Ye Qiaobo , who achieved zero breakthrough in Winter Olympics medals for China has always been committed to the promotion of ice and snow sports. Ye Qiaobo / Photo courtesy
" Gao Tingyu wins! Gold medal! A historic breakthrough!" The series of "expressions" of trophies, gold medals, roses and red hearts cannot express the excitement of speed skating star Ye Qiaobo. This milestone figure in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympics expressed in the circle of friends his excitement and emotion for the achievements of the new generation of Chinese athletes.
February 12 Beijing Winter Olympics China's Gao Tingyu won the men's 500m speed skating final with a time of 34.32 seconds, breaking the Olympic record. He wore the five-star red flag for a week, just like when he celebrated his breakthrough medal for the Chinese men's speed skating at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics four years ago, but this time, his passionate shout was louder.
Ye Qiaobo understands the feeling of being at a historical high but looking at a higher place. At 5:44 pm that day, there were still 4 strong opponents who did not set off. Ye Qiaobo had already sent the news of "winning gold" to the circle of friends. After watching Gao Tingyu's first 100 meters, she rarely got rid of her opponent for nearly half a second, and she asserted: "Gao Tingyu has secured the victory!" , when he gave up skating several times, it was the coach who gave him the care and encouragement of his father's love, which made him get out of the slump, stand on the Winter Olympics again and get on the top podium. , the crystallization of joint efforts decades ago. Gao Tingyu also broke the Olympic record with the most modern, best and fastest 'ice ribbon' in the world."
Now mentioning her achievement of the Winter Olympics medal for China "Zero" "Breakthrough", she was calm and calm: "I feel nothing, after all, it has been 30 years." Ye Qiaobo created the history of ice and snow sports in China, but for her, that moment was both a breakthrough and an unavoidable regret.
Ye Qiaobo has been skating since he was 9 years old.He has participated in 124 major events at home and abroad and won 133 medals, including 68 gold medals and 23 world championships. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, she won two silver medals in the women's speed skating 500 meters and 1000 meters, but what made Ye Qiaobo hard to let go of is that the distance between her and the gold medal was only two hundredths of a second. In the 500-meter race, the opponent did not give way to Ye Qiaobo in the lane-changing area according to the rules. The two collided with their skates and their bodies twice, which directly affected Ye Qiaobo's sliding speed. span2span changed the lottery rules for the Winter Olympics, but for Ye Qiaobo, he lost his chance to win the championship permanently. A few days after the end of the Winter Olympics, Ye Qiaobo took a deep breath and defeated all the gold medalists at the World Championships, becoming the first Asian to win the world all-around title.
Good news and bad luck come together.
International Olympic Committee In order to reduce pressure, the time of the Winter and Summer Olympics has been adjusted. The 17th Winter Olympics has been moved forward by two years. For Ye Qiaobo, who is already 28 years old, this is a blessing of time. She won 14 gold medals in just one season, created a rare "Grand Slam" record, and won the "Golden Skateboard" award. She just needs to maintain a competitive state, and her dream of winning gold is almost within reach.
can be accompanied by successive honors, and her knee injury has become increasingly serious. During training, her left knee often gets stuck and noose occurs. More than 20 MRIs showed multiple pieces of broken bone in her knee and a ruptured posterior cruciate ligament. But at this time, just over 5 months before the 1994 Winter Olympics, doctors removed 5 broken bones from her left knee. In order to maintain the competitive state and prevent the muscles from disappearing too quickly, she practiced static squats on the third day after the operation. She gritted her teeth and insisted on it second by second.
At that time, Ye Qiaobo almost fell into confusion, "For top athletes, suffering and exhaustion are never troubles, the most difficult thing is lack of power." She recalled in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily, "Squatting and bending 45-degree skating angle, it is very difficult for me to do it. I woke up in pain when I rolled over from sleep. At that time, I often had the idea of giving up. But when I got up and saw the skates and sportswear, I persisted without hesitation."
