The Chinese women’s ice hockey team has been upgraded again this year after returning to Group A of the World Championships from Group B of Class A last year, returning to the top group of the World Championships after 14 years.
Forget about injuries and focus on the game
After the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese women’s ice hockey team began to prepare for the World Championships in Group B. At that time, the team suffered serious injuries, and only 17 players went to Poland to participate in the competition; in this year’s roster, the absence of the main players such as Miller, Huang Huier, Zhou Jiaying, etc. made people worry whether the Chinese women’s ice hockey can keep their seats in Group A. .
With five victories and five victories, the Chinese women’s ice hockey dispelled people’s worries with victory. “As long as you work hard to be yourself, the result must be good.” Kong Minghui, the top scorer of the Chinese team in this World Championships, said. The 31-year-old proved himself with 4 goals.
“There is no team participating in the competition that does not want to win. What we think about is how to defeat each opponent.” Fang Xin said that the perennial back injury made her very anxious during the preparation period. The way to relieve anxiety is to actively treat the injury. Reconcile with him as an old friend, “When I stood on the ice rink, I felt that I had no injuries and I was ready to the best.”
“What we need to do is to focus on playing well in every quarter and every minute.” In this World Championships, Yu Baiwei played all five games and still had to wear a brace on his leg. The 35-year-old captain said: “My muscle mass is still good. Through strengthening rehabilitation training and wearing braces, as long as it does not affect my training and competition, I am very happy.”
The fighting spirit is passed down from generation to generation
In the long battle to return to the top group, the spirit of tenacious struggle and never giving up was passed on among the old and new players.
“In the second game against the Norwegian team, who fell behind 0-2, no one thought of giving up. We believed in each other and believed that we would be able to recover the score.” Fang Xin said. After that, the Chinese team scored one after another, and she also contributed one, helping the Chinese team to overtake 3-2.
Zhao Qinan, who returned to the game after three months of ankle surgery, said that although there were some changes in the lineup this time, new players were added, and the training and preparation had only been one month, but the players quickly united together. “The formation of a tacit understanding lies in the execution ability of each teammate. For the tactics assigned by the coach, everyone must do the details well to achieve teamwork. The tactics of the five members of each of us are unified. All will be lost.” In the locker room, the players would encourage each other. “When we played against Austria, we were very passive in the first quarter. During the intermission, Yu Baiwei and Wang Yuting cheered for everyone. None of the players were discouraged for a second.”
Facing Denmark, the highest-ranked team in this group, Guan Yingying’s goal in the opening 2 minutes gave the Chinese team a fantastic start to the World Championships. Strength and unyielding character make up for the lack of skills. “We have lost some balls over the years, but they can’t beat me. I must try to win back.”
The 29-year-old Zhang Mengying suffered a serious shoulder injury at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The call-up to the national team made her return to the game without hesitation. “I hope that through the hard work of our old players on the field and the performance in usual training, we can drive young players to integrate into the team as soon as possible.” Against the Danish team, he helped the 17-year-old Wang Jiaxin score his first goal in the national team Passing the ball completed the veteran’s blessing to the newcomer.
The mission of fighting for the country is on the shoulders
When Zhao Qinan entered the national team at the age of 16, she was still a little girl who knew nothing about the world. “At that time, I was very happy all day long. I didn’t care about winning or losing. I didn’t understand why Yu Baiwei would cry after losing.” Transformation It happened one year after entering the national team. In the 2014 World Championships in Group B, the Chinese team won the ball. “That was the first time I participated in the World Championships. When the national anthem sounded, I realized that the national anthem will be played after winning the game. I really want to be able to play the national anthem after every game.” At that moment, she suddenly Knowing how the captain feels, the sense of honor of fighting for the country also gave her a sense of mission and responsibility to win more games and help the Chinese team get promoted.
“Every goal we score, after every victory, and when the national anthem is played, I can feel everyone’s excitement. It is because they are proud of us and proud of being a Chinese from the bottom of their hearts. Every moment like this, I feel that everything we fought on the field was worth it.” Yu Baiwei said.
Our reporter Tian Jie
2023-08-28 01:32:57
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