Ma flies high over 2014 Sochi dreams
Source: Xinhua |
January 6, 2012, Friday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
EVERY time Ma Tong takes off from the ramp, she feels like a bird. And in her heart, she also carries a dream - to "fly" over Sochi during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
It was an unforgettable Wednesday for Ma as the 17-year-old won the first gold medal at the 12th Chinese National Winter Games in the women's normal hill ski jumping at the Beidahu skiing resort in Jilin city.
Ma produced the two best jumps - 73 and 79 meters in the K90 event to notch the highest score of 151.5 points. "Well, the gold medal is good. But I would not say it's a big success," said Ma, whose personal best is over 90 meters.
Ma, who started to train in ski jumping in 2009, has her sights set on the 2014 Olympics. "I love ski jumping. It makes me feel like a free bird. And I want to be a world champion one day," the ambitious Ma said.
But Li Xiaoping, deputy team leader of China's national ski jumping team, said that Ma has a long way to go. "Ma's problem is that she has never managed as good a jump as she does in training. She need to work on her stability in the future," Li said. "But she is still young."
It was an unforgettable Wednesday for Ma as the 17-year-old won the first gold medal at the 12th Chinese National Winter Games in the women's normal hill ski jumping at the Beidahu skiing resort in Jilin city.
Ma produced the two best jumps - 73 and 79 meters in the K90 event to notch the highest score of 151.5 points. "Well, the gold medal is good. But I would not say it's a big success," said Ma, whose personal best is over 90 meters.
Ma, who started to train in ski jumping in 2009, has her sights set on the 2014 Olympics. "I love ski jumping. It makes me feel like a free bird. And I want to be a world champion one day," the ambitious Ma said.
But Li Xiaoping, deputy team leader of China's national ski jumping team, said that Ma has a long way to go. "Ma's problem is that she has never managed as good a jump as she does in training. She need to work on her stability in the future," Li said. "But she is still young."
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
