Xinhua News Agency, Hohhot, February 24th Title: hao yang won the championship at home and ate the first Spring Festival reunion dinner in eight years.
Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhang Rongfeng, He Shuchen and Wang Xuebing.
On the evening of 23rd, hao yang, 19, took a leave of absence from the team and returned to the home of Group 7 of Wuxing Village, Woniuhe Town, Zhalantun City. Mother wrapped him three fresh stuffing jiaozi and prepared a big table of food. This is the first time for the whole family to have a reunion dinner during the Chinese New Year since hao yang left home for training for eight years.
   Hao yang’s home in Group 7, Wuxing Village, Woniuhe Town, Zhalantun City.
Hao yang drove for half an hour from Jinlongshan Ski Resort, and after five kilometers of narrow hardened roads and five kilometers of rugged mountain roads, he arrived at the home of Group 7 in Wuxing Village. These are three tile-roofed houses with white tiles. In front of the house is a spacious courtyard. An agricultural tractor is parked in the courtyard, and there is a barn at the door, with more than 20 cows and more than 20 horses.
Knowing that her son was coming back, hao yang’s mother was busy in the kitchen all afternoon, while his father Yang Jinfu was waiting at the gate. When he saw hao yang get off the bus, Yang Jinfu immediately lit the prepared firecrackers. In order to see her younger brother, my married sister stayed at her parents’ home in the first month with her children under one year old. The bright red lanterns hanging on the courtyard door, the brand-new couplets and blessings, and the crisp sound of firecrackers all set off the celebration of the New Year.
For winter sports, the Spring Festival is the key period of training and competition, so it is difficult to go home for a New Year’s Eve dinner. Hao yang is lucky. He participated in the "Fourteen Winter" freestyle ski jumping platform and slope obstacle skill competition, and the venue was at the Jinlongshan Ski Resort in front of his home, so he could have this Spring Festival reunion dinner. Fortunately, hao yang won the most weighty medal in his sports career so far-the champion of the National Winter Games at home.
   On February 17th, hao yang celebrated in the competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Yushe
On the 17th, in the men’s platform final of freestyle skiing open group, Yang Hao played well in the first two rounds, and got the only high score of 90 points or more in the first slide, and finally won the championship with 174.75 points.
Thanks to the game being held at home, Yang Jinfu watched his son’s game on the spot for the first time in eight years. Hao yang’s mother didn’t dare to enter the scene, and has been waiting for news at the gate of the snow field. On the track, every time hao yang made an action, Yang Jinfu was so nervous that he held his breath, and his heart was in his throat. He didn’t breathe a sigh of relief until he saw hao yang landing smoothly. At the end of the track, the audience cheered and waved to hao yang, while Yang Jinfu turned his head away and hid himself in the crowd.
"I dare not let him know that I am coming." Yang Jinfu said that it was agreed that the whole family would not go to the scene, fearing that hao yang would be distracted when he saw his family. However, the night before the game, Lao Yang couldn’t sleep, and he secretly ran to the stadium with hao yang’s mother early in the morning.
   Hao yang is with his family.
"Mom and Dad, I did a good job. Come and see me receive the award." Yang Hao’s scores in the first two jumps can basically lock the medal. Seeing that he is expected to board the podium, he called his father at the first time during the game. After winning the championship, seeing the parents in the crowd, hao yang immediately rushed over and hugged them tightly.
Yang Jinfu and his wife usually farm at home, with 230 mu of land at home. Farming is the main source of income at home. In recent years, the market of cattle and horses is not good. With more than 200 acres of corn fields, the family can earn about 100,000 yuan a year. Hao yang has been trained in skiing for eight years, and has not been able to participate in international competitions. Since taking part in domestic competitions in 2018, and winning the steeplechase championship in the national freestyle skiing championship in 2021-2022, hao yang has been temporarily established by the Sports Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and has a fixed income, but it is not enough to achieve economic independence, and his daily expenses still need family support. In July last year, during the intermission of Inner Mongolia team training, hao yang chose to go to Chengdu for training at his own expense, and calculated the expenses of transportation, accommodation and air cushion venue in advance. He asked his father for 100,000 yuan, which was the biggest expense of his family in recent years. In order to save money, hao yang rented a house and cooked by himself every day. This year, hao yang became the official staff, with a fixed income of 6,000 yuan per month, and the burden on his parents was finally lightened.
In 2018, 13-year-old hao yang made a mistake in training and was injured when he landed. Parents were very distressed when they learned about it. Yang Jinfu advised him not to practice any more, but hao yang insisted on continuing, and Yang Jinfu could only compromise and continue to support his son silently. In fact, as early as 2016, Zhalantun Amateur Sports School went to Woniuhe Mingde Primary School to select materials. hao yang, who was outstanding in track and field, was selected to practice skiing. hao yang, who had never skied before, decided to enter the sports school to try this sport that made him curious. At that time, Yang Jinfu was reluctant, but in the end he followed the children’s choice. Over the years, hao yang has sweated, and his training has also brought injuries. Now he has stood on the highest podium of the All Winter Games, and his efforts have been rewarded.
   Hao yang’s medals and certificates.
Hao yang, who left his hometown at the age of 11, went to Xinjiang for training as a foreign trainer in 2016. "Many players are transferred from other (related) projects. There are some foundations. I started from scratch." Hao yang recalled that at that time, he had to start from the most basic somersault training, and after more than a year of basic training, he started skiing training.
"In the winter of 2019, I had the opportunity to train at the air-cushion ski resort in Orson Park in Beijing, which was an important turning point for me." It took hao yang seven days to complete the left two-week off-axis turns 1080 and 1260 for the first time. Previously, he could only learn these moves by watching videos of foreign players. Later, when he was training in Changbai Mountain, he completed this action on the real snow trail again, which attracted the attention of the national team coach. In the winter of 2019, hao yang was selected into the national training team.
Hao yang admits that he is not a talented player, but his attitude towards training and his endurance exceed that of most people. "Every time I train, I take the time to get on the cable car. Every time I go up and down the mountain, I save a few minutes, and I can skate more than others every day."
   Hao yang hung the gold medal on his nephew.
After embarking on the road of professional training, hao yang can only go home for one or two months during the spring break every year. In the past two years, I have seen my parents getting older. Every time he goes home, his heart is sour. He will take the initiative to help his father do some farm work during the spring sowing, but Yang Jinfu is always reluctant to let his son do heavy work.
"Since I have chosen this road, I will definitely stick to it." Hao yang said that his dream is to win glory for his country at the Olympic Games, but he needs to have enough points to participate in the Winter Olympics. To get these points, he needs to go abroad constantly. For him who has never participated in an international competition at present, everything is still unknown.
After the reunion dinner, hao yang will return to the team that night, and go to Changbai Mountain to prepare for the next event after the all-winter meeting, and move forward step by step.
