On February 14, in the freestyle skiing women’s aerial skills final, Chinese team athlete Xu Mengtao won the gold medal with a score of 108.61 points, fulfilling her dream for many years; on the 15th, in the men’s snowboard platform diving competition, the Chinese team won the gold medal with a score of 108.61 points. Teenager Su Yiming won the gold medal, realizing his “dream since childhood”… At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team athletes fought bravely, made great achievements, and made history, which is exciting and gratifying.
While winning gold and silver and realizing their dreams, the story of their choice to persevere and pursue their dreams is touching. For this gold medal, Xu Mengtao insisted on 4 Winter Olympics, “training in different patterns every day”, “practicing hard and repeatedly”; in order to “participate in the Winter Olympics at the ‘door'” and achieve good results, Su Yiming often They train for seven or eight hours a day; in order to “refresh the best performance in the history of Chinese ice dance”, Chinese team players Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu have experienced hardships all the way but never give up… Perseverance because of love and firmness because of dreams. What supports them grit their teeth and persevere in the face of difficulties is their love for ice and snow sports; what supports them in making breakthroughs in challenging themselves is the pursuit of their dreams.
As Xu Mengtao said: “The more you practice, the more you will get, and your hard work will definitely help you at the most critical moment.” The road to your dreams will never be smooth, but time will not fail your hard work, and dreams will not fail your perseverance. The sweat we shed and the difficulties we overcame on the road of chasing our dreams will become precious spiritual wealth and the accumulation of life after years of precipitation.