On July 25, the Tokyo Olympic Women's Cycling Road Race broke out a big upset. The unknown Austrian Anna Kissenhofer defeated a number of well-known players to win the gold medal. The Southern Metropolis reporter noticed that Kissenhofer, 30 years old this year, only registered as a professional athlete in 2017. At the same time, she holds a doctorate in applied mathematics and serves as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in mathematics at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, a veritable academic master.
On July 25th, in the Tokyo Olympic Women's Cycling Road Race, Austrian Kisenhofer won the championship. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter He Changshan
wins gold with a 75-second advantage
This Tokyo Olympics women's cycling road race is like a cloud, and the cycling power Netherlands alone sent the Olympic champion Anna van der Bregen and the world Champion Anne Mick Van Fletten and many other famous players. Before the game started, almost no one thought that Kissenhofer, who was 30 years old this year and officially became a professional athlete in 2017, won the gold.
After the start of the game on July 25, Kissenhofer and several players rushed forward from the beginning to form a breakout group. Many players from the Dutch team chose to catch up and save their energy in the second echelon. In the latter part of the game, other players in the breakout group gradually left the team, while Kissenhofer continued to maintain an absolute advantage for more than 2 minutes. Due to the fact that radio equipment cannot be used in the event, the Dutch team has never known that an unknown player like Kissenhofer is leading them far.
In the end, Kissenhofer won the championship in 3 hours, 52 minutes and 45 seconds.
It was 75 seconds after Kissenhofer reached the finish line that Anne Mick Van Fletten was the second to reach the finish line. Just when Van Fletten was embracing the coaching team excitedly, she was told that some players had already arrived at the finish line and won the gold medal.
is the Olympic champion and a "student tyrant"
The little-known Kissenhofer defeated many world famous players to win the Olympic championship, exposing the biggest upset of the current Tokyo Olympics. This news has attracted global attention,People desperately want to know who this rookie player is.
Nandu reporter learned that Kissenhofer’s own LinkedIn page shows that she had studied mathematics at the Vienna University of Technology, and completed a master’s degree at , Cambridge University, and Catalan Polytechnic University Received a doctorate in applied mathematics. Kissenhofer is currently a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at EPFL , and participates in a research group to study nonlinear partial differential equations in mathematical physics.
Kisenhofer's LinkedIn page also introduced that she herself speaks English, German and other 5 languages, has won many honorary awards, and published many papers and monographs.
According to foreign media reports, Kissenhofer loves sports for a long time. As early as 2011 to 2013, Kissenhofer began to engage in triathlon and duathlon. After being injured, she had to restrict running and focused on cycling since 2014. In 2015, Kissenhofer started participating in the bicycle race and achieved some results. In 2017, Kissenhofer officially registered as a professional athlete.
's success lies in the "different"
According to foreign media reports, although Kissenhofer is nominally a professional player, she does not have a professional contract, and does not have her own team and coach to guide training. She usually needs to purchase her own sports equipment, and her training time is squeezed out of work.
In an interview, Kissenhofer said that the choice to train alone is based on her personality, "I like independence and like to make my own choices, such as what competitions to participate in and what training plan to take. I feel like lonely. Warrior."
Kissenhofer said that as a mathematician, she is used to thinking and solving problems by herself, "so this is how I ride a bicycle."
Kisenhofer pointed out,She believes that the key to her success lies in "being different." "I use a different method, which means I am also unpredictable. This is exactly what happened on the day of the game." Kissenhofer said. "People didn't think I might win."
Kissenhofer I hope your story can inspire others, "Don't give up, insist on doing things that suit your personality. You just need to follow your intuition."
Written by: Southern Metropolis reporter Zhou Fei
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