looking back on the biggest achievement of the first Winter Olympics trip, Chinese Taipei team player Lin Xinrong said in an exclusive interview with China News Agency recently. .

On February 8, Lin Xinrong slid through three rounds in the women's single sledding event at the Beijing Winter Olympics and finished 31st with a time of 3:03.611.

　　Lin Xinrong, 24, said she had "no regrets" on the trip.

Since the day she came into contact with sports, she has put "on the Olympic stage" at the top of her wish list, and now she is finally able to realize her dream in Beijing.

"Smile across the finish line"

　　The realization of the dream is accompanied by Lin Xinrong's smile.

　　"I felt so happy when I crossed the most dangerous curve without incident." Lin Xinrong was so happy when she told reporters about the moment of crossing the line. She said that she had done her best to finish the race. end.

　　Located in Yanqing, Beijing, China's national snowmobile sleigh track is like a dragon winding in the snow. It is called "Snow Dragon". This unusual track is quite challenging, and Lin Xinrong was daunted at first.

　　Several practice sessions before the game improved Lin Xinrong's favorable impression of the "Snow Dragon" experience. "It's very comfortable to slide on the ice, and even if it hits, it doesn't hurt too much, which is very important." After breaking her fears, she began to enjoy playing on this track "Every moment" on the track.

　　The 31st place is not only the end of Lin Xinrong's first Winter Olympics trip, but also refreshed her personal best. "Maybe this ranking doesn't seem like a lot to everyone, but I'm very satisfied."

　　Behind the finish line is six years of hard training and hard work.

Lin Xinrong has practiced track and field events since she was 10 years old, and only switched to sledding when she was 18 years old to realize her Olympic dream. At first, she was hit by a snow track.

　　Compared with European and American athletes who have been practicing sledding since childhood, Lin Xinrong is smaller in stature and lighter in weight; while sledding requires higher tracks and equipment, and Taiwan, which is located in the subtropical zone, rarely sees ice and snow, and does not have a professional training environment.

　　In the past six years from the runway to the slideway to the Beijing Winter Olympics, Lin Xinrong spent most of her time in the Nordic countries with outstanding achievements in sledding, training and reading "halfly by subsidizing and half at her own expense", striving to improve the conditions of the competition, and at the same time squeeze out spare time. Working part-time to make money, "although it's still not good enough, but I know where I should go."

After being sponsored in 2018, she has more money to hire a physical trainer and buy better equipment.

　　Despite all the difficulties, Lin Xinrong, who "exhausted almost all her strength", finally got the opportunity to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, becoming the first Treasure Island athlete to qualify for this event after Li Yifang at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics in Japan.

Like the Winter Olympic Village

　　Lin Xinrong interacts with mainland sled players a lot on weekdays, and she is very friendly when she meets overseas.

"Sometimes I get injured during training, and they ask the team doctor if they can help me with treatment." Talking about this, Lin Xinrong said that she likes acupuncture.

　　She has not spent the New Year in Asia for five years, and this year she spent an unforgettable New Year at the Winter Olympic Village in Yanqing.

Without the 7-hour time difference for video calls with family members, Lin Xinrong was moved to reunite with a long-lost Chinese meal.

On New Year's Eve, when she wrote and posted the Spring Festival couplets with the brush and ink brought by volunteers, she said that she "laughs while writing, that was the happiest thing that day".

　　Lin Xinrong, who "had a good time eating" in the Winter Olympic Village, also shared with netizens the quest video of the contestant's restaurant. In addition to using it as a record of her first Winter Olympic experience, she also wanted to use this to show the life of the Winter Olympic Village to the outside world.

　　In the video, Lin Xinrong praised the contestant's restaurant for having "everything", the Chinese food made her "salivate", and the epidemic prevention work "didn't have to be picked", "I haven't seen any staff take off their masks, and they are wearing protective gear when approaching the contestants. Clothes".

　　She said with a smile that if there was no epidemic, she would like to go for a run on the Great Wall and taste the Beijing-style snacks.

prepare for the future

　　On January 10 this year, Lin Xinrong qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics, which means that years of Olympic dreams have finally come true. At that time, she was "happy and unhappy".

The happy thing is that when the "irrigation" for several years finally blooms, the unhappy lies in the confusion about the career plan after the game.

　　"For winter athletes, participating in the Olympics is a milestone worth celebrating." But Lin Xinrong's dream doesn't stop there. She wants to do better, so that more people can see that there are excellent winter sports in Asia and subtropical regions. player.

　　Having sled, the most difficult event on the same track, into the Winter Olympics, Lin Xinrong plans to switch to a steel frame sled or sled in the future, looking forward to a better ranking.

"The basic ability of the sled is to start, and I want to start training based on my previous track and field experience." She also wants to promote these events to Taiwan track and field athletes, "tell everyone that it can actually be 'amphibious'."

　　No matter what project will appear when we meet again, Lin Xinrong warned herself not to relax and prepare for the future. "At least I will fight until the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics, and then I will decide whether I will fight until 2030."

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