Yuzuru Hanyu is popular in China not only because of his outstanding appearance and strength, but also because of his friendliness and respect for Chinese athletes and Chinese audiences. The details are as follows:
1. Friendliness and respect for Chinese athletes and Chinese audiences
In 2015, Yuzuru Hanyu wrote a "Thank you China" sign. At the 2018 Pingchang Winter Olympics, when he saw that Jin Boyang had no hope of winning the podium, Hanyu took the initiative to hug Jin Boyang and said to Jin Boyang in Chinese several times: "Come on every day!" These heartfelt and detailed actions not only made people He gets along well with Chinese athletes, which also earns him enthusiastic support from the Chinese audience.
2. The "Prince on Ice" appearance is his least worthy of mention
In the list of high-looking athletes, Yuzuru Hanyu is always at the top. Even people who don’t follow figure skating will definitely remember him in various hot search lists and short videos. Because of his "boyish" face and relaxed posture, Hanyu is known as "the prince on ice who came out of the comics."
CCTV commentator Chen Ying once described his posture when cruising on the ice: "He has a face like jade, a body like a pine tree, a graceful appearance like a startling giant, like a swimming dragon." He also praised Yuzuru Hanyu: "Fortunately I got to know you with your peach blossom face, and from now on the streets will be filled with warm spring."
3. Strength in figure skating
The gold medal in men’s single figure skating at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics speaks for itself. According to data, in February 2014, Yuzuru Hanyu, who was only 19 years old, won the gold medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics and became the first Asian Winter Olympics men's single skating champion. In February 2018, he won the men's singles figure skating championship at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, becoming the first figure skater to win the men's singles championship at the Winter Olympics in 66 years.
In addition, he is also the Super Grand Slam winner in the history of figure skating who has won the men's singles gold medals in the Olympic Games, World Championships, Grand Prix Finals, Four Continents Championships, World Youth Championships, Youth Finals and other international competitions. The first person.
4. The spirit of constant challenge, challenging human limits 4A
Efforts may lie, but efforts will not be in vain. From Japan's youngest men's singles championship at the World Youth Championships to two consecutive Winter Olympics men's singles figure skating gold medals, he constantly challenged his limits and created one record after another. CCTV once commented that Yuzuru Hanyu is a player who "does not wait for the whip to rise".
When he dances to challenge his own limits and human limits every time he steps on the ice, it is the best interpretation of the spirit of sports competition. In the past two years, Yuzuru Hanyu has been working hard to hone the "hell-level difficulty" movement of 4A. The Axel quadruple jump (4A) is a quadruple and half jump, and it is also recognized as the most difficult movement. No one has ever conquered it in the history of figure skating.
5. Personality, humble and courteous attitude
Always maintains an incredible youthful spirit and sincerity. Just scroll through a few videos and you will find that he is very polite and soft-hearted, even if he is Despite being ostracized, he responded with restraint and self-cultivation, and then continued to do his own thing, so even though he was almost 30 years old, time still loved him and his eyes were still pure.
In him, we also see the magnanimity and courtesy of the world's top athletes. This year, when he stepped on a small hole in the ice during the short program and failed, he not only did not complain, but later praised the ice surface of the Beijing Winter Olympics as the most comfortable in the past three Olympics; in order to avoid hindering the interviews of other athletes, he would bend The body quietly "sneaked" over.