Snowboarding Su Yimng, 17, life sounds like an American dream – China’s new superstar signs sponsorship deal at age 7, but grandma only hopes for health

Zhangjiakou.

As a film actor as a schoolboy.

Sponsorship agreement at the age of 7.

Become an Olympic medalist at the age of 17.

In front of a cheering audience and a large group of journalists at home competitions.

Shaking sounds like an american dream, but its star is a chinese snowboarder Su Yiming.

Sun on Monday went to the Olympic slopes of the Genting ski resort in a fierce battle with Canadians Mark McMorrisin and Max Parrotin with slopestyle in the finals.

The trio presented one of the more stunning performances of each other, and could eventually be taken by Parrot. Su won silver and McMorris bronze.

And yes: Su specifically won.

Su-mania was already seen in the slopestyle qualifier on Sunday, which he won in the first qualifying group.

Su aired his performances wildly, the audience (yes, there is a local audience invited separately at the Olympics) spontaneously encouraged, and the volunteers of the Games rushed to watch their favorite performance.

For Finns, Sun’s popularity and significance became clear at the latest after the qualifying round.

When Finnish journalists waited half a hour to be disappointed with their own performance Rene Rinnekangastathere was still a large group of Chinese journalists around the otherwise empty slopestyle stadium Sun.

They didn’t want to let go of their new hero.

And in the finals on Monday, the going was even fiercer and the koronakur also got tough.

The sun was shining from the clear sky and the security guards had to restrain the fans so that they would not run away to hug their hero.

“There was a lot more audience and they were very encouraging. Volunteers were allowed to suspend their missions for the duration of Sun’s descents and come to cheer. There was a good mood in the auditorium, ”says the President of the International Snowboard Association, who followed the finals on site. Satu Järvelä.

When Su got her final round score, she snorted in English, “Oh my God, What the Fuck !.” And breathed his heart out of fullness.

What kind young Su Yiming is?

“A happy, brisk and skillful young man,” says a member of the Chinese snowboard team Pekka Koskela.

Koskela trains snow gutter skiers. He hasn’t just had anything to do with Sun, whose sports are slopestyle and Big Air.

Su Yiming became acquainted with snowboarding at the age of 4, but he made his first career as a child actor.

The career began with the 2014 Chinese-Hong Kong action film The Taking of Tiger Mountain a skilful young boy was needed.

After that, Su also appeared in other films. The school was obviously going well.

Chinese state English-language TV channel CGTN video Su says he decided to focus on sports in 2015, when the International Olympic Committee awarded the Olympics to Beijing.

Monday was then a dream come true for you, even though your career as an athlete is just beginning.

Su enjoyed being on the podium with Canadian superstars.

For example, on Monday, Su was the most popular topic in Chinese social media Weibo talks.

“Of course this is a special moment in my life. The Olympics in my hometown, and I see my family, the fans, and everyone who supported me. And besides, I got to the podium with my idol Mark McMorris. He has been my role model since I started snowboarding, ”Su said in a news release from the race organizers.

McMorris followed the setting of the Sun with joy already in Sunday’s qualifier. The Canadian was particularly pleased that Su withstood the enormous pressures of the home races.

After the final, Su admitted the pressures, but handled them in the same way as the other athletes.

“When I saw the fans and everyone support me, I just decided to enjoy as much as I could. I decided to have fun and do my best. The weather, the track and everything was fine, Max Parrot and Mark McMorris fell like crazy. I just decided to do my best, relax and enjoy. ”

Su Yiming is now China’s national hero, and is the second snowboarder in the country to win an Olympic medal.

Sun and Pyeongchang Snow Gut Silver Medalist Liu Jiayu are at the same time athletes who can change the culture of the whole sport.

“The Chinese go snowboarding with a slightly different tactic than in Finland. The result will be sought soon, ”says Satu Järvelä.

“I hope there will also be a certain playfulness in snowboarding. Even if you start the sport, there is no need to think that I will become an Olympic winner. You can also shoot and do the sport with fun. ”

In any case, the Sun medal for the popularity of snowboarding in China did good. More success can come from Koskela’s coached people in the snow gutter.

“There are more women out there with medal seams,” she says.

Koskela also knocks out talks about the superior resources of the Chinese national team.

“Those budgets aren’t as big as many think, but everything you need can be done.”

In any case, Su Yiming’s grandparents have similar dreams as their grandparents in other countries.

“My biggest hope is that she can grow up healthy and live a happy life like any other child,” Grandma Sun Xiuhua says CNGT video.

Sources: Reuters, International Olympic Committee, South China Mornig PostCGTN.