(Fight against the new Crown pneumonia) it is reported frequently that ice and snow athletes help fight against the “epidemic”
China News Agency, Beijing, February 17th: according to the report, ice and snow athletes helped to fight against the epidemic
China News Agency reporter Xing Hao
In the short track speed skating World Cup Holland Dordrecht station competition just ended 2019-2020 season, the Chinese team won the gold medal in the 2000-meter relay for men and women. In the game, the South Korean team had surpassed twice. Fan Kexin and Wu Dajing successfully defeated from the inside. The Chinese team quickly regained the leading edge. Han Tianyu took the lead in the last shot and finally reached the top at 2 minutes 42 seconds.
Men’s and women’s mixed 2000 m relay is a new project in Beijing Winter Olympics, which further tests the comprehensive level of short track speed skating of a team. In the music of “wearethechampion” (We are champions), the Chinese team members joined hands on the highest podium, and the Chinese audience on the scene held the five-starred red flag and waved excitedly.
Because winning the championship this time, it not only means that the Chinese team has a strong gold point in the Beijing Winter Olympics, but also has a different kind of encouragement in the current special period.
The end of the year and the beginning of the year are the critical period for ice and snow athletes to prepare for the Winter Olympics. After intensive training, they often accept the “senior high school entrance examination” in a series of international competitions around the Spring Festival to welcome the “big examination” of Beijing Winter Olympics “. Under the epidemic, China’s ice and snow athletes reported frequently and handed over a more meaningful excellent answer sheet.
Also on the short track speed skating World Cup, Ren Ziwei, a Chinese player, won the men’s 1500-meter championship in Dresden station in Germany through his wonderful tactical cooperation with his teammate Ankai. Before he appeared, he also made a “eat” hot dry noodles action to cheer for Wuhan.
Ren Ziwei said that sticking to the front-line medical workers was his motivation to fight hard. He also stuck to his post and cheered Wuhan in his own way. “At the end of the epidemic, let’s go to Wuhan to see cherry blossoms and eat hot dry noodles.”
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, the Chinese double skating group who won the championship of figure skating in four continents for the sixth time, also said that he hoped that in this special period, ice and Snow power can give more people some confidence and courage.
The same good performance on the snow field continues. Chinese players Cai Xuetong and Liu Jiayu won the championship and the third place in the U-shaped snowboard World Cup Canada race respectively. After the end of this station, Cai Xuetong won the championship of the World Cup this season, and Liu Jiayu won the runner-up of the total points. This is Cai Xuetong’s 6th World Cup championship.
In the freestyle skiing World Cup Canada race, Chinese player Gu Ailing successively won two championships: Freestyle Skiing U-shaped field and freestyle skiing slope obstacle skills, become the first Chinese player to win two different championships in the World Cup.
According to the preparation plan for Beijing Winter Olympics formulated by Chinese officials, 2020 is the year of “elite soldiers” after “expansion” and “fixed point”, aiming to build elite teachers, forging the brave man. Under the epidemic, behind the success, the team preparation was affected to some extent, but it was another kind of training for “elite soldiers.
During the epidemic, the national training team of freestyle skiing aerials was preparing for the training at Lianhua Mountain ski resort in Changchun. In order to avoid cross-infection, the team took personnel diversion measures at the first time, reducing a large number of snow field workers. Starting at 7 o’clock every morning, the coaches and staff of the team will take turns to reserve snow, fill snow pits and turn over the ground.
Xu Mengtao, an old general who participated in the three Winter Olympics, said that after the training, she looked at the staff who stood under the table, held the shovel in her hand, and waited for the snow at any time, want to cry. “Thank every Chinese for standing up in the face of difficulties and every worker for his best efforts in preparing for the Winter Olympics. At present, we still have such training conditions for the epidemic, and there is no reason not to train hard.”
During the epidemic, the International Ice and Snow organization sent letters one after another to express their affirmation, trust and support for the preparation of Chinese ice and snow athletes. Sarah Lewis, secretary general of the International Skiing Federation, said that just as China earnestly did a good job in training athletes and organizing competitions, in order to cope with the sudden Coronavirus epidemic, the extensive, timely and effective measures taken by China during this extraordinary period are admirable.
“We are a family.” Ivo Ferriani, Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee and president of the International Snowmobile Federation, said that he believed that the epidemic would soon pass and was willing to cooperate closely with China to hold a wonderful, extraordinary, the outstanding Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 worked together. (Finished)