Winter Olympic champion continues to pursue dream

  The clock is ticking, and the walking is non-stop.

In the blink of an eye, we are celebrating the first anniversary of the successful hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Looking back, the excitement of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is still vivid. Chinese ice and snow athletes used their hard work and sweat to win glory for the country and left countless classics.

A year later, they entered a new Winter Olympics cycle to meet new challenges.

These dreamers remain the center of attention.

  Su Yiming's New Year's Challenge 2340-degree twist

  At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Su Yiming fully demonstrated the harvest of 14 years of skiing.

He not only won the gold medal in the men's snowboard big jumping platform, but also won the silver medal in the snowboard slope obstacle course.

Participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time, Su Yiming became the first Winter Olympics gold and silver medalist in the history of Chinese snowboarding.

  In extreme snowboarding, the athlete's quest for new moves is never-ending.

In the Beijing Winter Olympics, Su Yiming once won the championship with the "1800-degree 5-turn body", which was the most difficult movement at that time.

But soon, the top athletes were attacking more difficult movements.

  In October last year, Su Yiming, who was training in New Zealand, made the world's first 1600-degree backward flip.

Compared with the 1400-degree backward flip that won the Beijing Winter Olympics, Su Yiming once again broke through himself.

In the new season, Su Yiming has an outstanding performance in the extreme sports meeting.

This is his first time to participate in an extreme sports meeting. In the big platform competition, Su Yiming completed the 1800 movement of the right foot in the second round, and finally he won a bronze medal.

After that, Su Yiming participated in the men's snowboard slope obstacle skills competition.

Su Yiming's condition is not ideal because he fell his head in the previous training.

But he still finished the game.

  Su Yiming once said, "The gold medal in the Winter Olympics is not the end, but the starting point." Next, Su Yiming will continue to attack the difficult movements in the ice and snow world. In the 2023 season, he will challenge the difficult 2340-degree turn movement.

  Gu Ailing

  Continually competing with gold medals to convey love

  In addition to the 2 gold and 1 silver achievements in the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing hopes to leave more information to the world.

She believes that the Beijing Winter Olympics has had a huge impact on the vigorous development of winter sports.

"Especially in freestyle skiing, I'm honored to be part of this rise and hopefully I can contribute a little bit to it."

  In September 2022, after finishing her ski training in New Zealand, Gu Ailing entered Stanford University to officially start her college years.

After the start of the new season in January this year, she won back-to-back U-shaped field championships with a clear advantage in the Calgary World Cup.

Later, due to a knee injury, she withdrew from the World X Games, but she still cheered on the players on the sidelines on crutches, and was invited to be a TV commentator.

  Sui Wenjing, Han Cong

  Leave the arena for a while and grow with a new identity

  Missing the gold medal in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics by 0.43 points, and narrowly beating the Russian team by 0.63 points in the Beijing Winter Olympics four years later, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong represented Chinese sports with a long-awaited gold medal The group ended perfectly.

  After the Winter Olympics, the two left the arena for a while, continued to grow with their new identities, and continued to radiate energy.

Sui Wenjing introduced that she has two things she wants to do next. One is to innovate. Because she loves traditional culture very much, she hopes to have her own unique innovation in the combination of figure skating and traditional culture.

The second is inheritance, hoping to drive more children to learn skating.

After the Winter Olympics, Han Cong's life is still very fulfilling.

In September last year, he was appointed by the International Skating Federation as an athlete member of the Singles and Pairs Skating Technical Committee.

In November, he signed up for the online training course for national referees held by the Chinese Figure Skating Association and obtained the referee qualification certification.

  Talking about the topic of future game plans, Sui Wenjing said frankly that it is still in the stage of recovering from injuries, and will gradually start training in the future.

Han Cong said, "Facing the future, although we have not made a particularly clear long-term plan, we will return to the game after recovering from injuries. The next short-term plan is to finish my thesis first." .”

  Wu Dajing

  Carrying forward the spirit of the Winter Olympics has become the "main responsibility"

  Wu Dajing, who has won three consecutive Winter Olympics, has won 2 gold medals, 2 silver medals, 1 bronze medal and 5 medals.

At the Beijing Winter Olympics, he and his teammates worked together to win the gold medal in the men's and women's 2000-meter mixed relay in short track speed skating, which was the first gold medal for the Chinese team in this Winter Olympics.

Wu Dajing said frankly that the Beijing Winter Olympics a year ago was a truly unparalleled sports event, which not only made Beijing the first "Double Olympic City" in the history of the Olympics, but also allowed him to reach the pinnacle of his life.

  This year, promoting the spirit of the Beijing Winter Olympics became Wu Dajing's "main responsibility".

He has been to many places to share the wonderful stories of the Winter Olympics with you, promote ice and snow sports, and feel the charm of ice and snow sports in the post-Winter Olympics era.

In the opening song of the 2023 Spring Festival Gala, the three Winter Olympic champions Wu Dajing, Xu Mengtao and Gao Tingyu made a stunning appearance in Olympic award-winning costumes. Such blessings for the Year of the Rabbit.

