Based on NHK’s “Spirit Of The Athlete”, a new manga called “Shiren o Norikoete” (Overcome The Challenge) will be released in 3 volumes on July 20. The manga will depict three athletes’ every day struggles: Shinji Kagawa (soccer), Satoko Miyahara (figure skating) and Tadahiro Nomura (judo).
For the sheer determination they showed to return to the ice, as well as the dedication they showed to each other, Wenjing Sui and Cong Han are Wei Xiong's pick for Icenetwork People of the Year.
After the surgery, the 21-year-old lay in bed for three months. She couldn’t stand at all, never mind skate. To Sui, it felt like mental torture.
“During that time, fear hit me every day,” she admitted. “I kept asking myself, ‘Am I able to skate again?’ and I kept crying.”
Han encouraged her throughout this time.
“I had no doubt that she could be back,” he said. “Even if she couldn’t stand, I can hold her and help her stand.”
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“The first day she came back to the rink, she needed to take a rest after skating for only five minutes,” Han recalled. “But then we continued, and we felt so happy that we just couldn’t stop. We kept holding hands and kept skating, felt like we had all the happiness.”
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“I think after the surgery, my mindset going into competitions has changed a bit,” Sui said. “Now, besides the result, I really enjoy every moment skating on the ice, skating in front of the audience who cheer and applaud for you. I now see our performance as a way of communication with the audience, and I felt great about being able to move them with our skating. I think this is what I enjoy the most about skating now.”
“After what we’ve been through this year, now we are afraid of nothing, and we have really learned to enjoy the competitions and enjoy skating,” Han said.
Shortly after she returned to training following her foot surgery, Sui wrote the following on Weibo (Chinese version of Twitter): “I am not afraid of crying in training, because I want to laugh in competition.”
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