The Paper's reporter Qi Dong
Zhu Dingwen in the game.
Before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhu Dingwen, a short track speed skater in Hong Kong, China, swiped the social network because of a "big ballast flavor" Northeast dialect.
On the evening of the 11th, in the short track speed skating 500-meter field, Zhu Dingwen stepped onto the ice surface of the Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, he was in the same group as Wu Dajing and stopped the preliminaries.
After the game, Zhu Dingwen also posted a video on social networks, thanking netizens for their encouragement - "Although he did not perform the best in the game, he still felt particularly happy." ”
"I am very happy to be on the same starting line as the world's top athletes such as Wu Dajing and to be able to participate in the Winter Olympics held in my home country."
As the only ice athlete in the Hong Kong team in China at the Winter Olympics, Zhu Dingwen once said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that the Winter Olympics trip is a platform to find gaps and learn.
"I still have some gaps in all aspects compared with the world's top players, including mentality, physical fitness, explosiveness, etc., and I look forward to performing the best on this stage."
"I don't have a specific goal for the results, I just want to show the best."
Zhu Dingwen and Wu Dajing competed in the same group.
Although he is a Young Man from Hong Kong, Zhu Dingwen speaks with a "Northeastern flavor".
He also joked that for the sake of long-term training in the mainland, Northeast dialect has become the "official language" of the team, "Our coach is a northeasterner, and the team has been training in Changchun and other places for a long time, plus there are exchanges with local athletes and coaches, so the speech has this 'big ballast flavor'." ”
Zhu Dingwen's short-track speed skating life has also encountered setbacks.
In preparation for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Zhu Dingwen injured his ankle, and on the day of the injury, it was his coach and former Chinese short track speed skater Sun Dandan who helped him out of the shadows and quickly returned to the ice rink.
Sun suffered a similar injury before representing The Chinese team at the Nagano Winter Olympics, but she later not only took to the Olympic stage, but also won a silver medal. With her encouragement and support, I no longer feel sad and have always had the hope of participating in the Olympic Games. Zhu Dingwen said.
Young and cheerful Zhu Dingwen.
Looking back on the two years under the epidemic, Zhu Dingwen also lamented in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that the short track speed skating team in Hong Kong, China, is not easy.
"After the outbreak of the epidemic, The ice rink in Hong Kong was also opened and closed, and there was no ice training for about a year. Coupled with the lack of a game, we weren't able to get to know the opponent in time. ”
It is true that before the Winter Olympics, Chu could only train at the ice hockey rink in a large shopping mall in Hong Kong, but he still hopes that his inspirational story will lead to the development of ice and snow sports in Hong Kong.
"It's not easy for the Hong Kong team, and qualifying for the Winter Olympics involves everyone's efforts. I hope that through the atmosphere of the Winter Olympics, Hong Kong can promote ice and snow sports more, such as opening interest classes, so that citizens can better participate in ice and snow sports. ”
Zhu Dingwen was the standard-bearer of the Hong Kong delegation of China.
As for the flag bearer of the Hong Kong delegation to China at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on the evening of the 4th, Zhu Dingwen also said, "Just a few tens of meters carries the sweat and tears of every hong Kong that has ever been on the ice." This represents a new era, opening a global ice and snow era, showing the sunshine and hard work of Hong Kong youth. ”
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