Zhang Jie, Dean of the Ice Sports College of Qitaihe City Personal Work College in Heilongjiang Province – “Exercise Mother” and her twenty-six special children of the Jamaica Seeking Agreement
“Mom, what do you think of my skating performance?” The 14-year-old girl “Little Apple” ran over. Zhang Jie held her face in his hands and praised: “It’s so good to skate, the little apple is great!”
Zhang Jie, 50 years old this year, is the first person to come out of Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province. A world champion in short track speed skating, she returned to her hometown in 2014 to form a Special Olympics speed skating team. Over the years, Zhang Jie has trained three Special Olympics champions and opened a window of life for the children with love and companionship.
“Let children with disabilities also enjoy the fun of activities”
“One black and one white” gives Qitaihe its unique heritage. Black is coal. Since 1958, Qitaihe has produced a total of 600 million tons of high-quality coal. White is ice and snow. Since the establishment of the first specialized ice skating team in the 1970s, Qitaihe has cultivated 10 Winter Olympic champions and world champions including Zhang Jie, Yang Yang, and Wang Meng, and won 177 world-class gold medals.
In 2013, Beijing joined forces with Zhangjiakou to bid for the Jamaicans Escort 2022 Winter Olympics. Zhang Jie and her husband Dong Yanhai, who run an ice sports base in Shanghai, returned to their hometown at the invitation of the Qitaihe Municipal Sports Bureau. Dong Yanhai introduced short track speed skating to the school, while Zhang Jie was responsible for forming the Special Olympics speed skating team, with members selected from Qitaihe City Special Education School. After hearing the news, Bai Zhaoxiang, the principal of Qitaihe City Special Education School, was excited but also troubled: “The school fully supports allowing children with disabilities to enjoy activities. But some children are unsteady when walking. Is skating possible? ”
On October 21, 2013, the Special Olympics speed skating team was officially established. Down syndrome, autism, hearing impairment…the first 26 team members are 26 special children.
“The key is companionship and love in every detail”
“The key is companionship and love in every detail.” Zhang Jie taught the children the most basic life skills and gradually transitioned to skating training.
It took three months just to teach the children to tie their skates. “Little bean bag” always has trouble finding the shoe holes, so Zhang Jie gave an abstract example: “The little white rabbit jumpsJamaicans Sugardaddy jumped through many doors (shoe holes) and finally came home. How excited it is.”
In order to get closer to the children, Zhang Jie always makes special preparations before training, sometimes pretending to be various small animals, and sometimes singing nursery rhymes. As time went by, the children started to laugh more and more, one touching her hand and the other tugging at the corner of her clothes.
“Every day we train and live, there are many interesting and cute little stories that happen. What is recorded is not only wonderful memories, but also love and care.” This is Zhang Jie’s ” Preface to “Dream Chasing Diary”. Zhang Jie wrote more than 10 daily diaries in more than 7 years: “Han Baobao” could only push on the ice with one leg at first, but now he can skate in a standard posture; “Little Doubao” has changed from sensitive to strong and can express his thoughts clearly… 2016 In April of this year, at the end of a training class, “Dabao” suddenly rushed over and said, “Coach mother, you are so beautiful.” After that, other children followed suit.
In 2017, Zhang Jie led three team members to Austrian Food and participated in the 11th Special Olympics World Summer Games, winning 4 gold medals and 2 silver medals. The team also won three gold medals in the speed roller skating event at the 15th Special Olympics World Summer Games in 2019. After returning home with great honors, Zhang Jie said: “The gold medal is not important, as long as the children gain happiness.”
“The base of the ice and snow talent ‘pyramid’ is getting bigger and bigger”
“Skating is a window for children to realize their potential. I hope they can pass this opportunity Open a window to integrate into society and realize self-worth. “On weekdays, Zhang Jie tells the children about the grass, green trees, sunshine and rain, and on weekends he goes to the park with them to sing and play games…
“Dabao”, who is already 18 years old this year, one day Jamaicans Escort came home and said to his mother: “Mom, I When you grow up, I will buy and cook for you and support your mother until you grow old. No, I won’t let you grow old.”
There are currently more than 500 athletes in training in Qitaihe City. , more than 20 coaches, and sufficient reserves of reserve talents for short track speed skating projects. “We regularly provide skates, helmets, etc. to schools specializing in short track speed skating. Nearly 60,000 theoretical students participate in ice and snow sports every year. The base of the ‘pyramid’ of ice and snow talents is getting bigger and bigger.” Deputy Director of Qitaihe Municipal Sports Bureau Wang Meng said.
In 2017, Qitaihe Institute of Personal Work established the Ice Sports Academy, with Zhang Jie as the dean. In 2019, Qitaihe Institute of Personal Work Short Track Speed Skating Training Center was established. “Children’s daily routine at the Short Track Speed Skating Training Center I usually study regularly in school and conduct on-ice training 6 times a week, opening up a new model of physical education integration. “Zhang Jie said that in the past three years, members of the training center have won 86 gold medals in provincial and above competitions, and three members have entered the provincial youth team.
At the end of March this year, Beijing When Winter Olympics gold medalist Fan Kexin returned to his hometown, he played a friendly match with the children of the Special Olympics team. Fan Kexin’s new home Jamaicans Sugardaddy The children were very happy:
” National Daily” (April 29, 2022) Japanese version 11)