"I only have this chance to fight in my life. I just don't need this leg, I can throw it on the ice rink." "In the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, Ye Qiaobo ranked 13th in the 500-meter competition. But she took back the bronze medal in the 1000-meter competition with an injured leg. After the competition, she rushed to Germany for another operation. The doctor 8 pieces of broken bones were taken out from her knees. Her experience of "carrying an ice skate and triumphing in a wheelchair" condensed into the "Qiaobo spirit", which touched the Chinese people. Since the delegation participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time for 12 years, she has made many Chinese people aware of the Winter Olympics, and has become a watchdog for the development of China's ice and snow sports.
She spent 21 years sharing experience with seniors The bleak years of difficult climbing. At first, there was no indoor skating hall. In the northeast, when the ice season came in October, Ye Qiaobo and his teammates carried bags that "looked bigger than themselves" and went to Hailar, Nenjiang_ In colder places such as span2span, Qiqihar, Heihe, etc., looking for river channels and lake surfaces, in the early ice-up stage, "When we slide on ice that is not frozen, the ice layer is like waves, rising and falling. "Ye Qiaobo remembered that the coach often tied a bundle of hemp rope around his waist, ready to help at any time. A young ice hockey coach had an accident while exploring the ice alone in the early morning." After he fell into the ice hole, he tried He took off an ice blade and chiseled the ice, but he was unsuccessful. "The sacrifice of the people around him made Ye Qiaobo's generation of athletes "feel that it is a sin not to train well".
At that time, they had to constantly explore training methods and plans. It is good to have more others, suffer more than others, and be more difficult than others. "The lack of targeted training also increases the probability of athletes being injured, which greatly reduces the training effect." Ye Qiaobo said frankly. A mistake in a strength class at the age of 19 resulted in a compression fracture of her thoracic vertebra. In the following six or seven years, the intertwining of injuries and troughs made pioneers like Qiao Bo go through many detours.
To get out of trouble,To realize her dream of being a champion, she "locked" herself in a world that only had speed skating. In the 1970s and 1980s, TV was still a rarity. "My dormitory is next to the stairs, and downstairs is the TV room. The sound is so loud that I can't wait to hear the storyline on the TV." Ye Qiaobo closed the door and sat under the lamp. Write a training diary, study English by yourself, watch technical replays, and analyze your own movements against world famous players. A coach brought back from the United States a book on the training methods of the famous speed skating star Eric Hayden, Ye Qiaobo is a treasure, "I can't remember it after reading it several times, so I simply painted a book. Come down." She admitted that this book is the best companion on her way to the world championship.
"If it was said that we were going to host the Winter Olympics, I think it must have been a fantasy." Now, 30 years have passed since Ye Qiaobo won the first medal for the Chinese delegation. A city of double Olympics has also witnessed the inheritance and breakthrough of the younger generation of athletes. "Ice and snow sports are blooming everywhere." The new generation of famous ice and snow athletes made her proud from the bottom of her heart, "They are sunny, confident, optimistic, tolerant, passionate, and dare to challenge, which are the common characteristics of this generation of ice and snow athletes.
"Competitive sports are like pyramids, and the majority of people have not reached the top." Ye Qiaobo hopes that the new generation of athletes can not only challenge themselves on the field, but also not miss the learning time on campus. Gao Gengyuan is an athlete that is inseparable from the accumulation of cultural knowledge and the insight and understanding of the wider world." This is also the reason why she turned around and went to college "become an ordinary student" after retiring.
More importantly, the development of ice and snow sports in Japan and South Korea touched Ye Qiaobo, "They first learned from my country's sports guarantee mechanism decades ago, combined with sponsors, manufacturers, funds, etc. Ice and snow physical education has passed the legislative form, and has been incorporated into the compulsory curriculum of school teaching. In just over a decade, China, Japan and South Korea have formed a three-legged situation, competing with developed countries in Europe and the United States." Therefore, she has always been active in the integration of sports and education, It called for "linking events with educational institutions", "strengthening close cooperation with schools, and gradually implementing reforms to incorporate ice and snow sports classes into the syllabus and curriculum system." Ye Qiaobo hopes that this Winter Olympics is not only a stage for sports competition,It is also an opportunity for physical education. "I hope that breakthroughs can occur not only on the field, but also outside the field."
Chongli, Hebei, February 14th. : China Youth Daily
Source: China Youth Daily
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