  Regarding his main business, Wu Dajing said: "In order to solve the injuries accumulated over the years, according to the plan formulated by the coaching team, I am doing physical rehabilitation training. At present, the training and recovery are proceeding step by step. It is an active preparation for the next Winter Olympics cycle."

  Qi Guangpu

  Doctoral students in mechanics expect to "apply what they have learned"

  Winning the Beijing Winter Olympics gave Qi Guangpu the confidence to continue his career, and also gave him the responsibility to promote freestyle skiing aerials.

Qi Guangpu said that in the future, he will use his spare time to participate in more popular ice and snow sports promotion activities, and through the influence of athletes, let more young people enjoy the charm of ice and snow sports.

On February 2, Qi Guangpu's new song "The Most" was officially released. He used a Chinese style to interpret the sportsmanship he pursued and showed people another side of himself outside the arena.

  After the Winter Olympics, Qi Guangpu and his teammate Jia Zongyang became a doctoral candidate in Mechanics at Harbin Institute of Technology.

A few years later, Qi Guangpu will also move to the Milan Winter Olympics. He hopes to apply theoretical knowledge to training and improve special skills through in-depth study of mechanics.

"It doesn't matter whether winning the Winter Olympics or participating in the four Winter Olympics is not the ultimate goal of life for me. As long as you are full of love for this sport and have dreams in your heart, age is not a problem." Qi Guangpu said .

  Xu Mengtao

  Bravely cross-border to write autobiography and go to the Spring Festival Gala

  At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao, who is over 30 years old, achieved a breakthrough of zero gold medals in the Winter Olympics for the Chinese women's freestyle skiing aerials.

  After winning the Beijing Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao has a down-to-earth and relaxed mood, making up for the regret that she has not had a rest in the past 20 years.

On September 30 last year, she and her teammate Wang Xindi held a wedding in Shenyang, enjoying love, being with her family, and doing things she wanted to do but had no time to do in those years.

In January this year, Xu Mengtao's first autobiography "Fate Flip" was published.

In the book, she uses 140,000 words to record all kinds of stories in her life in the past 32 years. Because of her love, faith, and persistence, Xu Mengtao finished the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with steel nails, and then underwent meniscus surgery on both legs.

  Today's Xu Mengtao spreads and promotes ice and snow culture in more diverse ways, and takes on more social responsibilities.

On the New Year’s Eve that just passed, Xu Mengtao appeared in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala as a representative of the Olympic champions, sang the opening song with Wu Dajing, Gao Tingyu and other Winter Olympic champions, and sang the song "I am the number one" in the special program "Countdown to the 2023 Spring Festival Gala".

  Ren Ziwei

  Keep running on the road of chasing your dreams

  2022 is Ren Ziwei's second time participating in the Winter Olympics. He participated in five events and realized his golden dream.

From being exposed to short-track speed skating in 2004 to standing on the highest podium in the Winter Olympics in 2022, he has walked this thorny road to realize his dream for 18 years.

  After the Beijing Winter Olympics, Ren Ziwei got the longest vacation in his career.

When he is not training, he goes to relax, adjust, or go home to spend time with his family, so that he has more time to experience a richer life outside of the field and training field.

  2023 is a brand new beginning for Ren Ziwei.

He said frankly that he will continue to do every rehabilitation training and ice training seriously, and he must calm down and strive to recover to the best state both physically and mentally.

"Do your best to work with your teammates, from the Short Track World Cup, the World Championships to the Milan Winter Olympics, step by step, and continue to run on the road to pursue your dreams." Ren Ziwei said.

  Gao Tingyu

  Prepare for the new cycle of the 2026 Winter Olympics

  Gao Tingyu broke the Olympic record with a time of 34.32 seconds in the men's 500-meter speed skating final at the Beijing Winter Olympics, winning China's first men's speed skating gold medal at the Winter Olympics, fulfilling the promise of "changing the color of the medal".

This event is undoubtedly Gao Tingyu's highlight moment, which brought more attention to the sport of speed skating.

  After the Beijing Winter Olympics, the honor of the Winter Olympics champion brought a lot of changes to Gao Tingyu's life, and he was overwhelmed with interviews and various activities.

In addition to preparing for the competition, he actively participates in social welfare activities and promotes skating.

  Today, preparations for ice and snow events have entered a new cycle for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Gao Tingyu hopes to heal his injuries, train actively, and prepare for the Milan Winter Olympics with all his strength. He said: "Together with all young athletes, I will dedicate my youthful strength to the motherland and the people, let more people participate in and like ice and snow sports, and continue to consolidate and expand. The result of '300 million people participating in ice and snow sports'. The new Winter Olympics cycle has begun, and my plan is to participate in the Milan Winter Olympics, so that the five-star red flag will once again fly at the highest point in the arena."

  This group article/Reporter Chu Peng Zhou Xueshuai

  Beijing Youth Daily