young player Zheng Haohao performed well in the first round of the preliminaries, but unfortunately made mistakes in the second and third rounds. Picture/ic photo
html On the evening of August 6, in the preliminaries of the women's park competition (bowl pool) of the Paris Olympic skateboarding event, 11-year-old Zheng Haohao ranked 18th with 63.19 points in the first round and failed to advance to the finals. As the youngest athlete in the Chinese delegation at this Olympics and the youngest Chinese athlete in all previous Summer Olympics, Zheng Haohao, who just graduated from elementary school, is only two small steps away from his goal of making the top 16.Thoughts
html I practiced skateboarding at the age of 57 and had just graduated from elementary school before going to the Olympics.
Skateboarding is one of the youngest sports in the Olympics, and the skateboarding competitors are also very young. At last year's Hangzhou Asian Games, 13-year-old Cui Chenxi won the women's street championship, becoming China's youngest Asian Games champion. Not long ago, 14-year-old Cui Chenxi won fourth place in the women's street competition of the Paris Olympics.
html On the evening of August 6, 11-year-old Zheng Haohao also competed in the Paris Olympics during the preliminaries of the women's park competition (bowl pool). She had just graduated from elementary school before competing in the Paris Olympics.Zheng Haohao was born on August 11, 2012. In the memory of his mother Wang Zhe, Zheng Haohao attended many interest classes such as "Piano, Chess, Calligraphy, Painting, Song and Dance" as a child, but he never found his passion. When Zheng Haohao was in the second grade of elementary school, Wang Zhe bought his 7-year-old daughter a skateboard as a birthday gift. Zheng Haohao's relationship with skateboards began. When
first started skateboarding, due to the special nature of the project, Zheng Haohao also suffered a fall, and adults couldn't help but worry about her. At that time, her mother told her: "Don't look at other people's opinions. You can skate if you want to. It doesn't matter if you give up." Zheng Haohao said without hesitation, "Skateboarding is the most fun sport for me. I just want to stick to it. I will definitely not find it in the future." Such a fun project. "
With her love for skateboarding, Zheng Haohao's level has gradually improved. After only two years of practicing skateboarding, she was selected to the Guangdong Provincial Team in 2021 and participated in the Shaanxi National Games in September of that year. , just turned 9 years old, she became the youngest athlete in the National Games and finally finished 14th. In August 2022, she represented Huizhou City and won the gold medal in the women's bowl and pool event of the Guangdong Provincial Games.
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Catch the last train to Paris, "little Olympic skills"
html In the Tokyo Olympics 2003 years ago, skateboarding became an official Olympic event for the first time. Zeng Wenhui and Zhang Xin appeared in the women's street race and the women's park race respectively. At the Paris Olympics, three Chinese athletes were able to participate in the women's street race, and Zheng Haohao was the only Chinese athlete to qualify for the women's park race.Compared with women's street competition, the overall competitiveness of Chinese players in women's park competition is not strong. From the Olympic points race to the two Olympic qualifying series, as the Chinese player with the highest points ranking in the women's park race, Zheng Haohao carries the hope of the entire minor event.
At the Shanghai Station of the Olympic Qualification Series, Zheng Haohao ranked 20th among the 44 contestants. Whether he can get a ticket for the Paris Olympics depends on his performance at the Budapest Station of the Olympic Qualification Series.
According to the qualification system for skateboarding in the Paris Olympics, each country or region can only have a maximum of three participants, and there are a total of 22 places for the women's park competition. In the Budapest station in late June, Zheng Haohao successfully improved his Olympic points ranking and took the 21st place on the last train to the Paris Olympics.
According to Wang Zhe, Zheng Haohao’s mother, the last 45 seconds of skating in Budapest determined whether Zheng Haohao could enter the Olympics. Talking about that game, Zheng Haohao said: "My mother was very nervous every time I competed, but I told her not to pass on her nervousness to me. Later, I was playing on the sidelines and they told me that I had entered (the Olympics). "In an interview with CCTV, Zheng Haohao said jokingly: "It's a small Olympics."
I hope
will enjoy the competition and make more friends, and I want to participate in more Olympic Games.
In the eyes of her mother Wang Zhe, Zheng Haohao may not be a particularly mature skateboarder, but her love for skateboarding is very pure and she does not regard skateboarding as a Competitive sports, “Everyone knows each other, and after showing (actions), everyone is like having a party and having a great time. She enjoys this state very much. "
Zheng Haohao in life is very innocent and cute, which is consistent with her 11-year-old age. The little girl loves to play and is interested in everything. "I like reading, singing, and my favorite thing is shopping. , and fishing. "
Regarding the Olympics, Zheng Haohao thinks most about enjoying the competition and making friends. "(Participating in the Olympics) I feel like more people will know me. I like to make friends. When I started skateboarding, I just wanted to make friends and have fun. mentality.
When she started practicing skateboarding, Zheng Haohao’s goal was to participate in the Olympics. Now her initial goal has been achieved, but she is still a little short of the top 16 goal she set before the game. Just use the moves you can do. "Zheng Haohao also knows that most other athletes have advantages in speed and strength, and being able to enter the Olympics is a huge self-transcendence.
"I want to participate in a few more Olympic Games. "On August 11, Zheng Haohao will celebrate her 12th birthday, and her fate with the Olympics is expected to continue.
Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin
editor Wang Chunqiu
proofreader Liu Yue
