She is the world champion, the Winter Olympics suffered injustice, and the snow beauty Cheng Shuang missed the Beijing Winter Olympics with the greatest regret

As a traditional strength of diving, gymnastics and trampoline at the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics' freestyle skiing aerial skills are also one of the few snow sports in China. So far, they have received 1 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze.

"Not participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics may bring regrets of a lifetime." As the women's champion of the 2011 World Championships, Cheng Shuang participated in the 2010 Vancouver and 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but unfortunately failed to stand on the podium.

The retired Snow Beauty made a comeback in 2018, but finally had to choose to retire again due to physical reasons and successfully passed the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Born in 1987 in Jilin City, Jilin Province, Cheng Shuang was sent to gymnastics school for training at the age of 8 due to his weak physique, and became a member of the newly established freestyle ski team in Jilin City at the age of 9. In 2003, at the age of 16, Cheng Shuang entered the national team and won his first world championship in less than two years.

Unlike many aerial skilled players, Cheng Shuang closed his eyes after takeoff and completed the technical movements. She said it was related to fear at first, but it became her habit later. However, closing his eyes did not affect Cheng Shuang's performance on the field. "Every time I close my eyes and swing in the air, I feel like a bird soaring in the air. The world with closed eyes has no fear, and when you open your eyes, you are full of life. Cheers and applause to the world, that has always been my glory and pride. ”

In Vancouver in 2010, Cheng Shuang participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time. Manifested at a high level. Therefore, in Cheng Shuang's view, the final seventh place is completely acceptable.

When Cheng Shuang was looking forward to the next Winter Olympics four years later, a serious illness became a turning point in her entire sports career. Burdened with myocardial ischemia, sudden weight loss, frequent fever during exercise and other difficulties, Cheng Shuang struggled to prepare for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. During this time, she won a series of titles, including the World Championships.

But when I stood at the Winter Olympics for the second time, due to the referee's second round, the score was obviously crushed, resulting in Cheng Shuang failing to enter the third round of the final, and finally only won the fifth place.

All the efforts in the past four years have been unfairly broken, which is why Cheng Shuang said on Weibo after the game, "I can't do anything, I can't change anything, this is not fair at all." I don't want to let three Chinese players make it to the final, it's too obvious, kick me out and press me, what can I do? Four years of hard work for unfair treatment? Thank you, thank you for your attention, thank you for comforting me.

Cheng Shuang, who had heart problems, chose to retire after the Sochi Winter Olympics.

However, Cheng Shuang still could not resist the temptation of Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. At the end of 2018, Cheng Shuang, who had just recovered his body, announced his comeback to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Although full of expectations, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Cheng Shuang's heart still can't withstand high-intensity training. "Because of myocardial strain, myocardial ischemia is very serious, and I often stop my heartbeat in my sleep to wake myself up."

In addition, Cheng Shuang's exit is also related to technology. She is good at the second jump and has a lower difficulty factor than a triple jumper. With the change of the project scoring system, Cheng Shuang's second-stage jumper has a very obvious disadvantage in this regard.

Looking back at the second retirement decision made before, Cheng Shuang is still very satisfied. "I sleep and dream during games and training, including injuries and so on. I always felt like I was still an athlete. I felt like I should stick with this Olympics. My athletic career is not perfect, because I lack the insistence that if I can try again, even if I don't qualify in the end, even if the rules change, it is best that at least I try my best to regret it. ”

Cheng Shuang retreated and did not leave her beloved ice and snow world. She has now transformed into a freestyle skiing aerial skills instructor, hoping to produce a new generation of athletes who can make up for her regrets.